Araki's Wood Clone hugged Black Zetsu tightly from behind.
Those wooden arms were as strong as steel, possessing immense power. Green Chakra surged around them, and when they touched Black Zetsu's body, they exuded a powerful force.
"Who are you?!"
After feeling this domineering power, Black Zetsu instinctively tried to break free, but there was no way to do so. It was as if this body possessed some special magic that made it impossible to break free. There was no way to do so for the time being.
However...
The forest was quiet.
Apart from his bewildered scream, there was no further sound.
Previously, Araki had been asking him questions, but now he was completely silent. However, at some point, his action of turning his head to look back changed, and he turned around and stared at him quietly.
In an instant, an even more ominous premonition surged in Black Zetsu's heart. From the moment he began plotting to save his mother, he had always remained behind the scenes, hiding himself tightly. But now, he was suddenly exposed to the world, which made him extremely uncomfortable.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
Suddenly, extremely strong Chakra fluctuations emanated from Araki's Wood Clone.
Immediately afterwards, dense black lines appeared all over his body.
These patterns look like tiny insects, constantly wriggling on the surface, as if they were alive, which is extremely eerie.
" Sealing Jutsu?!"
Black Zetsu's eyes widened suddenly, his orange eyes flashing with fear. He knew all too well the effects of Sealing Jutsu Sealing Jutsu; his mother had been sealed by one, albeit a more powerful Sealing Jutsu. Therefore, he had always hated Sealing Jutsu.
He never imagined that one day he himself would be affected by the Sealing Jutsu.
"Stop!"
"Stop!"
"Stop right there!"
"Let's talk this over!"
"Don't want!"
"..."
Black Zetsu shouted one sentence after another. He was in an extremely passive situation. He himself had no strength to speak of, so he had to rely on his brain to make plans. His biggest advantages were his lifespan and more convenient ways of hiding.
Now that he's been held tightly, he can't easily break free using his own strength.
More importantly...
After the other party started attacking him, they stopped saying a word, and this oppressive atmosphere was making him increasingly uncomfortable.
Araki's Wood Clone's patterns crawled extremely fast, and just as his body took shape, it began to change again. Wooden logs emerged from his body, forming wooden locks like the Puppet Technique of Sunagakure, trapping Black Zetsu inside.
With a series of clicking sounds, until the last piece of wood was closed, Black Zetsu's shouts abruptly stopped, and the scene immediately fell silent.
However, the lines still crawling across the wood indicated that the seal was not yet complete.
Not far away.
Araki silently watched Black Zetsu trapped in the distance, without saying a word, only a faint smile on his face.
Kushina stood next to Araki; she only realized there were people there after hearing Black Zetsu's voice.
After all, Black Zetsu shouted too loudly!
But the distance was too great, and she couldn't see clearly what was happening over there.
Araki didn't answer, and she didn't dare to ask.
Let's go take a look.
Araki suddenly spoke up, taking the lead and walking towards Black Zetsu's location. This was outside his plan; he had only vaguely sensed that it was possible, but he hadn't actually thought he could lure Black Zetsu out.
"Who is he?" Kushina finally couldn't contain her excitement and asked.
"A very filial son," Araki replied casually.
Chapter 22 Mito Uzumaki
Konoha: Nobody knew I could use Wood Release! Chapter 22: Mito Uzumaki
A filial son?
Kushina was somewhat puzzled, but she didn't ask any further questions and simply followed silently behind Araki.
She had a strong feeling that Araki didn't want her to know about this, or rather, he didn't want her to know too much, otherwise he wouldn't have given such a perfunctory explanation.
Since that's the case, she didn't want to ask any more questions. She wasn't particularly curious in the first place; it was just that the fact that the matter was there piqued her curiosity.
Instantly.
Kushina followed behind Araki, walking in the opposite direction towards Konoha.
The distance was indeed far, but it didn't take long.
Soon, a "cage" wrapped in wood appeared in their sight, with patterns made up of strange black symbols on it. However, those patterns had frozen in place and did not continue to move.
"What a sophisticated seal!"
Kushina's eyes widened suddenly, her beautiful eyes flashing with intense shock. Even from a distance, she could feel the immense sealing power contained in the symbols on those wooden pieces. This was a sealing technique that even she had not mastered.
Of course, the shocking aspects don't stop there.
She could clearly sense that this was Sealing Jutsu of the Uzumaki Clan, a very advanced one, one that even she had never seen anyone use.
" Araki, did you do this?"
Kushina's curiosity was suddenly piqued. She no longer cared what was inside the wooden cage; she was more interested in how Araki had performed such Sealing Jutsu and how he had learned it.
"Um."
Araki nodded lightly, not intending to answer further. Under Kushina's gaze, he walked step by step to the side of the wooden cage, took out a blank scroll from his ninja tool bag, and slowly unfolded the scroll, placing it on the ground.
This action once again aroused Kushina's suspicion.
What are you going to do?
