Chapter 35

"It's gone! There really isn't a single drop left! You completely drained all the Sealing Jutsu I had!"

"What kind of monster are you, kid? How can a normal person learn things this quickly?"

"Your accomplishments in Sealing Jutsu have already left me several streets behind. You can even turn around and lecture me now."

Kushina Uzumaki lay sprawled across the table, her cheeks puffed up like steamed buns as she glared at Uchiha Yan and complained angrily.

This was just too unfair.

She seriously suspected that Tsunade had sent Uchiha Yan specifically to crush her confidence.

What was even more outrageous was that it would have been bad enough for him to learn quickly, but he could also draw inferences from one example and whip up a whole pile of even more powerful new Sealing Jutsu in minutes.

This made no sense at all.

"Heh."

Seeing her puffed-up expression, Uchiha Yan couldn't resist reaching out to poke her cheek. He coaxed her with a smile, "All right, you're not bad yourself. Other than me, there probably isn't anyone else in the entire Ninja World who can surpass you in Sealing Jutsu."

"By the way, I heard that your Uzumaki clan has a Sealing Jutsu called Adamantine Sealing Chains. Could you teach it to me?"

He had been coveting this technique for quite some time.

After all, it could even restrain a Tailed Beast. It was obviously no ordinary technique.

"Huh?"

After hearing that, Kushina stared at Uchiha Yan speechlessly. "Do you even know what you're saying?"

"If I could teach it to you, would I be hiding it from you?"

"Since you know this Sealing Jutsu is a secret technique of the Uzumaki clan, you should understand that someone without Uzumaki Lineage simply can't learn it." Kushina wasn't deliberately keeping the technique from him when she said this.

After spending these days together with Uchiha Yan, the relationship between them had long since become more than simple one-sided giving.

Yan learned things quickly, and could even turn around and guide her in the Sealing Jutsu she already knew, making her cultivation progress shoot forward. Not to mention, Yan had taught her all the new Sealing Jutsu he had figured out himself in one go.

They were helping each other succeed.

She wished she could stuff Adamantine Sealing Chains into Yan's hands right away and see whether he could create an even more heaven-defying version. By then, the improved Sealing Jutsu would surely be able to restrain the Nine-Tails with ease, and dealing with that beast would no longer be a dream.

"Achoo!!"

At that moment, inside the New Eight Trigrams Seal space within Kushina, the Nine-Tails suddenly sneezed. It grumbled unhappily, "Damn it, that girl Kushina must be plotting something again."

"Bang! Bang!"

It raised a claw and smashed it hard against the cage constructed by the seal. The cage didn't budge at all. Instead, the impact left its claw throbbing with pain, making the Nine-Tails even more furious.

"What the hell is Uchiha Yan doing, creating such a perverted Sealing Jutsu?"

"How am I supposed to escape now?"

The more it thought about it, the more it felt that it had no hope of ever turning things around.

The only thing that slightly comforted the Nine-Tails was that Uchiha Yan still had some conscience and had persuaded Kushina not to be too harsh. The sealed cage had been expanded countless times, making the space at least a hundred times larger than before.

The scenery had changed too.

There was a sky overhead, grassland beneath its feet, and distant mountains and flowing water—everything one could want.

Although it was all fake, living here was much more comfortable than in that shabby place before. The Nine-Tails could even run around the sealing space a few times.

"Though I can't get out, staying in here isn't so bad..."

As soon as this thought appeared, the Nine-Tails' face stiffened. It immediately shook its head fiercely and gritted its teeth. "No! How can I have thoughts like that?"

"I was born to be free. It was humans who imprisoned me. Do I bow my head just because someone gives me a few benefits?"

"Absolutely not!"

The dignity of a Tailed Beast would never bow!

Yet the next second, it used its Chakra to create a huge pile of potato chips and soda. It grabbed a handful of chips in each claw and stuffed them into its mouth with loud crunches.

It gulped down the soda, savoring every bit of it.

It was as though the Tailed Beast that had just shouted about never submitting had never been it at all.

The Nine-Tails was helpless too!

