"Um, can I join too?" Kushina suddenly asked. As the last heir of the Uzumaki Clan, she was also intimately familiar with Sealing Jutsu and felt a bit envious at the moment.
Furthermore, she wanted to figure out what that sudden, inexplicable sense of familiarity was all about.
Minato and Takuno were both stunned. Then, Takuno said, "If Minato agrees, then I would certainly welcome it greatly."
"Hmph, then it's settled. He wouldn't dare disagree," Kushina said, raising an eyebrow.
Minato smiled beside her and did not refute her.
Afterward, Kushina left, taking Minato with her.
Takuno watched their retreating figures, rubbed his empty stomach, and looked at the sky, hoping Ichiraku Ramen hadn't closed yet!
Although Minato's sudden visit was unexpected for Takuno.
After a day of exchange, he felt it was a good thing. Although he could truly be called a specialist in Sealing Jutsu, theoretically having spent much more time studying it than Minato.
However, behind Minato was Kushina, who possessed the foundation of the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu.
The power of the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu was well-known. In fact, the reason for their clan's destruction was largely because they lacked the corresponding strength yet possessed such exceptional Sealing Jutsu, making every major country covet it.
From this perspective, the possibility of the Uzumaki Clan's destruction being directly involving Konoha was very low, because Konoha could obtain the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu without needing to do so.
Who taught Kushina's Sealing Jutsu? Uzumaki Mito!
Whose wife was Uzumaki Mito? Senju Hashirama!
As long as they maintained a good relationship and intermarried, Konoha would essentially receive a share of the Sealing Jutsu developed by the Uzumaki Clan later on. Was Konoha truly so bored that it would participate in the destruction of the Uzumaki Clan?
Takuno believed that the destruction of the Uzumaki Clan was either carried out by the other major Hidden Villages, who, knowing the Uzumaki Clan's alliance with Konoha, struck them with lightning speed, preventing Konoha from providing timely support, or Konoha simply stood by and watched.
Although he specialized in Sealing Jutsu, he was only one person, and no matter how much he researched, he could never compare to the foundation of an entire clan.
In fact, Minato was also sighing, thinking that if he didn't have the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu knowledge, he would most likely be inferior to Takuno, and even now, he didn't surpass Takuno by much.
This made him somewhat admire Takuno; one person's research had managed to reach such a profound level.
If the 'senior' he referred to earlier was merely a respectful title due to Takuno's age, now, he meant it sincerely.
If the Uzumaki Clan's knowledge of Sealing Jutsu were given to Takuno, his Sealing Jutsu would inevitably surpass his, and even Kushina's!
On the second day, Minato did not come again. Takuno knew that he had once again received orders from the Third Hokage and rushed to the front lines. This time, he probably wouldn't return until the Third Great Shinobi War was completely over.
Although the war seemed to have subsided for now, no truce agreement had been signed, so the Third Great Shinobi War was never officially considered finished.
However, every nation understood that this war could not be sustained for much longer, as maintaining it was too great a drain on their villages.
Even Konoha, which was vast, rich in resources, and abundant in materials, was struggling to hold on, let alone the other Hidden Villages.
Therefore, it wouldn't be long before this Great Shinobi War, which hadn't lasted many years, would officially conclude.
Actually, the current situation didn't particularly require Minato to go to the front lines again, but... Takuno could figure out what was happening. It was simply that the Third Hokage finally wanted to abdicate, so he was letting Minato continue to build up prestige on the battlefield.
This did not surprise him. What did surprise him was that another genius from the Uchiha Clan had recently risen to prominence on the battlefield.
His name was... Uchiha Shisui!
"Uchiha Shisui, huh?" Takuno murmured. His deeds mostly existed in flashbacks.
Of course, his biggest point of memory was the Kotoamatsukami that could alter perception!
The strongest Genjutsu, Kotoamatsukami, although it was never fully demonstrated in the original work, its name certainly resonated throughout Naruto. It even spawned many conspiracy theories based on its ability, such as Uzumaki Naruto's will being altered by the Kotoamatsukami Genjutsu from the very beginning.
But that was just a conspiracy theory. Of course, that was only the ability of one eye; the other eye was with Danzo, an eye that could subtly change the opponent's thoughts without requiring eye contact.
However, it was not as forceful as the other eye, and the effect could be recovered from later, just as Mifune the Samurai successfully recovered.
Furthermore, that eye could probably only affect one person at a time, otherwise, wouldn't it be better for Danzo to influence everyone at once?
It was clear that its limitation forced Danzo to only choose Mifune.
In short, this was a Mangekyo Sharingan with massive limitations: one ability had an extremely long cooldown, and the other's effect was very limited in the number of people it could influence. Even if the two were combined and the power enhanced, it probably wouldn't change these limitations.
Moreover, Takuno did not believe they could alter the will of a Six Paths level being, but below Six Paths, Super Kage might be able to resist slightly depending on the user, and below Super Kage, there would be no resistance whatsoever.
As for whether he wanted this pair of eyes?
Takuno still wanted them, though not to implant them in himself, but to take them out and use them once when needed.
But overall, this Sharingan was not essential for him.
"Sure enough, it still has to be Kamui," Takuno sighed after much thought. The most overpowered ability was indeed Kamui, a Dojutsu that could injure a Six Paths level being with power below the Six Paths level!
Pulling back his thoughts, Takuno came to the back mountain today not to contemplate those matters, but to practice Ninjutsu.
He had already learned the Ninjutsu he acquired at the exchange center, such as Lightning Release: Ground Running and Wind Release: Vacuum Wave, among others.
He naturally came here to learn some Ninjutsu that could not be exposed to others.
For example... Takuno extended his hand, and soon a ball of Chakra light appeared on his palm. It was the Rasengan, the Jutsu whose specific learning method was taught in the original work.
He had certainly learned the Rasengan long ago, but this Ninjutsu was not practical for his former self. With his pitiful Chakra, he couldn't use the Rasengan more than a few times.
Now that his Chakra problem was solved, he naturally came here for the next step, the Wind Release: Rasengan, and the further step, the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
As for Lightning Release, fusing it with the Rasengan seemed difficult. Although electricity can flow through a medium, such as a wire, if it is in the air, its form would inevitably be closer to the Chidori used by Kakashi.
In fact, the Chidori was essentially another version of the Rasengan. It was a Ninjutsu Kakashi created himself after watching Minato demonstrate the Rasengan to them, and perhaps there was some commonality between them.