Uchiha En panted heavily as he dispelled Susanoo.
The Nine-Tailed, which had been split into four by Uchiha En, did not die. The upper two halves of the Nine-Tailed merged together at a visible speed.
Uchiha En's attack just now was not to kill the Nine-Tailed; he merely wanted to divide its Chakra.
Uchiha En's original Yang Release Chakra was very weak, negligible compared to his Yin Release.
But after Uchiha En injected Senju Hashirama's Chakra, the amount of Yang Release Chakra greatly increased.
This strike was Uchiha En gathering both Yin and Yang Chakra, then amplifying the attack's effect with Magatsu + Annihilation.
He barely managed to achieve an effect similar to the Six Paths Sage's ability to separate Tailed Beasts.
That's why the Nine-Tailed wasn't directly killed.
Uchiha En's attack just now split the Nine-Tailed into four.
The upper two masses were the Yin and Yang Nine-Tails, each with its own consciousness, while the lower two masses were Nine-Tails Chakra without consciousness.
The Yin and Yang Nine-Tails immediately chose to merge, becoming a significantly smaller Nine-Tails. As soon as this Nine-Tails recovered, it directly raised its claw and swiped down at Uchiha En.
Uchiha En sneered, raised his head, and the moment his Mangekyo Sharingan met the Nine-Tails' gaze, the Nine-Tails' body froze instantly.
Afterward, Uchiha En sealed the two masses of Nine-Tails Chakra and turned to shout at Minato Namikaze: "Minato-senpai, quickly bring Kushina-senpai over! She is from the Uzumaki Clan and won't die immediately after losing the Nine-Tails. If we seal the Nine-Tails back into her body now, she should be fine."
Minato Namikaze was overjoyed at the news. He left a flying thunder god kunai with Asana and then vanished instantly.
In the blink of an eye, Minato Namikaze reappeared, holding Kushina, who was also holding Naruto, seemingly worried about a repeat of what just happened.
"Minato-senpai, I'll leave Kushina-senpai's sealing to you."
Minato Namikaze nodded. The Nine-Tails, having lost half its Chakra, had shrunk considerably, and it was also controlled by Uchiha En's genjutsu, so it didn't struggle.
However, the Nine-Tails was still the Nine-Tails, and Minato Namikaze had already transferred such a massive Tailed Beast Ball with his space-time Barrier tonight, then fought fiercely with Obito, and then teamed up with the Third Hokage, Asana, and Uchiha Shisui to resist the Wood Golem Technique.
Minato Namikaze's Chakra was now depleted. After sealing the Nine-Tails, Minato Namikaze was extremely weak, collapsing onto the ground, panting heavily.
On the other side, after the sealing was complete, Kushina, nourished by the Nine-Tails Chakra, began to recover as the Uzumaki Clan's immense vitality started to take effect. Her body was slowly healing.
Because the Nine-Tails was sealed back in time, Kushina was no longer in any life-threatening danger.
After confirming Kushina was fine, Uchiha En smiled and said, "This should be enough. The Chakra lost by the Nine-Tails will probably be replenished in a few years; it won't have any impact."
Minato Namikaze nodded at his words, then asked Uchiha En with some curiosity, "En, what do you plan to do with the Nine-Tails Chakra you collected?"
Now Uchiha En had the Chakra of all nine Tailed Beasts, and parts of the Ten-Tails' body, so he could start constructing the Lesser Ten-Tails.
However, Uchiha En had never done such a thing before, and he wanted to find someone to practice on.
Coincidentally, he had encountered the future Naruto in the Land of Rōran. At that time, the Tailed Beast inside Naruto was primarily Nine-Tails Chakra, fused with the Chakra of the other eight Tailed Beasts.
In terms of Chakra volume alone, this Tailed Beast should be similar to the Nine-Tails currently inside Kushina, but its power level should be somewhat higher than the Nine-Tails inside Kushina, already quite close to the Ten-Tails.
Uchiha En felt that if he could actually operate once and construct such a Tailed Beast inside Naruto, he would have full confidence in constructing the Lesser Ten-Tails afterward.
Thinking of this, Uchiha En told Minato Namikaze part of his goal: "Minato-senpai, I want to try creating a completely controllable Tailed Beast myself."
Minato Namikaze was silent for a moment after hearing this, then said, "En, you just sealed two portions of the Nine-Tails' Chakra. Can you give one of them to Naruto?"
Uchiha En was stunned by this. He was just thinking about how to seal the Nine-Tails Chakra into Naruto's body! He didn't expect Minato Namikaze to actually propose this himself.
Minato Namikaze, seeing Uchiha En not speaking, thought Uchiha En was reluctant, so he quickly explained his reasons to Uchiha En.
"En, Kushina's childbirth tonight has been fraught with danger. Too many people are secretly coveting Konoha. If you truly create a controllable Tailed Beast, it would be of extraordinary significance to the Village.
But if I haven't guessed wrong, the process of creating this Tailed Beast must carry some risks, perhaps even requiring human experimentation similar to when Yamato was made to fuse with Wood Release.
So, let's just use Naruto for this experiment! Both Kushina and I are skilled in Sealing Jutsu, so the Tailed Beast won't cause Naruto any trouble.
Moreover, Naruto is my son. As the Hokage's son, he has a responsibility to protect the Village.
Of course, as a father, I also have selfish motives. If you, En, can truly create a completely controllable Tailed Beast, then Naruto, as the Jinchuriki of this Tailed Beast, will at least have Kage-level strength in the future, and he will have the power to protect himself against those who harbored ill intentions towards the Village tonight."
After hearing Minato Namikaze's words, Uchiha En sighed. Minato Namikaze truly loved Konoha deeply!
Kushina, who was initially opposed, stopped objecting when she heard Minato Namikaze's last sentence.
Kushina had personally experienced everything tonight, and she also clearly understood how deep that guy's hatred for Konoha was; he would definitely not give up.
Thus, the husband and wife reached a consensus.
After Minato Namikaze swallowed a soldier pill to recover some Chakra, he summoned a sealing platform and had Kushina place Naruto on it.
Uchiha En also took out a portion of the Nine-Tails' Chakra.
Although this mass of Nine-Tails Chakra was enormous and lacked the Nine-Tails' consciousness, Minato Namikaze, out of caution, still used the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style, just like in the original work, to seal this Chakra into Naruto's body.
Naruto, from then on, also became the new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
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