Analyzing the Ninja World Starting from Konoha

Chapter 229 The Fourth Generation Temporarily Offline

"The Nine-Tails really has a bad temper!"

Aoba frowned as he looked at the Nine-Tails struggling frantically before him.

Obviously, not every tailed beast is as easy to talk to as the Two-Tails Matatabi.

"We can't fight in the village anymore."

Aoba glanced at the devastated ruins. "We need to find another place."

Aoba took out a blue pill from his ninja tool pouch and swallowed it without hesitation.

A surge of violent chakra erupted from Aoba's body in an instant.

His originally short black hair grew rapidly, the ends of which were tinged with a light blue. Fine and hard blue scales appeared on his exposed skin, and his black eyes instantly transformed into cold, golden vertical pupils.

[Half-Beast Transformation] Pseudo-Immortal Mode!

To be honest, he really didn't want to take drugs unless it was an emergency. The temporary power gained from drugs also had obvious side effects.

Feeling the surging power within him, Qingye clasped his hands together and slammed them hard onto the ground.

"Earth Release: Earthquake Core!"

Rumble! ...

The earth trembled violently, accompanied by a deafening roar. To everyone's astonishment, the ground beneath Kurama's feet suddenly bulged up, and a thick, massive rock pillar rose from the ground, forcefully supporting Kurama's enormous body and pushing it directly outside the Konoha walls!

Roar!

The Nine-Tailed Fox roared angrily as its massive body crashed heavily into the forest outside the village, breaking countless towering trees and kicking up clouds of dust.

"A great opportunity!"

Qingye stepped on the sand mat and quickly chased after him.

Upon arriving outside the village, Qingye landed steadily and, looking at the Nine-Tails struggling to get up, clasped his hands together.

"Spiritual communication!"

A wooden coffin exuding a chilling aura emerged from the ground and slowly rose.

The coffin lid slammed shut with a bang, and a handsome man with long light blue hair walked out.

Kato Dan!

However, at this moment, Duan's impure earth body was covered with cracks, and dust kept falling off from the cracks, as if it would completely collapse at any moment.

This is also why Aoba hasn't been able to summon him for so long.

The vessel for the Impure World Reincarnation technique is nearing its limit; each summoning accelerates its collapse.

To cast the Impure World Reincarnation spell again, new human sacrifices are needed.

Mr. Duan also explicitly refused.

"This should be the last time!"

Looking at his cracked hands, then at the massive Nine-Tails before him, Dan said calmly, "The final battle... so be it!"

"Teacher Duan, I'm so sorry to bother you again."

Aoba pointed to the Nine-Tails in front of him and said, "The Nine-Tails has gone out of control. I need you to help me suppress its consciousness and buy me time to seal it."

"I see."

Without any hesitation, Kato Dan formed a peculiar hand seal with his hands.

Spiritualization Technique!

A phantom, transparent spirit detached from the broken, impure body, transforming into a streak of light that rushed straight toward the Nine-Tails in the distance.

The moment the spirit left the body, Duan's already crumbling, unclean body finally collapsed completely, turning into dust and debris, revealing a withered corpse.

At that very moment, in the distance.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, is rushing to the scene with Tsunade and a large number of reinforcements.

Tsunade's running pace suddenly stopped.

Her gaze was fixed on the figure that was collapsing and dissipating.

Although it was far away, I could only see a blurry profile.

But that mark.

That profile.

Tsunade's pupils dilated suddenly, and she froze on the spot as if struck by lightning.

"Tsunade? What's wrong?"

The Third Hokage noticed Tsunade's unusual behavior and immediately stopped in his tracks.

Tsunade shook her head, but her hands were already trembling slightly, her knuckles clenched so tightly they turned white.

"No...it's nothing..."

Tsunade took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the turmoil in her heart, and gritted her teeth, "Old man, let's hurry!"

After saying that, she rushed towards the Nine-Tails at a speed several times faster than before.

"Duan... Is it really you...?"

On the battlefield.

As the broken spirit invaded, the originally ferocious Nine-Tailed Fox suddenly froze, and its huge body began to tremble violently.

