When the Transmission Line connected to the Hearing Room, someone removed the Copper Bell in front of Obito.
A Soundproof Barrier rose on all four sides.
He could still see the Recorder writing, but he could hear nothing from the other end.
The representative from the Land of Rivers read out the Nine-Tails' conditions again.
The Nine-Tails would speak only about the effects he had suffered.
Obito was not permitted to apologize, explain, or request a response during the statement.
Those conducting the hearing could not ask about the location of the Jinchūriki's sealing, the structure of the mindscape, or private memories.
If a question crossed those boundaries, the Nine-Tails could cut off the transmission immediately.
No one objected.
Once the Recording Array lit up, a deep voice passed through the Enclosure Technique, making fine ripples spread across the ink on the table.
"Make this clear first: I am not part of Konoha's losses."
The Recorder's pen paused for a moment, then wrote down the sentence in full.
The casualties, destroyed homes, and collapsed defenses from the Night of the Nine-Tails were already listed in the dossier Konoha had submitted.
But the Nine-Tails refused to appear in that dossier solely as the force that had caused those losses.
He had also been extracted, controlled, and forced to attack.
Those three facts could not disappear simply because he possessed the power to destroy a village.
"I could see."
The Nine-Tails continued.
"I could hear, and I knew where my claws were landing."
"But back then, I couldn't make them stop."
No one in the Hearing Room spoke.
The Sharingan's control had not rendered the Nine-Tails unconscious.
Quite the opposite: he had experienced every movement clearly, yet had lost the ability to refuse a target.
Being forced to watch his own power