Nine-Tails: "Get lost! I don't want to talk to you!"

A moment later, in the Hokage Office.

Minato Namikaze stood near the entrance, eyes downcast, seemingly indifferent, with an air of "it's none of my business."

In reality, it really has little to do with him.

He simply asked Kyohiko for help, to think of what kind of work he could arrange for Kushina so that Kushina wouldn't be so bored, and so that his family relationships could be handled better.

Unexpected.

He set his sights on the job, Kyohiko set his sights on Nine-Tails).

What kind of development is this?

He still doesn't understand what Kyohiko is trying to do.

"You want to talk to Nine-Tails? What will you get out of that conversation?"

Tsunade was puzzled.

Minato Namikaze immediately raised his head.

He was curious too!

Kyohiko thought for a moment and said, "I did some research in the Anbu. The Nine-Tails was captured by Madara Uchiha, and then captured and sealed inside Lady Mito by the First Hokage."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Tsunade for confirmation.

"Is the information correct?"

"Yes, that's right."

Tsunade nodded.

She had read these historical records in the intelligence of the Anbu and didn't see anything wrong with them.

Kyohiko said, "I want to know how Madara captured Nine-Tails back then, and how he made Nine-Tails so obedient... Was there a Jinchuriki relationship between Kurama and Madara?"

Will the Nine-Tails tell you?

Tsunade was equally curious, but she didn't believe Nine-Tails) possessed such rationality and patience.

Minato Namikaze nodded in agreement.

"The Nine-Tails is extremely volatile; there's practically no possibility of communication."

"I want to try and see if Genjutsu can calm the other person down so we can communicate properly. Maybe that way we can learn some secrets buried in history."

Kyohiko persisted in his idea.

Tsunade nodded and said, "Then let's give it a try."

Then, she looked at Minato Namikaze: "I'll give you a letter of recommendation for the sealing specialty course at the Ninja Academy, but whether you can meet the requirements for the Teacher position depends on Kushina's own efforts."

"Thank you, Lord Hokage."

Minato Namikaze was filled with mixed emotions of surprise and delight.

Tsunade smiled without saying a word.

Given Kushina's abilities, she'd be overjoyed if she were willing to teach at the Ninja Academy; how could she possibly refuse?

Minato Namikaze's house.

Kyohiko followed, and as they approached the house, he suddenly became curious.

"Minato, did you buy your house?"

"Of course, my original house was far out, and it collapsed a long time ago."

Minato Namikaze nodded.

Kyohiko coughed lightly and asked in a low voice, "Is the mortgage paid off?"

Minato Namikaze suddenly turned his head, squinting, and said, "Kyohiko, let's not talk about such sad things, okay?"

"Okay, I understand."

Kyohiko chuckled softly.

Minato Namikaze sighed softly, a hint of envy in his voice, "Your house will save you many years of hard work. Unlike me, I've been paying it off for years, and it's finally almost done."

"Keep it up! I'll definitely help you if I get the chance, like asking me to give you a few more S-rank missions!"

Kyohiko's tone was deep and serious.

but.

Current housing prices seem average, yet the Minato could be paid off in just a few years.

Sakura still has many years to go, at least twelve years...

Compared to others, I definitely saved a lot.

Kyohiko suppressed a laugh.

"I'm really looking forward to more S-rank missions; I should be able to pay it off quickly."

Minato answered.

However, he clearly didn't take it seriously, and after giving a casual answer, he took out his keys, Gate of Opening, and went inside.

"Kushina, Kyohiko has come to visit."

"Ah?"

A woman's voice came from inside.

Then, soon after, there was a rustling sound, but clearly...

Kushina wouldn't have time to clean up.

Upon entering the house, Kushina blushed and apologized sheepishly, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to visit so suddenly, so I didn't tidy up much."

"I'm just visiting temporarily."

Kyohiko winked at Minato.

Minato, then took out a letter of recommendation and handed it to Kushina: "If you're willing to be Teacher, you can prepare well, and then report to the Ninja Academy."

"Ninja Academy?"

Kushina's eyes lit up immediately, and she snatched the letter of recommendation in a flash. Then, she hesitated and stammered, "Can I do this?"

"You've probably heard that in the last two or three years of the Ninja Academy, you can apply to choose a major, right? The Lord Hokage recommended the Sealing Technique major."

Explanation of the Minato.

Kushina breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing that it was a sealing specialty.

She had some experience with Sealing Technique.

"Thank you, Minato, and... Kyohiko."

She knew.

Minato went to see Kyohiko this morning, but came back with a letter of recommendation and Kyohiko by his side. He must have something to do with Kyohiko.

"There's another thing I'd like to talk to Nine-Tails about..."

Kyohiko then revealed another reason for his visit.

