At 3 o'clock in the afternoon on July 10, Minato, who was tracking Uchiha and his party, had not returned. Although less than an hour had just passed, the two consultants still frowned.
The information sent back from Land of Iron did not explain the sacrifice of Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, nor did it mention the current situation of Jiraiya.
Although the two consultants had an ominous premonition in their hearts, they didn't know what went wrong.
In Hokage Building, Utatane Koharu, who could no longer sit still, stood up and paced slowly. Although Mitokado Homura had a trace of sadness on his face, he still spoke out to comfort him, "Five Kage Summit will be over in half an hour. Land of Iron's top management has almost been wiped out. Now Tsunade is in charge of daily affairs."
"Fourth Kazekage is dead, Third Tsuchikage and Fourth Raikage have lost their power, and the war that may occur in the future will most likely be postponed."
"In some ways, the disappearance of Tailed Beast is a good thing for Konoha."
"Even if most Konoha Ninja lose their will to fight, as long as the Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tsunade, Minato and Ninja Clans elites are still there, we can still resist the three-party war."
Utatane Koharu nodded slightly when he heard his old friend's words, then opened his narrowed eyes and sighed softly, "You are right, but we still don't know Shu Furukawa's purpose."
"It would be great if Jiraiya's plan succeeds. That way, the village will control multiple Tailed Beast forces, and Shu Furukawa will always protect Konoha."
"If he could have negotiated with us in advance instead of acting recklessly, he would not have died in Land of Iron."
"Now, although Tsunade has lost the support of Shu Furukawa, it still has weapons like Shisui Uchiha. Mangekyō Sharingan is an unstable factor after all."
It's really scary to modify ideas. If there are "tools" like Hokage succession in the future, there is a high probability that these old guys will leave the top management completely.
Although most of the power has been lost now, it can still be said that the future is promising. Considering that the next generation Hokage is likely to be Minato Namikaze, both of them plan to regain power.
Civilian Hokage needs help, which is why Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura and Danzo are willing to accept the status quo. As long as they persist, they can always rise again.
"Danzo There won't be any problems there, right?"
"According to records, Mangekyō Sharingan's Dojutsu should not be used frequently. Since Itachi Uchiha used Dojutsu to attack Fugaku Uchiha, Root does have a chance to recover those eyes."
"It's been a few hours, we should send someone to contact Danzo again."
Mitokado Homura changed the topic and talked about Root's actions. Utatane Koharu remained silent. She always felt that there was something wrong. There were not a few ninjas who were transferred, and most of them disappeared silently.
Itachi Uchiha's actions were more like bait. After thinking of this, Utatane Koharu nodded slightly. "Minato is not here now, and Tsunade may not come back until a few days later. You still have to be careful."
"In order to balance the power of Mangekyō Sharingan, Root can also add personnel. It is time to discuss this matter with Danzo."
After the conversation between the two ended, they immediately directed the Root members to inform their old friends that Anbu had all been sent out for inspection at this time, and the only forces they could mobilize were some Root personnel.
When the two Root ninjas left, Utatane Koharu suddenly thought of A, whose will had been modified, and sighed again in a low voice, "What a terrifying ability. We didn't even notice A's transformation."
"Uchiha's power must be checked."
Although there were major problems in Five Kage Summit, most of the ninjas who stayed in Konoha just discussed it a few times and then got busy with the tasks at hand. Life has to go on, and those big shots are too far away from them.
Obito Uchiha, who lost his left eye, returned to his hometown. Seeing this scene in the village, he couldn't help but think of the rumor he heard in Land of Waves: "The ninja profession is disappearing."
Obito has been hiding in the past few years, and has little feeling for the changes in Shinobi World. When he saw the changes in the village, he was silent for a long time.
"Obito boy, finally a ninja is going to Root, act as soon as possible!"
"Master Xiu allows you to recover Sharingan from Danzo. You don't want to see Ling like this, do you?"
Tobi rotated his body in another direction, installed Obito's right eye, and now possessed the opponent.
