Transferring the Nine-Tailed Fox

"Based on the information my body transmitted earlier, I can already analyze Kushina's Adamantine Sealing Chains."

After returning home, Hyuga Wuye stood in the courtyard with his eyes closed, recreating the process of Kushina's Adamantine Sealing Chains in his mind.

This kind of inherited clan secret technique differed from the five elemental release techniques that could be copied by the Sharingan. It often required Yin-Yang attribute chakra to perform and could not be copied.

As Hyuga Wuye reviewed Kushina's movements, he could clearly distinguish the hand seals she formed and the path her chakra took.

But the chakra she refined was not ordinary blue. It was only released after being infused with a dark purple attribute.

"Is this... Yin attribute chakra?"

Wuye mused, "It seems the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques are likely restricted by chakra attributes. Can I still learn them...?"

Opening his eyes, he felt as though his body had remembered Kushina's method: hand seals, chakra circulation.

At the moment of release, he felt his chakra drag, and a jolt of alarm ran through him.

But in the next instant, a dark purple attribute that seemed innate to his body merged into it, transforming it into Yin attribute chakra.

"Sealing Technique: Adamantine Sealing Chains!"

Clack, clack, clack.

A pale golden chakra chain slowly extended from behind him.

But before he could get excited, he discovered that his chakra had been completely drained... and the chakra chain was only half a meter long.

Hyuga Wuye: "..."

So Kushina could extend hers ten meters, while he only had half a meter. Kushina had twenty times his chakra... and considering how effortlessly she had done it, the gap could be even greater.

Let's do the math: twelve-year-old Naruto = 100 Kakashi, seven-year-old Kushina was roughly half a Naruto, Kushina = 50 Kakashi, Kushina = 20 Wuye, therefore...

Hyuga Wuye = 2.5 Kakashi!

"Looks like while my chakra reserves can't compare to those beasts from the Uzumaki clan, they're still far greater than Uchiha Kakashi's. And..."

He muttered thoughtfully, "My spiritual energy increased greatly with the awakening of the Sharingan, but physical energy is still limiting my chakra reserves. Then can I use an explosive power-up to temporarily reach the Uzumaki clan's level?"

"Theoretically, it's possible. Mm!"

Hyuga Wuye opened his eyes and shifted his attention to the chakra chain behind him.

"So, what can half a meter of Adamantine Sealing Chains do...?"

The pale golden chain swayed back and forth, looking like a little tail... Maybe he could use it to act cute?

If Kushina lay face-down on a bed and wagged her little chakra tail... Ahem!

Hyuga Wuye quickly reined in his random thoughts and pulled a shuriken from his ninja tool pouch.

"Let's see if it can block this."

With a casual toss, the shuriken struck the courtyard wall with a clang, rebounded off the opposite wall, bounced back, and shot straight at his face.

"Sure enough, as long as circumstances allow, every shuriken I throw will fly back..."

"The angle is so vicious. It won't stop until it kills me..."

The chain behind him whipped forward, barely intercepting the shuriken in front of his face.

With a crack, the shuriken shattered into four pieces.

"Cheap junk..."

The pale golden chain behind Wuye slowly vanished.

"This is a standard-issue clan shuriken. There shouldn't be any quality issue, so the Adamantine Sealing Chains must simply be too powerful..."

There was little joy on his face.

"I drained all my chakra just to smash a single shuriken?"

"Useless. At least wait until I have chakra reserves of 100 Kakashi before this becomes useful."

The next day was still a rest day.

By the time Hyuga Wuye broke free from the seal of his bed, it was already noon.

As he walked through Konoha's streets looking for something to eat, people came and went as usual, and the village remained as bustling as ever.

"Something's off..."

Yet Hyuga Wuye could not shake the sense that something was wrong. Everything looked exactly as it had before, but the atmosphere felt somewhat tense.

"Did something happen?"

He thought it over and over but could not grasp the key, so he could only shake his head and continue searching for food.

Konoha only had grilled meat and dumplings now, and he had long grown sick of both.

Who knew when Ichiraku Otsutsuki's ramen shop would open? The current ramen shops were truly awful...

"Kushina! Focus! Don't be afraid!"

Deep inside an unknown cave, pale golden chakra chains formed a cage-like seal that completely enclosed the vast, empty space within.

Several people stood outside the Adamantine Sealing Chains, their eyes fixed intently on what was inside.

This was the critical moment of transferring the Nine-Tailed Fox, and they were here to prevent any accidents.

The Third Hokage! Danzo Shimura! Homura Mitokado! Koharu Utatane!

The four great rogues of the Konoha Allied Government were all present.

And it was not just them. On this day, all of Konoha appeared relaxed on the outside but was tense within, with its defense alert level raised to S-rank.

But the transfer and sealing of the Nine-Tailed Fox had nothing to do with them, because Mito Uzumaki was the professional.

The Adamantine Sealing Chains sealed off the cave so thoroughly that not even a trace of the Nine-Tailed Fox's chakra could leak out.

Kushina lay at her side, her slender snow-white waist exposed. A black hemispherical bulge could be seen on her abdomen, with scarlet chakra occasionally seeping out as though struggling.

Sweat streamed down her forehead, and her brows were tightly furrowed, as if she were enduring tremendous pain.

"Clack, clack, clack."

Mito Uzumaki had her eyes closed as well, countless pale golden chains extending from her body. Some of them sank into the girl's body beside her.

Inside Kushina's sealing space, the seventy- to eighty-meter-tall Nine-Tailed Fox was bound by pale golden chakra around its limbs and nine tails.

"Roar—!"

Its ferocious roar echoed through the space alongside surging scarlet chakra.

"Mito Uzumaki! Don't even think about sealing me inside this little brat!"

"She will be corrupted by evil! She will destroy Konoha!"

"Awooo! Roar—!"

"..."

Mito Uzumaki's chakra projection knelt on one knee, both hands pressed against the pale golden surface of the water. Countless chains extended from behind her, binding the Nine-Tailed Fox firmly to the ground.

"Kushina won't. She will inherit my will and keep you locked here forever."

But Mito Uzumaki's words only made the Nine-Tailed Fox bare its fangs in mockery. "Haven't you noticed the void in her heart?!"

Kushina's spiritual projection stood not far in front of the enormous Nine-Tailed Fox, a long chakra chain behind her swaying faintly.

"Kushina! Focus! Don't be afraid!"

Mito Uzumaki shouted, "Use your Adamantine Sealing Chains to complete the final seal. Only then will you have a chance of becoming a perfect jinchuriki."

"Clack, clack, clack..."

The chains on Kushina's body slowly extended, gradually linking with Mito Uzumaki's chakra chains.

"As long as... as long as I lock its neck..."

Unconcealed terror filled Kushina's eyes. Her hands trembled, and sweat poured down like rain.

Faced with such a colossal monster and such utterly evil chakra, the crack in her heart grew wider and wider.

And the Nine-Tailed Fox accurately seized upon it.

"Hiss, hiss."

Suddenly, dark crimson chakra rose from the water's surface and enveloped Kushina completely.

"Ah—!"

Kushina suddenly let out a piercing scream.

"Kushina! Don't lose consciousness!"

Mito Uzumaki panicked.

But at that moment, Kushina only felt an invisible hand dragging her deeper and deeper, ever deeper...