After saying that, Obito threw Naruto, who was in swaddling clothes, high into the air. Watching Naruto float in the air, Kushina let out an angry and terrified scream. She believed her child was more important than her.
Obito grabbed a kunai and leaped high, intending to pierce Naruto, but Minato saved him at the last moment.
This was naturally within his expectations. Minato was hailed as the fastest ninja in the world, so how could he let him succeed?
But, this was precisely his plan.
"As expected of the Yellow Flash, but what will you do next?"
Obito formed a hand sign before even landing, using Chakra to detonate the explosive tag attached to Naruto's swaddling clothes.
Minato's mind raced. In a moment of desperation, to protect Naruto and Kushina, he activated the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, instantly teleporting to one of their residences outside the village that had a Flying Thunder God Kunai mark. He quickly removed the swaddling clothes and tossed them aside, then swiftly leaped out of the house.
Just as he exited the room, the explosive tag detonated violently. The shockwave caused Minato to tumble twice in the air, landing awkwardly.
The first thing he did upon landing was check the safety of the child in his arms. Naruto was still crying but unharmed, which made him greatly relieved.
The shockwave from the house explosion sent wooden splinters flying everywhere. One of them lodged in his calf. Pulling out the splinter, the pain calmed Minato's mind slightly, and as he began to think of a countermeasure, he understood: the masked man's target was Kushina. He had been lured away from his true objective; he had to return quickly.
He threw away the splinter stained with a bit of his blood. Before the splinter even landed, Minato had already used Flying Thunder God to leave, taking only a puff of smoke with him.
The next moment, he appeared in one of his own homes. This home was a property he had prepared as a precaution, an additional safeguard against sudden threats, and now it was put to use...
He placed the child on the bed, covered him with a small blanket. There was no time to soothe the crying Naruto. Minato touched Naruto's small face.
"It's safe here, Naruto... Wait here for a moment. I need to go save your mother now."
Minato left. He naturally understood that the mysterious masked man could not still be in the cave, so he sensed Kushina's Chakra and headed in that direction.
On the other side, Obito, seeing Minato leave with Flying Thunder God, knew he couldn't waste any more time. He cleanly absorbed the defenseless Kushina into the Kamui dimension, then released her far away.
There was a lake there, and on the lake, he had already arranged several stone pillars. He placed Kushina on the central stone platform, binding her with Chakra chains. The Eight Trigrams Seal was still being broken through, and Kushina was incredibly weak and unable to resist.
Obito's arrangement was to use these stone pillars to release the "Release Tail Beast Method" and then, using the double combination of his Sharingan, pull the Nine-Tails out of Kushina's body.
Kushina was incredibly weak, yet she remained defiant.
"What... do you want... to do...?"
Obito looked at the weak Kushina, but his heart was filled with hatred... Minato failed to arrive in time to save Rin, yet he himself married and had a child...
"I'm going to pull the Nine-Tails out of your body and destroy Konoha."
Hearing this answer, Kushina's eyes widened, her face filled with shock.
"Normally, Minato is by your side to protect you, but now Minato has been lured away, and because of childbirth, the Nine-Tails' seal has been weakened... This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Do you know how long I've waited for this...?"
The Sharingan beneath the mask slowly widened. Obito looked through the seal and saw the Nine-Tails, currently bound to a giant sphere due to the Release Tail Beast Method.
The Nine-Tails was now entangled in countless iron chains, and its nine tails and the center of its body were impaled by wooden pillars, preventing it from struggling. But with the activation of the Release Tail Beast Method and Obito's Sharingan control, the giant sphere that held the Nine-Tails firmly began to melt, and the iron chains also dissolved. The Nine-Tails could move. As the Nine-Tails moved, those huge wooden splinters could no longer restrain it and were pulled out one by one, and it let out a roar to the sky.
Kushina's reaction on the outside was the leakage of the Nine-Tails' Chakra around her, forming a Chakra cloak that enveloped her. Kushina screamed in immense pain within it, but it did not alleviate the breaking of the seal for a moment. Her Eight Trigrams Seal on her abdomen finally broke.
The Nine-Tails emerged from her abdomen. Seeing the light of day again, it faced the moonlight in the sky, its nine tails constantly swaying, letting out a deafening roar.
That was a cheer of freedom, a violent shriek, and also Obito's surging ambition.
Obito used the summoning contract left by Madara, using his Sharingan as a medium, and successfully controlled the Nine-Tails.
Kushina, having lost the Nine-Tails, collapsed to the ground. It is common knowledge that a Jinchuriki dies once their Tailed Beast is extracted.
