As time passed, dusk fell. A vortex appeared out of nowhere in Konoha's cemetery, and a man dressed in a black robe and wearing a tiger-striped mask stepped out of it.
Torifu's awareness covered all of Konoha. The instant the vortex appeared, he sensed the man's presence.
So he's finally come. At least waiting all day wasn't for nothing, Obito Uchiha.
Torifu watched Obito from the sky with his awareness, but Obito didn't sense a thing.
He walked up to a statue and looked at the flowers placed before it. After muttering something under his breath, he threw all the flowers away, then disappeared.
The instigator of the Nine-Tails Night had appeared, but Torifu didn't tell anyone.
After Naruto was born, Kushina's seal would weaken. When Obito forcibly summoned the Nine-Tails, she would suffer terribly.
She would be on the brink of death, kept alive only by the immense vitality of the Uzumaki Clan.
If Minato saw that, Torifu couldn't be sure what he might do.
"Big Brother, are we going to keep waiting?"
Minato had been waiting here all day and hadn't seen anything.
"Of course. We'll get our chance today."
Though nobody understood why Torifu was so certain, they chose to trust him and keep waiting.
Night fell quietly. It was a full moon, and the moonlight was so bright that all of Konoha was clearly visible, even without streetlights.
Inside the mountain hideout in Konoha, Kushina lay on a stone slab, her face contorted with pain.
Her forehead was covered in sweat.
Minato Namikaze stayed by Kushina's side, constantly encouraging her and trying to put her at ease.
Meanwhile, Biwako Sarutobi and a Medical Ninja kept guiding Kushina through the delivery, helping it go smoothly while minimizing the weakening of the seal.
Konoha's leaders were all on