Chapter 10: Transferring the Nine-Tails
"**Based on the information my body relayed earlier, I can now analyze Kushina's Adamantine Sealing Chains.**"
Back home, Hyuga Wuye stood in the courtyard, closing his eyes to mentally replay the process of Kushina performing the technique.
This clan-inherited secret art was unlike the Five Elements techniques that the Sharingan could copy. It often required chakra with Yin-Yang properties to execute, making it uncopyable.
Recalling Kushina's execution, Wuye could clearly discern the hand signs she formed and the path her chakra followed.
But the chakra she refined wasn't the usual blue—it only emerged after blending with a dark purple attribute.
"**Is this… Yin chakra?**"
Wuye mused thoughtfully. "**It seems the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques might be restricted by chakra attributes. Can I still learn it, then…?**"
Opening his eyes, his body seemed to have memorized Kushina's method. He formed the hand signs and circulated his chakra.
At the moment of output, he felt a lag in his chakra, sending a jolt of panic through him.
But in the next instant, a dark purple attribute—seemingly innate to his body—merged with it, transforming it into Yin chakra.
"**Sealing Technique: Adamantine Sealing Chains!**"
*Clank, clank, clank.*
A faint golden chakra chain slowly extended from his back.
But before he could get excited, he realized his chakra was completely drained… and the chain was only half a meter long.
Hyuga Wuye: "…"
So, Kushina could extend hers to 10 meters, while he managed half a meter. That meant Kushina's chakra was 20 times his… and considering how effortlessly she did it, that gap could widen further.
Let's break it down: 12-year-old Naruto = 100 Kakashi units (Kcards). 7-year-old Kushina ≈ ½ Naruto, so Kushina = 50 Kcards. Kushina = 20 Wuye, so…
Hyuga Wuye = 2.5 Kcards!
"**Looks like my chakra reserves can't compare to freaks like the Uzumaki clan, but I'm still way ahead of Uchiha Kakashi. Plus…**"
He muttered to himself, "**My mental energy has spiked since awakening the Sharingan. It's my physical energy that's limiting my chakra. Could I temporarily boost it to Uzumaki levels by pushing my limits?**"
"**Theoretically possible, hmm!**"
Wuye opened his eyes, focusing on the chakra chain behind him.
"**So, what can a half-meter Adamantine Chain do…?**"
The faint golden chain swayed back and forth, looking like a little tail… Maybe it could be used to look cute?
If Kushina were lying on a bed, wagging a chakra tail… *cough!*
Wuye quickly reined in his wandering thoughts, pulling a shuriken from his ninja pouch.
"**Let's see if it can block this.**"
He tossed it casually. *Ding!* The shuriken hit the courtyard wall, ricocheted to the opposite wall, and bounced back—straight at his face.
"**As expected, if the conditions are right, every shuriken I throw comes flying back…**"
"**The angle's so precise, it won't rest until it kills me…**"
The chain behind him swung, barely intercepting the shuriken in front of his face.
*Crack!* The shuriken shattered into pieces.
"**Cheap junk…**"
The faint golden chain behind Wuye slowly dissipated.
"**That was a clan-standard shuriken—quality shouldn't be an issue. So it must be the Adamantine Chain's strength…**"
His face showed no joy.
"**Draining all my chakra just to break one shuriken?**"
"**Useless. It won't be practical until I have at least 100 Kcards of chakra.**"
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The next day was still a rest day.
When Wuye finally disentangled himself from the sealing embrace of his bed, it was already noon.
Walking through Konoha's bustling streets in search of food, the crowd was as lively as ever.
"**Something's off…**"
Wuye couldn't shake a nagging feeling. Everything seemed the same as usual, yet the atmosphere felt tense.
"**Did something happen?**"
He racked his brain but couldn't pinpoint it, so he shook his head and kept looking for food.
Konoha's current options were limited to barbecue or meatballs—he was sick of both.
Ichiraku Ramen, courtesy of the Otsutsuki, hadn't opened yet, and the existing ramen joints were subpar…
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"**Kushina! Focus! Don't be afraid!**"
Deep in an unknown cave, a vast, empty space was enclosed by countless faint golden chakra chains, forming a cage-like barrier.
Several figures stood outside the Adamantine Sealing Chains, their eyes fixed intently on the interior.
This was the critical moment of transferring the Nine-Tails—they were here to prevent any mishaps.
The Third Hokage! Shimura Danzo! Mitokado Homura! Koharu Utatane!
The Leaf's joint government—the four big shots—were all present.
But they had little to do with the actual transfer of the Nine-Tails' seal. Uzumaki Mito was the expert.
The Adamantine Chains sealed the cave so tightly that not a wisp of Nine-Tails chakra could leak out.
Kushina lay beside her, her snow-white, slender waist exposed. A black hemispherical seal protruded from her abdomen, occasionally emitting scarlet chakra that seemed to writhe in resistance.
Sweat beaded on her forehead, her brows furrowed as if enduring immense pain.
"**Clank, clank, clank.**"
Mito, eyes closed, extended countless faint golden chains from her body, some of which plunged into the girl beside her.
In the sealing space within Kushina, the towering, 70-to-80-meter Nine-Tails fox was bound by faint golden chakra chains around its limbs and nine tails.
"**Roar!—**"
A ferocious bellow echoed through the space, accompanied by surging scarlet chakra.
"**Uzumaki Mito! You'll never seal me into this brat!**"
"**She'll be corrupted by evil! She'll destroy Konoha!**"
"**Raaargh! Roar!—**"
"**…**"
Mito's chakra projection knelt on the ground, hands pressed against the faint golden water surface. Countless chains extended from her, pinning the Nine-Tails firmly in place.
"**Kushina won't. She'll inherit my will and keep you locked here forever,**" Mito countered.
Her words drew a mocking snarl from the Nine-Tails. "**Didn't you notice the void in her heart?!**"
Kushina's mental projection stood not far from the massive Nine-Tails, a single long chakra chain swaying faintly behind her.
"**Kushina! Focus! Don't be afraid!**"
Mito shouted, "**Use your Adamantine Sealing Chains to complete the final seal. Only then can you hope to become a perfect Jinchuriki.**"
"**Clank, clank, clank…**"
The chain from Kushina's body slowly extended, gradually linking with Mito's chakra chains.
"**If… if I can just lock its neck…**"
Fear shone undisguised in Kushina's eyes, her hands trembling, sweat pouring like rain.
Facing such a colossal beast and its overwhelmingly malevolent chakra, the cracks in her heart widened.
And the Nine-Tails seized on that weakness.
"**Hiss, hiss.**"
Suddenly, dark red chakra rose from the water's surface, enveloping Kushina completely.
"**Ah!—**"
Kushina let out a piercing scream.
"**Kushina! Don't lose consciousness!**"
Mito cried out in alarm.
But at that moment, Kushina felt an invisible hand dragging her down, pulling her deeper and deeper…
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