Naruto: I Roamed the Ninja World as a Woman

Chapter 163 The Perfect Jinchūriki

Compared to the awestruck Huang Tu, Lao Zi was in a much more wretched situation.

Faced head-on with this overwhelming ninjutsu, which can be described as "sea release", he was powerless whether he tried to escape using the Body Flicker Technique or to forcefully resist using the Lava Release.

Therefore, almost the instant the surging ocean current swept in, Lao Zi was completely swallowed up by the endless blue.

Puff puff puff~

As his body sank rapidly, a series of bubbles flew out of his mouth.

Old Zi hurriedly held his breath, thus avoiding being choked by the ubiquitous water flow.

As an old ninja of the same generation as Onoki, he basically knows a few moves in everything, so holding his breath underwater is naturally a piece of cake for him.

Four-Tails! Is this brat a Jinchūriki too?

Seizing this brief respite, Old Purple hurriedly asked himself, "Even Onoki couldn't possibly unleash a water-style ninjutsu of this level so easily!"

"Shouldn't be—?" A somewhat incongruous voice echoed from the depths of my heart.

The one who spoke was none other than the Four-Tails sealed inside his body.

Old Zi was speechless: "What do you mean by 'should'?"

"Hmm—because I didn't sense any tailed beast aura from her."

Four-Tails continued, "But then again, this age and this amount of chakra are indeed quite unreasonable. Among the ninjas I've seen, only a very, very few can achieve this."

"Who is it?"

Upon hearing this, Lao Zi subconsciously followed up with the question.

Without hesitation, Four-Tails replied, "For example, those you know include Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha—"

Old Zi's face darkened, and he quickly interrupted, "Alright, alright, stop talking!"

He felt a bit absurd.

How could a little girl who looks less than half my age possibly be compared to these legendary ninjas who ended the Warring States period? How could she possibly be mentioned in the same breath as the God of Shinobi and the Asura of the Shinobi World?

However, the undeniable fact of the vast ocean engulfing everything before him plunged him into deep confusion, leaving him unsure how to refute it.

After a brief silence.

Old Purple chose to skip the topic and thought to himself: Four-Tails, the seal inside me should be about to disappear, right?

The Four-Tails fell silent at the mention of the seal.

"Why did you break the seal on me?"

After a long silence, the Four-Tails' deep voice rang out again, carrying a complex emotion that was barely perceptible: "You should know that you will die after the seal is broken, Old Purple!"

Rōshi didn't answer, but instead asked himself, "Do you remember how old I was when I became a Jinchūriki?"

Four-tailed Fox was completely bewildered.

Who would remember this?

In his eyes, all people are about the same age.

Besides, at that time, Iwagakure had just bought me back from Konoha, and I was filled with resentment, so I didn't pay attention to these things at all.

"I became your jinchūriki when I was just four years old and had just become sensible."

Regarding the Four-Tails' confusion, Old Purple chuckled lightly, seemingly unsurprised.

With a touch of reminiscence, he continued, "Over the years we've spent together day and night, if you think about it, the number of days you've been by my side far exceeds the number of days my parents gave me life and raised me."

The Four-Tailed Fox remained silent.

"After spending so much time together—"

Then he heard Lao Zi say earnestly, "Although I am called a Jinchuriki, I am also the Four-Tails. In my heart, you are no different from my brother."

"So please don't be confused by my decision to break the seal."

He continued softly, "How could anyone in this world be so heartless as to imprison their own brothers?"

"But—if it's for my own life—"

The four-tailed beast's voice came in fits and starts, eventually returning to the original question: "If you break the seal, you will surely die."

Old Zi smiled silently.

He spread his arms and slowly floated up.

Because his body was immersed in the boundless ocean current, the scalding lava that had been flowing around him had now completely extinguished.

Old Zi turned his head and glanced again at the Buddha statue that had sunk beneath his feet.

The Buddha statue was damaged in the previous ninja battle, its body tattered, but the compassionate smile on the Buddha's lips remained, as if it were watching over you.

Deep within consciousness.

In this sealed space composed of lava and darkness, Old Purple's spiritual form suddenly appeared, standing in front of the towering Four-Tails.

"Do you still remember the Buddhist scriptures I recited with you back then?"

"Before life and death, all beings are equal."

Looking at the ferocious beast before him, Old Zi smiled freely: "I've been explaining Buddhist teachings and principles to you for so many years. Now that it's my turn, how can I not set an example?"

His expression was calm, displaying a kind of nonchalant attitude towards life and death: "Besides, I'm not necessarily going to die."

Four-Tails was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

"If I break the seal, but you don't leave my body, then I won't have to die, right?"

Old Purple laughed heartily, looking at the Four-Tails gently and saying, "Of course, because there's no seal, you can leave whenever you want, and I certainly won't stop you."

This means that the Four-Tails has been transformed from a "passively imprisoned" prisoner into a "proactively symbiotic" partner.

However, doing so also presents many problems.

First of all, Old Purple's life and death were entirely in the hands of the Four-Tails; if the Four-Tails wanted him to live, he would live; if it wanted him to die, he would die.

Secondly, Old Purple had to constantly withstand the corrosive effects of the Tailed Beast's chakra.

