Indeed, from Ueno Kei's description, Akatsuki's strength was simply too formidable. Setting everything else aside and looking only at their top-tier combat power, they were fully capable of destroying Konoha!
This was absolutely no joke. Unless Konoha was willing to sacrifice lives to wear them down, with Akatsuki's current lineup of seven or eight Kage-level members, along with an entire organization that surely had some lower- and mid-ranking personnel...
Destroying the current Konoha was by no means impossible, even with Ueno Kei and Jiraiya present. This was also why they advocated holding the Five Kage Summit despite knowing how tense relations between the major ninja villages currently were.
The more Naruto's strength improved, the greater Konoha's chances of victory would become.
"That's right. Jiraiya and I intend to have Naruto learn Sage Arts and master the Nine-Tails' chakra! If he can perfectly control both powers, Naruto's strength will undergo a qualitative leap," Ueno Kei said gravely.
"Naruto has already grown to this point..." Minato said with some emotion. As parents, seeing their child grow so outstandingly would naturally bring them immense comfort.
When Minato had sealed half of the Nine-Tails' chakra inside Naruto, he had hoped that the Nine-Tails would one day become Naruto's aid. Moreover, he firmly believed that his child would be able to control the Nine-Tails' power.
Minato held almost absolute faith in that.
"The Eight Trigrams Seal—this should be a powerful seal of the Uzumaki Clan, right?" Ueno Kei asked. Since Minato was here, there were some things he needed to ask about in greater detail. This concerned the key to Naruto controlling the Nine-Tails. Given the Nine-Tails' attitude, there was no chance of expecting it to obediently hand its power over to Naruto.
A fierce battle was inevitable.
From what Ueno Kei understood of the