Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 251 Sealing Technique? No way!

Upon witnessing the power of the Nine-Tails, even Minato Namikaze, with his composure, paled drastically.

Judging from Naruto's unfamiliarity and curiosity towards him, he had guessed something about the future. Either he had taken on a special mission and couldn't stay by the child's side, or he had died in the near future.

But now that the Nine-Tails has appeared in his son, what that signifies is self-evident.

As a Konoha ninja who received standard Fire Will ninja training, Minato Namikaze was prepared to sacrifice himself for the village from the day he put on his headband. However, this did not mean that he could accept that Kushina would die along with him.

Jiraiya felt somewhat guilty facing Minato's gaze. If he were to reveal all the information he currently possessed about the night of the Nine-Tails' rampage to Minato, given Minato's strength, he would have no problem surviving that night. However, in order not to affect history and the future, he could only remain silent at this moment.

In just a short while, Naruto had already engaged in a fierce battle with a full 10 combat puppets.

Naruto, his body shimmering with golden light, dodged and weaved amidst the puppets' attacks. Although he needed to hold the Loulan Queen he had just caught with one hand, the puppets couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes. However, Naruto's usual punches and kicks could only leave a few marks on the surface of these puppets.

"What a hard turtle shell! Let's try this!" Naruto shouted, raising his free right hand high. A massive amount of chakra gathered in his hand, swirling and growing larger and larger.

Unlike Sasuke's diverse Lightning Release ninjutsu and Neji's dazzling array of high-tech ninja tools, Naruto's most reliable offensive method against enemies so far is the Rasengan. As for other Wind Release ninjutsu, although Uchiha Touko taught him quite a few, so he wouldn't have to rely solely on Shadow Clone Jutsu and the Rasengan to fight his way to the end like in the original timeline, Naruto still finds the simple and direct Rasengan most effective when facing powerful foes.

The main point is that for Naruto, the power of the Rasengan increases dramatically with the amount of chakra input. For Naruto, there is nothing that a single Rasengan cannot solve; if there is, it means that the amount of chakra input is not large enough.

So at this moment, facing this puppet with a hard shell, Naruto didn't even think twice before creating a Rasengan that was even bigger than the puppet's body, and then slammed it heavily into one of the puppets.

“Minato… this is…” Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shiki turned to look at Namikaze Minato upon seeing this. Although it was slightly different from the one Minato used himself, this technique was clearly the Rasengan.

"What's your relationship with this kid?" Akimichi Choza couldn't help but ask. Both of them had blond hair, and this little blond kid was even using the big blond kid's original ninjutsu. The two of them didn't seem to be completely unrelated at all.

"This is truly astonishing." Minato Namikaze was also deeply shocked by Naruto's fighting style. The Rasengan could be used like this?

The puppet hit by Naruto's Giant Rasengan was instantly blasted into pieces by its terrifying power. However, just as Naruto dealt with one puppet, several more puppet figures began to gather in this direction from a short distance away.

"I'll go and bring him back first." Seeing this, Minato knew that he couldn't delay any longer, so he threw a sword of ninja love in the direction of Naruto and then activated the Flying Thunder God Technique.

When Minato appeared in front of Naruto, Naruto, who always relied on instinct during battle, almost smashed his father's forehead with a super giant Rasengan. However, after realizing what was happening, Naruto managed to stop himself and let Minato's hand rest on his shoulder.

A flash of light, and Naruto and Minato returned to the alley where everyone was hiding. Minato didn't linger and immediately led everyone out of the inner city.

After everyone arrived at the outpost in the outer city, Naruto finally put down the Loulan Queen he had just rescued. Although the Loulan Queen was not seriously injured, she had fainted from the high-speed movement Naruto had taken her through during the battle.

"What do we do now?" Shiki Aburame glanced curiously at Naruto, who had returned to her side, before turning to look at Minato Namikaze.

"Let's wait for the queen to wake up first," Minato Namikaze said.

