Shouldn't I seize this opportunity to guide him? Maybe I can unseal him early.
The Nine-Tailed Beast immediately followed the direction of the Chakra to find Kushina.
At this moment, a person was already standing in front of Kushina, smiling and walking towards her.
"Kushina!" The voice was very gentle.
Kushina's body trembled, and she slowly turned around.
After seeing the other person's face clearly, her expression immediately changed, and her fists clenched tightly.
"Kushina!"
The person took a step forward and opened his arms.
What awaited him was a series of punches, each heavier than the last.
"Bang!"
After taking a heavy punch to the stomach, the man staggered back several steps, his body almost disappearing.
"Minato, stay away from me. I get angry just looking at you now!" Kushina said, huffing.
Kushina was not surprised to see Minato Namikaze.
The Eight Trigrams Sealing Style was, in essence, an energy converter.
The Nine-Tailed Beast's Chakra was extracted by this converter, transformed into ordinary Chakra, and then used to charge Kushina and Minato Namikaze, and could even be converted into Naruto's Chakra.
When Naruto's Chakra entered this converter, the sealing and conversion effects became even stronger.
Now she had gained the magical buff of "infinite energy."
Naruto, the Nine-Tailed Beast, and Minato Namikaze's Chakra also benefited.
Of course, as long as she actively turned off this magical buff, Minato Namikaze would disappear.
"What's wrong with you?" Minato Namikaze remained still, honestly.
"Do you know who that masked guy who caused us so much trouble back then really was?" Kushina's hair fluttered in the wind as she asked.
"Wasn't it Uchiha Madara?" Minato Namikaze asked back, looking confused.
Although he had doubts about the masked man claiming to be Uchiha Madara, he largely believed it.
After all, that guy possessed the legendary Mangekyo Sharingan, even if it was only one, plus that spatial Ninjutsu, which made him imagine Uchiha Madara fighting a great battle with Senju Hashirama back then, losing and getting injured, narrowly escaping with his life, and hiding to recuperate.
Even so, an elderly and one-eyed Uchiha Madara could make him feel immense pressure, showing that the title of asura of the shinobi world was by no means an empty boast.
Furthermore, that guy could summon the Nine-Tailed Beast and harbored deep resentment towards Konoha.
Considering all factors, Uchiha Madara was the most suspicious.
"Uchiha Madara?"
Kushina sneered and said coldly, "He's not Uchiha Madara, but your good student, Obito Uchiha!"
"Impossible!" Minato Namikaze's smile vanished instantly, and he instinctively retorted, "It absolutely cannot be Obito. Not only did Rin and Kakashi personally witness Obito's death in battle, but even if he were alive, how could he become so strong?"
"And what reason would he have to attack you, me, and Konoha?"
Saying the masked man was Obito Uchiha seemed like a fantasy from any angle.
"Is that so?" Kushina asked with a cold smile.
What Minato Namikaze said was exactly why she had been dazed and confused before.
But now, she had completely figured it out.
"The masked man's Mangekyo Sharingan is on the right, while Kakashi's left eye is Obito's Sharingan, which was transplanted."
"Also, Uchiha Madara's corpse was brought back to Konoha by the First Hokage and buried by the Second Hokage. Could he have deceived two Hokage-sama?"
"Mikoto told me that the shortcut to awakening the Sharingan is intense emotional stimulation, and I believe the awakening of the Mangekyo Sharingan is the same. I remember Obito was very fond of Rin, but Rin willingly died by Kakashi's hand."
"You told me that when you arrived at the scene to save Rin, dozens of Jonin from the Hidden Mist Village were dead, and Kakashi was unconscious and remembered nothing afterwards. Is it possible that Obito just happened to be there at that time?"
"Perhaps he wanted to kill everyone he cherished to gain power."
Kushina suddenly had a flash of inspiration at this moment, guessing everything correctly except for Obito's true motive.
Minato Namikaze was rendered speechless by her, and after a long while, he said, "Never mind that masked guy for now, what exactly is going on with you?"
He still couldn't believe Obito would do such a thing, always feeling there was another hidden reason behind it.
More than that, he wanted to know why Kushina could appear for so long without consuming Chakra, and even temporarily escape from the Shinigami's stomach.
Also, why did she suddenly start pondering about the masked man?
"I..."
Kushina was about to mention the diary when she suddenly felt a chill envelop her entire body.
She immediately understood that if she spoke it, her soul would shatter.
So she quickly changed her words: "There's nothing to say!"
"Also, I don't want to see you right now!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Kushina immediately lifted the infinite energy state brought by the magical blessing.
