Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

Nawaki tried to struggle, but Tsunade lifted him out with one hand.

Once everyone else had left the room, Mito casually set up a screen-like barrier to prevent external perception.

Upon seeing this, Kirito smiled wryly and said, "Teacher, when did you find out?"

The next moment, a head exactly like Kirito's grew out of Kirito's shoulder; it was a White Zetsu clone.

"Hmph, I'm your teacher. You're a hundred years away from keeping your little secret from me."

Mito glanced at the head on her shoulder and said smugly, but did not ask Kirito about the White Zetsu clone.

She didn't actually know what a White Zetsu clone was. She only vaguely discovered that there was another person inside Kirito through the ability to sense good and evil given to her by the Nine-Tails. She didn't expect it to be true. Her disciple was even more extraordinary than she had imagined.

That's good. With him protecting Konoha and Senju, things won't get too bad even if they get worse in the future.

She knew her disciple's personality very well; he was someone who would never suffer a loss. The Third Hokage and Danzo had better not provoke him, or they would definitely suffer the consequences.

"Teacher, this is me..."

Mito didn't ask about the origins of the White Zetsu clone, but Kirito didn't intend to continue hiding it from his mentor who had been so kind to him, and wanted to explain the origins of the White Zetsu clone.

Now that the White Zetsu clones have been discovered, there's really no point in hiding it anymore.

He believed that Mito wouldn't tell anyone else about the secret of the White Zetsu clones, otherwise she wouldn't have let everyone else out just now.

"Alright, I'm about to die. I don't want to hear your little secrets. You can keep them to yourself. Hurry up, my chakra is running low, and that little fox inside me is getting restless again. My ears are getting tired."

Mito shook her head, indicating she didn't intend to listen to Kirito's explanation.

The fewer people who know a secret, the better. She doesn't have a penchant for prying into other people's secrets. All she needs to know is that Kirito won't harm her or the people in the village.

"Let's forget about transferring chakra. You're so weak right now, and if you don't have enough chakra, you won't be able to suppress the Nine-Tails."

Kirito, hearing that Kurama was about to cause trouble again, quickly tried to dissuade him.

"Don't worry, I gave that little fox a good talking-to while I was asleep. The reason it was able to break free of the seal before was because the seal had been in place for a long time and it had secretly used the Nine-Tails' chakra to erode a part of it. I have now put new chains on it, so it can't get out no matter how much it struggles for the time being."

Upon hearing this, Mito said confidently.

At this moment, her prowess as a top-tier sealing ninja was on full display.

"Teacher is indeed the most powerful sealing ninja in the world."

Kirito promptly flattered him.

Mito accepted it readily, a happy expression on her face, then she said with a straight face, "Alright, stop flattering me. Quickly gather your chakra and train for the Yin Seal. I'm going to sleep for a while longer; I'm a little tired."

Kirito immediately suppressed his smile, forced back his tears, closed his eyes, and focused on assisting the White Zetsu clone in cultivating the Yin Seal.

Having successfully cultivated the Yin Seal once before, cultivating it again was naturally a piece of cake.

He quickly created a chakra pool on the White Zetsu clone, constructed from the Yin Seal. This pool was much smaller than Kirito's original body's.

Mito's chakra reserves are truly impressive, definitely reaching the level of a tailed beast. In addition, she possesses the Yin Seal, which also contains tailed beast-level chakra.

As long as Kirito stops being greedy and creates a Yin Seal chakra pool that can accumulate Tailed Beast-level chakra, it's no joke that Kirito's White Zetsu clone can quickly cultivate a Yin Seal; we have more than enough confidence to do so.

About half an hour later, a blue Yin seal mark also appeared between the eyebrows of the White Zetsu clone.

"Kirito, I'm entrusting Kushina to you. Please protect this child for me. Konoha owes her too much."

Mito said wearily, then slowly closed her eyes, using the last of her strength to focus on suppressing the Nine-Tails within her.