Are we going to make the scroll on the spot?
Kushina knew that Araki could make sealing scrolls, because she had told Araki about this sealing technique that Sealing Jutsu into scrolls. However, judging from the current situation, she had no idea what Araki was planning to do.
Or, to be more precise, she vaguely guessed what Araki was going to do, but didn't want to admit it.
After unrolling the scroll, Araki did not take out a brush and ink to draw on it as he usually would when making Chakra. Instead, he placed his right hand directly on the center of the scroll.
Buzz!
A surge of powerful Chakra erupted from Araki's body, and green Chakra appeared in his palm.
Then a green symbol appeared on the scroll.
These green symbols spread rapidly across the entire scroll from the center of Araki's palm, and in the blink of an eye, the spell on the scroll was fully revealed.
This scene unfolded Kushina's eyes, causing her beautiful eyes to widen in disbelief.
This Sealing Jutsu, which directly injects Chakra to form a seal, is best performed on the ground or other mediums. The scrolls are made of special paper that can absorb Chakra, so forming a seal directly on them will cause the Chakra to be absorbed, greatly increasing the chances of success.
But Araki succeeded!
This made Kushina realize just how terrifying Chakra's control over Araki had become.
However, this wasn't the most shocking part for her. What was more important was that the symbols on the scroll were still ones she had never seen before, belonging to a high-level Sealing Jutsu of the Uzumaki Clan.
For a moment, Kushina frowned, seemingly deep in thought.
After completing the spell, Araki raised his left hand and reached for the wooden cage, then simply stuffed it into the scroll.
When the wooden cage came into contact with the scroll, the symbols on the scroll rippled noticeably, like ripples spreading across a calm lake when a stone is thrown into it.
Buzz!
Just as the wooden cage was fully inserted into the scroll, the constantly fluctuating spell froze, and the symbols on it remained unchanged, as if they were written on the scroll itself.
"A minor problem was easily resolved."
Araki looked up and smiled at Kushina, who was staring at him, then busied himself re-rolling the scroll.
"What... what exactly is going on?" Kushina completely bewildered.
"This matter is too complicated to explain; it would take three days and three nights to finish. Besides, I don't want you to get involved, so you'd better not ask." Araki waved his hand, and as he spoke, he took out a blank talisman from his ninja tool pouch. With a flick of his wrist, other jutsu symbols appeared on it. He then stuffed the scroll in his hand into the talisman. The whole process was smooth and effortless, as if it were an extremely ordinary thing, not something he had practiced specifically for, but rather something he had done for many years. After doing all this, he added, "There is one thing I can tell you: I originally planned to deal with this matter, but it's not as important as going to your Uzushiogakure, so I had to put it aside for now and deal with it when I return from Uzushiogakure."
"Your Sealing Jutsu..." Kushina raised her second point of doubt.
"Impressive, isn't it?" Araki smiled, took a step forward, walked up to Kushina, patted her on the shoulder, and said, "I'll teach you from now on."
"How did you learn that?" Kushina couldn't help but ask, saying, "If I'm not mistaken, it's Sealing Jutsu from the Uzumaki Clan."
" The Uzumaki Clan?" Araki was taken aback. Even he hadn't thought much of it, because these Sealing Jutsu were like they were imprinted in his mind after he absorbed Hokage's Hashirama Cells from beneath the Hokage's office building. He could use them at will, so he didn't think much of it. He immediately raised his right hand to support his forehead and said, "Wait a moment."
"What?" Kushina was even more confused.
However, she was unaware that Araki was rapidly searching through fragments of memory in his mind at that moment.
After absorbing Hashirama Cells, he acquired a great many fragments of memories. Some of these fragments were coherent, while others were scattered, but they lacked a central thread running through them, so they were never able to be connected.
Araki searched through these fragments of memory for information about Sealing Jutsu, and soon found the scene from that time.
"It is indeed Sealing Jutsu of your Uzumaki Clan," Araki said frankly, lowering his right hand.
"Who taught you that?" Kushina's tone revealed a hint of jealousy that she herself was unaware of.
" Mito Uzumaki," Araki replied without hesitation.
" Lady Mito?!" Kushina was stunned, her surprise growing even stronger. A powerful emotion surged within her, and her voice rose considerably. "You learned Sealing Jutsu from Lady Mito, and you even learned how to make Explosive Tag from me! You're not taking me for a fool, are you? So you knew all along!"
"That's not how it is..."
Araki immediately noticed Kushina's emotions and quickly explained, "I just learned these techniques."
Chapter 23 You wouldn't happen to be a Wood Release ninja, would you?
Konoha: Nobody knew I could use Wood Release! Chapter 23 You wouldn't happen to be Wood Release ninja, would you?
"Just learned it?"
Kushina looked at Araki suspiciously, her slightly tilted head filled with question marks. If anyone else had said such a thing, she would have thought it was just a perfunctory remark, but it was Araki who spoke.