She could now roughly guess that Naruto's childhood wasn't very good, and combined with Lin Mo's opinion of Jiraiya and the matter of Obito Uchiha, it made her feel that Minato Namikaze's master and that person were both not very good.
Her mood was already bad, and after this commotion, she found Minato Namikaze even more irritating.
Might as well not see him!
"Kush..." Minato Namikaze was about to say something when he felt a powerful force pulling him back, dragging him directly into the Shinigami's stomach, falling together with the Nine-Tailed Beast.
Just then, a voice echoed in this space.
"Kushina."
"Are you angry? Do you want power?"
"As an old friend, I can lend you power."
The Nine-Tailed Beast followed the Chakra fluctuations and finally found Kushina's Chakra mental world.
Its voice was filled with a certain power, spreading with the Chakra, carrying a strange magic.
"Nine-Tailed Beast!"
Kushina saw the Nine-Tailed Beast and suddenly laughed.
"You've come at just the right time!"
Swish!
Several chains flew out from behind her, binding the Nine-Tailed Beast like a zongzi.
Then, she began to cast various Ninjutsu, attacking the Nine-Tailed Beast mercilessly.
Nine-Tailed Beast: "..."
I'm truly an idiot!
Lin Mo had no idea that what he casually wrote would trigger a series of changes.
Now, he was writing the last few sentences in his diary.
[One thing I'm quite puzzled about is that Anko and Teacher Kurenai discussed this with me without avoiding Hinata and Ino at all. Aren't they afraid of being talked about?]
[Could it be that Hinata and Ino already knew about this, which is why they were so casual?]
As soon as this sentence was uttered, all the girls holding a diary copy subconsciously tensed up.
He hasn't discovered anything, has he!?
[Looking at Hinata and Ino's reactions at the time, they should have known about it already. Maybe Yuhi Kurenai or Anko told them in advance?]
[This idea should be correct; otherwise, the four of them wouldn't have come to find me together. It seems their relationship is quite deep.]
[Although it wasn't mentioned much in the anime, this is reality. Anko is Orochimaru's disciple, from the Mitarashi Clan. Yuhi Kurenai is a Jonin skilled in Genjutsu. Hinata and Ino are from the Hyuga and Yamanaka Clans, respectively. Konoha Village isn't large, so it's normal for them to have known each other for a long time or even become friends.]
[Perhaps Ino and Hinata becoming Asuma's and Yuhi Kurenai's students, respectively, is partly because of their good relationship.]
[However, the Third Hokage must have also had this intention. That old man is truly cunning!]
After writing this, the diary hadn't had new entries for a long time.
Only then did the girls relax, realizing that Lin Mo hadn't truly become suspicious, but merely found an excuse to gloss over the matter.
At least for now, they didn't have to worry about him discovering that the diary's contents had been seen by others.
But this also served as a reminder to them to be even more careful in front of Lin Mo in the future.
This guy's observational skills were too keen; he always noticed when something was amiss.
"We almost got caught red-handed." Anko patted her chest in relief.
Yuhi Kurenai looked at Ino and Hinata and smiled, "It seems we need to find an opportunity to deepen our understanding, lest we reveal ourselves in front of Lin Mo later."
"Then during lunch break, I'll treat you two sisters to dessert." Ino affectionately linked arms with Hinata.
"You're still students, I'll treat." Anko said generously.
Ino and Hinata didn't stand on ceremony either.
At this moment, Yuhi Kurenai suddenly asked Hinata, "Hinata, what was the reward you received at midnight?"
"...Well..." Hinata stammered, unsure how to answer.
"Don't misunderstand, I'm not trying to pry into your secrets. I just want to know if that diary is really effective and how valuable the rewards it gives are." Yuhi Kurenai knew this question was a bit overstepping, and might even be annoying, but she had a reason she had to ask.
Solving the matter of Yakumo Kurama was urgent.
However, she felt that Lin Mo was particularly attentive to Hinata and Ino, making it difficult for her to become someone he often talked about, and the same went for Anko and Yūgao Uzuki.
This meant that in a short time, she wouldn't be able to know the specific contents of the rewards.
If the diary's rewards were truly good, competition would surely be fierce once the news spread.
So she wanted to clarify what the rewards were early, to decide whether to take advantage of the current small number of competitors and quickly perform well in front of Lin Mo to secure a spot.
"Whoosh!"
Ino and Anko also stared at Hinata curiously.
The rewards mentioned in the diary included "Bloodline Limit," "Secret Technique Ninjutsu," "resurrection," and so on, any of which could cause a stir in the Ninja World.
They were also curious whether these rewards were real.
"This diary is indeed quite miraculous."
"The reward I received, it's not like I can't say."
