Naruto Dream Fulfillment Master!

Chapter 397 A Man of Loyal Lineage, Successor to the Will of Fire

in the audience.

The members of the Konoha camp felt a pang of anxiety upon hearing Obito and Rin's worried conversation inside the medical tent.

Last night they witnessed young Kakashi being kidnapped by that Iwagakure ninja, and this worry has continued from last night until now.

I thought that after a whole day of waiting, with Minato's speed and Flying Thunder God Technique, he should be able to rescue Kakashi no matter what, or at least send back some news.

Unexpectedly, Kakashi is still missing in the dream, and Minato Namikaze, who went to rescue him, has also disappeared without a trace. There has been no news of him all night.

This unusual development made the atmosphere in the audience extremely heavy once again.

Sakura bit her lower lip tightly, clenched her fists on her knees, and silently prayed for Kakashi, the boy in her dream.

Sasuke frowned deeply, his eyes filled with seriousness, clearly also worried.

"Even a ninja as skilled as Dad, after working all night, still hasn't managed to rescue Kakashi-sensei? That Iwa ninja... is he really that strong?"

Naruto scratched his messy golden hair and looked at Kakashi-sensei beside him with an incredulous expression.

In Naruto's heart, his father Minato Namikaze was the epitome of invincibility and reliability.

Upon hearing this, Kakashi's brows furrowed deeply.

He nodded slowly and said in a deep voice, "Hmm...it is indeed very strange."

His gaze seemed to pierce through the light screen before him, instantly transporting him back to that era of war and chaos.

Kakashi knew very well what the Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze, meant in the Third Shinobi World War.

He was someone who could allow enemy ninjas to retreat immediately upon spotting him during a mission, without the mission being considered a failure.

In theory, as long as the Flying Thunder God Technique mark left by Minato is still there, even if Kakashi is taken to the ends of the earth, he can arrive to rescue him in a very short time.

Back on the battlefield, Kakashi witnessed firsthand many Iwagakure ninja flee in terror at the mere mention of the Yellow Flash's name.

A whole night has passed and still nothing has been found...

This is truly unusual.

……

on the screen.

The atmosphere inside the medical tent at the Tiandiqiao frontline camp was somber and oppressive.

Obito pondered for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.

The disappearance of Minato Namikaze and the whereabouts of Kakashi weighed heavily on his mind like two dark clouds.

He glanced furtively at Lin beside him, trying to find a topic to talk about.

Even chatting about trivial matters would be better than this suffocating silence.

However, Lin ignored him.

She was standing sideways, head bowed, her hands unconsciously twisting the hem of her clothes.

Her gaze kept drifting uncontrollably toward the tent entrance, as if that familiar figure would lift the curtain and come in at any moment, bringing back another lost and found figure.

Seeing Rin's worried expression for Kakashi, Obito felt a pang of sadness, as if he had swallowed a whole pot of aged vinegar.

Rin... would she really worry about Kakashi to this extent?

If I were the one who was arrested, would Lin be as restless as she is now, constantly watching the door?

He remained silent for a moment, then quickly reassured himself.

Definitely!

If I get arrested, Lin might be even more worried than she is now!

After all... after all, I am the one who...

As the thought crossed his mind, Obito suddenly felt guilty and dared not think any further.

He shook his head vigorously, trying to shake this inappropriate thought out of his mind.

Now is not the time to let your imagination run wild!

In the midst of this agonizing wait and wild thoughts, with a whoosh, the heavy tent curtain was suddenly ripped open from the outside.

Rin and Obito were both startled, abruptly raising their heads and anxiously turning their gazes toward the doorway.

Their hearts jumped into their throats.

A figure stood backlit at the entrance, blocking most of the morning light coming in from outside the tent.

His signature short blond hair made him instantly recognizable.

It's Minato Namikaze!

He is back!

A glimmer of surprise flashed in both Obito's and Rin's eyes.

However, the light soon dimmed again.

Minato's face showed obvious signs of fatigue.

Those eyes, which were usually bright and alert, were bloodshot, and heavy shadows appeared under their eye sockets, indicating that they hadn't slept all night.

His green Jonin vest was covered in dust and grass clippings; while he wasn't exactly disheveled, he certainly wasn't composed.

However, what made them even more uneasy was...

Obito subconsciously looked behind Minato.

No one is empty.

Kakashi was nowhere to be seen.

Minato Namikaze returned alone!

Where's Kakashi?!

Obito felt sore and weak all over his body, and his eyes stung deeply, but he put all these discomforts aside.

He sprang up from the bed. The sudden movement caused his vision to blur and him to stagger, but he still managed to rush to Minato's side, anxiously asking, "Where's Kakashi?! Have you found him?!"

