The sky was cloudless, with only the round moon hanging there.
At night, Konoha Village is still as peaceful and peaceful as usual, and the bustling night market becomes lively as night approaches.
"Is this Konoha? Teacher Jiraiya's hometown..."
Nagato was wearing a hooded black coat, and his face was hidden under the hat, so that no one could easily see his full face. He stood above the Hokage Rock and murmured to himself.
This is the highest point of Konoha. From this position, you can have a panoramic view of the entire Konoha.
In his eyes, the peaceful country and peaceful village seemed a little bit annoying.
Because the peace of these villages is only based on the pain of small countries, they can hold the so-called peace in their hands.
Of course, Nagato felt that he no longer needed to blame anyone.
Just like Hanzo said, the life of a ninja is a life of fighting.
You cannot use your own weakness to try to awaken the enemy's conscience.
As a citizen of a weak country, if you don't want to compromise and surrender, you can only resist and fight. There is nothing left but the will to resist and fight, nothing to lose.
This is the revelation that the deaths of Yahiko and Hanzo brought to him.
Nagato also often thinks about whether what he does is right or wrong, but he feels that this kind of thinking is too arrogant, because he hasn't even reached the goal, and talking about right and wrong here is too narrow-minded.
There is never an absolutely right or wrong path in the world. Human beings are always on the road of exploration.
If one day you fail, it will only prove that you can only do so much. You cannot resent others, you can only resent your own weakness.
Looking at the scenery of Konoha Village, children are running happily on the streets and playing happily with their friends.
The unique food stalls on the roadside attract the favor of passers-by.
The tired ninjas put their arms around each other and walked into a barbecue restaurant. While drinking wine and enjoying delicious food, they talked freely about their ideals in life.
This kind of peaceful scene is something Nagato has never seen before. In the past, his Yahiko and others only held the ideal of peace and ran back and forth on the war-torn battlefield, brushing against death.
Will such peace come to Amegakure and the Land of Rain in the future?
No, it will definitely come! Nagato made up his mind.
It is undoubtedly foolish to talk about right and wrong on the issue of position.
"Nagato-sama, it's almost ready over there."
A White Zetsu leaned out half of his body from behind Nagato and whispered to Nagato.
"I got it. Later, I will tell Fei to use the Mangekyō Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails and summon the Nine-Tails to a farther place."
Nagato said.
"Why is this happening?"
Bai Jue was slightly stunned.
"I don't want to involve the villagers of Konoha. Many of them are not ninjas."
"However, only by summoning the Nine-Tails to the center of Konoha can we severely damage Konoha to the greatest extent."
Bai Jue said urgently.
"This is just a battle of ninjas, and has nothing to do with civilians who don't understand ninjutsu."
"Konoha may not have thought this way on the battlefield in the Land of Rain."
White Zetsu thinks Nagato is too pedantic.
After going through something like that, do you still have such a kind heart?
If you do this, you will definitely suffer big losses in the future.
Nagato seemed to have seen through Bai Zetsu's thoughts, and said in a calm voice: "This is not kindness, nor compassion. If I do this, what is the difference between me and the Konoha ninja who once ran rampant on the battlefield of the Land of Rain? Woolen cloth?"
There is always a wrongdoer and a debtor, and Nagato has never seen the world so clearly for a moment.
If he really did this, then his structure would only be on the same level as Konoha's.
How qualified is this self to bring peace to this world?
"But I still feel..."
Bai Ze was still saying something, but Nagato interrupted him calmly:
"Without a heart of peace, there is no power, and it is just violence to others. Even if you have a heart of peace and strength, it is also violence to others."
"In this case, why do you still care about the lives of Konoha villagers?"
"Although both are violent, the results may not be the same. I have my principles and practices, and Konoha also has its own principles and practices, that's all."
What Nagato said was almost the final word.
At this point, Bai Jue knew that if he continued to question him, he would be a bit guilty.
"I understand, I will inform Fei. Please wait here for a moment, Nagato-sama."
Bai Jue sighed and disappeared underground.