"Roar!! Get out! You damned human! Get out of my body!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox roared madly, trying to drive away this foreign will.

However, tailed beasts are chakra beings, and their mental structure is completely different from that of humans.

Although the Soul Transformation Technique of the Broken One cannot directly seize control like it does with humans, it can be driven firmly into the depths of the Nine-Tails' consciousness like a wedge, causing it to temporarily lose control over a part of its body.

The Nine-Tails' movements also became strange, but it no longer posed a threat to Aoba!

"Now!"

Aoba seized the fleeting window, took out two scrolls, and unsealed them at the same time.

One of the scrolls contained a peculiar white ceramic jar.

The surface of the pottery jar was covered with dense black runes. This was a sealing container that Aoba specially made for the Nine-Tails as a precaution.

The other set contained three strangely shaped humanoid puppets.

Each puppet has a Grell Stone embedded in its chest, emitting a ghostly blue light.

Aoba forms a hand seal with one hand.

"Puppet Shadow Clone Technique!"

boom! boom! boom!

The appearance of the three puppets changed instantly, transforming into three clones that looked exactly like Qingye.

Including the original Aoba, the four "Aoba" occupy the four cardinal directions around the Nine-Tails.

Immediately afterwards, the four Aoba simultaneously took out a specially made scroll from their bosoms and spread it out on the ground in front of them.

The four people formed hand seals simultaneously.

But the hand seals formed by each person are completely different.

"The Four Spirits Seal!"

The four green leaves simultaneously let out a low shout.

hum!

In an instant, the dense black runes on the four scrolls seemed to come alive, surging out from the paper and transforming into countless pitch-black snake-shaped runes that quickly climbed onto the Nine-Tailed Fox's massive body!

"Roar! Get out! You damned human!"

Inside Kyuubi's body.

The severed spirit was almost unable to hold on.

The chakra of a tailed beast is like a vast ocean, and his spiritual power is but a small boat in it.

But he persevered despite his gritted teeth.

Just then, a signal from Aoba came from the outside world.

"That's enough, Mr. Duan!"

Sensing the activation of the external sealing technique, Duan's spirit, without any hesitation, instantly withdrew from the Nine-Tailed Fox's body.

As soon as it broke free from the Nine-Tailed Fox, the severed spirit paused in mid-air.

He saw that familiar figure rushing towards him frantically in the distance.

That head of long golden hair, that face etched deep into the soul.

"Tsunade..."

A gentle smile appeared on Duan's face.

Then, his spirit transformed into a stream of light and entered Tsunade's body.

Tsunade, who was speeding along, suddenly trembled, her eyes instantly reddened, and two lines of clear tears slid down her cheeks uncontrollably.

"Break..."

With Dan gone, Kurama instantly regained control of its body.

However, before it could even activate, Aoba's sealing technique had already been fully activated!

Splash!

The jet-black runes resonated strongly with the white ceramic jar on the ground, instantly transforming into countless thick black chains that tightly bound the Nine-Tailed Fox!

"Ugh! Damn it, Yamashiro Aoba! It's you again, you bastard!"

The Nine-Tails roared angrily. It could clearly feel that the enormous chakra within its body was being pulled wildly by an irresistible suction force, flowing continuously toward the inconspicuous white pottery jar on the ground!

It struggled desperately, but the black chains tightened more and more, making it impossible to break free.

At this moment, the Third Generation and the others finally arrived at the scene.

When they saw the four Aoba occupying the four directions, using some extremely complex sealing technique to firmly suppress the Nine-Tails, everyone gasped.

"What... what kind of sealing technique is this? It can actually seal the Nine-Tails?!"

A member of the Anbu ninja exclaimed in shock.

The Third Hokage, holding his Ruyi Jingu Bang, glanced around and immediately ordered, "Everyone, listen up! Establish a defensive line centered on Aoba. No one is allowed to approach without authorization. Absolutely no one is allowed to disturb Aoba's seal!"

"yes!"

The surrounding ANBU and ninjas quickly dispersed, sealing off the battlefield.

However, Aoba, who was at the center of the seal, was not as relaxed as he appeared on the surface.

