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Shin stared intently at the Shinigami. He could sense Six Paths level power emanating from it.
Kushina was also curiously staring at the Shinigami. Although she knew about the Dead Demon Consuming Seal—this was the first time Kushina had seen someone use it.
After all, unless it was absolutely necessary, who would use this kind of Sealing Technique that would take their own life?
“So that creepy thing is the Shinigami? Just looking at it makes me uncomfortable,” Kushina said, a shiver running down her spine. She felt like her soul was being scrutinized.
“It has Six Paths level power,” Shin said.
He was curious about the Shinigami’s origins. The original story never explained it.
At this time, the Shinigami moved, its spectral blade slicing through the Nine-Tails. Half of the beast’s chakra was sealed.
Minato sealed the other half within his newborn son. Before being sealed, the Nine-Tails lashed out with its claws, piercing Minato and Akiko—a final act of defiance, though it hardly mattered, they were already dying.
Minato Namikaze’s soul was devoured by the Shinigami, and then the Shinigami raised its head and glanced in Shin’s direction.
“Oh? It noticed me.” Shin was surprised.
He suspected the Shinigami wasn’t a living being, but something akin to a puppet. Who controlled it? Perhaps Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, or perhaps his brother, Hamura.
Shin was certain Hagoromo was still alive, but he wasn’t sure about Hamura. If Hamura was still alive, he would have appeared when Shin destroyed the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the moon.
Shin dismissed the thought. It was pointless to speculate. The Shinigami vanished, and Shin didn’t make a move to keep this Shinigami.
He could easily summon the Shinigami himself if he needed to, by controlling a puppet with his Rinne-Tenseigan and having it perform the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
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“The Nine-Tails incident is over, and the System didn’t even issue a mission.” Shin muttered to himself.
Originally, Shin thought that the system might issue a mission this time—but nothing.
He still hadn’t figured out the rules for the System to issue missions. It felt like issuing missions was really random.
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Hiruzen cradled the infant Naruto, his gaze fixed on Minato and Akiko’s bodies, grief etched on his face.
This had been a devastating blow to Konoha, not just the physical damage, but the loss of their Hokage.
“Don’t publicize the matter about the Fourth’s son.” Hiruzen Sarutobi said seriously to the surrounding Shinobi.
“Yes, Sandaime-sama.”
‘Danzō, where were you when Konoha was in danger?’ Hiruzen sighed, thinking of Danzō’s inaction.
With such a big movement, Hiruzen would definitely not believe it if Danzō said he didn’t know. Not a single member of the Root organization came over.
Obviously Danzō was doing it on purpose.
Just as he thought of Danzō, the man arrived, flanked by Root Members.
“…”
“Am I late?” Danzō asked, looking at Minato’s body with a deceptively calm expression.
Inwardly—he was ecstatic.
Minato’s death meant he had a chance to become the next Hokage. He had almost given up hope—given Minato’s age. he didn’t know how long he would be in the Hokage position.
Now that Minato was dead, Danzō’s heart was once again hopeful. This time he was determined to win the position of Hokage. Danzō didn’t believe that anyone else could compete with him.
“Danzō, where were you?” Hiruzen questioned Danzō sternly, his voice sharp.
Glancing at Hiruzen. Danzō had already thought of his excuse, “I was evacuating the villagers. Is there a problem?”
Danzō said to Hiruzen with a calm face.
Hiruzen was furious—Danzō, a high-level combatant, had chosen to evacuate villagers instead of fighting the Nine-Tails? He couldn’t fault Danzō for prioritizing the villagers, though.
“Is that Minato Namikaze’s son, the new Nine-Tails Jinchūriki?”
Danzō’s gaze was on the crying Naruto.
His true motive for coming was to gain control of the Jinchūriki. Though absent during the attack, he had been well-informed.
Hiruzen looked at Danzō. “What do you want?”
He knew Danzō too well. Hiruzen knew that Danzō would never say meaningless things. Mentioning Naruto definitely had something to do.
“Hiruzen, entrust the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki to Root. Only we can properly train him to be a weapon for Konoha.”
Danzō said his purpose. He had done nothing during the crisis, and now he wanted to share a piece of the pie afterwards. Disgusting.
If Shin had been there, he would have slapped Danzō senseless, but Hiruzen wouldn’t do that.
“Danzō, Naruto is the Fourth’s son. what do you think he is?” Hiruzen questioned Danzō angrily.
“A Jinchūriki is just a tool for the village,” Danzō said coldly.
He wasn’t wrong. Except for Kumogakure, most villages treated their Jinchūriki as weapons. Kumogakure was different because Killer B was the Fourth Raikage’s adopted brother.
“Danzō, give up. I won’t hand Minato’s son over to you. Don’t even think about it,”
Hiruzen said firmly, his eyes narrowed dangerously.
Danzō, sensing Hiruzen’s resolve, knew he wouldn’t get Naruto. But he hadn’t given up.
He turned to another matter—the Hokage position. Konoha couldn’t remain leaderless.
This, after all, was his true objective.
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