Chapter 253 If you stay in the next room like this, you'll be kicked out by the Void Rat.
"Naruto...you..." Minato Namikaze looked at the seal on Naruto's stomach and immediately recognized its characteristics. It was a Bagua seal formed by combining two Four Symbols seals using a special technique. This sealing technique was clearly the work of either him or Kushina. In other words, currently, only he and Kushina had the ability to construct such a seal. However, besides this, there were some special traces of sealing techniques within the seal.
"This...it seems to be...the Reaper Death Seal?" It took Minato a little time to figure out what these special sealing technique traces in Naruto's Bagua seal were. A solemn expression appeared on his face. What kind of enemy had he encountered in the future that forced him and Kushina to seal the Nine-Tails inside their son's body, and even use this forbidden sealing technique at the cost of their lives?
"Dad, hurry up! Otherwise, I won't be able to take down this big guy without damaging Loulan." Naruto urged, seeing his father dawdling for so long.
"Alright." Minato nodded, gathering chakra in his hand before pressing it onto the seal on Naruto's stomach.
The next instant, Minato's consciousness arrived in Naruto's sealing space.
Upon seeing the Nine-Tails lying motionless and feigning sleep behind the sealing gate, Minato's face showed a look of astonishment. He had been to
the Nine-Tails' sealing space before, but he had never seen the Nine-Tails so docile. Every time he entered Kushina's sealing space, the Nine-Tails was either bound by chains or cursing at him as soon as it saw him. It was never as docile as it was now.
[And... why does the Nine-Tails' body seem so much smaller?] Minato looked at the Nine-Tails behind the sealing gate with some doubt.
"Fourth Hokage, I sense the malice within you..." The Nine-Tails, lying prone, looked up at Minato, baring its teeth as it spoke.
"Sorry, Nine-Tails," Minato scratched his head, "Thank you for taking care of this child all these years, and for lending him your power."
"I just took a liking to this brat," the Nine-Tails replied.
"Regardless, I still have to thank you. I'll break your seal immediately." Minato said, arriving before the seal's gate. He precisely located the key node on the seal. Although this seal required a key to unlock, it was set up according to his habits, and a temporary key could be made without much trouble.
Before long, the seals on the sealing gate disappeared one by one, and the lock on the sealing gate was opened. At this moment, Kurama, who had been lying in the sealed space, slowly got up and bared its teeth at Minato Namikaze: "Alright, you can get lost now."
"Huh?" Minato Namikaze was stunned at first, and then his spiritual power that had entered the sealed space was driven out by Kurama's roar.
For Kurama, it was willing to acknowledge Naruto, but that didn't mean it had no temper with Minato Namikaze who had sealed it inside Naruto, even though Minato Namikaze hadn't had a chance to do so yet.
Inside the sealed space, Kurama looked at the slowly opening gate in front of it, and a smile appeared on its face. After so many years, it could finally have freedom.
"Kid, are you ready to accept my true power?" Kurama's voice rang in Naruto's ears.
"Let's go! Kurama-nii!" Naruto looked up at An Lushan's combined puppet, which was wreaking havoc among the buildings of Loulan, and confidently declared, "Let's take this giant apart together!"
Just as Choza, who had forcibly enlarged to try and stop An Lushan's destruction, was defeated by the giant puppet, a massive chakra fluctuation spread out from Naruto. Golden chakra flames instantly erupted, and a giant nine-tailed fox, its body radiating a peaceful golden light and covered with black tomoe runes, rose from the ground. Its massive fox claws gently reached out and grabbed the fists of the giant puppet that was about to kill Choza, who had just deactivated his Super Multi-Amplification Technique.
"You..." Inside the core of the giant puppet, Hyakuzoku sensed the chakra emanating from the giant fox before him, and his face immediately showed terror. He had thought that with control of the Dragon Vein, he was invincible, but he never expected to encounter such a being in the blink of an eye. The scale of this being's chakra was far more terrifying than that of the Dragon Vein.
"Your ambition ends here!" Naruto, inside the giant golden nine-tailed fox, roared as he looked at An Lushan not far away. The giant nine-tailed fox opened its mouth, and a jet-black Tailed Beast Ball slowly condensed.
An Lushan tried to escape, but the giant puppet that had just displayed its might was now as powerless as a chick being squeezed in the face of the Nine-Tails. The immense force from its wrist made it impossible for him to break free.
Boom!!! The massive
explosion of the Tailed Beast Ball resounded, and billowing smoke instantly engulfed An Lushan and his puppet. Minato Namikaze, witnessing this scene, took a deep breath. "So, this is the true power of the Nine-Tails?" Minato Namikaze sighed softly. It was hard to imagine that the Nine-Tails, which had been completely helpless against Kushina's manipulation in her sealed space, possessed such terrifying true power. A moment later, from within the smoke of the explosion, Naruto dragged the unconscious An Lushan out and threw him in front of Minato Namikaze. "I've taken care of this guy, but just in case, Dad, please seal his chakra," Naruto said. "Naruto…" Minato looked at Naruto, his lips moving for a moment before he spoke, "You should learn some sealing techniques, after all, your surname is Uzumaki." "What's wrong with that?" Naruto waved his hand dismissively, "Even the head of the Uchiha clan doesn't know genjutsu." "Naruto! Don't reveal village secrets!" At this moment, Jiraiya, who had taken Shion to close the Dragon Vein, returned to everyone's side. However, upon returning, he heard Naruto casually revealing important village secrets, so he quickly reminded him. "Isn't Fugaku's genjutsu very powerful?" Minato looked at Jiraiya with some puzzlement, but seeing the other's evasive manner, he gave up the idea of delving deeper. After all, he had already learned enough secrets today. "Now that things are resolved, when do you plan to go back?" Minato asked at this moment. "Let's wait a bit longer. We have some things to do before we go back," Naruto said. "Gaara, didn't you want to go to Sunagakure? I'll go with you." "This… is that alright?" Gaara was taken aback, then his face lit up with surprise. "Naruto, you should understand, you're from the future. It's best not to have too much contact with people from this era," Minato Namikaze reminded him. "Before we leave, can't we have Grandpa Jiraiya seal the memories of everyone we've met?" Naruto said. "It's a rare opportunity, and I think Gaara should meet his mother, whom he's never met." "Alright." Minato Namikaze nodded, then looked at Jiraiya. "Then, let's say goodbye here. Jiraiya-sensei, please seal our memories." "Are you really just going to watch him run wild?" Seeing that Minato didn't seem to intend to stop the two brothers from going to Sunagakure, Jiraiya couldn't help but ask before sealing the memories of the three of them. "I believe he'll know what's good for him," Minato said with a smile. Jiraiya: ... [If you knew this kid was a rogue ninja now, I wonder if you'd still think that way?]
