Taking Part in Sealing the Nine-Tails

"Want to give it a try?"

The chains halted. Mito Uzumaki looked at him strangely. "You're only seven. Even if you've awakened the Sharingan and have more chakra than a chunin, sealing the Nine-Tails is still beyond your ability to interfere with."

Hyuga Wuye said nothing, merely forming hand seals at high speed.

"That seal is... Adamantine Sealing Chains?!" Mito Uzumaki and Kushina froze.

"Clack, clack, clack..."

Under their astonished gazes, a half-meter-long chakra chain extended from behind his back.

"..."

Mito Uzumaki and Kushina looked at each other, then both raised their hands and rubbed their eyes... Did this guy have Uzumaki clan blood? Was he a combination of Uchiha, Hyuga, and Uzumaki bloodlines?

But Wuye blushed a little at that moment. Half a meter was really... short.

He gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.

Outside, he opened his eyes, his pair of blood-red pupils slowly spinning.

"Whoosh!"

A kunai appeared in his hand, drawing the attention of all five people.

"What is he doing?" the Third Hokage asked in confusion.

"Pfft!"

The next instant, blood sprayed everywhere!

"Wuye!" Mito Uzumaki cried out in alarm.

Hyuga Wuye had stabbed the kunai into his own chest. Then he released the handle and began forming hand seals without a care for anything else.

"He avoided the vital areas," Danzo said flatly.

Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane frowned without speaking.

But Mito Uzumaki discovered in shock that the amount of chakra she sensed within Wuye was skyrocketing at an incredible speed, multiplying nearly a hundredfold in an instant!

"Damage level: 10%. Cell division accelerated by 100 times. Twenty seconds of lifespan consumed."

"Body remains continuously injured and cannot recover. Cell division acceleration continues. Vitality consumption accelerates!"

This was Hyuga Wuye's special physique.

"Exchanging life force for an eruption of physical energy... I'm basically a life-burning immortal..."

He gave a self-mocking smile. Ignoring the strange looks from the Third Hokage and Danzo, he swiftly completed his hand seals.

"Adamantine Sealing Chains!"

Three chakra chains shot out, clacking as they merged into the black sphere in Kushina's abdomen.

Then he closed his eyes once more.

Behind him, the Third Hokage, Danzo, and the other two stared with their eyes wide open.

"A secret technique exclusive to the Uzumaki clan!"

Danzo narrowed his eyes, danger flashing within them. "Hiruzen, what exactly is going on with him?"

The Third Hokage's cheek twitched. "I don't know."

"From your reaction just now, you clearly knew this child long ago, yet you claim not to know at a time like this?" Danzo narrowed his eyes. "We are the council of elders. This concerns the Nine-Tails jinchuriki. We have the right to know the truth."

"I truly don't know."

The Third Hokage remained expressionless, but inwardly raised Hyuga Wuye's standing by several more levels... Aside from Hyuga and Uchiha blood, did this child also possess Uzumaki blood?

Possessing the talents of multiple clans, yet belonging to none of them—what kind of variable would his existence bring to Konoha?

He fell into deep thought.

Danzo exchanged glances with Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, and all three frowned... In the more than ten years since the Third Hokage had taken office, they had served as advisers and elders, yet he had never concealed anything from them.

Just what was going on with this child?

Leaving aside the differing thoughts of the four outside, Hyuga Wuye opened his eyes within Kushina's sealing space, and three twenty-meter-long chakra chains extended outward.

"Clack, clack, clack!"

They instantly connected with Kushina's chakra. Their chains wound several times around the Nine-Tails' neck before flying downward, easily locking into the precise sealing positions.

"Good!"

Mito Uzumaki's spirits rose, and she slammed her hands down.

The chains behind her surged like flowing water, linking the entire sealing space into one whole.

"Bastards! Scoundrels! Damn it! You two little brats!"

As the seal gradually took shape, the Nine-Tails let out one miserable roar after another, filled with utter grief and rage.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Orange-red wooden gates closed one after another before them, shutting the Nine-Tails away.

"Clack, clack, clack..."

At the center of the final gate, something rotated like a lock mechanism before finally sealing shut completely.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Two chakra chains extended from the lock's core, connecting to Kushina's and Hyuga Wuye's palms.

"Buzz!"

The chains vanished, and a golden spiral mark emerged on Wuye's right palm and Kushina's left.

Then they slowly faded away.

"This... is very good..."

Mito Uzumaki smiled in relief as her figure gradually disappeared from the sealing space.

Only then did Hyuga Wuye feel as though his mental energy had been drained dry. His head throbbed in waves, aching terribly.

"Kushina, I'm leaving too. Wake up soon."

He spoke softly and was about to disappear.

"Wuye..."

But Kushina grabbed his hand, staring blankly at his palm.

The mark there had already vanished, yet she pursed her lips and smiled, her expression pure and content. "This... is really nice..."

"Clack, clack, clack."

Outside, the Adamantine Sealing Chains completely disappeared.

The Third Hokage and the others exchanged glances, then immediately flashed inside.

"Lady Mito, how did it go?" the Third Hokage asked urgently.

Mito Uzumaki slowly opened her clouded eyes, a smile appearing on her lips. "It's complete... perfectly so..."

"Whew."

They all let out a sigh of relief.

No matter how different their political views were, their devotion to Konoha was the same. Even Danzo had no other thoughts at this moment.

"Cough... cough, cough..."

Just then, a bout of coughing rang out.

They looked down to see Hyuga Wuye clutching his chest and coughing violently. Then his vision went black, and he collapsed.

Fortunately, before falling, he still remembered to pull the kunai from his chest, lest it continue consuming his life force.

"Wuye!"

The moment Kushina opened her eyes, she saw him collapse. She flashed over to catch him and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with you?!"

"Grandma Mito, what... what happened to him?"

Seeing Kushina devote all her attention to Hyuga Wuye, Danzo and the others wore varying expressions once more.

"Help him lie down. He merely fainted because his mental energy was exhausted. As for the wound on his chest, help him bandage it," Mito Uzumaki said slowly.

"Yes!"

Kushina relaxed and hurriedly took a simple bandage from her ninja tool pouch.

But as she reached out to pull open Wuye's clothes at his chest, she suddenly paused.

Her little eyes rolled around, and she covered his wound with both hands. Rather than exposing it, she wrapped the bandage directly around him, keeping the others from seeing the details.

Thus, they failed to discover Hyuga Wuye's miraculous recovery ability... Who would have thought that even a seven-year-old girl could be so shrewd?

"Hyuga Wuye knows about the jinchuriki. He has the Sharingan and can even learn the Uzumaki clan's secret techniques," Danzo said in a low voice. "How should we deal with him?"

Kushina's little ears immediately perked up.

The Third Hokage glanced at Danzo. "I have an agreement with this child. He will not reveal the Sharingan he possesses, and after graduation, he will directly join the Anbu."

"Will he join the Hokage's direct Anbu, or Root?" Danzo immediately asked.

"Of course, the Hokage's direct Anbu," the Third Hokage said as if it were only natural.

Danzo glanced at Hyuga Wuye and slowly said, "Hiruzen, the Anbu under your direct command still carry out some public-facing missions and interact too much with other shinobi. Root, on the other hand, can conceal him better..."