A heavy atmosphere filled the villa, and as soon as Kirito entered, he felt a little panicked as his heart filled with dread.
Since Mito was currently in a state of extreme weakness, the defensive capabilities of the villa had been set to the highest level by Sandaime, and even his true body had come here in person to guard the villa, in case at this time a foreign country's spy launched a suicide attack on Mito, or the Nine-Tailed unexpectedly broke through the seal.
Kirito's entry into the villa did not attract the attention of the many powerful ninjas in the villa. Along the way, he had unimpeded passage, and was finally stopped just before he reached the room where Mito was located.
The person guarding the door at this time was precisely Sandaime. When he saw Kirito, he immediately said, "Kirito, if you want to see Lord Mito, just wait here for now. Lord Mito is talking to Kushina alone."
"Yes, Hokage-sama,"
Kirito nodded in response, before obediently going over to Nawaki, Tsunade, and Momo.
Nawaki, who was usually always cheerful and sunny, was incredibly depressed and sad at the moment. He hung his head in defeat, but a hint of determination shone in his eyes, which were a little red and puffy from crying.
He heard Sandaime's words, and immediately looked up at Kirito. He then nodded at Kirito, before lowering his head again, not knowing what to think.
Tsunade was far more mature than Nawaki, and she had already gathered herself together by now, although the sadness in her eyes was still hard to hide.
When she saw Kirito approaching, she immediately smiled at him, and then tried to say something, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she couldn't say anything, so she just forced a smile on Kirito's face.
Momo, on the other hand, kept her expressionless. She had seen so many people off herself that although she was inevitably sad, she no longer let her emotions show. As the biggest pillar of support for the Senju clan after Mito, she had to remain strong at all times and never let anyone see her weak.
When she saw Kirito, she immediately beamed with relief.
At a time like this, the last thing she wanted was for Kirito to go out and work hard when she could be here with them and Mito.
Unfortunately, the boy is sometimes too precocious, thinking too much, and always leaving himself until the last.
Fortunately, Kirito has now figured it out.
Kirito is also in a bad mood, and after nodding to the three, he quietly stood with them, patiently waiting for Mito and Kushina to finish their meeting.
Mito and Kushina's meeting took a little while.
As Kirito waited, he couldn't help but recall the bits and pieces of his time with Mito over the past few years.
Mito was a good teacher, strict but patient. She always explained in detail the knowledge of various seal arts to him, and then suddenly conducted surprise inspections every few days. Once she found that he had not completely remembered the knowledge she explained the previous day, she would punish him by making him copy the book.
Mito was also a good elder. Since he didn't have any relatives in Konoha, she treated him as her own, carefully protecting him through the most difficult start-up stage.
Now that she was really leaving, Kirito suddenly felt a huge hole in his heart.
He didn't know how long had passed.
Suddenly, Kirito felt someone staring at him with a burning gaze, which made him feel slightly uncomfortable and finally come back to reality from his memories.
He followed the source of the gaze and saw that Orochimaru had arrived at some point. The other party was now standing next to Sandaime and looking at him with a gaze of admiration.
Kirito was not surprised by Orochimaru's arrival.
Not only was the other party Sandaime's disciple and extremely powerful, he was also a ninja who was proficient in sealing techniques. Although he had previously had a minor disagreement with the Senju clan over the practice of sealing barriers, it was considered normal for Sandaime to pull him over to help diffuse the misunderstanding.
Moreover, the other party is the only one among the many Konoha ninjas proficient in sealing techniques who has so far learned his improved version of sealing technique, Adamantine Sealing Chain.
"Since this guy was able to learn the improved version of Adamantine Sealing Chain, he must know that I can use natural energy. I just don't know if he has discovered any more of my secrets from the improved version of Adamantine Sealing Chain,"
Kirito thought to himself as he calmly nodded to Orochimaru.
He dared not underestimate Orochimaru, who was the person who was able to exploit a bug in the Shinigami formed by the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.
