Kushina's Curiosity, Android 18's Possession Ability!

Konoha, early morning.

Inside Minato Namikaze's home.

Before the sun had risen, Minato Namikaze had already put on the white Hokage Haori hanging on the rack, preparing to head to the Hokage Building to deal with documents.

After witnessing Ato end the war with a wave of his hand, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt increasingly overwhelmed.

Because of this, the Third Hokage, who had held office the longest, began delegating his authority as Hokage.

As Konoha's Yellow Flash and the husband of Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Kushina, Minato Namikaze was naturally appointed Fourth Hokage.

However, because the Third Hokage had yet to formally step down.

Minato Namikaze was still only the acting Hokage.

Even so, he had already experienced the hardships of being Hokage.

"Kushina, I'm leaving first. There are still many mission documents waiting to be handled at the Hokage Building."

Looking at Minato Namikaze's exhausted face, Kushina pursed her lips. "That old Third Hokage is obviously trying to shirk responsibility. Everyone knows succeeding as the Fourth Hokage now will draw the attention of the other ninja villages."

"Kushina!" Minato Namikaze helplessly patted Kushina's red hair, gently stopping her from continuing.

Then he turned his gaze toward the guest room.

"That child... still hasn't woken up?" Minato Namikaze frowned slightly as he asked.

"No. That brat has been asleep for an entire day, and there isn't the slightest sign of him waking up. Are Saiyans all such big eaters and sleepers?" Kushina glanced at the guest room as well before speaking.

"Minato, where do you think that child came from?"

All of a sudden, Kushina asked curiously.

"I don't know. I spent all night looking through the history of the Ninja World and the Kekkei Genkai clans of every country, but I never found any Kekkei Genkai like Saiyans." Minato Namikaze shook his head, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Maybe that brat came from beyond the heavens... Just like the Rabbit Goddess from the legends of the Ninja World. Didn't she descend from the sky?"

Kushina let her imagination run wild.

"Kushina, your imagination is far too rich. Maybe you really should learn writing from Master Jiraiya." Minato Namikaze looked at Kushina with amusement and laughed.

"Honestly, Minato, don't mention that pervy sage to me." At the mention of Jiraiya, Kushina immediately bristled.

After all, Minato had a lecherous teacher who peeped on women's bathhouses, which gave her quite a headache.

Minato Namikaze smiled awkwardly, then directly used the Flying Thunder God Technique to head to the Hokage's Office.

After Minato Namikaze left, Kushina rubbed her chin, and a mischievous smile suddenly appeared on her face.

She tiptoed over to the guest room and gently pushed open the door.

On the bed in the guest room, Ato was sprawled out on all fours, sleeping soundly.

"He's sleeping so peacefully, this little brat." Looking at Ato on the bed, Kushina could not help sighing.

While asleep, Ato had completely lost the cool, aloof feeling he had during the day and instead looked incredibly cute.

Even in the universe, Saiyans were remarkably good-looking.

Especially Saiyan children.

They were enough to melt the hearts of countless appearance lovers.

"What a cute child. I really want to hold him in my arms and give him a good squeeze." Ato's looks had completely struck Kushina in the heart.

At that moment, Kushina no longer had the bearing of the Red-Hot Habanero. Instead, she wore an exceptionally gentle smile, her maternal instincts blooming under the assault of Ato's adorable face.

"How could such a cute child not be mine?" Kushina muttered with slight regret.

Then her gaze landed on Ato's fluffy tail, and a mischievous smile appeared on her face. "It should be fine if I just take the chance to touch his tail, right?"

Kushina quickly convinced herself.

She quietly walked to Ato's bedside, rubbed her hands together, and slowly reached for Ato's tail.

However, just as Kushina's right hand was about to touch Ato's tail.

Ato's Scouter suddenly let out a series of beeps.

Warning, warning. A life energy signature is approaching. Activating Possession Ability.

Android 18's voice came from the Scouter, startling Kushina badly.

What happened next left Kushina utterly stunned.

As the Scouter vibrated slightly, Ato's body, which had been lying on the bed, suddenly floated into the air.

Whoosh.

"Ato" slowly opened his eyes. His gaze was cold and emotionless, and his body shifted from a lying position into a standing one.

Possession successful. Temporarily taking control of Ato's body.

"Ato" opened his mouth and spoke in a cold, mature female voice.

As a technological creation of the Tuffles, Android 18 was not merely Ato's all-purpose intelligent assistant.

At the same time, as the first intelligent life Ato had developed, Android 18 also possessed the Tuffles' unique Possession Ability.

Although Android 18's Possession Ability was only at its most basic stage.

It was still worlds apart from the Possession Ability of Baby, the future boss of Dragon Ball Super.

But it was enough to satisfy Ato.

Originally, Android 18's Possession Ability was a feature Ato had specifically added so that he could grow stronger as quickly as possible.

Simply put, after Ato lost consciousness from training, Android 18 would take over his body and continue training.

Until his Saiyan body reached its limit.

His mind could rest, but Ato's body would never rest.

As long as it did not kill him, he would train himself to death.

It was also because of Android 18's Possession Ability that Ato's body could desperately train in the Gravity Chamber around the clock.

That was how, in just four short years, he had gone from a weakling with a base battle power of only 2 to possessing 300 battle power.

"Th-that's... what's going on?" Kushina's face was filled with shock as she watched Ato floating in the room.

Though she was not familiar with Ato, the vacant and icy look in his eyes still made Kushina realize that something was wrong with him.

As the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and a member of the Uzumaki Clan, Kushina was extremely sensitive to malice.

She could be absolutely certain that the "Ato" before her was definitely not the Saiyan brat she had briefly met before.

While Kushina was still frozen in shock, Android 18, temporarily controlling Ato's body, had already raised a finger.

Boom!

A white Energy Blast gathered at Ato's fingertip, then instantly turned into a streak of white light that grazed Kushina's body and pierced straight through the room.

Outside Minato Namikaze's detached house.

More than a dozen Root Shinobi wearing masks stood there, their cold gazes fixed on Ato's location.

"Danzo-sama has ordered us to control that Saiyan at all costs!"

One Root Shinobi spoke coldly, then spread his hands. A massive swarm of Kikaichū poured out of his body and rapidly rushed toward Ato's room.

However, before the Root Shinobi's Kikaichū could launch their attack, a streak of white light pierced out from the room and rapidly expanded like a flashlight beam.

Boom!

The next second, every Root Shinobi was swallowed by the white light.

With a deafening explosion, the attacking Root Shinobi, along with rows of houses behind them, were instantly reduced to dust.

A trench more than a thousand meters long appeared on the once-bustling streets of Konoha Central District.

The trench stretched onward, crushing everything in its path until it reached Hokage Rock on Konoha's outskirts.

Boom!

Hokage Rock collapsed and shattered, and three enormous Hokage statues came crashing down.

The massive rumbling continued for a full minute before finally fading away.

When Android 18 lowered her arm, the entire route from Minato Namikaze's home to Hokage Rock had become completely unobstructed.

Threat eliminated. Android 18's cold voice rang out in the room.

Then Ato's body slowly descended and lay back down on the soft bed.

Ato continued sleeping soundly.

But because of this, Konoha was thrown into an uproar.