Hinata took a deep breath, clasped her hands at her waist, her eyes sharpened, and activated her Byakugan without hand seals.
Then, she gathered Chakra in her palms, transforming it into a large amount of Gentle Fist Chakra, which, upon deformation, became two fierce lion heads.
"Wow, that's amazing!"
Ino watched Hinata's sudden change in aura and couldn't help but exclaim.
She felt that those two lion-headed attacks could knock her down with a single blow.
Compared to Ino, Yuhi Kurenai and Anko were much more shocked, because they were experts!
"Hina, Hinata."
Yuhi Kurenai swallowed and confirmed, "This is your Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist Twin Lion Fists, right?"
"Yes, Sister Hong." Hinata retracted the lion heads and wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Although she could technically perform the Gentle Fist Twin Lion Fists, her own Chakra was still too little to sustain it for long.
"Oh my goodness!"
Upon hearing the affirmative answer, Yuhi Kurenai and Anko both involuntarily gasped.
Seeing their reaction, Ino quickly asked, "Sister Hong, Sister Anko, is this Gentle Fist Twin Lion Fists really that powerful?"
"This is more than just about being powerful or not." Yuhi Kurenai tried to calm herself down and asked, "Do you know what Gentle Fist Twin Lion Fists means?"
Ino shook her head lightly; how would she know?
"The Gentle Fist Twin Lion Fists is a secret taijutsu passed down in the Hyuga Clan, and it's a high-level Secret Technique that only members of the Main House are qualified to practice. Its cultivation also requires a bunch of conditions, such as..."
Yuhi Kurenai briefly explained the basic knowledge that could be shared with Ino, finally concluding, "To put it simply, the Gentle Fist Twin Lion Fists means that Hinata already has the strength to contend with a Jonin."
Upon hearing this, Ino's eyes instantly widened.
"Hinata hasn't even graduated yet, and one reward gave her the strength of a Jonin!?"
"That's right." Yuhi Kurenai nodded.
Actually, she wouldn't be too surprised if Hinata at this age had the strength to contend with a Jonin.
After all, her former classmate Kakashi Hatake, and Itachi Uchiha who annihilated his clan at thirteen, their experiences were much more exaggerated than this, and their strength and rank were perfectly matched; that's what you call truly powerful.
But Hinata having this strength wasn't due to talent or effort, but to a reward.
And it was through taijutsu, the method that most requires time to refine.
"Too, too exaggerated." Ino's mouth was agape, her face full of surprise.
After a while, her eyes lit up: "It's decided. I need to spend more time around Teacher Lin Mo in the future and try to get a reward from the diary too."
If she could also learn future Ninjutsu in advance like Hinata, or even possess a Bloodline Limit, wouldn't she suddenly become super strong?
Coincidentally, she was also quite interested in Lin Mo, so she might as well start taking the initiative.
"..."
Looking at Ino's behavior, Yuhi Kurenai suddenly felt that she shouldn't have explained it so thoroughly just now.
Isn't this just asking for trouble for herself!
At this moment, Anko rested her chin on her hand, pondered for a while, and said, "What ingredients should I buy tomorrow morning? Or perhaps I should ask Lin Mo-kun for his opinion tonight?"
Are you here to ask for opinions?
I'm too lazy to expose you!
Yuhi Kurenai sighed silently in her heart.
"Clap!"
Anko clapped her hands, suddenly realizing, "Oh, why am I only eating breakfast? Actually, I can also have dinner with Lin Mo-kun in the evening, but he doesn't seem to like cooking very much..."
Speaking of this, Anko suddenly turned to look at Hinata, leaned close to her, and whispered, "Little sister Hinata, I feel that just making breakfast isn't enough. To truly improve one's cooking skills, what do you think?"
Hinata blinked, her voice delicate, and a faint blush appeared on her cheeks: "I think Sister Anko makes a lot of sense."
"That's great!" Anko immediately responded, "Then how about we cook together every evening?"
"...Okay." Hinata nodded shyly.
Yuhi Kurenai stood by silently: ...Well, it seems everyone has started to compete secretly.
Then let's have a competition and see who is better!
Yuhi Kurenai and the other three girls quickly got busy with their respective tasks.
Some went on missions, others went to school.
Time flew by, and in a blink of an eye, it was dusk, the setting sun painting the sky in shades of orange and red.
On the rooftop of the Ninja Academy, Lin Mo, who had been lying down all day, slowly opened his eyes and murmured, "It's almost time."
Immediately after, many images suddenly flooded his mind.
Those were the memories of his three Shadow Clones practicing Rasengan all day in a secret location outside Konoha Village, using the clumsy method Jiraiya taught Naruto, which involved playing with balloons to practice Chakra control.