Three-Tails Chakra Acquired! Kakashi Hatake's Tragedy

Meanwhile, Minamoto Takuya also arrived at the scene. Looking at the gruesome aftermath, not a single Mist Shinobi had been left with an intact corpse. Their mangled bodies lay in pools of blood. If he had arrived a little earlier, he might have witnessed that spectacular Wood Release.

However, the other party apparently did not wish to expose the existence of Wood Release, so they had withdrawn it after finishing.

Without thinking further, Minamoto Takuya walked over to Rin Nohara, whose chest had been torn open by a hole.

Minamoto Takuya first fired a signal flare, then crouched down to inspect Rin Nohara's condition. Green light brimming with vitality emerged from his hand, as though he intended to prolong her life a little.

In truth, this was merely a performance for the White Zetsu that might still be observing the situation here.

What no one could see was that Minamoto Takuya frowned as he crouched down. His memory had still been slightly off.

He had thought Rin Nohara would not die so quickly, but that was not the case. Rin Nohara had already completely lost all signs of life.

Fortunately, Minamoto Takuya could sense the Sealing Jutsu dissipating within her body. This Sealing Jutsu was merely a temporary seal; even if left alone, it would break before long.

This was the Mist Shinobi's plan: turn Rin Nohara, once she was brought back to Konoha, into the Three-Tails and have her ravage the entire village.

But clearly, this plan had been manipulated from the very beginning and could never have succeeded.

Even if Minato Namikaze was not in the village, the Third Hokage, who was not yet so old, might have been unable to deal with the Nine-Tails, but handling a Three-Tails would still have been enough. At the very least, he could have confronted it and kept the losses within acceptable limits.

Minamoto Takuya did not care about any of that. He sensed the Tailed Beast within the shattered seal rapidly dissipating.

As everyone knew, when a Jinchuriki died, the Tailed Beast within them died as well. Now that Rin Nohara was dead, the Three-Tails naturally could not escape its fate.

However, a faint curve appeared on Minamoto Takuya's lips, because the Three-Tails had not completely dissipated yet. Once any creature died, its Chakra, no longer under control, would naturally disperse.

Rin Nohara's Chakra had likely only been dissipating for a short while, while the Three-Tails possessed far more Chakra and could naturally endure much longer.

Still, at this rate of dissipation, it would not last long. That was why he had rushed here even at the risk of alerting White Zetsu.

He could not delay any longer. Realizing this, Minamoto Takuya did not hesitate. Sealing Formula after Sealing Formula flowed from his hands into Rin Nohara's body.

Once the Seals had been fully arranged, Minamoto Takuya quietly formed hand seals.

"Sealing Jutsu—Chakra Severing Technique!"

In an instant, the Three-Tails Chakra that had yet to fully disperse seemed to be viciously sliced in half by an incomparably sharp blade.

Most of the severed Three-Tails Chakra was drawn into Minamoto Takuya's body, where a Sealing Formula emerged, while the remaining small portion rapidly vanished.

This was the Sealing Jutsu Minamoto Takuya had developed.

In the Original Work, only two Sealing Jutsu could achieve this.

One was the Akatsuki Organization's Phantom Dragon Nine Sealing Jutsu, which directly extracted Tailed Beast Chakra from a Jinchuriki's body.

Not only did Minamoto Takuya have no way of obtaining this Sealing Jutsu, but the number of Jonin and Kage-level shinobi required for the Phantom Dragon Nine Sealing Jutsu was not something he could gather. Perhaps one person could do it as well, but the time required would likely be immense.

The other Sealing Jutsu was... the Reaper Death Seal, which split the Nine-Tails and Orochimaru into two parts!

There was even less need to mention this one. At present, Minato Namikaze was probably the only one who knew it. Whether it had even been recorded in the Scroll of Seals was still unknown, making it extremely difficult to obtain.

