Chapter 19: Setting off for the Land of Lightning

Minato and Rin beside them didn't speak, just looked at them gently for about ten minutes.

After a long time, Kushina remembered that Obito's body couldn't kneel for long, so she quickly helped him up, placed him on the bed, and covered him with a quilt, letting him rest well. She told him not to think too much, told Obito that neither she nor Minato blamed him, and urged Rin to take good care of him.

Then she and Minato left first. Outside the door, looking at the relaxed Uzumaki Kushina, Minato couldn't help but ask: "Have you really forgiven Obito?" Kushina stretched and said relaxedly: "Maybe I never blamed him! It's just that the Obito you spoke of was too unfamiliar to me, and I couldn't accept it for a moment!

But today, seeing him kneel in front of me and apologize, I know that in his bones, he is still that Obito who dares to forge ahead and takes Hokage as his goal. It's just that he has grown a lot now. There is more responsibility, more commitment, and more courage in his eyes."

Kushina paused and continued:

"Looking at him now, I know he must have suffered a lot and endured a lot of grievances! But in my opinion, these are not bad things. These experiences will become his motivation to keep going in the future, and he might even go further and become stronger than in his previous life! I believe that in this life, with our help, he can achieve his goal and become an important figure who protects our village and the ninja world."

Seeing her like this, Minato was clearly relieved. Kushina glanced at Minato, and seeing his expression, Kushina knew what he was thinking, and continued:

"You can rest assured, I know what you are worried about. I won't be bound by the future you spoke of. Naruto let us be reborn to change the future, not to trap us in the hatred of the past. So what we need to do first is to improve our own strength. Then what are your plans next?"

Seeing Kushina ask him, Minato thought for a moment and said:

"I plan to go see Might Dai and Might Guy first, discuss the issue of taijutsu, and see if I can learn the Eight Inner Gates. After all, the upcoming battles will involve physical collisions! As for Sage Art, I also need to go for further study. And next, I need to request the Kumogakure, hoping to get training techniques regarding cell activation from the Raikage."

"Then you go ahead and get busy! I'll be fine going back alone," Kushina said.

"This, well alright! You be careful," Minato said hesitantly.

They were still inside Konoha Ninja Village now, so there shouldn't be any danger. Besides, Kushina's strength was also very powerful, and in dangerous moments, Kurama wouldn't just watch her die, after all, Naruto was still in Kushina's belly. So Minato felt he didn't really need to worry too much!

Watching Kushina's back gradually move away until she completely disappeared from his field of vision. Only then did Minato use the Body Flicker Technique and instantly disappeared from the spot!

In the following time, except for going home to sleep and eat at night, Minato spent all his other time with Guy and his father.

With Guy's nerve-wracking personality, the first thing he did after being reborn was to tell his father everything he saw in the future. Later, when Minato came, he told them about the Otsutsuki Clan. Knowing the future, Guy and his father, after knowing Minato wanted to learn the Eight Inner Gates, answered every question Minato raised without reservation.

And Minato also tried to teach them the Flying Thunder God Technique, but facts proved that the two of them indeed had no talent for ninjutsu, but their understanding of taijutsu over so many years also allowed them to gain a lot of improvement from it.

And Minato himself was a genius. In these two-plus days, through Guy's explanation, he successfully practiced the Eight Inner Gates to the level of opening the Gate of Opening. Although it was only the first gate, he had successfully entered this door.

Counting from the rebirth, today was already the fourth day, and it was also the day Minato and the others had agreed with the Raikage. Minato hadn't received information from the front lines about the peace talks with the Land of Lightning!

So Minato prepared to take Obito on an adventure to the Kumogakure, because Obito was the rightful owner of the Sharingan, and Kakashi was exhausted once and needed a week to recover! But Obito was already able to get out of bed on the third day after returning to Konoha, and rested for another day after that.

So now he could go to the Kumogakure with Minato, but he hadn't fully recovered yet. With his current chakra, he could at most use Kamui movement once!

So unless absolutely necessary, it must not be used. Originally, Minato hoped that Kurama would share some chakra with Obito, but ever since Kurama had a conversation with Kushina last time, he hadn't paid any attention to the couple. No matter what the couple said, he just ignored them directly. Helpless, he could only give up this idea.

Although according to what Naruto said in the memory world, Minato himself had also tamed Kurama's Yin chakra, but according to Minato's own guess, the reason he was able to tame the Nine-Tails in the future might be because Naruto had eliminated the hatred of Kurama's main body, and the Yin Kurama itself was a combination of chakra separated from Kurama's body. Since the hatred of the main body had disappeared, then naturally the hatred of the Yin Kurama would also disappear.

