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Chapter 180: The Nine-Tails is Tough? Handled by a Single Sheet of Paper
Konoha.
Night had fallen. Konan floated above the Hidden Leaf Village, frowning as she looked down.
"Not in the village..."
Her Mind's Eye of the Kagura covered the entire Konoha village but didn't discover any existence matching the massive Chakra of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. After ascending to the Otsutsuki bloodline, her Uzumaki bloodline was fully developed with the aid of the Chimera power. Mind's Eye of the Kagura, Adamantine Sealing Chains, Heal Bite... she could use them all.
Alex lay on Konan's shoulder, looking at the red moon in the sky. "No way, did we come at such a coincidence..."
Konoha was very quiet. Many villagers had gone to sleep; it seemed like peaceful times. But the atmosphere vaguely became heavy, as if something bad was about to happen.
Konan narrowed her eyes slightly. "The Night of the Nine-Tails?"
She remembered that back then, Obito Uchiha, disguised as Madara, had just joined the Akatsuki. To show off his strength in front of her and Nagato, he chose to come to Konoha to capture the Nine-Tails. Although he didn't succeed in the end, it led to the deaths of the Fourth Hokage and his wife.
His power was proven.
"Obito Uchiha..." A thick killing intent rose in Konan's eyes. Even if it was the Obito Uchiha of a parallel world, she would absolutely not let him off.
He must die!
"Konan," Alex checked the surroundings. "It's probably the moment of Kushina's delivery. The delivery site is in a secret location outside Konoha. We just need to..."
Roar—!
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a fierce beast roar. It came from outside Konoha, quite a distance away.
"Looks like we don't need to waste time searching. The target showed up on its own."
Konan immediately turned, flying at extreme speed toward the source of the roar. A pure white mask with no decoration appeared on her face. Her Akatsuki robe was also changed into a plain dark robe. Her blue-purple hair flowed in the wind.
Konan flew extremely fast. After rapidly crossing several hills, the complete Nine-Tails, over a hundred meters tall like a giant mountain, appeared in her field of vision.
Below was a lake surface. Kushina Uzumaki's aura was weak, her limbs firmly bound by chains to a stone pillar. There was a black swirl on her belly, ink dripping from it. The Eight Trigrams Seal sealing the Nine-Tails had been violently broken, and her life force was draining uncontrollably.
Beside her stood a figure wearing a black robe and an orange mask. It was Obito Uchiha. And it was the young version, less than two years after his faked death in the Third War!
"Please..." Kushina's eyelids were half-open, her breathing rapid. "Please, don't hurt little Naruto..."
"He... he is innocent..."
With the Nine-Tails violently extracted, she knew she, the Jinchuriki, was doomed to die. But right now, she didn't care about her own life or death in the slightest; she only cared about her child. Even bound and unable to do anything, she begged with words, simply because she was a mother.
Unfortunately, the current Obito was completely consumed by hatred, fallen into darkness. His right eye shone red as he looked coldly at his master's wife, devoid of any emotion.
He cackled, "The vitality of the Uzumaki clan is truly powerful. You didn't die immediately after the Nine-Tails was extracted."
The red light in his eye intensified. "Since you are the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, then I'll let this guy kill you."
Master's wife, teacher... after Rin died, he didn't care about any of them anymore. To create a world where Rin existed again, he could give up everything and sever the past. Even if it meant killing relatives, friends, and elders, he wouldn't hesitate!
Rin! This is just the beginning. Wait for me!
Roar—!
The three giant tomoe in the Nine-Tails' eyes flashed red, controlled by Obito's Mangekyo. Its mountain-sized claw slammed violently down toward Kushina below.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
In this nick of time, nine golden chains descended from the sky. In an instant, they wrapped around, binding the Nine-Tails' massive body tightly.
The powerful sealing force constricted the Nine-Tails' virtually endless Chakra. It could no longer move a muscle, not even a fingernail. The claw hung over Kushina, unable to slam down.
Adamantine Sealing Chains!!!
Kushina looked up, staring in astonishment at the golden chains wrapped around the giant claw. Under the night sky, the golden light was clearly visible.
Familiar sealing power, familiar bloodline ability—she could use it too. Was the person who just acted an Uzumaki clansman??? But... after the destruction of Uzushiogakure, she hadn't heard of any Uzumaki clansmen for a long time...
Which clansman had come??
Kushina looked eagerly toward the sky through the gaps in the Nine-Tails' claw. She saw a clear, beautiful figure descending from high altitude. Backlit by the full moon, the flowing blue-purple hair rivaled the finest silk.
"Blue-purple?" Kushina paused. "Not red hair?"
She couldn't understand. The person who could use such Adamantine Sealing Chains wasn't an Uzumaki. Or perhaps, she was an Uzumaki too, just a mixed-blood like Naruto who didn't inherit the exclusive red hair.
"Who is it!!!"
Standing on another reef rock, Obito's eyes were extremely gloomy. He stared dead at Konan, who had landed beside Kushina.
He felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. His plan, which was going well, was interrupted. The unexpected arrival wore a mask just like him, concealing her identity. But her strength appeared extremely formidable. One move subdued the complete Nine-Tails, rendering it immobile.
Intentions unclear, no...
Obito shook his head internally, fully alert. He sensed a dense killing intent from the other party, clearly directed at him. He was puzzled. When did he make such an enemy? It was simply baffling.
However...
Thinking of his Mangekyo Kamui, Obito quickly calmed down. No matter who the comer was or how strong they were, he stood in an invincible position.
Konan looked at Kushina bound to the stone pillar. Her bright red hair was beginning to lose its luster, just like Nagato's. Both were Uzumaki; perhaps they were even related...
She looked at Alex.
"Leave it to me," Alex's confident voice rang in Konan's mind.
He slowly flew up. Controlling a white paper engraved with black runes, he flew to the top of the subdued Nine-Tails' head.
With a whoosh, it expanded until it was almost as big as the Nine-Tails. It began to spin, lighting up with fluorescent white light. A faint, massive Eight Trigrams phantom appeared below, emitting extreme suction and sealing power.
The solid-looking Nine-Tails visibly turned into a massive mass of Chakra, sucked into the white paper's body.
Sealing complete in an instant.
"This... This..." Kushina stared dumbfounded, shouting involuntarily, "What sealing jutsu is this!!"
She could see the shadow of the Uzumaki clan's sealing jutsu. But even if she mastered all the Uzumaki sealing jutsu, she couldn't perform a seal of this power so effortlessly. And using a sheet of paper as a medium?
What shocked her more was that it actually sealed such a large Nine-Tails into a piece of white paper. That was the complete Nine-Tails! What material was that paper made of to be so special, able to withstand the highly corrosive Chakra of the Nine-Tails??
If it were that easy, who would use people as vessels anymore... During war, just throw a piece of paper out, let the Tailed Beast run wild, and then easily take it back at the end. What terrifying mastery of sealing jutsu this was...
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