"Minato, did you leave a Flying Thunder God Mark on Obito back then?"
Jiraiya looked at Minato and asked.
"I did, but I can't sense it."
Minato nodded. During the Nine-Tails' Attack, he had left a Flying Thunder God Mark on Obito's back.
However, as a Spiritual Mark, he had long since lost his connection to that Flying Thunder God Mark.
Unless Obito appeared before him, he couldn't sense it from so far away.
Or he could retrieve his soul from the Shinigami and take that opportunity to see whether he could detect it.
"Well, Master Jiraiya..."
After hearing Minato's explanation, Jiraiya nodded.
"The Mask of the Shinigami? According to the records, it seems to be in the Uzumaki Clan Shrine."
"I'll keep an eye out."
Minato nodded in understanding, smiled as he said goodbye to Jiraiya, and returned to the Sealing Space with Kushina.
In the silent Sealing Space, Minato and Kushina sat together.
A curious Hashirama poked his head out from behind the wooden fence, while Kurama did much the same beside him.
A fox peeked out. QAQ
"Hey, Kurama, what should we say at a time like this?"
Hashirama poked Kurama's tail and asked quietly.
"Why are you asking me? I've never been through anything like this."
Kurama turned to look at Hashirama, his expression speechless.
I'm a Tailed Beast. What do I know about this whole murdering-your-teacher business?
At most, I've seen something similar in melodramatic anime, but the villains in those stories always had bad intentions from the start.
But from what Kushina and Minato said, Obito was a good kid.
And a good kid who'd died long ago, at that. Now, suddenly, they're saying he wasn't actually dead, and he was the one who controlled me back then.
*Seriously, I'm a victim too. Shouldn't