The tone still had a "funny" feeling, but it lost the previous respect. Obito's eyes twitched slightly, and disappeared into a whirlpool in the shadow of Kage Rock.
"I didn't expect you to survive and still support me at Konoha."
"White guy, I..."
"I am already a cultivator! Now my name is Tobi. Don't you feel the power in me? I have completed my evolution!"
Tobi was still familiar with his eyes and felt the control method of Obito. When he appeared in front of the dilapidated Root headquarters, he couldn't help but joked again, "I didn't expect you to change so much. It's just that your eye power has declined."
"It seems that the woman named Ling cannot be your help!"
"After completing the mission, do you still need my help to visit Kakashi and Lin? With our current strength, we should be able to solve that Danzo soon."
Obito couldn't help but recall how his pupil power suddenly increased. The girl's low moan made his face turn red, and then he responded angrily, "I don't care about pupil power!"
"Madara Uchiha has been deceived, and I have no interest in completing his plan."
"Now I just want to protect Ling and Bai. I... I want to return to Konoha..."
Tobi laughed, and then activated Dojutsu. The two appeared in the corner, waiting for the arrival of Root ninja. "No! Master Xiu has mastered your hiding place, and you will all go to Land of Water in the future."
"You must find that guy Black Zetsu and steal Demonic Statue of the Outer Path."
"The plan is just the last step away!"
In the dark environment, the two Root ninjas were sucked into Kamui Dimension by Tobi and Obito as soon as they appeared. As Tobi completed its possession, Obito was waiting in the space.
"Why?"
"Why give in to evil? You know those eyes, right?"
"How can ordinary people obtain that kind of power? White guy, Eye of the Moon Plan is wrong, but Shu Furukawa's collection of Tailed Beast will not be for Shinobi World peace."
Tobi used Spore Technique to hide in Root's ninja body. He smiled and responded to the question, "Do you want to lose your other eye?"
"Or do you want to see Ling and Bai die in front of you?"
"It's enough that it's fun to be around Mr. Xiu. You guys have been unable to catch even a Tailed Beast for several years. Except for peeping, you always fail!"
"Damn it! You guy!"
Obito was so angry that his face turned red. When he mentioned the previous peek, he felt extremely embarrassed. At the same time, he scolded Kakashi several times, blaming him for bullying Lin...
"It's time to take action. We happened to have injected Cursed Seal into Danzo's heart before."
"Get him under control and gouge out his eyes!"
"There should be 3 Three-Tomoe Sharingan on that arm, plus the right eye, there are exactly two pairs. You can help me reserve them.
Come."
Tobi ordered happily, Obito nodded reluctantly, and then started Dojutsu. Root Ninja woke up from Genjutsu after leaving Kamui Dimension.
Thinking of his mission, Root ninja quickly passed the wooden bridge, entered the building, and was led by his companions to the deep room.
Danzo hadn't been back here for a long time. The dim environment made him feel a little uncomfortable. When he looked through Land of Iron's information, he looked thoughtful from time to time.
Seeing the Root ninja entering the room, he didn't even look up. Danzo was still cursing Jiraiya in his heart. Mangekyō Sharingan's power would be better controlled by him!
"Danzo-sama..."
The Root ninja who was delivering the message knelt on the ground and whispered, and then suddenly Hand Seals. At the same time, a whirlpool appeared, and Obito Uchiha wearing a tiger-striped mask directly reached out and grabbed Danzo.
"Uh..."
Danzo, whose heart was in severe pain, couldn't help but open his eyes, and his violent heartbeat successfully triggered Kikaichū, who was guarding him.
Facing the black bug that emerged, Obito did not grab it hastily. When he stepped back, Tobi stepped forward directly and without hesitation grabbed Danzo with his left arm and launched Dojutsu.
As Obito cooperated with the spell, Danzo had no resistance and was instantly sucked into Kamui Dimension.
"Your body?...