Jiraiya, lost in thought, set up a memory-sealing technique, sealing away the memories of Minato, Akimichi Choza, and Aburame Shimi.
Before the technique took effect, Minato smiled at Naruto and waved, "Well then, Naruto, see you in the future."
"Yeah, see you in the future, Dad, if there's a chance." Naruto smiled and waved back to Minato.
...
While Naruto was resolving the conflict in the past, in Kumogakure, the heavily injured A had regained consciousness after receiving treatment.
Upon waking, A looked at the empty sleeve on his right side, took a deep breath, and then called for his secretary.
"Raikage-sama, you're awake!" Upon hearing the news of the Raikage's awakening, Mabui rushed to the hospital.
"Mabui? Why are you here? Where's Nozomi?" A frowned upon seeing the person who arrived, then asked.
"Lord Hii... was defeated and captured, and is currently imprisoned at the Konoha garrison base in the Land of Hot Springs." After hesitating for a moment, Mabui reported the situation truthfully to A.
"Hiroshi was captured?" A disbelief appeared on A's face, but he quickly calmed down and said to Mabui, "Tell me everything that happened after that day."
Mabui dared not hide anything and told him everything.
Upon hearing the news that Yugito had died in battle, Killer Bee was seriously injured, and the border army had been almost completely captured, A coughed up a mouthful of blood.
"Lord Raikage! Please take care of yourself. The village can no longer withstand any more turmoil." Seeing this, Mabui quickly stepped forward to help A stabilize his injuries.
"Uchiha... Toukoku!" A gritted his teeth, his remaining hand clenching tightly.
"How is the village now?" A took a deep breath and asked after calming himself down.
"The village..." Mabui hesitated upon hearing A's question.
"What happened in the village?" Seeing her like this, Ai thought something bad had happened, so he quickly asked.
"Ever since your defeat, many people in the village are dissatisfied with you. Now they gather in front of the Raikage Building every day to protest, demanding... demanding that you resign!"
"Protest? Who are the leaders?" Ai asked in a deep voice, expressionless.
"The protesters are led by Jonin Donald, Jonin Airon, Jonin Freig, and others. They have been waiting in front of the Cloud Village Building for several days. They want you to take responsibility for this defeat, especially after the Daimyo's envoy to the Land of Fire brought back Konoha's conditions," Mabui said.
Hearing these names, Ai's face also darkened. Sure enough, they were all white.
"What conditions did Konoha offer?" Ai asked hurriedly.
After hesitating for a moment, Mabui told A the conditions Konoha had offered. A, after listening, slammed his left hand heavily on the bed. "That Uchiha Touko is going too far!"
"What did the Daimyo say? Did he agree to their conditions?" A asked again after venting his emotions.
"No," Mabui shook his head. "The Daimyo hasn't agreed to their conditions and is currently preparing to send a new envoy to discuss the matter."
"Let's go back to the Raikage Building first." A took a deep breath and sat up in bed.
This defeat at Uchiha Touko's hands was indeed due to his misjudgment of the opponent's strength, but A understood that he needed to be even more resilient in times like these.
"Perhaps… you should wait a little longer," Mabui said hesitantly.
"Hmm?" A frowned.
"There are quite a few people gathered in front of the Raikage Building right now…" Mabui said.
"...
Fellow villagers of Kumogakure! This defeat is entirely the result of that guy A's reckless actions, disregarding peace and the lives of our comrades! Because of his impulsiveness, we have lost nearly a thousand comrades! In addition, nearly a thousand more are imprisoned! We cannot let him continue his militaristic ways! These black people will only lead our village into the abyss! The village now needs a wise white Raikage to lead everyone out of our current predicament!"
In front of the Raikage Building, a white ninja with golden hair like corn cobs was giving his speech. His speech was passionate and surging, his lips pursed in rhythm with his words, and his hands were constantly making gestures, as if he were playing some kind of musical instrument.
"Now, our village, our country, needs a white Raikage! Only then can Kumogakure be made great again!" The Jonin named Donald finished speaking and raised his arm, shouting, "Fourth Raikage! Step down!"
As he shouted the slogan, the white ninjas around him, wearing distinctive red headbands, joined in, chanting continuously, "Fourth Raikage! Step down!"
"Fourth Raikage! Step down!"
The Anbu members in front of the Raikage building, faced with the impassioned crowd, were momentarily at a loss.
A, who had just arrived from the hospital, was furious at the sight.
What kind of time was this to be playing these games! People like them, if they were in Konoha, would be fiercely loyalized by Ikkuriku!
However, A didn't have the confidence to directly suppress the protesting crowd. After all, they were right about one thing: he bore the main responsibility for Kumogakure's defeat in this battle.
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