Konoha.
Obito had planned to spend a few more days lost in the comforts of love.
He would wait until he entered Sage Mode, free of desire and as calm as still water, before going to talk to Minato-sensei.
But now that this outrageous news had spread throughout the Shinobi World...
He feared that if he did not go find Minato-sensei soon, his teacher would come give him a thorough scraping.
So, after stubbornly dribbling his balls for a little longer...
Obito summoned astonishing willpower and released Rin from his arms.
He resolutely climbed out of bed and headed outside.
"Mmm, time for a nice little bath, then I'll go see Minato-sensei."
Hokage Office.
Minato looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi across from him and said with a wry smile,
"Third-sama, I never imagined this would get even your attention. I..."
Hiruzen raised a hand to interrupt Minato, took a puff on his pipe, and said with a genial smile,
"No need to explain yourself to me, Minato. You handled this very well."
"If I'd had ambition like yours when I first became Hokage, perhaps things now would..."
The Third paused briefly, then laughed heartily.
"Haha, old men do love reminiscing."
"Just don't get tired of this old man's rambling, Minato."
That was right.
The Third had no objections to "Minato's approach." In fact, he was quite pleased.
He yearned for peace because he did not want the people of the village to get hurt.
But he also hoped Konoha would grow stronger and rise above the other ninja villages.
The way Minato was handling things now was simply brilliant!
He had set up a separate operation outside Konoha, gathering ninja from other villages to deal with Konoha's enemies.
Meanwhile, Konoha remained behind the scenes, sitting pretty and waiting to reap