Kushina, her hair pulled, felt a sharp pain in her scalp and was forced to lean back.
She stubbornly gritted her teeth, silently looking up to stare at the person behind her pulling her hair.
The person behind Kushina initially had a fierce glare, but upon meeting Kushina's intense stare, his heart suddenly tightened, a flicker of panic appearing in his eyes. However, he pulled her hair even harder.
The Root mission had to be completed. Even knowing the person in his grasp was the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, he had to press on.
The pain in Kushina's scalp intensified, but she still didn't make a sound.
The other person, seeing they hadn't provoked Kushina, suddenly slammed his palm hard against her stomach.
If it were a fist hitting Kushina, Yōkō wouldn't have been nervous; it would just be an escalated version of bullying.
But using a palm likely meant a sealing technique!
Sure enough, Uzumaki Kushina's expression instantly changed.
Similar to Naruto's fox-like features in the original story, the shape of Kushina's pupils changed, instantly becoming the vertical slits of a fox!
A sinister chakra surged around them.
Within the narrow space behind the school building, fierce winds whipped up.
The Ninja Academy teacher looked uneasily at the Fox ANBU, unsure what they were really trying to do.
"How should I explain this to you? I'm ANBU. The ones acting are Root. I don't have the authority to stop Root's operation."
Just then, a blond figure quickly jumped down from the second floor.
He first stood upside down on the upper window frame, then forcefully pushed off it, giving himself a strong reactive force.
Yōkō's eyes showed surprise.
He noticed a detail: when Namikaze Minato just pushed off the window frame upside down, a burst of fierce wind appeared at his feet.
He compressed Wind Release chakra under his feet and instantly released it to enhance his Body Flicker speed.
This method of compressing chakra... seemed somewhat similar to Hatake Sakumo's techniques?
Having been continuously monitoring Uzumaki Kushina these past few days and not going to the training ground where Hatake Sakumo and Namikaze Minato were, had Hatake Sakumo already started teaching Namikaze Minato chakra compression?
The Chakra Crystallization Refinement technique was an extremely difficult secret technique.
With the system's help, Yōkō had learned the crystallization of Earth Release chakra, but his progress with crystallizing the other chakra natures hadn't been significant.
He never expected Namikaze Minato was already beginning to explore the compression of Wind Release chakra.
It was far from the level of crystallization, but he could already compress chakra stably.
What incredible talent.
The Flying Thunder God Technique could be obtained from Tsunade. If combined with Konoha's White Fang's Chakra Crystallization, then Namikaze Minato's future strength might not necessarily be weaker than in the original story.
What he might lack in the future could be the Mount Myōboku Summoning Technique and Sage Mode.
Fortunately, Yōkō had an excellent relationship with the remaining Uzumaki members and was brothers-in-law with Namikaze Minato. This was called an early investment.
Namikaze Minato was extremely fast, landing instantly and appearing beside Kushina.
The person behind Kushina was still holding her hair when his wrist was grabbed by Namikaze Minato.
"Ah!"
A scream followed as his wrist was broken.
Then, Namikaze Minato delivered a flying kick, sending the person in front of Kushina flying hard into the wall.
The wall cracked, and broken bricks flew out.
Yōkō said, "Teacher, you'll need to repair that wall. Send the bill to Root."
This teacher said, "Minato has gotten stronger again. How did his speed increase so much? And his method of generating force has changed too. It's strange, I've never seen it before."
Of course he's faster. Just look at who's teaching Namikaze Minato.
The Nine-Tails chakra emerged, and everyone nearby felt a sinister chill.
Uzumaki Kushina held her head, trembling, growling lowly.
The Nine-Tails' red chakra appeared like bubbles.
Namikaze Minato held Kushina's shoulders, wanting to calm her down but unsure how.
Some students noticed the commotion behind the school building.
Students appeared in twos and threes at the end of the alley, their numbers growing.
Yak suddenly appeared behind him and said, "Captain, the Root ninja don't seem intent on resolving the situation. What should we do?"
"If Root isn't in a hurry, neither are we. Let's wait a bit longer."
Kushina desperately wanted to control the Nine-Tails chakra, but an interfering seal on her stomach was counteracting her own seal.
A semi-transparent chakra tail slowly began to form behind Kushina.
Yōkō thought to himself, Root is being a bit reckless, treating Kushina entirely as a weapon. Too crude.
Namikaze Minato was very anxious. He didn't want the other students to see Kushina like this.
Kushina suddenly looked up, her fingers forming a claw, and swiped at Namikaze Minato's abdomen.
Her nails grew unnaturally, sharp like blades.
Namikaze Minato didn't expect Kushina to attack him and had no time to dodge, his abdomen getting scratched.
Kushina's attacks were relentless, continuously clawing at Minato.
Yōkō glanced at the large tree where Root was hiding and saw they still showed no sign of acting.
Kushina's strength had increased significantly; Namikaze Minato was actually at a disadvantage in terms of raw power.
But he couldn't hurt Kushina.
Just as Kushina's sharp claws were about to grab Namikaze Minato's throat, a figure instantly appeared.
The ANBU ninja wearing the fox mask grabbed Kushina's wrist with his left hand and, with his right hand fingers spread, struck Kushina's abdomen.
Five Elements Seal!
This was a sealing technique specifically targeting chakra. The ANBU had this technique in its collection, so Yōkō dared to use it here.
After becoming a squad captain, Yōkō could learn all the techniques stored by the ANBU and no longer needed to hold back.
Testing the Nine-Tails' seal was one thing, but he couldn't let Namikaze Minato get hurt.
The Nine-Tails chakra was weakening; the semi-transparent chakra bubbles became unstable.
The semi-transparent fox tail swaying behind Kushina made a final lash towards Yōkō.
Yōkō instinctively activated his Absolute Defense: Copper Light.
Copper Light defended against physical attacks. The Nine-Tails tail, composed of chakra, struck Yōkō, causing a searing pain.
The sinister Nine-Tails chakra quickly vanished.
But Yōkō was left with a lingering fear; the Nine-Tails chakra was truly special.
The Root ninja paused. He had been prepared to act, but the Fox ANBU squad captain had beaten him to it.
He never expected the Fox ANBU squad captain's sealing skills to be so refined, actually managing to seal the Nine-Tails chakra.
The bullying incident ended quickly. Teachers stepped in, dispersing some students and comforting others.
When Yōkō arrived at the Hokage's office, he saw Senju Hanaki, Tsunade, and Danzo.
Root's Hei was responsible for the report, roughly explaining the situation with the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki's seal.
Finally, Hei made his assessment:
"The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki's strength is too weak. The seal Lady Mito placed on her is weakening."
"If her strength doesn't keep up, problems will arise with the Nine-Tails seal."
"A significant amount of Nine-Tails chakra leaked, and a tail appeared behind the Jinchūriki."
"The malicious Nine-Tails chakra attracted many students."
"With just one tail, the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki lost rationality, attacking everyone around indiscriminately, even failing to recognize Namikaze Minato, who she is closest to."
"Squad Captain Fox intervened, using the Five Elements Seal to seal the single tail composed of Nine-Tails chakra."
Tsunade glanced at Fox. He had the ability to seal Nine-Tails chakra?
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