Kirigakure.
Inside the Mizukage's Office.
Uchiha Setsuna opened his eyes, a flash of blood-red flickering through them.
He quickly suppressed his anger, seemingly returning to calm.
But the flames in his heart...
Had not died down at all. Instead, they burned even fiercer.
After days of discreet investigation...
Setsuna had finally confirmed his suspicions.
His childhood sweetheart...
Had not been attacked by chance. Someone had deliberately arranged it!
The Mist Ninja squads present that day had clearly been dispatched elsewhere.
And more importantly!
The places those squads were supposed to go lay in completely opposite directions.
There was no way they could have appeared at the same time in a place they had no business being.
There was absolutely no explaining this away as coincidence!
Someone behind the scenes must have orchestrated the whole thing!
And when Setsuna considered how his childhood sweetheart's death had led him to join Madara's side...
Did he really need to say who that mastermind was?
If not for White Zetsu's... or rather, Madara's deliberate guidance...
How could he have "just happened" to stumble upon his childhood sweetheart, who had "coincidentally" been surrounded by Mist Ninja?
Damn you, Madara Uchiha!
Setsuna wanted nothing more than to run back right now and cremate Madara Uchiha.
But he was still constrained by White Zetsu and Black Zetsu.
He could not even let his anger show.
Madara Uchiha!
He thought through gritted teeth.
I'll let you enjoy yourself a little longer.
Once I'm strong enough, I'll take everything from you.
I'll make you experience what it feels like to lose everything!
Konoha.
Inside the Hokage Office.
The desk was still the same one.
But the person sitting behind it was different now.
Obito grinned at him and said.
"Minato-sensei... ah, no, I should call you the Fourth