"Who did you say killed him?"
Seeing Rin Nohara's slightly open mouth and shocked expression, Shishou reaffirmed his statement.
"The one who killed the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was your teammate, Uchiha Obito."
Hearing this, Rin was stunned on the spot.
She then looked at Shishou angrily and said, "Obito died on a mission a long time ago. How could he have killed Sensei Minato?"
"And why would he kill Sensei Minato?"
"You must be lying to me."
Shishou understood Rin's skepticism.
After all, in her understanding, Uchiha Obito had died during the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, so it was impossible for him to have done such a thing.
Extending his right hand towards Rin, Shishou smiled and said:
"These are the facts. I have no reason to deceive you."
"If you don't believe me, I'll take you to Konoha to see for yourself."
Rin frowned at Shishou's outstretched hand. "Just take me there. Why are you holding out your hand?"
Rin didn't know that Shishou could use the Flying Thunder God Technique, which explained her confusion.
"I can use the Flying Thunder God Technique. The Fourth Hokage taught me," Shishou explained, leveraging Minato's name to bolster his credibility.
The Fourth Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique...
Seeing that this person could indeed use the technique, Rin looked at him in astonishment.
After a moment's hesitation, she remembered her current state, with her body continually deteriorating, and reluctantly placed her hand on Shishou's.
She was already deceased, her body formed by the Reanimation Jutsu. What could this person possibly do to her?
Moreover, she genuinely wanted to know if what he said was true.
Grasping Rin's cold reanimated hand, Shishou used the Flying Thunder God Technique and appeared in Konoha Village.
Rin looked around at the slightly changed Konoha and the familiar faces on the Hokage Rock, feeling as if she were in a different world.
Bringing Rin to the grave of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, Shishou said, "Here, the grave of the Fourth Hokage. See for yourself."
"Grave of Minato Namikaze."
Seeing the name on the tombstone, Rin fell silent, finally believing that Sensei Minato was dead.
However, when she saw the adjacent grave belonging to Kushina, she was once again stunned and said in disbelief:
"Even Kushina-sensei..."
Shishou glanced at Rin and said calmly:
"On the day she was giving birth, your traitor teammate attacked her and released the Nine-Tails inside her."
"The Nine-Tails..." Rin's face changed upon hearing Shishou's words.
Before her death, she had also been implanted with the Three-Tails by Kirigakure, intending to use her to destroy Konoha. At that time, she had willingly run into Kakashi's Chidori, sacrificing herself to protect the village.
Seeing Rin's changing expression, Shishou continued to explain:
"The Nine-Tails' rampage caught Konoha off guard."
"The wife of the Third Hokage, Biwako Sarutobi, was killed, former clan heads of various ninja clans died in battle, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze died, the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki Kushina Uzumaki died, and many ninja and civilians suffered heavy casualties."
"Because of this incident, the rift between the Uchiha clan and Konoha deepened, indirectly leading to the Uchiha clan's massacre."
"And all of this was done by your traitor teammate."
After saying this, Shishou placed his hand on Rin and transported her to Konoha's archive room, which recorded the village's history.
He took out a book documenting the Nine-Tails' attack and tossed it to Rin.
"See for yourself. The last few pages contain the names of those who died in the attack."
Holding the book in her trembling hands, Rin opened it and began to read carefully.
The more she read, the more pained her expression became.
Finally, she gritted her teeth and said:
"How can you be so sure it was Obito?"
She couldn't believe that the once kind-hearted Obito could commit such heinous acts.
"Of course, I am sure because I saw it with my own eyes," Shishou affirmed.
He then looked at Rin, and his Mangekyo Sharingan appeared.
In the next second, Rin was pulled into a genjutsu where she experienced the events of the Nine-Tails' attack firsthand.
She saw Uchiha Obito killing Biwako Sarutobi, kidnapping Kushina, and releasing the Nine-Tails. Rin clenched her fists tightly.
Seeing countless Konoha ninjas and civilians dying in the Nine-Tails' rampage, Rin gritted her teeth.
Seeing Sensei Minato and Kushina die to protect their child, Rin covered her face in pain.
Finally, seeing the now-grown Obito, Rin began to believe Shishou's words.
Seeing Rin in this state, Shishou continued to press his advantage, saying:
"A few years ago, Konoha was attacked again by the mastermind of the Nine-Tails' attack."
"And his target was Kakashi's Sharingan. You know whose eye that is."
"Of course, if you still don't believe it, you can wait a while. I'll personally take you to meet your teammate."
Rin was silent for a long time before asking in a daze:
"Why would Obito do such things?"
Shishou turned to look at Rin, stroking his chin thoughtfully, and said:
"He's an Uchiha. The Uchiha clan produces a lot of lunatics due to their Sharingan. Who knows why he did it?"
After thinking for a moment, Shishou decided not to reveal the real reason to Rin.
Given her kind and gentle nature, learning that Obito committed such atrocities because of her would likely plunge her into deep guilt and self-blame.
In Shishou's view, these events had nothing to do with her. She was simply unlucky to be loved by a madman who used her name to commit atrocities.
Rin stared at Shishou and said solemnly, "I want to know the real truth!"
Although she had died young, she was not ignorant.
Seeing this, Shishou thought for a moment and said:
"Obito witnessed your death at Kakashi's hands. That trauma triggered his Mangekyo Sharingan, giving him great power."
"And what he did to the Fourth Hokage and Kushina was just his way of taking revenge for what he saw as their failure to save you in time."
"It was all for his narrow, twisted version of love for you."
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