章節 21: Sealing the Kyuubi

At this moment, Shintaro thought he was unlucky and immediately fled with Kurenai.

His Six Eyes detected that the Kyuubi had leaked most of its power. With his current strength, he would be close to death if he stayed at the training ground.

Seeing that Kurenai did not realize the gravity of the situation and couldn't move forward, Shintaro forcibly carried her in a princess hold, filled his legs with Cursed Energy, and fled at unprecedented speed.

"Is Bijuu's power this terrifying?!"

The chakra leaked by the Kyuubi utterly shocked Shintaro, making him understand why everyone in the village feared the Jinchuuriki.

Brutal and uncontrolled power is often only used for destruction.

In Kushina's spiritual world, the Kyuubi struggled to break free from the seal while continually disturbing Kushina's mind, "Quickly release all the seals! This way, you can be free from this pain! If you refuse, I will possess you and kill you!"

At this critical moment, Minato rushed toward Kushina despite his injuries, condensed chakra in his right hand, and slapped Kushina's stomach, "Kushina!"

He used his chakra to reinforce the [Hakke no Fūin Shiki]. The Kyuubi, frightened within the seal, even compared Minato's talent to the First Hokage's.

Sealing techniques are known to be the most challenging among all techniques, especially high-level ones passed down by the Uzumaki Clan, like [Hakke no Fūin Shiki].

Shintaro noticed that the Kyuubi's power had been contained, so he slowed his escape and decided to observe the scene from a distance.

The Kyuubi, speaking with Kushina's voice, asked, "Why does a ninja like you cling to this little girl?!"

Clearly, the Kyuubi harbored much hatred toward Minato, who thwarted its plans.

Minato held Kushina's shoulders and said, "I like strong people... I like people who are stronger than me, so I deeply love Kushina and can't bear to lose her."

Minato's touching words of love were all heard by Kushina in her spiritual world. She recalled the teachings given to her by Uzumaki Mito, the former Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi, "Kushina, we might be at the center of the vortex, but if we climb voluntarily, we will find love."

Kushina's eyes became resolute as she realized she had found her love.

She rose to fight the Kyuubi, using [Kongō Fūsa] to try and reseal it.

The Kyuubi enraged, didn't expect that its actions would inadvertently bring Minato and Kushina closer together, making it seem like a matchmaker.

The Kyuubi, furious, condensed a Bijuudama in the spiritual world and used the chains to slam Kushina to the ground. At the same time, in the real world, the leaked Kyuubi chakra caused Kushina to bleed terribly, with a chakra cloak attaching to her body, and seven tails forming behind her.

Kushina stabbed Minato with a single punch.

Kushina in the spiritual world cried out, "Minato, just leave! Go! Get out of here!!"

Minato didn't leave but looked at her firmly and said, "I won't go... I'll never go..."

Despite his injuries, he placed one hand on Kushina's stomach to strengthen the seal while hugging her tightly, thus entering Kushina's spiritual world.

"I can feel Kushina always sensing my presence in her heart!!"

Minato jumped high in Kushina's spiritual world, using the developed ninjutsu.

Kushina took the opportunity to strengthen the [Kongō Fūsa] and restrained the Kyuubi's movements.

The Kyuubi had no choice but to use the newly condensed [Bijuudama] in its mouth to fight directly with [Kourin Reika Hakkitsu Muji-Jiraiya Soushikinogan].

"I will never give Kushina to you!!"

Two chakra-filled balls collided fiercely, with an astonishing force.

The explosion that erupted instantly caused Minato, who was nearby, to lose consciousness.

When he woke up, the first thing he saw was the hospital ceiling.

Kushina looked at him worriedly from beside the bed.

Minato sat up dazed, "Ah...?"

Kushina immediately hugged him. Minato was reluctant to let go for a long time, making her cry out in pain but also enjoying it.

Jiraiya and Tsunade stood by the hospital bed with relieved expressions, watching the young couple before them.

After they finished being affectionate, Minato thanked Jiraiya and Tsunade from his hospital bed, "Thank you, Sensei and Tsunade-sama, for saving me."

Both Jiraiya and Tsunade waved their hands, saying there was no need for thanks.

"You were picked up by those two kids at the training ground. If you want to thank someone, go thank them." Said Tsunade.

Tsunade added, "I didn't heal your injuries. I just provided the treatment plan. Shizune was the surgeon."

Minato still expressed his gratitude respectfully, while simultaneously thinking about the two kids Jiraiya had mentioned.

'One was a boy with white hair and blue eyes, and the other was a girl with black hair and red eyes. I must thank them later.'

Minato reminded himself internally.

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A week later, at the Yuhi family's house, Shintaro and Kurenai were preparing to have dinner together when the doorbell rang.

Through the peephole, Shintaro's Six Eyes had already identified the visitor—it was Minato.

Shintaro and Kurenai came to the door together and opened it. Minato, wearing casual sports clothes, seemed to have recovered from his injuries.

He smiled and said, "Hello, everyone, thank you both for taking me to the hospital from the third training ground."

Shintaro responded lightly, "With such a big commotion, even if we didn't come, someone else would have."

On the surface, he and Kurenai bowed to Minato.

"This is what we should have done."

Minato quickly waved his hand and said, "No, no, I must thank you. You're students at the Ninja Academy, right? Coincidentally, I've developed a new ninjutsu to teach you."

Shintaro and Kurenai exchanged glances, already understanding what this new technique was.

"Is it [Kourin Reika Hakkitsu Muji-Jiraiya Soushikinogan]?" Shintaro asked hesitantly. If it was this ninjutsu, it would perfectly explain his copy.

Minato smiled slightly and nodded, "Yes, but now it has a new name. It was given by my girlfriend, it's called [Rasengan]."

"[Rasengan], that's a nice name." Shintaro praised.

In fact, both he and Kurenai thought the simple new name was great.

Minato showed a rather natural smile, as if he had chosen the name himself.

This way, he taught everyone the training method for [Rasengan].

Shintaro had already mastered it but continued to pretend to learn it for a week before mastering it, astonishing Minato with his talent. After all, it had taken Minato three years of development to master the same concept, always finding something unbalanced.

Kurenai wasn't adept at ninjutsu, but non-elemental ninjutsu like [Rasengan] was suitable for someone like her with no foundational ninjutsu, so she spent more than two months with Shintaro's help, and by the start of the next semester, she had barely mastered [Rasengan].