Rin, who was standing nearby, was about to get up and ask a question, but before she could speak, Obito loudly cut her off.

Obito's reaction was so intense that even Rin was stunned.

He was the one who resolutely opposed going to save Kakashi last night, and he was the one who found all sorts of reasons to stop me from chasing after him. But now, looking at him, he seems even more anxious than I am.

The stark contrast between before and after left Lin bewildered for a moment, but she had no time to think about it at the moment.

The fact that Minato-sensei looked tired and had returned alone only intensified her ominous premonition.

Faced with Obito's almost out-of-control questioning, Minato's face showed helplessness and heaviness.

He slowly shook his head, revealing an unusual sense of defeat: "...No, I haven't found any trace of Kakashi."

As soon as the words were spoken, Obito and Rin felt a sinking feeling in their hearts, and their breath caught in their throats.

"Impossible!" Obito blurted out, "Doesn't Kakashi have the Flying Thunder God kunai that Master gave him?! How come he can't find it?!"

"That's the problem." Minato Namikaze raised his hand to interrupt Obito's speculation and sighed deeply.

As he spoke, he slowly took out two items from the ninja tool pouch at his waist and presented them to the two of them with his palm open.

It was a slightly worn but well-made leather ninja tool bag, printed with the Konoha logo, the very one Kakashi usually carried with him.

The other item was a simple white-bladed short knife, and the scabbard on the knife was a crudely made wooden scabbard that was clearly the work of a novice.

It was in this dream that Obito personally made the gift and gave it to Kakashi.

Upon seeing these two familiar objects, especially the rough wooden scabbard, Obito's pupils suddenly contracted.

Tears welled up in Lin's eyes instantly.

Minato Namikaze stared at the items in his palm and explained, "After I sent you back to camp, I immediately used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to the location of Kakashi's specially made kunai. However, when I arrived, only these two items were left lying on the ground... Kakashi was nowhere to be found."

"How could this be..." Lin murmured, her voice trembling uncontrollably.

Obito, also stunned and incredulous, muttered, "No...it's impossible..."

The Iwa ninja who kidnapped Kakashi...

How did he know that Kakashi was carrying a Flying Thunder God Kunai?

Why would you deliberately throw it away?

This doesn't make sense!

Unless the other party has an extremely deep understanding of Minato's team, or rather, Minato's abilities.

They even knew that Kakashi received a specially made kunai as a gift!

Obito suddenly raised his head and shouted with certainty, "Kakashi is definitely locked up by them, in that Iwagakure base. They deliberately threw away the kunai so that Sensei wouldn't be able to find him immediately!"

Minato Namikaze frowned and nodded, but his expression grew increasingly grave: "After discovering these things, I immediately infiltrated the Iwagakure base and conducted a detailed investigation and search. However... I found no trace of Kakashi being imprisoned, nor could I sense his chakra."

"The Iwa ninja at the base are all normal. Although there was some commotion and heightened vigilance due to the signal flare last night, they don't look like they just captured an important enemy Jonin."

Hearing this, Obito and Rin's hearts sank to the bottom once again.

"Not at the base... then where will they be taken?" Obito murmured in disbelief.

Lin hurriedly wiped away the tears on her face with her sleeve, trying to calm herself down. Then, she asked with difficulty, "Could it be... that they've already been taken directly back to Iwagakure?"

"After all, Kakashi's identity is extraordinary. White Fang is not only the leader of Akatsuki, but also a Hokage candidate. If Iwagakure's goal is to kidnap Kakashi to threaten White Fang into negotiations, they could indeed send him back to the village as quickly as possible!"

Rin's words almost confused Obito.

When did Sakumo Hatake become a Hokage candidate?

What about Minato Namikaze?

[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Uchiha Obito have been detected! Emotional value +300!]

Upon hearing this, Minato nodded solemnly: "That's what I think too. If that's the case, Kakashi is likely already on his way to the Land of Earth, and may even be close to Iwagakure..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone present understood the deeper meaning behind it.

If Kakashi is indeed taken back to the Iwagakure headquarters, then the difficulty and danger of rescuing him deep into enemy territory will be completely different.

The tent fell into a deathly silence.

In the silence, only the suppressed breathing of the three people and the occasional bird calls from outside the tent could be heard, making the surrounding silence even more eerily quiet.

The speculations made by Mr. Minato and Rin just now are reasonable and in line with common sense.

However, Obito's brows furrowed even more deeply.

His doubts did not lessen as a result; on the contrary, they deepened.

Obito was both anxious and angry, forcing himself to calmly analyze the situation.

Hidden Rock Village...

Obito quickly recalled what he knew about this ninja village.

Most of the secret techniques of Iwagakure (Iwagakure Village) are geared towards attack, destruction, defense, or earth-elemental transformations.

