Minato nodded after hearing this. In that case, Obito's problem was solved, and all that was left was the issues of Sunagakure and Kirigakure.
As for Kirigakure, if Obito can persuade Madara Uchiha, the problem will basically be solved. If Obito can't persuade him, then it will just have to drag on until Madara Uchiha dies of old age! But this is the worst-case scenario. After all, it's unclear what might happen by then, so Minato doesn't want to take this step unless absolutely necessary.
Minato thought for a moment and then said, "Do you have any suggestions for the Otsutsuki clan?"
Kabuto glanced at Obito, and seeing that Obito didn't seem inclined to speak, he stepped forward and said:
"There are two main problems with the Otsutsuki clan. First, they are immune to ninjutsu and can even absorb it as their own energy, so we can't use ninjutsu casually."
The second point is their bizarre abilities and their indestructible vitality.
After thinking for a moment, Kabuto continued:
"Regarding the first point about absorbing ninjutsu, it's natural to enhance one's taijutsu training. If possible, one should also learn some space-time ninjutsu, which will give a significant advantage in future battles."
Minato and Obito both nodded, clearly agreeing with this point.
"As for the second point, regarding how to kill them, I think special sealing ninjutsu might have unexpected effects."
"What special sealing ninjutsu are you referring to?"
Obito thought for a moment and said,
"Like the Reaper Death Seal of the Fourth and Third Hokage, the Planetary Devastation of the Rinnegan, Itachi Uchiha's Totsuka Blade Sealing Technique, and the Adamantine Sealing Technique of the Uzumaki clan."
Minato said that these are all special sealing techniques. Take the Totsuka Blade Seal for example. It can release the person it strikes into a dreamlike genjutsu world, and it also has the power to seal them permanently. As for the Adamantine Sealing Chains, it is a unique sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan. It forms chains after the chakra is released instantly. This ninjutsu is like the Uchiha's Susanoo and Naruto's Kurama Tailed Beast Transformation!
Both methods stabilize and solidify chakra. Because this chakra is stable, it is not easily absorbed. Moreover, the Adamantine Sealing Barrier is designed to bind others. As long as you can grab their hands, you don't need to worry about being absorbed!
Not to mention Planetary Devastation, which is a ninjutsu that could even seal Kaguya Otsutsuki! The final Reaper Death Seal is a seal that summons the Shinigami (Death God), its power is undeniable, but the price is extremely high!
Minato thought for a moment and said:
"The sealing techniques you mentioned are all extremely powerful, but they can only be used by specific individuals or those with bloodline limits! Ordinary people simply cannot use them. As for the Reaper Death Seal..."
Minato was interrupted by Kabuto Yakushi before he could finish speaking:
"Are you saying the cost of the Corpse Seal is too high?"
"Not only that, the Reaper Death Seal is an extremely difficult ninjutsu to learn. Ordinary ninjas simply cannot master it. Moreover, given the strength of the Otsutsuki clan, capturing him would be far from easy. If he is determined to escape, our people will have been sacrificed in vain!"
"I've also thought about the cost. I'm wondering if reducing the power of the ninjutsu could lower the cost of using it."
"What do you mean by this?" Minato asked.
"To put it simply, the reason why the Reaper Death Seal requires the user to pay the price of their soul is because it seals the opponent's soul, so a corresponding price must be paid. But what if we reduce this price?"
We don't need to seal their souls; we only need to seal their hands. That way, we can use chakra or the same hands as a price, instead of their souls. Once we seal Ootengi's hands, they'll be like toothless tigers. Then, we can use our numerical advantage to kill them without too much difficulty.”
As expected of the initiator of the Fourth Shinobi World War! His analysis of the enemy is so thorough that he has even come up with targeted methods.
"And regarding your question about capturing the Otsutsuki clan, I've also considered that. To deal with the Otsutsuki clan, we don't need to fight them one-on-one. We have our advantage: we have a large pool of talented individuals. We can have Guy, the Fourth Raikage, and the Third Raikage, who excel in taijutsu, as the main force to hold them off, while Gaara and the Third Tsuchikage provide support and defense. Tsunade can provide healing from the sidelines, and Obito, who knows space-time ninjutsu, can harass and provide assistance to you."
"As soon as the opportunity arises, have the Uzumaki clan use the Adamantine Sealing Technique to bind him, then seal him with the Reaper Death Seal or the Totsuka Blade. As long as he can't absorb chakra, the strongest ninjas in the world will swarm him and tear him to pieces. As for the one using the Reaper Death Seal, it doesn't matter if his hands are sealed as the price. Orochimaru can unseal him later. As long as the Otsutsuki clan is killed, it doesn't matter whether his hands are unsealed or not."
As for Orochimaru, there's no need to worry about him at all. He already unsealed the Reaper Death Seal once during the Fourth Shinobi World War, so he's perfectly fine. Kabuto continued:
"Once we obtain the corpse of an Otsutsuki, Lady Tsunade, Lord Orochimaru, and I will be able to develop a poison specifically designed to counter them. Killing them will then be much easier."
