Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Got it!

Obito suddenly realized that he could use Rin's identity to leak information about the imperial court to his master, Minato.

Even if Master Minato doesn't believe in me, he must believe in Rin, right?

The only problem with this operation is that it prevents Rin from truly contacting her master, Minato.

This matter can be difficult to handle, or it can be simple to handle.

The problem is that Obito no longer has Madara behind him, so he has no ability to influence the inner palace, let alone send someone to keep an eye on him.

Simply put, it's because Obito believed that Rin, currently imprisoned, was already unable to contact the outside world.

After hesitating for a moment, Obito decided to take the gamble.

So he imitated Lin's handwriting, wrote a secret letter, and had a pigeon deliver it.

the next day.

Minato Namikaze had just woken up when he saw a pigeon by his bedside. He took the letter from the pigeon's feet, but before he could open it, his door was pushed open and Ai rushed in.

"You received the secret letter too? Stop reading it, hurry up and leave! It'll be too late if we wait any longer! There are imperial troops pursuing us outside!"

Ai grabbed Minato Namikaze and jumped straight out the window.

The two began running wildly across the rooftop.

Minato Namikaze didn't understand what had happened, but he chose to trust A.

After a brief time together, he discovered that Ai was an extremely loyal and chivalrous person, worthy of his respect.

"Stop looking. That woman, Terumi Mei, ran away a long time ago. She was the one who found out first and notified me so I could come and get you. She slipped away on her own. We agreed on a place to meet up again."

"Oh, I see... Hmm?"

Minato Namikaze was about to breathe a sigh of relief, since everyone had escaped safely, when he quickly realized that A seemed to have forgotten to mention one person.

"Where is Tsunade-senpai?"

Minato Namikaze stopped abruptly and blocked A's path.

Ai placed her hand on Shuimen's chest and braked suddenly, stopping the two of them standing on the edge of the roof, almost falling off.

"Do you know what news Mei Terumi and I received? Do you remember the identity Tsunade revealed to us?"

Ai glanced back and saw that the pursuers hadn't caught up. Only then did he patiently explain to Minato, letting out a long sigh as he did so.

"I remember, Tsunade-senpai is the granddaughter of the former leader of the martial arts world, the great hero Hashirama Senju. Back then, the great hero fought against the imperial court and his entire family was wiped out, with only Tsunade-senpai surviving."

Minato Namikaze nodded and repeated it.

"Yes, she just told us about her complicated background. If she and Terumi Mei weren't women, I would have wanted to become sworn sisters with them."

However, this is actually fake.

"Fake?"

Minato Namikaze frowned.

It's a lie that Tsunade-senpai is Hashirama-senpai's granddaughter. How could that be?

Others might believe it, but he absolutely does not.

After all, he had a close relationship with Hashirama-senpai.

"Yes, she might not even know that herself. The secret letter explains the situation. If you don't believe me, we can sneak back and take a look now."

Ai sighed again.

"...Okay, I'll go back and take a look, otherwise I won't feel at ease."

Minato Namikaze knew it was dangerous, but he couldn't help himself.

Not knowing the truth made him uneasy, fearing that things might go wrong in his efforts to save his wife.

The two carefully returned to their original spot and lay in wait at a distance, watching the tavern.

They discovered a group of court officials kneeling before Tsunade, who looked completely bewildered inside the tavern, and chanting in unison, "Greetings, Princess Tsunade."

This scene completely stunned Minato.

What does that mean?

To prevent the water gate from being exposed, Ai dragged the bewildered water gate away.

Obito was equally bewildered.

After he delivered the letter, he was going to see his master Minato's reaction, but when he came over, he saw this scene.

Princess Tsunade... I think I've heard that title before in my dream memories.

But is that really what the title means?

Obito scratched his head.

Meanwhile, after meeting up with Mei Terumi in the suburbs, Ai also began to tell Minato Namikaze what had happened and what was written in the secret letter they had received.

It turns out that the power of the Crimson Moon Pearl can reverse time and space, allowing the holder to jump continuously in the river of time to modify destiny.

However, users will also pay a corresponding price at the same time.

The great hero Hashirama used the Crimson Moon Orb for the sake of all living beings, sacrificing his own family for the greater good, and passing by his home three times without entering.

They finally managed to get together, but something terrible happened.

No matter how many times Hashirama's wife, Mito Uzumaki, became pregnant, she would always miscarry.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have noticed the problem long ago and taken their wife to visit many famous doctors to find the root cause.

But Hashirama was different. He cared about the world, and he didn't care that he didn't have any descendants for the time being.

Hashirama didn't care, but Mito couldn't help but care. She went out alone and unexpectedly encountered a masked doctor who told her the truth.

It turns out that because Hashirama used the Crimson Moon Orb too many times, the unstable spacetime power of the Crimson Moon Orb had been integrated into his bloodline.

This resulted in those fetuses also possessing the power of the Red Moon Pearl.

That wasn't a miscarriage; rather, the fetuses couldn't control this power and all traveled through time and space to another time, where they died tragically on the spot because they lost their mother.

Although Hashirama didn't pay attention to his wife, he did get the news from other members of the Senju clan.

To prevent his wife from suffering further, Hashirama sealed his vital energy points, a process known as ligation. After bidding farewell, he decided to go into seclusion, no longer concerned with personal matters, and dedicate himself to seeking a glimmer of hope for the world.

However, when Hashirama returned, he found that his wife Mito was pregnant and had given birth.

According to Mito, it was Hashirama from another time who traveled to this time with the Crimson Moon Jewel and stabilized the fetus.

Hashirama was naturally delighted to hear the news. Without much thought, he named the child and continued his long journey.

However, this is not true.

The truth is that Mito had a dream in which a dragon pressed down on him, and when he woke up, he found himself drenched in sweat.

Mito, sensing something was amiss, thought it was just a simple dream, but little did she know that she was pregnant, and the news had already spread throughout the sect.

Mito believed that there must be a member of the Thousand Hands Sect who was a treacherous scoundrel, but in order to protect the reputation of the Great Hero, he had to make up a new story.

After that, it's something everyone knows.

The child grew up and gave birth to Tsunade. After the battle at the Valley of the End, the Great Hero and the Great General disappeared, and the Thousand Hands Sect was wiped out, with only Tsunade surviving.

Only now, thanks to the Emperor's bloodline sensing technique, has he successfully detected Tsunade and sent someone over.

"Now you understand, no matter what Tsunade's attitude is now, we absolutely cannot include her in our plan anymore. Her status is what it is, and she is destined to be on a different path from us."

Furthermore, if we want to succeed, we must act quickly—before Tsunade decides to accept her new identity and before she tells the Emperor about us!

After Ai finished speaking, he grabbed Minato's hand and said with a serious expression.