Waiting

After leaving Takigakure, Yichen looked at the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki while pondering the battle that had just taken place. The capture of the Tailed Beast had gone smoothly; neither the Seven-Tails nor the Jinchuriki had been on guard at all.

How did a perfectly good offensive Ninjutsu suddenly turn into Sealing Jutsu? By the time they realized something was wrong, the Sealing Jutsu was already set up, and it was too late to resist.

The process was too short and there were too few changes. This battle was not very relevant to Yichen's experience. Yichen did not think that other Jinchuriki would be so careless. It was obvious that Takigakure had been at peace for too long and lacked the vigilance that ninjas should have.

However, this brief battle was not without its benefits for Yichen.

The formation of the Sealing Runes could probably be faster. The maintenance of the seal could be approached differently; it doesn't necessarily have to be a one-time sealing. If the situation is special during battle, it could be sealed in parts, and then the seals could be connected at the end.

Hmm, that's a good idea. I'll look into it more when I have time.

A day later, Yichen successfully infiltrated the Land of Fire with the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and stopped on a Kajiyamari far from Konoha.

Let's wait here for Obito. This distance is just right; too close and we'll be easily discovered, too far and we won't get timely intelligence and will miss the show.

Kushina's production date is around these days, so it shouldn't be long before she's ready.

Kushina's pregnancy was a key piece of intelligence that Yichen was closely monitoring. He had analyzed multiple pieces of information, including Yichen's Minato Namikaze, to determine the date of Kushina's delivery.

So although Yichen didn't know the exact date of her due date, she had a general idea, which is why she decided to stake out the place.

During his period of infiltration, Yichen naturally could not cultivate, because if he made too much noise, it would attract the patrolling ninjas of Konoha.

After setting up a barrier to block perception, Yichen, bored, entered the Five Elements Sealing Jutsu and chatted with the Seven-Tails.

Yichen had absolutely no interest in the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki; Jinchuriki of that age would have lived for several years even without meeting Yichen. However, Yichen did have some thoughts about the Seven-Tails, Chōmei.

"Hello, my name is Yichen, and I am the Fourth Tsuchikage of Iwagakure in the Land of Earth. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Inside the Sealed Space, Yichen was introducing himself to the Seven-Tails.

Seven-Tails ignored him.

"Don't worry, I mean no harm. I just need your help."

Seven-Tails ignored him.

"Our village also has two Tailed Beasts, one is Five-Tails and the other is Four-Tails. You should recognize them, right?"

Seven-Tails ignored him.

"I'm good friends with the Five-Tails Jinchuriki. Oh, and the Five-Tails and his Jinchuriki are friends now too. How about that? Aren't you envious?"

Seven-Tails ignored him.

And so, Yichen chatted happily with Seven-Tails while waiting for Obito's move.

On the seventh day after Yichen infiltrated the Land of Fire, in the Konoha Memorial Stone area, in front of Rin Nohara's tombstone, Obito Uchiha, wrapped in White Zetsu clone and covered in a thick black robe, silently gazed at the tombstone.

Suddenly, the voice of White Zetsu clone came from Obito Uchiha: "Obito, are you really going to release the Nine-Tails?"

"Although Lord Madara left behind the Nine-Tails' Summoning Jutsu, you'll probably only have one chance. After this, Konoha will definitely find a way to break the contract."

"Should we wait until war breaks out before launching our attack?"

Obito snorted and said, "With the Yellow Flash around, I don't know if we can even have another Ninja World War. Besides, Kushina's childbirth is the only chance to loosen the Nine-Tails' seal. If we miss this opportunity, I don't know if she'll have another child."

"Finally, call me Madara Uchiha, not Obito. Obito is dead."

"Okay, okay, Obito, I understand."

"By the way, the Five-Tails told his Jinchuriki, Han, that all the Tailed Beast have names. The Five-Tails' name is Kokuō. What's your name?"

Yichen was still trying to make conversation.

Seven-Tails still ignored him.

"Senior Kokuō is instructing Senior Han on his Kekkei Genkai, but Senior Han's progress is not fast. On the contrary, Senior Han's disciple Toda Yui, has quite good talent in this area."

Seven-Tails still ignored him.

"With Senior Kokuō's help, Toda Yui should be able to learn Boil Release very soon."

Seven-Tails still ignored him.

"By the way, Seven-Tails, what's your name?"

Seven-Tails still ignored him.

Yichen continued his pleasant conversation with Seven-Tails.

Finally, after Yichen asked a certain question, the Seven-Tails responded.

"Did Kokuō really tell you this name himself?"