And without the hatred, the Fourth could naturally fist-bump with him quickly and get his help, but at this moment, although Kurama was also a reborn one, the hatred was still there.

So now, no matter what Kushina and Minato said, it was useless; Kurama just ignored them.

But Minato also believed that if Kushina were in danger, Kurama would also take action for Naruto's sake. After all, in the future world, he could even give his life for Naruto, so surely he wouldn't just watch his mother die after being reborn!

But it was basically impossible for Kurama to take the initiative to help now! Thinking like this, without realizing it, he had already arrived at the meeting place agreed upon with Obito.

The location was the old place both sides were very familiar with, the Third Training Ground.

Obito after rebirth was clearly much more mature, but his enthusiasm for helping others hadn't diminished. On the contrary, because he had caused many people to die in the Fourth Shinobi World War, he felt guilty, and when he encountered people who needed help, he would help them even more wholeheartedly.

But now, if he encountered a situation where he was in a hurry, he would split into a few Shadow Clones, letting the Shadow Clones stay to help, ensuring he wouldn't be late and delay the mission!

There were three people in the Third Training Ground now, namely Obito, Rin, and Kakashi! Rin and Kakashi were chatting, but basically, it was Rin doing the talking, and Kakashi only answered a sentence or two occasionally, but most of the time he just listened quietly.

His eyes would occasionally look toward Obito's side, while Rin seemed to be sulking, deliberately ignoring Obito's existence. Regarding this, Obito didn't provoke Kakashi as he had before, but kept his expression normal, sitting on the side, waiting quietly.

Seeing Minato arrive, Obito was the first to stand up and bow, saying: "Good morning, Minato-sensei." Kakashi and Rin heard this and quickly followed to bow and greet him. Minato smiled slightly and replied: "Good morning to you too, are you here to see Obito off?"

Seeing Rin not speaking, Kakashi could only answer: "No, I intend to go with you. I am extremely proficient in Lightning Release, and I intend to take this opportunity to go to the Kumogakure to study for a period of time."

Knowing how strong the future enemy was, Kakashi had also been racing against time to desperately improve his strength these past few days. He originally intended to develop Purple Electricity just like in the future.

But later, after thinking carefully, he gave up this idea. First of all, what he lacked most now was physical strength. Because he didn't need to maintain the Sharingan, his chakra was barely enough, but his physical strength was far from enough. Future enemy ninjas could absorb ninjutsu. Since ninjutsu couldn't be used, physical confrontation would be inevitable, so what he needed to do now was to enhance his own physical confrontation ability.

Regarding the issue of Chidori, Kakashi felt he could consider learning Sage Art. With the perception of Sage Art, mastering the speed of Chidori would be easy!

As for taijutsu, the most powerful in the ninja world was the Eight Inner Gates, but he wasn't a taijutsu genius. After learning for so many years in the future, he could only open the first gate. Because of this, Kakashi considered going to the Kumogakure to learn the Third and Fourth Raikage's Lightning Style Chakra Mode, Lightning Straight, and Lightning Oppression Horizontal. Kakashi was more familiar with the Fourth Raikage than Minato. After all, the two sides had cooperated for many years in the future. He believed that with his relationship with the Raikage, the Kumogakure wouldn't refuse.

As for Rin, her purpose was simpler. Because Obito hadn't recovered yet, she was worried about Obito, so she wanted to follow him to take care of him. But she couldn't accept everything Obito had done for her, so until now, she still wouldn't talk to Obito.

Minato thought for a moment and felt there shouldn't be too much danger, so he agreed. After all, there were many reborn ones in the Kumogakure, so there shouldn't be too much hostility toward Minato and the others. Besides, even if there were danger, he could just send them back in time!

At this moment, inside the Raikage Building in the Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage and his father, the Third Raikage, were staring at each other with big eyes. Clearly, neither side could convince the other on the issue of withdrawing troops. But it was somewhat different from what Minato and the others thought.

Because the Third Raikage was also a person who valued relationships and righteousness, even if his son defied him, he still couldn't bear to lock him up. But the Fourth Raikage was also a person who wouldn't admit defeat. Seeing he couldn't convince his father, he just stayed here and wouldn't leave! And so, the father and son had been confronting each other like this for two days!

