Naruto: Nara's skill set is incredibly sneaky.

"Alright, if you can't laugh, then you don't have to."

Mito Uzumaki could sense Shika's forced smile.

Upon hearing this, Shika hesitated for a moment, "Grandma Mito, I heard from my uncle that your health..."

Before she could finish speaking, Mito nodded. "Yes! I'm getting old and useless. Rather than waiting for me to die and for the Nine-Tails to go out of control, it's better to transfer it sooner. It's good that you're back now, so the transfer of the Nine-Tails is definitely going to be successful."

The deer is constantly thinking in its brain.

"What if I had a way to extend your life?"

"I refuse!"

Mito Uzumaki did not hesitate at all.

"Why?!"

When it's not the deer that's speaking.

Instead, it was Tsunade, Nawaki, Kushina, and Minato who had just arrived.

Nawaki was somewhat agitated. "Shikatoki said he had a way! Why did Grandma Mito refuse?!"

Tsunade and Kushina also looked at Mito Uzumaki with some anticipation.

Mito smiled gently. "Because I'm lonely!"

"Lonely?" Kushina Uzumaki immediately said, "Then we can come more often in the future and keep Grandma Mito company."

"Hahaha! Kushina, you're still young, you don't understand this kind of loneliness."

"My father and mother are dead, Hashirama is dead, Tobirama is dead, it seems like I'm the only one left of my generation. I'm tired, I want to rest."

Everyone fell silent.

Lu Shi instantly understood.

Why has immortality always been associated with ruthlessness?

Because the people who love me and the people I love are slowly growing old and dying in my eyes.

Such torment is a punishment for those who live forever.

It is also a test for those who live long lives.

"Grandma! Didn't you say you wanted to see me get married? Why..." Tsunade wanted to try to persuade her.

Mito said casually, "Doesn't Tobirama have the Impure World Reincarnation technique? He can just resurrect us then."

"Orochimaru always says that it's blasphemy!" Nawaki couldn't help but say.

"Ninjutsu isn't about right or wrong, it's just about whether the user is good or bad. Alright, alright, stop talking about such sad topics right away. I'm not dead yet!" Mito Uzumaki interrupted everyone's sadness.

"I'm going back to sleep for a while. You guys chat!"

Mito returned to her room.

In the courtyard, Tsunade hugged the deer tightly.

Feeling the softness against his chest, Shikatoshi was momentarily stunned, then gently hugged Tsunade, "Long time no see, Tsunade."

"Do you know how worried we were about you? What exactly happened this time?" Tsunade's voice was filled with lingering fear.

Lu Shi thought for a moment, "The matter is rather complicated; it's probably because we've encountered a time assassin."

He briefly recounted what had happened.

The group gasped in surprise upon hearing this.

Tsunade said smugly, "I knew it was related to that bastard Danzo! Look! He's still targeting Shikatoki in the future!"

"Then, can we use the power of the dragon vein to go back in time and save my great-grandfather and second great-grandfather?" Rope Tree suddenly asked.

Lu thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"It's best not to."

Why?

"This involves a paradoxical issue. Furthermore, I can't say whether the dragon vein is traveling through the past or the past of a parallel world. In addition, the current energy of the dragon vein is not enough to support the travel. The dragon vein needs to be restored."

Deer's words made Rope Tree somewhat frustrated.

He chatted with Kushina Minato for a few more minutes, then suddenly realized that someone was missing.

"Where's Zhu Yin?"

"After Akane told us that you were alright, she fell into a coma and hasn't woken up yet. However, I checked her over, and Akane's physical condition is very good," Tsunade explained.

Lu Shi thought about it and realized that the power brought by the dragon vein did indeed need time to be digested.

"Then I'll go check on her."

"I'll be with you."

"it is good."

Time passed day by day.

These days, Lu Shi spends almost all his time in the Thousand Hands Clan's territory.

He stayed with Mito Uzumaki the whole time, as if they had endless things to talk about.

Finally, Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived at their door.

"Lord Mito, today is the day we agreed upon, what do you think?"

Mito smiled slightly. "Is the venue ready?"

"Ready, Kushina and Minato have arrived, and the sealing team and the Uzumaki clan are ready," Hiruzen Sarutobi said.

"Okay, let's go then."

The location is deep within the Death Forest.

Even if the Nine-Tails goes out of control here, it won't ultimately affect the village.

Besides the Sealing Squad and the Uzumaki Clan, there were other people around.

Orochimaru and Tsunade are both there.

Minato is comforting Kushina.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura were in charge of the overall situation.

