Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 222 Why did you release the tailed beast?

"Tsunade must have told you about this before."

"Ha ha……"

Aokiji could only manage an awkward laugh to ease the tension.

"To be honest, I never expected that the two of you would develop feelings for each other. If he were still alive, he would be very happy to see it happen."

Aokiji's ears twitched, catching the key phrase: "He...do you mean your husband, the First Hokage?"

Mito smiled and nodded: "Yes."

Looking at Mito's kind profile, Aokiji cautiously probed, "You don't seem to be against us much."

"This is a matter for you young people, I have no reason to object."

Mito showed great magnanimity in dealing with this matter, and was able to transcend the limitations of the village.

Aokiji sighed, a hint of worry in his eyes: "But I was born into the Uchiha clan..."

Mito's gaze held a deeper meaning: "You do have a keen eye for the things around you."

Aokiji waved his hand and said, "It's nothing, really. With exposure to it, anyone who isn't an idiot can still sense it to some extent."

A hint of amusement flickered in Mito's eyes: "If I said I wanted to break up this loving couple, would you back down?"

"No, I will choose to face the challenge head-on."

Aokiji answered Kamimito's question decisively and without hesitation.

Mito smiled approvingly, "Then why are you asking me anything? Just do what you think is best."

Hearing that Mito didn't object to his relationship with Tsunade, Aokiji's voice became more excited: "So, you're agreeing?"

Aokiji wouldn't have bothered asking anyone else, but getting Mito's support was essential.

Mito glanced at him, exhaled, and spoke frankly: "From my personal perspective, I'm not too keen on Tsunade having too much contact with you. After all, the affairs of your Uchiha clan are quite complicated, and I don't want to see my granddaughter get involved."

"But I also know that Tsunade, with her personality, definitely wouldn't care about these things. Besides, integrating the Uchiha into the village was one of Hashirama's last wishes."

Aokiji asked, "Was the First Hokage really killed in battle with Madara Uchiha?"

"Although Hashirama defeated Madara, who possessed the Nine-Tails, he had exhausted too much of his life force and his days were numbered." Mito touched her stomach. "And I acquired the Nine-Tails within me after that."

Aokiji was taken aback: "Overdrawing your life force?"

Mito explained, "Hashirama possesses the ability to automatically heal from injuries without needing to form hand seals. No one on the battlefield can kill Hashirama, earning him the title of 'invincible.' However, despite being invincible, he does have a weakness: the number of cells a person can divide in their lifetime is limited. Prematurely dividing cells, in a sense, is constantly diminishing Hashirama's vitality."

"After all, he was the most respected person in the village. It's not surprising that the villagers harbored resentment towards Madara Uchiha's family after the First Hokage's death."

Aokiji smiled bitterly: "In some ways, it's really similar to a Jinchūriki. Even though it's not the Jinchūriki who made the mistake, they have to bear the hatred that shouldn't belong to them."

Mito glanced at him and thought it was understandable that Aokiji would have such feelings since he had just become a Jinchūriki. She felt pity for him and said, "It seems that becoming a Jinchūriki in just a few days has had a great impact on your mind."

"Well, it's alright..."

Aside from being a little depressed at first when he learned that he had suddenly become a Jinchūriki, things got much better after Aokiji fooled the Five-Tails. Like now, the two of them, one human and one beast, can occasionally crack a joke.

Mito felt that Aokiji was putting on a brave face, so she gently placed her hand on Aokiji's shoulder and comforted him:

"Don't push yourself. There's a limit to how much a person can endure; once that limit is exceeded, the person will break down."

Aokiji smiled, not wanting to cause Mito too much worry about his affairs: "Yeah, I know."

however.

Mito interpreted this smile differently, feeling it was forced, and could only continue to persuade her:

"Don't always think about bearing all the pain alone. Sudden changes happen, and it's understandable that adults, let alone children your age, would feel depressed if they suddenly became unwanted jinchūriki. But you must be strong and remember not to let this depression accompany you. Otherwise, the tailed beast will use this depression to gradually erode your will and cause you to go berserk again. Believe me, this is not an exaggeration. Many jinchūriki in villages have been slowly eroded by the tailed beast in this way, eventually going berserk."

Aokiji could tell that Mito genuinely cared about him after Mito had said so much, but embarrassingly, he couldn't very well say that he had successfully dealt with the Tailed Beasts.

After all, to outsiders, this is simply too unbelievable. Goodness, you've only just become a Jinchūriki and haven't even had a chance to warm up yet, and you've already taken care of the Tailed Beast. People who don't know better would think you just used force to beat up the Tailed Beast inside you.