While waiting for the Loulan Queen to awaken, the atmosphere among everyone became somewhat strange.

Aburame Shiki and Akimichi Choji's eyes kept shifting between Naruto and Minato, trying to figure something out. Minato, on the other hand, looked at Jiraiya, hesitant to speak, wanting to ask him what exactly happened in the future and why the Nine-Tails was in Naruto's body, but also worried about the irreversible consequences it might have on the future.

Before long, Queen Sara of Loulan slowly woke up. When she woke up and saw so many people surrounding her, Sara was startled and screamed.

"Your Majesty, please calm down. We are here to protect your Konoha ninja." At this moment, Minato Namikaze approached Sara and reassured her.

It has to be said that Minato's aura has a magical power to calm people down. After seeing Minato Namikaze, Sara quickly calmed down as well. She remembered that when she accidentally fell off the tower, it was one of these people who saved her.

“Where…where is this?” Sarah asked.

“This is the outer city of Loulan,” said Minato Namikaze.

“In any case, thank you for your help. However, I must return to the palace,” Sarah said. “I am the Queen of Loulan. If I am missing for too long, Loulan will descend into chaos.”

“I don’t really recommend that you go back to the palace now. Don’t you think it’s very strange that you fell from the tower?” Minato reminded him at this moment.

“This ninja is overthinking it; it was probably just an accident,” Sarah said.

“It wasn’t an accident,” Naruto suddenly said. “When you were on the tower, I sensed a strong malice emanating from the person behind you.”

"The person behind me?" Sarah was taken aback. Was there anyone else standing behind her besides An Lushan, the prime minister of Loulan?
“Young man, don’t joke around like that. Prime Minister An Lushan has always been a loyal subject of Loulan. How could he possibly harm me?” Sarah said.

"Your Majesty, do you know what kind of situation your country is in right now?" Watergate asked calmly in response to Sarah's question.

"Loulan is thriving under the rule of me and Minister An Lushan!" Sara said with some pride.

"Is that really the case? Then, does Your Majesty know that a large portion of your people have already been replaced by puppets?" Minato said.

“That’s impossible!” Sara immediately denied. “If Your Majesty doesn’t believe me, I can take you to see for yourself,” Minato said with a smile.

“No need!” Sarah said, then turned and left the group’s hiding place, heading into the city.

"Wait here for a while, I'll be right back," Minato instructed the group with a smile.

……

About 20 minutes later, Minato returned to the base with a Sara who looked completely incredulous.

“Your Majesty, do you believe what I said now?” Minato said.

"This...this is impossible!" Sara said, distraught. After going out, she hadn't walked far when she encountered several citizens of Loulan. Just as Minato Namikaze had said, they had been turned into puppets. Moreover, less than two minutes after she met these puppets, a combat puppet appeared and tried to kill her. If Minato hadn't intervened, she would be dead by now.

"Can you tell me what your Prime Minister An Lushan has been doing all these years?" Minato asked.

Having seen through An Lushan's true nature, Sara did not hide anything and quickly revealed everything An Lushan had done in Loulan over the years.

"So, you've been helping him use the power of the Dragon Vein all these years, right?" Minato asked after listening to Sara's story.

“Yes.” Sarah nodded. “But the Prime Minister clearly said that the puppets he created using the dragon veins were for the benefit of the people of Loulan.” Sarah said somewhat absentmindedly, and it was clear that he had not yet recovered from being betrayed by the person he trusted most.

“But you just saw those combat puppets. Your Prime Minister An Lushan has quite the ambition. Once these puppets are released to the outside world, they will be enough to cause turmoil in the ninja world,” Minato said patiently. “Therefore, for the sake of peace in the ninja world, I urge Your Majesty to lend a hand.”

“Okay, I understand.” Sarah took a deep breath and nodded.

"Then, let's discuss how to resolve this matter." Minato nodded, then looked at everyone, finally fixing his gaze on Naruto.

