Chapter 221: The Nine-Tails' Chakra
"The Nine-Tails has been sealed! Great!"
The sealing squad rejoiced with relief. Sasuke, however, frowned slightly. The crisis seemed to have been averted, but a new problem had arisen.
"Grandma!"
Upon seeing the now-dead Mito, Kushina, overwhelmed by grief, had given the Nine-Tails an opportunity to explode.
With a dull thud! Kushina fell to one knee, her entire body trembling. Scarlet chakra threads leaked from her body, forming a layer of tailed beast skin. She let out a low, inhuman roar of pain, as the immense and violent chakra of the Nine-Tails flowed wildly inside her, awakening the resentment in her heart and unleashing her own Jinchuriki's fury.
"Sealing Squad, reinforce the seal!" Hiruzen shouted.
The squad formed hand seals, and black runes climbed up Kushina's body, but their effect was limited. The tailed beast coat quickly fused into a chakra fox tail, then two, and then three.
"Roar!"
Kushina's head snapped up, her eyes completely ignited in a crimson color, and she locked onto Hiruzen. Her claws lunged at him with the power to tear through the void.
"Hokage-sama!"
At that crucial moment, "Hokage-sama, be careful!"
Sasuke, transformed into his most loyal guardian, drew Samehada and attacked the out-of-control Kushina. The bandaged sword unfurled, its blades bristling with spikes, and upon contact with the beast's coat, it devoured it like a ravenous maw.
"Swallow! Swallow..."
The coat grew thinner and darker at a visible rate, and her three chakra tails disintegrated. The animal ferocity in her eyes faded, and she collapsed, fainting.
"Water Style: Water Healing Technique!"
Sasuke formed hand seals and released a healing water ball, repairing the burns on the beast coat.
"Sasuke, thank you very much," Hiruzen said, his eyes filled with complexity. "That's the Samehada sword, right? Can it really absorb the Nine-Tails' chakra?"
"Hokage-sama, Samehada can only absorb a part. If it absorbs more than four tails, there's no way," Sasuke lied, guessing that Hiruzen wanted to seize the sword.
"Squeak, squeak!" Samehada seemed to perceive Hiruzen's emotions and immediately threw a tantrum.
"Samehada, don't be rude!" Sasuke soothed it, giving Hiruzen a wry smile. "It's just like that, a little wild."
Seeing Samehada's ferocious behavior, Hiruzen backed off.
"Monkey, hand it over to me, to Root, for training. I will make it Konoha's most powerful weapon!" Danzo intervened, wanting to control the Jinchuriki himself.
Hiruzen refused, and the two resumed their usual quarrels. Seeing the two leaders argue, Sasuke offered to support Shibi and destroy the Hidden Sky Village. Hiruzen, pleased that he had no reservations about the Jinchuriki, agreed and granted him the power to make temporary decisions.
After returning to Konoha and comforting his clan members, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique to get to Lab Zero, under the Land of Waves.
'This is the Nine-Tails' chakra, such a rich Yin-Yang Style aura.'
He asked Samehada to spit out the chakra it had absorbed. It was a valuable resource. If one could seal it in their body and become a pseudo-jinchuriki like Sora, they could at least multiply hundreds of "cards" of chakra.
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