I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 699 Don't force yourself to eat if you can't, or you'll either get sick or get fat.

"What happened? Your sealing techniques have deteriorated so much that you can't even seal a Nine-Tails?"

Minato, who was already drenched in sweat, felt inexplicably relieved after hearing Tatsuma's voice, and then said, "I don't know why, but it seems that Kyu's body can no longer accommodate the Nine-Tails."

"strangeness."

Tatsuma frowned, formed the opposition hand seal, and then said to Kushina, "I don't care whether Kushina or the Nine-Tails is in charge now, I only have one condition: don't bite me."

As he spoke, he gently placed his hand, which was forming a hand seal, on Kushina's forehead, and his extremely precise control of chakra began to examine Kushina's body.

After a while, he frowned and said, "This is not good. A portion of the chakra I sealed into Kushina's body has become bound to her life."

"If it's not extracted, it won't be able to contain the Nine-Tails completely. But if it is extracted, the repeated near-death experiences will likely damage Kushina's mental health as well."

"What should we do then?"

With Tatsuma around, Minato subconsciously stopped thinking for himself. Tatsuma withdrew his hand, touched the stubble that had grown on his chin from not shaving for days, and said:

"Or we could just not seal the Nine-Tails at all. Anyway, whether Kushina has the Nine-Tails or not doesn't affect her life. At most, it would just limit her strength."

"But wouldn't that mean we'd have to choose a new Jinchūriki? There are too few people who can withstand the Nine-Tails' power."

Minato frowned and said, "At that moment, a ball of orange-red chakra suddenly condensed on Kushina's shoulder, forming the head of the Nine-Tails, which roared, 'I'm not just any ordinary tailed beast!'"

Tatsuma ignored Kurama's words and answered Minato's question, saying, "Indeed, the other tailed beasts are fine, but Kurama's chakra is probably something that no one except the Uzumaki clan can withstand."

Tatsuma himself could become the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, but he doesn't think much of it. Tatsuma already has the chakra of all nine tailed beasts within him, and it's growing along with the Divine Tree cells.

In a few years, once the Divine Tree cells are fully mature, the power of the Tailed Beast within him will likely be no weaker than that of the Tailed Beast itself.

Therefore, sealing the Nine-Tails into Tatsuma's body would be extremely inefficient, and Tatsuma has never been secretive about his racial prejudice against tailed beasts, so the Nine-Tails would not want Tatsuma to become its jinchūriki.

"Naruto."

Minato suddenly blurted out a name, saying, "Naruto also inherited the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan. If there is anyone in this village who can withstand the Nine-Tails' chakra, it should be him."

But Minato regretted it as soon as he finished speaking, because as Kushina's partner, he had witnessed the suffering of becoming a Jinchuriki all the way. Thinking of his son, who had to endure this pain right after birth, Minato wished he could take back his words.

Tatsuma recalled his encounter with Naruto in another timeline. Even with Naruto shielding him from the influence of the Nine-Tails' chakra and with Naruto's meticulous guidance, it still took him most of a day to learn a Rasengan.

"Forget it, this is not something Naruto should have to bear right now. Only when he has the ability to make his own decisions can he decide whether to become a Jinchuriki."

As for now, it's better not to. Even though you are his father, you shouldn't make this decision for him so easily.

"I know."

Upon hearing Tatsuma's refusal, Minato breathed a sigh of relief, but then asked, "What about the Nine-Tails now?"

"Kushina is currently unable to support an entire Nine-Tails, but..."

"What do you want to do?!"

Although Tatsuma hadn't yet spoken his plan, Kurama's malicious perception talent was already issuing frantic warnings about the urgency of the situation. This was a level of urgency that Kurama had never reached before, whether it was during his capture by Madara Uchiha, his sealing by Hashirama Senju, or his time inside Mito and Kushina.

Whatever Tatsuma's plan is, it must be a terrifying one, so terrifying that it truly threatens its immortality.

"Splitting the Nine-Tails in two and using half of its chakra should still be no problem."

As usual, Tatsuma ignored Kurama's opinion. The fact that he didn't silence Kurama was already a result of his gradual improvement in his perception of Kurama over the years. Did Kurama still want to participate in the decision? That was impossible.

"Split in two? The Nine-Tails can be split in two?"

"You dare to dream of splitting me in two?!" Minato exclaimed in surprise. Kurama, enraged, turned and roared at Minato, "You dare to think you can cut me in two?! I will absolutely kill you!"

Minato was rendered speechless by the roar. He hadn't intended to split the Nine-Tails in two; he was merely surprised by Tatsuma's proposal. And what was with the Nine-Tails yelling at me?! Why aren't you yelling at Tatsuma anymore?!

"The conventional methods will naturally not work, but there are a few solutions, such as directly targeting the splitting of the soul. Once the soul is divided, the chakra will naturally follow each other."

Tatsuma thought that the so-called Yin-Yang Nine-Tailed Fox might not be a difference in attributes, since they did not show different abilities. Perhaps the biggest difference was the distinction between the underworld and the mortal world.

The half of the Nine-Tails that was taken by the Grim Reaper essentially died along with the Jinchūriki, Minato Namikaze. From a life perspective, the part that was taken away with Minato belongs to "yin," while the other half belongs to "yang."

