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  "He's someone I don't reize..."

  Minato Namikaze let out a long sigh, tossing the broken mask in his hand aside.

  As the dust settled, a rge pool of white blood became visible on the ground.

  Huge craters appeared on the ground and tree trunk, silently attesting to the immense power of Minato's full-strength Rasengan just moments before.

  He had essentially bsted Obito to death.

  Looking at the pale face full of hatred and unwillingness lying in a pool of blood, Minato shook his head helplessly.

  Although there was an indescribable sense of familiarity, he indeed did nhis person.

  Minato seemed to think of something and lifted the eyelids of the masked man. One eye had lost its light, and the other was a deep, dark void.

  There was no expected Sharingan tomoe.

  Why impersonate Uchiha Madara? Why un atta Kaigetsu-kun? All these questions remained unanswered due to the masked man's death.

  "Although you were the enemy, you weren't bad."

  "Straality, space-time ninjutsu parable to the Flying Thunder God, the ability to make your body intangible..."

  Minato had to admit, this was the most formidable enemy he had entered besides the "A-B bo" of the Kumogakure. In some ways, this guy was even more troublesome than the "A-B bo."

  If such a powerful enemy harb hostility toward Konoha were allowed to roam free, Minato Namikaze would feel uneasy.

  People live for peaind.

  This time, the masked man had attempted to assassinate Kaigetsu-kun, who bore the Flying Thunder God mark and had mastered fixed-point unication ninjutsu. What about ime? If the masked man targeted other elders of the vilge, could they defend against it?

  But Minato wasn't worried about the other Konoha elders besides Kaigetsu-kun...

  To say something irreverent, even if the other elders besides the Third Hokage were assassinated, it would only slightly affect Konoha's prestige in the ninja world-not a signifit .

  But what if... the masked man targeted Kushina?

  He was the Hokage; it was impossible for him to be by Kushina's side 24/7. Moreover, the day of Kushina's childbirth roag...

  He had just tested the depths of the masked man's abilities. Ign the assassination ability to escape thousands of miles away after a failed strike and the ability to make his body intangible to avoid attacks, his own ninjutsu skills weren't exceptionally high.

  Probably... at the level of ae Jonin?

  But facts are facts, and facts speak louder than words. These twe abilities of the enemy couldn't be ignored.

  The activation speed of the masked man's abilities was so fast that only someone like him, the Yellow Fsh, could barely dodge. Moreover, Kushina wasn't like Killer Bee of the Kumogakure-a perfect Jinchuriki who could freely utilize the ails' power.

  If the masked man attempted to assassinate Kushina, especially on the day of her childbirth...

  Minato couldn't help but shudder. The sequences would be unimaginable.

  Fortunately, the unknown masked ninja died here, personally ended by him in Konoha's forest.

  The huge otion caused by the Rasengan spread far.

  Before long, Anbu members and Police Forinjas quickly gathered around Minato.

  Seeing the Hokage cloak swayily in the breeze, Uchiha Fugaku stepped forroactively: "Fourth Hokage, what's the situation?"

  "Phew..." Minato nodded. "The intruder has been killed."

  "Arrange for the sealio e and collect the body."

  "Fugaku, please personally lead a team tonight tthen the vilge's defenses. Also, Anbu, do not lower yuard. Ehat patrols within the vilge leave no blind spots."

  Uchiha Fugaku looked at the corpse lying in front of the tree, his eyes flickering. "You mean, the impostor g to be Uchiha Madara might have aplices?"

  "We 't rule out that possibility. After all, this atta Konoha was without any warning."

  "In any case, it's better to be cautious."

  "Tomorrow m, Fugaku, please attend an emergency meeting at the Hokage building."

  After giving instrus.

  Minato cpped his hands, and the surrounding sery ged. In the sed, he appeared at the location where Gojo Kaigetsu held the Flying Thunder God kunai.

  He looked around. "This is... the Memorial Mo? Kaigetsu-kun, why are you here?"

  Minato followed Gojo Kaigetsu's gaze and immediately saw the traces of battle on the aree. The trunk had a small, smooth, a hole, as if it had bee by Onoki's Dust Release.

  Minato approached.

  "It's nothing. I felt that the mysterious masked man might appear here, so I came by myself."