Kushina was stunned for a moment, then she scratched her head. "I can, but how do you communicate with it? I don't understand this!"

"Let me try, where is the seal?"

"Here..."

Kushina pointed to her abdomen.

Kyohiko reached out, and then his Chakra overflowed, transforming into a vine that wrapped around and bound Kushina.

After a moment, the Chakra flowed along the vines and penetrated the seal.

Chakra is composed of physical energy and spiritual energy. Chakra is connected, communication can be achieved through Chakra as a medium.

even.

Arrive at the "Water Prison" space where the Tailed Beast are located.

Chakra intrusion.

Time ticked by, Minato Namikaze and Kushina were incredibly tense, while Kyohiko gradually relaxed.

A malevolent Chakra surged repeatedly within the seal.

Nine-Tails 'Chakra!

The moment the Chakra collided, Kyohiko's vision blurred, and he instantly found himself in a dimly lit area, where he heard the faint sound of water droplets falling.

As I walked forward, a furious roar suddenly came from ahead.

"Roar!"

"Nine-Tails -senpai, you're so noisy!"

Kyohiko picked at his ear. "As the first outsider to come in and talk to you in all these years, shouldn't I be treated like this?"

"Do you think I should thank you? Damn Wood Release, it was Hashirama Senju who sealed me away back then!"

The Nine-Tails fox's scarlet eyes were fixed on the outside of the cell.

Kyohiko said, "Think about it carefully. It wasn't Hashirama Senju who captured you first, but Madara Uchiha. He used you to fight Hashirama Senju, which led to your sealing away later."

"So what? That's not what Hashirama Senju did."

The Nine-Tails ' malice has already broken through the seal and is now surging outwards.

Kyohiko had no doubt that if the cell door were opened at this moment, the Nine-Tails would rush out and tear him to pieces in an instant.

but.

He remained calm, reached out, and unleashed a burst of Chakra from his palm.

The Nine-Tails fox roared and lunged at him.

In an instant, Kyohiko dodged with his palm, Chakra, passing through the sealed, materialized prison, landed on Nine-Tails's forehead.

The Genjutsu calmed Nine-Tails down a little.

"Senior, I think we can still have a calm conversation. For example, think carefully about what Madara did to you. Did he control you with his Sharingan?"

Sharingan...

Nine-Tails's malice and anger were suppressed, and her emotions stabilized slightly. Although her eyes still revealed struggle, she slowly said, "How could the Sharingan alone control me? There's also the contract."

"Summoning Contract?"

Kyohiko let out a sigh of relief.

He chuckled, "Then think about it, what if one day you finally break through the seal, only to have Madara's descendants use Summoning Contract to teleport back in time and control you again through their eyes..."

Nine-Tails- Tails was still fighting against Kyohiko's Genjutsu suppression, but upon hearing these words, he fell silent, his emotions fluctuating even more intensely than before.

Finally, it lay on the ground silently.

It breached the defenses.

"Senior?"

"Nine-Tails- Tails-senpai? Are you alright?"

"Say something."

Kyohiko continued his harassment.

Nine-Tails looked up impatiently. "Kid, you're annoying, I don't want to talk to you!"

"Two last questions. First, is Madara's Sharingan Three-Tomoe Sharingan? Second, if I could seal the Summoning Contract on your body, would you be willing to cooperate temporarily?"

Kyohiko said.

The Nine-Tails opened its eyes, looked up, its gaze filled with astonishment and surprise, then sneered, "You're so confident you can suppress me?"

"Of course we lack confidence, so not now, but in the future if there's an opportunity. We can help you seal the contract; it's a win-win situation, and we will never break our promise."

Kyohiko chuckled softly as he spoke, "After sealing the Summoning Contract, if one day some Uchiha releases you, you might just get revenge by striking him with your claws."

Nine-Tails silence, Kurama said, "Madara's eyes aren't ordinary Mitsudomoe patterns; I don't know exactly what they are."

After saying that, it lay down on the water and stopped talking.

Inside the room, Kyohiko Awakening, and the vines slowly retracted.

Minato Namikaze breathed a sigh of relief.

Kyohiko was unharmed, Kushina was also safe and sound.

When it comes to anything involving the Nine-Tails, safety is paramount.

Kushina, however, was even more impatient.

"How about it?"

"It can be considered an initial success. I made a promise with the Nine-Tails and learned some details about what happened back then from it."

Kyohiko recounted his conversation with Nine-Tails in great detail.

After listening, Minato Namikaze Kushina exchanged a glance. Then Kushina, with a complicated expression, touched her stomach and whispered, "Before Grandma Mito passed away, she told me to fill my body and mind with love to fight against the Nine-Tails ' corruption..."

