"Young Uzumaki Kushina!"
"Do you realize how dangerous what you're doing is?"
Zenkichi drooped his eyelids and stared at Uzumaki Kushina lazily.
With a flash of light, Zenkichi's body turned into particles and instantly appeared beside Kushina. Without saying a word, he delivered a kick.
Light-Speed Kick!
Though he had restrained his power, Kushina was still sent flying.
"Tch. Both of you really have a death wish. No wonder the Senju and Uzumaki clans are practically extinct."
"If you keep this up, you'll have to apologize to the Sage of Six Paths in the afterlife."
Zenkichi raised his hand and fired a laser at Kushina.
Come to think of it, the Sage of Six Paths really had it rough. The Uzumaki clan's powerful chakra and sealing techniques could forcibly suppress the Nine-Tails and extract its chakra. But Kushina was not a perfect jinchūriki and had a poor relationship with Kurama.
Kushina leapt from the flames, red chakra surging around her as the Nine-Tails' chakra cloaked her body. The laser hit the ground, exploding fiercely.
Boom!
As a result, the Senju clan had ended up in decline, and Asura had to rely on members of the Uzumaki clan to carry on his will. For over a thousand years, his descendants had fought—mostly between the Senju and Uchiha clans. Chakra reincarnation was best done through direct descendants.
His sons ended up worse off—especially the second, Asura. Even in reincarnation, there were no direct descendants left to carry his chakra, so he turned to the Uzumaki clan.
The Sage of Six Paths had troubled his descendants for centuries, and now only a handful remained.
The Uzumaki clan was barely hanging on—Uzumaki Mito had no children, Naruto had just two, and their revival still seemed far off. The Uchiha weren't doing any better—only Sasuke and Sarada remained. And Tsunade, the last of the Senju, was an unmarried elder. Once she passed, the Senju name would vanish.
Read the original manga and you'd see—can you believe the founder of ninjutsu, the Sage of Six Paths, who still watches over the world, was nearly erased from history?
"Even if I can't hurt you, don't expect to beat me easily."
Kushina landed in front of Zenkichi, pride gleaming in her eyes.
"Nine-Tails chakra cloak? How scary~!"
Zenkichi exaggerated with a smirk, raising his brows before his expression turned wicked.
"Young Uzumaki Kushina!"
"Ever heard of a dish called... Shrimp with Pig Heart?"
Zenkichi grinned. He had already decided how to handle Konoha.
Killing them all wasn't the best choice. But letting them off too easily? That didn't sit right either.
"Half-dead Konoha is the best Konoha."
"Konoha riddled with inner conflict is the one everyone truly loves."
Zenkichi murmured to himself, then vanished in a golden flash, reappearing in front of Kushina.
Light-Speed Kick!
Nine-Tails Chakra!
His leg shimmered with golden particles as he struck fiercely. Kushina, refusing to back down, met him head-on, the red chakra of the Nine-Tails boiling within her.
Boom!
Kushina was launched again.
"Too weak."
"Kushina, you're barely scratching the surface of the Nine-Tails' chakra."
Zenkichi's calm voice rang out as he raised a hand and fired another laser.
"You bastard…"
Tsunade charged at him, followed by the Third Hokage and others, surrounding him from all sides.
Each of them bore the mark of the Flying Thunder God Technique. They were trying to give Minato an opening.
"Cheap tactics."
Eight-Foot Mirror!
Zenkichi clapped his hands together and dissolved into light. In an instant, he reappeared above a building and knocked an ANBU from the Yamanaka clan out cold with a radiant flying kick.
"Targeting me from the shadows? Rude."
He murmured as golden light condensed at his fingertips. He launched an arrow of light at another Yamanaka ninja in the distance.
"Damn it!"
Minato gritted his teeth, then noticed the flood of golden light blanketing Konoha. He quickly pulled out a pair of sunglasses and slipped them on.
Boom!
Just as he did, Zenkichi appeared and smashed him with a light-speed kick.
Poof!
Minato coughed blood. He was seriously injured.
Zenkichi hadn't held back. Minato wasn't built to take hits—he was an assassin-type, meant to strike from the shadows.
"You guys better stop."
Zenkichi calmly pointed a rotating, cross-shaped beam of golden light directly at Minato.
"Zenkichi, don't do it!"
The Third Hokage shouted, waving his hand.
"Oh no~! The Third Hokage is threatening me? How scary!"
Zenkichi feigned fear, mocking the old man. But his face quickly darkened.
"Let me ask you this: who started this fight?"
"You tried to assassinate me and called it 'eliminating a threat.' But if I retaliate, I'm labeled the villain? Give me a break. Who made you judge and jury?"
The Third Hokage spoke solemnly. "What do you want?"
Zenkichi smirked and replied casually, "Nothing much. Just a deal."
Kushina snapped, "What kind of deal!?"
Zenkichi narrowed his eyes. "I want you to release the Nine-Tails. Let it roam free for one minute. If you do that, I'll release Minato. If not…"
He raised his hand and pointed toward the Hokage Rock. A golden cross beam blasted a massive hole in the stone.
"That's what happens."
Zenkichi said with a smirk. From the corner of his eye, he noticed something inside.
Beneath the shattered Hokage Rock, the hidden shelter of Konoha's civilians was now visible.
From the shadows, frightened faces began to emerge...
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