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"what happened?"

Seeing that Chiaki looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated, Minato quickly patted his chest and said, "Just say what's wrong, and I'll do everything I can to solve it!"

He thought that Qianqiu had made some mistake with the sealing technique, but that was not what Qianqiu was thinking about at all.

With Otohime as the foundation, the sealing technique is unlikely to have any problems. In addition, the Nine-Tails has no ability to resist, so can't we just do whatever we want?

"What I mean is, what are you going to do with this nine-tailed fox?"

Chiaki rolled her eyes and glanced cautiously at Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was slowly regaining his strength. "You know, in everyone's mind, Kushina has already had her tailed beast extracted, so you understand."

Minato immediately realized that the appearance of a materialized tailed beast meant that, in people's minds, Kushina's status as a Jinchūriki had already been lost.

At this time, no truly perfect Jinchūriki had been revealed yet, so the appearance of a Tailed Beast clearly meant that the Tailed Beast had been extracted.

Furthermore, considering Obito's attack tonight, Kushina is probably no longer suitable to be a Jinchūriki.

In other words, Minato had to snatch a Jinchuriki spot from the elders during the Third Hokage's reign, so that the Jinchuriki could become a member of his faction.

"If you can't decide, I can seal it into a scroll first."

Chiaki whispered, "As for the tailed beast inside Kushina, if you don't tell and I don't tell, no one will know. I will help her cover it up."

If you want Kushina to live a normal life, the best way is to hide the fact that she is a Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast.

As for why Kushina was able to survive after the tailed beast was extracted, the reason can simply be attributed to Chiaki.

After all, it's not unacceptable that the Goddess of Life would exhaust everything to save Konoha and also save her best friend in the process; on the contrary, it would make the ninjas feel it's only natural.

Konoha has already been saved, is it really that difficult to save just one Jinchuriki?

Upon hearing Chiaki's words, Minato decisively said, "No need to put it in the scroll! Just send it to Naruto! I believe in my child!"

Rather than letting Chiaki seal the tailed beasts in scrolls and wait for their distribution, it's better to act decisively and do it first and ask questions later!

Once the deed is done, no one will dare to challenge the idea of ​​directly replacing the Jinchūriki.

Minato was quite rational and knew very well how difficult it would be to snatch resources from those old guys.

Since that's the case, it would be better to just make the Jinchuriki the apple of his wife and son's eye!

There's no need to worry about Kushina; Chiaki has guaranteed she can be saved. The only potential danger is that her own son might not be able to fulfill the role of Jinchūriki and might be forced to give up becoming one due to the torment of the Nine-Tails within him.

In that case, not only would his son be ruined, but even the Nine-Tails might be given away.

"Are you sure?"

Chiaki reached out her hand towards Kurama, and Otohime also reached out her hand towards Kurama under the watchful eyes of everyone.

"I'm absolutely certain, Chiaki, believe in my son, believe in Naruto!"

Minato took a deep breath and smiled at Chiaki.

"what."

Chiaki raised an eyebrow and chuckled, "Of course I believe him, Naruto Uzumaki..."

"I trust him even more than you."

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Minato didn't understand Chiaki's words, but before he could even think about it, Otohime clenched her fist, and the runes on Kurama's body began to shrink rapidly.

The next moment, Kurama's body completely transformed into chakra, and then the surging chakra rushed into Naruto's body, who was being held by Kushina.

The runes formed a Bagua shape on Naruto's abdomen, and after a slight rotation, they remained completely still.

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"I disagree!"

"I firmly disagree!"

"Why are human jinchūriki being arbitrarily assigned without the approval of the elders' council?!"

"Furthermore! The Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki made a huge mistake, allowing the Nine-Tails to cause immense damage to Konoha. Fourth Hokage, you must take full responsibility for this!"

The well-preserved building, which had been temporarily requisitioned, became the Hokage's temporary office. At that moment, Danzo's angry roar and slamming of the table could be heard from inside the Hokage's office.

Jinchuuriki!

That's a Jinchūriki!

If I could keep this resource in my own hands, it would be a huge help to me!

"I do indeed bear full responsibility for the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's dereliction of duty."

Minato said coldly, "However, shouldn't Lord Shimura give me an explanation for how the Root, responsible for protecting Konoha, completely failed to detect the enemy's invasion and did absolutely nothing during the battle against the Nine-Tails!?"

Danzo's gaze darkened, his eyes filled with a chilling aura.

This seemingly innocent little brat actually dares to nitpick about my problems?

What gives him the audacity to be so arrogant towards me?

"The roots issued a warning when the enemy invaded, but you yourselves failed to notice!"

"During the battle against the Nine-Tails, all members of Root were protecting the perimeter of Konoha and making reasonable arrangements for subsequent actions!"

Danzo slammed his cane on the ground and sneered, "Whose responsibility is it that your Anbu members didn't receive the Root's warning?!"

"Furthermore, the roots are not solely responsible for Konoha's defense, but also for its continuation!"

"After the Nine-Tails invasion, Root, with the worst-case scenario in mind, carried out the plan to continue Konoha's survival."

"This is information that the Hokage absolutely needs to know!"

"Sarutobi, look at the excellent Hokage you've chosen!"

