[Naruto : Yellow Flash] Chapter 656 - 660

Chapter 656: Implementing the Seal

"This is the safest way."

Minato nodded, looked at the three people in front of him and said: "I have observed during this period of time. With Naruto's physique, if he only has half of the Nine-Tails' chakra, there will be no problem."

Apart from the Third Hokage who was the first to anticipate it, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura also showed surprise on their faces after hearing Minato's idea.

They never imagined that the Fourth Hokage would let his newborn child be the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki.

For the village, Minato's consideration was definitely a good thing, but most parents would never agree to let their children be the container of the tailed beast.

"If we do this, the three elders should have no objection, right?" Minato asked.

Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura did not react. Minato's proposals were all based on the interests of the village, which was the same way they usually judged things.

The only shock in their eyes was that Minato would actually make such a decision.

The Third Hokage at the side stared into Minato's eyes, frowned and asked: "Have you discussed this matter with Kushina? What is her opinion?"

Hearing this, Minato's eyes couldn't help but waver slightly.

The other two elders only consider things that are beneficial to the village. Only the Third Hokage cares about the thoughts of Naruto's mother, Kushina.

It was also because of the existence of the Third Hokage that Kushina's life after becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki was not so difficult.

If the Hokage was someone like Danzo, everything would be very different.

Minato immediately smiled and nodded, "This is the result of our discussion with her."

"Really?"

The Third Hokage was shocked, and to be honest, he found it hard to believe that with Kushina's personality, she would agree to let her child become a Jinchūriki.

"Thank you for considering this." Minato couldn't help but bow to the Third Hokage and expressed his gratitude.

"As ninjas, you and Kushina have already given too much to this village, so as long as she disagrees, I will not let your child become the vessel of the Nine-Tails."

The Third Hokage said that bringing Kushina back from the border of the Land of Fire was an act of necessity.

"Since the elders have no objections, I have one more thing to say before the seal is implemented."

"Once the re-sealing is complete, I want to promote Kushina to the village's jonin, and she can participate in the execution of various missions normally."

"After all, from now on, there are two Nine-Tails Jinchūriki in the village."

"Also, after Naruto becomes the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki, there will be no need to supervise him like Kushina did before. When he grows up and becomes a ninja, he can go on missions like other ninjas."

"Certainly."

After listening to this, the Third Hokage paused for a moment before responding, "But from now on, Kushina and Naruto cannot leave the village to perform missions at the same time. One of them must stay in the village."

With Kushina's strength, she should have been able to become a jonin long ago, but because of her special identity, she has been unable to be promoted.

This additional condition was exactly what Minato had in mind.

After pondering for a moment, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura also nodded.

"So when do you plan to seal it, and where do you choose to seal it?" Mitokado Homura asked, adjusting his glasses.

"We can do it right now, in the village," Minato replied immediately.

Utatane Koharu frowned and said, "This is too hasty and too risky."

"No, this is the safest way."

The Third Hokage looked at Minato and continued, "To split the Nine-Tails in two, it will be different from the time when it was resealed and when Kushina gave birth. The sealing will be done with the participation of Kushina and the Fourth Hokage, so there will be no mistakes."

"I don't know who leaked the information about Kushina's childbirth, but we didn't have a choice of time at that time."

"If it is sealed immediately, the confidentiality of the information can be guaranteed."

The two advisors, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, do not know the sealing technique, so their consideration is out of fear of the power of the Nine-Tails.

But the Third Hokage knew that with Kushina and Minato there, the seal would definitely not go wrong.

"I see."

Mitokado Homura nodded, and Utatane Koharu beside him frowned and said, "Should we inform Danzo about these things?"

Although the Root has been disbanded by Minato, Danzo, in addition to being the leader of the Root, is also one of the elders of Konoha.

"I'll let him know once the seal is complete."

Minato said that any decision regarding major events in the village could be implemented as long as it was agreed by the Hokage and two of the three elders.

If the Third Hokage is included, there are a total of four elders in Konoha today.

Three of the four have expressed their agreement, so this matter can be implemented immediately.

The faces of Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu also twitched slightly. They knew very well why Minato did this.

"The sealing will take some time. During this period, I would like to trouble the former Hokage to take care of things here for me." Minato looked at the Third Hokage and said.

