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Kushina was completely dazed. Her mental preparations had been shattered by Chiaki, leaving her at a loss.

"You're asking why Jinchuriki can still live after their Tailed Beasts are extracted, right?"

Qianqiu fiddled with her long hair. "The situation is urgent, so I'll keep it brief."

"Logically, a Jinchuriki should die from the loss of life force after the Tailed Beast is extracted, but what if we consider it from the opposite perspective?"

"If the life force of the Jinchuriki is replenished after the Tailed Beast is extracted, will she not die?"

"You replenished my life force?!"

Kushina exclaimed in shock, "So much life force, and you replenished it all?"

Although Kushina had not studied medical ninjutsu, she still had a certain understanding of the amount of life force required to save a dead person, after all, this was basic knowledge.

As mentioned before, if a vital point is attacked, the amount of vital energy needed to replenish the lost vital energy is tens of thousands of times greater than the amount needed to heal non-vital point injuries.

And to replenish the life force of the Jinchuriki after the Tailed Beast is extracted, it would take countless times more.

This level of vitality is not something that ordinary people can compensate for. Only by using a secret method to exchange one's life for another can there be a certain possibility of maintaining this vitality.

"It could have been done, but it was interrupted."

Chiaki said helplessly, and Kushina suddenly thought of the experience after she gave birth, when Chiaki kept pressing his hand against her abdomen.

"Ah...back then..."

Kushina covered her mouth as she spoke, and Chiaki nodded, "I used the life force of the royal family to provide you with life force. One unit of life force can be used as a hundred units of life force, which is the only way to possibly save you. Unfortunately, it was interrupted..."

"What about Kushina now..."

Minato couldn't help but glance at Kushina, extending his chakra to sense her body, and sure enough, he detected a trace of Chiaki's aura.

"Hear me out."

Chiaki rolled her eyes at Minato again. She began to notice that Minato, who was usually calm and composed, would always lose his composure when faced with Kushina's problems. This was probably a case of being too concerned to think clearly.

"Because I was interrupted, I could only approach this problem from another angle."

"Since we can't replenish the life force lost after the tailed beasts are extracted, wouldn't it be better to just prevent the tailed beasts from being completely extracted?"

Qianqiu smiled, "Among the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan, there is a sealing technique called the Split Sealing Technique. Its function is to forcibly divide energy into two parts..."

"You should know that the chakra of the tailed beasts is also a type of energy..."

"!!!"

Kushina pressed her hand to her stomach, while Minato stared blankly at Chiaki, exclaiming, "You mean... Kushina still has half a tailed beast inside her!?"

"So Kushina won't die because the Tailed Beast was extracted, and Konoha will only be facing half a Tailed Beast!?"

"Yes."

Qianqiu snapped his fingers. "Senior Brother Shuimen, you've finally become smart again."

"...So that's how it is...So it wasn't the power of love after all..."

Kushina murmured, touching her abdomen. Chiaki not only tore her resolve and mental preparation to shreds, but she also stomped on those shreds on the ground.

I was just overthinking things from the very beginning!

No wonder Kushina felt that her physical strength stopped decreasing after it dropped to a certain level, and her life force stopped being lost and was instead slowly recovering!

"Wow……"

Kushina was overwhelmed with mixed feelings of joy and sorrow, and burst into tears, not knowing what to say.

Minato sighed and gently patted Kushina's shoulder.

Compared to Kushina, who only thought of herself, Minato considered many more things.

Even with only half its power, the Nine-Tails still inflicted such great damage on Konoha, which is enough to prove that the Nine-Tails is exceptionally powerful.

To restrain the Nine-Tails, it must be sealed away.

"Qianqiu, do you know sealing techniques?"

"The kind that seals the Nine-Tails!"

Minato frowned and asked Chiaki, who nodded. "Otohime knows how, but this technique requires weakening the Nine-Tails. Judging from its current state, I'm afraid that won't work..."

"I see."

Minato pursed his lips. Just as he had guessed, the sealing technique for sealing the tailed beasts was something Hashirama Senju had tricked into giving him from the Land of Whirlpools. The activation conditions were exactly the same as those for Chiaki, so it must be a ninjutsu.

