The Nine-Tails Incident, Part One
Konoha
Uchiha Clan Compound, Naraku's residence
Naraku the baby in his arms with a big smile. The baby, who was just over a month old, was chubby and sleepy, sleeping soundly in Naraku's arms.
After holding her for a while, Naraku whispered to the girl beside him:
"Shizune, thank you so much, Tensuke."
"Fourth Generation Lord, you're too kind! I'll take good care of the young master."
Shizune took the baby from Naraku's arms and replied respectfully.
Shizune, Dan Katō's niece, is about fifteen or sixteen years old. She is very skilled in Ninjutsu and is taught Ninjutsu by Tsunade. She is Tsunade's assistant and disciple.
Naraku smiled and handed the child to Shizune.
The Kato family is very stable within the Security Department, and its members are gradually increasing, making it comparable to smaller families like the Gekko and Shiranui families.
Naraku and Tsunade's child is usually cared for by Shizune, but most of the time their father Sanzang and mother Uchiha Mei take care of their beloved grandson.
As for Tsunade and Naraku, they are usually busy with work and rarely seen.
"Lord Fourth Hokage! Minato is urgently contacting you!"
Outside Naraku's mansion, Anbu appeared Body Flicker Technique, reporting loudly and urgently.
"Okay! I understand!"
Naraku replied loudly, put on his outer robe, and vanished from the room in Body Flicker Technique.
Konoha Center
In the most bustling part of Konoha, late at night, the villagers and ninjas had all gone to bed, and there were few people wandering the streets.
"I have a feeling something's going to happen tonight, I need to stay hidden!"
Naraku gave instructions to the Anbu, and then Body Flicker Technique appeared on the roof of a nearby high-rise building.
Although the four Anbu guards did not know the Hokage's intentions, they also hid and lay in wait after seeing Naraku's disappearing figure.
"With Minato and Tsunade here, there shouldn't be any problems. Actually, it would be best if Nohara Rin came to deliver the baby, but the Three-Tails also needs to be taken seriously and monitored."
However, I also really want the God Tree Fruit, a treasure that devours the Natural Energy of an entire world...
"If Obito really attacks, he'll definitely summon the Nine-Tails in the very center of Konoha. We can just wait here and wait for him to come to us."
Naraku's mind raced, he closed his eyes, clasped his hands together, and activated his Sensory Ninjutsu.
Mind's Eye of the Kagura a sensory secret technique of the Uzumaki Clan. Even among the Uzumaki Clan, not all members can successfully master this Sensory Ninjutsu.
After closing their eyes and opening their mind's eye, gifted Uzumaki Clan can sense objects within a radius of tens of kilometers using Chakra. If there is a specific marked Chakra, they can also sense the exact location and direction, making it the Ninjutsu with the widest range of perception.
Naraku's enormous Chakra reserves allowed Naraku to perceive things from a radius of nearly 100 kilometers, encompassing not only the entire Konoha but also small towns located a little further away.
Combined with Naraku's soul perception, he can perceive both Chakra and souls. However, there are too many people and things to perceive, requiring filtering and mental focus.
After all, sensing tens of thousands of people and filtering out the target is not an easy task; one can only focus on certain locations.
"Huh? It's really here?"
Naraku Mind's Eye of the Kagura to sense and perceive an unexpected person.
Outside Konoha
In a secluded location, a small, makeshift defensive outpost was set up, equipped with covert sensing and defensive barriers, and staffed with Anbu squads to carry out classified defense missions.
Inside the base's delivery room, the Anbu guards and Biwako Sarutobi lay motionless on the ground, while Tsunade and Namikaze Minato stared nervously at the black-robed, Masked Ninja before them.
The Masked Ninja in black robes, holding a newborn child, looked at Namikaze Minato and Tsunade and said coldly:
"Namikaze Minato, Tsunade, leave the Jinchuriki's side."
