Chapter 606: The Kind-Hearted Uchiha Obito
In the real shinobi world, Uchiha Itachi had spent all those years as an undercover double agent and had not managed to send back a single piece of intelligence.
In the Engraved Tsukuyomi world, it was exactly the opposite. Itachi had sold a huge amount of intelligence about the Akatsuki to Kushina.
Unlike the ideological conflict between the Senju and Uchiha, the Akatsuki was an organization with an entirely different ideology as its goal.
The Akatsuki's goal was to return the shinobi world to the era of the Sage of Six Paths, allowing everyone to freely choose their own XP, whether they liked small animals or were Bonded Shinobi.
That was why the Akatsuki's leader, Pain, had the title "Zero," while the second-in-command, Konan, had the title "White Tiger."
One represented being a Bonded Shinobi, while the other represented being a Furry Shinobi.
The members of the Akatsuki were divided into two-person teams, with each person representing a different XP. (XP = romantic tastes)
Kushina looked at all the intelligence Itachi had sent back and was immediately speechless.
The intelligence Itachi had sent was simply too much and far too complete.
Why did she need to know the XP of every single person in the Akatsuki?
But since it was already here, she might as well take a look.
The combination of Pain and Konan had already been explained.
The combination of Kisame and Itachi looked like they were both Furry Shinobi, but in reality, it was exactly the opposite.
Kisame was a fish-man, yet he liked humans. That should be called a Human enthusiast.
As for Itachi, he had inherited the Uchiha clan's ancestral Furry obsession and liked fluffy crows.
However, when he was eight years old, he confessed his feelings to Uchiha Shisui in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen, who praised him as a Bonded Shinobi capable of thinking from the perspective of a Hokage.
That's right. Itachi was a traitor within the Akatsuki, yet his ideology was actually the one that best aligned with the Akatsuki's goal. There was something rather ironic about that.
As for Kakuzu and Hidan, according to the intelligence Itachi had sent back, the two were known as the Immortal Duo.
Kakuzu used the tendrils of Earth Grudge Fear, yet people could still pierce his heart.
As for Hidan, after using Death Controlling Blood, he would let his opponent finish him off while he enjoyed the sensations fed back to him.
As for Deidara and Sasori, one planted explosives at A while the other used puppets.
As for White Zetsu and Black Zetsu, one was a plant person who reasonably used feces as fertilizer, while the other seemed to have something wrong with his brain. He was somewhat mentally impaired and called everyone he met "Mother."
And the Akatsuki's goal was to collect all nine Tailed Beasts.
They wanted to release the Tailed Beasts from their jinchūriki and thereby undo the changes the First Hokage had once made to the shinobi world.
Back then, the First Hokage had abolished the Hundred Schools of Thought and made Bonded Shinobi the only accepted ideology, sealing away every other XP, including the Furry enthusiasts who originally stood for "either Confucianism or Mohism" and "either Bonded or Furry."
As a result, all those XP became minority interests in the shinobi world and were no longer accepted by the mainstream.
The Akatsuki wanted to remove that seal.
Kushina had a terrible headache.
Because her goal was completely different from everyone else's.
She supported neither the Bonded Shinobi represented by the Senju nor the Furry Shinobi represented by the Uchiha. She also had no support for the Akatsuki's philosophy of "I want them all."
Her original goal had been to seal away the Bonded Shinobi just like every other XP, turning them into a minority and stripping them of their status as the mainstream.
She wanted to return the shinobi world to peace and quiet.
But now, she felt that the road ahead was long and difficult.
There were simply too many enemies.
Even Naruto could not understand her and had betrayed her.
And furthermore...
Even Minato, who seemed so honest and straightforward, was hiding things from her.
Kushina looked at the intelligence from the past.
There was a huge flaw in the records concerning the Night of the Nine-Tails.
Minato did not know the masked man's true circumstances, but she did.
Obito had already been brainwashed by Uchiha Madara into becoming someone who was naturally kind-hearted. He had come to Konoha to release the Nine-Tails purely to heal the injuries and illnesses of the entire village.
Then why had he chosen to hurt Minato?
That made no sense at all.
Did Minato really not know, or was he deliberately hiding the reason?
——
Tanzaku Town.
As soon as Naruto arrived, he saw a disturbance breaking out in the distance.
According to the intelligence, Tsunade, who was Naruto's target, often appeared in places like this.
"Heaven Kick!"
With an angry shout, several gamblers were sent flying, shattered dice embedded in their faces as they crashed to the ground, their lives and deaths unknown.
What appeared afterward was a beautiful blonde woman wearing a green robe, with a circle crossed by a slash—the "No Gambling" symbol—drawn on her back.
The Tsunade of this world had been taught from childhood by her Second Granduncle, Senju Tobirama, to learn the Uchiha clan's virtues of kindness, justice, and hatred of evil.
Although Senju Tobirama had once been an enemy of the Uchiha clan during the Warring States period, he had always admired the Uchiha clan's innate kindness.
Because of this, he did not even have Uchiha blood on his hands. Even during their battles, all he had done was kill Uchiha Madara's ninja hound, Inuna.
Under such teachings, Tsunade also hated evil with a passion. After the wars had subsided, she voluntarily left the village and traveled throughout the Land of Fire to crack down on vice and illegal activities.
Tsunade believed that Konoha had a Hokage and a police force to manage and control such matters, but other parts of the Land of Fire did not. Therefore, she needed to take action herself.
"Tsu…"
Naruto was just about to call out to her when he suddenly saw a familiar yet unfamiliar figure.
The masked man?!
Upon seeing the masked man appear, Naruto hurriedly covered his mouth and hid himself among the crowd.
After seeing the masked man exchange a few words with Tsunade before the two left together, Naruto had no idea what he should do.
First of all, was Tsunade actually a good person?
Was the Daimyo's judgment reliable?
Should he still give the Edict of Rebellion to Tsunade?
Naruto had no idea what to do.
Because he did not know what kind of person the masked man actually was in this world.
With no other choice, Naruto could only decide to follow them for now.
Naruto gritted his teeth, ran into a corner, and fiddled around for a while before entering Sage Mode at the fastest speed possible.
Only by merging with nature could he remain as undetectable as possible while following them.
As for the masked man, Uchiha Obito, he was feeling very depressed.
He actually knew that Teacher Minato had always wanted to take revenge on him.
If he were not still carrying an important mission, if it were not for the sake of the future of the shinobi world, he would definitely surrender himself.
But he could not do that now.
Besides, during the Night of the Nine-Tails, he had already explained everything to Teacher Minato. Even if he had explained it while pretending to be Uchiha Madara, it was still an explanation.
Unfortunately, Teacher Minato simply did not believe him.
In this world, the Uchiha clan had been blessed with extraordinary advantages. Aside from the abilities of the Mangekyō Sharingan and the Third Power, Susanoo, they also possessed a "Fourth Power."
The Fourth Power was not simply physical strength. It was the power of rules.
For example, Madara's Fourth Power was called [Return to Basics]. After awakening this power, the strength of Madara's other ninjutsu and Susanoo would increase dramatically. However, in exchange, his Mangekyō abilities would be sealed.
As for Obito, his Fourth Power was called [Future Sight]. It allowed him to see the future of opponents he was about to fight.
Obito discovered that under normal circumstances, Namikaze Minato would undoubtedly die.
But Obito had already turned over a new leaf and become a kind and righteous person. How could he possibly allow his teacher to die young?
Therefore, he was doing everything in his power to change that outcome.
(End of this chapter)