Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 573 Hesitation
roar~
Vulpix's struggle continues.

However, its struggle seemed somewhat powerless.

Two minutes later.

Qingming absorbed 60,000 chakras from the Vulpix, with a conversion rate of 90%, which is 54,000 points.

This, combined with the remaining chakra in his body, was almost at overflowing.

Without any hesitation, Qing Ming immediately stopped the 'Chakra Absorption Technique' temporarily and instead performed the ninjutsu - Shadow Clone Technique!

bang~
As a cloud of chakra smoke dissipated, four more figures appeared on the field.

Subsequently, Qingming's chakra directly dropped to less than 30,000 points.

However, Qingming was not in a hurry to continue absorbing the chakra of the Six-Tails, but instead winked at the four shadow clones.

The two sides were originally one, and the four shadow clones inherited his will and naturally understood what he meant.

So, after nodding, he flew away into the distance.

Next, they will find a quiet place to practice like the four shadow clones he had created before, in order to digest the chakra in their bodies.

After they left, Qing Ming withdrew his gaze, and without paying attention to Minato Namikaze's curious eyes, he raised his hands and formed seals, and once again performed the "Chakra Absorption Technique" and began to absorb the Vulpix's chakra.

Originally, after Vulpix discovered that Qingming no longer absorbed his chakra, he was somewhat excited and prepared to fight one last time.

Unexpectedly, before it could gather enough chakra, Qingming started to steal its chakra again. This made it very angry and felt that Qingming was playing tricks on it.

roar~
An angry roar came out of its mouth and Vulpix struggled frantically.

But two minutes passed, and the chakra chains released by Minato Namikaze had already been tightly connected to it, and no matter how it struggled, it could not get rid of it.

Seeing this scene, Qing Ming was completely relieved, so while absorbing the chakra of the Vulpix, he reviewed the course of the battle and summed up the gains and losses.

First of all, he had achieved the primary purpose of joining this battle.

This was considered a preliminary verification of the effect of the 'Chakra Absorption Technique' on the tailed beasts, so that he wouldn't be in the embarrassing situation of having the tailed beasts but being unable to use them.

Secondly, he simultaneously tested the lethality of several ninjutsu he mastered against the tailed beasts.

One thing that is clear is that even ordinary ninjutsu can cause certain damage to the tailed beast as long as it forms a restraining relationship with the chakra attributes of the tailed beast.

More powerful ninjutsu and forbidden techniques, such as 'Water Style: Water Cutting Wave' and 'Wind Style: Rasenshuriken', can cause greater or even fatal damage to the tailed beasts if used properly.

This is crucial.

In the end, through this battle, he discovered his own weakness, which was the lack of appropriate means to control the tailed beasts for a long period of time.

Thinking of this, Qing Ming couldn't help but look at the eight chakra chains wrapped around Vulpix.

Just as he had thought before, this method would ultimately resort to sealing techniques.

However, he did not intend to learn from Minato Namikaze.

If everything goes well, once he solves the problem of Danzo, he should be able to get a large inheritance.

By then, many of his shortcomings can be made up, including the sealing technique.

Therefore, there is absolutely no need for him to owe anyone a favor.

As we all know, debts of favor are always the hardest to repay, and compared to learning from a master, he still prefers to be self-reliant.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, and Qingming quickly gathered his thoughts and focused his attention back on summarizing the situation.

However, there seems to be nothing to summarize.

This battle lasted much shorter than he expected.

Originally, he was just an auxiliary.

I never thought that the battle would suddenly end just because of a thought and an attempt.

Not only was he confused, but Minato Namikaze was probably no less confused.

As the main attacker, the opponent's performance in this battle can be described as a soy sauce. In addition to attracting the attention of Vulpix at the beginning, he seized the opportunity at the end and suppressed Vulpix with a sealing technique. As for the rest, he did not use any means.

You know, as a ninja who tends to be an assassin, in addition to using his superb combat intelligence and combat skills to contain the tailed beasts, the most important thing for Minato Namikaze to do is to use the "summoning technique" to summon the toads from Mount Myoboku to assist him.

However, in the first battle, he didn't even have time to perform the most basic "spiritual technique" and the battle was over.

Of course, this does not mean that the other party is really just there to make up the story.

Apart from anything else, the fact that he seized the opportunity and decisively used the sealing technique to suppress the Vulpix was extremely crucial.

Indeed, before this, Qing Ming used the 'Wind Style: Rasenshuriken' to severely injure the Vulpix.

However, the life forms of the tailed beasts are different from those of humans after all.

After receiving that blow, he was certainly seriously injured at first, but as long as he took a breath, recovering would not be a problem. The most serious consequence was that he would not be able to exert his full strength afterwards.

But even so, it was still a big trouble for Qingming and Namikaze Minato.

However, Namikaze Minato seized the opportunity keenly and did not give Vulpix time to recover. He directly used the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' and sealing technique to suppress the opponent, which brought the battle to an abrupt end.

Otherwise, this battle will probably continue.

So, in a sense, it was he and Minato Namikaze who ended the battle together.

In this case, its role is naturally not as simple as just a bystander.

Just as Qingming was deep in thought, Liuwei finally couldn't hold on any longer.

"Town!"×4
As Minato Namikaze and his three shadow clones shouted in unison, the eight chakra chains shot out from their palms, and the brightness of the sealing technique suddenly increased, as if it had come alive and attached itself to the Vulpix.

roar~
With an unwilling roar, the Vulpix completely disappeared under the suppression of these sealing techniques.

Qingming felt his palm was empty, he looked down, and saw a handsome child standing where Liuwei had been standing.

The child was about six or seven years old, with smooth black hair and tattered clothes, worse than a beggar.

However, these are nothing.

With the help of the Sharingan, Qing Ming could clearly see that most of his exposed skin showed signs of acid corrosion.

This obviously brought him great pain.

Therefore, even though he fell into a deep coma, he seemed to be enduring the pain and his whole body was shaking.

Without thinking, Qingming could guess that this child was the Six-Tails Jinchuriki - Yugao.

Seeing the other party's miserable appearance, Qingming finally understood why the Jinchūriki generally hated the village. Being rejected by the villagers was one aspect, and being used as a weapon was another aspect.

Namikaze Minato frowned as he looked at the scene before him, and raised his hand to cancel the 'Shadow Clone Technique'.

He came in front of Yu Gao, looked at him, and there was a rare hint of hesitation in his eyes.

Although before setting off, Sarutobi Hiruzen had told him that if he could capture the target alive, he must bring him back to the village, but now, he didn't want to do that.

Indeed, after bringing it back and using it as a bargaining chip, we should be able to force the Hidden Mist Village to negotiate quickly.

After all, the Hidden Mist Village has already lost the Three-Tails, and it is impossible for them to give up the Six-Tails.

but
Looking at the trembling Yugao, Namikaze Minato couldn't help but think of Uzumaki Kushina. As both of them were jinchūriki, their fates were actually not much different.

This time, wasn't Kushina almost sent to the Hidden Mist Village to carry out the same mission?

He couldn't imagine how much torture Kushina would suffer if she fell into the hands of the Hidden Mist Village? How desperate would she be?

So, put yourself in his shoes, how scared and desperate would he be if he were to take this child, who is younger than Kushina, back home?
Admittedly, there is a high probability that he will be exchanged back to the Hidden Mist Village, but the psychological shadow left behind is not so easy to dispel.

But then again, with him, the war between the village and Kirigakure would most likely end faster.

This would save many lives.

To exchange one person's misfortune for the lives of more people, this doesn't seem to be a difficult choice?

However, Namikaze Minato still hesitated.
(End of this chapter)