บท 22: Chapter 22 - Minato vs Obito

The speaker was none other than Danzo Shimura, who arrived at the Uchiha clan with all the Root shinobi. His subordinates quickly lined up behind him, ready to attack anyone who tried to defy the ban.

"What does it mean Danzo-sama, we are the Uchiha clan - the clan responsible for the order in Konoha, you must understand that you are making a huge mistake by hindering us at such a moment." Fugaku Uchiha stood in front of the crowd and cast a cold look at Danzo.

"The Uchiha clan is able to control the Nine-Tails through the sharingan, and now that it has suddenly appeared in the village, this could very well be a conspiracy that your entire clan may be involved in. That's why the Uchiha clan must stay here as ordered!" - Danzo's words were saturated with disgust and hatred, among other things, he showed no respect for the head of such a powerful clan.

Shinobi from the Uchiha clan were unhappy with Danzo's words, some even began to openly scold him.

Uchiha Fugaku raised his hand and asked everyone to be quiet, barely holding back his anger, he gritted his teeth: "Does the Third and Fourth Hokage know about this? Do you have their consent?"

"The Fourth is not in Konoha, and the consent of the Third, I received before moving forward here," Danzō replied in a harsh voice. Most of all, he hated having his authority questioned.

Uchiha Fugaku smiled and fell silent. This smile hid the pain and sadness, now it became clear to him that even Hiruzen, the person he respected so much, had a prejudice against his clan. To be honest, this was the least he expected.

Standing in the middle of the crowd, Yuusuke thought, "Perhaps this was the real reason why in the original story, neither the Uchiha clan nor the Root division showed up to stop the tailed beast."

From Yuusuke's point of view, Sarutobi Hiruzen attached great importance to Minato. He not only made him Hokage, but also helped him strengthen his position in various fields, whether military or political.

"Maybe Sarutobi doesn't think that Minato can lose this battle, otherwise he wouldn't let two forces with such great fighting power stand aside" - Yusuke's thoughts quickly changed, but no matter how things were, for him the most important thing now was to obtain the Nine-Tails' Yin Chakra. He was not going to listen to Danzo and the Third Hokage, finding an opportunity, Yusuke left the clone in the crowd and rushed towards the nine-tails.

However, although Yuusuke didn't care about the bans, he couldn't put the entire clan under attack with his actions. Therefore, he had to wear a white cloak and a mask with a ghost face. After that, he hid near the raging beast and waited for the right moment.

The Nine-Tailed Fox was under constant siege by Konoha shinobi. Unfortunately, not a single ninjutsu was strong enough to cause significant damage to him. On the other hand, the beast was enraged, with these annoying flies circling around him, his mouth wide open, he formed a huge tailed beast ball from the chakra and launched it towards the Hokage Rock.

The wrecking sphere flew through the village, destroying many of the buildings, but just before it was about to crash into the Hokage Rock, a huge spider web-like seal appeared in front of it and engulfed it.

A second later, far outside the village, in the middle of a huge lake, there was a powerful explosion. The tailed beast ball was teleported by someone, it saved countless lives of the villagers. And the one who did it was none other than the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, who had just returned to the village.

Looking at the entire Hokage rock, the Third Hokage breathed a sigh of relief, he was already half way to the tailed beast when it happened and thought the village was over.

"Choosing you as the successor was the right choice!" - Sarutobi was very happy about the appearance of Minato.

Meanwhile, after finishing the tailed beast ball, Minato was about to head to the village where the nine-tailed fox was wreaking havoc when he suddenly felt a change in the space behind him, without thinking, he immediately attacked backhand. But to his surprise, the kunai went through the body of the masked man.

"I am your opponent! At this point, Minato's hand had completely passed through Obito's body, so he instantly materialized his body and grabbed the Obito's wrist. - This is the end!"

The power of the sharingan exploded, ready to transport Minato to Kamui's space. But, he wouldn't be the fastest shinobi in the world if he let himself be caught so easily. In the split second that he should have been pulled into another space, Minato's figure vanished.

