Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 227 Kushina's Resentment (Please Subscribe)

"What exactly do you want?"

Kushina's tone was initially very fierce, as her anger and dark side had erupted when she was forcibly taken away from Naruto.

However, after seeing Uchiha Yoichi's eyes, Kushina's attitude and tone softened.

Faced with someone powerful enough to easily kill her, Kushina would instinctively feel fear, so her tone naturally couldn't be fierce anymore.

Kushina was particularly terrified because she couldn't understand Uchiha Yoichi's plans, and the Nine-Tails had said that Uchiha Yoichi would kill her.

After flying for several hours, Uchiha Yoichi arrived at the sea. After searching for a while, he finally confirmed the location of Turtle Island.

The Hidden Cloud Village kept Turtle Island a secret, believing that no one would know about this sacred place, and that Turtle Island could move on the sea. However, Uchiha Yoichi happened to be there and dispatched his ANBU to conduct targeted intelligence gathering.

After staking out the Land of Lightning for more than ten days, they finally spotted a Cloud Ninja Jonin who had previously been stationed on Turtle Island.

Before the trials of the Human Force, Turtle Island was merely a paradise for wild animals. Although there were people stationed there, it was never more than a small team.

"Fortunately, the Hidden Cloud Village did not set up a barrier."

After observing carefully for a while, Uchiha Yoichi directly controlled Susanoo to land on Turtle Island.

Unless something important happens, the Cloud Village will not set up a barrier. The barrier covering the entire Turtle Island consumes a lot of chakra every day. The Cloud Village only has a communication team left on Turtle Island. Why waste that chakra?

Wood Clone Technique!

Uchiha Yoichi created a wood clone, intending to have it control the Cloud Ninja here first, before saying to Kushina, "Let's go, follow me."

What are you planning to do?

Kushina remained wary, tugging at her collar. However, Uchiha Yoichi scoffed inwardly at Kushina's behavior, knowing that if he wanted to, even ten Kushina wouldn't escape him.

Uchiha Yoichi walked straight ahead. Seeing that he didn't say a word and that they were in an unfamiliar place, Kushina hesitated for a moment before following him.

Before long, the wood clone transmitted memories that the Cloud Ninja team on Turtle Island had been killed. All that was needed now was to control the turtle and make it swim away, so that the Cloud Ninja Village would not be able to find their Jinchuriki Trial Holy Ground.

Soon, Uchiha Yoichi brought Kushina to the Real Waterfall. To be honest, he didn't see anything special about it, but it reflected the darkness in a person's heart.

"Go sit down over there. This is the real waterfall of Kumogakure. You should still remember the Jinchuriki training method I brought back for you last time, right? Kumogakure's Jinchuriki must first see their true selves here before they can train in the trial grounds behind the waterfall."

Uchiha Yoichi turned to Kushina and said, "You and I have already offended the Nine-Tails badly, so we can forget about the perfect Jinchuriki. But now that you've turned your heart so dark that you even wanted to kill me, I can't just ignore this."

"I don't!"

Upon hearing this, Kushina quickly spoke up, though she felt a little guilty as she said it; because at times, she had indeed thought that way.

"Lying to me is useless. Only you know what you're really thinking. People without Ashura's chakra find it hard to shake off the negative emotions from even a little bit of tailed beast chakra, let alone the Nine-Tails, which has the strongest hatred among the tailed beasts."

"Alright, there's no point in saying more. You can sit over there."

Seeing that Kushina still wanted to argue, Uchiha Yangyi was too lazy to continue the argument and pointed to the rock in front of the waterfall.

Upon hearing this, Kushina had no choice but to walk over step by step, sit down in front of the stone, and then fall silent.

Less than a minute later, Kushina collapsed backward, panting heavily, but she managed to brace herself with her hands in time; confronting her inner self was quick, after all, this wasn't a real battle.

After seeing her darker self at the Fall of Truth, Kushina has become a little more normal. She turned to Uchiha Yoichi and said, "I... I saw my dark self, but I was defeated by her. Is there any way to destroy her?"

"Figure it out yourself, no one can help you with this; but if you can't beat him, I'm sorry Kushina, I'll have Mina take good care of Naruto."

Uchiha Yoichi said with a hint of intimidation, "I will not allow someone who harbors ill will towards me to live in this world, especially since she can get close to my family as a friend."

Kushina's expression froze for a moment, then she cursed inwardly.

However, she still snorted coldly, turned around, and prepared to continue fighting against her darker side.

After leaving a wooden clone to keep an eye on Kushina, Uchiha Yoichi prepared to go to the top of the turtle's head.

He planned to use illusion magic to control the sea turtle and move it towards the sea area of ​​the Land of Fire, so that he could use the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel back and forth, saving chakra compared to using Susanoo.