Techniques like Dust Release, which can destroy the world, or Gravity Manipulation Technique, which manipulates gravity, are among the best.

However, when it comes to mind control or powerful illusions that can render a Jonin defenseless and abducted in an instant, Konoha is more adept at such methods.

Iwagakure certainly has no shortage of strong individuals capable of defeating Kakashi head-on, but to subdue him and abduct him so quickly and without anyone noticing is a different story.

Obito compared the abilities of the strong Iwagakure members he knew with his own and realized that only the Tsuchikage, Onoki, could possibly have done so in person.

However, Onoki was old after all, how could he possibly infiltrate the front line himself just to catch a kid?

This is not reasonable.

And someone who could do that, happened to be nearby, and knew a lot about Kakashi's situation... Obito's mind flashed with the image of a certain person.

He narrowed his eyes, a sudden glint of hatred flashing within them.

Obito had already guessed who had kidnapped Kakashi!

There couldn't possibly be anyone else but that bastard!

[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Uchiha Obito have been detected! Emotional value +400!]

Just then, Minato suddenly turned his gaze to Obito and Rin, his expression solemn.

He stared intently at the two of them and said in a deep voice, "Tell me what happened again. When Kakashi was kidnapped, did you notice anything amiss? Don't leave out any details."

Upon hearing this, Lin immediately held her breath and tried to recall.

She frowned, trying hard to recall as she slowly said, "At the time... we were recording information about the Iwagakure base when we suddenly heard a strange noise behind us. Kakashi told me and Obito to stay put while he went to check the situation."

"Then... it seems someone tried to ambush me, but Obito spotted them in time and dealt with them."

At this point, she turned to look at Obito, her eyes filled with inquiry and confirmation.

Minato's gaze also fell on Obito, with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.

Obito nodded and added, "That's right. There was an Iwa ninja who was skilled in camouflage and invisibility techniques lying in ambush, trying to ambush Rin, but I discovered him and dealt with him."

Minato Namikaze nodded slightly, seemingly unsurprised by the answer.

But what he said next made Obito's heart jump.

He said solemnly, "I went back to the location where Kakashi was kidnapped and conducted a more thorough investigation. Apart from the pile of flesh left behind Rin, there were no signs of a battle at the scene, which means that Kakashi was subdued instantly."

"and……"

"I also sensed residual fluctuations from a space-time ninjutsu nearby."

He paused and gave Obito a meaningful look before continuing, "This reminds me of something. In your previous report, you mentioned that when you were on a mission with Might Guy's team, you encountered the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist in the Forest of Death."

"It seems that an unidentified third party intervened in the shadows, scaring away the enemy and allowing you to escape from danger."

"When Konoha's Anbu later surveyed the battlefield, they also found traces of space-time ninjutsu at the scene."

As Minato spoke, he leaned forward slightly, his sharp gaze sweeping back and forth between Obito and Rin before finally locking onto Obito.

"Both of these incidents involve space-time ninjutsu, and both happened near you. Obito, Rin, do you know anything about it? Or do you know the person who used the space-time ninjutsu?"

Lin opened her eyes wide in confusion, looking bewildered, not knowing what the teacher was talking about.

As for Obito, his instinct was to make up an excuse like he had with Kakashi before.

However, as the words were about to be spoken, a thought suddenly popped into my head.

There's absolutely no need to hide it!

In this world, Obito Uchiha is of impeccable lineage and the successor to the Will of Fire.

Besides, didn't Rin always feel that she was far inferior to Kakashi?

Didn't I never believe he could be that good?

A sudden glint of excitement flashed deep within Obito's pupils.

Then I won't pretend!

Tell her clearly just how strong Obito Uchiha really is!

Thinking of this, Obito's urgent desire to make Rin look at him with new eyes completely overwhelmed all his concerns at this moment.

Under the astonished gazes of Minato and Rin, Obito, meeting Minato's probing eyes, arrogantly declared, "No one was hiding in the shadows helping us! Those people... I took them all down!"

As Obito finished speaking, his gaze fixed intently on Rin, who was already stunned to the side.

Seeing the disbelief on her face, he felt a twisted sense of satisfaction, and his voice involuntarily rose a few decibels.

"I am the one who killed Kirigakure ninja Juzo Biwa!"

"I was the one who swiftly defeated that Iwagakure Jonin who ambushed you in the bamboo forest last night!"

"Lin, listen to me carefully, this is my power!"

"I don't need any hidden helpers!"

"I, Obito Uchiha, am enough on my own!"

"I can protect you!!"

[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Uchiha Obito have been detected! Emotional value +800!]

"Wh...what?!"

Lin's eyes widened, she froze on the spot, her mind went blank, and her face was full of shock.