"Pervy Sage, your disciple Nagato was the leader of Akatsuki."
Hokage Tsunade continued, "I understand that, but what does any of this have to do with Danzo Shimura?"
"That's because there was someone else behind Nagato!"
The Raikage could no longer wait. "Speak! Who was it?"
"Uchiha Obito!"
Just then, Kakashi and Yamato opened the door and entered, hearing the name Uchiha Obito at that exact moment.
Kakashi froze on the spot.
Jiraiya thought for a long time before finally recalling who Obito was.
"Uchiha Obito? Wasn't he the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze's disciple?"
Naruto glanced at Kakashi. He knew this moment would come sooner or later. The sooner Kakashi learned, the sooner he could prepare. With Kakashi's strength of mind, digesting this information should not be a problem.
"Uchiha Obito is still alive! And he became the true mastermind behind Akatsuki." Naruto thought, Obito isn't really the true mastermind, but there's too much information. They might not be able to process it all, so this is enough for now.
Kakashi asked, "Naruto, what exactly are you talking about?"
Kakashi did not want to believe it. Back then, he had personally witnessed Obito die before his eyes, and Obito's left Sharingan had even been implanted in Kakashi.
Naruto directly took a scroll document from his robes, spread it open, and said, "Danzo Shimura founded Akatsuki, selected Obito and Nagato, and used some unknown method to control them."
"Danzo Shimura kept seeking out missing-nin from every village and gathering them all into Akatsuki. That was how Akatsuki came to be."
"Akatsuki's purpose was to collect the tailed beasts scattered across the land, then use them to create an overwhelmingly powerful weapon and launch the Fourth Ninja World War, allowing Konoha to dominate the world."
"Danzo Shimura wanted to win that war