After finding the giant sea turtle's head, Uchiha Yoichi used his Mangekyou Sharingan to control it and then commanded it to swim towards the waters of the Land of Fire.

This is the northernmost sea area of ​​the Land of Lightning. It would take about ten days to swim to the sea area of ​​the Land of Fire. However, the Cloud Ninjas didn't have time to react. By the time their next ninja squad arrived, the giant sea turtle had already left the territory of the Land of Lightning.

After leaving a clone at the turtle's head, Uchiha Yoichi returned directly to the Real Waterfall.

When she returned, it was Kushina's tenth failed attempt to challenge her dark self. Although it wasn't a real battle, constantly challenging her dark self was still very mentally taxing, so Kushina was soon out of breath.

"This is so difficult! She uses the exact same ninjutsu as me, and her fighting style is exactly the same too. I can't defeat her at all. Yang Yi, is there any trick to it?"

When Kushina saw Uchiha Yoichi return, she immediately asked him for advice; the words her dark self had just spoken were terrifying, killing her friends and family was something she absolutely did not want to do.

Only after seeing her dark side did Kushina finally face reality. She had indeed had those thoughts before, but now Kushina wanted to separate herself from her dark self and completely destroy it.

"I don't have any other options. Either you eliminate them completely or you accept them. There's probably no third way. Besides, this is your own business. You're a mature ninja now, so don't always think about relying on others."

Uchiha Yoichi coldly said, "I'm an assistant in the village now, and I don't have much time to spend with you here, so you'd better resolve this as soon as possible, or I'll activate the backup plan."

Kushina's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this, then she muttered resentfully, "If it were you, you definitely wouldn't be able to overcome your own darkness either, and your darkness might be..."

Uchiha Yoichi snorted coldly upon hearing this, and then walked towards Kushina; the latter was startled upon seeing this, and after realizing what was happening, she quickly stood up and made way for him.

After Kushina made way, Uchiha Yoichi sat down, closed his eyes, and prepared to face the darkness in his heart.

However, after waiting for a while, he opened his eyes again and looked at his palms. Why was there no reaction at all?

Upon seeing this, Kushina quickly asked, "You succeeded?"

"No, this real waterfall doesn't work for me."

Why is that?

"Perhaps it's because I never hide my desires; anyone with even a little bit of inside information knows I want to kill Danzo. It's just that he's practically dead now, which is why I let him go."

Whether something is truly dark or not, it's all just dark thoughts that arise from unmet desires. My desires have been well satisfied, so why do I have a dark side?

After finishing speaking, Uchiha Yangyi glanced at Kushina and continued, "If you were to kill the Akatsuki members right in front of you, thus avenging your great grudge, or if Minato Namikaze were to be resurrected, the Nine-Tails would no longer trouble you, and your childhood dreams would gradually be fulfilled, would you still have a dark side?"

Kushina lowered her head. What Uchiha Yoichi had just said was exactly what she wanted most in her heart. If all of that were accomplished, Kushina didn't know how happy she would be.

"You clearly have the ability."

"Here we go again. Just because I have the ability doesn't mean I have to help you. Why don't you work hard to improve your strength, destroy the Akatsuki, and then revive Minato Namikaze?"

Uchiha Yoichi sneered and said, "I can tell you the method right now. Chiyo of Sunagakure has developed a forbidden technique called Reanimation Jutsu, which can revive the dead using one's own life. If you want to learn it, I will have the village get it for you."

"Once you learn this forbidden technique, combined with the Impure World Reincarnation, you can revive Minato Namikaze. I've told you the method; now it's up to you to work on it."

Kushina fell silent, biting her lip and unable to utter a single word for a long time.

She wasn't afraid of sacrificing her life, but she was worried that Minato wouldn't accept being resurrected in this way. Minato certainly wouldn't want her to risk her life to be resurrected, and Kushina was also worried about Naruto.

"The village is already gathering intelligence and information about the Akatsuki. As soon as we have any information, I will take action to wipe out the Akatsuki. But you'd better take care of your own problems as soon as possible."

After Uchiha Yang finished speaking, he threw a sealing scroll to Kushina, which contained some food, clothing, and even camping supplies.

"You can stay here for now, don't worry about Naruto."

After saying that, Uchiha Yoichi turned and left. There was nothing important in the village anymore, and if there was, his clone could notify him in time. Now he had to continue his training.

After Uchiha Yoichi left, Kushina lowered her head and remained silent for a while before continuing to walk towards the True Waterfall.

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Using clones for extended periods is truly exhausting; if it weren't for the mental techniques cultivated by Uchiha Yoichi, he would have found it difficult to persevere.

