The reason for directing village rumors and spreading information about the true culprit of the Nine-Tails night was to pressure Danzo and Hiruzen on the surface.
However, Mirai’s real intention was to use the fermenting rumors to draw out the true mastermind behind that night!
He had communicated with Minato in the Nine-Tails’ sealing space and learned specific details about the enemy from Minato.
This included a masked figure possessing a space-time Mangekyo Sharingan and Wood Release, wielding chains as weapons…
Many of the rumors circulating in the village included descriptions from Minato!
Mirai didn’t believe that after learning the village rumors pointed directly at his identity, the real culprit would remain inactive!
After all, apart from himself and the deceased Minato, no one else should have seen his appearance that night.
“Just as I thought!”
Mirai’s eyes were bloodshot, a sinister smile spreading uncontrollably across his face.
Blue lightning arced around his body.
He stomped heavily on the rock face of the Hokage Monument, his body shooting like a cannonball toward the direction of his sensed target.
…
At the edge of Konoha’s forest.
“White Zetsu, keep an eye on Konoha. Report any abnormal activities immediately.”
Obito coldly gave his orders.
Based on the investigation, his true identity should not have been exposed.
However, he couldn’t afford to be careless.
Moreover, he felt there was something strange about this wave of rumors.
It seemed like some force was pushing it from behind.
Having finished his instructions, Obito gazed at the village with a hint of melancholy in his crimson eye through the mask.
This decaying village wasn’t worth saving.
Only in a world of illusion would everything be redeemed.
Both Minato and Rin would reunite in another world.
He prepared to leave.
The surrounding space began to distort.
Suddenly, as if noticing something, his expression changed, and he looked up into the sky.
A blue object was rapidly approaching!
No, to be precise, it was falling!
She was falling at high speed!
Boom!!!
A violent tremor erupted in the forest as the falling object crashed into the woods opposite Obito, pulverizing a large swath of trees, dust swirling.
Obito stared at the swirling dust.
As it gradually settled, a humanoid figure emerged from the impact site.
Crackling electricity surrounded him, blonde hair standing on end from the currents, his blue eyes bloodshot with demonic fury.
“I finally caught you!!”
Obito’s eyelids twitched!
This guy!!!
Did he jump down from the sky???
There were no high places around this forest, and if the jump had not been far enough, the motion would have been detected instantly.
This meant the man in front of him had jumped here from a very distant place!!!
“Seems like trouble!”
White Zetsu, emerging halfway from the tree trunk, felt uneasy.
Mirai approached aggressively, and his unique entrance suggested he wasn’t a friendly figure!
White Zetsu started to retreat into the tree.
We wanted to sneak away before the battle erupted.
Obito, the enemy is all yours.
With your strength, you can handle it, right?
Obito suddenly sneered as he was about to slip away, staring at the familiar blonde hair.
“You must be Minato’s brother, right? What, trying to avenge…”
He didn’t finish his sentence.
A loud bang sounded as the ground beneath Mirai exploded, and in an instant, he was beside Obito, throwing a punch!
Relying on his phasing ability, Obito was confident, but White Zetsu, already halfway into the tree trunk, freaked out!
Obito, you bastard, you’re setting me up!!!
Boom!!!
The tree shattered, the force of the punch creating a path through the forest!
White Zetsu’s body was pulverized, countless white spores scattering with the wood fragments.
Taking the hit head-on, Obito remained unharmed, using his phasing ability to evade the attack.
Mirai’s blue eyes shifted slightly.
A space-time jutsu?
Just as Minato described.
This masked man in front of him was indeed the one who killed Minato and Kushina!
The only difference was that the mask had changed from the tiger-patterned one Minato described to an orange spiral mask.
“The Blue Flash? Your strength is greater than I expected.”
The crimson Sharingan peered through the left hole of the mask, appraising Mirai with a hint of surprise.
This unique entrance and the power of that punch elevated his evaluation of Mirai.
But…
“It’s useless.”
As if mocking Mirai’s incompetence, the corner of Obito’s mouth under the mask curved into a smile.
“With these eyes, you don’t stand a chance.”
…
At the same time.
In the Hokage’s office.
Hiruzen was still fretting over the village situation.
This sudden wave of rumors hit like an unexpected heavy blow, catching him off guard.
Who knew what chaos would ensue if he couldn’t quell these rumors quickly?
“That damn Danzo! Making a mess and leaving me to clean up!”
Hiruzen fumed.
If Danzo hadn’t been up to shady dealings, these baseless rumors wouldn’t have spread so quickly in the village.
Once settled, he must shut down the Root’s experiments entirely.
Who knew what trouble they’d cause next?
As he fumed, an Anbu member suddenly appeared.
“Lord Hokage, there was a sudden violent tremor from the southeast of the village, it seems there’s a battle occurring there!”
Hiruzen’s face stiffened!
The southeast of the village?
Wasn’t that all forest?
For tremors to be felt here from a battle…
Who could it be?!
“Gather a team of Anbu, follow me to investigate.”
Hiruzen ordered solemnly.
He couldn’t worry about the rumors now and needed to identify the combatants.
Meanwhile.
In the Uchiha compound.
While conversing with Itachi, Fugaku suddenly looked up towards the distant forest.
“Father? What is it?”
Itachi asked, puzzled.
“Over there, it seems there’s some kind of tremor…”
Fugaku looked thoughtful.
Was there a battle?
But that distance was too far. The opponents’ strength must be terrifying if it was a battle causing such tremors.
“Tremor?”
Itachi’s eyes shifted.
Taking a breath, Fugaku looked at his eldest son: “Itachi, we’ll discuss Mirai being your teacher later. Go gather the clansmen who have unlocked the three-tomoe Sharingan, follow me to the source of the tremor.”
Itachi noted his father’s serious expression.
He nodded solemnly.
“Understood, Father.”
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