Hashirama felt something off and rushed to stop him. "Madara, don't fall for it! This guy wants to use your power to destroy Konoha!"
Madara's eyes remained calm. "Oh? Then there's no mistake. I've always intended to destroy Konoha myself!"
Hashirama stared blankly.
"We've already said, with Lord Seiki Shimaseki protecting it, Konoha isn't so easily destroyed!" Nagato shook his head slightly. "We're only planning to capture a few tailed beasts!"
"Capture a few tailed beasts?" Madara's gaze turned heavy. They went through such great effort to bring us here just for capturing tailed beasts... It seemed Akatsuki had already embarked upon completing the Ten-Tails!
But where were Obito and his consciousness?
What exactly had happened during the time before his revival?
...
In Konoha, before the Heroes' Memorial.
Besides Fugaku and several others, there was also Tsunade who had just returned to the village due to the Demon Disaster.
Of course, the Uchiha couldn't personally inspect the tombs of the First and Second Hokage!
Otherwise, if anything happened to the tombs, they would definitely be blamed!
"You mean someone might have robbed the First and Second Hokage's tombs?" Tsunade's expression turned grim.
"It was Lord Seiki Shimaseki who instructed us to inform you. According to Akatsuki's usual conduct, after obtaining the Impure World Reincarnation technique, seeking the remains of these two Hokage would be a logical move," Fugaku explained.
Mentioning Seiki as the scapegoat made Tsunade's expression slightly better. "Fine then, let's start digging!"
Soon, the two Hokage's tombs were unearthed, and the coffins were brought out.
Tsunade sorrowfully touched one of the coffins, then her face suddenly changed.
She could tell some parts of the coffin had way less dust than the rest — like someone had just opened it.
"Damn it!" Tsunade already had an answer in her heart, yet still opened the coffin.
Sure enough, a large portion of the body inside was missing!
"Fucking bastard! Don't let me find you!" Tsunade shouted furiously while clenching her fist, creating a sonic boom.
Compared to Tsunade's rage, the others looked gloomy.
The theft of two Hokage's remains meant they might have to face the Impure World Reincarnated versions of these two legendary figures!
The Second Hokage alone would be manageable, but the First Hokage was a legendary figure equal to Lord Seiki Shimaseki himself, bearing the title "God of Ninja!"
Could they possibly handle him?
The group's tomb-digging had already drawn a crowd, including Asuma and others.
"This is bad. We aren't really going to have to face the reincarnated First Hokage, right?"
"Even though Lord Seiki is strong, it's said that Impure World Reincarnation can resurrect infinitely!"
Ignoring the others' discussion, Kakashi walked straight toward a bowed-head Uchiha clansman behind Fugaku.
"Obito, it's you, right?"
Obito's body trembled slightly as he slowly lifted his head. "It's me!"
Upon hearing their exchange, everyone's attention immediately shifted from the coffins to Obito and Kakashi.
Plus Fugaku, who was suspected of "sheltering a criminal"!
Seeing the shocked and doubtful glances from everyone, Fugaku quickly explained, "Obito was captured by Lord Seiki Shimaseki and temporarily placed under my watch."
Everyone reluctantly accepted this reasoning. Even if Fugaku was bold, he wouldn't dare to fake information about Seiki, right?
Kakashi didn't pay attention to Fugaku's response. Instead, he looked at Obito Uchiha with a complicated expression before finally throwing a punch, hitting him hard. "You bastard! Why would you do this? Why betray the village?"
Obito didn't resist. After being knocked to the ground, he staggered upright again.
Kakashi grabbed his collar and roared, "Answer me!"
Obito didn't even wipe the blood from his mouth. He just stared fiercely at Kakashi, his voice hoarse. "If you had protected Rin properly, I wouldn't have ended up like this!"
Kakashi shuddered. "What are you saying?"
Obito mocked, "I told you to protect Rin. Is this how you did it? Letting your Lightning Cutter pierce through her chest?"
Kakashi stayed silent. He did owe Rin a lot.
Although Rin didn't die, it wasn't because of him. It was his senior who saved her!
More importantly, even though Rin survived, eight years of her life were utterly wasted!
When Rin awoke, she probably felt completely out of place in this world!
"You failed Rin! I used to think my greatest mistake was overestimating your abilities!" Obito's expression was complex. "But actually, my greatest mistake was underestimating my senior's strength!"
"If I had believed in my senior and reached out to him, things would never have come to this!"
Kakashi was stunned by Obito's words. So now this is on me?
Just then, over a dozen Anbu members wearing animal masks appeared around them.
Then, the encircling formation parted, creating an opening.
Two elderly men walked through the opening.
"Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado?" Tsunade frowned slightly beside them. She really didn't have much affection for these two Hokage advisors.
Although they were essentially different from someone like Danzo, they were stubborn, inflexible, incompetent, and dimwitted as Hokage advisors!
Most of all, they were out of their minds!
As for why…
How could they not support her, their own brilliant apprentice, yet back Danzo instead? Wasn't that proof enough they were out of their minds?
The two Hokage advisors had no idea that Tsunade was muttering curses under her breath about them. They expressed dissatisfaction, saying, "Encountering such a vicious criminal, you're not arresting him, but instead chatting casually as if nothing happened. What exactly are you thinking?"
Kakashi still tried to defend Obito a little. "Obito isn't that ruthless…"
"Isn't he ruthless enough?" Koharu directly interrupted. Then she coldly questioned, "Uchiha Obito, was it you who caused the Nine-Tails disaster seven years ago?"
Obito remained silent for a moment, then calmly admitted, "Yes, it was me!"
At his words, the crowd erupted in shocked murmurs. Everyone's face changed completely.
Though there had been rumors before that Obito masterminded the Nine-Tails disaster, no solid proof had ever surfaced.
But now, Obito had admitted it himself!
Remembering the terror and destruction the Nine-Tails disaster had brought, the crowd began shouting in fury.
"Kill him! Kill him!"
"Kill this demon in human skin!"
"I know I'm beyond forgiveness and have no right to ask for your pardon... But," Obito's gaze pierced through Koharu Utatane and the others like a blade as he scoffed, "are you and Hokage-sama really so clean? I clearly warned you beforehand about the Nine-Tails disaster as a deal to take down Minato Namikaze!"
"You're so eager to capture me just because you're scared I'll reveal the truth!"
Obito's words dropped like a bombshell, rattling everyone's minds.
Could Hokage-sama and his two advisors really have done such things?
Because of Danzo's foul reputation, no one immediately denied it, and the glances cast toward the two advisors began to change.
Under such gazes, the Hokage's two advisors felt their blood pressure rise, their voices shaking with rage as they glared at Obito and shouted, "How dare you, you monster, accuse us!"
"I already admitted to controlling the Nine-Tails disaster. Why would I need to make up lies about you?" Obito spoke with disdain while thinking inwardly, "Senpai, this is the only thing I can do for you!"
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