His condition was similar to Orochimaru's, handling three research projects simultaneously: cultivation, village affairs, and so on. Most importantly, Uchiha Yangichi used many clones, so he needed a long time to digest the cultivation experience alone.

The fact that the True Waterfall did not reveal his dark side may be related to the fact that his desires were basically satisfied, or it may be related to Uchiha Yoichi's cultivation of mental techniques.

If it were ten years ago, during the time when he was persecuted by Danzo, and Uchiha Yoichi had come to the True Waterfall, the darkness within him would probably have been harder to erase than anyone else's.

Now that his strength has gradually increased and he has reached the pinnacle of ninja, his next enemy is the Otsutsuki; and when facing the Otsutsuki, Uchiha Yoichi still doesn't feel much fear.

Knowing he had a long buffer period was one aspect; on the other hand, Uchiha Yangichi had the confidence to surpass the Otsutsuki.

The clone cultivates genetic energy to nourish itself, while the main body uses genetic energy to strengthen its body and cultivates the Thunder Annihilation Mode to continuously strengthen its body and evolve its life level.

This is how Uchiha Yoichi increased his strength without the Ten-Tails.

On the other side, in the Land of Water.

The Anbu, which came to gather information on the Fourth Mizukage, is in trouble. Although they have the help of Uchiha ninjas, they still make no progress.

Aside from knowing that the Fourth Mizukage resumed the Blood Mist policy after taking office, I knew virtually nothing else.

After all, he is the leader of one of the five great ninja villages. Even if the strength of Kirigakure has declined, it is not easy to find out information about the village's Kage. However, judging from the blood mist policy initiated by the Fourth Mizukage, the Konoha Anbu can be certain that the Fourth Mizukage is definitely problematic.

He led the Hidden Mist ninja to overthrow the Third Mizukage's Blood Mist policy, but after taking power, he launched an even harsher Blood Mist policy. Did he think the Third Mizukage's Blood Mist wasn't extreme enough?

"Captain, twenty Hidden Mist ninja are approaching us. They also have sensory ninjas and have locked onto us."

An ANBU member suddenly spoke up, saying that sensory ninjas can use ninjutsu to sense and lock onto each other, unless one side voluntarily gives up using sensory ninjutsu and hides, but their location has already been exposed.

The squad leader immediately ordered, "Prepare for battle; retreat will be the priority in the near future."

Upon hearing the order, everyone immediately began preparations. They set up numerous traps around the area, planning to launch a counterattack, inflict casualties on the enemy, and make them wary before retreating.

A short while later, the Hidden Mist Ninja suddenly appeared here, but they stopped abruptly in front of the trap area, which made the ANBU squad leader frown.

"They've discovered that the person is Ao from Kirigakure. The Byakugan that was lost by the Hyuga main family a year ago should be on him."

Shinji Uchiha whispered to the ANBU squad leader. His Sharingan saw that Ao's eyes were the same as Hyuga's Byakugan, so he knew that the other party could definitely see the trap they had set.

Even the most well-hidden traps are useless against a white eye.

"You're Konoha ninjas, aren't you? Please send someone out to talk to us. We're not here to start a war!"

Just as the ANBU squad leader was about to order a retreat, he suddenly heard a shout from a Kirigakure ninja, which puzzled him.

However, it could also be a delaying tactic. This is the Land of Water, and he doesn't know if the other side will call for reinforcements, especially since they currently have the numerical advantage.

"Use shadow clones to hold them off, then the rest of you retreat immediately."

The ANBU squad leader gave the order, then created several shadow clones and tampered with them before sending them out to deal with the Hidden Mist.

"What are your plans?"

"Konoha ninja, you've been making quite a splash lately, brazenly entering the Land of Water to gather information on the Fourth Mizukage."

Mei Terumi, who was leading the group, spoke up. Although she was young, she possessed two bloodline limits and was already a well-known ninja in Kirigakure, as well as a Jonin.

"Thanks to your connections, we've also uncovered some incredible intelligence. But how did you find it?"

When their own Mizukage was controlled by genjutsu, it was actually a Konoha ninja who discovered the anomaly. If they hadn't accidentally learned that a Konoha ninja was investigating the Mizukage, they would still have been kept in the dark.

Even if they discover that their Mizukage is being controlled, it is difficult to prove it or take action against him; especially now that the Fourth Mizukage holds power, many ninjas in the village listen to him.

It's hard to be convincing just by Qing's eye roll.

"Do you think we'd give intelligence to the enemy?"

"Your Konoha are also victims. Because of the Fourth Mizukage's orders, the small-scale war has never ended. Moreover, this is the Land of Water. Only by relying on us can this matter be resolved."

"Otherwise, do you want the war to continue?"

