Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 273 Luring the Tiger Away from the Mountain

Just as the Third Hokage was comforting Kushina Uzumaki.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Minato Namikaze's door was knocked on by a group of masked figures.

"Who is it?"

Rin Nohara's voice, filled with doubt, came from the room.

Nohara Rin sensed something was wrong as soon as Kushina left, and someone knocked on the door. Instead of opening it, she hid behind it and carefully observed the situation.

"Nohara Rin, the Third Hokage, we need to speak with you. Come with us."

Looking through the peephole at the door, she saw that the person outside was dressed in what appeared to be the attire of an undercover agent, but she still remained vigilant.

"What's the matter?"

Minato-sensei and Kushina-nee-san have repeatedly told him that his current situation is special, and he should keep his distance from people of unknown identity.

However, Kushina is not home right now, so how long can she stall?

Seeing that the other party had no intention of opening the door, the ANBU member wearing an eagle mask gestured to his companion.

Then, a pitch-black shadow, constantly twisting and deforming, entered Minato Namikaze's house through the crack in the door.

The shadow of Nohara Rin behind the door was connected to hers.

They were extremely careful during the process, fearing they might trigger some trap they were unaware of.

They dared not barge into the home of a master of sealing arts, but they could still try to control the other party by slipping letters through the crack in the door.

And the results seem to be quite good.

click!

As the lock turned, the tightly closed door opened, and Nohara Rin appeared in the doorway.

Looking at the three figures in front of her, Nohara Rin knew something was wrong, but she couldn't even control herself to call for help.

She could only follow these three people blankly, like a puppet on a string, towards her unknown fate.

"Let's go. First, take the target to the pre-prepared shielding barrier. Time is limited, and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's sensory abilities are too exaggerated."

Without pausing, Ryoma Aburame, accompanied by his subordinates, headed straight for the place they had prepared earlier.

They used their long-prepared pawns to spread rumors about Minato Namikaze's troubles—those two gossipy women from earlier.

These two were carefully selected by them a long time ago based on Kushina Uzumaki's activity patterns.

The information they received was passed on to them through their family members, along with some guiding illusions.

These two gossipy women cleverly passed on the message they had prepared in advance to Kushina Uzumaki.

Moreover, the other party's strange perception ability failed to detect anything amiss, because spreading such rumors was simply in their nature.

They simply wanted the other party to reveal this information when they encountered Kushina.

A woman deeply in love can easily be distracted by this news and drift away from her target.

……

Watching the figure leave, and after expending a great deal of effort to calm Kushina down, the Third Hokage's expression changed.

He looked directly at a shadowy spot in the room.

As his gaze lingered, a figure dressed as a member of the secret service appeared in his office, kneeling on one knee and quietly awaiting orders.

"Go and bring Danzo to me."

This matter seems to have a conspiracy behind it no matter how you look at it. The Third Hokage knew without a doubt that it was related to his old partner.

As his subordinate's figure blurred into the shadows of the corner, the Third Hokage's face turned incredibly grim.

My childhood friend is becoming increasingly difficult to control; now he even dares to outwardly comply with my decisions while inwardly defying them.

Thinking about all this gave the Third Hokage a headache. As a seasoned politician, he knew he needed a white glove like Danzo. Danzo handled many things that were inconvenient for him, and he was very convenient to use.

While he was pondering all this, in an old Japanese-style house in the Uchiha compound, Obito was lying on his bed, looking at the photograph in his hand with a silly grin.

To be precise, it was looking at the photo of Nohara Rin with her sweet smile.

He had survived this ordeal, but he had lost an eye and the right side of his face was now disfigured. He wondered if Lin would find him repulsive.

"Obito! Obito! Rin Nohara, the one you're worried about, is in trouble!"

"What?"

"What happened? Isn't Rin protected by her teacher and Kushina-neechan too!"

As for White Zetsu, he has been extremely cautious these past few days, fearing that Kushina Uzumaki might discover his whereabouts. After leaving his right hand to Obito, he dared not move around at all, only keeping an eye on a few high-ranking members of Konoha.

Therefore, he noticed the moment the other party made a move and was reporting the information he had received to Obito.

"It seems that Minato Namikaze went to Kirigakure to discuss Rin's matter. That woman named Kushina is too powerful. I don't dare to get close to her. I only know that she is not with Rin right now."

These past few days, Rin has been protected by Minato and Kushina. He's not entirely clear on the details of what happened. When he asked, both Kakashi and his teacher gave him vague and evasive answers. But he could still sense that things weren't going well.

Unexpectedly, even with the protection of Minato and Kushina, Rin still had an accident, and it happened right in Konoha Village.

Upon receiving the message, Obito dared not delay in the slightest and rushed out of his courtyard like a gust of wind.

"Obito, where are you going? It's almost time to eat."

He had just stepped out the door when he heard his grandmother's voice behind him.

"Grandma, I have an urgent mission, I have to go out now!"

After saying that, Obito ignored the astonished clansmen around him who were in such a hurry, and instead asked about the White Zetsu that had possessed him again.

"What exactly happened to Lin? Haven't you figured it out yet?"

Back when Minato and Kushina were "protecting" Rin, he asked White Zetsu to investigate what had happened to her. However, several days have passed, and he still hasn't figured out the specifics.

"Lin's situation is very bad. It seems to involve the Three-Tails, the balance between villages, and war or something. The matter is highly confidential."

Seeing that things had progressed to the point where they were almost done, White Zetsu no longer concealed the truth from Obito and began to recount the events that had happened to Rin during this time.

(End of this chapter)