Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 57 Enough, child...

Uchiha clan.

At the Grand Elder's residence, after hearing the report from the visitor, the Grand Elder looked delighted, his eyebrows raised high.

"The heavens are truly helping the Uchiha clan!"

Originally, as people monitoring the Cloud Village delegation, the Uchiha clan found it difficult to explain the coincidence of someone from Cloud Village disappearing and then the next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Uzumaki Kushina, being kidnapped.

Regardless of the explanation, they must bear the responsibility for their dereliction of duty.

it's good now.

A person escaped from a secret base suspected to be part of the Root organization on the outskirts of Konoha.

This person also caused quite a stir.

This provided a perfect excuse for the actions of the Cloud Village and why the Uchiha clan hadn't stopped them.

They could even turn around and blame the Third Hokage and Danzo for conducting forbidden research in Konoha, putting Konoha in danger, which they deemed an extremely irresponsible act.

Thinking of this, the Grand Elder immediately ordered, "Go, send people immediately..."

Boom!

Just then, the earth shook.

The elder's expression changed slightly, and he immediately jumped onto the roof.

To the southeast of Konoha, countless enormous golden chakra chains rose from the ground, piercing the night and soaring into the sky.

The Grand Elder's pupils instantly contracted to their limit, and his whole body trembled.

"That's Lady Mito's Adamantine Locket!"

The Grand Elder has already recognized that this is Mito Uzumaki's ability.

However... this apocalyptic power is already comparable in scale to when the former God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, activated his Wood Release: Descent Technique.

I never imagined that Lady Mito possessed such terrifying power!

We didn't see Lady Mito use such terrifying abilities during the last Shinobi World War.

"Is it the Nine-Tails?"

The elder looked puzzled. "The only thing that could make Lady Mito use such a powerful Adamantine Sealing Barrier is the Nine-Tails, right?"

"Could it be...?"

The elder suddenly beamed with joy, wondering if Lady Mito Uzumaki was about to lose control of the Nine-Tails and that's why she ran out of the village.

Thinking of this, the elder wanted to gather the clansmen to go to Lord Mito's place and take the escaped Nine-Tails into his possession ahead of time.

But before he could take any further action...

Boom!

Another violent sound erupted, and the ground shook violently.

On the horizon, a massive, jet-black chakra chain rose from the ground, followed by countless other jet-black chakra chains that coiled around the golden chakra chain.

"Who is Lady Mito fighting?"

"Who could possibly force Lady Mito to use such a powerful Adamantine Sealing Chains?"

As soon as the dark chakra chains appeared, the Grand Elder knew that it wasn't the Nine-Tails trying to break free, but rather that an enemy was fighting against Lady Mito.

"Hmm...the enemy?"

"Oh no, it's the enemy!"

The elder's expression changed, and he immediately notified the clansmen to hurry to Lord Mito's place to provide assistance.

No matter what the Uchiha clan plans.

The Uchiha clan held Mito Uzumaki in high esteem.

Moreover, now that enemies have invaded Konoha, the Uchiha clan cannot pretend they haven't seen anything.

Protecting Konoha is the responsibility of the Uchiha Police Department.

This is different from allowing the Cloud Village to abduct Uzumaki Kushina.

Uzumaki Kushina was, in the end, just an outsider.

Even if the villagers were kidnapped, they wouldn't have much resentment towards the Uchiha clan.

But things are different now. The enemy has come to their doorstep, and the Uchiha clan must take the necessary action.

The enemies who fought against Lord Mito must not be let go.

"Quickly, go and support Lady Mito!"

"quick……"

As the wife of the God of Shinobi, and a member of the Uzumaki clan who had a long-standing friendship with Konoha, Mito Uzumaki was the third most renowned person in Konoha, after the First and Second Hokage.

Upon seeing the golden and black chakra chains entangled, the powerful members of the various Konoha clans instantly realized that someone was fighting with Mito Uzumaki. Their expressions immediately changed, and they summoned some of their clan's ninjas to provide support.

