Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 92 Raikage's Worries

morning.

Leaf.

Outside the Hokage's office, Kato Dan, with his beautiful blue hair, arrived early.

"Bang! Bang!"

"Come in."

"Lord Hokage."

The Third Hokage, who was looking down at his documents, looked up and saw that it was Kato Dan. A hint of surprise mixed with amusement flashed in his eyes. He then removed his pipe from his mouth, stood up, and said to Kato Dan with a slightly guilty expression, "It's Dan. Have you made up your mind so quickly?"

"I've made up my mind, Hokage."

Kato nodded without hesitation, head held high, and said firmly, "My answer remains the same as last night: for the safety of Konoha, I am willing to learn that ninjutsu and perish together with the enemy."

"I am very lucky that Konoha has such a responsible ninja as you."

The third generation nodded in satisfaction, then walked around the desk to Kato Dan, patted him on the shoulders with his thick hands, and sighed, "Ah! You've worked hard, child."

Upon hearing this, Kato Dan felt a surge of emotions welling up inside him. He instinctively straightened his chest and said firmly, "It's not hard work. This is the duty of every Konoha ninja. I am very fortunate to be able to sacrifice for Konoha."

"Good boy!!!"

The Third Hokage patted Kato Dan's shoulders heavily again, then turned around and went back to his desk, taking out a scroll of the Reaper Death Seal Ninjutsu that he had prepared beforehand and handing it to Kato Dan.

"The safety of Konoha is in your hands."

"I will definitely learn the Reaper Death Seal as soon as possible to eliminate Li Yao, this great enemy, for Konoha."

Kato Dan solemnly accepted the scroll and then left.

Last night, as soon as Kato Dan returned to Konoha, the Third Hokage told him about Li Yao and also explained why he had called Kato Dan back.

At that time, Kato Dan was just like he is now, expressing without any hesitation that he was willing to learn the Reaper Death Seal and was determined to perish together with Li Yao.

"What a good child!!!"

"It seems my decision was right!"

The Third Hokage was very satisfied with Kato Dan's performance.

When he revised the Will of Fire, published it as a book, and then incorporated it into ninja training as a daily morning reading for students, he was actually a little uneasy, since his purpose was too obvious.

I was afraid that people would object, but thankfully, it seems that no one really values ​​the role of the book "The Will of Fire".

By the time everyone realized what was happening, it was too late. Since Lady Mito Uzumaki had no objections, the clan leaders had nothing to say.

Kato Dan's performance perfectly proved how wise and brilliant his initial decision was.

Kato Danze was neither the first child willing to sacrifice himself for Konoha, nor the last.

The Third Hokage believed that more Konoha children who inherited the Will of Fire would step forward in the future, and Konoha would surely become stronger then.

His position as Hokage will be even more secure.

A mere Uchiha, thinking he can fight him? How laughable!

……

Cloud Thunder Canyon.

The location of Hidden Cloud Village.

At this moment, terrifying explosions could be heard from the mountains outside the canyon, and the earth could be felt shaking several kilometers away.

"Ugly humans!"

"Don't hide like a stinky rat!"

The Eight-Tailed Gyūki swung its massive fist and pounded the ground beneath it, but no matter how hard it pounded, a figure radiating blue lightning chakra could dart around unharmed under its fists, infuriating the Eight-Tailed Gyūki who cursed loudly.

The Third Raikage, having activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, was enveloped in Lightning Release chakra and moved at incredible speed. While dodging the Eight-Tails' punches, he said, "Eight-Tails, go back to Fukai's body. You know you can't beat me."

"hateful!"

"How dare a mere human humiliate me like this? Do you think you're Hashirama Senju?!"

The Eight-Tailed Gyūki was furious and unleashed another barrage of blows. Apart from the man hailed as the God of Shinobi, no one could humiliate him like this, daring to say that he couldn't defeat a mere human.

However... the reality is that he has never actually fought the Third Raikage; at best, they only managed a draw.

Thinking about this made Ya-Tails even angrier.

Seeing that it still couldn't do anything to the fast and slippery Third Raikage, the enraged Eight-Tails leaped into the air again, its bull-headed head raised high and its mouth wide open. Terrifying chakra rapidly condensed in its mouth, and it was going to use a Tailed Beast Ball to kill this mere human who was hiding and dodging.

However... how could the Third Raikage possibly allow the Tailed Beast Ball, which could flatten several mountains with a single shot, to fall? If he didn't control the angle well and it shot towards the direction of Kumogakure, that would be an outcome the Third Raikage didn't want to see.

Before the Tailed Beast Ball in the Eight-Tails' mouth could fully materialize, the Third Raikage leaped up and instantly appeared under the Eight-Tails' chin, delivering a powerful punch to it.

In an instant, the terrifying force forced the Eight-Tails, whose mouth was wide open, to shut up, and the Tailed Beast Ball that had not yet fully formed inside its mouth exploded instantly.

Boom!

With black smoke billowing from its mouth and its eyes rolling back, the Eight-Tails fell from the sky and crashed heavily to the ground, utterly exhausted.

tread!

