[Rin Nohara]: Obito, Sensei, Kakashi… please stop blaming yourselves. It was all my fault. I was the useless one.
[Obito Uchiha]: Rin…
As Rin spoke, the entire group fell silent.
The footage resumed:
[The Battle of Kannabi Bridge successfully severed Hidden Stone Village's supply line, and soon after, the long and bitter Third Great Ninja War came to an end.]
[Regarding Minato Namikaze's contributions, the Shinobi Battle Records described him as: "The one who led Konoha, once at a disadvantage, toward victory."]
Group Chat
[Hashirama Senju] @ [Madara Uchiha]: Madara! This "Battle Records" thing has been mentioned multiple times. What the heck is it?
[Madara Uchiha]: Hashirama! I'm not sure either. @ [Shikamaru Nara], break it down for us.
[Shikamaru Nara]: I think it's something generated by the scroll. It's probably a kind of evaluation database. My guess is the rankings we're seeing come from this "Battle Record" system.
[Madara Uchiha]: Makes sense. Still not interested in joining me?
[Shikamaru Nara]: I'm a Konoha shinobi through and through.
[Tobirama Senju]: Not bad! I've noticed that the new generation of Konoha shinobi is impressive. If they continue like this, Konoha has a bright future.
Hearing this, the young ninja of Konoha, especially the Konoha 12, felt immense pride.
The footage continued:
[The war left Konoha with heavy losses. Pressured by political forces such as Danzo, the Third Hokage—Hiruzen Sarutobi—stepped down.]
[Danzo originally nominated Orochimaru to be the next Hokage. But Orochimaru's cold, ruthless personality made him unpopular.]
[Minato Namikaze, on the other hand, was kind, selfless, and earned the people's trust—thus becoming the Fourth Hokage.]
[During this time, he was inspired by the Tailed Beast Bomb and spent three years developing a new technique: the Rasengan.]
[Its instantaneous activation and lack of hand signs made it a perfect match with the Flying Thunder God Technique.]
Group Chat
[Kurama – Nine Tails]: Hmph! So in the end, it all comes back to me, huh?
[Gyūki – Eight Tails]: You're way too full of yourself! You think you're the only one who can use the Tailed Beast Bomb?
[Kurama]: I may not be the only one, but that brat Minato definitely based the Rasengan off my Tailed Beast Bomb.
[Gyūki]: …Well, that might actually be true.
[Kurama]: Hmph! Knew it.
The footage continued:
[Minato passed the Rasengan down to his teacher Jiraiya and his student Kakashi. Eventually, it reached his son—Naruto Uzumaki—becoming one of the signature jutsu of the entire series.]
[After marrying Kushina Uzumaki, Minato soon had a child. He named the baby "Naruto," after the protagonist of The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi, a book written by his mentor.]
[However, due to Kushina being a jinchūriki, childbirth greatly weakened the Nine Tails' seal—raising the risk of the beast escaping.]
[To minimize risk, the Third Hokage and his wife arranged for Kushina to give birth inside a hidden barrier far from the village. The operation was classified as S-rank top secret.]
[Any leak of the information could have devastating consequences.]
[Only Minato and a few utterly trusted guards were present. Yet Obito somehow learned of the exact time and place.]
[He attacked just as Minato finished delivering Naruto—right at the moment the seal was weakest. But who leaked the information?]
[Kushina Uzumaki]: Lord Third, I've always wondered… Who leaked the info? That was supposed to be the most classified secret of all—yet Obito knew everything, down to the exact timing.
[Minato Namikaze]: Lord Third, I know it doesn't matter anymore… but even I was never able to understand how the information got out.
[Hashirama Senju]: Old Monkey, it's been years. You must've found something by now, right?
[Tobirama Senju]: You stinkin' monkey—fess up! Who leaked it?!
[Hiruzen Sarutobi]: I'm sorry… I've been investigating this all along, but I've never been able to uncover the truth.
[Tobirama Senju]: Tch! After all these years and still no answer? What kind of Hokage were you?!
[Hashirama Senju]: Sigh… Looks like Konoha really has to rely on the next generation now.
[Fourth Raikage – A]: Wasn't Danzo always gunning for the Hokage seat? Maybe he used Obito's hands to take Minato out on purpose.
[Onoki – Third Tsuchikage]: That's very possible. Extremely likely, in fact.
[Danzo]: It wasn't me! Stop dumping all the blame on me!
[Tobirama Senju]: Danzo, tell the truth. Was it really not you?
