Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan.

Chapter 332 Itachi Uchiha's Decision

Thirteen years ago, when Minato first learned that Obito was still alive, he hesitated.

Even though he was wearing a mask and wanted to unleash the Nine-Tails to inflict heavy losses on Konoha, Minato still didn't kill him directly.

Because he obtained information through a deal with Uzumaki Sora, he captured him alive and sent him to the police prison. At that time, Minato's original intention was not to kill this disciple.

The fact that the Nine-Tails was not released, and that Kushina, herself, and Naruto were all safe and sound, is both the premise and the reason.

but now……

Thirteen years have passed, and Konoha has undergone countless changes. Although Minato is still gentle, his heart has changed greatly.

After capturing the three tailed beasts, Obito was filled with a great deal of hatred from the ninjas.

The deaths of the Fourth Kazekage and the Fifth Raikage were an indelible source of hatred.

This disciple, who is now so unfamiliar to us, has not caused much damage to Konoha, but accepting him at this time is not a good thing for Konoha.

And Itachi...

Black Zetsu killed Itachi's father, Fugaku, in order to retrieve Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan. This was something Minato owed Itachi, and he had even bowed deeply to Mikoto Uchiha in apology beforehand.

If Obito were accepted, what would Itachi think? What would Sasuke think? What would the Uchiha clan think?

Even Yun... what will she think?

There are just too many things involved with Obito.

"As a teacher, I was always late when my students were in danger, which shows that I failed in my responsibility."

Minato looked at Obito, taking out a Flying Thunder God kunai and holding it across his chest: "I've always felt guilty towards both you and Rin. But now... I am the Fourth Hokage of Konoha!"

"As the Kage, I am responsible for the entire village and the Uchiha clan. Without Fugaku and Shisui's help, Kakashi wouldn't have been able to use that power, and you would have released the Nine-Tails."

"Obito... tell me where Black Zetsu is, and I'll let you go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Obito looked at the teacher in front of him.

Have you been feeling guilty all along?

But ever since her grandmother passed away, Aunt Kushina has been taking care of her...

Do I really need to feel guilty?

Is it really the teacher's responsibility that he was late when he was trapped under a boulder, and that Rin was captured and sealed into his body with the Three-Tails?

Do not……

All of this was simply because Madara Uchiha had his eye on him.

Just like how he later set his sights on Nagato, he also killed off the previous Akatsuki members one by one, forcing Nagato to see the darkness of this world...

How similar their methods and schemes are!

Heh... Just like that bastard said, they're all just pawns, like nesting dolls.

"Teacher...after learning everything, I have never resented you again."

Obito took out the mask and then crushed it. He casually turned around to look at the memorial stone behind him, which was Rin's memorial stone.

"Because no matter what the teacher does, he'll always be late. That fool is just like me, schemed against to death, yet he uses the same methods to scheme against those who come after him."

"The reason I was crushed under the boulder was my own fault, and the reason Rin was captured and sealed away as the Three-Tails was also because of me."

"When someone in darkness reaches out, no one can save me. Back then, there was no Uchiha Kumo as we know him now. With the power of the Rinnegan gone, who can contend with it?"

Minato frowned slightly: "It seems you traded very important information from Uzumaki Sora. If that's the case, then..."

Just as Minato was about to make a move, a figure suddenly appeared beside him.

"cloud?"

"I was dragged out of bed by that bastard Kakashi in the middle of the night. It's only because I'm not grumpy when I wake up that I'm doing this. Otherwise, I would have hung him up and beaten him."

"Where's Kakashi? I sent him to inform you."

"Him? He's probably still getting beaten up by Kurama right now. It said that being woken up in the middle of the night will cause it to shed fur, and it wants Kakashi to pay for it."

???

Minato was stunned: Isn't this a staged accident?

At this moment, Yun looked at Obito opposite her, and their eyes met, revealing an unspoken understanding.

"Uchiha Yun, how about we make a deal?"

Yun shook her head slightly: "Once I get here, anything that's on your mind will come to mind, and transactions will be meaningless."

This answer stunned Obito; if he hadn't held back, he probably would have cursed out loud.

Didn't you make me choose that?

He also said that if he went to Akatsuki, he would probably be killed, but if he came to Konoha, he might be able to see Rin again in a positive capacity?

asshole!

