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Tsunade and Kushina, the complex "sisters-in-law," had successfully sealed Gold and Silver Brothers, Blue B.
Just as they were preparing to engage the remaining Second Tsuchikage, Second Mizukage, and Third Raikage, the Edo Tensei Kage froze.
In the next instant, without hesitation, they turned and fled.
Tsunade was perplexed.
Furthermore, the chakra accumulated in her Yin Seal was nearly depleted. Pursuing them further risked endangering both herself and Kushina.
After confirming the enemy chakra had vanished, Tsunade clapped her hands, deactivating her Tenseigan Chakra Mode.
She turned and stopped Kushina, who was eager to give chase.
"Driving them back is victory. Don't risk further pursuit, Kushina!"
"Eh—Yes! Lady Tsunade!" Kushina relented, recalling the Kamui shuriken she'd been about to launch, and deactivated her golden Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
Her condition seemed much better than Tsunade's.
Uzumaki and Senju—both possessed naturally vast chakra reserves.
Tsunade had developed the Yin Seal to expand her chakra reserves, storing unused chakra for critical moments. Her ultimate techniques, comparable to Hashirama's passive abilities, had secured her place in the Shinobi World.
Though her reserves were vast, her recovery rate was limited. Previously, as a close-quarters fighter with healing abilities, her chakra had seemed inexhaustible. But now, having unlocked the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, her chakra consumption was—astronomical.
A single basic attack consumed nearly half of chakra.
Her recovery couldn't keep pace with her expenditure. She was exhausted.
But Kushina was different. She was a pureblood Uzumaki, chosen as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki during Uzushiogakure's alliance with Konoha, a testament to their friendship!
Her physique was among the strongest in the Shinobi World.
And now, through—forceful persuasion, she'd convinced the Nine-Tails to share its most precious treasure. Her chakra was practically self-sufficient.
Even while piloting a giant mecha, launching Kamui shuriken—as long as it wasn't a Perfect Susanoo, Kushina's chakra could maintain a state of equilibrium.
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"I—I'm not dead?"
"Kushina! How are you? Is the baby alright?!" Minato, gravely wounded, finally awoke under the combined healing of the Palm Healing Jutsu and Yang Nine-Tails chakra.
Though grimacing in pain, his first thought was of Kushina. His vision still blurry, he already wore an expression of concern, his voice urgent.
Then, Minato witnessed a shocking sight.
His wife, during his unconsciousness, had donned a golden Tailed Beast cloak. The cloak was so brilliant, so dazzling—she, more than him, the Yellow Flash, truly embodied the moniker!
"The children are safe~ Mikoto is taking care of them," Kushina said with a smile.
Her bright, cheerful, happy smile deeply affected Minato Namikaze.
He mirrored her foolish, happy grin, then, as if noticing something, looked down at his own abdomen.
"Eh? This is the Four Symbols Seal? No, wait, it's a Double Four Symbols Seal—an Eight Trigrams Seal! What happened?"
"Simple. I split the Nine-Tails in two. The Yang chakra is sealed within you, Minato. You don't have to worry anymore."
"Huh? Isn't that—a bit reckless?"
Minato's head spun. He instinctively asked, "The Nine-Tails—when did it become so docile? And that enemy just now..."
"You're not the Nine-Tails. How do you know it isn't docile?" Kushina brandished her fist. "Kaigetsu-kun lured that puppet away. From now on, I'll protect you, Minato!"
As the couple chatted...
Gojo Kaigetsu, like an immortal, descended from the sky, his feet resting on the charred remains of Pain, and returned.
Witnessing this scene of domestic bliss, Gojo Kaigetsu also smiled genuinely. "Minato, you're awake~ You look much better."
"Thanks to you all..." Minato scratched his head.
It seemed—he hadn't done much in this battle. He'd fought fiercely against the Five Paths of Pain, then, at the critical moment, unhesitatingly used the Flying Thunder God to rescue Fugaku.
After that, his role was over.
