Analyzing the Ninja World Starting from Konoha

Chapter 230 The "Truth" of the Future

Inside the barrier, a chilling wind blew, as if the surrounding temperature had suddenly plummeted to freezing.

The moment Minato clasped his hands together, Aoba's eyes flashed red, vaguely catching a glimpse of an extremely terrifying scene.

A phantom grim reaper with a blue face and fangs, holding a short sword in its mouth, was floating behind Minato. As if because of Aoba's prying eyes, the grim reaper's eyes moved strangely.

Aoba felt her body stiffen, as if she were being stared at by something terrifying, and a chill ran through her body.

The Grim Reaper's pale, withered arm pierced through Minato's abdomen, its chilling force gripping the Nine-Tails, which was tightly bound by golden chains.

"Roar! That damned Fourth Hokage!"

The Nine-Tails roared in anger, its massive body being transformed into a ball of raging red chakra by an invisible force, and forcibly pulled toward the crying Naruto on the altar.

As the Eight Trigrams Sealing Array lit up, the Nine-Tails' chakra was completely sealed into Naruto's abdomen, transforming into a complex black spiral seal.

The Eight Trigrams Seal is complete!

But that wasn't the end of it. After sealing the Nine-Tails, Minato used his last bit of power to control the Shinigami and seal the clay pot containing some of the Nine-Tails' chakra into Kushina's body as well.

After doing all this, a relieved smile finally appeared on Minato's pale face.

He glanced deeply at Naruto, who was crying on the altar, and then at Kushina, whose face was covered in tears.

"Please... Aoba."

Minato's lips moved slightly, emitting a final breath.

Then, he slowly closed his eyes.

Aoba quickly reached out and caught Minato's body as he fell forward.

The moment Minato closed his eyes, Aoba's pupils trembled slightly.

He saw it.

An almost transparent phantom slowly rose from Minato's body, its outline blurred but Minato's appearance still vaguely discernible.

The phantom lingered briefly in mid-air before an invisible force pulled it upwards, causing it to disappear into the night sky.

His soul was taken by Death.

As Minato's soul disappeared, the chilling fluctuations of his soul also vanished completely into the air.

"..."

Aoba remained silent, a ball of emerald light illuminating his palm. The chakra of the Palm Healing Technique slowly flowed into Minato's body, but all that returned was deathly silence.

There was no heartbeat, no breathing, and all vital signs had ceased.

Aoba looked up at Kushina and slowly shook his head.

Kushina trembled, tears streaming down her face as she hugged Naruto tightly, sobbing uncontrollably.

hum!

The barrier disappeared, and the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, Tsunade, and several Konoha ninjas quickly ran over.

"Minato! Kushina!"

Tsunade rushed to Kushina's side immediately.

"Tsunade-nee..."

Kushina looked up at Tsunade with tears streaming down her face, her voice choked with sobs.

"Don't speak."

Tsunade's voice was also a little tense. She squatted down and gently hugged Kushina and little Naruto together.

Two Konoha ninjas quickly stepped forward, knelt down beside Minato, carefully examined him, then stood up and shook their heads heavily at the Third Hokage.

The Third Hokage's body swayed violently, as if he had aged ten years in an instant. He looked at Minato's youthful face, his eyes filled with heartache and regret.

Then, the Third Hokage cast a complicated gaze at Aoba, who was standing to the side.

"Aoba, Nine-Tails..."

"The Nine-Tails has already been sealed into this child by the Fourth Hokage."

Aoba looked at the Third Hokage expressionlessly, his eyes showing no respect whatsoever, only a faint sense of aloofness.

He could understand the conservative decisions made by the three generations for the safety of the village, but he could never forgive such excessive suspicion and defensiveness.

And understanding does not mean forgiveness.

This tragedy could have been avoided if the third generation hadn't been so clever as to create a fake delivery room!

The Third Hokage wasn't a bad person, but he certainly wasn't a qualified Hokage.

