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"This will definitely surprise you!" Minato said with great confidence!

"Oh?" Zhang Shan laughed, "Then let's skip the training ground and just use it here!"

He figured Minato wouldn't cause any big trouble, so he didn't pay much attention to the new ninjutsu the other party mentioned. Surely it wasn't a summoning jutsu?

Minato hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright, I'll show you my new technique!"

Minato took a scroll from the knife pouch behind his back, spread it out on the ground, and the next moment, a Rasengan condensed in his palm!

"Oh? You've already mastered the Rasengan! Congratulations!" Zhang Shan said with a smile.

Minato remained unfazed, forming a hand seal with his other hand while softly chanting, "Sealing Technique Seal!"

A surge of chakra erupted from the scroll, enveloping the Rasengan in Minato's hand, and then pulling the Rasengan into the scroll!

Once the chakra calmed down, a spiral mark appeared on the original scroll!

"A sealing technique? A sealing technique that can seal ninjutsu?!" Zhang Shan was truly shocked by Minato's genius! He had only been gone for a week, and before he left, Minato would never have known this sealing technique!

In other words, Minato mastered a sealing technique in just one week?!

This is a sealing technique! It's extremely difficult to learn!

Seeing Zhang Shan's shocked expression, Minato, disregarding his fatigue, laughed and said, "How about that?! I haven't let my guard down for a single moment this week!"

Zhang Shan nodded. "Minato, a genius, still works so hard. No wonder you became Hokage!"

"Did you and Kushina learn this sealing technique?" Zhang Shan asked.

Minato's expression froze. He hadn't expected Zhang Shan to guess it so quickly, and he couldn't help but feel a little dejected.

“That’s right. I’ve been learning sealing techniques with Kushina this week. However, Kushina has a bloodline limit, and although she hasn’t awakened it yet, she still has a fixed training direction. I can only start with simple sealing techniques. This sealing technique is the one I found most suitable for me after searching around. How about it, Zhang Shan? Do you want to learn with me? I can talk to Grandma Mito. She shouldn’t refuse.”

In front of Minato, Mito had always been a reasonable and kind elder, a very gentle person to the younger generation, so he felt that Mito wouldn't mind having another person come to study together.

Zhang Shan thought about it for a moment and then agreed.

Sealing techniques are like a bug; even Kaguya, who is immortal, fell victim to them. It would be a good idea for him to learn some sealing techniques!

Moreover, this was personally guided by Mito, an opportunity that is simply too good to be true!

Minato put away the scroll on the ground and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Using both the Rasengan and sealing techniques, which are extremely chakra-intensive, simultaneously was still a bit of a strain for Minato at this point.

By this time, the sky outside had already darkened, and the setting sun had just completely disappeared. The two walked slowly toward Kushina's residence.

Fortunately, Zhang Shan's residence was not far from Kushina's house. The two walked for about ten minutes and arrived at a luxurious mansion.

The once bustling courtyard is now unusually deserted. Even the servants who used to serve it have all disappeared. Today, it has become an empty house!

"Something's not right!" Zhang Shan immediately became alert, completely concealing his aura and only displaying the level of a normal Chunin.

At that moment, Minato's gaze sharpened, and he leaped to the eaves of the roof, bending down to pick up the few strands of red hair hanging from the eaves!

"Kushina!"

For the first time, a chilling killing intent appeared on the usually gentle and calm Minato!

Chapter 7: Due to physical weakness, the "Moonlight Embrace with a Girl" incident was canceled.

Whoosh whoosh!

In the jungle, Zhang Shan and Shui Men's bodies became afterimages as they leaped and darted among the trees.

"This way!"

Minato picked up another strand of red hair, confirming Kushina's direction.

"This guy doesn't even have Sharingan, how can he see the hairs on the ground?" Zhang Shan thought to himself, then quickly followed Minato.

The two sped along, and Minato's eyes seemed to have rolled back, always accurately spotting Kushina's red hair and leading Zhang Shan onto the right path.

As darkness fell, their vision was obstructed, and even Minato, the red-haired tracking machine, had difficulty finding Kushina's hair in such darkness.

"The general direction is this way. This is the direction leading to Kumogakure, which means that the other party is very likely a ninja from Kumogakure!" Minato said in a low voice.

Zhang Shan yawned and looked at Shui Men, saying, "How about we split up and search? That way we can get there faster?"

"No!" Minato refused outright. "I don't have much chakra left. If there are too many of them, I'm afraid I won't be able to handle them on my own! I'll need Zhang Shan's help then!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Shan did not suggest separating again, and began to carefully search for the clues left by Kushina.

As time passed, the bright moon shone high in the sky, draping the earth in a silver coat.

Under the moonlight, Kushina's red hair stood out even more, which greatly reduced the pressure on the two of them.

"Found her!" Minato's eyes narrowed. Through his tireless efforts, he finally spotted Kushina, who had been kidnapped, and the three ninjas guarding her!

"Zhang Shan!"

"I'll take care of the two in front," Zhang Shan said.

"on!"

As a thick cloud obscured the moonlight, the forest was completely shrouded in darkness.

In the darkness, two small figures were darting about!

Bang!

Bang bang!

The three muffled thuds sounded somewhat abrupt in the quiet night, but Kushina, who was already somewhat numb, did not react at all and continued walking forward woodenly.