"Damn it, I have to go."

Without the shielding of various sealing and barrier techniques, Li Yao's chakra perception ability has a very wide range.

He sensed the ninjas from various clans within Konoha gathering and rapidly advancing towards him.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

The Third Hokage, who had been calmly waiting for Li Yao to run out of chakra, realized after seeing the huge black iron chains appear that he might only be binding a shadow clone of Li Yao.

Thinking of this, the Third Hokage immediately ordered the ninja maintaining the barrier to open an opening, and led the remaining four Anbu ninjas to the location of the giant chakra chain, leaving four Anbu ninjas to continue maintaining the barrier to bind Li Yao's shadow clone.

After all... even the Third Hokage wasn't sure if it was a real shadow clone.

But right now, without a doubt, Mito Uzumaki's safety is the most important thing.

Li Yao, on the other hand, naturally sensed the arrival of the third generation.

"day……"

Li Yao's face, reddened by the burning charcoal, was already emitting blue smoke, and his skin was rapidly dehydrating and carbonizing. He was now fully focused on controlling the black iron chains.

However, it still couldn't stop the Vajra Lock from converging towards the center; it only slowed down the convergence.

If this continues, he'll be finished sooner or later.

"That's enough, child. Stop now."

call out!

At this moment, Mito Uzumaki came up behind Li Yao. Looking at Li Yao, whose body was covered in blood and whose skin was charred, dehydrated, and carbonized, a trace of heartache flashed in her eyes.

Peng!

Within the Four Purple Flame Formation, Li Yao's shadow clone suddenly transformed into a phantom of white smoke and exploded.

As Li Yao's shadow clone exploded, a burst of chakra descended from the sky and implanted into his body.

Half of the chakra that was taken by the Shadow Clone Technique returned to his body automatically as the Shadow Clone Technique exploded, filling his acupoints and providing some relief for his physical injuries.

At the same time, Li Yao, who received support from the other half of his chakra, also gained the power to resist.

At this point, Mito Uzumaki is telling him to stop?

How could he possibly stop?

However, Mito Uzumaki was no ordinary person; her chakra perception was also very strong. She detected the chakra that returned after Li Yaoying's clone dissipated before it even entered Li Yaoying's body.

Realizing that Li Yao still wanted to fight desperately, Mito Uzumaki didn't even need to form hand seals; she simply moved her mind.

"Clang clang clang clang...!"

Before Li Yao could react, or even if he did, he was still struggling to control the black iron chains to squeeze the Vajra Lock and had no energy to move his body to dodge.

Just then, the shadow clone's chakra returned to its body.

Suddenly, eight Vajra Locks shot out from all around the ground and pierced into Li Yao's body.

In an instant, Li Yao's chakra was sealed and could not be mobilized; in fact, the Vajra Sealing Technique was still devouring his chakra.

However, this devouring stopped in an instant.

Mito Uzumaki deliberately stopped the Adamantine Sealing Technique from absorbing Li Yao's chakra, fearing that she might accidentally suck Li Yao to death.

If possible, she wanted to keep her exceptionally talented child in Konoha.

"child……"

With a gentle smile and a soft tone, Mito Uzumaki tried to appear as non-hostile as possible, and then persuaded Li Yao to stop his full-force chakra output.

However, at this moment, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on Li Yao's face, which made Mito Uzumaki feel a sudden tightness in her heart, as if something bad was about to happen.

She only sensed that the Adamantine Sealing Technique had completely sealed Li Yao's chakra, and she... um, wait!

Mito Uzumaki suddenly looked up; in the distance, the black iron chains were still tightly binding and squeezing her Vajra Lock.

In other words, this child can also control chakra!

"He wasn't sealed away!"

Mito Uzumaki's expression changed, and she instantly understood the reason. Then she saw a slight smile appear on Li Yao's face.

(End of this chapter)