Chapter 69: Summoning the Reaper, Sealing the Nine-Tails!
Oborotsuki had naturally returned to Kirigakure to find a suitable candidate for the new Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.
The best choice would have been Kushina.
Her chakra was immense, and she had once been the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.
But earlier, Kushina had sealed the Three-Tails inside herself to become its new Jinchūriki.
So the Nine-Tails needed another host.
Besides Kushina, there were several excellent candidates. One was Mayumi—Karin's mother.
She too was of Uzumaki bloodline and possessed astonishing chakra reserves. While not quite on Kushina's level, the difference wasn't huge.
Moreover, Mayumi also mastered sealing techniques and could perform the sealing herself.
The other candidates were naturally Naruto and Karin.
Both carried Uzumaki blood, and Naruto was the reincarnation of Asura—the second son of the Sage of Six Paths.
The true Child of Destiny of the original Naruto story.
Oborotsuki was currently considering who should receive the Nine-Tails.
"What are you thinking about?"
"Are you troubled by work?"
Kushina's voice interrupted Oborotsuki's thoughts.
Ever since he suddenly returned earlier, he had been staring at little Naruto in her arms, pinching his chin and saying nothing.
That look and gesture made Kushina feel a little uneasy.
She had no idea what Oborotsuki was planning.
"How about making Naruto the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, Kushina?"
Oborotsuki decided to be straightforward.
After all, sealing the Nine-Tails would still require Kushina or Mayumi's power.
"What did you say?"
Kushina clearly didn't understand at first. It took her a moment to process.
"I've already obtained the Reaper Mask that seals the Nine-Tails."
"I'm planning to revive the Nine-Tails now."
Oborotsuki said as he took out the Reaper Mask.
"This…"
Kushina was of course very familiar with the Reaper Mask and knew its purpose: to summon the Reaper and release any souls sealed inside its stomach.
"Oborotsuki… I never expected you'd actually bring the Nine-Tails back…"
Kushina's expression became complicated.
Oborotsuki sighed:
"At this point, I won't hide anything from you anymore."
"I once worked for an organization called 'Akatsuki.' The members were extremely powerful and had wild ambitions."
"Their goal was to collect all the tailed beasts in the world and use their combined power to carry out a massive conspiracy…"
Oborotsuki honestly recounted everything he had seen and experienced in Akatsuki.
He also told them he intended to stop the organization's insane plan.
Since Kushina was now his woman,
There was no need to hide things from his own people.
"So in order to stop Akatsuki's goal, you want to gather the tailed beasts into your own hands?"
"I see…"
After hearing Oborotsuki's explanation, Kushina suddenly understood.
She looked down at little Naruto.
"Naruto has Uzumaki bloodline, very strong vitality, and with all of us protecting him…"
"If you've already decided, then I'll personally seal the Nine-Tails."
After a brief moment of thought, Kushina nodded and agreed to Oborotsuki's plan.
"Good. Then let's go now."
With that, Oborotsuki immediately took Kushina's hand and activated Flying Thunder God, disappearing from the house.
In the blink of an eye, they arrived outside the village.
Orochimaru was very obedient. He hadn't taken the chance to sneak away while Oborotsuki was gone.
Right now, he was filled with curiosity about Oborotsuki. He found this young man both dangerous and mysterious—perhaps he could obtain something very interesting from him.
"Heh heh… your speed is really—"
Sensing Oborotsuki's return, Orochimaru—who had been leaning against a tree in a dramatic pose—opened his arms and turned around. But the next second he froze, staring in shock at Kushina standing before him.
"Orochimaru-sama?"
Kushina was equally stunned when she saw Orochimaru.
Orochimaru's pupils flickered with surprise and uncertainty as he looked at Kushina and the baby in her arms, his face full of confusion.
Clearly, he hadn't expected Minato Namikaze's wife to be here.
The atmosphere instantly became awkward.
"We can begin now, Orochimaru."
Oborotsuki's voice interrupted Orochimaru's thoughts. The latter snapped back, a sinister smile curling on his lips as he stepped toward Oborotsuki and took the Reaper Mask from his hand.
"Wait!"
Kushina stopped Orochimaru's motion. She looked at Oborotsuki in confusion:
"Why is Orochimaru here too? Do you… know him?"
"It seems you still don't know about this, heh heh… the old man must have kept it secret from the public."
"Old man?"
Hearing Orochimaru's strange tone, Kushina became even more surprised.
"Heh heh… I'm no longer a shinobi of Konoha."
"But honestly, I should be the one surprised. Minato became the Fourth Hokage—how did his wife end up in Kirigakure?"
Orochimaru asked back with a wicked, cold smile, making Kushina even more stunned.
"Orochimaru left Konoha and joined Akatsuki, but now he's left that organization just like me."
"We'll talk about the rest later. Let's focus on the important matter first, Kushina."
After Oborotsuki finished speaking, he signaled for Orochimaru to begin.
Hearing this, Kushina could only suppress her inner doubts for now. She stepped aside, frowning as she watched Orochimaru put on the Reaper Mask.
As Orochimaru poured chakra into the mask, a violent chakra storm immediately erupted in the forest. Orochimaru let out a pained cry.
The next moment, the Reaper's phantom appeared behind him.
"Oborotsuki, the rest is up to you!"
Orochimaru looked toward Oborotsuki's feet—at the White Zetsu clone bound by countless tiny white snakes. His meaning was obvious.
When he summoned the Reaper to possess his body and cut open his own stomach to release the Nine-Tails, he himself would die.
Before his body completely perished, he needed to use White Zetsu for reincarnation.
This process required Oborotsuki's assistance.
"Stop talking nonsense. Hurry up."
"Kushina, get ready too."
Oborotsuki nodded at Kushina and gently touched little Naruto's face.
At that moment, an immense chakra surged forth along with the sound of Orochimaru slicing open his own stomach.
Both of them looked up at the same time and saw the gigantic phantom soul of the Nine-Tails appear above the forest.
The Nine-Tails itself was a pure mass of chakra—it had no physical body.
In other words, it was essentially an enormous, ultra-powerful concentration of chakra.
Now that its soul had been released, the Nine-Tails quickly gathered chakra and reformed into the familiar orange nine-tailed fox demon shape.
"Hm?"
Reforming into its true nine-tailed fox body, the Nine-Tails' cold eyes immediately swept downward toward the three people in the forest—Oborotsuki, Kushina, and Orochimaru.
The moment it saw Kushina, the Nine-Tails' gaze flickered. Then an expression of extreme rage appeared on its face:
"You're still alive…? Uzumaki Kushina…"
"Then die here!!"
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