"Naruto, what are your thoughts?" Minato asked with a smile.

"Me?" Naruto, who had been called on, suddenly had the feeling of being called on and asked a question by Uchiha Touko when he was taking classes with Neji and Sasuke.

Generally speaking, he doesn't need to worry about battle plans. Although he considers himself to have super intelligence, in situations like this, his super intelligence usually gives him the answer to listen to Sasuke or Neji. But now that Sasuke and Neji are not here, Naruto can only face it alone.

"Find out where this An Lushan is hiding, then storm in, kill him, and shut down the Dragon Vein?" Naruto's superhuman wisdom led him to the conclusion that it was time to use his super power.

As soon as Naruto finished speaking, Minato's lips twitched almost imperceptibly.

[Does this child take after Kushina in terms of personality? If she were here, she would probably say the same thing. At least he knows to find out where the other person is before taking action...] Minato Namikaze looked at his future son with a complicated expression and thought to himself.

“Although we don’t yet know how many combat puppets are hidden in the entire ancient city of Loulan, it would be difficult for us to launch a forced attack with our current strength, unless we send a message back to the village to call for support. However, if we do that, a large number of Konoha ninjas will cross the territory of the Land of Wind, which will be misunderstood by Sunagakure as Konoha wanting to start a war with them.” At this moment, Aburame Shiki reminded them.

"Minato, if you have a plan, just give the order. Naruto and I will follow your instructions," Jiraiya said at this moment. Compared to Minato, who had only met Naruto for the first time today, Jiraiya knew Naruto's character much better. Asking him to make such a meticulous infiltration plan was really too much to ask of him.

“Alright.” Minato Namikaze nodded. “Then, Jiraiya-sensei, Choza, and Shiki, the three of you will come with me to infiltrate the palace and hold off that guy’s battle puppets. Naruto, you and this…”

"Gaara," Gaara weakly announced his name at that moment.

"You and Gaara, protect Her Majesty the Queen and seal the Dragon Vein. How about it? Can you do it?" Minato asked. "The puppets in this city are basically driven by the energy of the Dragon Vein. As long as the Dragon Vein can be sealed, these combat puppets that have lost their power will not be a problem."

"Should we seal the dragon veins?" Naruto's head was spinning when he heard the word "seal," and he asked with some difficulty.

“That’s right,” Minato Namikaze nodded. “Princess Sara should have a way to shut down the dragon vein’s energy. You just need to add a simple Three Talents Seal on top of it as a safety measure after the dragon vein is shut down.”

"The Three Talents Seal?" Upon hearing this, Naruto started pointing two fingers at each other like Hinata did, and said somewhat awkwardly, "I don't know how."

Minato Namikaze: ? ? ? ? ? ?

Upon hearing Naruto's words, Minato Namikaze's face immediately showed an expression of disbelief.

"You don't even know the Three Talents Seal?" Minato Namikaze found it hard to believe that the son of him and Kushina, two masters of sealing techniques, couldn't even do the Three Talents Seal, which is a relatively basic sealing technique. "What about the Two Elements Seal? Although the sealing effect is not as good as the Three Talents Seal and it is easy for others to break, as long as it has a little bit of a safety function, that's fine. Even if something goes wrong, I can use the Flying Thunder God Technique to get there and provide support immediately."

"Uh, I do know a little bit about this, but I'm not very skilled at it. Why don't you ask someone else to do it, like Grandpa Jiraiya? Otherwise, I'm afraid the seal might fail and blow up the dragon vein." Naruto's face was full of embarrassment.

"You don't even know the Yin-Yang Seal? Didn't anyone teach you these things?" Minato Namikaze frowned.

"There are people who can teach me, but I just can't learn it," Naruto said awkwardly, scratching his head.

"Alright, Jiraiya-sensei, it seems I can only ask you for help with the Dragon Vein." Minato Namikaze took a deep breath and said with a hint of helplessness.

(End of this chapter)