"Sasuke! Sasuke?" Naruto started yelling as soon as he emerged from the genjutsu. Ino waited by his side until his emotions gradually stabilized.
Naruto breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that his previous experiences were all genjutsu. It was good that Sasuke was fine.
As for Sakura? At this moment, his limited brain capacity couldn't recall Sakura.
"Shall we continue?" Ino asked.
Naruto was still a bit shaken, but he nodded, "I already know it's genjutsu. I won't fall for your genjutsu again this time. Continue."
The next second, he found Sakura tied up again. Then, this time, Ino added a little something extra. Sasuke, with a lecherous look, began to grope Sakura with his 'perverted hands,' and then, overcome with bestial urges, was about to do things only adults do.
Naruto: "..."
With his blood boiling, he instantly forgot about the genjutsu and rushed over, yelling to save Sakura.
Ino watched leisurely from outside.
To control the Yin Kurama, she naturally wouldn't give up this opportunity to observe and test the Yang Kurama up close.
She hadn't learned that strange 'Kuonan Ruten Suishu' technique, nor did she bother to. Whenever Naruto was on the verge of losing control, she would strike him with a stick made of Wood Release. If that didn't work, she'd use the Wood Dragon Technique to rush over and absorb the Nine-Tailed Beast Chakra.
According to Naruto's own words, being entangled by the Wood Dragon Technique made him feel as tired as if he hadn't eaten for ten days. Fortunately, with his powerful recovery ability, he could always get back on his feet after lying on the ground for a while.
This training was more exhausting than any he had undergone before—physically tired, but even more mentally tired!
But thinking of Sasuke already on the front lines in the Land of Rivers, while he could only remain a Genin in the Village... Naruto's heart was in turmoil.
He was very much against the impending Shinobi World War, but his opposition was useless, and he couldn't understand many things. He only had a vague idea: perhaps if he became stronger, the Pervy Sage and Kakashi-sensei would listen to him?
With this simple thought, he gritted his teeth and persevered in his training.
"Sasuke, I'm here to save you!" Two Chakra tails sprouted from behind him, and then his reason vanished, his eyes filled with ferocity.
Ino immediately formed a hand seal: "Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique."
"Sakura-chan, I'm here to save you! Sasuke, come at me if you have a problem!" Three Chakra tails sprouted from behind Naruto. Not just his eyes, but his entire body was filled with ferocity.
Ino sighed inwardly; this mission was truly troublesome: "Wood Release: Wood Human Technique."
As his body grew accustomed to the Tailed Beast's Chakra, Naruto's training gradually stabilized him in the one- and two-tailed Partial Tailed Beast Transformation stages. However, upon entering the three-tailed stage, he immediately went berserk, losing his reason very quickly.
The Forest of Death was very secluded. Training Naruto was a secret mission for the Village. Ino didn't want Hinata and Naruto to have any more contact. When Hinata asked what she had been doing these past few days, she used'secret mission' as an excuse. Bringing food? "No need, I'm on a diet these two days."
She ate rice balls and pickles for three consecutive days, while Naruto barely rested, constantly undergoing Partial Tailed Beast Transformation training.
Ino loved her work. Since she accepted this mission, she had to do it well.
According to her observations of the Jinchuriki Nii Yugito, Roshi, Han, and Killer Bee, they all started with 'borrowing Tailed Beast Chakra,' maintaining human form with one Tailed Beast tail appearing behind them. This progressed to 'Partial Tailed Beast Transformation,' where they were on all fours, covered in a Tailed Beast cloak, with varying numbers of tails trailing behind them. Finally, they reached 'Full Tailed Beast Transformation,' maintaining their own consciousness while transforming into the Tailed Beast form.
In the original timeline, Naruto's path to becoming a perfect Jinchuriki was quite arduous. He practiced Partial Tailed Beast Transformation halfway, then abandoned it to jump to the 'Nine-Tailed Beast Chakra Mode.' Following Killer Bee's requirements, he engaged in a Chakra tug-of-war with Kurama. Finally, facing immense external pressure, he and Kurama came to an understanding, which led him back to the old path of 'Full Tailed Beast Transformation,' or the 'Kurama Mode.'
What was the reason for this? Ino was also pondering it. She thought it might be due to Kurama's own incompleteness. Could Naruto enter 'Kurama Mode' now? No way!
Ino didn't believe she could train a Kage-level expert in just a few days. You should stick to practicing Partial Tailed Beast Transformation.
On the fourth day of training, at noon, Naruto was utterly exhausted. He took a few sips of water, then fell asleep, using 'the sky as a blanket and the earth as a bed.'
Ino called him twice, but there was no response. She put away the sleeping pills she had prepared, formed a hand seal, and re-entered Naruto's mental world.
Minato had already taken back the bit of Chakra he had sealed within Naruto, along with Kushina's Chakra.
Ino first went to Ashura to hand in the second part of the mission, successfully intercepting a portion of Ashura and Indra's Chakra.
"If possible, I hope to speak with my brother in person," Ashura said, looking troubled.
There was nothing more to say about that; Ino accepted the mission.
How would they talk? Where would they talk? She didn't know.
Ino successfully activated her Sharingan. She was also a descendant of the Ōtsutsuki Clan. Previously, she could only guess, but now with a bloodline connection, she saw the existence of Ashura and Indra more clearly than ever.
Indra and Ashura's original bodies were undoubtedly dead.
They had no concept of time, but as long as their bloodline existed in this world, they could revive at any time by drawing on the Chakra in their bloodline. The principle was similar to Orochimaru's Cursed Seal resurrection, just more advanced. Orochimaru's was a basic version; their form of revival was a bit inferior to 'Karma' but was still an advanced version, second only to 'Karma.'
Ino now saw very clearly that this 'delivery mission' was actually a task rooted in the bloodline! If she couldn't complete it, her descendants could continue to do so until it was finished.
How could she get the two of them to have a 'face-to-face talk'?
Ino couldn't think of a good solution for a while. Would getting Sasuke and Naruto to 'fence' create an opportunity for this 'talk'? She thought it was unlikely!
She'd see if she could discuss it with Shinigami later, perhaps borrow Shinigami's big house to host an 'underworld meeting' for the two of them.
Ashura's matter wasn't urgent. Ino arrived at Kurama's prison gate.
She first looked at the seal; there were new sealing marks. If she wasn't mistaken, Minato must have reinforced the seal again.
"It's you? You're actually from the Uchiha Clan?" Kurama initially paid no mind, but upon sensing the Chakra on Ino, it immediately looked over with a face full of disgust.
Are foxes' noses that keen? Ino hadn't activated her Sharingan, yet she was discovered.
Ino would explain a few things to Indra, but there was nothing to explain to Kurama.
She went straight for it!
"Ninja Art: Mind Disturbance Technique!"
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