Seeing that Aokiji still hadn't reacted, Mito even used herself as an example, making Aokiji a little embarrassed. He could only change the subject: "Mito-sama, let's not talk about this anymore."

"Escaping won't solve the problem; only by bravely facing it can we overcome it."

"Well……"

"Put your hand out."

"What do you want to do?"

Mito kept everyone in suspense: "You'll find out soon enough."

Aokiji didn't think too much about it and obediently did as he was told, extending his hand.

Mito reached out and took his hand, whispering, "Close your eyes."

Aokiji was a little confused, but he did as instructed, closed his eyes, and continued to perform the actions as Mito instructed. When he came to his senses, Aokiji found himself in his own mental world, with Mito beside him.

"Huh? ? ? "

Mito laughed, "Through the actions just now, I've connected you to my mental world. You can see my tailed beast, and I can see your... uh, tailed beast???"

As they were talking, Mito saw a huge figure dozing behind Aokiji. It was a creature that resembled a horse but was not a horse, with horns on its head and fur as white as snow. It was the Five-Tailed Beast.

This is Aokiji's mental world, so it's normal for her to see Aokiji's tailed beast. But the question is, why is there no seal on this tailed beast?

In the blink of an eye, she even thought her eyesight was failing.

Mito rubbed her eyes, thinking she was just getting old and her eyesight was failing, but the result was still the same; the Five-Tails was lying on the ground sleeping.

The Five-Tails has broken free of its seal?

How is this possible?!

While they were still in a daze, the Five-Tails woke up, opened its eyes, and saw that there was another person next to Aokiji. It was stunned for a moment, then realized that the person was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki who had beaten it up before. It immediately stood up, its eyes bloodshot, and looked at Mito with a hostile gaze.

The scene of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki brutally beating it back then is still vivid in my mind.

Without time to think it over, Mito immediately decided to reseal the Five-Tails.

The two sides were on the verge of exploding, with Aokiji standing between them to block the attack.

Mito frowned and said, "Aokiji, what are you doing?"

"Well……"

Aokiji was a little unsure how to explain; he never expected that Mito would directly enter his mental world.

Mito said urgently, "Aokiji, step aside. The Five-Tails has been unsealed. I'll reseal it for you now."

"Well……"

Aokiji scratched his cheek, looking troubled. "How should I put it? I was the one who released the Five-Tails."

ha?"

Even though Mito had lived to be so old, he was momentarily dumbfounded by Aokiji's words.

"Wait, my mind is a little muddled right now. Could you repeat the question you just asked?"

Aokiji repeated, "I said, I released the Five-Tails myself."

"You've been bewitched by the Five-Tails?"

"no."

Mito stared at the massive five-tailed beast behind Aokiji: "Then why did you let it out?"

"Um, how should I put it?" Aokiji pondered for a moment, "I feel like they're quite pitiful."

This was the first time Mito, at his advanced age, had ever heard such words, that someone would feel pity for a tailed beast.

"Pitiful?"

"Yes," Aokiji said. "Tailed beasts are creatures that possess enormous chakra from the moment they are born, making them extremely powerful."

"However, it is precisely this power that has made them the target of constant hunting by humans. As time goes by, the tailed beasts have grown increasingly hateful of humans. If I were in their shoes, I think I would have become like the tailed beasts now."

The Five-Tails was taken aback upon hearing this, not expecting Aokiji to know so much about the Tailed Beasts.

"So you just let it go?"

Even so, Mito felt that Aokiji was still too bold, releasing the tailed beast so easily. Normally, when a tailed beast breaks free of its restraints, the first thing it does is break free of its host, uh...

Mito glanced at the Five-Tails standing to the side, wondering why it hadn't taken the opportunity to steal Aokiji's body.

Aokiji continued to explain, "Of course, it's not just that. The main reason is that when Xiao Wu was imprisoned, he begged me with tears streaming down his face, so I decided to take a gamble and show him some mercy by releasing him."

"A mouthful of snot and tears?"

Mito was a little confused; this was slightly different from his impression of the Tailed Beasts.

The five-tailed beast was immediately displeased: "Hey, Aokiji, explain to me what you mean by 'snot and tears.' We're just business partners, stop flattering me. And how many times have I said it? It's King Mu!"

"Yes, King Mu."

"It's not King Mu, it's Xiao Wu..."

Aokiji: ...

"Damn it..." Wuwei cursed, it was all because this kid always called it Xiao Wu, it had become a conditioned reflex.

Mito watched the two bickering and had a strange expression on her face. When did the relationship between the tailed beasts and humans become this good?

(End of this chapter)