"Shh, this hated technique is causing so much trouble." Obito quickly vanished into the dimensional vortex and instantly reappeared at the spot Minato had teleported to.

Minato didn't have time to adjust his posture when he teleported, so he collapsed heavily to the ground. Standing up quickly, Minato began to analyze the enemy's abilities, however, before he could understand anything, the enemy reappeared.

"Who am I? Who knows"

"Why did you attack Konoha?"

"Why? "Obito paused and took out a long target with two clasps before fastening them to his arms - then to bring peace to the world!"

Barely speaking, Obito immediately rushed at Minato, a long chain forming a loop behind his body, it was a kind of trap that caught enemies that passed through his body.

Minato answered him with a three-pronged kunai to the head. As expected, the kunai and Minato's body itself passed through the opponent's body and as soon as that happened, Obito materialized his body and chain, trapping Minato. However, before Obito could unleash Kamui's power, Minato's figure disappeared and appeared ten meters behind him.

Although it was only one round, Minato, being a brilliant shinobi with a sharp mind, had already analyzed his enemy's abilities. Quickly collecting all the information received, Minato made a plan and rushed at the enemy.

When Minato was two meters away from Obito, he suddenly launched his kunai directly at the head of the opposite party. As expected, like the previous times, the kunai went through the opponent's head, at this time, Obito had already extended his hand and was secretly jubilant.

"I won!" Obito released his power, ready to pull Minato into Kamui's space. But just at that moment, Minato's figure disappeared and appeared above him with a spiral sphere in his right hand, which he mercilessly brought down on Obito's body.

*Boom* - A loud explosion sounded, Obito was literally driven into the ground, receiving serious damage. The small area of the ground that was hit by the amazing power of the spiral sphere was first covered with large web-like cracks before being torn to pieces.

Obito didn't know that earlier, during their first encounter, Minato had left a seal on his back. The cloud of dust dissipated, Obito appeared on top of a huge boulder, torn out of the ground by the explosion of the spiral sphere. The part of the body that was augmented with White Zetsu was completely destroyed and dripped.

"Really fast, no wonder he's considered the fastest shino..." Before Obito could finish his thought, Minato appeared right beside him via teleportation.

Obito's reaction was completely unable to keep up with Minato's speed, so the latter landed a straight punch in the chest with no problem. At that moment, Obito was stunned by Minato's eyes, always a kind and gentle teacher's gaze, now full of cold murderous intent.

At the same time, black lines spread out from Minato's left hand pressed against Obito's chest like a web.

"Seal of Suppression? Do you want to terminate my contract with the Nine-Tails?" Obito exclaimed in alarm.

"From now on, the Nine-Tails will no longer obey you!" Minato replied in a cold voice.

At the same time, the pupils of the nine-tailed fox that was still wreaking havoc in the village returned to their original form. The Nine-Tailed Fox, freed from control, became even more furious, he raised his head to the sky and roared loudly, as if he wanted to release all his anger and indignation, which had been tormenting him from the inside for a long time.

"Everyone, run!"

The villagers who were close to the epicenter of events, as well as ordinary shinobi, all left the area with the angry beast as quickly as possible. The Nine-Tailed Fox began to destroy houses with new strength and fury, and also to kill everyone who caught his eye. One such innocent victim was Iruka's parents, who gave their lives in exchange for the life of their child.

Unfortunately, they were simply unlucky, because if they had held out a little longer, they would have been saved. The Third Hokage finally arrived with the Anbu squad on the battlefield. Ordering the Anbu to buy him time, Sarutobi quickly formed the hand seals and summoned the Monkey King: Enma.

After causing the Monkey King to turn into an adamant staff, Sarutobi ran as close as possible to the enraged beast and, taking a suitable position, pointed the staff directly at the fox. The Adamantine Staff instantly grew to over a thousand meters and began pushing the Nine-Tailed Fox out of the village. Unfortunately, due to its size, even when being pushed out, the Nine-Tailed Fox managed to destroy many houses along the way.

After pushing out the enraged beast, Sarutobi Hiruzen called the Monkey King away and stared at the monster in dismay, "Minato, where the hell are you?!"