But...
Kushina had just been about to use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal when she immediately stopped.
"No, it... has its eyes on me."
She pointed at the Death God mask that had fallen to the floor not long ago and spoke seriously before continuing.
"I can feel that if I use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal again,
the Death God will immediately take my soul and do nothing else.
So, do I still need to use this jutsu?"
Kushina did not know what Feng was thinking, but since she was still counting on him to revive her, she asked for his opinion even though using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal next would result in the Death God sealing her away.
"What if we switch masks? Use a different Death God?"
Feng pointed at the dozens of Death God masks, large and small, hanging on the wall nearby.
"No. I don't know why, but it seems that after I use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, they will all immediately take my soul."
"Is that so... Then forget it. Looks like exploiting the Death God bug with Impure World Reincarnation won't work."
Upon hearing that, Feng turned toward Uchiha Mikio with profound regret.
At the same time, he felt helpless. He had originally wanted to use a technique that never appeared in the anime to steamroll the plot, but reality was not giving him a chance to clear the game quickly.
"Yeah, looks like there's no chance to wreak havoc in Konoha.
The next time you summon me out, it can only be when the Uchiha have risen to greatness."
Uchiha Mikio did not know what "exploiting a bug" meant, but he understood the situation and roughly grasped Feng's meaning. He also felt somewhat regretful.
But only somewhat. Causing trouble in Konoha would merely make him feel good; it was not what he desired most.
What he wanted most was for the Uchiha to flourish and become illustrious.
And from the looks of things, there was no problem with that. Feng could accomplish it.
He had also made an agreement with Feng: once he returned to the Pure Land, Feng was not to disturb him again.
But once the Uchiha flourished and became illustrious, Feng had to use Impure World Reincarnation to bring him back once more. He wanted to witness the magnificent sight of his clan's prosperity and glory with his own eyes.
Clap, clap.
"Hey, everyone, although our attempt to toy with the Death God failed,
don't forget that was only an uncertain experiment. It was never our main objective."
At that moment, Feng smiled and clapped his hands as he looked at the group.
After drawing the attention of Uchiha Mikio, Kushina, and Uzumaki Ayaka to himself,
he spoke again.
"Kushina, since you weren't sealed by the Death God, I'll leave the task of extracting the Nine-Tails from Minato and sealing it into my body to you.
Ayaka, we don't need you to seal the Nine-Tails this time, but watch carefully and learn well.
We may need to seal other Tailed Beasts in the future, and then we'll be counting on you.
Senior Mikio, please stand guard outside. Don't let anyone disturb us."
Feng assigned tasks to the three people before him one by one.
None of them said much after hearing him, and each did as instructed.
"Uchiha Feng, lie down and expose your stomach.
That will make the seal more stable and safer."
After coming before the still unconscious, unawakened Impure World Reincarnation Minato Namikaze, Kushina looked at him tenderly before turning and speaking calmly to Feng.
Feng obediently lay down.
The Uzumaki were the professionals when it came to sealing Tailed Beasts. He respected the advice of professionals.
Once he was settled, five golden chakra chains suddenly burst from Kushina's back and pierced straight into Minato Namikaze's body.
"Roar!! Kushina?!! You damned woman!!"
Before long, a miniature Nine-Tails, about the size of two hands, was extracted from Minato Namikaze's body.
The miniature Nine-Tails' furious roar came with it.
"Damn it! You vicious woman, where are you planning to seal me this time?!"
It looked at Feng lying on the ground;
Kushina, who had captured it with Adamantine Sealing Chains;
and Uzumaki Ayaka standing nearby, her distinctive red hair impossible to miss.
The Nine-Tails understood its current situation almost instantly. With two Uzumaki standing here, what else could they possibly be doing?
"Nine-Tails, hehe, long time no see.
But this time, it isn't me. It's this young man."
Looking at the enraged Nine-Tails, Kushina smiled and pointed at Uchiha Feng lying on the ground.
She did not resent the Nine-Tails.
After all, neither she nor the Nine-Tails had wanted their respective fates—she had not wanted to become a Jinchūriki, and it had never wanted to be sealed away. Yet both had been forced into lives they did not want.
Over more than a decade of being forced to live together, the woman and beast had continued to dislike each other and often quarrel, but they had also come to more or less understand each other's helplessness.
Even though she and Minato had ultimately been pierced to death by one swipe of the Nine-Tails' claw, she knew the main responsibility lay with that masked man back then.
Therefore, now that they met again, Kushina, no longer the Nine-Tails' vessel, could smile at it.
As a Tailed Beast capable of sensing good and evil, the Nine-Tails naturally understood that Kushina was not to blame for its misfortune or imprisonment either.
After Minato Namikaze had split it into the Yin and Yang Nine-Tails using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, the Yin Nine-Tails before them had been sealed within the Death God's body.
It had originally believed that it would spend the rest of its fox life with Minato in the Death God's stomach, only to find that after barely two years, those familiar Adamantine Sealing Chains had dragged it back into the living world.
Having just emerged from Minato's body and seen daylight again, the Nine-Tails had even intended to thank its former Jinchūriki.
But then...
Kushina bore it no ill will. The Nine-Tails could even sense that she was in an excellent mood.
But she was about to seal it away again!
The Nine-Tails' mood instantly soured, and it exploded in rage.
"Damn you, Kushina! You're even more of a bastard than your Minato.