Obito looked at Tobi covered with Kikaichū and asked in a low voice, but the latter patted his chest carelessly and responded proudly, "Master Xiu used Seven-Tails Chakra to transform my body. These bugs were attracted and naturally gave up protecting Danzo."
"If it doesn't work, I can still use Summoning Jutsu. This old guy doesn't have to run away."
"We should dig out our eyes!"
As the two activated Dojutsu together, a vortex appeared in the air and then suddenly disappeared. When Aburame Ryoma rushed into the room, there was only the fallen Root ninja on the ground.
"Danzo-sama?!"
Aburame Ryoma yelled, but received no response. When the out-of-control Kikaichū settled down again, Ryoma got some vague information. "Master Danzo has been taken away?!"
Although Root is ruined, there are still a group of die-hard ninjas. Aburame Ryoma looked in disbelief, but after thinking carefully, he suddenly thought of something, "Is it that "Madara Uchiha"? How could it be?"
The leader of Root was captured on his own territory. The remaining Root ninjas worked hard to search for him. Aburame Ryoma immediately reported to the two advisors that the enemy had taken advantage of the situation and must be protected.
Inside Kamui Dimension, Danzo's body was completely out of control at this time. In addition to the severe pain in his heart, the possessed Tobi had already manipulated his right arm to pull off the bandage.
"Stop! What on earth do you want to do?"
"I didn't break the promise!"
Danzo screamed in pain, but Tobi ignored him. As the metal seal on the opponent's right arm fell off, Obito, who was watching the show, whispered in the tone of Madara Uchiha: "You seem to be secretly looking for my whereabouts? It seems that you have lost your respect for power!"
"If something goes wrong with the idea of a tool, it will naturally be destroyed."
"But you still have some value. Nagato should like this gift."
Hearing that he was going to be "given" to Nagato, Danzo had a look of fear and anger in his left eye, but he was unable to control his body, and the severe pain in his heart even prevented him from refining Chakra.
"No!"
"I have the information you... you need!"
"You useless old guy, you can't even make tools. I won't be polite about your eyes!"
Tobi's funny tone appeared, and Danzo saw his right hand beginning to reach towards his eyes. He was trying to free Hashirama Cells from his body against the severe pain in his heart, but nothing happened.
"Do you want to use Master Xiu's skills against me?"
"Innocent guy, my body has the same power as your arm, do you still want to resist if you are inferior?"
"Stop! No!"
"Ah!!"
Danzo watched his right hand dig out the transplanted Sharingan, and screamed in pain for a moment. He did not expect that he would be in such a situation.
Obito looked at the thrown Three-Tomoe Sharingan and stopped talking. After placing his eyeballs in the prepared container, he noticed that Danzo's right arm was shaking around and simply reminded, "Just cut off the right arm."
"Great idea!"
Tobi suddenly appeared from Danzo's shoulder, then covered the opponent's right arm and pulled hard.
Another burst of screams appeared, and Danzo finally witnessed his right arm being torn off. Obito took the arm and sealed it into the scroll. He looked at the old man who fell to the ground and shook his head slightly. "Are you using Sharingan to balance Hashirama Cells's power? With such a broken body, even the ability to move quickly has disappeared."
"This power is beyond your control. Want to activate the secret technique? I will not give you such a chance."
"Don't worry, you can't commit suicide. You still have some value. Just live on as long as you can."
"Ahem... you're not Madara Uchiha?"
Danzo lay on the ground and whispered, Obito did not respond, but Hand Seals made the old man's heart twitch again. Tobi heard the screams and immediately squatted on the ground and laughed and joked, "You seem to want to control Master Xiu? How interesting!"
"If you weren't too old, I would really like to taste your body."
After Tobi said this, he took out the prepared Black Rods and inserted it into the acupuncture point of Danzo's body. Although the vital point was avoided, the old man was still tortured to the point of losing his breath.
"In this way, Chakra cannot be refined. Then use Genjutsu to control it to ensure that it is foolproof!"