Looking at this new seal, it basically had no chance of getting out before Kushina died. What was more, there was a monster like Uchiha Yan outside. After thinking it over, it felt that getting out now might not be a good thing anyway, so it was better to stay put.

At least, the Nine-Tails felt that the food, drinks, and entertainment Kushina had brought were genuinely good.

That girl had only come by once, though.

But did Lord Nine-Tails look like the kind of being that forgot something after eating it?

Relying only on the flavors it had smelled and the things it had seen, it could simply use Chakra to replicate them.

They tasted exactly the same.

Outside,

After hearing Kushina's explanation, Uchiha Yan replied with a smile, "Of course I know Adamantine Sealing Chains can only be used with the Uzumaki clan's bloodline, but I still want to give it a try."

"What if it works?"

Kushina paused before nodding. "That's true! If it's you, you might really be able to pull it off!"

"After all, you're just too abnormal."

"Here, it's this one. Take it and give it a try."

With that, Kushina pulled out a scroll and handed it to Uchiha Yan.

"Thanks."

Uchiha Yan accepted the scroll, then looked at Kushina again. "Also, could you give me another drop of your blood? And a little of the Nine-Tails' Chakra too."

"Ah?"

Kushina froze again and asked with a frown, "Why? You suddenly want my blood and the Nine-Tails' Chakra. What are you planning to do?"

"You're not planning to do something bad, are you?"

She stared at Uchiha Yan as though he were a scumbag.

Uchiha Yan: "..."

"Bonk!"

He raised his hand and knocked Kushina on the head, utterly speechless.

"Ow!" Kushina cried out in pain as she covered her forehead.

Uchiha Yan explained, "I want to study the secrets of the Uzumaki Bloodline and see whether I can replicate the Uzumaki Physique."

"Even if that's the hardest part to achieve, it should at least help me master Adamantine Sealing Chains faster."

"As for the Nine-Tails' Chakra? I'm curious about its structure. Maybe I can find a way to completely control Tailed Beasts."

"So, are you going to give it to me or not?"

He stared at Kushina as he asked.

He had been thinking about the Uzumaki Physique for a long time.

Its powerful vitality, enormous Chakra reserves, and innate abilities like the Mind's Eye of the Kagura—all of them were things he wanted to obtain.

He planned to develop a corresponding cultivation method.

If he could gain abilities like the Uzumaki Physique and the Mind's Eye of the Kagura through cultivation, how satisfying would that be?

Of course, he wouldn't let Kushina help him for nothing.

Afterward, he would give her a cultivation method, along with the Uzumaki Bloodline Purification Technique as a return gift.

Once Kushina completely became his woman one day, he would arrange even more cultivation methods for her.

In short, he had already reserved this wife in advance.

"Minato, sorry about this. You'd better pursue someone else. After all, you and Kushina haven't even started yet."

Uchiha Yan silently added this in his heart.

"Fine, fine, fine! I'll give it to you, all right?"

Unable to argue with him, Kushina agreed repeatedly. She turned around, brought over some tools, and gave Uchiha Yan a small cup of blood.

As for the wound?

It healed in the blink of an eye.

The Uzumaki clan's physique really was abnormal.

Next, Uchiha Yan helped Kushina "negotiate" with the Nine-Tails.

The terms were simple: three sets of manga in exchange for a ball of Chakra.

The Nine-Tails actually agreed.

"Hurry up and seal it! If the smell of the Chakra drifts out, those Anbu people aren't pushovers!"

Kushina urged him anxiously.

Fortunately, Uchiha Yan had been prepared and had set up an Isolation Barrier beforehand.

If not for this thing blocking the scent, the Anbu and Root shinobi outside would have rushed in long ago.

After all, leaking Tailed Beast Chakra was no small matter.

"Relax. The barrier has everything covered. It'll be fine."

Uchiha Yan remained quite calm. He pulled out a blank scroll and sealed the ball of Nine-Tails' Chakra inside with a few swift movements.

Then he tucked away the scroll containing Kushina's blood as well.

"Phew—"

Kushina let out a long breath.