Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 303 Decision

Kushina's current state truly suggests she's on her deathbed.

He held on with his last breath.

However, it must be said that her health is much better than her son's.

Without the Nine-Tails, Naruto was doomed. If the Sage of Six Paths hadn't intervened, the story would probably have had a completely different ending.

Kushina, though nearing the end of her life, still had a breath left. In the original story, she managed to restrain the Nine-Tails once more, and even had some remaining chakra, which the Fourth Hokage sealed into Naruto's body.

"Fourth Hokage, how do you plan to seal the Nine-Tails?"

At this point, Minato Namikaze is not like the manga character.

After a long and drawn-out struggle with Obito, he returned to the village to find no one there to help him. He could only hastily flee Konoha with Kurama (the Nine-Tails).

Then, together with Kushina, they sealed the Nine-Tails with their own lives.

"I plan to make Naruto the new Jinchūriki. He is my and Kushina's son, and I believe he can do it."

Without much hesitation, Minato Namikaze decided to make his son the new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

"But... I wonder if Naruto can withstand the Nine-Tails' chakra!"

This was also a dilemma for Minato Namikaze. Naruto had just been born and only had half of the Uzumaki bloodline, while the Nine-Tails' chakra was so powerful.

"No! I disagree! Even though I'm about to die... I can still manage to drag Kurama down with me."

"Let me take Nine-Tails with me..."

Before Minato Namikaze could consider further, Kushina voiced her objection.

She was a Jinchūriki, and she knew how much suffering a Jinchūriki would endure. How could she bear to let her son suffer like that?

"But...Kushina..."

Minato Namikaze opened his mouth, but there were some things he didn't know how to say.

The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is no ordinary person; he is responsible for the balance of tailed beasts between the various villages.

It's like how Konoha obtained the Three-Tails, but had no way to keep it in their possession.

Konoha cannot be without the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, even if the Nine-Tails is resurrected and sealed away again later.

There are simply too many gaps and variables involved.

Would other villages just stand by and watch Konoha capture the Nine-Tails? Would they get wind of it and start a new war? These are all things he, as the Hokage, has to consider!

"Kushina..."

Just as Minato Namikaze was about to continue persuading his wife, Toshiro interrupted him with his words.

"Um... Fourth Hokage... I've also heard that Jinchuriki die immediately after losing their Tailed Beasts. But Kushina-senpai's constitution... maybe she can hold on?"

"After all, the senior is still alive and well... If we reseal the Nine-Tails inside the senior's body, perhaps everything will return to the way it was before."

Why did I provide them with the information in advance? Wasn't it so that I could change the fate of the Fourth Generation Couple?

Upon seeing that Minato Namikaze was preparing to seal the Nine-Tails inside Naruto, he offered his advice.

"This…"

Looking at the baby in his arms, and then at his wife, Minato Namikaze was deeply conflicted.

He didn't want his wife to die if there was even the slightest possibility, but no one knew whether what Toshiro said was feasible.

Normally, Jinchuriki die immediately after losing their Tailed Beasts. Kushina, thanks to the Uzumaki clan's constitution, is temporarily unharmed. However, he doesn't know what the outcome will be if Kushina is resealed into Kushina's body.

In theory, it should be feasible to restore the Nine-Tails, but there is no precedent for this, and as the Hokage, he has to consider the consequences of failure.

"Lord Third Generation, I don't know..."

Minato Namikaze didn't act unilaterally on this matter concerning the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki; instead, he turned his attention to the Third Hokage standing to the side.

On the one hand, I wanted to ask for the other party's opinion; on the other hand, I really hoped to get the old man's support.

"this……"

The Third Hokage tugged at his beard, but instead of giving Minato a direct answer, he began to ponder.

He fundamentally disagreed with this idea. If the Nine-Tails were resealed into Kushina's body, but the result didn't meet their expectations, they would be left with no choice but to accept the outcome.

Seeing that the Third Hokage did not express his approval, Minato Namikaze did not say anything more, but instead fell into deep thought.

"How about... we split the Nine-Tails in two... seal one half inside Kushina and the other half inside Naruto."

Seeing their dilemma, Toshiro offered his suggestion again.

"Okay... let's do it this way!"

Upon hearing this, the Third Hokage's eyes lit up.

He always resented that his village had one less tailed beast than the neighboring Cloud Village, Rock Village, and Mist Village.

Although the Nine-Tails' power is the strongest among the tailed beasts, it's also excessively strong. This makes the Hokage and the high-ranking officials of Konoha somewhat apprehensive when facing the Nine-Tails and its Jinchūriki.

They were afraid that if they weren't careful, the Nine-Tails would go berserk.

If the Nine-Tails could be split in two, not only would its number increase, but the difficulty of controlling it would also decrease.

"Would it be difficult to do this?"

However, the Third Hokage was not an ignorant child. He knew that everything has two sides and there is no such thing as something that only has advantages and no disadvantages.

He immediately asked about the cost of doing so.

"Do it this way..."

This approach is good, but the price to pay is also enormous.

A normal sealing technique that can seal the Nine-Tails is already a rare high-level sealing technique in this world. But how could such a difficult thing as sealing the Nine-Tails while also splitting it in two be done easily?

"Well... I'm not sure either. This kind of thing would be easy to do with that ninjutsu, but I'm not entirely confident about using other sealing techniques."

Even a common sealing technique capable of sealing the Nine-Tails into a Jinchūriki's body is already a rare high-level sealing technique in this world.

The difficulty of sealing the Nine-Tails while also sealing its soul and chakra in two parts will increase exponentially.

If you make a mistake, you'll regret it later.

"That ninjutsu?"

The Third Hokage knew exactly what the ninjutsu in the Minato Gate was, and for a moment he was unsure how to choose.

He was torn between the two Nine-Tails and Minato Namikaze's life.

Even Toshiro hadn't expected that sealing the Nine-Tails separately would cause such trouble.

(End of this chapter)