Minato's Conversation

Hokage Building

In the Hokage Office, Namikaze Minato stood by the window, looking at the scenery outside.

"Minato, Nara Shikaku, and Kurama Ryota as assistants, aren't they?"

The Fourth Hokage, Naraku, sitting in his Hokage seat, reviewed all the scrolls that had been reviewed and felt that they had been handled appropriately.

"Ah, excellent. With their help, everything is much easier to handle."

It seems that people who sit in the Hokage Office all enjoy looking out the window once they get to know them.

The Hokage Building is built beneath the Hokage Rock. The building is particularly tall, and from the windows, one can see many houses in Konoha and villagers coming and going.

"Minato, is something on your mind?"

Naraku up, walked to Namikaze Minato's side, and followed his gaze.

Some children were playing, seemingly a popular game in Konoha called "Who is the Ninja".

"The Fourth Hokage, that mysterious person, can easily break through barriers, possesses immense strength, and is skilled in space-time ninjutsu. He can also control the Nine-Tails. This person will undoubtedly be a great threat to the Shinobi World in the future, and I am worried about him."

Namikaze Minato spoke in a low voice. He was the first to Obito Namikaze Minato that night.

He was most impressed by the strength of Masked Obito.

Upon hearing this, Naraku knew it was time to deal with Obito's matter, and said in a deep voice:

"Minato, I've found out all the information about that mysterious person."

"Oh? You've already found out. Who is it?"

Minato was somewhat surprised.

"This person has a very deep relationship with you, Minato. I hope you are mentally prepared."

When the moment came, Naraku was at a loss for words.

"A deep relationship with me? The only Uchiha I know well is Obito; as for the others, it doesn't seem to reach the level you're describing."

Minato frowned slightly; he never imagined that Obito, who had supposedly died, would come back to life.

Upon hearing this, Naraku said seriously:

"Yes, it is Uchiha... Obito."

"The Fourth Hokage, Obito, sacrificed himself in the Battle of Kannabi Bridge. He is a hero of Konoha. Even if we cannot find information about the mysterious man and cannot explain to the villagers, we should not fabricate or rewrite Obito's deeds."

Minato, usually cheerful and optimistic, was somewhat displeased. He knew Obito Uchiha Obito's level perfectly well; the Battle of Kannabi Bridge was less than two years ago.

In just over a year, how could Uchiha Obito have grown to this level? He knew Obito's ninjutsu talent better than anyone...

Although he's a promising talent, he's unlikely to pose a threat to the team.

Minato was somewhat displeased with Naraku's words, believing that Naraku wanted to fabricate a person to appease the aftermath of the Nine-Tails Incident.

"Minato, it's absolutely true. I just want to ask, if Obito hadn't died and was willing to repent and return to Konoha, would you have forgiven what he did?"

Naraku understood perfectly when he saw Minato's disbelieving look.

After all, he was Obito's mentor, and he knew all too well what talents Obito when he was in Konoha.

He simply didn't understand the Uchiha, didn't know that the Uchiha's Kekkei Genkai was the most outstanding in the Shinobi World, and didn't know that the Sharingan could defy fate.

Minato frowned slightly, glanced at Naraku, whom he had always respected above all else, and said in a deep voice:

"If Obito hadn't sacrificed himself, I would have forgiven him no matter what mistakes he made. He was my prized student, the inheritor of the Will of Fire. His talent had not yet been fully realized, and I believed his future was limitless... Sigh..."

At this Minato, Minato, usually so cheerful, sighed and turned his gaze to the children playing ninja games outside.

"If that's the case, then I'm relieved."

Hearing this, Naraku breathed a sigh of relief, clapped his hands, and continued:

"Come out, Obito, Minato has forgiven you."

Minato looked at Naraku with some surprise. In the middle of the Hokage's office, a whirlwind rippled, and a figure emerged from it.

"Minato-sensei..."

Obito overheard the conversation in the office. Upon hearing the summons, Kamui appeared and gently greeted Namikaze Minato.

"Obito...?"

This familiar Space-Time Ninjutsu allowed Namikaze Minato to recognize Obito's identity at a glance.

But the face beneath the mask was one he could never have imagined.

Minato's expression turned serious. He stepped forward, looked at Obito's face, and studied it carefully for a while. Minato's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he couldn't control his emotions as he embraced Obito.

"I'm sorry... Obito, it's because I was too late to save you..."

The first thing Minato felt when he saw Obito was deep self-reproach.

Obito was pulled into Namikaze Minato, his face showing a stunned expression.

Then his eyebrows trembled slightly, his shoulders twitched a little, and tears slid down his cheeks.

"I'm... sorry! Minato-sensei! I'm... sorry! Minato-sensei! I'm sorry! Minato... cough cough, Minato-sensei!"

Tears welled in Obito's eyes as he choked out a loud apology.

Minato's eyes were also a little moist, but realizing something, he asked with a puzzled look:

"Obito, why... why did you do that?"

Why did Obito attack Konoha? Minato couldn't even bring himself to ask that question. The Obito he knew couldn't possibly have done such a thing.

"Minato-sensei, I... I was buried under rocks Battle of Kannabi Bridge, and that's when I encountered..."

Obito recounted the events that followed the Kannabi Bridge to Kannabi Bridge Namikaze Minato, a process that took over half an hour to complete.

"Uchiha Madara!? A figure from the First Hokage's era, I didn't expect him to still be alive. The Eye of the Moon Plan, how terrifying..."

After hearing Obito's explanation, Namikaze Minato understood the cause and effect, and, somewhat shocked, continued:

"In the Eye of the Moon Plan, we'll all be resurrected? So it doesn't matter in reality? Obito, you really are..."

Namikaze Minato didn't know how to evaluate Obito's insane ideas.

"Obito! It's the best that you're alive! You are a hero of Konoha! In the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, it was because of your sacrifice that Konoha was able to defeat Iwagakure! This cannot be changed!"

However, Kushina... I need to find a way to appease Kushina. After all, among my disciples, you are the one she values most..."

Namikaze Minato looked troubled. Obito, having received instruction from Uchiha Madara, made rapid progress in his ninjutsu and awakened the ultimate power of the Uchiha.

Such a person, who would bring disaster to the Shinobi World, would be Namikaze Minato of strength for Konoha if he could return. Konoha Namikaze could easily understand this.

"Kushina, Kushina- neechan, is she alright...?"

When Kushina was mentioned, Obito, realizing his Obito, had a complex expression of worry and self-blame.

"Kushina is fine. My eye technique has powerful healing abilities that can restore the injured to their pre-injury state. However, this ability comes at a great cost, so I haven't told anyone about it."

Minato, Kushina, I already used it on her when I visited her on the Night of the Nine-Tails.

"The Tailed Beast was extracted, and the damage to Kushina was erased by me. In other words, under my eye technique, she has returned to the state before the Tailed Beast was extracted."

Naraku spoke up, briefly explaining his eye technique to reassure them that they didn't need to worry too much about Kushina.