Analyzing the Ninja World Starting from Konoha

Chapter 236 Kushina's Wood Release!

On the Hokage Rock.

Standing on the edge of the cliff, Fugaku looked down at the village of Konoha that was being rebuilt, his eyes filled with emotion.

Looking at the ruins, he couldn't help but think of the blond youth who always had a sunny smile.

"Chief of the Fugaku clan."

Aoba walked to Fugaku's side and stood beside him. "Are you planning to confront me?"

Fugaku turned his head, looked at the excessively young boy beside him, and slowly shook his head.

"No."

To Aoba's surprise, Fugaku not only didn't get angry, but instead took a half step back and gave Aoba a slight bow with a solemn expression.

"I'm here to thank you."

Fugaku's voice was deep and sincere, "Thank you for speaking up for the Uchiha at the meeting."

Aoba raised an eyebrow, remained silent, and waited quietly for Fugaku to continue.

Fugaku sighed and turned his gaze back to the distant village.

"For hundreds of years, from the Warring States period to the three Shinobi World Wars, countless members of our Uchiha clan have died on the battlefield, and many Sharingan eyes have been lost. How can we possibly recover every single one?"

Fugaku's tone carried a hint of helplessness and self-deprecation, "Let alone enemies from other villages, there are quite a few people in Konoha who are secretly researching the Sharingan."

Fugaku put it very tactfully, but he was practically asking for Danzo's ID card.

This is very common in the ninja world; the research on bloodline limits by various ninja villages has never stopped.

Otherwise, where did the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju's numerous forbidden techniques specifically targeting the Uchiha clan come from?

Therefore, even though they knew that Aoba was researching the Sharingan, they never pursued the matter.

It's all because Yamashiro Aoba is too strong, so strong that even a proud and powerful clan like the Uchiha are unwilling to offend him easily.

At the meeting today, Aoba could have remained aloof like everyone else, thus avoiding revealing the secret of his new eye technique.

But he still stood up for the Uchiha and forcefully deflected the blame Danzo had placed on him.

Although he didn't know Aoba's purpose in doing this, Fugaku had to personally express his gratitude for this favor.

Aoba looked at Fugaku and smiled faintly: "No need for thanks. I'm helping you because I also have something to ask of you."

Fugaku was not surprised and asked calmly, "Mr. Aoba, what do you need?"

Aoba did not answer directly, but looked directly into Fugaku's eyes.

"Clan Chief Fugaku, if I'm not mistaken, you should have already awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, right?"

Fugaku's face stiffened for a moment, but he quickly regained his composure and nodded slowly.

During the previous meeting, he already knew that Aoba had mastered the secret of the Mangekyou Sharingan. Although he didn't know where Aoba got the information from, his confident tone at this moment clearly showed that he knew a lot about the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Upon receiving the reply, Qingye's expression turned serious, and she said in a low voice, "As expected..."

Upon hearing this, Fugaku frowned, immediately realizing something, and his pupils contracted sharply: "You mean...?"

"That's right."

Aoba's tone became extremely solemn, "That masked man who controlled the Nine-Tails has the Mangekyou Sharingan in his eyes!"

"What?!"

Fugaku was struck dumb, his face changing drastically.

Cold sweat immediately seeped from his forehead and slid down his cheeks. Due to the extreme shock in his heart, the three-tomoe Sharingan in his eyes unconsciously activated.

Fugaku had no doubt about the truth of Aoba's words.

He knew all too well the weight of those words!

If, at today's meeting, Yamashiro Aoba hadn't used the "three-tomoe Sharingan can't control the Nine-Tails" argument to extricate the Uchiha from their predicament, but instead dropped the bombshell that the "masked man possesses the Mangekyou Sharingan"...

The consequences would be unimaginable!

At that time, the Uchiha clan will no longer face the question of whether or not to change their clan territory, but rather the entire clan will be taken over and controlled by the Konoha leadership, and may even face the crisis of extermination!

Thinking of this, Fugaku felt a wave of fear wash over him, and his breathing became rapid.

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the turmoil in his heart, composed himself, and looked at Qingye again with an extremely solemn expression.

"Mr. Aoba."

Even Fugaku changed his form of address, asking, "What are your demands?"

Aoba smiled and, without being polite, directly stated his request.

"I need the genjutsu data that come with the Sharingan, as well as the secret techniques unique to your Uchiha clan, such as... the Transcribing Seal, and Izanagi."

Hearing Aoba accurately name these secret techniques, Fugaku's heart was once again filled with shock.

It's one thing to copy the seal, but Izanagi is a true forbidden technique of the Uchiha clan, unknown even to the vast majority of clan members. Where did this outsider find out about it?!

But despite his shock, Fugaku knew very well that the Uchiha had incurred a huge debt of gratitude this time.

Therefore, Fugaku immediately agreed to Aoba's request.

"no problem."

Fugaku said in a deep voice, "I will prepare these materials within the clan."

"Then thank you very much, Clan Chief Fugaku."

Aoba nodded in satisfaction. "Let's set a time, and I'll personally pay you a visit then."

After the two agreed on a time, Aoba turned around and prepared to leave.