As the Nine-Tails' chakra continued to pour in, Aoba's expression became increasingly strange.

"Damn... how does this fox have so much chakra?!"

Aoba mentally ranted and raved.

The ceramic jar he prepared was designed with reference to the amount of chakra of the Two-Tails Matatabi, and it also had a large margin of safety.

According to his calculations, this pottery jar can seal at least ten two-tailed creatures!

In his previous life, netizens joked that the Sage of Six Paths divided his chakra as "one part for the One-Tailed Beast, one part for the Nine-Tailed Beast, one part for the Two-Tailed Beast, and another part for the Nine-Tailed Beast..." Aoba always thought it was just a joke.

It turns out he's only now realizing that this isn't a joke at all!

The Nine-Tails' chakra reserves are more than ten times that of the Two-Tails!

This is simply a bottomless pit!

"Old man Liudao, your favoritism is outrageous!"

Just as Aoba was secretly complaining.

Crack!

Just then, a crisp cracking sound suddenly rang out.

Qingye looked down and her eye twitched suddenly.

The surface of the white ceramic jar cracked slightly as it could not withstand the immense and violent chakra.

The suction is too fast; the container won't be able to hold up!

"Damn it!"

Aoba gritted his teeth and had no choice but to slow down the sealing process to prevent the tank from exploding.

However, this brief respite gave Nine-Tails a chance to catch its breath!

"You want to seal me away? Die!"

Within the Nine-Tails' gaping maw, the Yin and Yang chakra began to converge wildly once more.

A black Tailed Beast Ball, even larger than before, is rapidly taking shape at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Oh no! It's about to launch another Tailed Beast Ball!"

The expressions of those around them changed drastically.

"Aoba! Get out of the way!"

The third generation shouted loudly.

At this moment, Aoba's hands were firmly pressed against the pottery jar to maintain the sealing technique, and he was unable to break free to stop the Nine-Tails.

"This is troublesome..."

Qingye's golden vertical pupils contracted slightly.

At this critical moment.

Swish!

A figure appeared beside Qingye without warning.

The newcomer was wearing the iconic imperial robe, with the five large characters "Fourth Hokage" fluttering in the night wind on the back.

Minato Namikaze!

Minato glanced at the cracked seal pottery jar on the ground, then at Aoba in his half-beast form, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.

"Thank you, Aoba-kun."

Minato looked at Aoba and said softly, "You've done very well. Leave the rest to me."

Aoba was stunned. Looking into Minato's eyes, he instantly understood what was happening.

"Minato! Are you insane?! What are you trying to do?!"

Aoba's eyes widened suddenly, and he roared.

Minato didn't answer; he simply turned to look at Kurama, his eyes seemingly filled with some kind of decision.

"Kushina, I'm sorry..."

Minato murmured something under his breath, placing one hand directly on the Nine-Tails' massive body.

Flying Thunder God Technique!

Swish!

The next second, the enormous Nine-Tails, along with the terrifying Tailed Beast Ball that was about to be launched, and Minato Namikaze's figure, vanished from the spot in an instant!

With the disappearance of the target being sealed, Aoba's sealing ritual was forcibly interrupted.

boom!

The cracked white ceramic jar automatically closed its lid, locking the Nine-Tails' chakra that it had already absorbed inside.

boom! boom! boom!

The three shadow clones also turned back into puppets and fell to the ground, and the Grell Stone that was originally embedded in their chests became dull and lifeless.

"call……"

Aoba exhaled a long breath of stale air, and the blue scales on his body quickly faded away, while his golden vertical pupils returned to their original black.

The [Half-Beast Transformation] state has been removed.

A strong sense of weakness instantly swept over her body. Qingye's legs went weak, and she knelt on the ground, panting heavily.

"Aoba!"

The Third Hokage rushed forward with two ANBU members, one of whom stepped forward to support Aoba.

The Third Hokage stared at the vanished Nine-Tails and Minato. "Minato... he flew away with the Nine-Tails?"

Tsunade stood to the side, her eyes fixed on Aoba.

Her expression was extremely complicated, her eyes were even slightly red, and her lips moved as she tried to voice the many questions in her mind.