Remember this: no matter whose body you seal me into this time, I won't let him have an easy time.
Hahaha!! You'll regret this!!"
The enraged Nine-Tails kept roaring, its miniature body gradually growing larger after leaving Minato's body.
Kushina had originally intended to respond, but Feng raised a hand to stop her.
"Kushina, don't get distracted. Focus on sealing the Nine-Tails into me."
Since she was counting on Feng to revive her in the future, Kushina obediently shut up and focused on sealing the Nine-Tails.
Feng, however, did not stop talking. Looking at the Nine-Tails being sent into his body, he continued.
"Hehe, Kurama, don't get angry just yet.
The reason I'm sealing you into my body is that I have no other choice.
We can talk in a moment. If you're still dissatisfied after we talk,
then you can be angry. It'll only take a few minutes, after all.
As the leader of the nine Tailed Beasts and Hagoromo's most beloved child, I'm sure you have at least that much patience."
Feng spoke the Nine-Tails' true name, one that no one had called it in thousands of years, and casually flattered it a little.
At the same time, by mentioning the Sage of Six Paths' name, Hagoromo, Feng was telling the Nine-Tails that he knew a great deal.
So the Nine-Tails fell silent.
After a long while, when it was nearly sealed into Feng's body, it finally spoke coolly.
"Tell me truthfully afterward where you learned about me and the old man.
Otherwise, I'll make you regret becoming a Jinchūriki."
As soon as it finished speaking, Kushina said, "Four Symbols Seal, seal!" She held her hand just above Feng's stomach, and the Nine-Tails' figure completely merged into his body.
"All right, you're now the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki.
Remember, don't let your emotions fluctuate too drastically, and don't use too much of the Nine-Tails' chakra.
Otherwise, you'll lose control and indiscriminately attack everyone around you."
Kushina looked at Feng and cautioned him.
As for the Nine-Tails being called Kurama, she was no longer a Jinchūriki and did not care in the slightest.
The dream Feng had painted for her was too enticing. She only wanted to make sure nothing happened to him halfway through.
"Kurama?"
Having become a Jinchūriki, Feng touched the Four Symbols Seal on his stomach and called softly.
"Kid, it's time for you to talk. Let's have that conversation."
No one spoke aloud after Feng finished, but a voice only he could hear echoed in his mind.
"Hehe, please wait a little longer. I need to say a few words to Kushina."
Feng spoke softly, then got up and looked at Kushina.
"Kushina, as far as I know, Minato used the Eight Trigrams Seal formed by a Double Four Symbols Seal to seal the Yang Nine-Tails into Naruto.
So, do you know that Eight Trigrams Seal? If you do, please change mine to that seal as well."
As he said this, Feng's eyes were filled with anticipation.
Seeing the Nine-Tails had brought more memories about it and the sealing process to the surface in his mind.
That was why he remembered the Eight Trigrams Seal.
It was an excellent thing. It could convert the chakra leaking from the sealed Nine-Tails into the Jinchūriki's own chakra.
Right after Naruto graduated from the Ninja Academy, his chakra reserves were already equivalent to a hundred Kakashis.
That could not be achieved through the Uzumaki bloodline alone. The Eight Trigrams Seal had contributed the most.
After all, if the Uzumaki bloodline were truly that powerful, their country would not have been destroyed, nor would their clan have nearly been wiped out.
"The Eight Trigrams Seal... I... I... How could I possibly not know it?
Don't you know that I taught Minato his sealing techniques?!"
Kushina spoke rather excitedly, though there was absolutely no confidence in her tone.
"...I understand. Forget it if you don't know it.
The principle is just a double Four Symbols Seal anyway. I'll have Ayaka study it slowly later."
Feng smiled slightly and ignored Kushina.
As for awakening the Impure World Reincarnation Minato Namikaze beside them and having Minato, the creator of the Eight Trigrams Seal, help him, Feng did not consider it at all.
Given Minato's talent, brilliance, and devotion to the village as Hokage, Feng feared that not long after awakening him, he would have to face the Fourth Hokage in an Impure World Reincarnation state.
"Kushina, sorry, but next I'll return you to your dormant state.
If nothing unexpected happens, you'll be reunited with Naruto when you wake up next time.
And one more thing: my mother was also from the Uzumaki clan. Perhaps we might even be related."
Feng spoke again as he resealed the somewhat dumbfounded Kushina into the Impure World Reincarnation coffin.
He gave her no chance to speak again, while Uzumaki Ayaka, who had been standing quietly nearby, wore an expression of sudden realization.
No wonder Feng saved me and my daughter from that hellhole in Kusagakure.
No wonder Feng treated me so well. He never drank my blood, and even when he said it would cost me my life, he never took it.
So it turns out that half his bloodline is the same as mine. He's an Uzumaki too.
Ayaka thought this in all seriousness, but Feng did not care about her wild thoughts.
After sealing Kushina away, he immediately slapped the last Copy Card in his hand onto Minato.
After copying the Flying Thunder God Technique — Minato Namikaze Version, he used it on the spot.
In an instant, the Flying Thunder God Technique, which was like teleportation, along with Flying Thunder God: Second Step, Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder, and every other method and piece of experience Minato Namikaze possessed regarding the Flying Thunder God, was imprinted in Feng's mind as though he had personally studied and used them for more than a decade.
As for the Impure World Reincarnation Minato Namikaze, he had completely lost his use to Feng and was sunk into the ground while remaining dormant.
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