There were only a few days left until the 12th of this month, so after leaving Rin's grave, Obito did not go far. Instead, he hid nearby inside Konoha.
Soon, the day came—it was the 10th.
On this day, Obito stayed in his "home" in Konoha as usual.
To avoid exposing himself, the food he ate every day was stolen by White Zetsu from nearby households.
Within just a few days, the neighbors around grew suspicious.
If the amount of stolen food was any larger, they would have pooled money to hire a ninja to investigate.
"Two more days."
Looking up at the sky, Obito behind his mask showed a complex expression.
There were many reasons why he planned to start the Nine-Tails' chaos while Kushina was giving birth.
First, it was revenge—a real venting of his anger;
Second, to reclaim the Nine-Tails. Taking the Nine-Tails away could both collect the tailed beast and weaken Konoha's power;
Third, to confirm his resolve, to set foot on a path of no return;
Fourth, to intensify the conflict between Konoha and the Uchiha, so he could benefit from their strife.
He wanted revenge because Obito had once been a caring young man in Konoha who respected the elders and valued his comrades.
Though not very talented, he was passionate about the world.
But after witnessing Rin's death, his will was twisted. Now, what he wanted to create was a dream world without conflict, a world with Rin. The real world no longer mattered to him.
As the saying goes, "the deeper the love, the harsher the hatred." Obito once loved the village he grew up in deeply. Now, he hated it just as much.
He hated the teacher who "never appeared in time" and the friend who "broke his promises."
The second reason was to reclaim the Nine-Tails.
In fact, at this moment, Obito did not necessarily have to take the Nine-Tails away to seal it (he couldn't seal it immediately due to the limitation of the Outer Path Demon Statue).
The most he could do was take the Nine-Tails and place it somewhere — similar to how Madara Uchiha controlled the Nine-Tails, summoning it when needed to fight or for other purposes.
Furthermore, once a weakened Kushina was captured and the Nine-Tails extracted, Kushina would inevitably die.
In that case, Konoha would lose its only jinchūriki.
Without a jinchūriki, Konoha's strength in this area would be difficult to restore for a long time to come.
Besides, controlling the Nine-Tails and trying to kill Kushina was one of Obito's acts of revenge.
After becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, Obito even taunted Minato with ultimate sarcasm: the "Yellow Flash," known as the fastest ninja in the world, was too late—he couldn't save Obito, couldn't save Rin, and couldn't save his own wife.
As for the third point, the determination was simple—it was to leave no way out for himself.
Hmm, very fitting for the mindset of a Uchiha madman.
The last point is also easy to understand.
When Obito first met Madara underground, Madara openly admitted that his current eye was just a reserve.
This likely gave Obito great inspiration.
By taking possession of the Uchiha clan's Sharingan, Konoha not only lost the combat strength of the Uchiha but also failed to collect all the Sharingan.
This was definitely a huge loss for Konoha.
Later, when Obito fought Konan, if he hadn't had an extra three-tomoe Sharingan to use Izanagi, he might have had to sacrifice his Mangekyo just to survive.
Ahem, enough of that.
Back to the point.
While Obito was sadly watching the moonlight, a White Zetsu crawled out from the ground and shouted, "Bad news, Madara, it looks like your intel is wrong."
"Oh? What's the problem?"
"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's birth date isn't the 12th, it's today."
"What?"
Obito appeared in front of White Zetsu and asked seriously, "Tell me everything you know."
"Okay, but I want to eat something."
"Eat something? You don't even have digestive organs in your body, what the hell are you trying to eat?"
Obito knew these White Zetsu all had their quirks to some degree.
Just like he had a White Zetsu friend named Tobi, who always liked to talk about poop.
But these White Zetsu creatures didn't have digestive organs like humans.
They didn't even have organs, so naturally they couldn't feel the need to poop.
"I don't care. I want to eat. I've been curious about human food for a long time. If you don't satisfy this request, I won't talk."
Obito really wanted to slap this idiot dead.
But to get information, he had to hold back his urge to kill and gently persuaded, "Alright, alright. Once you tell me everything clearly, I will definitely let you eat."
"Really? Haha, I'll be able to eat soon."
The White Zetsu didn't suspect Obito was lying, and said right away, "It's quite a coincidence. I originally wanted to sneak into the Third Hokage's house quietly to steal some food, but before I could get anything, I saw the old man get dressed and quietly leave with his wife. Curious, I followed them to a rather secluded house. There, I saw the Fourth Hokage and his wife."
"Then, from their conversation, I learned that the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is going to give birth tonight."
"Tell me, where are they now?"
"Number 18, Ibi Street, East of the Village."
After hearing the address, Obito immediately wanted to rush there.
But the White Zetsu grabbed Obito and said, "You promised you'd let me eat."
Damn it.
Originally, Obito was going to let this idiot go because of the important info he brought.
After all, eating is something White Zetsu can do anytime he wants. He doesn't need his approval at all.
But unexpectedly, this guy really had no brain — even at this time, he was still bothering him.
"Alright, alright, I'll take you to eat right away."
"Thanks, Madara—uh, what are you doing?"
Seeing several wooden sticks piercing through his body, White Zetsu didn't wait for Obito's explanation and slowly closed his eyes.
"Idiot, wasting my time."
Obito put White Zetsu's body into the Kamui space and quickly started heading towards No. 18, Ibi Street.
At this moment, at No. 18, Ibi Street, Minato Namikaze and the Third Hokage looked extremely serious.
The Third Hokage held the Adamantine Staff that had transformed from Enma and stood guard at the door.
Minato stood on the rooftop, overseeing the whole situation to make sure nothing went wrong.
"Ya~"
With the cry of a baby, seeing that Obito hadn't appeared yet, Minato and the Third Hokage secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Just then, Obito suddenly appeared inside the house.
The moment Obito appeared, the Third Hokage and Minato sensed it immediately.
The former rushed into the house and struck Obito with a blow from his staff.
The latter used Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport inside, grabbing Kushina to try and escape.
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