Chapter 166: The Plan to Divide the Tailed Beasts! (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Votes!)
"Kushina, come on in!"
Sarutobi Asuma said with a smile.
Kushina?
Uzumaki Miri's mind couldn't help but drift.
That name was so distant.
But… before that incident, it seemed Kushina had already…
As she was thinking, Uzumaki Kushina entered.
Sarutobi Asuma moved aside.
Uzumaki Kushina held Naruto, and Uzumaki Miri held Karin. The two, once childhood playmates, met again after nearly twenty years, having experienced the fall of their homeland.
However, as their eyes met, neither spoke immediately.
Both couldn't help but feel lost in thought, their minds sinking into distant memories.
So distant that they could barely recall each other's childhood faces, only faint echoes of their youthful laughter reverberating in their ears and minds.
Unconsciously, tears began to stream down both their faces.
"Mi… Miri…"
Uzumaki Kushina whispered.
"Kushina, I… I thought you were long gone…"
Uzumaki Miri's tears flowed uncontrollably.
At that moment, Naruto seemed to be affected by Karin's crying and began to wail even louder, fully snapping Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Miri back to reality.
"It seems the little ones are hungry,"
Sarutobi Asuma chuckled. "Kushina, we've prepared food over there. Why don't you eat and chat? I'm going to train."
Uzumaki Kushina, through her tears, smiled at Sarutobi Asuma. "Asuma, thank you, thank you!"
"You're too kind!"
Sarutobi Asuma vacated his space, leaving it for the two to catch up.
With Kushina here, Uzumaki Miri and Karin wouldn't be going anywhere.
Of course, even without Uzumaki Kushina, they wouldn't be going anywhere.
But being willing to stay in Konoha was much better than being forced to stay.
Asuma left to train, and when he returned at noon, he found Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Miri had prepared a table full of delicious food. Namikaze Minato also came over to join them for the meal.
He noticed that Uzumaki Miri was no longer flustered or uneasy as she had been upon arrival.
Clearly, Uzumaki Kushina had managed to comfort her.
At the dinner table, Uzumaki Kushina said, "Asuma, Minato and I have discussed it, and we plan to buy Miri a house near ours. What do you think?"
"Of course, there's no problem with that,"
Sarutobi Asuma replied with a smile. "It'll be good for you two to have company."
Uzumaki Kushina then asked with a smile, "When Shizune returns, can you ask her to teach Miri Medical Ninjutsu?"
"Becoming a medical ninja at the Konoha Hospital in the future would be a good choice."
Sarutobi Asuma nodded, then added, "But there's no need to rush."
"Kushina, you can teach her some basic Ninjutsu, even Fūinjutsu, first. Then, she can intern at the Konoha Hospital using Shadow Clones for a while, which would also allow her to be self-sufficient."
"Once she has a solid foundation, learning Medical Ninjutsu from Shizune will be much easier."
"And…"
Sarutobi Asuma looked at Uzumaki Miri. "With your Constitution, as a medical ninja, your achievements might even surpass Tsunade's!"
Uzumaki Miri quickly said politely, "Mr. Asuma, you're too kind!"
Minato smiled. "You don't need to doubt Asuma's judgment."
"I believe in my own judgment too!"
Sarutobi Asuma chuckled lightly. "Konoha isn't like the Grass Village; they don't know how to utilize people's talents at all."
Directly biting for healing, and even to replenish Chakra, was too outrageous!
Too crude!
Too wasteful!
Too unprofessional!
After speaking, Sarutobi Asuma looked at Karin, who was lying with Naruto in the baby carriage, and said with a smile, "When she grows up, I can take her as my disciple!"
Uzumaki Miri was stunned.
Uzumaki Kushina quickly said, "Miri, hurry and agree! Asuma is a Ninja Demigod, he's defeated the Third Tsuchikage, Fourth Raikage, Third Mizukage, and Fourth Kazekage. This guy's strength even surpasses Minato, the Hokage."
"Besides, he's very picky and doesn't take disciples easily. He didn't even think Naruto was good enough!"
As she spoke, Uzumaki Kushina looked at Sarutobi Asuma with clear displeasure.
Sarutobi Asuma looked at Namikaze Minato, who pretended not to see him, his eyes only on the food. Minato could only spread his hands helplessly and say, "Kushina-nee, Naruto already has Jiraiya and Kakashi. This is about passing down the lineage."
Without giving Uzumaki Kushina a chance to argue, he turned to Uzumaki Miri and asked, "Miri-nee, what do you say?"
Being called "nee-san" by Sarutobi Asuma made Uzumaki Miri a little embarrassed. She nodded and said, "Thank you very much for valuing me, Asuma-san. I'll be entrusting Karin to you from now on!"
With Sarutobi Asuma as her backing, Uzumaki Miri no longer worried about her daughter's future.
After the meal, Sarutobi Asuma and Namikaze Minato went out together.
"Asuma, the peace talks with the Cloud Ninja have been finalized. The first batch of prisoners has already begun to be exchanged."
Namikaze Minato said, "Only the price for the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki hasn't been settled yet."
"1 billion is too expensive?"
Sarutobi Asuma was very displeased. "The Three-Tails cost 300 million, and it was only half. We were already being very polite by not dividing the Eight-Tails as well."
Namikaze Minato chuckled upon hearing this. "But you had the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki perform concerts to make money for you."
After a lighthearted remark, Namikaze Minato became serious. "Asuma, should we divide the Eight-Tails to prepare for the future?"
Divide the Eight-Tails?
Sarutobi Asuma thought for a moment and asked, "Minato-niichan, dividing it is certainly possible. In that case, will we need to find a Jinchuriki?"
"Or, perhaps not just divide the Eight-Tails, but also find opportunities to divide the One-Tail, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Six-Tails, and Seven-Tails."
Namikaze Minato mused, "Given the current situation in the Ninja World, it's impossible for us to protect the other Tailed Beasts. The gradual capture of the Tailed Beasts seems inevitable. The power of the Rinnegan is probably something only you can resist."
"Dividing all nine Tailed Beasts will weaken the Ten-Tails' power."
"However, once a Tailed Beast is captured after being divided, the division itself cannot be kept secret, and even Naruto and Rin could be discovered."
Sarutobi Asuma thought for a moment. "Discovery is bound to happen sooner or later. We can only try to postpone it as much as possible."
Namikaze Minato nodded gravely and asked, "Asuma, if a Jinchuriki has their Tailed Beast extracted, besides resealing the Tailed Beast back, are there any other ways to save them?"
A parent who loves their child makes long-term plans for them.
Namikaze Minato wasn't just considering Naruto, but also Kushina, who was out in the open.
The future was unpredictable.
There was no guarantee that the Nine-Tails within Kushina wouldn't be extracted, so preparation had to be made in advance.
"Not now, but there will be in the future!"
Sarutobi Asuma said with certainty.
A Jinchuriki and a Tailed Beast are one. Extracting the Tailed Beast is equivalent to extracting the Jinchuriki's vitality.
Unless it's someone with a vast life force like Uzumaki Kushina, they would quickly perish.
The Sand Village developed the One's Own Life Reincarnation technique, a life for a life.
He and Tsunade had previously developed the Heavenly Sun Life Transfer technique, which had a similar effect.
However, the current Heavenly Sun Life Transfer technique could not achieve a life-for-life exchange.
But Sarutobi Asuma could!
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