Is Tsunade or Nawaki dead?
Kushina was startled. To prevent her Great Aunt Mito's seal from being affected, the Village and the clan had cut off many sources of information.
She hadn't expected Great Aunt Mito to still guess something.
Uzumaki Mito judged from Kushina's expression that she had guessed correctly.
Is it Tsunade or Nawaki? It's okay, tell me, I'm going to die too.
Great Aunt, it's Cousin Nawaki.
Uzumaki Mito nodded, looking at her tearful daughter-in-law, Rinmu's wife.
Don't be sad. Don't be sad over my death, or anyone else's.
The Village is Hashirama's dream. This is a difficult and long road, and I can only walk this far.
The Village still has you. You must continue, uphold Hashirama's dream, and be worthy of so many sacrifices.
The Adamantine Chains behind Uzumaki Mito suddenly swayed, grabbing towards the Nine-Tailed in mid-air.
The Nine-Tailed now had all nine of its tails out, forming a translucent Nine-Tailed in the air.
The Adamantine Chains pierced through the Nine-Tailed's nine tails, then turned in the air, flying towards Kushina.
Uzumaki Mito's powerful Chakra prevented the Nine-Tailed from rampaging, and from fully materializing, keeping it translucent.
Uzumaki Mito walked towards Kushina. She used her left hand to guide Kushina to form hand signs with her right hand, together.
Adamantine Chains flew out from Kushina's back, connecting with Mito's Adamantine Chains.
The Nine-Tailed's nine tails, following the connected Adamantine Chains, were pulled into Kushina's body.
Uzumaki Mito! Are you still not letting me go?
Pierced by the Adamantine Chains, the Nine-Tailed's howl echoed through the night sky.
As the seal transferred, more and more Nine-Tailed Chakra rushed out of Uzumaki Mito's body, and the Nine-Tailed's form became more and more solid.
Senju Rinmu shouted, "The Nine-Tailed is about to struggle! Senju Ninja! Use the Combined Sealing Jutsu!"
Over nine hundred Senju Ninja simultaneously formed hand signs, pressing them onto a long scroll on the ground.
Curse marks similar to the Self-Inflicted Curse Sealing appeared on the scroll.
The curse marks flew out like chains, flying towards the Nine-Tailed, climbing onto its body.
The Nine-Tailed's torso and joints were locked by the Combined Sealing Jutsu, unable to move.
Night Light thought, the Senju Clan's Combined Sealing Jutsu is truly strong, it can gather the strength of hundreds of people to lock down the Nine-Tailed.
With the assistance of the Senju Clan, the Nine-Tailed Chakra continued to slowly enter Kushina's body.
All nine tails completely entered Kushina's body.
The Nine-Tailed's two hind legs also entered Kushina's body.
Just as everything was proceeding smoothly, Night Light saw several people rushing over from a distance.
It was Danzo and his two assistants!
More importantly! Danzo's right eye was wrapped in bandages!
Night Light suddenly remembered the Shimura Clan youth's corpse; that person's eyeball had been dug out by Orochimaru, and his eyelids sewn to his brow bone, leaving two bloody holes.
Had Danzo gone to Orochimaru to transplant an eye during his disappearance?
Danzo stood behind Hiruzen Sarutobi, concealing his figure with Hiruzen Sarutobi's Hokage Robe and hat.
The Senju Clan members couldn't see Danzo, but Night Light, from the side, could.
Danzo raised his hand, his finger touching the eye patch over his right eye.
Sealing curse marks appeared on the eye patch; that eye patch could block detection, preventing others from seeing what was beneath it.
Quickly lifting the bandage eye patch, Danzo briefly looked at the Nine-Tailed, using Hiruzen Sarutobi's Hokage hat for concealment.
The Nine-Tailed, which had been locked by Uzumaki Mito and the Senju Combined Sealing Jutsu, paused its gaze.
It slowly moved its eyes, looking towards the Valley of the End, at Uchiha Madara's towering stone statue.
An unusually powerful Genjutsu made the Nine-Tailed remember something.
It felt as if it was once again in the Valley of the End battle.
Uchiha Madara, controlling it with Sharingan Genjutsu, had encased it in Susanoo, and it had violently collided with Senju Hashirama, who stood atop the Wood Release Great Buddha.
The Nine-Tailed was originally controlled by the Adamantine Chains and the Senju Combined Sealing Jutsu; however, another Chakra appeared on the Nine-Tailed's body.
This Chakra instantly transformed into Susanoo, as if armoring the Nine-Tailed.
Senju Rinmu cried out tragically: "This is bad! Why is there a Susanoo from the Uchiha Clan?!"
Senju Rinmu looked around; there was no one else except the Anbu on the periphery.
He then looked at the Uchiha Madara statue in the Valley of the End. Could Uchiha Madara have left some Chakra here?
The Susanoo appeared for only a second or two before disappearing; however, the Senju Combined Sealing Jutsu and Uzumaki Mito's Adamantine Chains instantly collapsed.
The Nine-Tailed regained its ability to move.
It unhesitatingly opened its mouth, condensing a Tailed Beast Ball.
"Quick, interrupt it!"
All Senju Ninja increased their Chakra extraction, desperately pouring Chakra into the sealing jutsu.
However, the Tailed Beast Ball grew larger and larger.
Uzumaki Mito raised her head, her clouded eyes instantly clearing.
She first looked at the periphery.
A plume of dense white smoke was unusually clear in the night, that was Hiruzen Sarutobi's summoning smoke for Enma.
Hiruzen Sarutobi had already shed his Hokage Robe and hat, holding the Adamantine Staff, smashing the surrounding forest, as if some terrifying enemy had appeared in the woods.
Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted: "We must find the culprit who broke the seal!"
Anbu Ninja scurried through the forest.
Night Light thought, your acting is really good.
Isn't Danzo right behind you in the white smoke?
Uzumaki Mito said:
I will restrain the Nine-Tailed, but the subsequent sealing can only be completed by you.
Two more Adamantine Chains shot out from Uzumaki Mito's body. These two Adamantine Chains locked the Nine-Tailed's neck and head, forcibly turning the Nine-Tailed's head.
The Nine-Tailed struggled wildly, and Uzumaki Mito's Adamantine Chains clanged loudly as they were pulled.
Blood flowed from Uzumaki Mito's mouth. In the last moment, she successfully twisted the Nine-Tailed's head.
The Tailed Beast Ball shot out, not downwards, but diagonally upwards into the distance.
The Tailed Beast Ball did not hit the Senju Ninja, and every Senju Ninja breathed a sigh of relief.
The Nine-Tailed's struggle also tore Uzumaki Mito's two Adamantine Chains directly from her body.
A large piece of Uzumaki Mito's flesh was brutally torn off.
Blood gushed, and a terrifying, gaping wound appeared on Uzumaki Mito's back.
Uzumaki Mito spat out a large mouthful of blood and knelt forward on the ground.
Uzumaki Mito's waist struggled to remain upright as she painstakingly formed the last hand sign.
Kushina, I must go. Don't be afraid, you will find someone to fill your heart…
Only the Nine-Tailed's upper body remained suspended in mid-air, struggling.
If not for the Susanoo, this sealing would have surely been completed smoothly.
However, Uzumaki Mito collapsed first.
This oldest matriarch of Konoha Village, her body as thin as a withered branch, fell to the ground, dead.
An era ended; the last person of the Village-founding generation, Uzumaki Mito, sacrificed herself for the Village.