To Save Minato Namikaze, You Must Rely on Yourself

Uchiha Yansheng's words suddenly kindled a glimmer of hope in Kushina Uzumaki's heart.

As the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze falling into a coma was a major matter. Yet neither the combined strength of Konoha Village, the Land of Fire, nor even Tsunade, who had come to examine him, had found any solution.

Kushina Uzumaki had originally fallen into despair.

But upon seeing the boy who had helped her and her husband survive many years ago, Kushina Uzumaki could not help becoming somewhat agitated.

"R-Really? If you can help Minato, that would be wonderful."

Traces of Kushina's former lively, curious nature could still be seen, but at this moment, she had already become gentle and quiet.

How should he put it? Perhaps because the future had changed, the Kushina Uzumaki before him was now completely different from the woman Uchiha Yansheng remembered.

"Although I hate to dampen your hopes, I still have to say this... I'm not completely certain. I'm merely giving it a try."

"But since Minato Namikaze isn't dead, there should always be a day when he wakes up."

As Uchiha Yansheng spoke, he stepped forward and opened his unusually strange Sharingan.

Uchiha Yansheng's eyes had long since ceased to have much to do with the Uchiha Clan's Mangekyo Sharingan.

After being washed over by a vast amount of Byakugan ocular power, Uchiha Yansheng's eyes had undergone an unknown change. For now, it was a good thing for him.

But Uchiha Yansheng did not know where this would ultimately lead.

Still, it seemed the Mangekyo Sharingan was no longer meant for him.

As Uchiha Yansheng opened his eyes, waves of oppressive pressure began radiating through the air, startling the Nine-Tails within Kushina Uzumaki into restlessness.

But Kushina was not Naruto Uzumaki. As a pure-blooded member of the Uzumaki Clan, Kushina's sealing techniques were exceptionally advanced.

Not to mention that she only contained half of the Nine-Tails at present—even if the Nine-Tails were at its peak, Kushina could still seal it so thoroughly that it could not move.

If the Nine-Tails inside Naruto was merely in prison, then inside Kushina, it was like it had been bound up from the start, completely unable to move.

"Quiet down... Kurama!"

Uchiha Yansheng seemed to notice the Nine-Tails' disturbance. Although Kushina suppressed it in an instant, Uchiha Yansheng still detected it.

But Uchiha Yansheng had no time to concern himself with the Nine-Tails. Instead, he used his ocular power to examine Minato Namikaze on the bed.

Uchiha Yansheng's medical skills were not particularly high, but even he could tell that Minato Namikaze's body bore no injuries whatsoever. There were not even any minor ailments caused by being bedridden for years.

"It seems the problem lies with his soul."

As Uchiha Yansheng spoke, his hands began forming seals. Soon, an illusory figure emerged from his body and plunged directly into Minato Namikaze's body.

"Spirit Transformation Technique!"

Kushina Uzumaki widened her eyes, staring at the scene in disbelief.

The Spirit Transformation Technique was a forbidden technique recorded in the Book of Seals, and it was extraordinarily difficult to learn.

Only Dan Kato had originally mastered this forbidden technique in all of Konoha. After Dan Kato's death, no one in Konoha had ever learned it again.

That alone showed just how difficult this ninjutsu was to master.

At the same time, after entering Minato Namikaze's body, Uchiha Yansheng felt as though he had entered a muddy abyss. All kinds of negative emotions assailed him, nearly crushing him.

Fortunately, Uchiha Yansheng had brought a vast amount of ocular power with him before entering. Under the crushing force of that power, he fled in a panic.

Outside, Kushina Uzumaki saw Uchiha Yansheng's soul enter Minato Namikaze's body, only for it to immediately withdraw and return swiftly to his own body.

For a moment, Kushina Uzumaki looked anxiously at Minato Namikaze. Only after seeing that he remained unchanged did she turn her concern toward Uchiha Yansheng.

At that moment, Uchiha Yansheng was gasping heavily, with a trace of fear still lingering in his eyes.

"Yansheng, how did it go? You weren't hurt, were you?"

Looking at this child, who was only a few years older than her son, Kushina Uzumaki suddenly felt some regret.

Perhaps she should not have been so selfish.

Uchiha Yansheng did not notice Kushina Uzumaki's expression. Instead, he spoke thoughtfully. "I'm fine. This is a type of Yin–Yang Release, something extremely advanced."

"I'm still too young. It will take me a long time to master Yin–Yang Release."

"So if you want to save Minato Namikaze, you'll have to rely on yourself."

Kushina Uzumaki had initially been close to despair, but upon suddenly hearing this, her entire being brightened.

Although she only had a limited understanding of Yin–Yang Release, she knew of Yin Release and Yang Release. But wasn't the combination of those two powers something only the Sage of Six Paths had been capable of?

This was something from legend...

Though it would be difficult, as long as there was even the slightest hope, she would not give up.

"What do I need to do to save Minato?"

Without caring about anything else, Kushina Uzumaki immediately asked eagerly.

"It's simple. Reconcile with the Nine-Tails and enter the true Nine-Tails Mode. Then you'll be qualified to learn Yin–Yang Release."

"And a reminder: all the tailed beasts were separated from the Divine Tree by the Sage of Six Paths. Originally, they were beings who inherited the Sage of Six Paths' will of Ninshu."

"But there were always people driven by greed who wished to control the immense power of the tailed beasts."

"As a result, after witnessing too much darkness in people's hearts, the tailed beasts began distancing themselves from humanity."

"You should have felt the Nine-Tails' malice before. All of that is merely the malice the Nine-Tails experienced over the years."

Uchiha Yansheng did not hide anything and spoke directly.

According to Uchiha Yansheng's expectations, once these "good people" from the story learned the Nine-Tails' true nature, they should be able to reconcile with the tailed beasts quite easily as long as they opened their hearts.

And the so-called Nine-Tails Mode could actually be achieved effortlessly as long as one reconciled with the Nine-Tails.

That was why Naruto had gone through countless hardships before reaching a partnership with the Nine-Tails in the original story, while Minato Namikaze could activate Nine-Tails Mode as soon as he appeared.

To put it bluntly, Minato Namikaze in the original story had benefited from Naruto. Otherwise, the half of the Nine-Tails within him would not have been so easy to make obedient.

"What? Is what you said true?"

Upon hearing this, Kushina Uzumaki could not help reaching out to touch her stomach.

Then Kushina Uzumaki became dazed for a moment before speaking to Uchiha Yansheng with a complicated expression. "Kurama says he wants to see you."

Clearly, in that brief instant, Kushina Uzumaki had spent a long time speaking with him within the Nine-Tails' sealing space.