A hint of murderous intent flashed in Dou's eyes. He cherished the happy life he had finally achieved! He wouldn't hesitate to use any means to make anyone who wanted to ruin him disappear.
"This is truly a rare talent!" Minato thought. He and Nara Shikaku would never have come up with this method. It wasn't that Kabuto was smarter than them; it was simply that everyone has their own expertise. Shikaku and Minato were upright individuals who excelled at finding ways to defeat enemies head-on. Kabuto and Orochimaru, however, were different. They would stop at nothing to become stronger, even modifying their bodies to the point of being inhuman. How much more so would they modify their ninjutsu? This method was something only two people skilled in modification could conceive of!
As for why Naruto and his friends didn't use these methods in the future, firstly, Kabuto was busy with the orphanage and didn't participate in the decision-making process, while Orochimaru was more skilled in this area. Therefore, Naruto and his friends simply didn't heed the advice. Secondly, in the future, Itachi Uchiha was dead, and no one knew how to use the Reaper Death Seal! Such methods would be very difficult to implement.
Chapter Twenty-Two: Tsunade Returns to the Village
"Thank you, Naruto," Minato said to his child once again in his heart.
The more Minato interacted with them, the more he realized their extraordinary abilities! Whether it was the Third Tsuchikage, the Fourth Raikage, or Obito Uchiha, Kabuto Yakushi, or even Tsuchida and Bee, they were all people with exceptional skills. Minato didn't believe he possessed the ability to bring these people to the same side.
"This method is good, but why not just seal him with the Reaper Death Seal and then have Orochimaru unseal him and revive him? Why bother spending so much effort modifying the Reaper Death Seal?"
Obito asked doubtfully. In Obito's opinion, reviving someone shouldn't be such a simple matter, right? A single Rinne Rebirth technique would suffice. Kabuto rolled his eyes at him and said:
"You said this method isn't very feasible, that the cost of reviving someone is too high. Even just reviving someone who has just died would consume an astonishing amount of chakra, even at the cost of life force, which is simply not advisable! Besides, we don't need such pointless sacrifices."
Obito thought for a moment, nodded, and said nothing more.
After leaving Obito's house, Minato and Kabuto went their separate ways. Since there were no cells from the First Hokage available, Kabuto couldn't perform the transplant surgery until Orochimaru brought the cells. Therefore, Kabuto simply let Obito rest while he went back to the orphanage. As for Minato, he went home.
The next day, Tsunade and her apprentice Shizune finally returned to the village! Their first stop was naturally the Hokage Building, where they met the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
The Third Hokage was in such a hurry to bring Tsunade back this time not only because he wanted Tsunade to go to the Land of Sand with Minato to rescue Gaara's mother, but also because he wanted to assemble a complete medical team.
The wars of the future are so brutal that there will definitely be a lot of ninja casualties. So he plans to start now by forming a medical team specifically to deal with such wars, and the person in charge of this team will, of course, be Tsunade.
Tsunade agreed with this, although she didn't know who the enemy would be after the Fourth Shinobi World War—the Third Hokage hadn't told her, only telling her to ask Minato—but having experienced the Fourth Shinobi World War, Tsunade knew that future wars would be a hundred times more brutal than the present ones! The first three Shinobi World Wars were nothing compared to the Fourth Shinobi World War… In the later stages of the Fourth Shinobi World War, any random boss could wipe out the Five Great Shinobi Villages: Edo Tensei Uchiha Madara, Six Paths Obito, Six Paths Madara, even Kaguya Otsutsuki—that was a repressive Shinobi World that couldn't be easily subdued!
As for the enemies to come, Tsunade couldn't even imagine it. They'd even used a ninjutsu like Rebirth! Was this kind of war really something she could participate in now? Tsunade felt somewhat helpless! It seemed her only option was to increase her strength as quickly as possible!
It's important to understand that even against the reanimated Madara Uchiha in the Fourth Shinobi World War, the Five Kage were utterly defeated! Later, against figures like Six Paths Obito and Six Paths Madara, the Five Kage didn't even qualify to participate! As for Kaguya Otsutsuki, they couldn't even manage to meet her…
The enemy now might be even more terrifying than these people! Just thinking about it fills me with despair!
After leaving the Third Hokage, Tsunade asked Shizune to select suitable candidates to join the team, assuming that Shizune, being a reincarnated person, would be able to handle the task easily. Tsunade herself then headed straight for Minato's house!
Minato got up early to prepare breakfast for his wife and children. After finishing, he woke Kushina up to eat. Then he tidied up the house, as he didn't let Kushina do housework because she was pregnant, so the house was a bit messy!
Not long after tidying up the house, there was a knock at the door! Minato put down breakfast, washed his hands, and then went to open the door.
The person knocking was naturally Tsunade. Minato opened the door and was visibly taken aback when he saw Tsunade, before quickly responding, "Good morning, Lady Tsunade."