"Complete Master Xiu's mission perfectly!"
Obito looked at Tobi who was cheering for joy, and didn't know what to say for a moment. Thanks to him being so sad back then, this guy turned out to be more lively and comfortable than he was.
Tobi stopped celebrating, then touched his chin, looked at Obito with his scarlet eye, and then walked around in circles.
"What do you want to do?!"
"I'm thinking about whether I should take you to see Rin Nohara. Speaking of which, you must miss her very much, right?"
Obito jumped as soon as he heard the name, but there was a vague expectation in his heart. In the end, he held it in for a long time without responding.
Tobi clapped his hands and completed the possession again, and then the funny voice appeared again. "Konoha may take a long time to come again next time. Obito boy, you don't want to leave any regrets, right?"
"While Minato Namikaze hasn't come back yet, we still have a chance to lurk. Otherwise, we should evacuate quickly when Konoha activates the barrier near Hokage Building."
"If you don't speak, you are acquiescing!"
Obito silently cooperated with Tobi to activate Dojutsu. When he appeared at the corner of the commercial street, a complicated look appeared on the face behind the mask.
He was looking forward to it, but also felt a little awkward. "Lin, are you okay?"
In the evening, as the sun set, the news returned from Land of Iron put Konoha Hospital in a state of turmoil throughout the afternoon.
After get off work, Rin Nohara was still comforting Shizune and Mitaraishi Anko. Even now, she can't believe what happened to Land of Iron: "Maybe... maybe it's not as bad as we thought!"
"After all, there is no wanted person. Maybe it's all a misunderstanding. According to the news sent back, Xiu is still a hero."
"Lord Jiraiya Where... um..."
Rin Nohara said that she had no choice but to hold her head in the end. She was no longer an ignorant girl. So many people had died, and she knew that everything could not go back to the way it was before.
"Senior abandoned me!"
"Even that guy Yakushi Kabuto left, but I didn't get any news."
"Obviously I am more important in the heart of my seniors. They agreed to get married when I am 21 years old...
Mitaraishi Anko was crying while whispering. Shizune suddenly raised his head when he heard "get married", then hugged the purple-haired girl and complained angrily, "Don't think you can talk nonsense when Xiu is gone!"
"Marriage? The promise you got in your dream?"
"Yes, in the dream, senior took pity on me. He said that my figure is much better than yours. You washboard... ugh..."
Anko fought back loudly, and Shizune knocked the girl on the forehead with a bang. The two of them ignored their sadness and hugged each other and started wrestling. For a while, they returned to their normal state.
Seeing this scene, Rin Nohara was speechless. It wasn't until the two of them had their hair disheveled and became quiet again that she softly warned I
"We can't confirm the news until Lord Hokage comes back!"
"Have a good rest after you go back. The village seems to have been invaded by an unknown enemy in the afternoon. You must pay attention to safety."
"?! How come there are enemies?"
"Yes, the village should have activated all the barriers."
The two people's questions made Rin Nohara lower his voice, and he looked at the two and whispered, "It seems that the enemy invaded the village a few years ago. The other party should have control of Space-Time Ninjutsu, so be careful!"
Shizune and Anko nodded one after another, and their moods became even lower for a while. They missed the happy and happy days before.
When he got off work, Rin Nohara saw Kakashi leaning against the door and immediately smiled brightly, then trotted to her husband's side and threw herself into his arms.
Although there were a few scars on his body, Kakashi didn't care. He hugged his wife tightly and hugged her for a while before whispering, "Let's go home. Minato-sensei told me some news. I'll tell you when I get back."
"Hmm!"
Rin Nohara responded obediently and hugged her husband's arms. The two of them went to buy ingredients as usual before returning to Apartment, which was protected by the barrier.
Whenever there is danger in the village, Kakashi will take Lin to live here, so that he can be closer to Hokage Building and receive timely protection.
On the big tree outside the room, Obito possessed by Tobi appeared. Thanks to past operations, he could vaguely hear the conversation at this time.