He had only taken two steps when he suddenly stopped, as if he had remembered something, and turned back to look at Uchiha Fugaku.

"By the way, Chief Fugaku."

Aoba casually suggested, "Regarding the matter of rebuilding the clan's territory, I suggest you privately approach Lady Tsunade. For example, in an area near a bustling commercial district or Konoha Hospital, I think she would be happy to help."

Fugaku paused for a moment, then instantly understood.

This means the Uchiha clan is completely siding with Tsunade!

Although Danzo was rebuffed today, that old man will definitely not let it go. Rather than waiting to be schemed against, it's better to take the initiative, show goodwill to Tsunade, and gain political support in return.

"I see."

Fugaku nodded solemnly. "I will visit Lady Tsunade as soon as possible to discuss this matter."

Qingye waved his hand, and with a flash, disappeared into the night.

……

night.

Aoba, familiar with the place, went to Kushina's house to freeload a meal.

After dinner, Aoba checked the seal inside Kushina's body as usual.

Although Kushina herself was a sealing master of the Uzumaki clan, and the seal was performed by Minato using the Reaper Death Seal, it was only a portion of the Nine-Tails' chakra and not complete.

The idea comes from the octopus leg clone of the Eight-Tails, Gyūki. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, after Madara Uchiha was resurrected, he used the Gedo Mazo to pull the Eight-Tails out of Killer Bee's body, but the Eight-Tails left Killer Bee with an octopus leg, thus saving his life.

It now appears that this method can also be applied to other Jinchūriki.

"Kushina-nee, how have you been lately?"

Aoba placed his palm on Kushina's back, slowly injecting pale green chakra, carefully sensing the flow of chakra within her body.

"Um……"

Kushina tilted her head and thought for a moment, "How should I put it? I can feel the power of the Nine-Tails within me slowly decreasing."

"reduce?"

Aoba frowned slightly: "Could it be that the seal has been breached?"

"It's not a problem with the seal."

Kushina shook her head. "It's more like... the Nine-Tails' chakra seeping into my body and fusing with my cells."

Aoba paused slightly in his hand movements.

Integration?

"There's one more thing."

As Kushina spoke, she closed her eyes, seemingly sensing something.

The next second, to the astonishment of Aoba, Tsunade, and Shizune, a small sapling sprouted from Kushina's palm.

Although it is only a few centimeters tall, it represents a completely different meaning.

"Wood Release?!"

Shizune gasped, covering her mouth with both hands, her eyes wide with surprise.

Tsunade stood up abruptly from her chair, staring incredulously at the vibrant little sapling in Kushina's palm, her mind completely blank.

"How is this possible?!"

Wood Release was the bloodline limit of her great-grandfather, Hashirama Senju, and even she, his granddaughter, couldn't inherit it.

Now, a pure-blooded Uzumaki clan member has actually used Wood Release right in front of her?!

After the initial shock, Tsunade abruptly turned her head and stared at Aoba.

Now, whenever there's a problem you can't understand, just ask this kid!

Aoba looked at the sapling in Kushina's hand, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

He didn't answer Tsunade immediately, but quickly took out a syringe from his ninja tool pouch.

"Kushina-nee, can I borrow some blood for a checkup?"

Aoba deftly drew a vial of blood from Kushina's arm, then solemnly instructed, "This matter must not be known to anyone else, especially those old guys in the higher-ups."

Kushina knew, of course, otherwise she wouldn't have waited until now to say it.

Instead of conducting an examination in Konoha, Aoba used a summoning jutsu to arrive at the laboratory on the Island of Oblivion.

Under a microscope, Kushina's blood sample was magnified hundreds of times.

"The cell structure... has undergone minor changes."

Upon examination, he discovered that Kushina's cells had indeed undergone subtle changes, and these changes were ongoing.

He secretly reviewed the details of sealing the Nine-Tails in his mind.

If nothing unexpected happens, the problem should lie with that pottery jar.

The white ceramic jar he used to seal the Nine-Tails' chakra was not an ordinary ninja tool; its main material was actually White Zetsu!

White Zetsu is a product detached from the Divine Tree, and inherently possesses faint characteristics of the Divine Tree.

That's why Aoba chose to use it to create a container for sealing the tailed beast's chakra, intending to take advantage of the God Tree's natural suppressive power over the tailed beasts.

Aoba just didn't expect that the container would be too small.

When sealing the Nine-Tails' chakra, the clay pot couldn't withstand the enormous energy and cracked open with an extremely tiny crack.

Furthermore, the portion of Nine-Tails chakra that Aoba intercepted did not contain the Nine-Tails' consciousness; it was merely a mass of pure energy.

This portion of chakra leaked out along the crack, and in the process, it inadvertently infected and activated the White Zetsu cells on the pottery jar.

However, due to the seal, the chakra did not leak out directly, but instead fused deeply with Kushina's cells, which unexpectedly allowed Kushina to awaken Wood Release!

Thinking about this, Qingye couldn't help but marvel inwardly.

What is this?

The fact that he obtained Wood Release so easily would make Danzo furious and vomit blood.

……