If it's a division based on the nature of energy, then the Nine-Tails, with its "yang" energy, wouldn't be able to exert its full power within Naruto's mental space.

Even the talent of malice perception should be lost, but it wasn't. Therefore, the division of the Nine-Tails into Yin and Yang should not be a difference in the nature of energy.

As for the difference in color, Orochimaru in the original timeline also had his hands turn dark and gray after his soul was taken away.

Therefore, if the Reaper Death Seal wasn't used to cut the Nine-Tails, then the two Nine-Tails cut out should be no different.

But if we don't use the Reaper Death Seal, what other way is there to cut off the Nine-Tails?

Tatsuma stared intently at Kurama's head. Kurama wanted to return to Kushina's body, but Kushina's body simply couldn't hold any more of Kurama's chakra.

Even if it hides its head, its butt might still be sticking out.

"What do you want to do?"

Under Tatsuma's gaze, the malice that Kurama sensed gradually transformed into its own fear. This guy, Sakamoto Tatsuma, is definitely not just all talk!

"Since you are a product of Yin-Yang Release, theoretically, other creations of Yin-Yang Release should also be able to cut you apart, right?"

Chenma asked, and Nine-Tailed Fox shook its head frantically, trying to deny it. As for the truth, it didn't know either, since no one had ever used a product of Yin-Yang Release to cut it since it was created.

"Give it a try."

Chenma spoke, and in each of his hands appeared a ball of the purest Yin-Yang Release chakra he could currently refine.

Chenma pressed his palms together, and without him having to control them, the two clumps of chakra seemed to have their own thoughts, spiraling upwards and seemingly forming a double helix DNA strand.

However, it seemed unstable. Tatsuma worked hard to control his Yin-Yang Release chakra and added a bridge between the two spiral structures to reinforce them.

"It can only be said that the Heavenly Swamp Spear is only half-finished; the mastery of Yin-Yang Release is still insufficient."

Tatsuma's Yin-Yang Release talent has now reached around 40%. According to his estimation, to create a truly stable Yin-Yang Release product, it would need to be at least 50%, and it could only create simple structures like black rods.

As for the real Tenma Spear, it's probably around 70%, similar to the Truth-Seeking Ball. As for creating the Tailed Beast, it's estimated to be 90% or even higher.

Tatsuma once used Yin-Yang Release to create his current body, but that was actually a trick. The part that truly used Yin-Yang Release was only the framework created by its power; the soul was still Tatsuma's soul, and the physical body was still mainly composed of Divine Tree cells.

Therefore, the "Amazu Spear" that Tatsuma has created can only be said to possess some of the characteristics of the Amazu Spear, such as its attack capabilities. As for the characteristics of unwavering will and continuous heart sword, it cannot achieve them.

Let alone that level, even if Tatsuma's chakra were to go out of control even slightly now, the "Amazuma Spear" would have to be disbanded immediately.

"This young man truly has boundless potential."

Between the mortal realm and the Pure Land, the Sage of Six Paths suddenly cast his gaze and murmured, "Of all the possibilities I saw that day, he has actually forged a new path."

The Sage of Rokudos had a high regard for Tatsuma. Although Tatsuma forced him to show himself by threatening him, it was on that very day that he unexpectedly saw "himself" from another dimension.

Through his talent, he gained the insight that "everything that goes by leaves a trace." Even from a single encounter with "other" versions of himself, the Sage of Six Paths saw a great deal.

This is also why the Sage of Six Paths never truly held Tatsuma's reckless actions against him, and even generously offered him help.

"And I also discovered something I hadn't noticed in the gutter, so I'll repay that favor a little."

Suddenly, Tatsuma saw two phantom hands appear outside his own hands, also coming together in prayer. The Tenma Spear, which had been struggling and seemed on the verge of collapsing at any moment, instantly became stable.

Both physical and illusory hands simultaneously wielded the Heavenly Swamp Spear. Tatsuma looked at Kurama and asked, "Will you come out on your own, or should I drag you out?"

The Nine-Tails didn't answer immediately. It also saw the phantom's hands, opened its mouth, and then reluctantly crawled out of Kushina's body, but still said defiantly:

"Give me a quick death! Cut me in two! Now!"

Tatsuma swung his hand and slashed down the Tenma Spear, splitting the Nine-Tails in two. The two halves of the Nine-Tails' body transformed into chakra orbs, inside which something seemed to be constantly struggling.

The Tenma Spear in Tatsuma's hand disintegrated the moment it cut down the Nine-Tails, and for some reason, Tatsuma felt a sense of loss.

"One day, I will be able to master this power on my own."

Having set a goal for himself, Chenma turned his gaze back to the two orbs of light. One by one, tails emerged from the orbs of light, followed by limbs and a head.

During this process, the ball of light continued to shrink until it became two smaller versions of the Nine-Tails, and then the ball of light completely disappeared into the Nine-Tails' bodies.

Nine-Tails looked at its other self and said, "Can it revert to its original form anytime? Hmph! The old man still has some conscience!"

After saying that, it immediately burrowed back into Kushina's body. Minato quickly applied the seal, and this time the seal went smoothly. He stood up, looked at the other Nine-Tails, and asked Tatsuma, "This Nine-Tails..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Don't you understand what this bastard is thinking?!"

The other Nine-Tails also transformed into chakra and rushed into Minato's body.

(End of this chapter)