"Yes, teacher, please rest assured and entrust it to me. I will safely seal the Nine-Tails into Kushina's body. I will become Kushina's pillar and protect her until the moment I die."

Kirito carefully helped Mito lie down, covered her with a blanket, and solemnly promised her.

If he hadn't successfully cultivated the Yin Seal, he certainly wouldn't have had the confidence to make such a promise. But now it's different. He has successfully cultivated the Yin Seal, and there is also a Yin Seal on Bai Jue's clone.

With the chakra accumulated from the dual Yin Seals, he is now confident that he can temporarily suppress the Nine-Tails using his improved Adamantine Sealing Technique on his own.

Sage Mode is also within reach.

This confidence stemmed from the final gift his beloved teacher gave him.

Chapter 100: Countdown to the Nine-Tailed Fox's Legacy

The Third Hokage and the other two Hokage advisors undoubtedly attached great importance to the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Less than ten minutes after the incident of the Nine-Tails' chakra leak at Mito, they had already arrived one after another.

However, when they arrived, Mito was alone with Kirito.

They wanted to go in, but Tao Hua blocked them from entering, preventing them from getting inside for a long time.

"Momoka, almost twenty minutes have passed. What are Lady Mito and Kirito doing inside? The Nine-Tails is of great importance. Now is not the time for Lady Mito to act recklessly."

Koharu, who was turning over, questioned Momoka, who was blocking her way.

"How many times do I have to say it before you understand? Lady Mito is helping Kirito train the Yin Seal. Without her order, no one is allowed to go in and disturb them for the time being."

Tao Hua said firmly, showing no respect for Xiao Chun, who was turning over to the next room.

"you……"

Koharu wanted to say something more, but Mitokado Homura pressed her shoulder down. When she saw Mitokado Homura shake his head at her, she had no choice but to hold back again.

But her mouth didn't really stop; she kept muttering to herself, "Honestly, with such a big incident, how can this guy let Lady Mito continue to act recklessly? What if the Nine-Tails accidentally breaks the seal? At a time like this, we should reinforce the seal immediately; that's more important than anything else..."

Ninjas have excellent hearing, so even if Koharu deliberately speaks softly, the people around her can still hear her.

Clearly, this was something Koharu Tsurugi did on purpose, in order to condemn Momoka and elevate herself.

Those around them simply watched coldly; they were all clear-headed, and no one dared to question Mito's orders or stand up to support Koharu Utatane's views at this moment.

"Hmph, this stupid woman, she really thinks she's the most esteemed female ninja of Konoha after Lady Mito. Lady Mito isn't even dead yet and she's already trying to interfere here. Unfortunately, even if Lady Mito doesn't interfere in Konoha's internal affairs for a long time, her influence is still above yours."

Tao Hua watched Koharu's clownish and clumsy performance and sneered inwardly.

"Momoka, I heard that Kirito successfully improved the Uzumaki clan's unique sealing technique, the Adamantine Sealing Technique, so that people who are not from the Uzumaki clan can learn it. Is that true?"

The third generation, who had been patiently waiting, suddenly asked Momoka.

After arriving here, he quickly gathered information and roughly understood what had just happened. He had some guesses about Mito's time alone with Kirito.

Therefore, he wasn't in a big hurry.

Unlike Koharu, he still had great faith in Mito's abilities.

Since Mito dared to expend chakra to help Kirito train the Yin Seal at this time, she must have been confident enough to prevent Kurama from breaking the seal.

Mito's seemingly capricious behavior is most likely related to the upcoming sealing of the Nine-Tails.

As expected, Kirito will be the key figure in sealing the Nine-Tails.

"That's right, the final task that Lady Mito gave Kirito was to learn the Adamantine Sealing Technique, and he has already given it a perfect answer."

Tao Hua nodded, a smile appearing on her face.

Kirito learned the Adamantine Lock, which was something she hadn't expected.