Obito looked at Kushina lying on the platform, preparing to march straight towards Konoha with the Nine-Tails, but he was called out by the incredibly weak and dying Kushina behind him.
The Uzumaki clan's constitution allowed her to retain half a breath after being stripped of her Tailed Beast, not dying immediately, which greatly impressed Obito.
Then...
"Since you are the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails, then... let the Nine-Tails kill you personally."
Obito exuded a violent aura, and his words made Kushina tremble with fear.
The Nine-Tails, manipulated by Obito, swung its arm towards Kushina, slamming down without hesitation.
In an instant, dust and lake water splashed everywhere, but to no avail.
As for why?
On a tree not far away, the fastest ninja in the world, the Yellow Flash Minato Namikaze, had already saved Kushina.
Such speed made Obito sigh in admiration; he truly lived up to the name of Flash.
The incredibly weak Kushina looked at Minato holding her in his arms. She could no longer think much; what she cared about most now was her child, Naruto.
Minato responded to her gently. This attitude and confidence put Kushina at ease.
But even so, Kushina understood that she had to stop that masked man. Leaning on Minato's chest, she told Minato about the mysterious masked man's intention to flatten Konoha, then urged him not to worry too much about her, as... she was already going to die.
Minato suppressed the sadness in his heart, but anger and hatred showed on his face. Turning his head slightly, Minato gave Obito, who met his gaze, a final look filled with killing intent and grimness, then used Flying Thunder God to instantly leave.
Obito scoffed at the sight, absorbing himself into the Kamui dimension to leave. He was going to Konoha, to give the Konoha Village people a little Nine-Tails shock.
Teleporting back home, Minato placed Kushina on the bed, settling her next to Naruto, urging Kushina not to worry too much and to stay by Naruto's side. That gentleness and confidence put Kushina at ease... Her man would surely win, but... she wouldn't be able to watch Naruto grow up.
All her beautiful fantasies, those days of living happily with Naruto and Minato, all turned into floating foam, beautiful yet fragile.
She cried, hugging Naruto's head, feeling Naruto's warmth, tears rolling down drop by drop, her heart filled with immense pain and torment.
Minato watched all of this, his anger and hatred deepening. He opened the wardrobe, took out his Hokage cloak, and brought enough Flying Thunder God Kunai.
"Minato... thank you..."
Minato turned his back, not letting Kushina see his sad face. He handsomely put on his Hokage cloak, intending to depart.
"Be careful on the way..."
Hearing Kushina say her last "be careful on the way" in this life, Minato knew he would never hear it again. But at this moment, he had to fight as a Hokage.
"I'll be right back."
He was so confident, so high-spirited, his back deeply etched in Kushina's eyes.
On the other side, Obito had already arrived at the center of Konoha. A ruthless glint appeared in his eyes. He slammed his hand on the ground, and a huge summoning array appeared, accompanied by a pillar of smoke that shot into the sky. The Nine-Tails appeared and began to wreak havoc.
It was late at night, and the incredibly peaceful Konoha Village was shaken awake by the loud bang of the summoning jutsu and the roar of the Nine-Tails, rousing countless people.
The Nine-Tails slapped with its huge hand, shattering countless houses. Under Obito's command, the Nine-Tails began its frantic destruction. The civilians of Konoha Village scattered and fled in panic, and the ninjas were also awakened, swallowing hard as they watched the rampaging Nine-Tails.
In the distant forest, a neatly dressed man wearing glasses hastily woke up the person sleeping in a sleeping bag beside him, shaking them and shouting.
"Captain!! Don't you dare sleep! The Nine-Tails has appeared!"
"Hmm... Huh?! Ah?! Oh my god, what are we waiting for!! Everyone, get up, it's time to work!!"
The entire Reincarnation Team became excited. After a brief tidying up, they headed towards Konoha Village under the moonlight.
Meanwhile, Ikenouchi Maki had followed her master's words and left the village early, arriving at a small hill in the distance where Konoha Village could be seen. Looking at the suddenly appearing and hugely destructive fox demon, she worriedly touched a blue bracelet on her wrist.
"Master..."
The Nine-Tails roared wildly at the dark sky, signaling the official beginning of the Nine-Tails' rampage.
(Writing this part still feels a bit strange. Minato brought his wife and child home, and it's well-known that at that time, the entire Konoha was within the Nine-Tails' destruction range. However, Minato didn't show any worry about his wife and child during the Nine-Tails' rampage. Does that mean that 'home' was not inside Konoha Village? But according to the scene, there were not only Flying Thunder God Kunai but also the Hokage's ceremonial robe there. How could that be...
So I set this 'home' to be outside the village, an additional layer of security Minato prepared to deal with sudden threats. Is that not too much?)