Namikaze Minato looked at the Masked Ninja with some tension and fear, while Tsunade frowned.
Seeing that the two did not react, the black-robed, Masked Ninja threatened again in a low, cold voice:
"Otherwise, this child only has one minute to live."
"Wait, calm down!"
Namikaze Minato's voice was tense as he extended his left hand, seemingly to soothe the Masked Ninja, fearing that the Masked Ninja might impulsively harm his child.
"I am completely calm now."
The Masked Ninja spoke in a low voice, holding Kunai in his left hand and tossing the swaddled infant in his arms toward the roof with his right.
Although the delivery room was a temporary structure, it was spacious and airy inside, containing only a bed and some medical equipment.
The newborn Naruto cried loudly, and the sound of the baby broke the hearts of everyone present.
"Naruto!"
Kushina watched the child being thrown into the air and cried out anxiously.
Naruto, still in swaddling clothes, was thrown into the air, reached its peak, and began to fall. A masked man in black robes, holding Kunai, jumped around, seemingly wanting to kill the infant Naruto.
Call out
However, Namikaze Minato was even faster. The Yellow Flash was not only the Flying Thunder God Technique, which was unpredictable, but his Body Flicker Technique was also unmatched.
In the blink of an eye, a wisp of dust rose in the room, Namikaze Minato, holding the baby in his arms, returned to the position he had been in before jumping.
Tsunade had just finished her postpartum confinement when she embarked on this secret mission, but an accident occurred. As the baby was being rescued, Tsunade Body Flicker Technique rushed forward and punched the Masked Ninja had jumped into the air and hadn't yet landed.
"You passed through?"
Tsunade charged up her punch, sending the Masked Ninja through the air with her fist.
The black-robed, Masked Ninja paid no attention to Tsunade's Taijutsu attacks, staring at Namikaze Minato with even deeper hatred in his heart.
"Yellow Flash, just in time! Why is it that when you save me, or when you save Lin, you're always too late!"
The black-robed, Masked Ninja possessed a tyrannical and dark heart; his crimson Sharingan were bloodshot, and he spoke with a cruel, mocking tone:
"As expected of the Yellow Flash, but what will happen next?"
The black-robed, Masked Ninja landed from the air, Hand Seals with one hand. A slight fluctuation of Chakra emanated from him, accompanied by the sound of Explosive Tag igniting.
Hiss hiss hiss
"Well..."
Namikaze Minato swallowed hard; Minato was incredibly nervous about the newborn Naruto.
Hearing the sound of the Explosive Tag igniting, he noticed the Explosive Tag stuck to Naruto's swaddling clothes.
"Minato! Naruto!"
Kushina also noticed the sparks ignited by the Explosive Tag on Naruto's swaddling clothes and cried out anxiously.
Namikaze Minato reacted swiftly, tearing off and discarding the swaddling clothes, then rushed towards the Daimon with the child in his arms.
Upon hearing the sound of the Explosive Tag igniting, Tsunade Hand Seals, her Chakra erupted, and black patterns appeared on her forehead and below her body. She accelerated towards the Jinchuriki, Kushina, to act as her protector.
Boom!
With a deafening roar, the house was blown apart, and through the smoke, a black- Masked Ninja charged towards the Jinchuriki Kushina.
The Masked Ninja abandoned Naruto to distract Namikaze Minato and Tsunade; his real target was Uzumaki Kushina.
Namikaze Minato had already left the Jinchuriki's side, leaving only Tsunade behind, who was unharmed despite the explosion.
"Genjutsu: Sharingan"
The black-robed Masked Ninja, empowered by Wood Release Cells and nourished by his Mangekyō Sharingan Chakra, amplified the power of his right eye to an eerily strong degree.
He glared at Tsunade as she charged towards him, then Tsunade into the Genjutsu.
The masked man in black Masked Ninja hand on Kushina's head, absorbing Kushina, and then disappeared in a whirlwind...