The Third Hokage nodded and said, "No problem."

As soon as the words fell, Minato in front of the three people suddenly disappeared.

At Minato's house, seeing Minato suddenly return home, Kushina, who was holding Naruto, turned her eyes and asked,

"Have you finished the discussion?"

Kushina didn't need to ask about the result, because the conditions proposed by Minato were completely in line with the interests of those people.

Minato nodded before turning his gaze towards Naruto in Kushina's arms.

Naruto smiled at Minato, who smiled softly as well.

Then he looked at Kushina again and said, "Kushina, I'm going to start."

Kushina also glanced at Naruto in her arms and nodded.

Minato formed a cross seal with his hands, and immediately four shadow clones appeared beside him.

Swish, swish, swish!

The four shadow clones suddenly disappeared from the spot. They appeared at the four corners of the Namikaze family courtyard and formed seals at the same time.

"Buzz."

With them as the center, astonishing chakra spread out and then turned into a transparent barrier wall.

The barrier was formed in seconds but from the perspective of the street outside, nothing had changed in Minato's home.

However, any perception was blocked by the barrier.

After the barrier was formed, Minato looked at Kushina, who gently placed Naruto in the cradle beside her and lifted the clothing from her abdomen.

She also formed seals with her hands, and gradually a mysterious seal appeared on her originally fair abdomen.

That was the Eight Trigrams seal that Minato had set up before!

Chapter 657: The Reappearance of the Reaper Death Seal

When the sealing style of the Eight Trigrams Seal was revealed, Minato was already standing in front of Kushina.

Minato glanced at Kushina, and in order to split the Nine-Tails in her body into two, he would have to open the seal a little.

If the seal is completely opened, it is very likely that Kushina's life will be in danger.

Even if the seal is only slightly opened, the process of resealing will be accompanied by some pain.

"Let's do it."

Kushina nodded at Minato, clearing away the slight hesitation in his eyes.

Minato immediately stretched out his right hand, and on his five fingers there was visible chakra concentration.

He extended his palm, then pressed five fingers against the seal on Kushina's abdomen and twisted it.

"ROAR!"

As they twisted, a furious roar was heard in the ears of Minato and Kushina.

The cradle where Naruto was located was also shielded from everything by a deliberately formed barrier.

A deep red chakra film suddenly formed around Kushina's body, and on that film, the chakra was surging like bubbles.

"Fourth Hokage, Kushina, you are playing tricks on me!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox roared angrily. Naturally, it could not be hidden from the conversation between Minato and Kushina at that time.

So it was extremely angry because the two humans in front of it treated it like an object and disposed of it at will.

Its powerful chakra aura suddenly surged out from Kushina's slightly unlocked seal.

Scarlet blood continued to gather in Kushina's bright eyes.

"Ngh!"

At this time, Kushina snorted lightly, and she formed seals with her hands. Her own chakra fluctuations also burst out from her body, and powerful force gathered towards the seal.

The seal seemed to have chain-like patterns on it, locking the things inside tightly.

This is a special ability that only members of the Uzumaki clan can use, and it is specifically used to restrain the tailed beasts.

After temporarily suppressing the Nine-Tails' chakra, the chakra condensed in Minato's abdomen in front of Kushina, and actually formed a claw-like shape.

Releasing chakra and then condensing it into a certain shape requires extremely strict chakra control ability.

But for Minato, who developed the Rasengan, this is certainly possible.

Minato's hand seal moved, and a claw with some red dots of chakra in the azure blue reached out towards Kushina's abdomen.

"Buzz."

The chakra claw went straight through the seal on Kushina's abdomen and penetrated deep inside.

In order to ensure Kushina's safety, Minato could only pull out half of the Nine-Tails' chakra in her body, and then use the Reaper Death Seal to divide it.

Ordinary ninjas, of course, cannot do this, but Minato's body is constantly being transformed by the power of the Nine-Tails, and his chakra has no rejection of the Nine-Tails' chakra.

"Got it!"

Minato felt the chakra claw extending from his abdomen and grasped an extremely powerful force.

The magnitude of this was enough to make Minato's eyes twitch slightly.

The next moment, he suddenly formed seals with his hands again, and the chakra claws on his abdomen began to shrink.