Yichen was taken aback. Goodness, you finally spoke up.

"Of course, of course, otherwise how would I know you have names?" Yichen quickly replied.

However, it seemed that Seven-Tails only wanted to confirm one thing with Yichen and had no intention of chatting with Yichen. After that, no matter what Yichen said, he didn't say anything more.

Then, with a loud "bang," a huge red figure suddenly appeared in the distance, in the direction of Konoha.

"It's begun," Yichen muttered to himself. "Obito, you certainly didn't disappoint me."

Yichen was genuinely afraid of the butterfly effect. What if the Yellow Flash survived? Would the Iwa ninja still have a chance to rise again?

"Seven-Tails, I'll take you to see the Nine-Tails. After Konoha, they'll probably send you back to Takigakure. I'll come back to chat with you when you get Takigakure."

With that, Yichen grabbed the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and flew towards Konoha.

When Yichen flew over Konoha, Nine-Tails was fighting a massive Katsuyu.

"It seems Tsunade is also in Konoha. In that case, Konoha's losses this time will be much smaller than in the original story. Luckily, I'm here, otherwise the plot would have gone off track. Let me correct the plot."

"Five Elements Sealing Jutsu, Release." Yichen immediately released the Five Elements Sealing Jutsu he had placed on the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, and also released the useless seal placed by Takigakure. He then released the Seven-Tails just like Obito released the Nine-Tails- Tails.

Then, the enormous Seven-Tails crashed into Konoha like a meteorite.

"What is that? Another Tailed Beast?" Below, the Konoha ninja and civilians exclaimed in surprise.

"This scene... it feels so familiar. Right, that's right, the Fox of Stone used the same method to smash the Eight-Tails on their heads last time." Some ninjas who had participated in the siege of the Third Raikage unconsciously recalled that unpleasant scene.

"Could it be Yichen again? Damn it!" the ninja gritted his teeth.

"Enma!" A loud shout rang out, and then a huge, extremely long club slammed down on the falling Seven-Tails.

With a "bang," the Seven-Tails was hit, its falling direction changed, and it didn't land in the center of Konoha, but on the edge.

"It's the Third Lord! Thank goodness, we're saved!" The Konoha ninja and the civilians who hadn't yet been evacuated shouted.

However, the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, had a grim expression. His pale face was not only due to the immense strain he had endured, but also to his worry about the enemy lurking in the shadows.

This enemy, who has yet to appear, not only controls the Nine-Tails but also brought the Seven-Tails with him. Moreover, he possesses the Sharingan.

"Go up and suppress the Seven-Tails first. Don't give him a chance to use the Tailed Beast Bomb." Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately ordered the elite ninjas around him.

Then, the Seven-Tails, which had just landed, was immediately attacked by a wave of Konoha ninja. As a result, the Seven-Tails, which did not originally have much hatred for the Konoha ninja, immediately launched a counterattack.

Seeing this, Yichen breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the Seven-Tails hadn't flown away. Then, Yichen quickly descended and took advantage of the chaos to sneak into Konoha.

By this time, Konoha's Sensory Barrier had long since ceased to exist. Sensory Barrier, which are effective against ninjas, are useless against Tailed Beast. Therefore, after the Nine-Tails broke free of its seal, the Konoha High-ranking officials reassigned the Barrier Team. After all, sealing the Nine-Tails still depended on these people.

Besides delivering packages, Yichen had another purpose in coming to Konoha this time. After running around the streets that had been destroyed by Nine-Tails for a long time, Yichen finally arrived in front of a house.

The door was open, and the person inside must have left in a hurry. Without any delay, Yichen slipped into the house.

This house is the home of Genma Shiranui, one of Genma Shiranui 'Minato Namikaze three bodyguards.

Having anticipated this day would come, Yichen had already ascertained the whereabouts of the three bodyguards— Minato Namikaze, Minato Namikaze, and Yichen—who would later be able to combine their powers to Flying Thunder God.

Ignoring the battle outside, Yichen carefully searched Genma Shiranui's house, but Yichen, although he found several Ninjutsu Scroll, he couldn't find the Flying Thunder God technique that Yichen was most looking forward to.

After confirming that nothing had been missed, Yichen ran towards his next target: the house of Deivashi, which was relatively close to Genma Shiranui Tatami Iwashi's house.

Disguised as Konoha Anbu, Yichen swiftly moved through the Konoha. Whenever he encountered Konoha in need, he would lend a hand. Soon, Yichen arrived at Tatami Iwashi's house.

