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"Tell me, what's the story with that child?"
Mito Uzumaki faced the direction where Kenshi had escaped, her voice calm. She wasn't in a hurry to have the Third Hokage send people to chase after him.
Kenshi's ability to unleash a power exceeding that of a Kage in a short burst of time was clearly a forbidden jutsu like the Eight Inner Gates.
Looking at his skin, charred like charcoal, even if he had temporarily escaped Konoha, his life was already at its end.
Unless something unexpected happened, Kenshi's fate was sealed.
Now, Mito Uzumaki wanted to know how it all happened.
The Third Hokage's heart tightened, his mind racing.
He knew his next answer was crucial.
One wrong move, and he, the Third Hokage, might be prematurely dismissed.
This wasn't an exaggeration.
As the wife of the God of Shinobi, and a renowned strong individual in the ninja world, Mito Uzumaki carried a part of the God of Shinobi's aura with her.
As long as Mito Uzumaki expressed her dissatisfaction with Sarutobi Hiruzen continuing as Hokage.
Then, whether it was the people of Konoha, the major ninja clans, or the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, they would have to give Mito Uzumaki face.
Even most of the Sarutobi clan would give Mito Uzumaki face, forcing the Third Hokage to relinquish the Hokage position prematurely.
"Mito-sama, that child's name is Kenshi, but the one controlling his body now is the soul of a strong individual."
"Six years ago..."
To avoid Mito-sama's blame, the Third Hokage chose to reveal everything, from Minato discovering Kenshi's anomaly to his guess that Kenshi had been possessed by someone using the Spiritualization Technique, and finally confirming that the possessor was Kenshi, and the subsequent series of events, including handing him over to Danzo.
"A strong individual who can use the Spiritualization Technique!"
After listening, Mito Uzumaki frowned and remained silent for a long time, pondering for a long time.
No matter how she searched her memories, no strong individual who could use the Spiritualization Technique matched Kenshi.
"Maybe it's a strong individual I don't know about!"
Mito Uzumaki sighed inwardly. She didn't doubt the truth of the Third Hokage's words.
In fact, when the Third Hokage said that Kenshi had been possessed, she suddenly remembered that when her Adamantine Binding Chains pierced Kenshi's body, she sensed a strong soul aura emanating from his Chakra.
That feeling was indeed similar to the feeling of becoming a spirit after using the Spiritualization Technique.
But... Kenshi's Spiritualization Technique was more special. It felt to Mito Uzumaki as if he had already escaped the shackles of his physical body, a bit like the Chakra life of a Tailed Beast, his soul completely merging with his Chakra.
"Perhaps it's because his soul has completely merged with his Chakra, becoming a Chakra life like a Tailed Beast, that this guy named Kenshi can escape the flaws of the Spiritualization Technique, avoiding soul depletion and being able to continue living in Kenshi's body."
Mito Uzumaki suddenly thought that if everything was as she guessed, then even if Kenshi's physical body was completely dead now, he wouldn't die.
Like a Tailed Beast, even if the jinchūriki died, it would dissipate for a while, but it would eventually be reborn somewhere.
Kenshi should have this ability.
Even if he didn't, he could possess another person.
"No."
"I absolutely cannot let him possess anyone else."
Thinking that once Kenshi possessed someone else, it would become exponentially more difficult for Konoha to find him, Mito Uzumaki felt a surge of anxiety.
"Monkey, don't chase after Kenshi for now." Mito Uzumaki said.
"Hmm... why?" The Third Hokage didn't understand.
He was planning to ask about Kenshi's situation and then formulate a plan to immediately pursue him.
When he came here earlier, the reason why he didn't send people to chase after Kenshi right away was mainly because the strength and abilities that Kenshi had displayed in his battle with Mito-sama were too powerful. He felt like he wasn't Kenshi's opponent.
Without any relevant intelligence, sending ANBU ninjas to pursue him would only result in unnecessary deaths.
But that didn't mean they wouldn't pursue him.
If they didn't take advantage of this opportunity, when Kenshi's possessed Kenshi's body hadn't fully matured, to kill him.
Once Kenshi's body fully matured, it would only become more difficult to kill him.
What if Kenshi suddenly possessed someone else in the middle of all this?
Then... just thinking about a strong individual who could fight Mito-sama and escape from her, hiding in the shadows to target Konoha, made the Third Hokage feel cold all over, uncomfortable.
"That guy might have become a Chakra life like a Tailed Beast. It's very difficult to kill him. We can only seal him."
Mito Uzumaki revealed her guess. Facing Kenshi, who had become a Chakra life like a Tailed Beast, destroying his physical body was meaningless. They could only seal him like they sealed a Tailed Beast.
But thinking that Kenshi was also proficient in sealing jutsu, she knew that sealing him wouldn't be easy, perhaps even more difficult than sealing a Tailed Beast.
To seal Kenshi, it had to be a sealing jutsu that could kill him in one blow, a sealing jutsu that wouldn't give him time to resist.
Therefore, before they found a sealing jutsu that could ensure that Kenshi couldn't resist, they couldn't push him into a desperate situation.
If they sent people to chase after him now.
It would only drive Kenshi to desperation, forcing him to abandon Kenshi's body. That would make it even more difficult for them to find him later.
Under current circumstances, it was best to let Kenshi continue living in Kenshi's body for now. They could find him.
"Understood, I won't act rashly." The Third Hokage nodded in response.
"But we can't completely ignore the pursuit." Mito Uzumaki said. "After tomorrow, arrange for someone to chase after him, but focus on probing his abilities. Try to understand his abilities before sealing him."
From the Third Hokage's previous description, Mito Uzumaki knew that someone like Kenshi must have other tricks up his sleeve. He couldn't just be proficient in the Black Iron Chains sealing jutsu.
"Yes, Mito-sama." The Third Hokage nodded.
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"No... hu hu hu!"
"I've reached my limit!"
In a small hilly area surrounded by mountains, Kenshi leaned against a large tree, panting heavily, his breath bloody, and the smell of charcoal on his body even stronger.
"I can't run anymore, otherwise, my body will really turn into charcoal."
Kenshi carefully sensed his surroundings. Confirming that there were no Chakra fluctuations within a few kilometers, he immediately retracted the Black Iron Chains and sat down with his back against the tree.
With a thought, Kenshi controlled all the Chakra in his body, including the Black Iron Chains, transforming them all into Wood Release Chakra.
Inside his body, his internal organs were like burning charcoal, black and red. His muscles were the same.
Such injuries, if Kenshi's current life form hadn't been special, his soul completely merged with his Chakra, he would have been dead.
Even if he hadn't died, he would have become a vegetable now.
All the nerves in his body had charred, and the nerve cells in his brain were even emitting a faint aroma of brain flowers.
Only Kenshi's memories were stored in his Chakra soul. Otherwise, he would have become a living corpse without memories or the ability to think.
But thanks to Chakra, Kenshi miraculously survived.
At this moment, under the power of Wood Release Chakra, comparable to Hashirama's, Kenshi's charred flesh was slowly regenerating and recovering.
It had to be said that Wood Release Chakra was powerful.
Its massive life force was much stronger than any Sage Mode Chakra.
An hour later, Kenshi's body, like a withered tree coming back to life, had returned to the appearance of a twelve-year-old boy.
But although his body had recovered, his Chakra reserves were only enough to condense two three-meter long Black Iron Chains.
Kenshi stood up, naked.
He didn't have enough Chakra to condense a Black Iron Chain garment on his body.
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