Don't Go, You'll Die

Konoha

Just after Minato took Konan and Shisui outside to provide support.

Konoha quickly entered the cleanup phase. One White Zetsu after another was captured, sealed by the sealing squad, and locked away.

They would all become Orochimaru's future experimental materials.

But Konoha was too large. Before the entire village could be searched, the Sealing Boundary Formation automatically dissolved.

Needless to say, some White Zetsu still managed to escape in the end, and Tobi's whereabouts remained unknown.

The alarm was lifted, and the villagers gradually emerged.

To conserve manpower, Utakata, Hotaru, Shion, and Taraho had hidden together.

As a member of the Uzumaki Clan, Kushina possessed powerful Sealing Techniques.

Her Sealing Technique could completely suppress the Chakra of those people, so after the White Zetsu landed in Konoha, they searched for a long time without finding Utakata's location.

Obito's scheme could be said to have completely fallen apart.

Now that the alarm had been lifted, Kushina came to the house where they were hiding.

"Breath-Sealing Technique! Release!"

Kushina slapped her palm against the door of an utterly ordinary house.

A massive Sealing Technique appeared, accompanied by a sound like chains unlocking.

The door opened.

Utakata and the others filed out, seeing bombed-out traces everywhere throughout Konoha.

They were still shaken by the experience.

Shion in particular had previously witnessed the deaths of a large number of Konoha villagers.

Though she could now see plenty of ruins, there were very few injured people.

Kushina's words confirmed it as well.

"Shion, thanks to you, Konoha's casualties were very low."

Shion revealed a happy smile.

Her precognitive ability was no longer an unchangeable despair. It had become a hope that could save people.

"That's wonderful..."

As they spoke.

An energetic voice rang out.

"Mom...!"

Naruto and his group had cleared out quite a