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The ANBU ninjas were flying quickly on the roof, heading towards a certain place to gather.
Finally, they passed through the secret passage and quietly arrived in the forest outside Konoha.
There are more than one ANBU team coming here. A rough count shows that there are more than twenty ANBU ninjas gathered here.
The meeting only lasted for less than half a minute. All twenty Anbu dispersed and took up their positions to prevent anyone from sneaking in.
From a position that the ANBU were unaware of, two figures slowly emerged, lurking somewhere quietly.
It was a huge rock that blocked the entrance to the huge mountain.
Suppressive charms were also affixed to the rocks, and protective barriers were set up to prevent outsiders from entering.
"Is that where the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki gave birth? It was so easy to sneak in."
"Don't be careless, tell Fei to come over quickly. After all, the opponent is the yellow flash, and there are so many ANBU, it is not so easy to deal with. If necessary, Nagato-sama will also take action."
The woman's painful screams during childbirth passed directly through the rocks where the barrier technique was arranged, and spread outside faintly.
Let Bai Zetsu, who is responsible for the investigation, know that this is the place where the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki gave birth.
It is not particularly difficult for them to avoid the ANBU's sight. Their sneaking method cannot be detected by ordinary perception ninjutsu.
But the next action is the key. The opponent is the yellow flash who has lost the Iwagakure and Kumogakure troops in a row. It is difficult to live up to its reputation. With such a ninja as an opponent, you must be prepared to fight at any time.
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The interior of the cave used for childbirth is vacuum and huge, and various medical facilities are prepared in advance.
On the bed board, Uzumaki Kushina, who had the strongest tailed beast Nine Tails sealed in her body, was twisting her body in pain, with layers of sweat flowing on her face, and her face was wrinkled in pain.
Minato pressed his hands on his wife Kushina's belly button where her clothes were open.
With Kushina's navel as the center, the sealing spell unfolded there, emitting a strange red light, and an evil aura overflowed from Kushina's body uncontrollably.
Minato's eyes were solemn, and he concentrated chakra with his hands to form a sealing technique to suppress the nine-tailed chakra in his wife's body.
This evil chakra was powerful beyond his imagination.
He felt that his hands were very hot, and he felt like putting his hands in the boiling water. Like Kushina, his face was also full of cold sweat.
Not only was Kyuubi's powerful chakra making him feel stressed, but he was also worried about Kushina's personal safety.
If this force goes berserk at this moment, the consequences will be disastrous.
"Don't be nervous. This is the most advanced sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan. You just need to maintain it well and the Kyuubi will not come out to cause trouble. You are the Hokage of the village, so don't make such a fuss all the time."
The woman who was responsible for directing the hospital staff to deliver the baby was already in her fifties, and her face was covered with many wrinkles.
"I know, Lord Biwako, I'm just a little nervous seeing Kushina in such pain."
Minato's face was still tense, not daring to relax.
"Really, as Hokage, don't panic because of this kind of thing. This is a difficulty that a woman must go through. As a qualified husband, you must learn to trust your wife. Women are not as good as you imagine. So vulnerable."
Lake Biwa taught Minato a lesson in the tone of an elder, or maybe it was because Minato underestimated women as a group.
Minato smiled.
Lake Biwa, the full name is Lake Sarutobi Biwa.
She is the wife of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen. When she was young, she was also a powerful ninja. She was also the third Hokage's good wife, helping him deal with many things.
That lecturing tone was just to comfort Minato, a woman with a sharp mouth and a soft heart.
"Kushina, just hold on, you'll be fine soon."
Biwako said she was relaxed, but she was a little nervous in her heart.
As a ninja, Kushina will naturally not be as fragile as ordinary women. Coupled with the strong physique of the Uzumaki clan, giving birth to a child will only be very painful for the women of the Uzumaki clan, and will not be affected by various reasons. Loss of life by accident.
"Minato, maintain the seal, the child is coming out!"
After a while, Biwahu's face became more and more serious.
"yes!"
Minato concentrated, temporarily pretending that Kushina's screams of pain did not exist, and concentrated on maintaining the Nine-Tails Sealing Technique on Kushina's navel.