If Minato relied solely on his own chakra, it would be difficult for him to pull the Nine-Tails' chakra in this way.

However, at this time, the Nine-Tails was still under the double restraint of the seal and Kushina, and could not exert its full strength.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

The Nine-Tails roared wildly, and at this time, Minato's chakra claws retracted from the seal on Kushina's abdomen, and at the same time it tightly grasped a stream of deep red chakra.

As the Nine-Tailed Fox roared, crimson chakra was gradually flowing towards the chakra claw.

At this moment, through the chakra, extremely shocking hatred and negative emotions rushed into Minato's brain.

The Nine-Tails' chakra contains its will.

But at this moment, a powerful chakra wave burst out from Minato's body again.

The chakra was no different from the Nine-Tails' power fluctuations, also deep red.

This burst of chakra directly blocked out all the negative emotions contained in the Nine-Tails' chakra.

Deep in Minato's soul, Minato, who had recovered his soul power, was also forming seals.

In the special space where he was, the seal that spread across the entire white space was constantly disappearing.

That was the seal that Minato had placed after using the Reaper Death Seal. However, after crossing time and space, the seal had undergone some changes that even Minato could not see through.

Fortunately, the seal is still under their control.

Minato used the Nine-Tails' chakra in the sealing form to offset the hatred and negative emotions in the Nine-Tails' chakra.

In Minato's consciousness, the remaining consciousness of the Nine-Tailed Fox was particularly angry at this moment, but it could no longer control the power in the seal and could only watch.

The chakra claws continuously pulled out the Nine-Tails' chakra. The aura of that powerful chakra even oppressed the space, causing it to ripple visible to the naked eye.

On Kushina's smooth forehead, a thin layer of sweat oozed out at the same time that Minato pulled out the Nine-Tails' chakra.

She endured the pain of the Nine-Tails' chakra being forcibly pulled out while suppressing the Nine-Tails' power.

"Rustle!"

Even in such pain, more than a dozen chakra chains extended from Kushina's back, and the chains were entangled in the Nine-Tails' chakra that was pulled out by Minato.

At this time, the Nine-Tailed Fox was also very smart. It knew that it could not break the seal with the combined efforts of Kushina and Minato, so it was violently resisting Minato's pull.

It's simple, the Nine-Tails didn't want to be manipulated by others, so it resisted Minato splitting its chakra into two.

However, facing Kushina, who already had the power to suppress it, and Minato, who had half the power of the Nine-Tails in his body, its resistance could only delay temporarily.

A few minutes later, crimson chakra waves filled the area several meters in diameter around Minato's house.

However, that chakra was being tightly bound by Kushina's chain power and could not do any harm.

This chakra is almost half of the Nine-Tails' power.

"Please!"

Minato murmured at this.

Kushina's eyes flickered because she knew exactly what Minato was going to do next.

She knew that Minato was talking to another him inside his body.

In the white space, the seal above Minato's head completely disappeared, and then cracks began to appear in this space.

Deep in Minato's soul, another identical soul quickly escaped.

At this moment, Minato's azure blue pupils turned into double pupils.

Kushina's expression changed slightly when she saw this.

Because in her perception, Minato's aura at this moment became somewhat indescribable.

Minato began to make hand seals with his hands.

Rat-Ox-Tiger-Rabbit-Dragon-Snake-Horse-Ram-Monkey-Rat.

Bang!

Finally, Minato put his hands together, and a soul in his body left his body.

"Shiki Fūjin!"

Chapter 658: Mutation

"Shiki Fuujin!"

The God of Death, with a sharp blade in his mouth, suddenly appeared floating behind Minato. Minato's soul was bound to the God of Death, just like the last time he performed the Shiki Fuujin.

But the difference from last time was that back then, Minato was already in a soul state—he had thoughts and a human shape, but nothing more. This time, Minato's soul fully revealed its appearance.

After using the Shiki Fuujin, Minato's old soul left his body, and his original soul took control again.

Minato turned his head and looked at himself who was bound by the God of Death, his eyes filled with turmoil.

Today was his first real meeting with his other self.

However, this meeting was painfully short.

After all, in some ways, although they were one, they didn't belong to the same time and space.

"Minato!?"