He then stepped aside to let Tsunade into the house!
"Hello, Minato, it's been so many years!"
After entering the house, Tsunade carefully examined Minato's room. She wasn't familiar with Minato. After the deaths of his lover, Kato Dan, and his younger brother, Senju Fujiki, he never returned to Konoha. She had only heard about Minato becoming Hokage and the war, but she never returned to Konoha until his son, Uzumaki Naruto, and Jiraiya found her.
"Lady Tsunade, is that you?" Kushina's voice came from inside the house. Then Minato saw Kushina run out of the house, tightly grasp Tsunade's hands, and excitedly say:
"Why didn't you tell me you were going back to Konoha? You should have let me pick you up..."
Tsunade was very familiar with Kushina because her grandmother, Mito Uzumaki, was the first Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Konoha found Kushina and brought her back, mainly intending for her to succeed Mito Uzumaki as the second Jinchuriki. So when Kushina first came to Konoha, she lived in Tsunade's house. Because of this, she and Tsunade were acquaintances!
Tsunade was overjoyed to see Kushina Uzumaki and gently patted Kushina's head, saying, "I just arrived today, and I came to see you right away. Look at you, you're almost a mother, but you're still like a little girl. Come to the Konoha Hospital later, and I'll give you a thorough check-up."
Kushina pulled Tsunade to sit on the sofa and said, "Now that you're back, you're not leaving again, are you?"
"Yes! This time I won't be leaving so quickly either. The Third Generation asked me to assemble an emergency medical team for war!"
"Your hemophobia is cured, right?"
"Yes, it's all better now!"
"How was it cured?"
Kushina asked
Naruto didn't elaborate on this matter to Minato. Firstly, Naruto was already unconscious at the time! Secondly, he disliked people who used helping others as an excuse! So, Naruto only mentioned that he and Jiraiya brought Tsunade back to become the Fifth Hokage, and said nothing more...
"Thanks to the child in your belly," Tsunade said, her eyes softening as she touched Kushina's stomach.
"What does this have to do with Naruto?" Minato and Kushina exchanged a glance, then said...
"Yes," Tsunade then slowly began to recount the events that had occurred since the Third Hokage's death, starting with Minato and his wife.
Chapter Twenty-Three: Heading to the Sand Village
Minato and Kushina listened quietly, without interrupting, and were even somewhat engrossed in the future story Tsunade was telling!
"Finally, I returned to Konoha and became the Fifth Hokage." After speaking for about ten minutes, Tsunade finally finished her speech.
After hearing the whole story, Minato and Kushina finally came to their senses! The couple exchanged a complicated look. Was their son a little too outstanding?
Compared to Naruto, neither Konoha nor the ninja world seems to have contributed much beyond causing him trouble. Kurama, the Uchiha clan, Root, Kabuto Yakushi, Orochimaru, and the grudges within the ninja world—these are all historical issues left over from Konoha and the ninja world!
These problems that predecessors couldn't solve, they irresponsibly left them all to future generations! In the end, it was Naruto who had to solve them!
Apart from a handful of people who helped Naruto, the others in the ninja world and Konoha only brought him trouble or painful memories.
After Naruto achieved success, they comfortably enjoyed these achievements, but did they ever reflect on their actions while enjoying them?
Kushina patted her stomach and said, "Naruto, I hope that in this life you can truly live for yourself. No matter what difficulties you encounter, your father and I will be by your side to help you. We won't leave you with those painful memories anymore. I just want you to be happy. It's okay if you're a little clumsy or ordinary."
Minato also looked at Kushina's belly with a gentle expression!
"Yes! In the world of memories, he really had a very difficult life. No one helped him when he was young, and he had to fight for the people who were by his side."
Although Tsunade did not witness Naruto's experiences firsthand, many confidential documents from her time as Hokage recorded Naruto's daily whereabouts, and these documents provided insight into Naruto's situation at that time!
"I hope you can give him a happy childhood for the rest of your lives."
Tsunade thought to herself!
"By the way, Lady Tsunade, have you eaten?" Kushina asked!
"Not yet. After being reborn, I felt something big was about to happen, so I rushed to the timber industry, subsisting on soldier's rations along the way! After meeting the Third Generation, I immediately came to see you without resting at all."
"If you don't mind, I'll continue to have breakfast. By the way, I'll explain the matter of the reborn to you, and also the matter I'd like your help with next," Minato said.
Tsunade nodded and, without any hesitation, began to eat at Minato's house! At the dinner table, Minato gave Tsunade a detailed explanation of the situation in Konoha after her resignation and the enemies they would face in the future.
Like the other Kage, Tsunade's memories only extend up to the time she stepped down from her post, and similarly, there are some parts of her memory that are somewhat hazy!
After listening to Minato's words, Tsunade remained silent for a long time. After explaining the enemy's situation, Minato also remained silent, giving Tsunade some time to process what he had to say.
About 10 minutes later, Minato continued, "The reason I was in such a hurry to call you here is because there's something I need your help with."
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