"Thank you for your support, Sakumo-sama, but for now, please help me bring her to safety."
Kirito smiled strained as he heard what Hatake Sakumo said in front of him.
"This ..."
Hatake Sakumo hesitated when he heard Kirito say that.
He naturally understood who Kirito was referring to when he said that she, but his main mission right now was to protect Kirito.
He had seen Chizuru's situation. She was just temporarily exhausted and fainted. She was not in any danger of life.
But Kirito was different. If he left now, there might be another enemy spy who would launch a sneak attack on Kirito.
There was no guarantee that there wouldn't be a second spy like Hatoyama here, or even more.
As an elite member of the ANBU, he knew that the enemy's invasion was pervasive, they were like rats, as long as one appeared, then there would surely be more around.
To be honest, he really didn't think that there would be spies mixed in during this Nine-Tailed Inheritance operation, because the mission level of this Nine-Tailed Inheritance operation was of the highest level, so the personnel involved in the operation had to be closely scrutinized before joining.
As a result, it was still a hundred times too close.
He recalled this Hatoyama this ninja's information at this time, clearly knew that this person was four years old when he came to live in Konoha along with his parents, from the lower jōnin to the upper jōnin, during which time he had always behaved normally, and had also given Konoha a great deal of credit on the battlefield.
If it wasn't for the fact that this person took the initiative to jump out this time, he really couldn't believe that this person would be a spy.
Therefore, Hatake Sakumo was very skeptical that there were other extremely well hidden spies like Hatoyama among the people around him.
"It's okay, I'm sure everyone around me will protect me, there's no way that a situation like the one that just happened will occur a second time."
Kirito continued to laugh.
This time, he intentionally spoke louder.
As soon as these words came out, the surrounding Konoha ninjas were a little moved, and at the same time, they felt more and more guilty.
They clearly knew that Kirito was the key in sealing the Nine Tails this time, but they only focused on the Nine Tails in front of them, forgetting about Kirito, the main force that had worked so hard to suppress the Nine Tails.
This is mainly because Kirito showed the strength is too powerful, making the sealing art actually even able to suppress the Kyubi, they subconsciously thought that Kirito does not need to protection, as a result, nearly caused a big disaster, but fortunately there is that young girl of the Uchiha clan who responded in time to take action, so that a disaster did not occur.
With this in mind, they all expressed gratitude to Chizuru in their hearts, and even their impression of the Uchiha clan changed a bit.
Hatake Sakumo heard Kirito say this, and he couldn't help but feel good about Kirito. At the same time, he praised Kirito for being worthy of being the disciple of Mito-sama and a Konoha ninja who also inherited the pure will of fire. Even at this time, he still cared about his companions.
Hatake Sakumo was very much recognizing this choice of Kirito's, that his companions were more important than the mission and his own life.
So, he agreed, but unfortunately, he was not able to say it.
The Sandaime who was previously beaten by the Nine-Tails suddenly fell from the sky. He smiled and said to Kirito: "Well said, Kirito, with our Konoha ninjas here, no one can attack you again. Leave Chizuru to me. I will protect her and Kushina."
"Thank you Hokage-sama."
Kirito said with great joy.
He was worried about how Kushina was doing. The most critical person to seal the Nine-Tails this time was actually Kushina, the new Jinchūriki. Once she got into trouble, Konoha would not be able to find a container to replace her in a short time.
Perhaps Tsunade and Nawaki could be substitutes, but they did not have the special chakra in Kushina's body that could suppress the tailed beasts, so they were far behind.
"Listen everyone, this time the sealing of the Nine-Tailed Fox is so close, we can never afford to drop the ball at such a critical moment, as the pillars of Konoha, don't let your juniors look down on you, show your backbone and perseverance."
Time was running out, Sandaime encouraged Kirito for a moment before he exclaimed to the other Konoha ninja.
Sandaime as Hokage, the morale boost he brought by saying these words was undoubtedly amazing, a group of Konoha ninja had reddened their faces, and then as if they had been pumped with chicken blood, the speed of pulling Kyubi to the sealing altar suddenly increased a lot.
Sandaime saw this, satisfied smile, and then nodded to Hatake Sakumo, and immediately took the fainted Chizuru to leave.
Hatake Sakumo, on the other hand, stood by Kirito's side like a loyal guard.
After surviving the short period of confusion, the operation of pulling Kyubi's to the sealing altar was back to normal, and at a faster pace than before.
And Konoha White Fang's reputation was still so terrifying that killing a jōnin was like killing a chicken, and no more spies dared to jump out and offer themselves for death.
Everything was moving in a good direction.
Kyuubi feels bad about this.
He had seen the hope of breaking free from Kirito's bindings, but in the end, it was gone again, and the one who knocked it out of this hope was also someone from the Uchiha clan that he hated so much.
"Damn you Uchiha, all of the people from your clan deserve to die!"
The Kyubi, whose mouth had been bound by a large number of chains, was furious in its heart, its gaze fixed on Chizuru in Sandaime's arms.
It was very vindictive, and it would always remember everyone who had harmed him.
When it gets out of the trap in the future, it will definitely pay back a hundred times a thousand times, even if these people are already dead, then it will seek the bad luck of these people's offspring.
For example, Konohagakure.
In the future, when it gets out of the trap, it will definitely destroy this abominable village with its own hands, and many of the people living inside must be the offspring of the Konoha ninjas who had victimized him.
Not long after, with the concerted efforts of a group of Konoha ninja, Kyubi was finally dragged into the sealing altar.
At this time, on top of those twelve rock pillars on the edge of the sealing altar, twelve sealing class jōnin of the elite sealing technique were already ready, they almost simultaneously clapped their hands together, and a powerful chakra erupted from all of them.
In the next moment, a large number of sealing techniques on the rock pillars suddenly lit up, and quickly spread to the entire sealing altar.
In an instant, Kyubi, who was in the center of the sealing altar, immediately felt a super-strong binding force on its body, making it feel that even in its full strength, it would be difficult for it to break free from this binding force.
Sealing Technique - Twelvefold Light Formation!
"Kushina, it's time."
When Kirito saw that the sealing altar was functioning properly, he immediately shouted to Kushina, who was already standing on a corner of the sealing altar.
At this moment, Kushina who had Sandaime and Momo by her side to protect her heard that, without half a moment's hesitation, she let out a loud cry, and a huge golden chain instantly shot out from her stomach, and then stabbed into Kyubi's stomach.
At this moment, Kushina's chakra and Kyubi made contact in chakra.
Kushina and Kyubi looked at each other face to face, one small, one huge, one weak, one strong, the power contrast between the two, that was simply a world of difference.
However, at this time, the Nine-Tails, who was obviously a behemoth and had a strong power, showed a fearful look to the tiny red-haired girl in front of him.
Because it found that its own chakra was being fed into Kushina's body along the golden chain that connected it to Kushina.
If it didn't do anything to stop it, in less than a minute, it was going to be sealed into Kushina.
Unwilling to be sealed, it tried to break the golden chain with its claws, but it found itself unable to move at all.
In the outside world, the Adamantine Sealing Chain that Kirito had imposed on Kyubi was still suppressing most of the chakra in its body, and now with the help of the Sealing Altar's superb sealing technique, all of Kyubi's chakra was suppressed.
Now, the chances of Kyubi defeating Kushina in this chakra battle were zero.
It could only watch as Kushina sealed it into her body.
In reality, Kyubi's size was rapidly shrinking, and when its embodiment was less than half of its original size, it was unable to maintain its materialization and was about to change back into its chakra form.
At that moment, it let out a roar filled with unwillingness and hatred, "No, no, no!"