The Nine-Tails' Attack Still Happened

One day, three years later, Uchiha Yansheng was, as usual, considering the next step in his chakra experiments.

Suddenly, a wave of malicious chakra completely enveloped Uchiha Yansheng.

In that instant, Uchiha Yansheng felt his entire body stiffen, as though even his thoughts had come to a halt.

It was an instinctive revulsion and fear.

After a while, Uchiha Yansheng came back to his senses and immediately realized what had happened.

"The Nine-Tails' Attack! How is that possible?"

"What the hell is Minato Namikaze doing? I already told him everything. How did he still fail to prevent it?"

"Could it have been White Zetsu's scouting? But even so..."

Before he could think any further, Uchiha Yansheng's door was violently pushed open. The person who entered was Uchiha Inabi, who had always been responsible for looking after him.

"Yansheng, follow everyone to take shelter immediately. Don't ask why, and don't wander around!"

After pushing open the door, Uchiha Inabi gave only that brief reminder before vanishing without a trace.

Watching Uchiha Inabi leave using the Body Flicker Technique, Uchiha Yansheng knew that whatever he went to do would be futile.

He raised his head and glanced at the dense chakra on the horizon, only to suddenly find that he could no longer sense the intense malice from before.

The lie-flat plan has failed... Looks like I'll have to fight for it somehow!

My luck... really is terrible.

Muttering to himself, Uchiha Yansheng did not follow Uchiha Inabi's instructions to seek shelter. Instead, he returned home and pulled several dozen scrolls from a hidden compartment.

In his memories, the other forces in the Land of Fire had noticed the Nine-Tails going berserk at this time and collected a small portion of its chakra.

Though it was only equivalent to three tails, it was already a disaster-level existence for ordinary ninja.

As it happened, Uchiha Yansheng's recent chakra research had yielded some results, and he needed other types of chakra for comparison and reference.

Although he had already made a plan, his fear of the unknown still made Uchiha Yansheng frown.

But there was no time to hesitate any longer. Uchiha Yansheng quickly prepared everything.

There was not much to prepare, really. A few scrolls tucked into his clothes were enough.

Over the past three years, Uchiha Yansheng had learned some basic sealing techniques. Although he could not seal chakra itself, he could still manipulate and use items like the vessels used to hold stolen chakra.

After leaving his home, Uchiha Yansheng used the Transformation Technique to alter his build and appearance, then vanished from the spot with the Body Flicker Technique.

The next moment, Uchiha Yansheng began darting through the village.

As a major natural disaster striking Konoha Village, the village was naturally in utter chaos. Under such circumstances, the ANBU normally responsible for guarding the village had no time to worry about what was happening inside it.

At the same time, some spies who had long been lurking within Konoha Village, as well as retainers of major merchants and nobles, all began to act.

Among those people, Uchiha Yansheng stood out particularly clearly.

There was no helping it. He was simply too young. Although his chakra control was exceptionally outstanding, he still lacked experience in matters such as assassination and stealth.

After eliminating two or three ninja suspected of being spies from other countries for Konoha Village, Uchiha Yansheng successfully found his target.

At that moment, the Nine-Tails' aura in the distance suddenly began to spread.

This greatly excited the sealing ninja below, but Uchiha Yansheng, hiding nearby, could not help sighing inwardly.

Damn Hiruzen Sarutobi. He must have been too afraid of death to use the Reaper Death Seal.

As the Nine-Tails' chakra aura weakened, some chakra originating from the Nine-Tails began floating above Konoha Village, then was slowly absorbed by a group of people below using some kind of apparatus.

This was the Nine-Tails' chakra, but it could also be considered the blood it had shed.

After all, it had already been split into the Yin Nine-Tails and Yang Nine-Tails. Losing a little blood was perfectly normal.

The people below moved quickly, as though they were extremely practiced at stealing chakra like this.

But at the very moment they completed the final step of sealing the chakra, a figure appeared out of thin air beside the sealing apparatus.

The next instant, an incomparable force erupted from around that person's body.

"Who is it..."

Someone who appeared to be their leader shouted loudly, but the only answer was a ninja blade flashing red.

An overwhelming explosive force surged from the ninja blade.

The next moment, the ninja blade shattered, and a flame-like slash burst forth in a flash.

The people present only realized that they had been ambushed. Then, with a streak of fire, half their side had already been wiped out.

This move was Uchiha Yansheng's gain from more than three years of effort. Limited by his age, the chakra in his body was only enough to use it once.

But... once was enough!

Before the remaining people could react, Uchiha Yansheng had already disappeared from everyone's sight with the sealing apparatus.

"Chachamaru, well done!"

"Your timing was perfect."

At that moment, Uchiha Yansheng, who had arrived in Ninja Cat Village through the Reverse Summoning Technique, spoke with great satisfaction to the orange ninja cat beside him.

This cat had only recently been born when Uchiha Yansheng signed the contract three years ago. Even its name had been given by Uchiha Yansheng.

Yet in merely three years, it had already grown into one of the most outstanding members of the Ninja Cat Clan.

Naturally, all of this had been achieved with the help of Uchiha Yansheng's chakra research.

"Meow the hell, what the heck did you bring back?"

Chachamaru had just been about to say something when he suddenly noticed the sealed jar in Uchiha Yansheng's hand. His fur immediately stood on end in fright.

At that moment, Cat Granny also sensed the Nine-Tails' aura and hurried over.

"Boy Yansheng, what exactly did you do? Did the Uchiha clan rebel against Konoha Village today? How did even something like the Nine-Tails..."

Upon sensing the Nine-Tails' chakra, Cat Granny was naturally startled as well. However, she was far calmer than Chachamaru.

Although the Ninja Cat Clan was not an especially powerful ninja beast clan, it had survived throughout the ninja world and maintained weapon trade with every village. Naturally, it was not weak either.

"Don't worry, Cat Granny. Although Konoha Village isn't in a good situation right now, it probably isn't as bad as you think."

"Or rather, if that coward Fugaku Uchiha had somehow found the nerve to rebel, that would be a miracle."

"As for this... some sneaky scum merely collected a little of the chakra scattered by the Nine-Tails."

Uchiha Yansheng briefly explained the origin of the sealed jar in his hand, but Cat Granny did not care about that at all. No matter what he said, she refused to let such a dangerous thing be stored here.

But in truth, Uchiha Yansheng had not planned to keep this thing with the ninja cats anyway.