Until the heavy cloud drifted away, allowing the moonlight to shine on the earth again, and also on Minato in front of Kushina.

"Minato? Oh no, I'm hallucinating..." Kushina muttered to herself, "But Minato should have realized I'm gone by now, right?"

bang~

As she moved forward, Kushina bumped directly into Minato. Only then did Kushina realize that Minato in front of her was not an illusion, but a real person!

"Minato!" Kushina's eyes lit up instantly! Her eyes shone brightly as she looked at Minato!

Minato untied Kushina's ropes and said with a gentle smile, "Sorry I'm late!"

"Mmm~~ It's not too late at all!" Kushina shook her head, her eyes overflowing with emotion!

At that moment, Minato suddenly felt his body go limp, and a feeling of powerlessness swept over him!

He had already wasted a lot of chakra showing off his new ninjutsu to Zhang Shan, and then spent several hours tracking him. His body was already at its limit. Now that he was sure that Kushina was safe and sound, all the fatigue he had accumulated came rushing out! His body fell forward uncontrollably!

Kushina, holding the exhausted Minato, said anxiously, "Are you alright, Minato? Are you hurt anywhere?! It's all my fault! If I weren't so useless, Minato wouldn't have come to save me, and I wouldn't be injured!"

Seeing that tears were about to fall from her eyes, Minato had no choice but to force himself to say, "I'm not injured, I'm just a little tired."

"Yeah, yeah, it's just a few measly things, how could they possibly hurt Minato?" Zhang Shan, who had been constantly being fed dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection), spoke up at the right moment, interrupting the two's ambiguous relationship. He needed to go home and sleep, and really didn't want to watch these two showing off their love here! He wasn't a dog!

Upon hearing Zhang Shan's voice, Kushina, who was holding Minato, immediately wanted to push him away. However, seeing Minato's exhausted state, she knew that if she pushed him away, he would definitely fall to the ground, which would be too pitiful! (Mainly, she felt sorry for him.)

In the end, Kushina didn't push Minato away. Instead, she put her arm around him, turned around, looked at Zhang Shan who looked relaxed, and asked, "Is it just the two of you?"

"Otherwise what?" Zhang Shan shrugged and laughed. "After Shuimen found out you were in trouble, he followed you out without the slightest hesitation. He didn't have time to tell the people above him."

Kushina blushed slightly, feeling a sweet warmth in her heart! She secretly thought to herself that she hadn't misjudged him!

However, he still scolded her, "Minato, what you're doing is too dangerous! What if the enemy who kidnapped me is very powerful? Aren't you just throwing your lives away by coming here?"

"Hehe, sorry, I didn't think that much about it at the time," Minato laughed. "But with Zhang Shan around, there shouldn't be any problems!"

Zhang Shan's strength is definitely several times that of his own, and since the other party is here to kidnap him, there can't be many of them.

That's why Shuimen didn't report it, but immediately chased after them with Zhang Shan!

Upon hearing this, Zhang Shan did not respond. He turned around, tied all the unconscious Cloud Ninja on the ground to the trees, and walked towards Konoha without looking back.

He couldn't possibly take these people back; what if they tried to pin it on him? He'd be in real trouble then.

Behind them, Kushina supported Minato as the three of them moved slowly toward Konoha.

Shortly after the three left, a group of masked ninjas appeared.

"Let it go."

"Yes!"

After cutting the ropes binding the Cloud Ninja and confirming that they were not in mortal danger, the Anbu disappeared again, as if they had never been there at all.

Not long after, in the Hokage's office, in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"They didn't kill them. The Cloud Ninja are still alive. We've loosened the ropes binding them. They should leave on their own after they wake up."

Listening to the report from the Anbu, Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned slightly, clearly dissatisfied with the Anbu's handling of the situation!

What if the other person wakes up and not only doesn't leave, but also commits suicide on the spot?

The ninjas of Kumogakure died in the Land of Fire. If the other side uses this as a reason to start a war...

At this time, Konoha was already at war with Iwagakure and Sunagakure. If Kumogakure were added to the mix, Hiruzen Sarutobi would feel the pressure increase even more!

"Go and bring them all back, but be careful not to kill them!"

"Yes!"

After the Anbu left, Hiruzen Sarutobi pinched his brow, feeling a headache coming on!

This afternoon, the Nine-Tails inside Mito Uzumaki once again attempted to break through the seal. Although it didn't cause much of a commotion, for safety's sake, the Third Hokage still had someone take Mito to a secluded place, which is why there was no one in Mito's house.

Unexpectedly, Kushina got into trouble in such a short time!

"Sigh, thanks to Minato and Zhang Shan, otherwise Konoha would have suffered a huge loss..."

After puffing away on their cigarettes for a while, Zhang Shan and the other two returned to the village and headed straight for the Hokage's office!

Chapter 8 Joining the Water Gate Squad

"That's how it happened. Thanks to Minato's superb reconnaissance abilities, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to save Kushina!" Zhang Shan stood in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi and recounted everything that had happened.

In this incident, apart from dealing with two Cloud Ninja, he didn't contribute much. It was mainly Minato's reconnaissance and tracking skills that were able to rescue Kushina.

If Minato weren't genuinely a bit weak right now, Zhang Shan wouldn't even have bothered to speak.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shan's gaze inadvertently swept over Kushina.