Looking at Obito's face which seemed somewhat familiar yet very unfamiliar, Minato thought a lot at this moment.
After not seeing each other for five years, especially during adolescence, when things change every few months, there is no doubt that Obito at this moment is very different from the Obito in Minato's memory.
In Minato's memory, Obito is a cheerful, optimistic boy who loves to laugh and is always confused. He always likes to wear yellow goggles and often wears dark blue shirts and trousers.
Although he is called "the last in the Uchiha clan", he is firm in his beliefs, his childish face is often filled with a smile, and he has a dream of becoming a Hokage.
The Obito in front of him, except for a hint of his former self on his intact left face, did not look like the same person in other aspects. Although the right face looked like the same person, it was difficult to see anything because of the uneven texture on it that was like a spiral pattern.
The optimistic attitude that he used to have no matter what happened was gone, his cheerful temperament was gone, replaced by inky darkness, and he could feel the depressing atmosphere just by standing there.
He was wearing a black robe that covered his entire body, leaving no trace of his hands or feet exposed. Even his hands were covered with grey gloves, as if he didn't want any sunlight to reach his body.
If you put on the mask, you will really be in darkness forever.
"Oh, it's you, Obito." Minato's eyes were complicated, and the thousands of words in his heart finally turned into a sigh and a short sentence.
"Teacher Minato..." Obito looked at the teacher he once admired and trusted standing in front of him again. The beautiful memories of those years came to his mind again. He had thousands of greetings and apologies in his heart that he wanted to say to Minato.
He wanted to ask the teacher how he had been doing over the years, whether the work of Hokage was tiring and busy, whether his children were naughty or not, whether Master Kushina was in good health, whether her temper had improved, and whether he had any sequelae after the tailed beast was extracted.
He also had the urge to kneel on the ground and cry bitterly to apologize for what he had done, apologize for his despicable heart, and apologize for the excessive things he had done.
But just as he was about to say these words, Obito found that there seemed to be a fishbone stuck in his throat. He couldn't utter a single word no matter what. In the end, he could only put all his emotions and words into the simple call of "Minato-sensei".
It is now two o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun is at its hottest. The warm sunlight shines on the earth, dispelling the remaining chill from late winter.
"It seems like you haven't had an easy time these past few years." Minato put away his kunai and touched the scars on Obito's face with some heartache. There were not only scars from half of his body that had been destroyed, but also new wounds that were still forming scabs.
The new one was beaten out by Nagase.
In fact, Minato had many questions in his heart.
He wanted to ask Obito why he didn't return to Konoha if he was not dead, but stayed outside all the time.
He wanted to ask Obito why he attacked Konoha wearing a mask, and even released the Nine-Tails in Kushina's body, almost killing Kushina. When fighting with him, he was fighting for his life, fighting with the belief of killing him.
He had too many questions because of this sudden truth.
But when Minato saw Obito's young but weather-beaten face, he was unable to question him harshly.
After all, this is his disciple, the one he taught.
Even if Obito didn't say it, Minato could guess something just from the visible clues.
During that mission that year, Obito did not die at all, but was rescued by someone or some force.
The strength of this person or this force is definitely not simple. After all, judging from Obito's strength during the night of the Nine-Tails, he has already reached the level of Kage.
Kakashi, who was the same age as Obito at that time, had not yet reached this level. You know, Kakashi was much stronger than Obito back then.
Being able to achieve such a huge reversal is extremely difficult no matter how you think about it.
Moreover, that person or that force must be a person or force that harbors great ill will towards Konoha.
Otherwise, with Obito's previous temperament, it would be impossible for him to attack Konoha and even attack his own teacher.
This was definitely the work of that person or that force. They might have brainwashed Obito or something like that.
Minato really blamed himself for what happened to Obito. If he had been faster at that time, perhaps things would not have turned out like this.
Alternatively, if he had recognized Obito at the beginning during the Nine-Tails Night, the ending would have been better and Obito would have returned to Konoha a few years earlier.
"Minato-sensei, I'm sorry..." Feeling the hot palm on his face, Obito couldn't hold it in any longer. Tears as big as beans flowed uncontrollably from his eyes, blurring his vision and his speech became slurred.
On the surface, he was looking at the scenery of Konoha and observing the changes in Konoha, but in fact, he just wanted to relieve the tension in his heart.
The last time he met Minato as Uchiha Obito was five years ago, when he had not yet shouldered so many sins.
So much time has passed, and he still bears so many sins and has done so many hateful things. He attacked Konoha, which was protected by his teacher, and hurt his teacher's beloved wife.
Having committed so many crimes, how could he not be nervous when he met his teacher whom he hadn't seen for a long time
Obito simulated many scenarios in his mind.
There was a tragic scene where Minato treated him coldly, indicating that there would no longer be Uchiha Obito as a disciple.
There is also a scene where Minato looks angry at him and wants to kill him.
Of course, Obito was not without a glimmer of hope in his heart. He also imagined in his mind that Minato would just scold him with a stern face and then forgive him.
As for the last words between Minato and Obito in Nagase's memory, Obito felt that it was because his future self was about to die.
However, what Obito did not expect was that there was no indifference or anger, not even a scolding, but Minato sighed with worry about his experience.
So, Obito could no longer control himself, tears flowed uncontrollably, and his words became choked.
Looking at the scene of kind master and filial disciple in front of him, Nagase showed a gratified expression. Although the way Minato came was a little unexpected for him, the result was good and his sudden appearance also gave people a surprise.
"Isn't this good? I told you, I know Minato better than you." Nagase said with a smile.
Obito is such a fool. When he attacked Konoha, he didn't seem to be pretentious when he saw Minato. He just didn't wear a mask. He was more nervous than going on a blind date.