There was a hint of expectation in their eyes.

Danzo Shimura was thinking that as long as Mito Uzumaki died, he could start working on the Wood Release technique.

Hiruzen Sarutobi thought that without Mito Uzumaki's checks and balances, he wouldn't need to be as careful with the Senju clan as before.

"Lord Shikatoki, do you remember me?"

The meaning of "whirlpool" is to run over immediately upon seeing a deer.

Lu Shi looked at the person in front of him, somewhat uncertain, "You're the Whirlpool Interpreter, right?"

"Yes! With you here this time, there definitely won't be any problems," Whirlpool Explanation said excitedly.

"Um."

Shika thought for a moment, then walked toward Hiruzen Sarutobi and Mito Uzumaki, "Hokage-sama, Mito-sama, I'd like to talk to Kurama first."

"Nara Shikatoki! What did you say? You want to talk to Kurama? What if it causes Kurama to lose control?" Shimura Danzo roared angrily.

Hiruzen Sarutobi also hesitated.

Mito Uzumaki readily agreed.

"OK!"

"Mito-sama!"

"As a dying man, I should still have a voice, shouldn't I?"

Mito Uzumaki spoke with great conviction, her chakra fluctuating wildly.

This made Danzo Shimura shut up obediently.

Despite her easygoing nature, Mito Uzumaki was a person who came from the Warring States period.

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Shikatoki and said, "Shikatoki, be careful. If there's any problem, stop immediately."

"clear."

Mito Uzumaki's hand as she caught the deer.

It appeared inside Mito Uzumaki's body the next moment.

Kurama scoffed at the two, "Mito Uzumaki, you're about to die too, what are you doing here? Trying to get me to get along with the new Jinchuriki? Let me tell you! Impossible!"

"Nine-tailed Fox, it's not me looking for you, it's Deer looking for you."

Mito Uzumaki was already used to Kurama's tone and wasn't angry at all.

When Kurama turned its gaze to the Nara deer, it said, "Kid?! You're looking for me?"

"Hello, Nine-Ratna!"

Five words that made the Nine-Tailed Fox go crazy for me!

"roar!"

The Nine-Tails unleashed a powerful aura, "Kid! Where did you get that name from?!"

Mito Uzumaki looked at Shika with some surprise.

Sensing the large amount of Nine-Tails chakra dissipating, Mito calmly said, "You guys talk, I'll go out for a bit, so they won't worry."

This is the case.

A large amount of Nine-Tails chakra appeared on Mito's body. Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi was about to send the sealing team into action, Mito spoke up herself, "Don't worry, Shikatoki is just having a friendly exchange with the Nine-Tails."

"Friendly exchange?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's lips twitched slightly; this hardly looked like a friendly exchange.

Inside Mito's body.

Shika remained calm, communicating in a manner typical of the Two-Tails Matatabi, with the Two-Tails' chakra surfacing.

"This is……"

"This is the chakra of my friend, Matatabi, the Two-Tails."

"Did Youlu tell you my name?" Kurama asked in confusion.

"No, I know you were separated from the Ten-Tails." Shikatoki didn't hide anything.

Nine-Tailed Buddha's pupils contracted. "You're the person the old man was talking about?"

"Yataru said the same thing, but I don't think I am. Alright, Kurama, I've come to you to make a deal."

"What kind of deal?"

When Kurama sensed that the deer had no ill intentions and was very honest, not lying at all, Kurama was willing to talk to the deer.

"Stop messing around, don't make Grandma Mito suffer, just obediently be sealed into Kushina's body."

"Kid?! Do you want to hear what you're saying?"

"I can help improve the sealing environment so you'll be more comfortable inside Kushina, and Kushina will treat you better too."

This isn't just random talk from Lu Shi.

Among the Jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails throughout history, Mito Uzumaki and Naruto Uzumaki were relatively good, at least they had room to maneuver.

Only within Kushina Uzumaki's body.

That was absolutely awful.

She was directly bound by chains; no wonder Kurama hated Kushina Uzumaki so much.

"Even with an improved environment, isn't it still being suppressed?"

As the Nine Lamas spoke, he observed the expression on the deer's face.

To be honest, Mito knew Shikatoki inside his body; Shikatoki's sealing techniques were very strong, so he was still somewhat wary of him.

"You can state your conditions directly, and I will do my best to meet them if I can."

"I love honest humans like you, without all those twists and turns." Kurama stared excitedly at the deer. "How about I split myself in two, keeping one half in Konoha and setting the other half free?"