Moreover, using the Reaper Death Seal was practically a guaranteed death. Even with the Uzumaki Clan's Shinigami Mask, it required handling it the way Orochimaru had, and the danger remained enormous.

What Minamoto Takuya had researched was a third Sealing Jutsu capable of dividing Chakra, aside from those two!

Feeling the Three-Tails Chakra temporarily sealed within his body, Minamoto Takuya could not help licking his lips. It really worked.

The fact that he had encountered no resistance along the way was probably because the Three-Tails' consciousness had already dissipated, leaving it completely unable to resist.

But this at least proved one thing: his Sealing Jutsu truly could divide Tailed Beast Chakra. It could be said that Sealing Jutsu capable of dividing Chakra were not difficult, but one whose effect could divide Tailed Beast Chakra was much harder to create!

That was why Minamoto Takuya had continued researching it until it was as perfect as possible.

After completing the division of the Three-Tails Chakra, Minamoto Takuya put on an act and shook his head. He stopped using the Mystical Palm Technique, then walked over to Kakashi Hatake and began treating him.

Kakashi Hatake had merely exhausted himself too severely, while the birth of the Mangekyō Sharingan also seemed to have consumed most of his mental strength. That was why he had fainted. His physical injuries were not serious.

Thus, the treatment was completed in little time.

Soon, the Anbu who had seen the signal flare arrived one after another. The leader wore white clothing, standing in stark contrast to the other shinobi dressed in black.

The Anbu also saw the hellish scene before them. The endless blood had not yet dried, and none of the corpses lying in it were intact!

"...This is..." The Anbu Captain's voice was filled with shock.

"It was already like this when I arrived. Kakashi Hatake is fine, but Rin Nohara..." Minamoto Takuya did not say more.

The Anbu Vice-Captain also saw the gaping wound in Rin Nohara's chest, still bleeding.

"I see. Then there is nothing to be done." The Anbu Captain's tone did not change much. As long as Kakashi Hatake was unharmed, that was enough.

Minamoto Takuya was not surprised by his attitude. Kakashi Hatake had always been the important one, not Rin Nohara.

Still, Minamoto Takuya sighed as he watched Kakashi Hatake being carried away on the Anbu Vice-Captain's back.

That man's life was simply too tragic.

He had lost his mother in childhood, then happened to encounter the outbreak of the Second Ninja World War, which forced him to enroll early.

He graduated at five and became a Chunin at six, but then his father, White Fang, committed suicide—and died before Kakashi Hatake, who was already old enough to understand. This left him psychologically scarred.

As a result, his later cooperation with teammates was never particularly smooth. He had finally joined Minato Namikaze's team and gained two childhood friends, Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara.

It had seemed that if things continued this way, the wounds in his heart would gradually heal.

Yet now Obito Uchiha was dead, and Rin Nohara had been 'personally' killed by him.

With such experiences, forget recovering psychologically—it would be a blessing if his condition did not worsen.

Moreover, Kakashi Hatake's tragedy was not over yet. He still had a teacher and teacher's wife who cared for him, and then... those who knew, knew!

So Kakashi Hatake was a tragedy through and through. The fact that he could pull himself together afterward showed how strong his mind was, truly deserving of his title as a genius.

Minamoto Takuya sighed inwardly. Of course, the final incident had not happened yet, and he was also hesitating over whether to interfere with it.

That matter was not particularly dangerous, merely a matter of information disparity. He only needed to tell Minato Namikaze to seal the Tailed Beast back again, and Kushina Uzumaki's life could be saved. Then she would not die in a lovers' suicide.

And he could obtain some things he wanted from it, such as... Nine-Tails Chakra.

But the problem was that if those two remained alive, the impact on the future plot would be far too immense. It could be said that the direction of the entire Shinobi World would change, leaving him somewhat hesitant.

He did not have a system to begin with. If the plot underwent drastic changes again, then his only advantage would be greatly diminished.

Minamoto Takuya's eyes darkened. That matter was not too far away either.

What exactly... should he do?