Chakra Overflow!

"By my count, Kushina-sensei's due date should be within the next couple of days."

"I wonder whether all those efforts we made before will have any real effect."

Morning light crossed the windowsill and spilled into the room. Feeling the brightness before him, Shinichi Hyuga lay still in bed for over ten minutes before slowly getting up.

He glanced at the calendar pinned to the wall, then turned his gaze toward the window.

The Hyuga Clan Compound was located in the center of Konoha, with no tall buildings around it. From Shinichi Hyuga's window, he could see Konoha's Hokage Rock.

His eyes settled on the stone face of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and his brow furrowed slightly.

Not long ago, Hizashi Hyuga and the other Hyuga Clan elites assigned to guard Kushina's delivery had returned to the clan compound.

At the time, Shinichi had asked Hiashi Hyuga to invite Hizashi's family over for dinner in the name of a family gathering. After the meal, Shinichi had subtly questioned Hizashi about the arrangements for Kushina's protection detail.

Facing his exceptionally gifted eldest nephew, Hizashi had not hidden anything despite the mission's secrecy.

In the eyes of the Hyuga Clan Members, the Hyuga Clan's rules took precedence over the village's rules.

When he learned that none of the Hyuga Clan Members had been assigned to guard near Kushina's Delivery Room and were only stationed outside the sealing Barrier, Shinichi felt a faint sense of unease.

Obito Uchiha had mastered Space-Time Ninjutsu on the level of Kamui. Although Shinichi did not know how the man had obtained the spatial coordinates inside Kushina's Delivery Room to perform a Space Jump—

One thing was certain: if no Hyuga Clan Members were stationed near the Delivery Room, they would definitely be unable to arrive in time if something happened.

So Shinichi revealed the incident from when he had been training at Minato's Family home and had seen the man in the Tiger-Striped Mask. At the same time, he told Hizashi Hyuga as much as he could about Obito Uchiha's abilities.

Shinichi also urged Hizashi Hyuga to make sure they fought for the task of providing close protection as members of the Hyuga Clan.

Hizashi knew nothing of much of the information Shinichi had revealed. After hearing him out, Hizashi clearly realized that his nephew seemed to know something. He stared at Shinichi's little face for a long while before nodding heavily in agreement.

His nephew had displayed astonishing talent since childhood, and now, under Lady Kushina's guidance, had even learned the Flying Thunder God. His future was boundless. He would surely become a prized steed of the Hyuga Clan.

Naturally, Hizashi took his young nephew's arrangements to heart.

Besides... if what his nephew said was true, this protection mission was likely far from as easy as he had imagined.

In the ninja world, accidents were often accompanied by death.

His son Neji was still young, and Hizashi did not want his son to lose his father so early. Even within the Hyuga Branch Family, Hizashi hoped his son could grow up healthy and strong!

After the uncle and nephew finished talking, Shinichi gave Hizashi Hyuga eight Kunai already marked with Flying Thunder God Marks. Hizashi would deliver them to the other Hyuga Clan ninja assigned to Kushina's protection detail.

With that, all of Shinichi Hyuga's arrangements were complete.

Do everything within one's power, then leave the rest to fate.

Shinichi Hyuga felt he had already done everything he could at this stage. What came next depended on how fate chose to arrange things!

After rising and walking to his bedroom door, Shinichi Hyuga slowly closed his eyes and carefully sensed his Flying Thunder God coordinates.

His use of the Flying Thunder God was still at a beginner's level. To sense more distant spatial coordinates, he needed to calm himself and focus. Though he could not compare to the Fourth Hokage, who specialized in the Flying Thunder God, he was roughly on par with the Fourth Hokage's future grandson, Old Man Danzo.

"Three Flying Thunder God spatial coordinates have gathered in one place."

"Two Hyuga Clan ninja have gone to guard near Kushina-sensei..."

Carefully sensing the positions of the Flying Thunder God coordinates, Shinichi slowly opened his eyes. At last, his furrowed brow relaxed.

Ever since he had given those Flying Thunder God Kunai to Hizashi, he had carefully checked every morning. Previously, the Hyuga Clan Members had still been responsible for the outer perimeter, but today that had changed. The change eased Shinichi's mind somewhat.

After all, compared with the Hokage's directly subordinate Anbu, the Hyuga Clan's elites were undoubtedly more reassuring to Shinichi.

The dim Cave was illuminated by candlelight all around it.

Since noon that day, Kushina had already begun to feel something was wrong. Her water had not broken and there were no signs of labor yet, but the Nine-Tails inside her belly had clearly become restless.

Even the Four Symbols Seal reinforced by Minato could not completely prevent the Nine-Tails' Chakra from overflowing.

"Minato, quickly! You need to start reinforcing the Tailed Beast's seal!"

"We can't let the Nine-Tails' Chakra keep overflowing like this. A newborn can't withstand Chakra of this scale at such close range!"

Biwako was the Medical Ninja responsible for delivering Kushina's baby. Assisting her was a young female Medical Ninja named Tian Lu.

The two Medical Ninja stood around Kushina's bed. Feeling the Tailed Beast Chakra leaking from Kushina's body, their bodies tensed.

The older Biwako was relatively calm. As the Third's wife, she had seen plenty of major scenes. But the younger Tian Lu was clearly less composed. Seeing Kushina wrapped in red Chakra, her legs trembled faintly.

Minato arrived the instant he heard the shout. He soothed the Medical Ninja's nerves, then chatted cheerfully with his wife. As he spoke, his hands gently rested on Kushina's lower abdomen. In an instant, the seal was reinforced, and the Nine-Tails' Chakra gradually withdrew back into Kushina's body.

Minato's calm, composed demeanor affected everyone around him. Seeing him like this, Tian Lu finally let go of the worry she had been holding onto.

Inside the Delivery Room.

Hizashi Hyuga and Daiki Hyuga exchanged a glance, each seeing a trace of gravity in the other's eyes.

The Tailed Beast Chakra had already begun overflowing before the birth. There was no telling what would happen during the actual delivery.

The Fourth Hokage had permitted the two Hyuga Clan ninja to enter the Delivery Room for protection. They were not alone; four Anbu ninja partnered with them, making a six-man internal security team.

In truth, Minato had hesitated when Hizashi requested to guard inside the Delivery Room.

The Hyuga Clan's Byakugan was, after all, an eye that could see through things. Minato had some private concerns regarding Kushina's privacy.

But in the face of Kushina's safety, such concerns became less important.

Of course, he had also spent some time with Hizashi and Daiki Hyuga and come to trust their character before reassigning the guards.

The Nine-Tails' Chakra overflow had also put Hizashi, Daiki, and the other guards on high alert.

Time passed without anyone noticing.