"Obito is not dead... He attacked the village and tried to capture Nine-Tails..."
"This time he also participated in Lord Jiraiya's operation. Tsuchikage and Raikage have confirmed that the Dojutsu user who can travel through the barrier is Obito."
"At Land of Waves, the person who wrote to me was also Obito. He... he seemed to realize that he was wrong."
... Xiu left, and Obito suddenly appeared again... Lin, I don't know what to do, some people in the village also left."
Kakashi was a little excited when he said the last word, with a look of pain on his face. Lin hugged her husband and comforted her softly, "It's okay, Kakashi, no matter what choice you make, I will support you!"
"I don't understand Lord Jiraiya's thoughts, but Xiu did not harm the village, and we live a very happy life."
"It doesn't matter what happened specifically back then, what matters is life now."
"Kakashi, it's enough to have you by my side..."
"Lin..."
On the big tree, Obito was in an extremely complicated mood. His close friends seemed to have learned the truth, but he was too embarrassed to meet them.
The mistakes he made back then were too serious. Obito knew that Minato would never forgive him, so he tried to kill his wife and children. This approach had reached the bottom line.
Hearing the familiar voice, Obito knew that the two of them were probably kissing each other again. For a moment, he secretly cursed Kakashi as a beast. He was obviously sad, but he still didn't forget to bully Lin.
"Sure enough, your eye power won't grow any more!"
"I don't know what to do in the future? You really got rid of Kakashi and Rin Nohara!"
"Do you still have any illusions about getting to know and live with them?"
Tobi reminded in a funny tone, and Obito looked increasingly sad.
In the past year or so, he had imagined countless times that he could take Ling and Bai back to the village.
He even dreamed that his child was born together with Kakashi's child, and their offspring became close friends and continued their friendship.
But when he heard Kakashi's painful whispers, Obito understood that fantasies could never become reality, and hatred could not be eliminated. Everything was his own fault.
"I betrayed their trust."
"If we had recognized each other immediately after seeing them resurrected and helped Lin regain her memory, maybe none of this would have happened."
"But I don't regret it, because I met Ling and Bai, I found myself again, and I am no longer Madara Uchiha's tool!"
"I can't change this cruel world, but I can change the lives of people around me."
"Just let Kakashi and Lin forget about me... I will always pray for them."
Obito Uchiha whispered resignedly, and at the end of the sentence, his face returned to a determined look. No matter what, he would protect Ling and Bai, and he would not make any mistakes again.
Just when Obito wanted to continue to say something, some voices appeared in his ears. "Kakashi, you are still injured, I... I will be on top!"
"Lin, let's have dinner first, huh..."
"Don't pity me... If it's a boy, should I still be called Hatake Obito? After all, he is still..."
"That kind-hearted Obito is still the hero in my heart..."
Hearing the child call "Hatake Obito", Obito felt very happy. But after listening for a while, he began to secretly curse Kakashi as a "bastard". This guy would never stop tossing...
"Huh? There seems to be a change in pupil power?!"
"You guys, it turns out that spying on people during mating can cause you to have mood swings? What a strange human being!"
Tobi sighed in surprise, Obito felt Sharingan becoming hot, and his face turned red for a moment, but the girl's low moan always made him think, "Damn it! It's not what you said!"
"It's just that Kakashi guy doesn't know how to pity Lin at all..."
Obito wanted to leave, but as he listened, he couldn't help but think, maybe he should learn from Kakashi and not end it hastily. "I don't know what the secret of this guy Kakashi is. I can't lose to him when I go back. I want to make Ling happier!"
It wasn't until night fell that Tobi was laughing and moving together with Obito. Although the pupil power did not increase much, there were fluctuations, which is always a good thing.
When leaving the village, Obito looked at the wall from a distance. Everything he longed for was there, but he couldn't go back. He finally sighed, "Land of Water? I just hope that evil guy Shu Furukawa won't make things difficult for me."
"I hope Bai can like his new life..."