We can't win a fight now, and we can't even run away...

Wait, before this, he couldn't have escaped from Uzumaki Sora either!

Is this just playing with yourself?

"I wonder if I could destroy my own brain in an instant, would you still be able to get this information?"

After a long pause, Obito pointed to his head and said, "It's true that the speed at which the whole body enters the other dimension is not fast, but if it's just the head, even if you could enter as well, you would only get a shell with my brain destroyed."

As soon as he finished speaking, Minato hesitated.

Before Yun could say anything, he felt the gaze of the Hokage beside him.

Perhaps he had already made up his mind before that, determined to kill Obito Uchiha.

But at that time, Obito Uchiha was an enemy, but now he has chosen to surrender and return to Konoha.

The two different scenarios, coupled with the information obtained from the Uzumaki Air Exchange, directly caused Minato's heart to waver.

Yun looked at Minato and shrugged: "At this point, you are the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, while I, the Fifth Hokage, am not yet. The decision is yours; you can accept it or not."

Minato sighed: "What about Itachi..."

Yun smiled and said, "It wasn't Obito who killed Fugaku Uchiha, but Black Zetsu. No one knows Black Zetsu's location right now, except for the person in front of you."

"Whoosh!"

With a soft sound, Itachi arrived in an instant.

The three-scythe kaleidoscope slowly rotated in his eyes. Although his face remained expressionless, it was clear that his heart was not at peace.

"Tell me Black Zetsu's whereabouts, and everything else is no longer my concern."

For a moment, Minato's gaze turned to Obito again.

Obito, now under the watchful eyes of the three, had no chance of escape.

Obito was well aware that if he failed to pass the test, Uchiha Yun would definitely make the first move to kill him... to silence him.

Returning to Konoha was merely a twisted sense of humor on his part. As for matters concerning the future peace of this world, he would never allow himself the opportunity to speak of them.

Or rather...

Even if his brain wasn't shattered, he would directly enter the alternate dimension to destroy his memories.

After a long pause, Obito spoke up: "A week ago, Black Zetsu and 100,000 White Zetsu were still hiding in the Land of Iron."

Seeing Itachi preparing to leave, Obito quickly continued, "But that position is useless now. With White Zetsu in charge of intelligence, he realized several days ago that I had escaped his control."

Itachi frowned upon hearing this: "Then what use are you?"

Obito smiled, his distorted half-face contorted, and then sat down on the ground.

Taking action is a complete joke.

"Speaking of which... Black Zetsu can be considered the ancestor of the Uchiha clan."

The group, who had already deduced some information from the documents of Mount Myōboku, were not surprised. Minato even said, "We know that Kaguya's third son is Black Zetsu, her eldest son is the Sage of Six Paths Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and her second son is Hamura Otsutsuki."

Minato's words startled Obito.

You know? It's Vortex Sora again?

He glanced at Uchiha Yun, wondering just how much information this bastard had traded in Konoha.

Is the intelligence I use for trading still effective?

and many more……

When Kakashi previously discussed the relationship between Infinite Tsukuyomi and Black Zetsu, their reaction was not the same as it is now. Therefore, there must be many things they are unaware of.

Thinking of this, Obito continued, "The legendary Kaguya Otsutsuki, known as the Goddess of the Rabbit, is still alive."

? ? ? ×2

"How is that possible?!"

Minato frowned: "Even the Sage of Six Paths dies. He and his brother sealed their mother away, but that was thousands of years ago!"

Obito shook his head slightly: "Now I need your answer. I will stay in Konoha and not go anywhere else. If you need my help, just let me know. Sensei... how about it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Minato glanced hesitantly at Itachi.

In this situation, how can I possibly bring it up?

The Fifth Hokage of Konoha will be Kumo, and the Uchiha clan will become the true force protecting Konoha.

But Minato was perfectly aware of the power of the Uchiha Sharingan.

In recent years, under Yun's deliberate guidance, the younger generation of the Uchiha clan have believed that they need to find their own bonds first, and only then will the Sharingan awaken when protecting those bonds.

But is that really the case?

It's just a different way of saying it; killing your own bond with your own hands can bring your emotions to a peak of loss of control.

Fugaku was not only Itachi's father, but also Sasuke's father, and Itachi was Sasuke's deepest bond!