  "As a result, he ran away as soon as he saw me, probably worried that I would summon you again."

  Gojo Kaigetsu said casually, wiping away the dust that had settled on the portraits of Rin Nohara and Obito due to the ret battle.

  "So, he ter went to a stronghold in Konoha's forest?"

  "Yes." Minato nodded. "I hit him with another Rasengan; he's dead now. I don't know if it's my illusion, but when he reappeared, he seemed to be in worse dition than when he was first injured."

  "Eh? You killed him?"

  This was really... an ued surprise.

  But that guy Obito-was he so easy to kill? And Minato's rea-did he nhat it was Obitojo Kaigetsu felt a bit uneasy and asked, "Did you check the enemy's body?"

  "Checked. He only had a right eye, and the eye was blind. His heart was pletely pierced, showing no signs of life."

  "His eye was blind?"

  Gojo Kaigetsu squinted.

  He immediately realized that Obito had used Izanagi. However, Obito in a one-eyed state-using Izanagi was no different from being dead.

  Regarding Izanagi, Gojo Kaigetsu didn't have a deep uanding of this forbidden teique, or perhaps only a superficial one. Danzo used it to reset his state in pce, and Uchiha Madara used it to fake his death and escape from Tobirama's b after a long period.

  What is the limit of resurre?

  Gojo Kaigetsu couldn't figure it out, so he decided not to think about it and po ask an expert in this area.

  Moreover... this might even be made into a trap targeting Bck Zetsu~

  That guy Bck Zetsu might be watg from some er.

  "Have yed personnel?"

  "I've already arranged for the sealio hahe body. Fugaku is maintaining order at the se; there won't be any problems."

  Gojo Kaigetsu nodded.

  Although it ity not to have taken Obitht eye and obtaihe bug-like ocur teique Kamui.

  But it wasn't without gains.

  Seeds of doubt had already been pnted in Uchiha Obito's heart. If he really died, that would be good. If ter he was revived by things like Rinh, Impure World Reination, or Izanagi...

  No matter how unwilling he was to believe, once he calmed down, he would start p what had been said.

  Would he front Bck Zetsu directly, or fess everything to Nagato, or perhaps, disheartened, fess everything to Konoha... Surely he wouldn't stubbornly persist down the wrong path, refusing to face reality.

  As long as it's not the st possibility, it would be enough to disgust Bck Zetsu.

  Maybe he could even avenge Madara by turning the tables.

  Gojo Kaigetsu praised, "Well done, Minato. You add 'sying a Mangekyō Sharingao your personal record."

  "Uh... wait, Mangekyō Sharingan? Kaigetsu-kun, what do you know?"

  "I saw it," Gojo Kaigetsu said softly. "Just now, when he was about to escape at the Memorial Mo, I saw through his mask-a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan."

  "He really was Uchiha Madara?" Minato subsciously asked. "But when I took off the mask... that face wasn't his."

  No wonder Minato had thoughts of overturning his previous clusion.

  After all, the Mangekyō Sharingan was extremely rare.

  Even acc to Konoha's historical records a knowledge passed down by the Hokage, the number of Uchiha members who awakehe Mangekyō Sharingan in the history of the ninja world was very few.

  "What are you thinking? Uchiha Madara was from the same era as the First Hokage; how could he still be alive?" Gojo Kaigetsu ftly denied. "It's just a lunatic trying to use Madara's o intimidate the ninja world."

  "Then who is he?"

  "Who knows?"

  Gojo Kaigetsu shrugged, temporarily not intending to reveal the truth to Minato to avoid affeg his ninja way.

  His own disciple, who died in the war, resurrected to attack the vilge, and he personally killed his disciple.

  Knowing such a thing would be a heavy blow. After all, Kushina had even cooked meals for Obito before; Naruto never had that treatment.

  "In any case, the first phase of this assassination i is ojo Kaigetsu stretched zily and instructed, "By the way, Minato, during tomorrow's meeting, remember to act devastated and reveal the hat I'm about to die."

  "We're about to start the sed phase of the pn."

  "Eh? But aren't you fine, Kaigetsu-kun?"

  "And what's the sed phase?"

  Even though he hung out with Gojo Kaigetsu all day, Minato still maintaihe simplicity and siy of a ninja. His mind wasn't filled with as many schemes as Gojo Kaigetsu's.

