Madara's Revenge

After Minato began his move, Chentian stopped paying attention to the battlefield. He had complete faith in Minato.

His eyes darted about as he searched everywhere for Uchiha Obito, but even after Minato rescued the two of them, Chentian still found no trace of him.

In a forest not far from Chentian, Uchiha Obito stood rooted to the spot in a daze.

"Tobi, let me go! I need to find Rin and Teacher Minato!"

"Obito, you're not in any condition to go out right now. Let's head back and find Lord Madara first."

As he spoke, Tobi controlled Obito's body and began retreating.

Wrapped completely inside Tobi, Obito had no ability to resist. No matter how he struggled, he could only watch helplessly as he got farther and farther away from Minato and the others.

Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!

He cursed endlessly in his heart, but Obito could not even open his mouth to speak.

Elsewhere, Black Zetsu gritted his teeth. "How could this happen? Namikaze Minato was clearly in Konoha. How could he have appeared here?"

As expected of a thousand-year-old schemer, Black Zetsu instantly adjusted his mindset even under these circumstances and immediately headed for the cave where Uchiha Madara was.

Their methods of concealment were simply too powerful. Chentian observed for quite some time but still found nothing.

"I wonder whether Obito saw that scene." He gently shook his head. Forget it. He probably saw it. Even if he didn't, it doesn't matter.

Then, he brought Kushina to Minato, Kakashi, and the others.

By the time the two arrived, Minato had already killed the remaining dozen or so genin.

"Waaah! Teacher Minato, there's a monster inside me! If I return to Konoha, it'll destroy the village! Kill me!"

Realizing she had not been impaled on the Lightning Blade, Rin Nohara immediately hugged her head and burst into tears.

Chentian could not help finding it a little amusing. That sort of lie might fool children, at most. He then turned to Kushina and said, "The Hidden Mist sealed the Three-Tails inside Rin, but the seal is unstable. Sister Kushina, help her reseal it."

After Chentian said that, Minato and Kushina immediately understood why Rin Nohara had acted that way.

The two could neither laugh nor cry as they comforted her. "It's all right. There's only a tailed beast inside you. Your Mistress Kushina has one inside her too, and hers is even stronger than yours. Isn't she perfectly fine?"

As she spoke, Kushina released a wisp of the Nine-Tails' aura in cooperation.

"R-Really?" Rin Nohara stopped crying and looked at Kushina pitifully.

Kushina nodded gently. "It's true, and it has been that way for many years. I'll give you a proper seal now, and then everything will be all right."

As she spoke, Kushina placed her hand on Rin Nohara's lower abdomen and shouted, "Eight Trigrams Seal!"

Of all the sealing techniques Kushina knew, this one was the most suitable for sealing tailed beasts. Even though Rin Nohara was not a member of the Uzumaki clan, she could still be sealed with it.

During Naruto's era, Naruto was the only jinchuriki with Uzumaki blood. Hadn't all the others successfully become jinchuriki as well?

The sealing technique on Rin was clearly more advanced than the sealing techniques used by the other villages. Naturally, she could become a jinchuriki.

This was also the foundation of Chentian's plan.

"Brother Minato, Sister Kushina, since the Mizukage is willing to give us the Three-Tails, we'll reluctantly accept it."

Chentian spoke somewhat playfully. Once someone became a jinchuriki, they would die if the tailed beast was extracted from them. With Minato's character, he would never do such a thing.

That also meant the Three-Tails would inevitably belong to Konoha, even if it meant going to war.

As for the old men like the Third Hokage, it would be fine if they kept their hands out of it. But if they dared interfere, Chentian would break their claws.

Because just now, Chentian had picked up two cards: Lightning Blade and the Flying Thunder God technique he had long dreamed of obtaining!

Would you like to fuse Lightning Blade and Flying Thunder God?

Fusion confirmed.

S-rank ninjutsu Lightning Blade fused successfully. S-rank forbidden technique Flying Thunder God fused successfully.

Though he was ecstatic inside, Chentian did not check the system panel. Instead, he said to Minato and Kushina, "If we take the Three-Tails away, the Hidden Mist will definitely not let this go. We still need to be careful."

This place was simply too far from Konoha. Even Minato had no way to bring so many people back at once.

Chentian had only just obtained the Flying Thunder God, and he did not even have a single mark in Konoha. They could only fight their way back step by step.

Minato and Kushina both nodded solemnly. They understood the seriousness of the situation as well.

At this moment, Minato, Kushina, Kakashi, and Rin Nohara were all full of questions, yet they tacitly chose not to ask them.

Whatever it was, they could discuss it after returning. Leaving was the priority right now.

While Chentian and the others were preparing to leave, Black Zetsu had already returned to Madara's base ahead of Obito.

"Lord Madara, there has been an unexpected development. For some reason, Konoha's Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, appeared there. He saved that girl and ruined our plan."

The moment he emerged, Black Zetsu spilled all the information without hesitation, thoroughly playing the role of Madara's lackey.

"What?"

Madara abruptly raised his previously lowered head. The three-tomoe Sharingan in his eyes—belonging to no one knew who—spun wildly as a powerful aura surged forth.

"Inform the Mizukage that Konoha's Hokage infiltrated the area and stole the Three-Tails. Let them deal with it themselves!"

"Also, find a way to brainwash Obito. Don't let what happened today affect our plan!"

After saying that, Madara seemed to lose all strength and suddenly slumped to the ground.

He was already extremely old. If not for the tubes behind him connecting him to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, he would have died countless years ago.

The fact that he could still release such an aura was no easy feat.

"Yes, I'll handle it at once!"

In the next instant, Black Zetsu's figure slowly sank into the ground as he silently went to deliver the intelligence to the Mizukage.

Not long after Black Zetsu left, Tobi returned with Obito wrapped inside him. Once they entered, Tobi released Obito.

"Why wouldn't you let me go find Rin and Teacher Minato?"

Consumed by rage, Obito pointed directly at Madara's nose and questioned him.

A flash of anger passed through Madara's eyes, but he still said kindly and gently, "Obito, your injuries haven't healed yet. Even your appearance has been ruined. Do you really want to see them in this state?"

"This..."

After thinking it over, Obito felt that Madara did seem to have a point.

What if he met Rin looking like this and frightened her?

Thinking of that, Obito immediately apologized to Madara. "I misunderstood. I'm very sorry. But I saw people from the Hidden Mist chasing Rin. I want to avenge Rin!"