After Mei Terumi finished speaking, not only was the Konoha ANBU captain stunned, but even the people around Mei Terumi were taken aback. They did not expect that Mei Terumi would actually be planning to cooperate with the Konoha ninja.

Then a Kirigakure Jonin lowered his voice and said, "Mei Terumi, what were you thinking, cooperating with the Konoha ninja?"

"Do you have any way to deal with the Fourth Mizukage who is being controlled, and the person controlling him?"

Mei Shimi's words silenced the Hidden Mist ninja; that was the Fourth Mizukage, and if she could even control the Mizukage, how powerful must the person behind it be?

Everyone around fell silent. Mei Terumi continued, "What's your decision?"

"We'll discuss the cooperation in detail later. If you're really interested, come here."

The Konoha ANBU squad leader tossed a scroll to Mei Terumi and the other Kirigakure ninja, continuing, "Don't chase after them."

After saying that, he continued to wait where he was.

But their original people have already left.

After a while, the Konoha ANBU squad leader released his shadow clones, scattering explosive tags all over the ground; this was because he saw that the Hidden Mist ninjas had not pursued them, so he did not activate the trap.

After the shadow clone disappeared, Mei Terumi gestured to Ao, who carefully examined it with her Byakugan before using her water clone to open the scroll.

There were no traps; it was just a location.

"It seems the Land of Waves wants to negotiate with us in a neutral, small country. Mei Terumi, shall we go?"

After a moment of contemplation, Terumi made up her mind and said, "Of course we have to go, but before we go, I need to tell Master Yuan about this. The Konoha ninjas may know who is the mastermind behind the Fourth Mizukage. We must get information from them and go back first."

They had just discovered that the Fourth Mizukage was under genjutsu control, and they only told people they could trust about it, without killing anyone to spread the word.

Otherwise, if the Fourth Mizukage discovers it, they might be the ones who die.

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"Huff~, huff~"

Before the real waterfall, Kushina was panting heavily, exhausted. She had tried everything, but not only had she failed to eliminate her dark self, she had almost been overtaken by it.

If darkness were to take over her body, she would probably unleash the Nine-Tails and realize the dark ideas she had previously mentioned.

Kushina stood up and walked outside. After walking around Turtle Island for a while, she heard the crackling sound of lightning.

Following the sound, Kushina found Uchiha Yoichi training; he was sitting cross-legged on the ground, releasing bolts of lightning as thick as a forearm from his body, and the ground around him was covered in charred marks.

Even from a distance, one can feel its terrifying power.

The lightning quickly stopped, and Uchiha Yoichi, noticing Kushina's arrival, stopped his training, stood up, and walked towards her, asking, "You succeeded?"

"No."

After Kushina finished speaking, she suddenly remembered something and quickly added, "But it's almost over. I can hardly hold on in the darkness anymore."

"Oh, good luck then. But what brings you here? Are you short of supplies? Or are you worried about Naruto?"

Uchiha Yang checked his favorability rating, which had returned to its previous level. It seemed that the Fall of Truth hadn't been completely ineffective; at least after being separated from the dark side, things were much more normal.

"No, we have plenty of things, enough for a month. As for Naruto, Mina will definitely take good care of him; she loves children the most. Although I miss Naruto too, I'm filled with darkness, so it's not appropriate for me to see him."

Kushina sat leaning against the tree with her arms crossed and said, "Naruto's smile is so innocent. I feel that I, with my dark heart, am not worthy to hug Naruto."

"Then why did you come to see me?"

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Kushina was silent for a moment before slowly asking, "Yoichi-kun, I want to ask, what price would it cost to revive Minato?"

"Why are you still worrying about this? I've already told you how to revive."

Uchiha Yoichi clicked his tongue and said, "Alright, I'll get you the Reanimation Jutsu and the Impure World Reanimation Jutsu. After that, you can decide for yourself whether to revive or not."

"I'm not afraid to die!"

Kushina spoke loudly, not wanting Uchiha Yoichi to think that she was someone who was afraid of death and that was why she didn't revive Minato.

"I know him. If Minato knew I resurrected him with my own life, he definitely wouldn't accept it. It's very likely."

It's very likely they won't accept this resurrection, in which case everything would have been for nothing.

"Yoichi-kun, can you tell me what price was paid to revive Nawaki? I... I'm willing to do anything to make it up to you, even if it means absorbing the Nine-Tails' chakra for you every day from now on."

Reviving Minato Namikaze might be her obsession, especially after seeing Nawaki, who had been dead for over a decade, appear before her; although she knew that Yoichi Uchiha had paid a heavy price, she still wanted to know the truth.

The dark side said that if you can't accept this fact, you'll never be able to destroy her; Kushina, having fought with her dark self so many times, knew that the dark side hadn't lied to her.

So Kushina wanted to ask clearly.

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