Chapter 16: Conflict

Two days ago, the Fourth Raikage rushed back from the front lines alone. It took 2 days to rush back from the front lines at the fastest speed to reach the Kumogakure!

The Fourth Raikage, who had rushed back to the village after a long journey, couldn't care about resting and rushed to see his father in a hurry.

Actually, at this time, the Third Raikage had already learned about the Fourth Shinobi World War from other reborn ones. After all, he himself had quite a few people loyal to him, and it wasn't difficult to obtain this information!

Later, he learned about the events after the Fourth Shinobi World War from his son who had rushed back.

Just as Obito said, the Third Raikage was caught in a dilemma for a moment!

Just as the father and son's tempers reached their peak and they intended to go out and have a fight, four uninvited guests appeared in the Kumogakure building!

The Fourth Raikage wasn't surprised at all by their appearance and didn't pay attention to them. But the Third Raikage was different; seeing the four, he immediately wanted to take action to capture them.

Unfortunately, the Fourth Raikage blocked him, not letting him take action. In a rage, the Third Raikage cursed:

"Bastard, what do you mean? Do you want to join forces with people from other ninja villages to kill your father?"

At this time, some Anbu perceived other chakra entering the Raikage's office and immediately appeared, surrounding them tightly. And at this time, the Fourth Raikage spoke:

"Get out, this is none of your business."

The Third Raikage immediately said:

"Don't listen to this rebellious son, capture them immediately."

The Anbu Captain and most Anbu members who surrounded Minato and the others were reborn ones. They knew very well the reason for the confrontation between the Third and Fourth Raikage! But both were their leaders, and for a moment, they were also caught in a dilemma.

Therefore, they only surrounded Minato and the others without taking action. Some non-reborn ones who wanted to take action were also pulled back by people beside them. For a time, both sides were confronting each other like this.

At this time, only the Fourth Raikage was heard roaring:

"Bastard, didn't you hear me tell you to get out?"

The Anbu Captain thought for a moment and decided to follow the Fourth's order, so he said:

"I hope you won't harm the Third Raikage."

After all, in their memories, they had all seen both sides living in peace, so they didn't want war either!

But the premise was that their Raikage couldn't be harmed. At this time, Kakashi came out and said:

"Rest assured, I can guarantee you that I won't harm your Raikage."

The Anbu Captain nodded. Immediately, he ordered people to withdraw. Seeing this, the Third, in a rage, smashed his right hand heavily onto the table and roared:

"What exactly are you trying to do?"

Seeing this, Minato could only soothe:

"We didn't come here with malice, we just want to have a good talk with you, Third Raikage."

The Third Raikage snorted coldly and sat back in the Raikage's seat. Minato quickly glanced at the Fourth Raikage Ai's side. Ai just shook his head; it seemed it wasn't going very smoothly.

Minato summarized his language and was just about to speak when Obito suddenly stood out and said:

"Minato-sensei, can you leave this to me?"

Minato thought for a moment. Perhaps at such a time, Obito, who was also a war criminal, would understand the other side's situation better than himself. And there were many things that he, as a high-level Konoha official, found inconvenient to say, but Obito could do it for him.

So he nodded and walked back. Seeing this, Obito walked out with an expressionless face! And Rin wanted to pull him back, but was stopped by Kakashi beside her.

At such a time, Obito coming forward was perhaps the best choice. Obito walked to the opposite side of the Third Raikage and sat down, introducing himself:

"Hello, Third Raikage, let me introduce myself first. I am Uchiha Obito, the initiator of the Fourth Shinobi World War."

Just after finishing the sentence, only to see the Third Raikage's eyes turn cold, and he instantly smashed a fist toward Obito. Minato and Kakashi reacted instantly, but with both sides so close, rescue was already impossible. Rin beside them was even more nervous, covering her mouth.

At this time, only to see the Third Raikage's fist instantly pass through Obito's body and smash heavily into the ground. Only a loud bang was heard, and a pit with a radius of more than a meter had already been smashed into the ground.

The Anbu Captain outside just wanted to rush in again, when he heard the Fourth Raikage's voice from inside:

"It's fine, you don't need to worry about this, withdraw!"

The Anbu Captain looked at the perception ninja beside him, only to see him nod. The Anbu Captain secretly breathed a sigh of relief and returned to his original position.

As he said, he didn't want to have a conflict with Konoha people, but he also had to protect the Raikage's safety.

Inside the Raikage's office, only to see Obito turn his head intact, look at the Third Raikage, and say: ===== CHAPTER 21 =====