That was the Masked Man's true intention. Among the people who had gathered, there might be someone who could recognize his identity.
Watching Kakashi Hatake follow the other jonin to help put out the fires, the Masked Man let out a sigh of relief for some reason.
"What a lunatic!"
Shinichi Hyuga had clearly seen the look in Obito Uchiha's eyes. He'd already decided to give up, so why did he still care?
Shaking his head, he looked at Obito Uchiha, who no longer had a Tailed Beast Cloak. That Majestic Destroyer Flame Annihilation had just consumed a huge portion of the chakra he'd taken from the Nine-Tails. He couldn't even maintain his Tailed Beast Cloak.
He'd only done it to draw some people away.
Shinichi understood even less why Obito Uchiha had gone to such lengths.
"You're next!"
Obito Uchiha looked down on Shinichi, trying to intimidate him with a self-important tone.
"All these nuisances are gone. Minato Namikaze, go deal with the Nine-Tails. I'll teach him a lesson."
A faint smile appeared on Shinichi's face. It was time to make Obito see who he really was.
A flicker of hesitation crossed Minato Namikaze's face. He seemed to have sensed something familiar about the Masked Man, too.
[On the Night of the Nine-Tails, Minato Namikaze and Kakashi Hatake had both suspected the truth, but neither had wanted to believe it—especially after Obito had made a huge hole in Kushina's belly.]
At that moment, the Nine-Tails suddenly stirred.
Roar!
The Nine-Tails let out a tremendous roar. The Mangekyō Sharingan in its eyes vanished, and it went completely berserk.
Obito Uchiha was no Madara Uchiha. Using the ocular power Madara Uchiha had inscribed into his eyes, along with the Summoning Scroll, he had managed to control the Nine-Tails for a short