His improved Adamantine Sealing Chain incorporated many of his own tricks for manipulating natural energy, and it was hard to say whether Orochimaru would be able to deduce a lot from it.
However, he was in no mood to pay attention to Orochimaru right now. After looking at the other person, he directed his gaze towards the door behind Sandaime.
"It seems that the teacher is going to spend his last moments with Kushina."
Kirito sighed as he looked at the door, which had not moved for a long time.
He felt not jealousy but only pity for Kushina.
It was no surprise that once Kushina became the Jinchuriki of the nine-tailed fox, she would be locked up in Konoha for the rest of her life. It would be difficult for her to leave Konoha, and there would be many inconveniences in her daily life. Before she had finished growing up, she would be exposed to many fatal dangers.
In addition, she has to worry about the Nine-Tailed inside her causing trouble all the time.
It can be said that after Kushina becomes the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tailed, she will be in constant danger for a long time, and may even face discrimination from others.
Regarding the fact that Kushina will become the new Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tailed, although Sandaime ordered that everyone who knows this must keep it a secret, it is inevitable that someone will accidentally reveal the secret.
It's just like Naruto in the original story.
Adults who know the truth will fear Kushina because of the power of the nine-tailed fox, and subconsciously stay away from her and keep their children away from her.
On the other side, at the Hokage Rock of Konoha, on top of the rock of the first Hokage, Senju Hashirama, a mysterious man wearing a white spiral mask and a black robe lies down. He opens his eyes and reveals his Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
"It's about time. Mito, let me send you on your last journey."
Uchiha Madara looked at the sky, which was already brightening in the east, and let out a long sigh.
He had said before that he would see Mito off for the last time, and naturally, he, Uchiha Madara, would keep his word.
The Nine-Tailed Fox had once been his pet and spirit beast, but then the Nine-Tailed Fox was sealed inside Mito, and the spiritual contract between them was forcibly severed.
But not long ago, he discovered that there was a renewed connection between him and the Nine-Tailed Fox, a connection that had long been silent.
The re-emergence of a connection between him and the nine-tailed fox means that there is a loophole in Mito's seal.
But from what he knows about Mito, unless the woman is really weak to the extreme, it is impossible for such an oversight to occur.
Because of this small loophole, he, Uchiha Madara, can completely use the spiritual contract between him and the nine-tailed fox to forcibly summon the nine-tailed fox from Mito's body. Even if he cannot do that, he can also expand the loophole in the seal.
At that time, the nine-tailed fox can completely break the seal by itself and appear.
Once he thought about it, Uchiha Madara knew that it was time for him to send Mizuto on his final journey.
So, he let A Fei possess his body, and with A Fei's Mayfly Technique, he quickly arrived in Konoha. Then, he spent some time reminiscing about his various connections with the village of Konoha on top of the Pillar of the Hokage.
It was just that the reminiscing took a little longer than expected.
Uchiha Madara stood up from the ground and turned to look at the discovery of the Death Forest, his eyes revealing a hateful glare.
Uzumaki Mito, you woman should have died a long time ago.
The next moment, he bit his finger and quickly completed the seals for the summoning technique, before slapping hard on the head of the Hokage Rock.
Summoning Technique: Nine-Tails!
At the same time, in a pitch-black space deep within Mito's body, a cold current of chakra suddenly appeared. The Nine-Tailed Fox, which was being restrained by a large number of golden chains, suddenly opened its eyes. It looked at this sudden appearance of chakra with confusion, feeling both familiar and strange at the same time.
Then, before it could react, this sudden appearance of chakra split into dozens of copies, which then attached themselves to the golden chains around its body.
"Boom boom boom~"
In an instant, a large number of golden chains snapped one after the other.
Seeing this, the Nine-Tailed, although it couldn't figure out what was going on, understood that this was a good opportunity for it to break the seal, and immediately struggled with all its strength, letting out a deafening roar.
In reality, Mito suddenly let out a loud scream, and a large black hole suddenly appeared on his stomach. A powerful and evil red chakra burst out of Mito's body, turning into a red torrent that rushed straight up into the sky.