The Third Raikage, who landed alongside the Eight-Tails, looked at the fallen Eight-Tails, slightly bent down to support himself, panting heavily, and the Lightning Release Chakra Mode on his body gradually dissipated.

The attack he just delivered had exhausted his stamina after three days and three nights of fierce fighting.

Fortunately, everything remained the same as before; the rampaging Eight-Tails was subdued, and there were no casualties.

Soon, the eight-tailed creature that was lying down shrank away, revealing the figure of a man with half white hair and half dark green hair on the ground.

This is the current Eight-Tails Jinchuriki - Fukai.

"Boss!"

"Boss..."

After the battle ended, the Cloud Village ninjas who had been watching from the sidelines quickly arrived. The sealing team went to Fukai to reinforce the seal, while the others went to the Third Raikage's side.

In the Cloud Village, the Raikage is usually called "boss" rather than "Lord Raikage".

"I'm fine."

The Third Raikage waved his hand, refusing his son's help, and walked over to Fukai's side.

"Are you alright?" the Third Raikage asked.

"He's stabilized and out of danger," the leader of the sealing squad said, turning around.

"Hmm..." After seeing the sealing team's ninjas reinforce the seal again, the Third Raikage nodded, relieved, and then said, "Let's go back."

Back in the village, after settling Fukai in, the leader of the sealing team followed the Third Raikage back to the Raikage's office.

"Tell me, what's the reason this time?"

The Third Raikage stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his office, looking down at the village below, and asked a question.

"Report, boss."

The ninja squad leader of the sealing team spoke up: "The sealing technique used to resist the Eight-Tails' chakra corruption malfunctioned, causing the Eight-Tails to overpower Fukai's consciousness, take control of Fukai's body, and thus go berserk."

There have always been two major challenges in sealing the tailed beasts.

One question is how to seal the immense chakra of a tailed beast into a jinchūriki's body.

This requires not only the jinchūriki to have excellent chakra, but also a strong and powerful sealing technique.

One is how to reduce the erosion of Jinchuriki's chakra by the Tailed Beast's chakra.

While Jinchuriki can borrow a portion of the Tailed Beast's chakra, their own chakra is constantly being eroded by the Tailed Beast's chakra.

Essentially, from the moment one becomes a Jinchūriki, the Jinchūriki and the Tailed Beast begin a tug-of-war of wills that lasts until death.

Once a Jinchuriki fails to withstand the erosion of the Tailed Beast's chakra, their own mind and will completely succumb, becoming part of the Tailed Beast and dying.

The previous Eight-Tails Jinchuriki couldn't withstand the Eight-Tails' chakra corruption and ultimately became nourishment for the Eight-Tails.

Therefore, sealing the tailed beasts not only requires a powerful sealing technique that can seal the tailed beast's massive chakra into the jinchūriki's body, but also a sealing technique that can resist and reduce the erosion of the jinchūriki's chakra by the tailed beast's chakra.

Previously, Kumogakure had been hampered by its outdated sealing techniques, which meant that the powerful Eight-Tails could mostly only be sealed in amber bottles, and very few ninjas were able to seal the Eight-Tails' jinchūriki.

Therefore, when Kumogakure heard from Iwagakure that they wanted to join forces to destroy Uzushiogakure, even though the two villages were mortal enemies, they agreed without the slightest hesitation.

After the war, they obtained many of the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan as they had wished.

It's a pity that the powerful sealing techniques were destroyed by the Uzumaki clan beforehand; all they got were some basic sealing techniques.

Even so, these basic sealing techniques greatly improved the sealing techniques of the Hidden Cloud Village.

Given enough time, they will surely be able to develop an even more perfect sealing technique.

This time, the Eight-Tails went berserk because of the improvement of the sealing technique inside Fukai's body.

"How long will it take to resolve this?" The Third Raikage turned to the leader of the sealing squad and asked.

"This..." The class monitor hesitated. Seeing this, the Third Raikage knew that this matter could not be rushed, and waved his hand, saying, "Go down."

It is important to be able to complete the sealing technique to perfectly control the Eight-Tails as soon as possible.

The Third Raikage hadn't forgotten that the Cloud Village wasn't the only one to have acquired a great deal of knowledge about sealing techniques from the Uzumaki clan.

Both Iwagakure and Kirigakure gained a great deal of basic sealing techniques knowledge from the Uzumaki clan during that battle.

Especially Iwagakure, the mortal enemy of Kumogakure.

If Iwagakure were to master the sealing technique that perfectly seals the Tailed Beasts before them, and a Jinchūriki who can perfectly control the power of the Tailed Beasts like Mito Uzumaki were to appear, Iwagakure would definitely not let go of their mortal enemy, Kumogakure.

The Third Raikage didn't want to face two Jinchuriki from Iwagakure launching Tailed Beast Ball attacks from afar.

That kind of destructive power, that wide-ranging attack, is enough to destroy a country.

Therefore... we must develop a perfect sealing technique to seal the tailed beasts before Iwagakure does.

(End of this chapter)