  Gojo Kaigetsu exaggeratedly expined:

  "A smokes, it's a smokes!"

  "Because I want to enjoy it!"

  "Minato, don't you think this approach is exg? The esteemed Gojo Kaigetsu, with tless beauties, is about to die. Those female ninjas who had flicts with him and couldn't uand their true feelings would set aside past prejudices and e to his side regardless of everything!"

  "Those ninjas who wavered in their stand had received his kindness would unite against a on enemy upon hearing this news! Unify the ideological front!"

  "Those enemies lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity, would jump out oer ahese are impurities that we couldn't detect or find suitable reasons to eliminate under normal circumstances!"

  "It's like being the protagonist of the ninja world; everything revolves around me."

  Gojo Kaigetsu spread his arms:

  "Most importantly, this is a knife. No oside knows who that mysterious masked man is, but whoever we say he is, that's who he is! As the victim, I have the final say."

  "......"

  Minato looked at him with a deep gaze, that familiar feeling. "So, who do you pn to cut with this knife, Kaigetsu-kun?"

  "I'm rather greedy. Sihe enemy handed us a knife, we naturally have to maximize its use." Gojo Kaigetsu licked his lips greedily. "The Land of Grass, the Land of Rivers."

  "???"

  "Why these two tries... And the Land of Grass is currently our ally, right? As for the Land of Rivers, we're about to sign a transit agreement with them."

  "The situation with the Land of Grass is that while they're our allies, they've also joihe Kumogakure's mutual prosperity circle." Gojo Kaigetsu spread his hands. "Plus, there's a 'ninja' in their vilge I'm very ied in."

  "The Land of Rivers also has a ninja I'm ied in. Moreover, they're charging us passage fees. Just because they have some geographical advahey think they lie down and make money off Konoha?"

  "These small ninja vilges are causing too much trouble; they have a death wish."

  Bandits, real bandits!

  Minato wao say more but felt that what Gojo Kaigetsu proposed pletely went against the decisions of our aors.

  The 'Will of Fire' mentions that Konoha's founding vision ea the ninja world... He wondered what the First Hokage's rea would be if he knew Konoha was initiating invasions.

  But after spending so much time with Gojo Kaigetsu, Minato also uood what false peace was and what true peace was.

  Now, he had to imbue the 'Will of Fire' with new missions and vitality for the new era.

  Minato sighed, chose to ply, and expressed his : "If we take a against these two tries, won't the Kumogakure intervene?"

  "Ahem! What are you saying? We're ung a special military operation as a ninja vilge-a decapitatioion to defend the vilge's dignity. We'll only punish the evil leaders and won't touch a single needle or thread of the on people in the Land of Grass and the Land of Rivers!"

  "If the Kumogakure steps in to obstruct, then the special military operatioes into a ninja war!"

  "After all, I'm not asking for much. I just want two ninjas and to kill some people who oppose Konoha. The old guys in the Kumogakure will debate with me."

  "Well... I hope so." Minato thought for a moment and realized that seemed to make sense.

  If he put himself in the shoes of his 'teacher,' the Third Hokage, if the Kumogakure unched a special military operation with the same excuse-just wanting two insignifit ninjas and to kill some people from other vilges-they might just promise.

  "Then, why not include the Land of Rain?" Minato drew inferences and suggested, "We clude that the three tries jointly pnned a terrorist attack against Konoha."

  "Ahem... Konoha is benevolent."

  Gojo Kaigetsu coughed lightly, rejeg Minato's suggestion as a bad student.

  Some vilges don't weigh much; they might be just a few pounds. But if you put them on the scale... pared to the current Konoha, it's hard to say which is heavier.

  Even if Konoha won in the end, it would probably be aremely tragic victory.

  Befathering several elements like the 'Evening Elephant' Guy, a healthy Itachi, and bringing batelligence from Jiraiya, Gojo Kaigetsu didn't pn to take a against the Land of Rain.

  "Is that so? What a pity."

  Minato felt a bit regretful and scratched his head embarrassedly. "Um... Kaigetsu-kun, there's something I'd like to ask you."

  "Oh? Go ahead."

  " you ask Tsuo return to the vilge?"

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