Anju's Sense of Crisis

Early winter of Konoha 52.

As the war between Iwagakure and Kumogakure intensified, both sides fell into a prolonged war of attrition.

Kushina also quietly stayed on the front lines, not causing any trouble for the commander, Nara Shikaku.

(Actually, she often returned to Konoha!)

Most of the orders from the Hokage Office were to send out small teams for reconnaissance, and the Shinobi Army was not mentioned again.

It was just that the ninja of the Uchiha Clan were a bit restless.

After all, they had barely been assigned any missions during this time, and even small team reconnaissance missions were rarely given to them.

They didn't know about the intelligence that Shisui was ambushed upon returning to the village, as they were on the battlefield and their intelligence acquisition rate was not high.

Otherwise, how could they sit still now? It would be strange if they weren't desperately searching for Kumogakure Ninja.

As for the intelligence that Shisui's Mangekyo was crippled, it had already spread from Konoha.

After all, quite a few people had seen Shisui in that miserable state.

Then, an insider rumor, originating from who knows where, spread throughout Konoha that Shisui's Sharingan was blind, and spies from other ninja villages in Konoha naturally transmitted the intelligence outwards.

This also conveniently suppressed Shisui's reputation.

A crippled hero greatly reduced the pressure on the Hokage faction; he no longer threatened their position.

Although the Third Hokage later declared that discussing Uchiha Shisui's matter was forbidden, the news had already spread, and other ninja villages had also received the information.

The reactions from all sides were relatively silent. After all, Uchiha Shisui belonged to Konoha, and they had one less powerful enemy, which was a good thing.

During this time, Anju also obtained the method for Chakra Extraction at the Uchiha Clan Residence.

This was something Naruto learned inadvertently while mixing with the little kids of the Uchiha.

Many of the little kids of the Uchiha Clan were now over five years old, and they sometimes exchanged information. The Chakra Extraction Technique was thus overheard by Naruto.

Anju, who was staying in Naruto's Sealing Space, immediately obtained the method for using this extraction technique.

As for the auxiliary medicinal materials, Anju couldn't get them and couldn't use them, so he didn't even consider them.

Therefore, Anju could only directly use the extraction technique to extract Chakra.

However, Anju forgot one thing: he had no body and could not extract Chakra by combining spirit and flesh.

Anju's entire fox face fell.

He had already gotten a handle on spiritual energy, but Anju had no physical body!

Opening his eyes, Anju lay on the sofa in Minato and Kushina's Love Nest.

He inadvertently saw Minato.

Anju had a flash of inspiration.

Wasn't Minato a Chakra body?

Wasn't he a ready-made subject to learn from?

Soon, Anju arrived beside Minato.

"Minato, how do you extract chakra now?"

"?"

"I said, how do you extract chakra now?"

"I don't need to extract it. Didn't you supply me with chakra?"

"Then how does the chakra I give you become your own chakra?"

"Oh, I just need to assimilate it with my own chakra. The chakra you give me doesn't have any attributes."

After Minato finished speaking, Anju flashed to the side.

He left after asking, not having much else to say to Minato.

Minato was also a bit confused, not understanding why Anju was asking him these questions.

Anju began to combine his spirit with the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra Body.

Since Minato could assimilate the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra, wouldn't it be even easier for him, the actual controller of the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra, to assimilate it?

The experimental results made Anju quite satisfied.

He succeeded!

Looking at a small ball of chakra that appeared different from the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra Body, Anju also became a little excited.

This was a breakthrough from zero to one!

Since he had this small ball of his own chakra, more and more Yin Nine-Tails Chakra was assimilated.

Anju also clearly felt his control over the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra strengthening.

If, at first, Anju could only turn the faucet on and off, now he could adjust the size of the faucet and even divert the water flowing from the faucet to other pools.

However, while this change was somewhat good, Anju also discovered a problem.

That was, this pool was too large, and the amount of Tailed Beast Chakra he could control at once was affected by his own spiritual power.

But it was still beneficial to Anju now, for example... precise control of chakra fluctuations, and learning various new Ninjutsu from the Nine-Tails.

The most obvious feeling of this was Minato.

He found that the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra supplied to him had decreased.

"Hey, Anju!"

"Oh, don't worry, I'm just adjusting. If you think I'm harming you, you can seal me."

Minato shut up. He found that although the amount of chakra supplied to him had decreased, it was still barely enough to maintain his chakra body.

At most, it was like originally providing a person who eats one bowl of rice with a bucket of rice, and now not giving a bucket of rice, but only one bowl.

It changed from a feeling of abundance back to just enough to get by.

So, although Minato spoke, there was no hint of accusation towards Anju.

He was just afraid that Anju wouldn't give him Chakra in the end.

As the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra was slowly assimilated by Anju, Kushina also noticed this change.

Originally, the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra in her Sealing Space needed to be suppressed by the Sealing Space to prevent it from leaking out.

Now, without the suppression of the Sealing Space, the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra wouldn't leak out. In short, the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra Body had become more solidified.

"Anju, what's wrong? What happened?"

"Oh, Kushina, it's nothing. I'm just controlling my Chakra. Did it affect you?"

"No, it's just that you suddenly... uh, controlling it, makes me a little unaccustomed."

"It's fine. I was just lazy before. Now I'm serious."

After Anju finished speaking, Kushina felt something was off. What did Anju mean by saying he was going to be serious?

Could there be something big happening recently?

"Anju, is there something very urgent recently?"

"No, I just sensed something wasn't right."

"What is it?"

"I can't explain it, but it seems very unexpected to me."

Anju understood very well how many things were related to him after he got involved with Konoha.

He also didn't know how many changes would occur later. Would the events from the original story still happen?

When would they happen?

For example, this war. In the original story, nothing major happened in Konoha from year 52 to 55.

But what about now?

The existence of the Nine-Tailed Enchantress Kushina supplemented a part of Konoha's fighting strength.

With the appearance of two wars, could the Ninja World still remain peaceful?

Konoha attacked Kumogakure, Iwagakure attacked Kumogakure. What changes would Kumogakure undergo?

Shisui's Mangekyo appeared openly, and the Uchiha's status was also higher than in the original story.

Without Uchiha Shisui as a stimulus, could Itachi Uchiha still awaken his eyes?

Would the Uchiha Clan propose a Coup again to overthrow the Third Hokage?

Would Obito Uchiha persuade Nagato to collect the Tailed Beasts in advance?

How much benefit did Nagato gain from this war between Iwagakure and Kumogakure?

And what could he do in this changing situation?

Just sit back and watch Naruto and Sasuke grow up?

Or trigger the conflict between Nagato and the Five Great Ninja Villages in advance?

This all required Anju to carefully consider.

"Anju, don't worry, it's fine. Konoha has me, and Minato, and many ninja clans. Don't think too much about it.

Sometimes I really feel like you're not a Tailed Beast at all. How could a Tailed Beast have so many twists and turns?"

After Kushina finished speaking, Anju also relaxed a little.

That's right, there's still the Sage of the Six Paths in the Ninja World. Why should he worry so much?