The only danger to Kushina's life is if the seal goes out of control and the power of the nine tails goes wild, which may bring the risk of losing her life to Kushina.
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"The Kyuubi Jinchuuriki can really scream. Is giving birth really that painful? Is it just like me not being able to poop...that kind of pain called sadness?"
Bai Jue A Fei, wearing a black coat and a mask with strange patterns on his face, lowered his head and thought seriously.
"Are you an idiot? How can defecating be the same as giving birth? That's not the same thing at all, right?"
Bai Jue, who was beside him, started complaining.
"But... the feeling of never getting out is really depressing and annoying."
A Fei said so matter-of-factly.
"Because you have no excretory system at all."
Bai Jue replied to him seriously.
"I knew I would have asked Madara-sama to install an excretory system for me. I really want to know what it feels like to have a bowel movement."
A Fei sighed.
It sounds very regrettable that I can't poop.
Beside them, four Konoha Anbu ninjas fell in a pool of blood, their pupils dilated, and their eyes contained deep shock and fear.
"Act quickly, and if you fail, I'll beat the crap out of you."
After hearing this, A Fei just shrugged his shoulders, pressed his hands on the huge stone where the barrier technique was arranged, and then his body seemed to melt into it and disappeared.
We marched forward for a while and soon arrived at the area where the delivery was taking place.
Although the painful cry of Kushina Uzumaki, the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, as she gave birth to her child, made people feel very fragile, but A Fei knew that now was the most vigilant moment for the yellow flash, and it was not easy to succeed.
Hiding his body in the soil, waiting for the opportunity to come.
A Fei did not wait too long for this wonderful opportunity.
The baby's cry suddenly sounded in the room.
Kushina's body on the bed gradually calmed down, but her breath was weak, nothing serious.
Minato and Biwako suddenly showed joy on their faces, and the two female medical ninjas beside them also breathed a sigh of relief.
The room was filled with Kyuubi's chakra. When they were delivering the baby, they felt a huge mountain pressing on them, making them unable to breathe.
"Congratulations, Yondaime. You are a very healthy boy."
Biwako held the newborn baby and gently coaxed the crying baby.
"Thank you, Biwako-sama."
Minato also cried with joy, feeling greatly relieved.
"By the way, does this child have a name?"
Biwako asked.
"Yes, his name is Naruto. It's the name of the protagonist in Jiraiya-sensei's book."
Minato replied.
"Jiraiya's...protagonist's name?"
The corner of Biwako's mouth twitched, and the expression on his face became subtle.
If she remembered correctly, the books written by that brat Jiraiya were all forbidden books under the age of eighteen that were forbidden to read.
"Yes."
Minato didn't notice Biwako's subtle expression.
"Just decide."
Biwako came to Kushina with the child in her arms and asked her to see the child she gave birth to with her own eyes.
"Naruto...that's great..."
Kushina opened her eyes weakly, with a happy smile on her face, and looked at the baby in Biwako's arms, her eyes full of love.
After a while, Biwahu said: "Okay, the child has been delivered safely, and the follow-up matters still need to be handled."
"I see."
Minato nodded seriously.
The next thing to deal with is to stabilize the seal of the Nine Tails.
Due to the childbirth, the power of the sealing technique used to seal the Nine-Tails on Kushina was greatly weakened. Chakra was still floating out indistinctly. It must be suppressed as soon as possible to re-stabilize the seal and make the Nine-Tails honest.
Biwako held the infant baby in his arms and walked aside with a smile.
"Kushina, let me help you stabilize the seal."
Minato took a deep breath and prepared to perform the technique.
"Excuse me, Minato."
"It doesn't matter, you are the one who works the hardest."
Suppressing the excitement of having an heir, Minato focused on the seal of the Kyuubi. Just as he was about to use the sealing technique on Kushina, a shrill scream suddenly shocked Minato and Kushina.
There were panicked screams from two female medical ninjas. They looked at Lake Biwa lying in a pool of blood with horrified expressions. Next to them stood a mysterious man wearing black clothes and a mask on his face.