The matter concerns the breakup, and how many secrets Aoba has been hiding.

Rumble!

Just then, a deafening explosion came from deep in the distant mountains.

Everyone looked in that direction.

Third Generation: "Where are you?"

Aoba knelt on the ground, panting heavily, his body trembling uncontrollably due to the severe depletion of his chakra.

But he had no time to rest.

He gritted his teeth, pulled out a homemade soldier's ration pill from his ninja tool bag, and without hesitation stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it up, and swallowed it.

A warm energy spread from my stomach, barely suppressing the feeling of exhaustion in my body.

"This is bad... We need to find the water gate quickly!"

Just then, Tsunade quickly walked up.

Aoba knew that Tsunade had already seen Kato Dan's spirit and should know some things.

But now is not the time to talk about these things.

"Lady Tsunade, we can catch up later. There's no time to explain now."

Aoba turned to look at Tsunade, bent down, and picked up the white ceramic jar from the ground. "Saving lives is the priority!"

After saying that, he leaped into the air and led the way, rushing towards the direction from which the explosion had come.

Watching Aoba's retreating figure, Tsunade could only suppress her many questions, grit her teeth, and quickly follow along with the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

A few minutes later.

When Aoba, the Third Hokage, and Tsunade walked through a forest and arrived at a clearing, the sight before them made them all stop in their tracks.

A barrier formed by golden chains sealed off the entire area in front.

"Minato! Kushina!"

The third generation rushed forward and pounded on the barrier, but it remained unmoved.

Through the barrier, one could see Minato forming hand seals, while Kushina lay weakly to the side, golden chakra chains extending from her body, tightly binding the enormous Nine-Tails to the spot.

"That seal... Could it be that he has already..." The Third Hokage's voice was filled with undisguised shock and heartache, "...It's the Reaper Death Seal!"

Upon hearing this name, Tsunade's pupils contracted sharply.

As a princess of the Senju clan, how could she not know this technique!

Aoba's grip on the pottery jar tightened suddenly, and she cursed inwardly.

"Damn it! How did it still come to this!"

Qingye took a deep breath, holding the pottery jar steadily with one hand, and slowly raised the other hand to form a "未" (wei) seal.

Tsunade stood aside, watching Aoba's strange behavior. Although she didn't know what he was doing, she didn't disturb him because she trusted him.

The third generation walked to the edge of the barrier and tried to tap it with the Ruyi Jingu Bang, but the barrier did not budge.

"Is it useless?"

The Third Hokage frowned. "They plan to deal with the Nine-Tails themselves..."

Just then, a sudden change occurred within the barrier!

"roar!!!"

Bound by golden chains, the Nine-Tailed Fox suddenly let out a mournful roar, and its massive body shrank by half at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Apart from the caster Minato, the Third Hokage and Tsunade outside the barrier couldn't see the Shinigami's presence at all; they could only see a black sealing array that had appeared on Minato's abdomen.

"It seems it really was the Reaper Death Seal. I didn't expect him to actually use it!" The third generation's expression was serious. As a ninjutsu professor, he knew all too well the cost of this technique.

Inside the barrier.

Minato was panting heavily, his face pale. He hadn't expected that even half of the Nine-Tails would be so heavy.

"Alright, next is the Eight Trigrams Seal."

Minato held the infant Naruto in one arm and summoned the altar used for sealing with the other.

Although the Nine-Tails, now with half of its body removed, has shrunk in size, the ferocity in its eyes has only intensified.

Its scarlet vertical pupils were fixed on the baby on the altar, and it instantly understood Minato's plan.

"A ritual altar? You want to seal me away again? And seal me away in that brat's body?!"

The Nine-Tails was furious. Taking advantage of the moment when Minato turned around to help the weak Kushina up, it suddenly raised a huge and sharp claw and stabbed it down hard at Naruto on the altar with a whistling sound that tore through the air!

"Naruto!"

Minato and Kushina's eyes were bloodshot with rage. Almost instinctively, they rushed towards the altar at the same time, ready to use their bodies to block the Nine-Tails' fatal attack.

However, just as those sharp claws were about to pierce through the Minato couple's bodies...

