At that moment, within the borders of the Land of Rain, Obito, Kabuto Yakushi, and White Zetsu fled in panic. Though they had already escaped, they were still afraid of being caught.
"That was... Konan's power..." Kabuto Yakushi said, still shaken. He had truly thought he was finished just now.
Obito said, "No matter what, we have the Rinnegan now. Amegakure does not conflict with our objective either. Next, we will have to face the Five Great Nations."
Inside the conference room in the Land of Iron, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, began telling a story about the origins of the Tailed Beasts.
"Speaking of the Tailed Beasts, there is one person we cannot avoid mentioning: the Sage of Six Paths!"
The Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, scoffed. "Hmph, Sage of Six Paths, Fourth Hokage... You are bringing up legends at a time like this..."
Minato Namikaze remained unfazed. "The Sage of Six Paths truly existed. The legends are real, and the proof is the Tailed Beasts. A thousand years ago, a monster called the Ten-Tails ravaged the world. The Sage of Six Paths and his younger brother defeated the Ten-Tails together and sealed it within his own body, becoming the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki."
"However, before the Sage of Six Paths died, in order to prevent the Ten-Tails from bringing disaster upon the world again, he used his power to divide its chakra into nine portions—the nine Tailed Beasts of today. The Ten-Tails' shell was then sealed within the moon."
The others listened in stunned silence. Minato Namikaze's words had delivered a tremendous shock to their understanding of the world.
The Fourth Raikage, A, said angrily, "Fourth Hokage, are you saying those Akatsuki bastards gathered the Tailed Beasts to revive the Ten-Tails and become a second Sage of Six Paths? What a bunch