"Hmph, who asked you to be so weak!" Nine-Tails felt absolutely no shame. "If you've got the guts, go ahead and bully me too!"
"We're bullying you right now!" Matatabi's words instantly sent Nine-Tails into a rage.
The loud arguing between the Tailed Beasts quickly drew everyone's attention.
"I never expected the legendary Tailed Beasts to have this side of them—I thought they were all mindless!"
Minato Namikaze was quite surprised. The impression people had of the Tailed Beasts was almost always brutal, cruel, bloodthirsty, and violent—when had anyone ever seen them sitting together bickering like this?
"Two-Tails' personality is quite gentle. Three-Tails tends to be quiet and reserved. As for Eight-Tails—" Just mentioning Gyūki made Fugaku Uchiha's temple vein twitch involuntarily. "Who knows where he picked up that habit—always humming weird songs. It's practically mental pollution!"
"Hey, do you guys really need to keep attacking each other? You're nothing but grandsons in front of Ten-Tails, yet you still think so highly of yourselves!" Sakura spoke directly, immediately silencing the Tailed Beasts. "You've got the same enemy, yet all you do is squabble among yourselves like a bunch of children. No wonder you've got no future!"
The Tailed Beasts desperately wanted to argue with Sakura, but when they thought carefully, what she said was pretty much spot-on. Their power might overwhelm ordinary ninja, but against Ten-Tails, it was like a father thrashing his child—he could wipe them out without even trying. And not just Ten-Tails; even someone like Madara Uchiha or Hashirama Senju could easily crush them. Thinking deeper into it truly felt depressing.
After convincing the four Tailed Beasts to reconcile, Sakura walked over to Kushina's side and took her right hand.
"I'll first recall Kushina Auntie's soul from the Pure Land. Otherwise, relying just on chakra won't keep you going for long!"
The yellow Soul Stone and blue Space Stone both lit up simultaneously, turning the entire sky as if dyed yellow and blue. A powerful oppressive force fell upon everyone's hearts. Two-Tails and Fugaku Uchiha didn't feel much, but Nine-Tails looked suspiciously startled. Why did this power seem even stronger than the Sage of Six Paths?!
Leveraging the connection between chakra and soul, the Space Stone quickly completed positioning, while the Soul Stone pulled Kushina's soul directly over.
As soon as Kushina Uzumaki's soul appeared, the chakra Sakura held onto rapidly fused into it. After quite some time, Kushina's figure reformed—but unlike before, which seemed too insubstantial, her current form now felt solid and real.
"It really worked!" Kushina Uzumaki looked over her body in astonishment. She never imagined she'd be standing at Naruto's side again one day.
"Next up is Minato Uncle, the Water Shadow. Everyone, please step back—it'll be dangerous if anyone gets caught in the Shinigami's reach!"
Sakura's face turned serious as she placed her hand on Minato Namikaze. Blue and yellow light flared again, while faint, eerie laughter echoed across the sky.
"He's here."
As Sakura spoke, a ghostly figure appeared midair—disheveled hair, horns sprouting from his forehead, a tanto clenched in his mouth, prayer beads clutched in his left hand, black cursed seals twisting across his arms, and a hideous expression.
The moment the Shinigami was pulled out, Sakura immediately activated the Soul Stone, forcibly taking control of the Shinigami. However, the bulging veins on her forehead showed the immense pressure she was enduring.
"Heheh..."
A faint whispering sound surrounded the Shinigami. Under forced control, the death god drew the tanto from his mouth with his right hand and slashed open his own abdomen.
Minato Namikaze's soul emerged from the wound in the Shinigami's belly, quickly merging with his chakra.
In the sky, the injured Shinigami glanced briefly at the people below before vanishing on the spot. Seeing this, Sakura exhaled in relief. Her body swayed unsteadily before she knelt weakly onto the ground.
"Sakura!" Naruto hurried to support her as the others gathered around, their faces filled with worry. Although they hadn't faced the Shinigami directly, they had still felt that terrifying pressure capable of making their souls tremble. If even the observers were affected so greatly by the oppressive presence, just how much more must Sakura—who stood face-to-face with it—have endured?
"Don't worry, I'm fine," Sakura said while rubbing her temples, her face pale. The Soul Stone could indeed control spirits, but what she had just subdued was no ordinary soul—it was this world's actual Shinigami. Even though the death god hadn't resisted, merely forcing control over him had placed massive strain on her.
Chapter One Hundred and Ten: How to Properly Seal Kurama [Part 1]
"I'll be fine after a short rest!"
Closing her eyes and leaning against Naruto's shoulder to catch her breath, Sakura honestly didn't know what she would have done if the Shinigami had resisted. Right now, she could only channel a fraction of the Infinity Stones' power—nowhere near the strength of an ancient being like the Shinigami.
After quite some time, color slowly returned to Sakura's face. Looking at Minato and Kushina Uzumaki standing side by side, she suddenly felt that enduring all that pain had been worth it.
"Hey, Kurama, there's something we're going to need your help with next—please be a good boy and lend us a little chakra, okay?"
Loosening her muscles, Sakura walked up to the cage holding Kurama. At first, the seal inside Naruto's body looked like a vast, sewer-like space. But after linking it to her Inner Space, the sewer-like environment was completely gone. All that remained was a colossal iron cage trapping Kurama, making it look almost like a pet fox stuck inside a shop display.
"No way." Kurama lay there with its eyes closed, still recovering from the shock caused by the Shinigami.
"You're really asking for a beating, aren't you?" Sakura narrowed her eyes angrily. This stubborn fox still hadn't been tamed by Naruto—just as stubborn and moody as ever.
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