His breath was gloomy and cold, and he didn't know when he stood there.
This mysterious person is naturally Ah Fei.
He deliberately chose this time to attack because this was the time when Minato and others were most relaxed, and they would not think that anyone would attack at this time.
"Lord Biwako!"
Minato's pupils shrank, and when he saw Lake Biwa lying there, the expressions of surprise and anger on his face suddenly intertwined, and he glared at Fei fiercely.
"Who are you?"
"This is really a boring question, Yondaime Hokage-sama. However, your child is in my hands, so it's best not to act rashly."
Ah Fei chuckled and held the baby in his arms with a threatening tone.
"You bastard, let go of Naruto!"
Just as Minato was about to take action, Kushina's cry came from beside him.
Monster red chakra burst out from Kushina's body in large bursts, and terrible cracks appeared in the surrounding walls. The thick stone wall could not withstand the explosive impact of this red chakra.
"No, Kyuubi!"
Minato calmed down immediately. If he wanted to use the sealing technique, he would first stabilize the Nine-Tails Chakra in Kushina's body.
Seeing this, A Fei knew that Minato's sealing technique could not be successfully used, otherwise the plan to release the Nine Tails to cause Konoha to lose its combat power would become very difficult.
"The Yondaime Hokage, let me see, do you love your children or your wife more?"
Without mercy, A Fei threw the baby in his hand towards the far wall.
"No! Naruto! Minato, hurry up-"
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Naruto flying towards the wall. Kushina shouted anxiously, but she was helpless. The time and space of Kyuubi's chakra, coupled with the fact that she had just given birth to a child, her body was extremely weak, and she couldn't stop it at all.
The moment Kushina shouted, Minato's figure disappeared in an instant, his feet stepped on the wall, stabilized there, and held Naruto firmly in his arms.
Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the surrounding space quickly distorted.
Minato's expression changed in shock. The fatal danger was coming, and he dodged to the side without hesitation.
Where the wall used to be, there was a shockingly large hole.
No gravel fell, it was as if a piece had been severely cut out and disappeared from there.
This is... time and space ninjutsu? Minato looked slightly shocked.
When he turned around to look, A Fei had already disappeared into the room, along with Kushina who was lying on the bed.
"Damn it!"
Minato's expression was gloomy, with a blue murderous look on his face.
A Fei's chakra is difficult to sense with chakra.
But A Fei took Kushina with him, and because the seal in Kushina's body was broken, the Nine-Tails chakra spread out uncontrollably. Minato could easily sense which direction Kushina was taken.
However, he had to take Naruto to a safe place first before he could pursue the enemy without any worries.
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With the cold full moon as the background.
The dark forest was filled with blood-red clouds, which were the Nine-Tails' chakra. It was spreading out of control to the surrounding area at a terrifying speed, and there was no way to stop it.
"Really, it would be great if it could be taken to the center of Konoha Village and released."
A Fei carried Kushina who had lost the power to resist, stopped in an open space, and muttered a complaint.
For him, it can cause a huge sensation, and how many people die is not considered at all.
He is not a human being anyway, so in his eyes, the number of human deaths is just a number.
It was just Nagato's order that they couldn't disobey.
"However, the Mangekyo Sharingan is really useful. This woman used genjutsu to directly control it. This distance should be far enough. If civilians are killed or injured by then, it has nothing to do with me."
Kushina, who was trapped in the illusion, had a confused consciousness and could not understand the meaning of A Fei's words at all.
Putting Kushina on the ground, the opponent's face was dull and the chakra in the body was disordered. The Nine-Tails chakra also took the opportunity to detonate, trying to escape from Kushina's body.
"Don't be anxious, Kyuubi, you will be free immediately, and you will be free under my Mangekyō Sharingan. Also, I'm sorry, Yondaime Hokage, I won't be polite to your wife."
Fei chuckled and stretched his palm towards Kushina's body.
——Flying through the woods, Minato had an anxious look on his face, but he didn't lose his sense of proportion in his heart.