Upon entering, Yichen Ichiraku to find that Tatami Iwashi's house was not in disarray. Yichen guessed that Tatami Iwashi might not have been home when the Nine-Tails unleashed its power.

Therefore, it's very likely that Tatami Iwashi didn't return to retrieve the Flying Thunder God training scroll. Of course, it's also possible that Tatami Iwashi kept it close to his body.

With a mix of nervousness and excitement, Yichen quickly began searching Tatami Iwashi's house.

Soon, Yichen found his target. In Tatami Iwashi's bedroom, Yichen easily discovered a scroll.

Looking at the four characters "Sword of Ninja Love" on the scroll, Yichen understood why Tatami Iwashi hadn't put the scroll away. With the Flying Thunder God symbol on it, this thing wouldn't get lost at all.

I bet nobody expected that Minato Namikaze, who possessed the Flying Thunder God Minato Namikaze, would die so easily in battle.

Although he knew that Minato Namikaze was entangled with Obito and couldn't get away, Yichen still created a clone, which stepped forward and cast Sealing Jutsu on the scroll.

Then Yichen put the scroll away.

After obtaining the Flying Thunder God training scroll, Yichen breathed a sigh of relief and looked in the direction of the farthest Namiashi Raidō family.

Namiashi Raidō Yichen needs to cross the central area of Konoha.

After thinking it over, Yichen gave up. The location of Namiashi Raidō's house and the location of the Nine-Tails' outburst were not in the same direction, so he should have enough time to transfer the scroll.

Instead of searching for a scroll that most likely doesn't exist, it's better to scavenge corpses.

Next, Yichen inspected the houses that looked like ninja residences while also looting the corpses.

This is Konoha, the Konoha's headquarters. No one would expect an enemy to invade their own village, so many ninjas carry Ninjutsu Scroll.

Ninja families had even more of these scrolls. For example, Yichen's family had two Ninjutsu Scroll when he Yichen a child, left by his father: one was Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall, and the other was Earth Style: Earth Rising Spear.

Along the way, Yichen reaped quite a harvest, finding nearly a hundred scrolls. However, due to time constraints, Yichen didn't bother to examine the contents of these Ninjutsu scrolls, instead stuffing them all into his Ninja Tool Pouch.

However, as time went on, the Konoha ninja gradually brought the situation under control, making it increasingly difficult for Yichen to Yichen.

Looking around, Yi Chen realized that the Nine-Tails was nowhere to be found; it had probably been moved away by Minato Namikaze. The Seven-Tails was being overwhelmed and beaten by Tsunade and Katsuyu not far from the village. Yichen knew that the Nine-Tails' Rampage was about to end.

After thinking for a moment, Yichen turned his attention to the Uchiha Clan.

The Uchiha Clan remained inactive all night, all members trapped within their clan territory by Danzo's Root.

At the entrance to the Uchiha Clan compound, Danzo and Fugaku Uchiha remained in a standoff. Other Root were scattered around the Uchiha Clan compound, acting as a guard.

Suddenly, a violent fluctuation of Chakra arose abruptly from a corner behind the Uchiha Clan.

Fugaku Uchiha's gaze sharpened, and he activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, looking in that direction. Danzo, meanwhile, called out in a low voice, "Clan Leader Fugaku!"

Upon hearing Danzo's shout, Fugaku, who had originally intended to go and investigate, hesitated for a moment but ultimately did not go. After a while, several Root member and several Uchiha members ran over warily.

Root member spoke first, "Lord Danzō, Team Din has been killed. They were ambushed, and judging from the scene, the attackers came from outside the Uchiha Clan Compound."

Danzo gave Fugaku Uchiha a cold look before asking, "Has anyone entered the Uchiha Clan Compound?"

The Root who spoke earlier said, "Lord Danzō, we didn't know that Ding and his squad were killed instantly, creating a temporary gap in the security zone. If someone enters the Uchiha Clan Compound, we won't be able to detect them."

Fugaku then looked at the two Uchiha clan member, who nodded and said, "Clan leader, it's true that a squad of Root member was killed, but no one entered the clan territory. I've been guarding there the whole time. I only sensed a fluctuation of Chakra, but I didn't see anyone."

"It's over." Although Fugaku wasn't politically astute, he wasn't stupid. He realized that the Uchiha Clan had fallen into someone else's trap.

Thinking again about the sudden appearance of the Seven-Tails and the Sharingan in the Nine-Tails' eyes, Fugaku Uchiha sighed and knew that the Uchiha Clan could no longer explain it clearly.

Now there's only one hope left.

"Fourth generation, please don't die!"