In fact, the Adamantine Sealing Technique, a powerful sealing technique that can effectively bind tailed beasts, had been researched by Konoha's sealing team for a long time, but no one had been able to improve it, not even Mito herself.

It wasn't until Kirito appeared that this problem was finally solved.

"Truly, God blesses Konoha. Kirito is amazing; he truly deserves to be Konoha's top genius."

The third generation received an affirmative answer from Momoka, and a relieved smile immediately appeared on his face. He praised her without reservation.

If Kirito heard the Third Hokage's evaluation of him at this moment, he would definitely feel unworthy of it.

He didn't improve the Vajra Sealing Technique on his own; he merely took a crucial step based on the foundation laid by his predecessors.

Long before him, many predecessors who were proficient in sealing techniques had attempted to improve the Vajra Sealing Technique.

Although they all failed, they left behind a wealth of experience in improvement.

These experiences greatly benefited Kirito, and his success in improving the Kongo Locket owes much to the experience of his predecessors.

Kirito was able to successfully improve the Adamantine Sealing Barrier because the final piece of the puzzle came from the special technique used by the monk Fa Yi in the original story to capture the tailed beast inside Gaara.

Hoichi is a disciple of Bunpuku, the current Jinchūriki of Sunagakure. The young Hoichi left Sunagakure in anger because of the unfair treatment of his teacher.

So, through the Night Organization's intelligence network and the underground gold exchange network, Kirito spent some time and a few hundred million dollars to quickly find the young monk Fa Yi, and then secretly obtained the technique from him using the Spirit Transformation Technique.

Through his research, he discovered that this technique was not a ninjutsu, but a technique that utilizes chakra and natural energy simultaneously outside the human body to a certain extent; it could be considered a pseudo-sage technique.

By drawing inspiration from this technique, Kirito successfully found a substitute for the requirement that the Adamantine Sealing Chains required the special bloodline of the Uzumaki clan.

This alternative is natural energy.

That's right, the improved version of the Adamantine Lock requires the use of both chakra and natural energy.

Therefore, the improved version of the Diamond Lock technique is not easy to learn.

This involves the challenge of how to use chakra to mobilize and attract natural energy outside the human body, requiring the user to have extremely high chakra control.

Kirito would be secretly pleased if even one of the elites in the sealing class could learn it.

However, if successfully learned, the improved version of the Adamantine Sealing Barrier is more effective at suppressing tailed beasts than the original version, only slightly weaker.

There's no way around it; the special abilities born from the bloodline of aliens can indeed effectively suppress chakra-based special life forms like tailed beasts.

"Gah~"

Suddenly, the door opened and Kirito came out.

"Kirito, how is Lady Mito?"

When Momoka saw Kirito, she immediately asked him what was wrong, while peeking through the crack in the door into the room. She saw that Mito was already lying on the bed, seemingly asleep.

The question that Momoka asked was also the question that the Third Hokage and the others wanted to ask, and all the ninjas waiting outside the door turned their gazes toward Kirito.

"Don't worry, the teacher is fine. He just fell asleep. The seal on the Nine-Tails is still stable for now."

Kirito smiled slightly at everyone and replied.

Then, he walked up to the Third Hokage, his smile quickly fading, and said to the Third Hokage with a serious expression, "Third Hokage, please begin preparing for the Nine-Tails' inheritance ceremony. This is our teacher's wish."

"I understand, I'll get started right away."

Upon hearing Kirito's words, the Third Hokage's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately replied seriously.

After saying that, he used the Shadow Clone Technique to create a shadow clone and had the shadow clone issue various commands.

Momoka, Tsunade, Nawaki, Kushina, and the others who cared about Mito all looked saddened upon hearing Kirito's words. Nawaki and Kushina even broke down in tears.

Although they had all prepared themselves mentally, when the time for parting actually came, they still couldn't help but feel shaken and saddened.