Yun once said: Team 7 is the future of Konoha.

"Say yes."

???

The sudden sound startled Minato.

When I turned to look at Itachi, I found that the Mangekyou Sharingan in his eyes had been closed.

Itachi calmly said, "Father is the head of the Uchiha clan, but he is also a Konoha ninja. So am I, and so is Sasuke!"

Yun, standing to the side, scratched his head: "Actually... it's not certain whether he can destroy his own brain before I make a move. I'm quite confident, though. Want to give it a try?"

⊙_⊙？ ？

Obito was stunned: Are you even human?

Minato raised his hand, but quickly lowered it again.

Itachi shook his head slightly: "There's no need. He wasn't the one who killed my father. It concerns the secrets of this world, and I have to make a choice based on the comparison."

As soon as he finished speaking, Minato quickly added, "For the sake of the village and the ninja world, Itachi made his choice. But as Hokage, I need to remind you that if your identity is exposed in Konoha, that will be the time you are imprisoned."

Obito nodded and smiled.

Before this, although the four major ninja villages all knew that he was Uchiha Obito, the people they knew all wore masks, and he could change his voice.

"The true purpose of the Infinite Tsukuyomi is actually for Black Zetsu to rescue his mother, who is Kaguya Otsutsuki, also known as the Goddess of the Rabbit."

The information from just the first paragraph stunned Minato and Itachi.

Minato followed up immediately, asking, "That legendary person is still alive? How is that possible? Or does Black Zetsu want to resurrect her?"

Obito shook his head slightly: "It's not resurrection, but the breaking of the seal."

As he spoke, Obito looked up at the moon in the sky: "The information you have is correct. The Sage of Six Paths and his brother joined forces to seal their mother away, and the Infinite Tsukuyomi is the only way to break the seal."

"Not only that. You should have seen the white monster that Black Zetsu used to gather intelligence before. Although that thing has the power of Hashirama's cells, its true origin is humans from thousands of years ago."

"And you've seen the number of White Zetsu—one hundred thousand White Zetsu. These are monsters born from the Infinite Tsukuyomi thousands of years ago."

"The illusion created by the Infinite Tsukuyomi is a false peace; Black Zetsu's only thought is to rescue Kaguya Otsutsuki."

"And I... along with Uchiha Madara, are nothing more than its pawns. And it, too, has lived for thousands of years."

Minato replied, "But it's not human. Those things that can turn into liquid at any time aren't human at all. It can exist for thousands of years, but humans can't."

Yun, who was standing nearby, then spoke up: "That guy has a special power within him. Before it reached this level, even I couldn't kill it."

Obito glanced at the cloud: "The prerequisite for Kaguya Otsutsuki to be unsealed was the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and the Infinite Tsukuyomi itself can only be achieved after becoming the Ten-Tails..."

"The Ten-Tails Jinchuriki is at the Sage level. You could even say that reaching that level is similar to Uchiha Kumo and Uzumaki Sora in the present day."

"Black Zetsu now only has the power of 100,000 White Zetsu and itself, but it also has three tailed beasts under its control. In addition, it has found a substitute for the Nine-Tails' chakra."

alternatives?

Obito smiled and said, "I will use the Impure World Reincarnation technique to revive Kinkaku and Ginkaku of Kumogakure, and then extract the Nine-Tails' chakra from their bodies in a special way."

"Although this method has its flaws, it is indeed possible. By gathering the chakra of the nine tailed beasts at the Gedo Mazo to awaken the Ten-Tails, one can become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, which is equivalent to the Sage level."

As soon as he finished speaking, Minato and Itachi both froze on the spot.

Just as Minato said a long time ago, the world seems to have gone into chaos, with every piece of information pointing to a legendary figure from thousands of years ago.

From this perspective, it's not entirely incomprehensible that the Sage of Six Paths' mother didn't die.

"These mythical figures are appearing one by one. The mother of the Sage of Six Paths, her power is probably unimaginable..."

Minato's eyes were filled with worry.

Yun, standing nearby, then spoke up: "It's certainly clever of them to obtain the Nine-Tails' chakra through trickery, but it's only four-tenths of the nine tailed beasts. If they can't win, wouldn't it be better to just prevent her from coming out?"

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(End of this chapter)