Obito hadn't witnessed Madara's power, but he was the one among them who had stayed by Madara's side the longest.
No one feared Madara more than Obito.
Obito laughed awkwardly: "Kushina-nee, although I don't know how, the Tobi inside me does."
"Tobi is a special White Zetsu, a White Zetsu with its own independent consciousness."
The White Zetsu inside Minato was like a pet with little consciousness; if Minato spent some time with it, he could tame it without needing the Sharingan.
But the White Zetsu inside Obito had its own independent consciousness, making this kind of White Zetsu difficult to tame.
Kushina immediately became happy: "Then what are we waiting for? Hurry up and have Tobi teach me the Spore Technique."
Obito said: "You won't be able to learn the Spore Technique without White Zetsu cells, Kushina-nee."
Kushina rubbed her head, looking somewhat troubled.
Minato analyzed: "I think the core lies in the White Zetsu cells; Kushina's Chakra is very attractive to White Zetsu."
"If we separate a portion of the White Zetsu cells and grow them with Kushina's Chakra, perhaps a White Zetsu could be generated very quickly."
Just like Minato's regeneration, the White Zetsu played the role of a tool, but in essence, it was still a miraculous application of Yang Release.
Kushina nodded and patted Minato on the shoulder: "Minato, your little brain is still the most useful."
"Stop going on missions and study White Zetsu with Mikoto and me!"
The Third Hokage watched Kushina and Minato's antics, unconsciously letting a smile slip out.
How much longer could such times last?
The Third Hokage glanced at the Hokage Rock outside the window and then clenched his fist.
Even at the cost of his life, he had to protect the Village that the former Hokage had fought to the death to defend.
Kushina then concerned herself with Tsunade's matter, looking at Jiraiya: "Jiraiya-sensei, can Lady Tsunade really not be saved?"
"..."
Jiraiya fell silent, and the pen in his hand paused.
Seeing Jiraiya looking as if a knife had been plunged into his heart, Kushina suddenly wanted to slap herself.
How could Tsunade be saved?
Even Minato, who possessed the Flying Thunder God, almost didn't make it back this time.
The Senju Clan no longer held out hope for saving Tsunade.
Ninja was a profession of killing, and one had to be prepared to be killed at any time.
Jiraiya gave a somewhat dry laugh: "Kushina, there's no need to worry about Tsunade."
"Tsunade is now Ryou's wife; Uchiha Madara won't lay a hand on her."
Mikoto lowered her head and hugged the cat in her arms tightly; she felt some regret at not having attended her elder brother's wedding.
When she was small, Mikoto used to clamor to become Ryou's wife, but because of Ryou's health, the clan all treated him as a simpleton.
Now her elder brother had regained his health, married his beloved Tsunade, and gained power even greater than that of Jiraiya and the others.
Mikoto felt proud of this.
Kushina lowered her head: "In other words, Lady Tsunade has already betrayed Konoha?"
Whether Tsunade was active or passive, by becoming Ryou's wife, her surname was now Uchiha.
They... were now enemies.
The Third Hokage took a puff of his pipe and said cold-heartedly: "Although it hurts everyone to say this, Tsunade is already a rogue ninja."
"The next time we meet, we will be enemies; do not dwell on old feelings anymore."
"..."
Everyone fell silent, and no one refuted the Third Hokage.
Jiraiya wanted to say something but fell silent as well; they could not sacrifice more for Tsunade.
But then again...
The Third Hokage's tone shifted: "If that boy Ryou can realize his mistakes and leave Uchiha Madara's camp, Tsunade can come back."
Everyone was pleasantly surprised.
Kushina snatched the white cat from Mikoto's arms and pinched its neck, saying: "Hurry up and make your master betray Uchiha Madara, so Lady Tsunade can come back!"
Ryou's white cat clone was speechless: "Kushina, the main body only just left the Village to join Uchiha Madara not long ago; if he betrays Uchiha Madara now to rejoin Konoha, wouldn't he be a slave of three surnames?"
Kushina nodded, thinking that made sense.
But once her temper flared up, ten bulls couldn't pull her back.
"I don't care! Anyway, you have to bring Lady Tsunade back to the Village, or I'll drown you!"
The Third Hokage leaned in and said to Kushina: "It's just a clone, what can you talk to it about?"
"Kushina, undo its seal; I want to talk to Uchiha Ryou."
"Okay!"
Kushina undid the seal on the white cat and then injected Chakra into it, beginning to contact Ryou far away in the Land of Rain.
But after Kushina busied herself for a long time, the white cat showed no movement at all.
The white cat said: "Kushina, don't bother; the main body won't pay any attention to you."
"I don't believe it!"
Kushina injected a large amount of Chakra, connecting her own Chakra to the channel between the white cat and Ryou's main body.
Kushina's Chakra followed the channel from Ryou's clone to the main body in Amegakure.5
The other end of the signal agreed to Kushina's access.
Kushina immediately saw Ryou and Tsunade.
But they were 'fighting'; Ryou was holding Tsunade by the waist and hitting her hard, while Tsunade was being beaten until tears came out, her mouth constantly crying for mercy.
With just one glance, Kushina immediately withdrew her Chakra, her face turning as red as a monkey's bottom.
The Third Hokage was somewhat puzzled: "Kushina, what's wrong? Did you make contact?"
"That... well, Ryou is practicing, he doesn't have time."
"I see. Then we'll just have to wait for another day when he has time to try and win him over."
Jiraiya seemed to have guessed something; Ryou naturally wouldn't have time right now, he was busy 'training' Tsunade!
Jiraiya wept silently in his heart.
Turning his grief and indignation into his writing style, his pen flew across the paper; at this moment, he completely projected himself into the perspective of a cuckold, seeing his beloved woman being taken advantage of by a blonde interloper.
At this moment, Jiraiya wished he could eavesdrop at the corner of the window during Ryou and Tsunade's wedding night to gain inspiration.
That kind of bitterness was truly too painful.
Obito and Kakashi were peeking from the side, and Obito was shocked by Jiraiya's startling writing style.
The door to a new world was opened by this distorted kind of love.
She didn't cheat; it's just that her love was so much it overflowed, and someone else happened to catch it.
She's just tanned, definitely just tanned.
She's already suffered enough giving birth; why should I care if the child is mine?
Pain, it was truly too painful.
Kakashi couldn't bear to watch; he couldn't project himself into it.
Obito, however, was instantly captivated, because Rin only cared for him as a partner, while she often showed a look of infatuation toward Kakashi.
Obito couldn't compare to Kakashi before, and now that he was disfigured, he could compare even less.
The grieving and indignant Jiraiya suddenly thought of a clever move to deal with Ryou; he put his manuscript aside and stood up to leave.
Obito, like a dog seeing a bone, grabbed Jiraiya's manuscript and began to read.
Jiraiya found Itachi: "Itachi, come find me tomorrow; I'll personally shave your head."
"Jiraiya-sama?" Itachi was somewhat dazed.
Because tomorrow was the 51st year of Konoha, a new year, and one cannot shave their head in the first lunar month.
His mother had told him that he must never shave his head then, as it would harm his uncle.