Danzo kept throwing a tantrum, while Hiruzen Sarutobi sat quietly to the side, smoking without saying a word.

For Hiruzen Sarutobi, Konoha's ability to escape unscathed from the catastrophic Nine-Tails invasion was entirely due to Chiaki and Minato.

Furthermore, the abilities and the Will of Fire displayed by Chiaki and Minato during this disaster truly impressed Hiruzen Sarutobi. If Chiaki hadn't been unwilling to become Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi would probably have directly placed the Fifth Hokage position on him.

With this impression, no matter what Danzo said, Hiruzen Sarutobi was a staunch supporter of both Chiaki and Minato.

Not only Danzo, but almost all the ninjas who participated in the fight against the Nine-Tails were their supporters.

How could Danzo, who always hides behind the scenes, pointing fingers and only comes out when it's time to claim credit, and then hides away when things get tough, possibly gain people's recognition and support?

However, due to Hiruzen Sarutobi's abdication, he is now just an ordinary elder, on par with Danzo in terms of status. In order to avoid the collapse of the elder council mechanism and arouse the suspicion of the daimyo, Hiruzen Sarutobi chose to remain silent.

He merely glanced at Danzo with a cold smile, and Danzo immediately understood what the old man meant.

"In wartime, everyone must obey the orders of the highest command, even the Root members must be mobilized. Lord Shimura should understand this!"

"During the battle with the Nine-Tails, both Chiaki and I issued an order: to gather everyone together, abandon external defenses, and launch an attack on the Nine-Tails!"

Minato slammed his hand on the table and sternly rebuked Danzo: "At that time, if we had been even slightly less injured, it would have been a catastrophe for the entire Hidden Leaf Village!"

"Where were Lord Shimura's roots at that time?"

"If Konoha's entire main force is wiped out because of Root, then what's the point of leaving you cowardly Root members to continue Konoha, to continue the Will of Fire?!"

Standing at the moral high ground of Konoha, Minato seemed to be bathed in the light of righteousness, leaving Danzo speechless for a moment.

However, in the end, he still stubbornly insisted, "Anyway, we can talk about other issues later. You have to give me an explanation regarding the issue of the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki!"

"What is Kushina Uzumaki's current situation? And why was the next Jinchuriki assigned to you without our consent?!"

Danzo, relying on his status, began to act arrogantly, spewing insults at Minato: "You should know that this kind of arbitrary allocation of resources, or even the act of seizing resources, can be regarded as you, the Hokage, abusing your power for personal gain!"

"Shimura, that's enough!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't stand it any longer and said sternly, "Everything that happens during wartime is handled on an ad-hoc basis. You can't expect Minato to give us an explanation during wartime!"

"If that's the case, then produce evidence that the Fourth Hokage did not abuse his power for personal gain!"

Danzo said with a sneer. Minato frowned. He could have dismissed everything with wartime ad hoc decisions, but he hadn't expected Danzo to be so difficult, insisting that he provide evidence that he hadn't abused his power for personal gain.

This evidence is not easy to submit. Minato does indeed have the idea of ​​using his power for personal gain. If he fails to meet Danzo's demands, Danzo will have a reason to have Ino's ninja read his mind. Wouldn't everything be exposed if he did that?

Moreover, proving that you have no selfish motives is just as difficult as proving that you are who you are. How are you supposed to do that?

Danzo understood the difficulty of the matter, and when he saw Minato frowning, a smile appeared on his lips.

Excellent, this is a victory for us!

Next, all we need to do is force Minato to admit that he had ulterior motives, then we can rightfully demand that Minato take responsibility for this matter.

Either offer tangible benefits, or give away the Nine-Tails and redistribute them among everyone; that's fair.

"What? Can't you produce it?"

Danzo, smugly pleased with himself, said to Minato, "Should I get some Ino clan ninjas to help the Fourth Hokage?"

"Shimura!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi broke off his pipe and stood up, clearly quite displeased with Danzo's actions.

However, at that moment, a calm and serene voice rang out, "No need. If you want evidence, I am the evidence."

As soon as the words left her lips, Chiaki appeared in the Hokage's office. She was still dressed in an elegant purple kimono, her expression indifferent. "A witness, is that evidence?"

"I just finished resuscitating Kushina and confirmed the replacement of the Jinchuriki."

“I’m the only one who knows sealing techniques. In that situation, I had to change the Jinchuriki, otherwise the Nine-Tails would escape. The only qualified Jinchuriki on the scene was Naruto Uzumaki, so I chose him.”

"Any questions?"

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"Thousand... Thousand Hands, Thousand Autumns!"

Danzo was startled by Chiaki's arrival and took a step back, but he forced himself to stand up straight again and said to Chiaki with a fierce but weak expression, "You have no right to decide the allocation of important resources!"

"This is an act of usurpation!"

"I object!"

Minato was overjoyed to see Chiaki arrive, and slammed his fist on the table, shouting, "Not to mention that I granted Chiaki her authority, in that situation, as the authority on medical ninjutsu in the ninja world, she had more than enough decision-making power!"

"If even Chiaki's words are not authoritative enough, then please, Lord Shimura, find a medical ninja of sufficient authority to make a judgment!"