svetikya Chapter 399 The Night of the Nine-Tailed Fox
Chapter 399 The Night of the Nine-Tailed Fox
Chapter 399 The Night of the Nine-Tailed Fox (Part 4)
9:05 p.m.
Minato Namikaze's residence.
Taiyi took a deep breath, his eyes instantly becoming focused.
He knelt beside Kushina, his hands rapidly forming intricate hand seals.
"Kushina, concentrate! Cooperate with my guidance! Your situation is that the Nine-Tails was forcibly extracted, causing the yin-yang balance that had been formed in your body by the long-term coexistence with the tailed beast to be completely broken!"
The Yin attribute (spirit/soul) power suddenly became unbalanced due to the tailed beast leaving the body, and the Yang attribute (body/life force) lost its restraint and began to burn and flow away wildly!
Conventional medical ninjutsu is completely ineffective in treating this imbalance of yin and yang!
As he spoke, blue chakra light began to gather and intertwine between his hands, forming a slowly rotating, profound light wheel containing the ultimate principles of Tai Chi.
"The only way to survive is to rebuild a self-sustaining yin-yang balance within your body! Based on this, gradually guide your own power to restore order! Sealing Technique: Yin-Yang Sealing!"
Taiyi let out a low shout, and with his hands gathering condensed light rings, he slowly pressed them towards Kushina's dantian. The moment the light rings touched her skin, they didn't penetrate deeply, but instead, like the most precise carving knife, began to outline countless intricate and complex sealing runes on her body!
These runes, with the original broken runes as their core, spread throughout the body's meridians like living things, forming a Yin-Yang formation, chasing, intertwining, and coexisting with each other!
As a sealing technique genius of the Uzumaki clan, who is rare in a century, Kushina listened to Taichi's explanation and felt the flow of power within her body, and roughly understood the core principle of this sealing technique.
All I can say is that Taiichi's sealing technique was truly ingenious and was designed specifically for Jinchūriki.
9:10 p.m.
While Taichi was busy treating Kushina and Minato was fighting the masked man, the entire Hidden Leaf Village suddenly awoke like a sleeping giant.
"call out----!!!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!!!!"
A sharp, piercing shriek tore through the tranquil night sky of Konoha! Immediately following was a deafening explosion!
Crimson! Blinding! Signal flares, symbolizing the highest level of crisis, exploded one after another in the night sky over Konoha Village, turning most of the village blood red!
"Alert! Top alert!"
"Enemy attack! Large-scale enemy attack!"
"Quickly! Evacuate! Evacuate civilians according to the contingency plan!"
After a brief silence, a deafening roar and frenzy erupted! Lights in countless houses flashed on, windows were flung open, and faces, initially sleepy but instantly filled with terror, peeked out. The next second, doors were slammed open!
The well-trained ninjas react the fastest! Whether they are resting, on night duty, or just returning home from a mission, the moment the signal flare explodes, they reflexively put on their ninja tool bags, grab their headbands, and transform into swift black shadows, rushing from their homes, taverns, and training grounds into the streets!
"First shift! Follow me to the East District evacuation point to maintain order!"
"Medical team! Proceed to the central hospital immediately and stand by!"
"Barrier team! Reinforce the defensive barrier above the village! Quickly!"
"Civilians, don't panic! Follow the instructions! Go to the underground shelter!"
Shouts, commands, children's cries, and women's screams—instantly intertwined into a chaotic and tense cacophony.
In the heart of this chaotic torrent of panic and action, in the shadow of an inconspicuous building.
The ground rippled and rose silently, like waves on water. The Zetsu, with its pitcher plant atop it, emerged without a sound.
On his strange face, the white parts wore an exaggerated, theatrical, excited smile, while the black parts were filled with cold indifference.
"Hehehe—" White Zetsu let out a chilling chuckle, scanning the fleeing crowds and busy ninjas around him, his expression filled with mockery and cruelty. "Look at this magnificent scene! How beautiful! Panic, fear, despair—humanity's most genuine and delicious emotions!"
He opened his arms as if admiring a work of art and took a deep, blissful breath.
"Let this chaos rage even more fiercely!" Bai Jue's voice suddenly rose, carrying a hint of madness.
Before he could finish speaking, Black Zetsu seized the initiative and quickly pulled out a scroll engraved with complex spiritual runes from his wide sleeves.
Without the slightest hesitation, Zetsu quickly formed hand seals, and his chakra surged wildly into the scroll.
Spiritual communication!
boom! ! !
A deafening roar, a hundred times more muffled than a normal spirit summoning spell, followed by a massive plume of white smoke that billowed over an area of more than a hundred meters in diameter.
The colossal claw that blotted out the sky and the wildly dancing tail caused buildings within the area shrouded in white smoke, whether sturdy stone houses or wooden dwellings, to collapse and shatter like fragile building blocks!