At this moment, Kushina standing in front of Minato suddenly widened her eyes, her beautiful face filled with emotion.

"Kushina, you can actually see?"

Minato's face twitched, because the souls that have been sacrificed to the God of Death should only be visible to the caster himself.

The reason why the Third Hokage was able to determine that Minato was using the Shiki Fuujin was based on the hand seals he made.

"Kushina."

Bound by the God of Death, Minato looked at the woman in front of him with endless tenderness in his eyes.

Once, for Kushina and Naruto, he could face death calmly.

Even after so many years, he would still do it without hesitation if necessary.

If it weren't for her, he would have been swallowed by the God of Death and would have been fighting against the hatred of the Nine-Tailed Fox forever.

Minato watched everything, not wanting to disturb this special farewell.

He and the other Minato were considered the same person, but they couldn't truly be considered identical.

Otherwise, why would there be two souls within one body?

Even Minato couldn't explain the relationship between them clearly.

"ROAR!"

The deep red chakra that was bound by the chains condensed into the shape of a fox head. The terrifying vertical pupils stared at the two people in front of it, full of resentment.

"You are really strong."

Minato and Kushina sighed inwardly upon seeing this. Even with their combined restraints, the Nine-Tails was still able to forcibly harness its own power and take this form.

Although Minato himself possessed half of the Nine-Tails' chakra, it had always been sealed. What Minato had previously possessed was only a small part of the Nine-Tails' power.

Just this small part was enough to benefit Minato greatly. This showed how powerful the Nine-Tails truly was.

"Kushina, I'm about to start."

Minato said solemnly, and then focused his mind.

Kushina nodded, and the chains that bound the Nine-Tails loosened slightly. A stream of chakra that shook the air suddenly burst out.

"Waaah!"

At this moment, Naruto, who was under the protection of the barrier, suddenly burst into tears.

Deep red chakra reflected in his big eyes that were as bright as sapphires.

"Seal!"

Minato shouted loudly. The God of Death behind him licked the sharp blade in his mouth, and then a soul hand covered with black lines passed through the soul abdomen of the God of Death and descended in front of Kushina's abdomen, where the Nine-Tails' chakra originated.

The soul hand grabbed the deep red chakra, and at that moment, the Nine-Tailed Fox's raging power was suddenly suppressed.

"So strong!"

Although Kushina couldn't see the God of Death, she could feel the Nine-Tailed Fox's sudden powerlessness within her body. What kind of power could cause such a reaction?

Swish!

The sharp blade in the mouth of the God of Death disappeared instantly. Under Minato's gaze, the Hand of the Soul transformed into the sharp blade and slashed down!

The crimson chakra was cut off with one slash.

"ROAR!"

The Nine-Tails roared in defiance, but Kushina could clearly feel that the chakra strongly connected to the seal in her body suddenly vanished.

The pressure on her immediately eased.

Kushina stretched out her right hand, and chakra condensed on her fingers.

She placed her palm on the seal and then turned it.

The unlocked Eight Trigrams seal began to rotate again, completely sealing the Nine-Tailed Fox inside.

After containing the Nine-Tails, Kushina gritted her teeth lightly, and more chains extended from her back, completely binding the ball of crimson chakra.

The Shiki Fuujin came to an end, and Minato turned his eyes and glanced at the God of Death behind him.

The God of Death gave him a relieved smile.

"Now, I have completed everything I can do. Everything that comes next is entrusted to you."

Minato took a last look at Naruto in the cradle, his eyes full of love.

"The future of this child, and the future of the ninja world!"

At this point, Minato couldn't help but feel tears in his eyes.

The Shiki Fuujin technique couldn't be maintained for too long, so he needed to release it soon.

Otherwise, something unpredictable might happen.

At this time, Kushina bit her lower lip tightly and her body trembled slightly.

She didn't know what to say, and all her emotions, in the end, solidified into a gentle smile.

"Thank you!"

Minato smiled, because in his fading consciousness, he saw the woman's smiling face again.

There was nothing better than this in the world!

With a smile on his face, Minato withdrew the seal in his hand.

The God of Death behind Minato opened his mouth, and a mysterious force surged out, pulling at Minato's soul to swallow it whole.

However, at this moment, something strange happened.

