Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

In order to change the fate of his teacher Minato, who was destined to die, Obito sought out the Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku, who was skilled in prophecy, and begged for his help.

The Great Toad Sage highly recognized Obito's kindness, but he could only see and explain fate, but he couldn't change it.

Even when explaining fate, one can only act as a riddle teller and cannot speak it out directly.

The Great Toad Sage gave Obito a hint—cats have nine lives.

The original intention was to tell Obito to repeatedly extract Minato's tailed beasts and give Minato a resurrection armor.

—That's right, the relationship between the tailed beasts that imprint the Tsukuyomi world and their jinchūriki is very special.

After the tailed beast is extracted, the Jinchuriki will not die. Instead, because the tailed beast's power remains in their body, they will have an extra chance to "resurrect from serious injury".

However, it cannot be used repeatedly.

For example, Gaara can only use the One-Tailed Shukaku once.

As for the Nine-Tails, Obito could repeatedly extract it and seal it back inside, giving Minato Namikaze nine lives.

While this won't change his fate, it can at least help Minato Namikaze withstand nine inevitable fatal attacks.

But Obito misunderstood.

Although Obito in this world has become kinder, he is still Kenji.

Obito slept through nine out of ten classes at the Ninja Academy, and skipped class once.

He was unaware of many basic facts about the ninja world.

Therefore, he completely missed the implied meaning of the Great Toad Immortal's words.

He focused on the "cat".

He first used Kamui to secretly dress up Minato Namikaze, who was tired from carrying out a mission and was sleeping, as a catgirl.

As a result, apart from Minato Namikaze being killed by his teammate Choza Akimichi, nothing else happened.

Then Obito found out that there was a rumor going around that Hakimi was a cat.

The pronunciation of Eight-Tailed Bee is very similar to Hakimi, which originally means honey water, and Killer Bee is also a killer bee.

In addition, during the Third Shinobi World War, Minato Namikaze encountered the Fourth Raikage and the Killer Bee brothers.

The two clashed over the title of the fastest ninja in the world.

In just one exchange, Minato Namikaze, right in front of the Raikage, instantly electrified Killer Bee.

The Raikage never expected that he, who looked like a minotaur, was actually pure-hearted, while Minato Namikaze, who looked honest, was actually a blond minotaur.

The heartbroken Raikage carried the devastated Killer Bee away from the battlefield, and the title of the fastest ninja in the world was taken by Minato Namikaze.

All indications suggest that the cat the Great Toad Sage was referring to likely meant this.

So Obito used Kamui to steal the "honey" from Killer Bee, the "killer bee," from Kumogakure.

Thus, the ninja world gained two more heartbroken individuals.

Killer Bee woke up to find himself being electrocuted again, and thought that Minato Namikaze had left the Flying Thunder God mark on him, and that he would come and electrocute him from time to time.

Minato Namikaze woke up to find himself somewhat slurring his words, and then remembered the time he inexplicably turned into a catgirl and was taken advantage of by Ding.

I think the only person capable of doing something like this is probably the mysterious masked man.

This deepened their hatred for the masked man.

After this incident, Obito observed Minato for a while longer and found that Minato had not changed much.

Obito was extremely anxious, because with each failed attempt to change fate, the day of their battle was drawing ever closer.

It wasn't until Obito unexpectedly returned to Konoha that he saw Kakashi talking to himself in front of his own memorial stone.

Kakashi mentioned that ninja dogs were his work summoning animals, but he actually preferred cats.

He remembered that Obito used to abuse cats and kick old ladies. In order to remember Obito, Kakashi followed suit.

But as time went on, perhaps due to the influence of the Sharingan, or perhaps due to the changes brought about by Obito's transformation, Kakashi also became kinder.

Kakashi started helping the old lady cross the street. Even when the old lady discovered that he used to be a "welfare girl" and threatened Kakashi that she had to give him a chance, Kakashi readily agreed.

Regarding cats, Kakashi went from abusing cats to gradually falling in love with them. For the cats' sake, Kakashi even took the initiative to find a medical ninja to help spay or neuter the cats.

When Obito learned of this news, his first reaction was that Kakashi was too humorous.

Is spaying or neutering a cat really loving it? It just feels like it's abusing the cat.

When he abused cats before, the most he did was kick and shatter the cat's genitals, but he never actually had them surgically removed.

But Obito suddenly realized something and went to the library to check out some related information.

He discovered that spaying or neutering cats actually has many benefits and can significantly increase their lifespan.

Obito suddenly realized what was going on.

So this is what the Great Toad Sage was referring to!

This will significantly increase your cat's lifespan!

In order to improve Minato Namikaze's lifespan and survival rate, Obito willingly bore the sins, infamy, and Minato's hatred.

On the night of the Nine-Tails' death, while Obito was treating the injuries of everyone in Konoha, he actually helped Minato Namikaze undergo sterilization.

This is what Kushina felt was wrong.

How could the kind-hearted Obito possibly hurt Minato?

The truth is that Obito did not intend to harm Minato. He freed the demon orb in order to allow Minato to survive.

However, the result is that Minato did indeed live to this day and successfully witnessed Naruto grow up.

Therefore, Obito felt that he had made the right decision back then.

Some people may wonder, how could a kind-hearted person commit such a serious mistake?

The answer is—Yes!

In another world, there was a carefree, bright, and innocent noblewoman. Because of her kindness, the king she served was assassinated, her fellow mages lost their chance for liberation and freedom, and the people of her country suffered from war because of her.

This young lady was given the title of "[Nation-Destroying Demoness]".

From then on, all sorts of legends arose.

She said she made everyone line up, claiming it was to create a shield, but actually she was going to unleash a massive stack of Mejai's Soulstealer.

This is, of course, a rumor.

But the saddest thing is that it turned out to be a rumor!

If she were truly evil and selfish, then at least those who died could be killed through a series of murders.

The reality is that those people not only died, but they died in vain, wasting their lives and not even contributing to the killing spree.

This is the evil done by a kind person.

The same applies to Obito now.

Obito approached Tsunade and confessed what he had done, hoping that Tsunade, who also had a sense of justice, would join the Akatsuki organization.

Naruto, who was following behind, was like an eavesdropper whose plot had been exposed, and he overheard everything.

When Kushina, a spectator outside, saw this scene, she immediately felt hopeful again.

Perhaps imprinting Obito's deeds in the Tsukuyomi world will help Naruto understand some things: kindness and justice alone are not enough; one must also have a brain.