Minato looked at Nagasawa and asked, "Nagaze, can you explain to me what's going on? I'm totally confused now."
Guessing is unreliable after all, I still have to get the definite answer from Nagase.
"What else could it be? It's just that you, a foolish disciple, were fooled by someone and became so fooled that you think this world is cursed. So you want to become the savior and create a new world without wars and troubles, where everyone can be happy."
Nagasawa briefly summarized Obito's experience.
"Create a new world without war and worries, where everyone is happy..." Minato fell into deep thought, such a world is beautiful, and there will be absolutely no problem if one of the goals is achieved.
But why attack Konoha when creating such a world? Are the two related
When Obito heard what Nagase said, an embarrassed look appeared on his face. Nagase was too direct.
Moreover, when Obito heard Nagase repeating his previous words, he always felt as if his dark history was being read out, as if he was being publicly executed.
"Do you remember your original speculation about the identity of the masked man?" Nagase asked Minato.
Minato smiled and said self-deprecatingly: "Remember, I guessed that he was Uchiha Madara at that time. Now it seems that I am such an incompetent teacher that I couldn't even recognize my own disciple."
"That's not true. You are the best teacher in my heart." Without waiting for Nagase to say anything, Obito saw Minato belittling himself like this and couldn't help but defend Minato.
"At that time, I was wearing a black robe, and my figure could not be seen. I also had a mask on my face. My voice was completely different from before, becoming hoarse and low. My temperament was also completely different from before. I was like this. Let alone you, I'm afraid even my former self would not be recognized."
A trace of bitterness flashed across Obito's face. After falling into darkness, he was no longer the Uchiha Obito that Minato remembered. Even he himself regarded himself as a man who had died once.
"No matter what, as a teacher I have a certain responsibility." Minato still felt that he should recognize Obito.
"Don't rush to grab the pot." Nagase paused the two men's filial piety and said, "In fact, Minato, you are not completely wrong. You can say that you are half right. Although the masked man is Obito and not Uchiha Madara, he is Uchiha Madara's successor."
"Uchiha Madara's successor, no wonder it happened like this." Minato nodded. It was exactly as he thought. If Obito didn't die and was rescued by someone, and that person was Uchiha Madara, then everything made sense.
The first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, is known as the God of Ninjas, but Uchiha Madara is a strong man of the same level as Hashirama Senju, and both he and Obito are Uchiha.
With the guidance of Uchiha Madara, a powerful ancestor, it is natural that his strength soars.
It is easy to understand why Obito attacked Konoha, because Uchiha Madara had also done the same thing. The Valley of the End was created by Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.
Because of his hatred for Konoha, it made sense for his successor, Uchiha Obito, to attack Konoha as well.
"During that mission, Uchiha Madara saved the dying Obito and trained him as his successor.
But this is not without cost. Uchiha Madara is not a kindhearted person. He saved Obito and taught him skills not because he and Obito are both Uchiha, but because he wanted to use Obito to help him realize his evil plan. "
Nagase told Minato roughly what had happened, but he did not reveal that Zetsu was the real hidden mastermind. He only told him about the Moon Eye Project.
"Create an illusion that covers the entire ninja world, allowing everyone to fall into the world of illusion and gain true happiness, thereby making the war disappear?" A look of astonishment appeared on Minato's face.
He was thinking, maybe Uchiha Madara was too old and had Alzheimer's disease. This kind of thing didn't make sense no matter how he thought about it.
If everyone were to fall into the illusion, the entire human world would disappear.
"Do you think Uchiha Madara has Alzheimer's disease? He actually came up with such an outrageous way to solve the problem of war and thought he was saving the world." Nagase asked Minato with a smile.
"This way of ending is too brutal." Because Uchiha Madara was once a Konoha ninja after all, Minato didn't say it too directly and gave Uchiha Madara some face.
Obito glanced at Nagase, wondering why Nagase didn't tell him about the existence of Zetsu. Madara was just a person controlled by Zetsu, and the truth he thought he had discovered was actually shown to him by Zetsu.
However, Nagase didn't say anything. Obito guessed that Nagase might have other ideas, so he didn't say much.
"Teacher Minato, is Mrs. Kushina okay? Are there any sequelae?" Obito took a deep breath and asked with courage.
During the years when he fell into darkness, he did many things that he regretted, but nearly killing Kushina was the one thing he regretted the most.
Although Kushina has a bad temper and often uses her iron fist on people, Obito can feel that among Kakashi and the other two, Kushina is the best to him.
The purpose of causing trouble for Obito is to allow him to train well and avoid encountering danger during the mission. This is Kushina's unique concern.
Minato smiled and said, "There are no after-effects. Her body is the same as before. However, if you want to meet her, you may need to be mentally prepared. You know Kushina's temper."
Recalling Kushina's iron fist, Obito's body trembled slightly uncontrollably.
Although he knew that Kushina was doing this for his own good, Kushina was indeed very scary when she was angry. Her powerful chakra seemed to make her hair come alive, and her iron fists could break anything.
"If Master Kushina wants to hit me, please don't stop me. This is the punishment I deserve." Obito raised his head and looked directly at Minato.
If you are wrong, you must admit it; if you are beaten, you must stand at attention.
Obito was already prepared to be beaten. Now he was much stronger than before, his body was stronger and more resistant to beatings, and Nagase's medical ninjutsu was so powerful that he should not die.
"You have such awareness which means you are aware of the sins you have committed. I'm sure Kushina will forgive you if you can still talk like this." Minato smiled gently.
He didn't say anything to help Kushina forgive Obito. In this matter, even though he was Kushina's husband, he couldn't make such a decision for her.
However, based on Minato's understanding of Kushina, it is very likely that she will forgive Obito after a beating.
Kushina is the kind of person who has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Although she looks tough, she is actually very soft and sensitive inside.