The God of Death, who could even suppress the Nine-Tails, couldn't shake Minato's soul at all no matter how much strength it summoned.

"Buzz!"

A strange light began to glow around Minato's soul.

The soul was white at first, but in an instant, it turned transparent.

Both Minatos looked on in shock and horror.

Earlier, when the last step of the Shiki Fuujin wasn't completed, the chakra of Kushina and the Nine-Tails had caused abnormal changes in time and space, forcibly pulling Minato's soul in.

However, according to the tradition passed down by the Uzumaki clan, the God of Death of the Shiki Fuujin was supposed to devour the soul of the person who cast the technique.

Judging from the actions of the God of Death just now, it was indeed trying to do so, but something was preventing it.

The light rising from the depths of Minato's soul grew brighter and brighter. It seemed that the God of Death couldn't overcome this power and directly gave up its hold on him.

"What's going on?"

Kushina couldn't see the God of Death, but she could see everything happening to Minato at that moment.

The light switching between white and transparent wasn't chakra, so she couldn't understand it based on her perception.

Minato himself was equally confused. He just witnessed the God of Death give up its hold on his other self's soul.

Freed from its restraints, the other Minato's spirit floated in front of him.

The two looked at each other in shock.

At this moment, the God of Death, who was about to disappear, suddenly extended the soul hand covered with black lines from its abdomen—the same hand that had previously bound the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox. It quickly reached toward Minato!

It couldn't take away the soul of one Minato, so the God of Death turned its attention to the person next to him who had the same soul!

Chapter 659: Soul Fusion

Swish!

The strange soul hand, covered with mysterious patterns that even Minato couldn't fully comprehend, suddenly reached out to grab.

Minato was shocked when he saw this. He hadn't expected such a change to happen within the seal.

As the hand of the God of Death grabbed toward him, Minato's figure suddenly retreated backward with a flash of golden light.

The soul's hand grabbed nothing; even with its incredible speed, it couldn't catch Minato.

When the God of Death saw this, anger appeared on his originally expressionless and ferocious face.

With all its power, it couldn't even catch a human!

But that was the truth—it couldn't catch Minato at all.

The next moment, the soul hand that was originally reaching for Minato changed direction and then stretched out towards Kushina.

"Damn it!"

Seeing this, Minato's face changed drastically. The distance between him and Kushina was already very close, and he had retreated a little to avoid the attack of the God of Death.

The speed of the God of Death's hand was definitely not slow. In such a short period of time, Minato wasn't sure he could save Kushina.

Moreover, if Kushina moved now, the Nine-Tails' chakra would become unrestrained.

That would be quite troublesome.

Swish!

Minato suddenly appeared beside Kushina, who was still unaware of the situation because she couldn't see the God of Death.

"Buzz!"

Just when Minato was about to take her away, the light that had appeared on the other Minato's body also surged out from Minato's own body.

The light formed a protective screen, blocking the hand of the God of Death.

The God of Death could not avoid the light and immediately shrank back. The next moment, the God of Death, who should have disappeared long ago, finally dissipated.

"What's wrong?"

At this time, Kushina finally reacted. She glanced at Minato beside her and noticed sweat on his face.

For a moment, there had been a hint of fear in Minato's eyes.

But fortunately, the danger had passed.

Just as he turned to look at Kushina to explain, he glanced at the strange light shrouding himself and his face suddenly trembled.

He stood up abruptly, and the soul of the other Minato slowly floated towards him.

During this process, the other Minato's soul began to change. In just a few seconds, his human form disappeared, merging into the light.

This light complemented the light on Minato's body, and under this power, the struggling Nine-Tails' chakra, which had just been split in two, was suppressed once again.

A light that Minato could neither understand nor explain enveloped his body, forming a cocoon of radiance.

The light cocoon merged all the energy together, then converged and absorbed into Minato's body little by little.

Kushina's eyes widened, and she shouted anxiously: "Minato!"

She didn't know what was happening to him, but the light on his body not only suppressed the power of the Nine-Tails but also made her unable to use her own chakra—she couldn't even lift a finger.

"Kushina, I'm fine."

Minato in the light responded immediately. At this moment, white and transparent colors kept switching in his azure eyes.

