Chapter 943: Aftermath
After removing Obito's right eye, Kanpū sealed the precious Sharingan into a scroll.
Seeing this, Minato nodded slightly, then dismissed everyone, telling them to take care of the aftermath and settle the civilians. He planned to take Obito back to the Anbu's Headquarters for a personal interrogation.
However, Kakashi, Guy, Asuma and the others insisted on participating in the interrogation and refused to leave.
And Kanpū also kept winking at Minato.
Minato, after a moment of contemplation, ordered Kakashi and the others to take Obito to the Anbu's Headquarters first, and then walk with Kanpū to a secluded place.
""It's about Hachibi, isn't it?" Minato first said with a smile.
Kanpū, full of admiration, gave a thumbs up: "As expected of Hokage-sama! You knew what I was going to say even before I spoke."
Minato chuckled and shook his head, then asked: "Where is Hachibi now?"
"I've placed him in a dense forest outside the village." Kanpū said.
Currently, Kumogakure is still in the border because of Killer B and Hachibi, so the information about Hachibi must be concealed as much as possible.This is also the reason why Kanpū did not bring Hachibi back to Konoha openly.
"What do you plan to do with him, Hokage-sama?" Kanpū asked.
Minato pondered and said, "I will choose someone from the invaders, erase their memory, and then seal Hachibi into their body. After that, we wait for Shisui's Kotoamatsukami."
With the help of Hashirama's cells implanted in his left arm, the cooldown time of Shisui's Kotoamatsukami had been reduced to less than half, from ten years to about five. Kanpū estimated that by next year, Shisui should be able to use Kotoamatsukami again.
When that time comes, Hachibi will become like Sanbi, belonging to Konoha.
So, the two found Anbu Commander, Eagle, who was handling post-war affairs outside the village, and through him, they found a severely injured and dying Sunagakure survivor.
After a simple treatment, the Sunagakure's Shinobi's life was saved. Then, Minato personally performed the Fuinjutsu to seal Sunagakure's Shinobi's memory, then dressed him in Konoha's Shinobi uniform.
"Eagle, from now on, he will be called Konoha Shiro. As for his identity issue, I'll leave that to you." Minato said to Eagle after finishing all this.
Eagle nodded, "Understood."
With the example of Konoha Saburo, Eagle was naturally adept at handling such matters.
"Kanpū, let's go get Hachibi." Minato said.
"Alright!"
Kanpū immediately grabbed Minato with one hand and Konoha Shiro with the other, and they teleported to where Hachibi was being kept.
At this time, Hachibi was tightly bound by several chains, its large and bloated body rolling on the ground, knocking down countless towering trees.
"Roar!!!" Hachibi suddenly roared angrily when it saw the people coming.
"Damned Konoha's Shinobi, what have you done to Killer B?!" Hachibi shouted.
"Oh, it's regained its senses?" Kanpū asked in surprise.
Minato smiled and said: "It might be related to Obito being captured."
'I think it has more to do with me taking out his eyeball…' Kanpū silently complained.
"Hachibi Gyuki."
Minato said, stepping forward with a smile, "Remember me?"
"Yellow Flash Namikaze Minato! "Hachibi clearly remembers.
Minato sighed emotionally and said: "It's been over ten years. I never thought we'd meet again under these circumstances."
"Enough with the small talk!" Hachibi spat disdainfully.
Minato was not angry by this, and said: "Hachibi, in fact, it was Konoha's Missing-nin, Uchiha Obito, who initially captured you. Now we…"
"What Missing-nin? You Konoha's people just make up whatever you want!"
Hachibi roared angrily, "I only know that Uchiha Clan captured Killer B and extracted me from his body! You, Konoha, killed Killer B! I will avenge him! I will kill you all and destroy Konoha!!!"
Kanpū turned to Minato and said: "Let's just seal it directly."
Anyway, with Shisui around, they could use Kotoamatsukami next year to make Hachibi 'come back to its sense'. There was no need to waste their saliva arguing with it here.
Minato sighed, then formed hand seals, marking a Four Symbols Seal on Konoha Shiro's abdomen.
"What are you trying to do?"
"Damned Konoha bastards, what are you trying to do?!"
"Roar roar!!!"
Hachibi struggled and roared furiously, but in front of Minato, a master in Fuinjutsu, all its efforts were in vain.
Finally, Hachibi turned into a surging torrent of Chakra, flowing into Konoha Shiro's body.
"Next is Obito."
Minato sighed in relief.
They teleported back to Konoha. Minato first found the Anbu Commander, Eagle, and instructed him to go to the battlefield outside the village to erase all the traces left by Hachibi. Then, together with Kanpū, they headed to the Anbu's Headquarters!
After the invasions of Kirigakure, Sunagakure, Otogakure, and Land of Sky's Shinobi ended, the residents who had sought refuge began to return in small groups. Seeing Minato on the way, they warmly greeted Minato with respect.
Minato patiently nodded and greeted each of them, occasionally stopping to chat amicably.
Kanpū, however, grew impatient. Right now, he just wanted to teleport to the Anbu's Headquarters and have a friendly conversation with Obito.
After a 'hurried' journey, the two finally arrived at the Anbu's Headquarters.
"Hokage-sama, Kakashi and the others are in the conference room on the third floor." The Anbu guarding the entrance of the building whispered.
"I understand." Minato nodded slightly with a smile.
The two then ascended to the third floor and walked down the corridor to the small conference room at the far end. Upon entering, they immediately saw Kakashi, Guy, Asuma, Hiruzen, Fugaku, and the others seated on either side of the meeting table.
At the end, dressed in black robes, sat Obito.
Obito has a white bandage tied to his right eye, and blood faintly leaked out from the bandage. He sat silently with his head down.
The atmosphere in the meeting room was a bit tense.
"Sensei."
"Hokage-sama."
"Yondaime."
Seeing Minato enter, everyone quickly stood up to greet him.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Obito turned his head slightly when he heard the sound, and a disdainful smile appeared on the ugly right half of his face.
"Please, everyone, take a seat." Minato consciously walked to the head of the table and sat down.
Kanpū followed, but found that the seats around the conference table were already filled. There was simply no room for him.
Kanpū became furious, 'Can't even one of you show a bit of courtesy? When a big shot comes over, you don't know how to make way?'
'Do you not know how to write the words 'respect'?'
In the end, no one gave up their seat to Kanpū. Fortunately, Kanpū had hands and feet. He ran to the next room and moved a chair over, then lay down next to Kakashi comfortably.
Kakashi didn't seem to see him. His one eye fixed firmly on Obito, not blinking at all.
"Obito."
Minato gently began, "Let's talk about what happened back then. Why did you betray the village?"
"As a Village Kage, don't you really know? Or do you think that the death of some little characters is not so painful in your eyes?" Obito slowly spoke, his lips dry and voice hoarse, filled with despair and... hysteria.
"Obito!" Kakashi shouted in frustration, "What are you talking about? How could Minato-sensei possibly be that kind of person? What happened to you? Tell us!!!"
"Of all the people here, you're the least qualified to ask me that …"
Suddenly, Obito became agitated, "Ka! Ka!!! Shi!!!!!"