Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his eyebrows.
This is an opportunity.
Soon, the ANBU ninja who had just left returned to the Hokage's office, "Sandaime-sama, Yufeng, Yulei, and Kuroyoru have rushed to support Nighthawk. Do I want to go and support him?"
"No need, come here." Sarutobi Hiruzen said solemnly.
Anbu ninja came to his side.
Sarutobi Hiruzen pointed at Namikaze Minato's figure in the crystal ball and said, "Lead Minato in the direction of Kushina."
"Yes." The ANBU ninja accepted the order, but there was some hesitation in his heart. He couldn't help but ask: "Sandaime-sama, although Namikaze Minato is very strong, he has been promoted to special jonin not long ago. Is it too dangerous to let him go? What if he acts rashly? , will it..."
"Don't worry, Minato won't do it, go ahead." Sarutobi Hiruzen said calmly.
"Yes." The ANBU ninja left immediately.
This incident is a good opportunity for Sarutobi Hiruzen, a good opportunity to check and balance.
White Fang's achievements and reputation were so high that even the old fellows of the Thousand Hands clan were restless.
Although Jiraiya had no intention of competing for the position of the Fourth Hokage, he also made great achievements in this great ninja war.
Jiraiya may be more inclined to support Tsunade than Orochimaru.
Therefore, Sarutobi Hiruzen would rather Jiraiya support his disciple Namikaze Minato.
After all, there is still time!
Although he had the idea of training a successor in his mind, he did not want to abdicate so early. He would not put the election of the Fourth Hokage on the agenda until he was at least fifty years old.
There is still a lot to do, so create a balanced situation.
After all, there is an entire Sarutobi clan behind him, and he cannot fall easily.
Once Tsunade comes to power, it will be difficult for Sarutobi Hiruzen to accept whether it is to restore the banner of the Senju clan or to continue to implement the Second Hokage's policy of eliminating the boundaries of the ninja clan.
Because there is no Hokage in Konoha who can convince everyone.
Maybe the second generation and the first generation could do it, but Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't, and neither could Tsunade.
During his tenure, he trained the Sannin, discovered the White Fang, and guided the reform of the Jonin system, which also allowed more Genin to be trained.
After the death of the second generation, Konoha became more powerful in his hands. Although many of the heritage was left by his predecessors, he asked himself that he also had some credit.
So in the last period of his ruling career, he just wanted stability!
Drastic reforms would be too risky.
What he wants is a successor who can maintain the success, not a pioneer.
Because this is not conducive to the stability of Konoha.
The Fire Nation is surrounded by four major nations, and Konoha must not be in chaos.
Therefore, he can accept that Nezuki will compete for the fifth generation Hokage in the future, but he does not really want Tsunade to become the fourth generation.
Because by the time the rope tree really grows, it will be at least more than ten years later. By that time, Orochimaru has already inherited his ideas, and many policies have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Time will prove him right!
...
The three Kumogakure ninjas tied up Kushina and quickly moved away from Konoha. They did not slow down slightly until they were approaching the border and took a breath.
"Kyuubi, are you okay?" Kushina asked in her heart: "We will reach the border in a while, and there may be more enemies by then."
"Wait a moment, I want to hurry up, but I can't." Kyuubi's voice was a little helpless.
Feeling the "slow" accumulation of chakra, and the fact that most of it was suppressed by King Kong's seal, Kyuubi was so angry that he cursed at the sealed space:
"Mito! If you keep suppressing my chakra! I won't care about Kushina!"
At this time, at the top of the sealed space, a ball of light green chakra the size of a fist emerged, emitting a faint glimmer.
It seemed as if he was really frightened by Kyuubi's "threat".
There was a "clatter, clatter, clatter" sound from the metal chain, and the golden chain on Kyuubi's body actually loosened a lot.
Although the chain still entangled Kyuubi's body, it at least changed from a "convex" shape to a "big" shape, and all the limbs were released from the chains.
"Is it really useful?"
After King Kong's blockade was relaxed, Kyuubi's perception suddenly increased greatly.
It sat up with difficulty in the sealed space, closed its palms, and the speed of refining chakra skyrocketed.
"Kushina, it's okay."
Kyuubi reminded after gathering chakra.
"By the way, there are four ninjas about a thousand meters in front of you. They look like they are ambushing you. There are two more people hiding behind, approaching here. Let's do it now!"
As the Kyuubi chakra was replenished, Kushina felt her body heat up rapidly, and her eyes flashed red.
"What are you doing?! Let's go!" Kushina suddenly stopped. The Kumogakure ninja frowned and pulled the rope hard, but he found a huge force coming and he flew towards Kushina.
"Go to hell!"
Kushina suddenly burst out with her breathing technique, pushed her arms hard, broke the rope, and punched the Kumogakure ninja who flew over, denting his entire chest.
