The reason why he guided the public opinion in the village was to release the news about the perpetrator of the Night of Nine-Tails Riot.
On the surface, they were for suppressing Danzo and Hiruzen.
However, Mirai really hoped that through the fermentation of public opinion, the real mastermind behind that night would come out.
He and Minato had communicated in the Nine-Tails's sealing space.
From Minato, he had learned the specific information about the enemy of that night.
Including, the perpetrator wearing a mask, mastering Space-Time ninjutsu, Mangekyō Sharingan and Wood-style, and his weapon was a chain...
Those rumors that spread in the village included many descriptions given by Minato.
Mirai didn't believe that after learning that the rumors in the village pointed directly at his identity, he would do nothing.
After all, no one should have seen him that night except himself and the dead Minato and Kushina.
"Sure enough! My guess was right!"
Mirai's eyes were filled with bloodlust, and the corners of his mouth curved in a weird and almost uncontrollable way.
Blue lightning arcs dance around the body.
He stepped hard on the Hokage Rock under his feet, and his body ejected like a cannonball, rushing towards the direction he sensed that bio-magnetic field.
…
The woods at the edge of Konoha.
"White Zetsu, pay more attention to Konoha during this period. If you find any abnormality, report it to me at once."
Obito gave the order indifferently.
Judging from the results of the investigation, his true identity should not have been exposed.
However, necessary precautions must be taken.
And, he always felt.
This rumor was coming off as somewhat of an odd way.
After the explanation, Obito's scarlet eyes in the hollow of his mask looked at the village opposite with a hint of sadness.
'This rotten village does not deserve to be saved.'
'Only in the world of illusion can everything be redeemed.'
'Minato-sensei, Kushina-sensei and Rin will be in that world.'
He was ready to leave, but just then, the surrounding space began to distort.
Suddenly, as if he noticed something, his eyes changed slightly and he looked towards the sky.
There what he saw, was a blue projectile approaching rapidly.
No, to be precise, it's descending.
Descending rapidly!
*Boom*
There was a huge tremor in the forest, and a large area of trees turned into powder in the impact, and the dust swirled.
Obito stared at the billowing dust.
As the swirling dust gradually subsided.
A humanoid silhouette emerged from the dust.
What revealed was that amidst the crackling sound of electric current, violently beating thunder arcs lingered around the silhouette's body, his blond hair almost stood up when surrounded by the electric current and a pair of azure eyes that were filled with undisguised killing intent.
"I finally found you!"
Obito's eyelids twitched rapidly.
'This guy!'
'Did he jumped down directly from the sky?'
There was no high ground around this forest, and if the distance was not far enough, the sound created due to such a jump would be captured by him instantly.
This shows that the man in front of him jumped down there from a very far away position.
"There seems to be trouble!"
White Zetsu, whose upper body emerged from the tree trunk, felt that the situation was bad.
Namikaze Mirai came so suddenly, and this unique way of appearing was obviously not a good thing.
He began to retreat secretly into the tree trunk.
He planned to sneak away before the fight breaks out.
'Obito, the enemy will be left to you.'
'With your strength, you must be in no trouble, right?'
Just when he was about to slip away, Obito under the mask suddenly sneered as he stared at the familiar blonde hair.
"You should be Minato's younger brother, right? What, do you also want to…"
He didn't finish his sentence.
There was a loud noise, and the ground beneath Mirai suddenly exploded. Almost instantly, Mirai had arrived at Obito and punched out.
Obito, who had a virtual body due to [Kamui], felt confident as he watched Mirai passing through him, but White Zetsu, who was about to run away next to him and had already submerged most of his body in the tree trunk, exploded in an instant.
'Obito, you bastard, you are screwing me!'
*Boom*
The tree was destroyed, and the surging power of the fist directly penetrated a passage in the forest.
White Zetsu's body was blasted into pieces, and countless fine white spores scattered along with the sawdust.
Mirai's blue eyes narrowed slightly.
'A unique Space-Time ninjutsu?'
'Just like Minato described.'
'There's no doubt that this masked man in front of me is indeed Minato and Kushina's murderer!'
'The only difference was that the mask was changed from the tiger-striped mask Minato depicted to an orange-red swirling mask.'
"Blue Flash, you are stronger than I thought."
The scarlet three-tomoe looked at Mirai through the hole on the left side of the mask with a hint of surprise.
That unique way of appearing, as well as the power of the blow just now, made his evaluation of Mirai higher than he had ever anticipated.
'It's just that…'
"It's useless."
As if mocking Mirai's incompetence, the corners of his mouth under the mask curved up.
"You don't stand a chance under this eyes of mine."
…
At the same time.
In the Hokage Office.
Hiruzen was still worried about things in the village.
This sudden rumor was like an unexpected punch, hitting him defenseless.
If the rumors could not be stopped as soon as possible, there was no telling what would happen.
"Danzo, this bastard, he always asks me to wipe his ass for the trouble he causes."
Hiruzen was indignant.
If Danzo didn't have anything to do with the said acts, how could such groundless rumors spread in the village in such a short period of time?
'After this matter is over, the Root's research practices must be completely closed.'
'If it continues, it will cause countless troubles for me.'
Just when he was angry, there was a *Whoosh* sound and an Anbu personnel suddenly appeared.
"Hokage-sama, there was a sudden violent tremor in the southeast of the village. It is suspected that ninjas are fighting there!"
Hiruzen's face froze.
Southeast of the village?
Isn't that area full of forests?
The shock of the ninja battle could reach here?
Who is it?
"Gather a group of Anbu members immediately and follow me to find out the cause."
Hiruzen ordered in a deep voice.
Now he couldn't care less about the rumors in the village, he had to find out the identity of both sides of the battle.
…
The other side.
Uchiha clan land.
Fugaku, who was talking to Itachi, suddenly raised his head and looked towards the distant forest.
"Father? What's wrong?"
Itachi asked in confusion.
"Over there, something seems to be causing tremors..."
Fugaku looked thoughtful.
'Is someone fighting there?'
'But the distance is too far. If it is really the tremors caused due to fighting, that fighters' strength are too terrifying.'
"Tremors?"
Itachi's eyes moved slightly.
Taking a breath, Fugaku looked at his eldest son, "Itachi, we will talk about Mirai being your teacher later. Go gather the clan members who have awakened three-tomoe Sharingan, and tell them that they are to follow me to find out the source of the tremors."
Itachi noticed the seriousness on his father's expression.
He nodded solemnly.
"Understood, father."
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