He was also surprised by this mysterious light. But so far, as the light merged into his body, he didn't feel any discomfort. Instead, he felt a pleasant warmth.

The light gradually absorbed into Minato's body, and after a few minutes, it was completely gone.

"What happened?" Kushina asked hurriedly, still confused.

Minato immediately explained to her the unusual movements of the God of Death.

Kushina was extremely shocked after hearing this.

"What about the other you?"

She had seen the other Minato merge with the strange light and integrate into Minato's body.

In front of her, Minato slowly closed his eyes.

After a brief pause, Minato opened his eyes and shook his head.

"No, there's no response."

Minato said he could feel the other Minato's soul merge into his body, but no matter how he called out just now, there was no response from him.

Both of them looked slightly downcast.

"But..."

Then, Minato murmured again.

As soon as he focused his thoughts, a terrifying chakra fluctuation suddenly burst out from his body.

This chakra was at least twice as strong as before.

Kushina looked shocked—Minato's chakra far surpassed hers now.

She could sense that there was a hint of the Nine-Tails in Minato's chakra.

Minato looked a little shocked himself. Although this chakra had been in his body before, the total amount of chakra that a human body could withstand was limited.

But after the fusion, his body was able to contain such powerful chakra.

And he felt that this was far from his limit.

Moreover, there were other new sensations, but it would take time to explore them fully.

After a brief experiment, Minato retracted his chakra.

"Don't worry, I will definitely keep my promise to you!"

Minato's eyes lit up. Even though it was still impossible to fully analyze what had happened to him, the changes in his body had to be related to the other Minato.

"Minato."

Kushina murmured softly as she grasped his hand.

Both of them looked at Naruto, who was still under the protection of the barrier.

At this time, the Nine-Tailed Fox remained tightly bound.

Minato formed hand seals.

"Bang!"

A pedestal needed for the seal appeared in front of them.

The two looked at each other, and Minato's hand seals changed.

The barrier protecting Naruto dissipated, and Kushina slowly walked over and picked him up.

Kushina wiped away the tears on his face from crying earlier.

"Naruto..."

She stared at her son, then raised her eyes to look at Minato.

Minato nodded, and Kushina placed Naruto on the sealing pedestal.

"Damn it!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox roared, but at this moment it could only make sounds—its chakra was tightly bound.

Minato formed seals with his hands, then his eyes opened and closed as he murmured softly:

"Eight Trigrams Seal!"

Intense white light enveloped the entire room. Within their perception, the Nine-Tails' chakra immediately rushed towards Naruto.

A white light flashed, and a seal formed on the child's abdomen.

"Naruto..."

Kushina hurried over and squatted beside Naruto who was on the sealing pedestal.

Her eyes were full of worry, but as she sensed his chakra, she could tell Naruto's energy was flowing stably.

Minato was also a little concerned, but the seal was finally completed successfully...

Chapter 660: Looking Forward to the Future

The Minato couple looked at Naruto on the sealing pedestal in front of them with worried expressions.

Although they knew that sealing half of the Nine-Tails into someone with Naruto's physique shouldn't cause major problems, he was still their child after all.

So they still had concerns in their hearts.

Even the rational Minato didn't leave immediately.

It wasn't until he observed for nearly half an hour that the worry in his eyes gradually disappeared.

He made hand seals, and the shadow clones positioned around the courtyard vanished instantly.

Without the support of the shadow clones, the barrier covering the Minato family also dissipated.

"It seems that there's no problem with the seal."

Minato gently placed his palm on Kushina's shoulder, but he could still feel a slight tremor in her body.

He knew in his heart that the reason Kushina agreed to let Naruto become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was mostly because of her trust in him.

"You stay here with him."

At this moment, Minato didn't know how to comfort Kushina. If he wanted to completely eliminate the worry in her heart, he could only rely on time.

Kushina turned her eyes to him and nodded.

Then she picked up Naruto from the sealing pedestal and placed him in the cradle.

After the sealing was completed, Naruto had fallen asleep.

That was because the child's body was now passively focusing all its energy to stabilize the Eight Trigrams seal.

Minato stared at the seal on Naruto's abdomen for a moment.

After Naruto's body truly developed chakra, through that seal, the chakra of the Nine-Tails could be gradually converted.

