Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 124 Nine-Tailed Fox Inheritance (Part Two) (Seeking First Subscription)

A heavy atmosphere permeated the villa, and Kirito felt a tightness in his chest and a sense of unease as soon as he entered.

Because Mito is currently in an extremely weak state, the Third Hokage has set up the villa's defenses at the highest level. He has even personally come to guard the villa to prevent any foreign spy from launching a suicide attack on Mito, or the Nine-Tails from accidentally breaking its seal.

Kirito's entry into the villa did not attract the attention of the many powerful ninjas inside. He passed through without hindrance until he was finally stopped in front of Mito's room.

The person guarding the door at that moment was the Third Hokage. Upon seeing Kirito, he immediately said, "Kirito, if you want to see Lady Mito, please wait here. Lady Mito is speaking with Kushina alone."

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

Upon hearing this, Kirito nodded and then obediently went to Nawaki, Tsunade, and Momoka.

The usually cheerful and optimistic Rope Tree was incredibly frustrated and sad at this moment. He hung his head dejectedly, but a hint of determination was revealed in his red and swollen eyes.

Upon hearing the Third Hokage's words, he immediately looked up at Kirito, nodded to him, and then lowered his head again, seemingly lost in thought.

Tsunade was far more mature than Nawaki; she had composed herself, though the sadness in her eyes was still hard to conceal.

When she saw Kirito approaching, she immediately smiled at him and tried to say something, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she couldn't say anything and could only force a smile at him.

Momoka maintained a blank expression. She had personally seen too many people off, and although she was inevitably saddened, she no longer showed her emotions. As the Senju clan's greatest pillar besides Mito, she had to remain strong at all times and never let anyone see her weakness.

When she saw Kirito, a relieved smile immediately appeared on her face.

At times like these, what she most wants to see is Kirito and the others spending more time with Mito, rather than going out to work hard.

Unfortunately, this child is sometimes too precocious, thinks too much, and always leaves himself to the very end.

Fortunately, Kirito has come to his senses now.

Kirito was also in a bad mood. He nodded to the three of them and stood quietly with them, patiently waiting for Mito and Kushina's meeting to end.

Mito and Kushina spent quite a long time together.

As Kirito waited, he couldn't help but recall all the moments he had spent with Mito over the past few years.

Mito was a good teacher, strict yet patient. She would always explain the knowledge of various sealing techniques to him in detail, and then conduct a surprise check every few days. If she found that he had not fully remembered the knowledge points she had explained a few days ago, she would punish him by making him copy the book.

Mito was also a good elder. Since he had no relatives in Konoha, she treated him as her own family and took good care of him through the most difficult initial stage.

Now that she's really leaving, Kirito suddenly feels like a huge void has formed in his heart.

I don't know how much time passed.

Suddenly, Kirito noticed someone staring at him with a very intense gaze, which made him slightly uncomfortable, and he finally snapped out of his reverie.

He looked in the direction of the gaze and found that Orochimaru had arrived at some point. The man was standing next to the Third Hokage, looking at him with the eyes of someone looking at a treasure.

Kirito was not surprised by Orochimaru's arrival.

The other party is not only a disciple of the Third Hokage and possesses great strength, but is also a ninja proficient in sealing techniques. Although there was some unpleasantness between him and the Senju clan before due to the practice of sealing barriers, it is normal for the Third Hokage to bring him over to help resolve the misunderstanding.

Moreover, the opponent is the only person among Konoha's many ninjas proficient in sealing techniques to date who has learned his improved version of the sealing technique, Adamantine Lock.

"Since this guy was able to learn the improved version of the Diamond Sealing Technique, he must know that I can use natural energy. I just don't know if he has discovered any more of my secrets from the improved version of the Diamond Sealing Technique."

Kirito nodded calmly to Orochimaru, thinking to himself.

He dared not underestimate Orochimaru, who was someone who could exploit a bug in the Shinigami formed by the Reaper Death Seal.

