Minato ultimately did not say those words.
How could that be...? Obito had been crushed beneath a massive boulder. There was no way he could have survived that.
If it was Wood Release... he would have needed to transplant the cells of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju.
Where would Obito have obtained such conditions?
Most importantly, Obito had been such a pure-hearted child, someone who aspired to become Hokage. How could he possibly have committed this series of heinous acts?
"Are you Uchiha Madara?" Minato solidified his initial suspicion.
Seemingly casually, Obito removed his hood. "Who knows?"
Having witnessed Wood Release, Minato did not rush to deny his own guess as he once had. He slowly said, "Rumor has it that you died in the Valley of the End during your battle with the First Hokage. But if we interpret it another way, you did not die. You obtained his cells during that battle, transplanted them, and survived. That would make sense too, wouldn't it?"
"Heh heh heh, interesting. And then?" Obito asked with great interest.
Minato said, "For all these years, you have vanished without a trace. One can imagine that you have been lurking in the sunless underground, plotting some unknown scheme..."
"Now, you chose the moment Kushina gave birth to strike. I believe your objective has something to do with the Tailed Beasts, doesn't it?"
"..." After a long silence, a dark laugh tinged with admiration came from beneath Obito's tiger-patterned mask. "Heh heh."
"In terms of combat experience, you may still fall short of your predecessor. But... when it comes to insight into matters, you truly are one of a kind, Fourth Hokage Minato!!"
"!?" Alarm bells rang in Minato's mind. That reaction, then...
Obito tilted his head. "Minato, if you keep flying around, we will