Smoke and dust mixed with white mist spread out, and countless pieces of stone and wood chips shot out in all directions like cannonballs!
"ah--!"
"Help!"
"What happened?!"
The piercing screams were instantly drowned out by an even more terrifying roar.
"Roar! Ro ...
A roar that shook the heavens and the earth, filled with endless hatred and rage, exploded in the sky!
The roar carried a tangible shockwave that instantly flattened the surrounding remaining buildings and blew away dozens of ninjas and civilians who were closest to it like scarecrows, breaking their bones and tendons!
The white smoke was forcibly torn apart and dispersed by a violent force!
It revealed the terrifying existence within—
Nine tails, like towering pillars, swung wildly, each strike unleashing a devastating hurricane that swept more houses, streets, and trees into dust like toys!
Its massive, mountain-like, orange-red body was covered in fur resembling lava armor, radiating a scorching and malevolent aura. On its ferocious head, a pair of enormous beastly eyes were currently burning with a frenzied, blood-red light!
The Nine-Tailed Fox was summoned directly to the heart of Konoha Village using a summoning jutsu!
Evil! Violence! Destruction!
The terrifying pressure formed by the Nine-Tails' chakra, like an invisible tsunami, instantly swept across the entire Hidden Leaf Village!
At that moment, everyone who was fleeing, preparing for battle, or even hiding in the basement felt their hearts being gripped tightly by a cold, giant hand, and their souls trembled before that pure malice!
"Nine... Nine-Tails?!"
"How is that possible?! Isn't it outside the village?!"
"How did it get into the village?!"
Incredible gasps and desperate screams erupted from the surviving ninjas.
"Attack! Stop it!"
"We can't let it continue to cause destruction!"
After a brief moment of horror, a deep-seated sense of responsibility and the belief in protecting the village overwhelmed the fear. The Jonin and Chunin who were the first to arrive at the center launched a heroic counterattack amidst the roars of their respective captains.
Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique!
Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!
Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall!
Countless beams of ninjutsu light, a dense barrage of kunai and shuriken rained down on the massive target like a torrential downpour.
Fireballs exploded on the Nine-Tails' fur, wind blades sliced through it, earthen walls tried to stop its advance, and dense ninja tools slammed into it.
However, all of this was nothing more than a tickle to the fully evolved Nine-Tails!
"roar!"
The Nine-Tails merely shook its head impatiently. Those ninjutsu techniques, powerful enough to destroy rocks and kill Jonin, left only a few fleeting white marks or charred marks on its fur.
The ants' attacks were harmless, but their harassment thoroughly enraged the beast, which was controlled by illusions and driven only by destructive instincts!
"Aww!!!"
It let out an even more ferocious roar, and with its huge front paws slamming down on the ground with a piercing shriek that tore through the air!
Boom!!!
The earth cracked and collapsed inch by inch, like fragile glass! A huge crater tens of meters in diameter was formed in an instant!
The terrifying shockwave spread out in a ring, directly blasting dozens of ninjas who were forming hand seals or throwing ninja tools away. They were already spitting blood and suffering broken bones in mid-air!
Those who were a little further away were also shaken and swayed, with blood flowing from their ears and noses.
Immediately afterwards, a huge tail burning with dark red chakra swept across like a god's whip, carrying the momentum to destroy everything!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Everything along the way—houses, streets, earthen walls hastily erected by the ninjas, even a few ancient trees that would take several people to encircle—was as fragile as paper before this absolute power. In an instant, they were crushed, flattened, and turned into countless flying fragments and dust!
Limbs and fragments mixed with brick and wood chips flew everywhere, and the stench of blood instantly filled the air!
In a single glance, with a flick of the tail, the central area of Konoha was instantly transformed into a carnage of wreckage and corpses!
The power of the tailed beasts brings calamity!
This was something no human could withstand! The surviving ninjas looked at the apocalyptic scene before them, feeling the overwhelming power disparity, and a deep sense of despair and helplessness instantly gripped their hearts.
"Hokage-sama—Taichi-sama—Jiraiya-sama—where are you?!" A young ninja cried out, his voice filled with helplessness.
Faced with this terror beyond comprehension, they instinctively called upon the pillars of the village.
At this suffocating moment!
A colossal pillar pierced the sky, striking the Nine-Tails directly in the waist and blasting the rampaging Nine-Tails out of the village!
When the figure of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, appeared in the smoke and dust, the surviving ninjas erupted in thunderous cheers.
However, the people of Konoha were unaware that Hiruzen Sarutobi was indeed feeling extremely heavy-hearted at that moment.
He knelt on one knee, his right hand gripping the Vajra Ruyi Staff, which was deeply embedded in the scorched earth, and his heavy breathing drew out hot white vapors in the night wind.
