Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 94 Digging a Hole

Inside the dining room, Minato was having a late-night snack. Kushina, heavily pregnant, watched him eat with a smile, occasionally exchanging a few words with him.

"Huh...why is someone coming to the door so late?"

"I'll go open the door."

"No, it's not convenient for you to move around, let me go."

As he spoke, Minato got up from his chair, went over and opened the door. He looked around but didn't see a ghost. Instead, he saw a green frog with eyes that glowed with a faint red light.

Minato scratched his head in confusion, then squatted down and picked up the green frog.

"Who is Minato?"

"Nobody's here."

Shuimen closed the door and returned to the dining room, a hint of confusion on his handsome, sunny face: "I found this."

"Huh, what's this?"

Just as Minato was about to hand the green frog to Kushina, he suddenly noticed something unusual in the frog's mouth. He reached out, pinched and pulled, and a green-skinned, white-patterned scroll about the thickness of an adult's middle finger was pulled out of the frog's mouth.

Place the green frog on the dining table, unroll the scroll, and take a closer look; fine, tiny characters come into view.

"Tomorrow night, a mysterious figure resembling Uchiha Madara will attack Konoha, attempting to release the Nine-Tails, capture it, and destroy the village."

"The mysterious person possesses spacetime abilities, allowing them to transfer themselves or other objects in their vicinity between the real world and other dimensions, thus becoming immune to various attacks."

"The maximum duration of this ability is five minutes."

"The mysterious person also possesses the ability to use Wood Release."

"In addition, if a Jinchuriki does not die immediately after the Tailed Beast is extracted, he can be revived by sealing the Tailed Beast back into his body."

The reason Uchiha Gen didn't reveal Obito's true identity was to see if he could trick Obito into dying...

After all, in the original story, Minato defeated Obito in a very short time without any prior intelligence to back him up...

If Obito hadn't had a large number of high-quality Hashirama cells fused into his body, giving him amazing vitality and regenerative abilities, he probably would have been killed by the Rasengan.

If Minato Namikaze were to tell him, and Minato immediately revealed Obito's true identity, what if Minato, the father of talk-no-jutsu, made Obito turn over a new leaf?

A person may change a lot overnight, but it is impossible to truly give up everything from the past all at once; there will always be a trace of nostalgia.

Did the corrupted Obito Uchiha truly believe everything Madara Uchiha said?

After all, Madara Uchiha's Infinite Tsukuyomi plan did sound incredibly bizarre, unbelievable, and even fantastical.

According to Gen Uchiha, although Obito had been brainwashed by Madara Uchiha at this time, he was not completely brainwashed.

He still harbored a sliver of hope that his teacher, the Hokage, would recognize him, stop him, redeem him, and allow him to see a bright future.

Unfortunately, Minato didn't recognize him, which may have been the last straw that broke Obito's back. But can we blame Minato for this?

Changing his hairstyle, altering his height, wearing a mask, donning a black robe, and even changing his voice, all while hoping Minato would recognize him, is indeed quite absurd.

If it were anyone else, even Rin Nohara, they probably wouldn't recognize her, right?

After all, Obito has been declared dead and has moved into a small house with permanent ownership at the Konoha Memorial.

Without any clues, who would think of a dead person?

Xian Er's way of thinking is truly incomprehensible to normal people!

Gen Uchiha did not want Obito to be redeemed, even if the possibility was extremely small.

Unaware of Obito's identity, Minato Namikaze faced an enemy who wanted to harm his wife and children and was full of malice towards Konoha. He was absolutely ruthless, clean and efficient, and every move was aimed at killing!

If Obito is defeated by Minato, many things will be much easier in the future.

Although Black Zetsu will definitely not give up on saving his mother, without Obito, many things will be very troublesome.

Minato's first reaction after reading the information was that it was some kind of prank, but then he became suspicious and uncertain...

"Minato, what's wrong?"

Seeing her husband's changing expressions, Kushina asked with some curiosity.

"Kushina, take a look at this."

With a solemn expression, Minato handed over the scroll in his hand, then formed hand seals and used his sensory ninjutsu to quickly scan the area within a kilometer of the house, but found nothing unusual.

Such a detection result made Shuimen's heart skip a beat. If it wasn't a prank, then someone had deliberately sent it.

Who is it?

Could there really be such a capable person hidden in Konoha Village?

In such a short time, he hadn't revealed the slightest trace of himself under his sensory ninjutsu...

Could it be that a mysterious figure resembling Madara Uchiha is going to attack Konoha tomorrow night and capture the Nine-Tails?

Tomorrow is indeed Kushina's due date, and her child Naruto will definitely be born the day after tomorrow at the latest!

The green frog was created by Uchiha Gen through a split soul. The split soul was only a wisp, and it returned to its original form after the doorbell was rung.

With the speed of a soul in the void, it can return to its original body in an instant, so Minato Namikaze naturally couldn't detect any trace of it.

"What...Minato, what do you think?"

After reading it, Kushina was also surprised and uncertain, and very conflicted. She couldn't help but look at Minato.

By this time, Minato Namikaze had calmed down.

"Whether it's a prank or not, it's better to believe it's true than not to believe it's not."

"This matter concerns your safety, Konoha's safety, and the child's safety; there can be absolutely no mistakes!"

"So I plan to make more preparations, strengthen the defenses, and also inform the Third Lord to hear his opinion."

"good!"

"I'll be right back."

Minato had no appetite for a midnight snack. After saying goodbye to Kushina, he immediately left home and headed to Hiruzen Sarutobi's mansion.

Since Minato did not leave the Flying Lightning Mark at Hiruzen Sarutobi's residence, he could only get there using the conventional methods of ninjas.

Just after Minato left, a white figure appeared in a tree opposite Minato's house, then silently disappeared back into the tree.

Even without using the Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato's speed was extremely fast, and he arrived at Hiruzen Sarutobi's residence in a short time.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was about to rest when he heard that Minato was coming to visit, so he quickly changed his clothes and came out to greet him.

Hiruzen Sarutobi understood Minato's personality; unless something important had happened, Minato would never visit without warning in the middle of the night...

Just after Minato entered the mansion, a white figure emerged from the soil in the front yard of Hiruzen Sarutobi's house and then disappeared.

"Minato, what happened?"

After opening the door to the tea room, Hiruzen Sarutobi, with a pipe in his mouth, sat down and got straight to the point.

"Lord Third, this is what happened..."

As he explained, Minato handed over the scroll.

After reading the contents of the scroll, Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned and fell into deep thought...

After a while, Minato Namikaze asked, "Third Hokage, what are your thoughts?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi exhaled a smoke ring and said in a deep voice, "No matter who sent this intelligence, we should err on the side of caution and believe it's true."

"If the Nine-Tails were to escape, it would already be a catastrophe; if it fell into the hands of others, it would be an unbearable loss for Konoha!"

"If it's just a false alarm, that would be best. Afterwards, we'll thoroughly investigate the prankster and give them the most severe punishment!"

Minato Namikaze nodded solemnly, "That's what I think too. Konoha, Kushina, and Naruto cannot be allowed to fail!"

"Hmm... what are you planning to do?"

(End of this chapter)