"Naruto!"

Minato and Kushina were filled with rage. Almost instinctively, they rushed towards the altar, attempting to use their own flesh and blood to block the Nine-Tails' fatal attack.

At the critical moment!

"Painful Heavenly Kick!!!"

A loud shout suddenly rang out within the barrier!

Swish!

A figure appeared out of nowhere next to Nine-Tails, and Aoba kicked Nine-Tails in the head again with a whip kick.

boom!!!

A terrifying, monstrous force erupted instantly!

The Nine-Tails' massive body was kicked so hard that it tilted to one side and fell. The attack that was originally aimed at Naruto was completely deflected and crashed heavily onto the open ground next to it, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Outside the barrier, the Third Hokage and Tsunade exclaimed in surprise as they watched Aoba suddenly appear inside the barrier.

"The Flying Thunder God Technique?!"

Tsunade suddenly realized that Aoba's single-handed "Mi" seal wasn't a moment of daze, but rather a preparation for unleashing the Flying Thunder God Technique!

Because his learning time is too short, he cannot teleport at will like Minato; he needs some time to lock onto the coordinates and accumulate chakra.

Fortunately, he made it in time at this most critical moment!

"Behave yourself!"

Kushina, who had narrowly escaped death, reacted extremely quickly. With her last bit of strength, the golden chains on her back surged again, tightly binding the Nine-Tails' limbs and neck, pinning it firmly to the ground.

"Damn Yamashiro Aoba! It's you again, you bastard!!!"

Nine-Tailed Fox was pressed to the ground again, its scarlet eyes fixed on Qingye, cursing angrily. It now wished it could tear Qingye to pieces.

Ignoring the Nine-Tails' impotent rage, Aoba turned around and his gaze fell on the hideous Death God seal on Minato's abdomen.

He knew that Minato was beyond saving now.

The caster summons the Grim Reaper by forming hand seals, sealing it at the cost of their own soul. After the seal is completed, their own soul is also imprisoned within the Grim Reaper's belly.

He hasn't learned the Reaper Death Seal technique yet, let alone how to undo it.

Aoba took a deep breath, his expression more serious than ever before.

He turned his head, looked at Kushina and Minato who were slumped on the ground, and asked in a deep voice, "Fourth Hokage, Kushina-nee, do you still believe in me?"

Minato looked at Aoba, a deep sense of apology flashing in his eyes. He opened his mouth, as if wanting to explain something: "Aoba, I..."

"No need to explain, I understand."

Aoba raised his hand to interrupt him, turning his gaze to Kushina, who was extremely weak and whose life force was rapidly fading away.

"Kushina-nee, I can let you live, so you can be by Naruto's side as a mother, watching him grow up little by little... Would you be willing?"

Upon hearing this, the air within the barrier seemed to freeze.

When Minato heard Aoba accurately pronounce the name "Naruto," his pupils contracted sharply, and he stared at Aoba in shock.

It's important to know that Naruto is the main character in Jiraiya, and apart from him, his wife, and Jiraiya, no one else knows his name!

But soon, the shock in Minato's eyes turned into relief. He lowered his head, a bitter smile on his lips, and murmured softly.

"I see……"

Then many things can be explained.

At this moment, upon hearing Aoba's words, Kushina's eyes, which had already dimmed, suddenly blazed with a strong will to survive.

"Is...is it really okay?"

Kushina's voice was trembling.

As a mother, who would want to die if they could live and watch their child grow up?

Aoba nodded heavily, his tone filled with strong confidence: "I'm very confident I can keep you alive. As for how long you'll live, I can't guarantee it, but watching little Naruto grow up is definitely no problem."

At this point, Aoba's gaze swept over the seal on Minato's abdomen again, his expression becoming somewhat complicated, and his tone lowered.

"But the fourth generation... is different. He used the Reaper Death Seal, and his soul has been locked by the Shinigami. I still have no way to snatch him from the Shinigami's grasp."

Upon hearing this, Minato showed no sadness whatsoever.

He also noticed the wording in Aoba's words: "Not now, but in the future?"

Thinking about Aoba's actions, he seemed to understand something.