That earth-shattering throw had almost drained the chakra stored up in his aged body. Sweat trickled down his deep wrinkles, soaking the collar of his dusty robes.
"roar!!!"
In the distance, the Nine-Tailed Fox roared in extreme rage.
The sound, carrying a tangible sonic wave, snapped giant trees and whipped up countless branches and leaves. Even from such a great distance, it still made people's eardrums ache and their hearts pound wildly.
"It's the Third Generation Lord!"
The Konoha ninjas, who had been shrouded in despair and struggling to survive under the Nine-Tails' rampage, seemed to have found their backbone and flocked to the old figure standing on the edge of the ruins.
"Report! The village's defensive barrier has completely collapsed, and the barrier team is working to repair it."
"The medical team is doing everything they can to treat the wounded, but the central hospital has been destroyed, and there is a severe shortage of medicines and equipment!"
"The civilians were evacuated in time, and only a small number were affected by the Nine-Tails' destruction. There are still civilians stranded in areas C and D!"
One by one, the dusty and disheveled ninjas gathered around Hiruzen Sarutobi, their voices hoarse as they raced against time to report on the situation in their respective areas.
The anxiety and fear did not dissipate after the Nine-Tails was temporarily defeated; instead, they weighed even heavier on everyone's hearts amidst the chaos.
Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly pulled out the Vajra Nagashira, which was deeply embedded in the ground, leaving a deep groove on the ground with its heavy shaft.
He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his surging blood and the trembling of his arms, his voice as steady as a rock, instantly silencing all the noise: "What's the panic! As long as the people are alive, the village is still here!"
His gaze was sharp as a hawk's, and he swiftly ordered, "Earth Release Team! Immediately construct a multi-tiered trapezoidal earthwork wall defense outside the village to slow down the Nine-Tails' advance! Shiki Aburame!"
A quiet ninja wearing sunglasses and wrapped in a trench coat stepped forward silently.
"You're in charge of the sensory squad, locking onto the Nine-Tails' core chakra fluctuations to guide the direction of subsequent long-range attacks!" Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke rapidly, leaving no room for argument. "Yamanaka Inoichi! Establish a temporary mental link network to ensure smooth communication for all combat units!"
"Yes!" The Jonin who were called upon responded in unison, and their figures instantly dispersed.
"The rest of you, in small teams, using the ruins and fortifications, continuously harass and draw the Nine-Tails' attention with ninja tools and low-level ninjutsu! Remember, your mission is to delay, not to fight to the death! Preserve yourselves and create conditions for subsequent attacks!"
The third generation's voice acted like a stabilizing force, quickly bringing the chaotic scene back into order.
As if they had found their leader, the ninjas dispersed as ordered and launched another organized attack on the enraged beast outside the village.
However, this brief period of order proved so fragile when the Nine-Tails regained its footing and unleashed that earth-shattering roar.
"Roar!!!"
Its enormous head was raised high, and its blood-red beast eyes, burning with endless hatred, were locked on the direction of Konoha. The Mangekyou Sharingan pattern in its pupils was particularly striking at this moment.
"That's—" A Jonin's exclamation was instantly transmitted to the minds of every Konoha ninja through Yamanaka Inoichi's mental link, "The Sharingan?! The Nine-Tails' eye—it's the Uchiha Sharingan pattern!"
"What?!"
"Uchiha?!"
It was as if an invisible cold current swept across the entire battlefield in an instant! All the Konoha ninjas who were forming hand seals, throwing ninja tools, and struggling to build earthen walls froze for a moment.
Countless gazes, filled with shock, doubt, and even a hint of indescribable fear, were all focused on the edge of the battlefield, on the figure of Uchiha Fugaku, who was wearing a dark blue Uchiha clan uniform and directing his clansmen to assist in the defense!
Fugaku also received the message, and at that moment his body stiffened instantly, a chill running from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
He whirled around, meeting the complex gazes around him, his voice sharp with shock: "Not my clan! The Uchiha would never betray the village!"
He subconsciously looked at Yangping beside him, the only member of the Uchiha clan who openly possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan.
Yangping's face instantly turned incredibly ugly. Of course, he knew what this meant! A frame-up! A blatant frame-up, enough to push the Uchiha clan into an abyss of no return!
"Clan leader! I—" Yang Ping said urgently, trying to explain.
Fugaku abruptly raised his hand to stop him, his gaze sweeping over the silent yet hostile Konoha ninja around him, finally settling on Hiruzen Sarutobi, whose expression was equally grave. He spoke each word with unwavering resolve: "Third Hokage! I swear on the honor of the Uchiha clan! This was not done by our clan! This is an enemy conspiracy! It is—"
"Watch out! It's going to attack!" Aburame Shiki's terrified scream interrupted Fugaku's explanation.