And because his internal organs had been damaged by lightning, then reshaped by the ultimate Yang Release power, setting aside the Yang Nine-Tails chakra within him, his strength—was even greater than before.
It was as if the Ultraman Brothers, their warning lights flashing, had been joined by another Ultraman who transferred his light energy, resulting in all three becoming stronger than before.
Then, Gojo Kaigetsu's expression hardened. "Alright—since you've recovered, there's one more important task for you, Minato."
They exchanged a glance, understanding the unspoken meaning.
"Eh—What is it? Are you hiding something from me?" Kushina asked suspiciously, her gaze shifting between Minato and Gojo Kaigetsu.
Gojo Kaigetsu took a deep breath, bent down, and deactivated the barrier of his Limitless technique. He extended his palm, his most vulnerable point, towards the tip of a black receiver.
Then, with a slap, he impaled his hand, blood welling from the wound.
The Six Eyes blazed—
Gojo Kaigetsu captured that faint, elusive wisp of chakra clinging to Pain! Then, his vision transcended space and time, tracing that chakra back to its source.
Until he saw—Nagato Uzumaki, collapsed in a driving machine in the basement of a civilian house in Amegakure.
Gojo Kaigetsu grinned. "Hiding here, are we—Found you, Nagato!"
Through the residual chakra on the black receiver, Gojo Kaigetsu had finally pinpointed Nagato's true location.
After confirming this, he abruptly pulled his hand from the receiver's tip.
Then, before Tsunade's astonished gaze, the bleeding wound on Gojo Kaigetsu's hand healed at a visible rate.
Tsunade couldn't help but gasp, "This is—Grandpa's Seal-less Healing? Why do you know it too, Gojo?"
"Not Seal-less Healing, it's Reversed Cursed Technique~" Gojo Kaigetsu corrected, then, with a glare, shot a faint wisp of chakra towards Minato's brow. "Minato, Nagato's coordinates are recorded in this chakra."
"My guess was correct. Nagato is indeed hiding his true body in Amegakure. In that case—I leave everything to you, Minato!"
"You must win!"
Having chakra invade one's brain was extremely dangerous. If the transmitter had malicious intent, they could easily manipulate that chakra to destroy the target's body.
But because the Shinobi transmitting this chakra was Gojo Kaigetsu, Minato Namikaze had no defenses, allowing Gojo Kaigetsu's chakra to enter his brain like a USB drive plugging into his neural interface.
Ding
System has—apologies, wrong channel.
Coordinates linked!
Minato's eyes shone with a strange light, as if he'd truly been plugged into a system.
Of course, the coordinates were just coordinates, nothing more. Not like some coordinate that, with a single shout, could command all those possessing chakra.
After a moment of disorientation, Minato received the coordinates Gojo Kaigetsu had obtained at the cost of his own blood. His expression turned incredibly serious, and he nodded solemnly.
This was the first time he'd seen Gojo Kaigetsu bleed, and it was for him!
Its significance, in a way, was as precious as Kushina bleeding for him on their wedding night!
Minato raised his hand, clenching it into a fist, and pressed it against his heart. "Bearing the name of the Fourth Hokage, I will seal Black Zetsu and retrieve Nagato's Rinnegan!"
Gojo Kaigetsu nodded. "Then I leave it to you, Minato. I will catch up as quickly as possible!"
Minato looked at Kushina with apologetic eyes. "Sorry, Kushina. There are some things I didn't mean to hide from you. It's just—the situation was urgent, no time for details—Trust me, wait for my return to the village!"
Minato took a deep breath, his eyes filled with unwavering determination.
Such long-distance teleportation—was unprecedented for him. The chakra required was unimaginable. Previously, a single ultra-long-distance Flying Thunder God might have depleted his chakra, leaving him unconscious. But now—he too possessed a massive internal power source!
"Nine-Tails Chakra Mode—Release!"
The Eight Trigrams Seal on his abdomen loosened. A golden Nine-Tails chakra cloak enveloped him.
Golden Flash Minato, has arrived!
The flowing sashes of his cloak danced in the wind.
But that wasn't all...
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