Instant death!
"not good!"
"Damn it!"
The other two Kumogakure ninjas were confused. They originally thought that Kushina was just a genin with some special chakra. Why did she suddenly burst out with such terrifying power and kill one of their companions in an instant.
The breathing technique and Nine-Tails Chakra instantly boosted Kushina's strength and speed.
Shadow Clone Technique!
Kushina divided a dozen shadow clones and started a group fight against the two of them.
Within a few rounds, the remaining two special jonin of Kumogakure were subdued by her.
The three of them were all at the bottom of the jounin level in terms of strength. The main reason was that Kumogakure's side sent people to befriend Konoha. They could neither send ninjas who were too strong nor too weak.
If they fought head-on from the beginning, Kushina wouldn't be afraid even if she was one on three. The main reason was that she had little experience in fighting the enemy, so she missed and was captured.
The breathing method combined with the Nine-Tails Chakra is too powerful. Even if her fighting skills are average, each punch carries a terrifying power that ordinary people cannot bear. A single touch to the body will break the muscles and bones.
Kushina tied the two Kumogakure ninjas together with ropes.
At this time, a blond boy quickly came to Kushina.
Kushina looked at Namikaze Minato in front of her, frowned, and blurted out: "Are you a sissy?"
Namikaze Minato looked confused and smiled awkwardly.
He also wanted to find a good time to make a sneak attack and save people from the enemy. Unexpectedly, Kushina suddenly burst out and knocked down all the enemies in three strikes, five divided by two.
By the moonlight, Kushina noticed a few strands of red hair held in Namikaze Minato's hand.
"Did you notice the hair I grew out?"
Her impression of Minato Namikaze had always been that of a pretty boy, effeminate, and not very masculine.
"Yes." Namikaze Minato nodded and explained: "I just finished my mission and met a suspicious person on the way back to the village. I lost him while tracking him, and then I noticed the hair you left, so ..."
"Don't you think of me as a stranger like everyone else? You didn't expect that you were willing to help me?"
"actually, I......"
Kushina waved her hand and said: "Forget it, that's good if you have this intention, thank you. Let's take these two people back to the village first."
"Yeah." Namikaze Minato hesitated, not knowing what to say.
"That's right." Kushina suddenly stopped Namikaze Minato.
"What?"
Kushina stretched out her hand with a serious expression: "Give me your hair! I'm afraid Bai Yu will misunderstand!"
"Uh..." Minato Namikaze stiffened and returned his hair.
...
On the way back, Kushina continued to communicate with Kyuubi using chakra.
"Kyuubi, what do you think?"
"Anyway, the four ninjas following you from a distance should be the ANBU who usually monitor you. And ever since my perception ability was restored just now, I feel like I'm being spied on."
"The sense of peeping? It's the third generation's 'telescope technique'! Could it be that..."
"That yellow-haired boy has no ill intentions towards you. He probably didn't lie. According to my speculation, that third generation may have deliberately given him a chance to show off in front of you."
"Why do you think so?" Kushina's face looked a little unsightly. Thinking of the other four Anbu standing by and watching, she had to think more.
"Without my sense of perception, you would have never known that there were people around you. If you were saved by someone when you were most desperate, you should be very grateful to him, even if you didn't have a good impression of that yellow-haired boy. In addition, they probably Are you afraid that you will lose control near Konoha?"
Kyuubi analyzed.
Is this what Grandma Mito meant when she said that? The third generation... Kushina felt a chill in her heart.
It wasn't until this moment that she truly understood the depth of Mito's words, and also understood Bai Yu's painstaking efforts.
Why should she learn to think and analyze by herself?
She used to rely on Bai Yu and didn't like to use her brain to think about complicated things.
Now she regrets it.
Without Bai Yu's help, she would have been weak and incapable of saving herself. Then she would be grateful to Namikaze Minato for being saved by him.
Even if Namikaze Minato came to save her sincerely, Sandai's behavior was making a fool of her life!
Kushina was silent for a long time and asked: "Kyuubi, why can you think of so many things?"
"That kid from Bai Yu teaches you every day, asking you to change your way of thinking and learn to analyze problems. It makes me sick! Even I know the situation in Konoha, but you still don't know how to ask me why? Idiot!"
Kyuubi curled his lips, showing the disdain that a top student would have when facing a scumbag.
"..." Kushina fell into silence, but when Kyuubi scolded her, she felt better.
"You are really... Mito, I ****" Kyuubi wanted to continue to educate Kushina, but he never wanted to Uzumaki Mito to kill the "fox", and the golden chain quickly tightened, pulling him away from The "big" font is re-locked into a "convex" font.
Even the mouth was blocked by it!
"Uh-huh--"
Kyuubi could only let out a few groans from his throat to maintain his last stubbornness.
Unreasonable!