He incorporated many of his own ideas about manipulating natural energy into his improved Adamantine Lock, so it's hard to say whether Orochimaru might deduce a lot from it.

However, he was in no mood to pay attention to Orochimaru. He glanced at the other man and then turned his gaze to the door behind the Third Hokage.

"It seems the teacher is planning to dedicate all his remaining time to Kushina."

Kirito looked at the door that remained unmoved and sighed inwardly.

He felt no jealousy towards Kushina, only pity.

As expected, once Kushina becomes the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, she will be locked in Konoha for the rest of her life, finding it difficult to leave the village even for a moment. Her daily life will also be filled with inconveniences, and before she has fully grown up, she will face many deadly dangers.

In addition, she has to constantly worry about the nine-tailed fox inside her causing trouble.

It can be said that after Kushina becomes the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, she will live in constant danger for a long time, and may even face discrimination from others.

Regarding Kushina becoming the new Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, the Third Hokage ordered everyone who knew about it to keep it a secret, but inevitably some people would accidentally leak it out.

Just like Naruto in the original work.

Adults who know the truth will fear Kushina because they fear the power of the Nine-Tails, and will subconsciously stay away from her and keep their children away from her.

On the other side, at the Hokage Rock of Konoha, on the Hokage Rock of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, a mysterious figure wearing a white spiral mask and shrouded in a black robe lay on it. He opened his eyes, revealing a pair of Sharingan with three tomoe.

"It's almost time, Mito. Let me see you off on your final journey."

Madara Uchiha looked at the sky in the east, which was already beginning to brighten, and sighed deeply.

He had previously said he would deliver the water to the water source on his final journey, and Madara Uchiha naturally meant to keep his word.

The Nine-Tails was once his pet and summoning beast, but later the Nine-Tails was sealed inside Mito's body, and the summoning contract between him and the Nine-Tails was forcibly broken.

But not long ago, he discovered that the long-dormant summoning contract between him and the Nine-Tails had re-emerged.

His summoning contract with Kurama has been re-established, which means that Mito's seal has a loophole.

But based on his understanding of Mito, unless the woman was truly extremely weak, such an oversight was impossible.

Because of this small loophole, Madara Uchiha could have forcibly summoned the Nine-Tails from Mito's body through his summoning contract with the Nine-Tails. Even if he couldn't do that, he could have expanded the loophole in the seal.

At that time, the Nine-Tails will be able to break the seal and emerge on its own.

With this thought in mind, Madara Uchiha knew that the time for the water deliveryman's final journey had come.

So he let Tobi possess his body and used Tobi's Mayfly Technique to quickly arrive in Konoha. Then he briefly reminisced about his various connections with Konoha Village on the Hashirama Hokage Rock.

It's just that the time spent commemorating them was a little longer than expected.

Madara Uchiha stood up from the ground, then turned to look at the discovery in the Forest of Death, his eyes filled with hatred.

Mito Uzumaki, you woman should have died long ago.

The next moment, he bit a finger, quickly completed the hand seals for the summoning jutsu, and then slapped the Hokage Rock hard on the head.

Summoning Jutsu: Nine-Tails!

At the same time, in a pitch-black space deep within Mito's body, a chilling chakra suddenly appeared. The Nine-Tails, which was currently bound by a large number of golden chains, immediately opened its eyes. It looked at the suddenly appearing chakra with a puzzled expression, feeling that it was both familiar and strange.

Then, before it could react, the suddenly appearing chakra split into dozens of parts and attached itself to the golden chains on its body.

"Bouncing, bouncing, bouncing~"

In an instant, a large number of golden chains snapped one after another.

Seeing this, the Nine-Tailed Fox, though confused about what was happening, realized that this was a good opportunity for it to break the seal. It immediately struggled with all its might, letting out a deafening roar.

In reality, Mito suddenly let out a huge scream, and a large black hole suddenly appeared in her stomach. An incredibly powerful and evil red chakra burst out from Mito's body, turning into a red torrent that shot straight into the sky.

(End of this chapter)