Only by doing this for many years, if Naruto could eventually control the power of the Nine-Tails in his body, would he be able to use it truly perfectly.

Although Minato himself also possessed half of the Nine-Tails' chakra, he couldn't use this powerful energy to its limit.

Because this chakra belonged to the Nine-Tails after all, not him.

Swish!

Then, Minato disappeared.

In the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura had not left yet.

When Minato appeared, the Third Hokage stood up and asked, "How did it go? Was the sealing successful?"

"Is Naruto okay?"

In fact, the Third Hokage knew that his questions were a bit redundant. Since there was no unusual activity in the village and Minato had appeared before them, it meant that the sealing had been successful.

"Yes, everything went well. Naruto's seal is quite solid," Minato said. He was also the foremost expert in sealing techniques in Konoha.

Although his sealing skills were taught by Kushina, creating and improving jutsu was what Minato excelled at.

The Eight Trigrams Seal on Kushina and Naruto was what Minato had improved based on the Four Symbols Seal of the Uzumaki Clan.

Hearing Minato's answer, the Third Hokage's frown gradually relaxed.

The expressions of the two advisors, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, also changed, but only because the seal had not gone wrong.

This was the most important aspect where the Third Hokage was better than them and Danzo.

Because a ninja village was established to safeguard the interests of many families and nations.

But ninjas weren't just tools for power struggles—they were also human beings with emotions.

The successive Hokages and ninjas had been full of infinite love for this village, allowing it to endure in this era ruled by force.

"That's good." The Third chuckled and said, "Although we've agreed to Kushina's promotion and other matters, I think she shouldn't leave the village in the near future. In the current village, only she can guarantee the stability of the seal."

The Third Hokage also recognized Kushina's abilities. Her talent was extremely exceptional, plus she had the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan.

If it weren't for the possibility that the tailed beast in her body might go berserk, Kushina would definitely have been an important fighting force in the previous war.

"Of course, I think for a long time, even if we don't say it, Kushina will not leave Naruto."

Minato said. Kushina was Naruto's mother; she would be even more thoughtful about these things than they could imagine.

"By the way, was there anything urgent while I was gone?"

"Everything is normal," the Third Hokage said. Now everything in the village was in order, so there was nothing particularly urgent that needed to be addressed.

"Thank you for your hard work," Minato said to the three people in front of him.

Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura both nodded slightly and then left the Hokage's office.

The office door closed, but the Third Hokage did not leave immediately.

He turned his eyes to Minato and asked, "Minato, what happened that made you suddenly make such a decision?"

Minato was the successor he had chosen, and the Third knew what kind of person he was.

Although the reasons Minato had given before were sufficient, according to his understanding, they weren't enough for Minato to decide to let his son become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Since he was very young, Minato had made countless efforts to give Kushina some freedom.

Therefore, Minato was also very clear about the hardships of being a Jinchūriki.

"I can't hide it from you."

Minato wasn't surprised by the Third's perception. As the Third Hokage of Konoha, his insight must be beyond ordinary people.

The five major ninja villages were centered around the five Kages. The ninjas who bore the title of Kage had more than just superb strength.

"You know about the Child of Prophecy, right?"

Minato said. Master Jiraiya had been away from the village for many years, traveling around different countries. He had such freedom because he had the support of the Third. The reason why the Third agreed to let his former student do this was that he certainly knew something.

The Third Hokage nodded.

"In fact, not long ago, I went to Mount Myoboku late at night."

He told the Third what the Great Toad Sage had said that night and his own speculation.

After listening, the Third's face also showed shock.

Because the legendary ancestor of ninjas, the Sage of Six Paths, actually existed.

Moreover, in the era of the Six Paths, the Great Toad Sage had made predictions about the distant future.

The Child of Prophecy that Jiraiya had been searching for might actually be the child of Minato and Kushina.

In addition to being shocked, the Third showed deep relief and expectation.

"It's really interesting. The result of the combination of Konoha's Yellow Flash and the Red-Hot Habanero might actually be the savior of this ninja world."

Minato's talent was unprecedented in the history of the ninja world, and he knew Kushina was a rare genius in the history of the Uzumaki clan—otherwise, she wouldn't have had the power to suppress the Nine-Tails.

How amazing would the talent of the child born from their combination be?