"The Iwagakure Ninja are truly evil."
"They sealed the Five-Tails inside a human so they could seize its power."
"But they never even thought to ask the Five-Tails what it wanted..."
"The Five-Tails told me that if I kept letting Han borrow its power, it could find a chance to break through the seal and regain its freedom."
"So I poured every ounce of my Will of Fire into it and used every Fire Style technique I knew. At last, I created an opportunity for the Five-Tails."
Ruohuo spread his hands. "Then the Five-Tails regained its freedom, and we became friends."
"I immediately shared the good news with my teacher. On the way, I saw him getting beaten up, so I used a Tailed Beast Bomb to help him out."
"And then..."
Ruohuo looked at Orochimaru. "After that, you know the rest, Teacher."
Ruohuo had originally wanted to embellish the story a little.
But he figured the audience might get tired of such a similar plot, and Konoha already had a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Drawing too many parallels didn't seem appropriate...
So he decided to leave it at that.
Orochimaru shrugged and looked at the Third.
"After Ruohuo-kun finished telling me about his new companion, I used..."
"Ahem!" The Third coughed, then said awkwardly, "My throat hasn't been feeling well lately..."
It was pretty awkward. Orochimaru had clearly sent the message back, but after all that investigation, the Third had still managed to get it wrong.
"So even a sealed Tailed Beast can send messages outward..." Minato mused.
His beloved girlfriend, to whom he was privately betrothed, had something similar going on, though he hadn't heard of her having the same problem.
Should he ask about it...?
Minato glanced at Ruohuo and saw him glaring the moment Minato opened his mouth.