"I'm not entirely sure about the situation with the other Tailed Beast, but the Nine-Tails clearly didn't originally have any conflict with humans. Its appearance and sealing were both due to the battle between Madara and the First Hokage."

"That might be the reason for its hatred," Kyohiko said.

Kushina fell silent.

She thought of herself.

Back then, he was inexplicably brought from Uzushio Village to Konoha, and then became Jinchuriki at a very young age. He was imprisoned by Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo in an invisible prison called "Konoha".

If it weren't for Minato, she wouldn't be happy; she might have been consumed by hatred and ultimately become an accomplice of the Nine-Tails.

But.

After listening to Kyohiko's account of "history," she suddenly felt a sense of empathy for Nine-Tails and was momentarily at a loss for words.

Minato Namikaze Kushina, then walked to Kyohiko's side and asked in a low voice, "What promise did you make?"

"Help Nine-Tails) and seal the Summoning Contract it made with Madara."

Kyohiko replied, "Although Madara is dead, what if an Uchiha member could use their Sharingan to break the contract and attempt to unseal and summon the Nine-Tails?"

"Hmm..."

Minato Namikaze frowned.

He sensed that Kyohiko was wary of the Uchiha.

"Do you agree more with Danzo regarding the Uchiha Danzo?"

"No! I agree more with the Second Hokage."

Kyohiko said calmly.

Minato Namikaze asked in surprise, "The Second Hokage?"

"In order to study the Flying Thunder God, I read a lot of the Second Hokage's notes. I tend to think that the Second Hokage's attitude towards the Uchiha was completely different from that of the Third Hokage and Danzo."

Kyohiko answered.

Minato Namikaze is deep in thought.

He didn't understand, and he was even less interested in these struggles.

but.

This concerns Kushina...

He pondered for a long time, "Kyohiko, I don't care about your attitude towards the Uchiha. I only care about whether the Uchiha and Madara still have any connection?"

"I don't know, that's my next work goal."

Kyohiko replied.

Minato Namikaze nodded slightly, then looked at Kyohiko with gratitude.

"Kyohiko, thank you!"

"It's nothing. We're teammates, and we're both disciples of the Teacher. You're practically my older brother. Who else would I help if not you?"

Kyohiko's words were partly driven by self-interest, but mostly sincere.

Although Minato sometimes falters or arrives late at crucial moments, he's the type who's willing to go to great lengths for his friends and those he cares about.

Being friends with him means you don't have to worry about being stabbed in the back.

Minato pursed his lips.

"Um!"

He sorted out his thoughts and pondered for a long time, "I'll study the sealing technique for the Summoning Contract with Kushina. You, on my end, should inquire about the Uchiha..."

"Just let me know when you need my help."

Minato Namikaze added solemnly.

Kyohiko shook his head. "Not for now. If you can get the Flying Raijin Formation set up, that will already be a great contribution."

"Good."

"I'll be going now. I need to report the situation here to them."

"Um."

Minato Namikaze rose to see him off.

He walked Kyohiko to the door, stood there for a long time, then closed the door, turned around, and looked at Kushina on the sofa, a hint of gratitude flashing in his eyes.

Summoning Contract, special Sharingan...

If the Uchiha Clan learns of this and harbors ill will towards Konoha, they might choose to release and control the Nine-Tails, thereby destroying Konoha.

Uchiha.

He pursed his lips, then forced a smile.

"Kushina, what do you want to eat for lunch?"

"Minato, we really need to thank Kyohiko."

Kushina said, "He made me realize some things. Perhaps, the way we treated Nine-Tails in the past was wrong..."

Minato nodded.

Yes!

Communicating with Tailed Beast is inherently dangerous, let alone the fact that Kyohiko is Wood Release Kekkei Genkai, who might be hated by the Nine-Tails even more than an ordinary person.

It's already quite remarkable that Kyohiko dared to go in and talk and communicate.

Minato chuckled, "I'm currently studying the ' Flying Raijin Formation,' so I might find it difficult to find time to spend with you."

"Hey, what you're saying makes me realize I also need to learn how to be a Teacher!"

The Hokage Office.

Tsunade listened to Kyohiko's description, she remained relatively calm at first, but later lost all interest in her work and suddenly stood up.

Could the Nine-Tails be lying to you?

"I feel it's unlikely. Besides, given Nine-Tails's personality, how could it possibly submit to Madara without a contract and a special Sharingan?"

Kyohiko countered with a question.

Tsunade was silent for a moment, then frowned and said, "So, we need to investigate the Uchiha thoroughly?"

"Leave this to me, you don't need to worry."

"You..."

Tsunade looked at Kyohiko with some concern.

"Don't worry, I'm not Danzo, nor am I the Third Hokage. I respect the Second Hokage more. The Uchiha also need to use... I found out that Kagami-senpai has a descendant who will be of school age soon."