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Chapter 202: Sealing the Nine-Tails, Will a Miracle Happen?
"This... this is a Sealing Jutsu...?" Naruto was restricted to the spot, terrified. "My chakra..."
The chakra in his body seemed to have vanished. Let alone mobilizing it, he couldn't even sense it. Even the Senjutsu chakra was domineeringly sealed.
What... what kind of seal is this?!
"Kurama!!"
Naruto shouted in his mind, trying to contact Kurama in the sealed space.
However, Kurama, with whom he usually communicated instantly, was completely unreachable. No matter how he called, there was no response.
The connection was severed!
His link to the seal space had been violently cut off. He couldn't sense Kurama's existence.
Naruto took several deep breaths, forcing himself to calm down. He looked up at Konan opposite him.
Right now, he couldn't use any power. He could only use words... his 'Talk no Jutsu' to protect the village. To make her give up the idea of harming Konoha.
"Ko... Konan." Naruto quickly organized his words, speaking sincerely. "I didn't want to see the Land of Rain and the Rain Village turn out like this either. But at least Yahiko and Nagato's dream of peace has been realized, hasn't it?"
"Besides, since you've reappeared and your power has become so great, it's enough to purge all evil from the Land of Rain and the Rain Village! You can clear out all the criminals and conspirators there."
He took a deep breath. "As the Seventh Hokage of Konoha, I can represent Konoha in fully supporting the reconstruction of the Land of Rain and the Rain Village. Supplies, funds, personnel—everything will be sent to the Land of Rain!"
"Let's rebuild Yahiko and Nagato's hometown together and bring the Land of Rain back into the sunlight and peace. How about it?"
Even if this would place a heavy burden on Konoha, the situation dictated it. He had to make such a decision. He could only compromise due to the opponent's strength.
"Rebuild?" Konan said coldly. "A Rain Village without Yahiko and Nagato has no meaning."
"A Rain Village that has been occupied and desecrated by criminals for over a decade has no need to exist!"
Alex shook his head, finding Naruto's naive thoughts laughable.
Thinking of rebuilding and making amends now? Is it possible?
It's ultimately a misplaced sentiment...
"Alex, recover the Nine-Tails."
"Leave it to me."
Alex threw out another Sealing Paper.
"Ni... Nine-Tails??" Naruto's pupils shrank violently, horrified. "Your... your goal is the Nine-Tails?? Are you going to collect the nine Tailed Beasts again and bring war to the Ninja World that finally found peace??"
His entire body's power was sealed; he couldn't move. He could only watch helplessly as the Sealing Paper stuck to his abdomen.
An extremely strong suction force and sealing power followed immediately.
"Ku... Kurama!!" Naruto stared at Konan, shouting in panic. "Kurama is my partner! Don't take him! If you really want to pursue past faults, just come at me!"
Konan said nothing, staring coldly at Naruto.
The Sealing Paper activated with high efficiency.
Naruto could clearly feel something inside his body being rapidly sucked away by that strange paper. That was chakra belonging to Kurama—that was Kurama's main body!
His body was being hollowed out!
Along with it, his own chakra and vitality were being sucked out following Kurama. His life force weakened visibly.
The Tailed Beast's chakra was closely linked to the Jinchuriki's chakra and vitality. This was why a Jinchuriki would inevitably die once the Tailed Beast was violently extracted.
"No... Kurama!!"
Naruto's face turned pale, and he grew weaker and weaker. He was incredibly unwilling to let the Nine-Tails be taken, but he was powerless. He couldn't resist at all.
"Naruto!!!"
Just then, the Konoha Anbu summoned by Shikamaru finally arrived at the roof of the Hokage Residence.
Seeing the scene, their minds were violently shaken.
Naruto, the strongest in the Ninja World... was actually half-kneeling on the ground, trembling all over, his aura weak...
Obviously defeated, and...
Shikamaru's pupils constricted as he looked at the anomaly at Naruto's abdomen.
He saw the fiery red chakra belonging to the Nine-Tails pouring out of Naruto's body and being sucked away by that white paper!
He quickly assessed the situation.
Naruto had been defeated and controlled by the enemy, and the Nine-Tails inside him was being extracted!!
And the enemy who defeated Naruto...
Shikamaru glanced at Konan standing not far away. "Akatsuki! Angel!!"
He was even more horrified and shocked.
Someone who had been dead for over a decade suddenly appeared and instantly defeated and subdued the current Naruto. Just how powerful was she?!
Why did she come here? Specifically to capture the Nine-Tails??
Are they collecting Tailed Beasts to start a war again??
In an instant, Shikamaru thought of many things.
Other matters could be put aside for now; the most important thing was to rescue Naruto and stop the Nine-Tails extraction!
He ordered the numerous Anbu behind him, "Go!! Protect the Seventh Hokage!!!"
"Yes!!"
Unfortunately...
The rescue was destined to fail. Even they couldn't protect themselves, let alone rescue the Seventh Hokage.
A large patch of shadow shot out from the ground, instantly connecting to each of their shadows.
Their bodies could no longer move, firmly restricted to the spot.
"Shadow Imitation Technique!!" Shikamaru cried out in horror.
His gaze followed the direction the shadow came from, looking at the source—Konan...
"How do you know my Nara clan's secret technique!!"
How is this possible!! How could an outsider know it!!
Their clan's secret technique could not have been leaked!
And she used it so powerfully; her mastery had already surpassed the leaders of the Nara clan throughout history. Even though he knew the weaknesses and cracking methods of the Shadow Imitation Technique, he couldn't break free right now.
He couldn't break it!
Shikamaru felt shaken, indignant, defeated, and powerless.
Seeing an outsider use his own secret technique far better than he could himself was truly hard to accept...
Nara? Secret technique?
Alex lay on Konan's shoulder, chuckling inwardly.
This secret technique is just so-so. It's nothing special.
Good for trapping cannon fodder and showing off, though...
"That's about it..."
Alex looked at Naruto in the center.
The Sealing Paper absorbed the last wisp of chakra, signifying that the complete Nine-Tails was fully sealed inside.
Nine-Tails capture mission complete!
The paper floated leisurely towards them. Shikamaru and the Anbu could only watch helplessly as the paper containing the Nine-Tails was taken by the enemy.
They couldn't stop it at all.
But right now, apart from the Nine-Tails being taken, the safety of their Seventh Hokage was more important.
When a Jinchuriki had their Tailed Beast extracted, they would die!
"Naruto!!" Shikamaru's voice trembled, looking at the fallen Naruto with eyes full of sorrow.
It happened so fast...
The enemy arrived in Konoha, instantly defeated Naruto, and directly extracted the Nine-Tails, leading to Naruto's death.
Will a miracle happen??
He thought about how Naruto had experienced too many life-and-death crises growing up, but always turned bad luck into good, as if he had a protagonist's halo and could never die.
Does that protagonist halo... still work now??
Can he avoid death??
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