Minato smiled with relief, his smile as bright as the sun.

"It's okay."

Minato grasped Kushina's hand in return, looking at her tenderly, "As long as you can survive and stay by Naruto's side, I'll be content."

Seeing this, Qingye did not delay any longer.

He took out a test tube containing a pale blue liquid, which was the life-giving water of the Grell Stone.

"Kushina-nee, drink this first to replenish your lost life force."

Aoba uncorked the test tube and held it to Kushina's lips.

Kushina had no doubts, took the test tube, tilted her head back, and drank it all in one gulp.

Soon, a miraculous scene unfolded.

Kushina's originally pale face visibly regained its color, and her depleted life force seemed to be nourished by a spring, instantly filling her entire body.

Kushina even felt as if her entire body had returned to its youthful peak state.

"This...this feeling..."

She stood up instinctively, even jumping twice as she did, her face full of disbelief.

Minato, standing to the side, was stunned, his mouth slightly agape, unable to utter a word for a long time.

Don't get too excited yet.

Aoba poured cold water on the situation without any mercy, "This medicine only temporarily replenishes your lost life force. But as a Jinchūriki, after the Tailed Beast was extracted, your body is like a leaky bucket. No matter how much life force is replenished, it will still be rapidly draining away."

Aoba looked at Kushina and held up two fingers.

"You'll still die in two hours at most."

Kushina was stunned and immediately closed her eyes.

Because she felt it, just as Aoba said, something seemed to be rapidly draining from her body.

Kushina's smile froze: "So that means..."

Aoba nodded, then patted the white ceramic jar she had been holding in her arms.

"So, we need to use this to completely seal up that hole in your body."

Minato's eyes lit up as he looked at the pottery jar in Aoba's hand, and a flash of inspiration struck him.

"This is... the tool you used to seal the Nine-Tails!"

Aoba nodded: "That's right, a portion of the Nine-Tails' chakra before it was extracted is sealed inside."

Minato's pupils suddenly contracted; with his intelligence, he instantly connected all the clues.

"So... as long as we reseal the Tailed Beast's chakra back into the Jinchuriki's body, we can plug that 'hole,' and the Jinchuriki won't die!"

Aoba nodded again.

Minato instantly realized something, and looked at Aoba with a complicated expression, "So, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure..."

Minato didn't finish his sentence.

Because he had "understood" that Aoba had definitely conducted an extremely dangerous stripping and resealing experiment on the Jinchuriki of Kumogakure, thus mastering this shocking secret!

Seeing Minato's "I've seen through everything" expression, Aoba chuckled inwardly, but too lazy to explain, he simply nodded and acknowledged the "wonderful misunderstanding."

Looking at Aoba's calm face, Minato felt a surge of intense guilt.

He hadn't expected that Aoba had silently carried so much burden behind his back, while he himself had chosen to obey the Third Hokage's arrangements and be wary of Aoba just now.

"I'm sorry, Aoba."

Minato lowered his head deeply, his voice filled with self-reproach, "I should have trusted you. If I had continued to trust you, things might not have turned out this way..."

"Okay, I understand."

Aoba sighed and waved his hand. "That was obviously a decision made privately by that old man, the Third Hokage. Kushina was about to give birth again at the time, and the situation was urgent. As the Hokage, you couldn't directly reject the previous Hokage's plan, especially since you also had to consider the stability of the village."

Minato gave a wry smile.

Then, Minato turned his head and looked at Kushina with tender eyes.

"Kushina, I'm entrusting Naruto to you from now on."

Minato reached out and gently stroked Kushina's cheek, his voice trembling slightly, "I'm sorry, I'm not a good father, I can't walk with you anymore..."

"Watergate..."

Kushina bit her lip hard, tears streaming down her face.

Minato took a deep breath, withdrew his hand, and looked at Aoba again, his expression solemn. "Aoba, I'm entrusting the village to you from now on!"

Aoba nodded solemnly.

"Farewell, Fourth Generation!"

Minato smiled, his eyes regaining their unwavering resolve.

He turned around, facing Naruto on the altar, and suddenly clasped his hands together.

"Eight Trigrams Seal!"

……