[Danzo]: Sensei! I swear, it wasn't me!
The footage continued:
[When Kushina became pregnant, Minato noticed that Kakashi had become increasingly cold and withdrawn due to Obito and Rin's deaths.]
[To help him heal, Minato reassigned Kakashi to guard the pregnant Kushina—hoping that watching a new life come into the world would warm Kakashi's heart.]
[He also revealed the secret that a jinchūriki's seal would weaken during childbirth.]
[After 10 months of guarding her, Kakashi's personality did soften significantly.]
[The day before the birth, Minato told him his duty was complete. From then on, the Third Hokage's guards would handle security.]
[That evening, Kakashi visited the graves of Rin and Obito, and quietly said: "Sensei's child is about to be born."]
[Coincidentally, Obito was watching from the shadows.]
[The anime filled in the logic gap here: explaining that this was how Obito learned the exact time and place.]
[Obito quickly investigated, confirmed the details, and silently eliminated the guards.]
[Just after Kushina gave birth and Minato was reinforcing the seal, Obito appeared and snatched the newborn from the Third's wife, who was acting as the midwife.]
Everyone in the chat fell into silence.
Then, Kakashi was the first to speak.
[Kakashi Hatake] @ [Minato Namikaze] @ [Kushina Uzumaki] @ [Naruto Uzumaki]: I'm sorry… It was all because of me.
[Danzo]: See? I told you it wasn't me!
[Tobirama Senju]: Danzo! Just because this one thing wasn't your fault doesn't mean you're innocent overall. Don't act like a saint now!
Danzo went silent again.
After all, he had cleared his name for this incident—but there were plenty of others he couldn't explain.
Best to play dead and say nothing.
[Kakashi Hatake]: I carry this guilt…
[Obito Uchiha]: Now you realize it? You're responsible not just for Rin's death—but Sensei and Kushina died because of you. Naruto suffered for years… because of you! You don't deserve to live. Rip out my eye and return it, then die.
[Jiraiya] @ [Obito Uchiha]: And who caused all this in the first place, Obito?! Let's not forget—it was you.
The footage continued:
[Minato used Flying Thunder God to instantly reclaim Naruto—only to find a paper bomb attached to him.]
[In a flash, he teleported to another location and escaped the explosion. Naruto was saved—but Minato was lured away.]
[Obito took the opportunity to kidnap Kushina. With his Sharingan, he forced the weakened Nine Tails to break free from its seal.]
[Seeing Kushina's pained expression, Minato felt sorrow—it was beyond cruel.]
[Thanks to Kushina's powerful Uzumaki vitality, she survived the extraction. Minato arrived just in time, rescued her, and brought her and Naruto home safely.]
[Then he donned the cloak of the Fourth Hokage, and went to confront the Nine Tails and the masked man.]
[When the Nine Tails noticed Minato, it immediately launched a Tailed Beast Bomb.]
[If he dodged, the blast would hit the village. So Minato used a Flying Thunder God Barrier to warp the entire bomb to a distant location.]
[He did it with such calm that it seemed to cost barely any chakra—truly, Flying Thunder God was a phenomenal technique.]
[At that moment, Obito used Kamui to appear behind Minato and launched a sneak attack.]
[Minato reacted swiftly and stabbed with a kunai—but it passed through Obito's body.]
[He immediately teleported away, and Obito used Kamui to pursue him. Obito's goal was to keep Minato occupied so he couldn't stop the Nine Tails.]
[But Minato was still wondering: who was this masked man? He could bypass Konoha's sensory barriers, break the Nine Tails' seal, and even tame it.]
[Minato Namikaze: "Among the shinobi I know, only one person could do all this—you must be Uchiha Madara."]
[It was a reasonable deduction. What Minato never expected… was that the man before him was his own student—Obito Uchiha.]
[Minato asked: "Why attack Konoha?" Obito answered: "It's for war… and for peace."]
[Minato thought: No matter who this is—someone who can control the Nine Tails, possesses space-time ninjutsu superior to mine and Lord Second's, and holds such dangerous ideals—he must be stopped.]
[Thus began the battle between Minato Namikaze and Obito Uchiha—Minato's final battle before his death.]
Some in the chat laughed. Some were silent.
But others were filled with fury.
And the angriest among them…
Was Second Hokage – Tobirama Senju.
[Tobirama Senju]: Tch! Spouting nonsense like "it's for war and peace" while attacking Konoha? That's the Uchiha for you—masters of hypocrisy.
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