To put it bluntly, it's "bad food," but sometimes bad food is more disgusting than simply being bad!

The Third Hokage looked at Kushina with a hint of doubt in his eyes. Normally, a Jinchuriki would die if their Tailed Beast were extracted, but Kushina miraculously survived.

The third generation opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to ask something more, but ultimately swallowed his words.

He could tell that Aoba harbored deep resentment towards him.

There's no point in saying anything more now that things have come to this.

……

This night was destined to be a sleepless one for Konoha.

Although Aoba's intervention saved those who should have died in the Nine-Tails' rampage, it still caused incalculable damage to the village.

This is the central area of ​​the village, almost completely leveled, with even the iconic Hokage Building half collapsed.

Because the Third Hokage had moved most civilians to shelters in advance, the most casualties were actually among the ninja clans living in the core area, as well as the ninjas who fought desperately to cover the villagers' retreat.

However, these messes will naturally be a headache for the third generation and those in high positions.

He has done everything he could, and now his only thought is to hurry home, lie on his soft bed, and get a good night's sleep.

His courtyard was not in the central area, so it was not damaged by the Nine-Tails.

To be fair, Obito does pick and choose his positions.

Pushing open the courtyard gate, Qingye dragged her exhausted body into the house, too lazy to even turn on the lights, and went straight to the bedroom.

However, he stopped as soon as he stepped into the living room.

Aoba sighed, rubbed his temples helplessly, and said to the dark corner, "Lady Tsunade, couldn't you have waited until tomorrow to talk about it? Why did you have to come all the way to my house?"

In the darkness, a tall and voluptuous figure slowly emerged.

Moonlight streamed through the window, illuminating Tsunade's face and highlighting her sharp, imposing eyes.

"Mountain City Green Leaf".

Tsunade stared intently at him, her voice low and suppressed, "How did you know someone would attack Konoha today?"

"besides……"

Tsunade clenched her fist tightly, her knuckles cracking, and an extremely terrifying aura erupted from her body, instantly engulfing the entire living room. "You used the Impure World Reincarnation to summon Dan?!"

"Who exactly are you?!"

Faced with Tsunade's barrage of questions, he seemed ready to smash his head in at the slightest provocation.

Despite Tsunade's fury, Aoba remained unusually calm.

He even had the leisure to walk to the table, pour himself a glass of water, and slowly take a sip.

From Tsunade's words, Aoba could roughly guess that Kato Dan hadn't explained things clearly to Tsunade, or that Tsunade was pretending not to understand and wanted to get more detailed information from Aoba.

"It seems Mr. Duan left in such a hurry that he didn't have time to explain things to you."

Aoba put down his water glass, looked at Tsunade, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Tsunade frowned: "What do you mean?"

Aoba didn't answer, but instead raised his hands and formed a peculiar hand seal.

Tsunade's pupils suddenly contracted.

She recognized the mark.

"Spiritualization technique?!"

Before Tsunade could react, a semi-transparent phantom detached from Aoba's body, transformed into a stream of light, and instantly disappeared into Tsunade's brow.

Tsunade's body trembled slightly, but she did not resist.

Because she sensed that this force had no aggressive or controlling intent, but rather entered her consciousness directly.

In a vast, white space of consciousness, Aoba's spirit and Tsunade's consciousness stood facing each other.

"Don't be nervous, Lady Tsunade."

Aoba's voice echoed in the consciousness space, "Some things are too troublesome to say, and you might not even believe them anyway. Communicating here is the most direct and the most authentic way."

Tsunade looked at Aoba in front of her and snorted coldly, "You've got some tricks up your sleeve. Tell me, how many things have you been hiding from the village?"

Aoba shrugged and began his half-true, half-false "spoiler".

"Several years ago, when I was on a mission with the Fourth Hokage in a small country called Loulan in the Land of Wind, we encountered a Konoha ninja who had traveled from the future due to an accident..."

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