In popular perception, the chakra of tailed beasts is extremely violent and evil.

It is a consensus among all ninja villages that ninjas are highly susceptible to losing their minds and turning into monsters when exposed to the chakra of tailed beasts for extended periods.

"you----"

Upon hearing this, Yotsuba suddenly felt a little lost and didn't know what to say.

Throughout its long life, it had never encountered such unreserved trust.

"In short, I've had enough of that old relationship filled with mutual hatred and hostility!"

Even in a virtual space of consciousness, what Lao Zi said still carried weight.

He met the four tailed beast's enormous, scarlet pupils and said frankly, "Four-Tails, I wish for us to become partners who understand each other's hearts from this day forward!"

Countless memories from the past flashed before Yotsuba's eyes like a revolving lantern.

This human being before me, on countless lonely nights, had unilaterally described the sights of the outside world to me, expounded on the principles of Buddhist scriptures, and shared his joys and sorrows—

"—Old Zi."

The voice of the four tails became calmer than ever before.

The ferocity in the enormous scarlet eyes gradually faded, revealing a complex light.

"You're such a—"

"What a foolish and stubborn fellow."

It stretched out its arm, clenched its fist, and slammed it against Old Purple's fist: "My name is Sun Wukong, remember that!"

Deep underwater, as Lao Zi's consciousness returned, a sudden change occurred!

Originally appearing somewhat weak due to chakra depletion and suffocation in the water, Roshi suddenly unleashed an indescribable surge of immense energy from within his body!

Buzz!

A warm and bright crimson chakra, like the rising sun, flowed throughout his body!

His tightly closed eyes slowly opened, but his eye sockets sunken in, like a monkey's, yet the light in his eyes shone with his own will.

The powerful Lava Release chakra pushed aside the surrounding water, forming a waterless spherical space around him.

Lao Zi stood steadily at the bottom of the water.

Silently feeling the new power surging within my body, yet so readily at my command.

After the seal was completely broken, his chakra and the Four-Tails' chakra no longer repelled or competed with each other, but instead merged perfectly, their minds in sync, inseparable.

"This feeling—"

"Is this what you call the perfect Jinchūriki?"

Old Purple clenched his fist, feeling the power within his body far exceeding what he had before, and a hint of surprise appeared on his face: "But, wasn't I your first Jinchūriki? Why do you know so much about me?"

"Uh—although you were indeed my first Jinchūriki—"

Four-Tails was an honest monkey who couldn't lie, so he could only stammer as he continued, "But it is true that before you, there were humans who borrowed my power."

Old Zi asked in confusion, "Who is that?"

The Four-Tails' tone suddenly became somewhat pitiful: "It was Uchiha Madara, he's the one who captured me from Flower Fruit Mountain—"

"But! Old Purple! He was the one who used his Sharingan to activate a genjutsu and forced me—"

"In short, it wasn't my choice!"

Yotsuba's tone was pitiful as she tried hard to prove that this was her first time and that she was innocent.

Fortunately, Old Purple was magnanimous and comforted him, saying, "It's alright, anyway, Madara Uchiha is already dead, you don't need to be afraid anymore!"

With a casual wave of his hand, a condensed stream of scorching heat shot out, creating a brief vacuum channel in the water.

"As expected, my choice was right! This is our true power, Sun Wukong!"

"Hmph, don't get too cocky, Old Zi!"

The voice from the four tails in her heart quickly turned arrogant again, but it didn't forget to remind her, "Don't forget, those two guys outside are here to take you back!"

"I will go back to the village."

Old Zi clenched his fist, then smiled confidently and said, "But definitely not in the way of being captured and taken back!"

He raised his head, his gaze piercing through the rippling water, looking at the blurry yet powerful figure on the surface.

As if sensing something, Ayane Amamiya slowly sank into the water.

"Phew~"

"So, your purpose in breaking the seal was to become the perfect Jinchūriki?"

The girl stood silently amidst the vast ocean, like a water sprite.

Chakra flowed around her, and her voice was clear, calm, and unaffected by the surging water beneath her feet.

Old Zi asked curiously, "How do you know about this too?"

Weird!

Even though he was the Jinchūriki, he was the last to know this information?

Old Zi touched his forehead.

Let's put aside things we can't figure out for now.

Just as he didn't know why such a powerful water-style ninja had been previously unknown in the ninja world—

The blazing flames of chakra began to dance around his body once more.

Lao Zi held nothing back and chose to go all out!

Although he has achieved the perfect Jinchūriki, his strength has undergone a dramatic change compared to before.

But at this moment, the other party was suspended between the water and the sky, looking down from above. His cold and powerful aura gave people a sense of awe and majesty that was as inviolable as a god.

"How I know is none of your concern," Ayane Amamiya whispered.

Then, the corners of her lips turned up slightly, forming a smile that was mixed with excitement.

The fighting spirit in the girl's eyes burned like fire.

"All you need to know is—"

"Your previous half-baked berserk mode wasn't really satisfying to fight at all!"

Ayane Amamiya pointed her sword diagonally, staring directly at Rōshi, her beautiful features radiant with pride: "Now, I can finally unleash my full power!"

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