Kushina's chakra stopped, which meant that the enemy did not leave too far.
The aura of the Nine-Tails Chakra was so recognizable to Minato, it was almost like a lamp in the darkness, illuminating the path of Minato's pursuit.
Although Minato didn't know what the enemy's purpose was, he could never let the enemy mess around.
Moreover, the eye that used the space-time ninjutsu just now... is it the Sharingan? Minato secretly guessed,
The enemy's eyes are indeed similar to the Sharingan, but they are not the basic magatama shape.
If that is also the type of Sharingan, there can only be one possibility - the Mangekyo Sharingan.
The Supreme Eye Technique that surpasses the ordinary Sharingan.
The Mangekyō Sharingan is not a secret to Minato. In the collection room of the Hokage Building, there are a lot of secrets about the Sharingan in the handwritten notes left by the second Hokage Senju Tobirama.
A lot of research has been done on the Sharingan.
Among them, there is the Mangekyo Sharingan, which is not a more advanced Sharingan with the basic Magatama as its shape.
If you encounter such an Uchiha ninja, be extremely careful.
This was recorded in the Second Hokage's handbook. Minato thought it had always been a mythical legend, but he didn't expect it to actually exist.
While Minato was thinking about how to respond, a powerful chakra reaction appeared within his range of perception.
Minato turned his head and looked to the side, and the fierce and violent wind blew everything away.
"Shinra Tenzheng!"
The ground tore apart and the giant trees turned into broken wood. Minato was unable to stop the sudden violent wind, and his body was thrown away along with the earth and broken wood.
Minato adjusted his body in the air, but still fell to the ground in a rather awkward position and stood still, looking forward with a heavy expression.
Nagato appeared in a black coat full of mystery, and because of the hat, his face was hidden in the darkness.
But the meaning of hostility is very clear.
"Don't even think about taking a step forward until the Kyuubi comes out."
Nagato warned Minato in a calm tone.
Is the target the Kyuubi in Kushina's body? Minato narrowed his eyes slightly and took a deep breath.
Without saying a word, Minato disappeared from the spot, leaving only a golden light that brought death.
When he reappeared, he had appeared behind Nagato, holding a three-pronged kunai in one hand and a blue chakra sphere rotating irregularly in the other hand, facing Nagato mercilessly. Press behind.
boom!
The powerful repulsive force that shattered everything around him, together with the attack, caused Minato's body to fly uncontrollably in the opposite direction again.
As a golden light passed by, Minato escaped from the range of the repulsion and returned to the original place, frowning at Nagato.
Nagato's weird repulsive ninjutsu made him feel that he was in trouble and was not an opponent that could be easily solved.
His body couldn't withstand such an impact, and if he didn't use the space-time ninjutsu to escape, he would probably be injured by that move.
"There was actually a kunai connecting time and space ninjutsu ambushed there from the beginning. I almost didn't notice it. It's really you, the Fourth Hokage. No wonder Chiba Shiraishi said, when I fight you, I have to be extra careful about you. That’s the saying about Ninjutsu.”
Nagato said with lingering fear.
Fortunately, he kept an eye on it and didn't relax just because he had the advantage, otherwise he would have been seriously injured at that moment.
"What!?"
Minato heard an incredible name and immediately widened his eyes in disbelief.
Suddenly, Minato felt that there was a huge conspiracy hanging over Konoha.
Chiba Shiraishi! This name was too familiar to Minato.
Could it be that this attack on Kushina was also for... Minato couldn't bear to think about it anymore.
Before Minato could ask a question, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and rainless thunder flashed between the clouds, rumbling with a deafening sound.
boom!
The roaring thunder was also mixed with the wild howls of wild beasts.
Chakra like a blood cloud surged in like a tsunami, causing both Minato and Nagato to put aside the idea of fighting and couldn't help but look there.
Dust and smoke were billowing not far away, and the monster's roar came from there.
Nine tails danced and rolled wildly in the sky like nine giant pythons. The earth cracked and swept across the forest. The wind and clouds changed colors. Storms came one after another, and the sky seemed to be trembling.