So, it seems I still have to use my own technique.

"Yes, so..."

While Chiaki was speaking, Minato took a deep breath, mentally prepared himself, and interrupted Chiaki, saying, "Chiaki... I have a favor to ask of you."

"?"

Chiaki looked at Minato in confusion. She hadn't finished speaking yet. What was this guy trying to do?

Is there a better way to resolve the current situation?

"You said."

Chiaki gazed thoughtfully for a moment, then nodded to Minato.

In terms of intelligence, Chiaki felt that Minato was indeed a bit better than him, and maybe he really did have a solution?

"I need you to use the Adamantine Lock to bind the Nine-Tails for a short while, just a little bit."

Minato said resolutely, "Leave everything else to me..."

"After I defeat the Nine-Tails... I hope you can take good care of Kushina and Naruto for me..."

"I suppose this is partly my own selfish reason."

A carefree smile appeared on his face, but the next second, Qianqiu gave him a sharp rap on the head.

"I thought there was some way. If there's no way, then shut up!"

The Corpse Demon Sealing Technique, right?

Sacrificing yourself is cool, right?

You spoiled him rotten!

"Kushina and Naruto, you better take care of yourselves!"

Qianqiu clenched her fist. "I'll say it again, I won't let anything happen to you!"

Chapter 523 My role is more important than yours!

"Anyway..."

"Chiaki, you have a way, don't you!?"

Minato scratched his head helplessly, then asked Chiaki with surprise.

He could hear the dissatisfaction in Qianqiu's tone, which meant that Qianqiu had also come up with his own solution.

Minato wouldn't want to protect Konoha in such an extreme way unless absolutely necessary.

He had just become a father and hadn't even enjoyed the feeling of fatherhood for a few days before he passed away. It would be a lie to say he wasn't regretful.

There's no particularly good solution.

Qianqiu shook his head slightly, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"If I had to say, there's only one solution left that's not really a solution."

"what?"

Minato and Kushina stared nervously at Chiaki, hoping to glean some encouraging words from her.

However, Qianqiu was clearly going to disappoint them both.

The fact that Chiaki was able to spend so much money to save Kushina was already beyond his expectations. At this point, stopping Minato was just doing his best.

what?

Didn't Qianqiu say that he would never let anything happen to the two of them?

Such words should only be taken as morale-boosting remarks and should not be taken seriously.

After all, Chiaki wasn't a perfect character from the start (shrug).

"Smash the Nine-Tails' head!"

Chiaki spoke confidently to Minato and Kushina, fearing that if she showed even the slightest sign of discouragement, Minato would return to the path of self-sacrifice.

After hearing Chiaki's words, Kushina and Minato exchanged glances, and then Kushina spoke:

"……That's it?"

"Yes, that's it."

Qianqiu nodded calmly. "Is there any better way besides this?"

"...It seems that there really aren't any left."

Kushina shrugged, despite her earlier display of great righteousness and willingness to sacrifice everything for Konoha.

But Kushina was a woman after all, and she naturally didn't want her husband to die so soon after she gave birth.

"The Nine-Tails isn't so easy to deal with, Chiaki."

Minato looked at Chiaki with a worried expression and said, "If we could solve it so easily, we wouldn't need to worry about it so much."

Based on the power that Kurama has demonstrated so far, it is enough to solidify its title as the strongest tailed beast.

It is indeed strong. Even if the Nine-Tails' combat power has been cut in half and then reduced to one-tenth of that, it still cannot change the fact that it stands on the Super Kage level.

That's right. Even with the Nine-Tails cut down like that, it's still a being of Kage-level strength. Ordinary ninjas simply can't match it.

As for Qianqiu...

Her strength is only on par with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze, stuck at the peak of Kage level, just waiting for a breakthrough to appear.

"I admit that the Nine-Tails is indeed not so easy to deal with."

Chiaki nodded in agreement with Minato's statement, and Minato said hastily, "Then we still have to use my Reaper Death Seal..."