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Morning.
Konoha.
Outside the Hokage's office, Katō Dan, with his blue hair, arrived early.
"Knock, knock!"
"Come in."
"Hokage-sama."
The Third Hokage, who was looking at documents, looked up. Seeing that it was Katō Dan, a smile flashed in his eyes, a smile that was both unexpected and not unexpected. Then, he removed the pipe from his mouth, stood up, and said to Katō Dan with a hint of guilt, "It's Dan, you've thought it over so quickly?"
"I've thought it over, Hokage-sama."
Katō Dan nodded, without any hesitation. He stood tall and proud, and said firmly, "My answer is still the same as last night. For the safety of Konoha, I'm willing to learn that jutsu and die with the enemy."
"I'm very fortunate that Konoha has a ninja with such a sense of responsibility."
The Third Hokage nodded in satisfaction. He walked around the desk, came to Katō Dan, and placed his thick hands on Katō Dan's shoulders. He sighed, "Sigh, you're working hard, kid."
Hearing this, Katō Dan felt a surge of emotions. He subconsciously straightened his chest and said firmly, "It's not hard. It's the duty of every Konoha ninja. I'm very fortunate to be able to sacrifice myself for Konoha."
"Good kid!!!"
The Third Hokage patted Katō Dan's shoulders again, then turned back to his desk and took out the Shiki Fujin jutsu scroll he had prepared from the drawer. He handed it to Katō Dan.
"The safety of Konoha is in your hands."
"I will learn the Shiki Fujin as soon as possible and eliminate Kenshi, this great enemy of Konoha, for Konoha."
Katō Dan solemnly took the scroll and then left.
Last night, when Katō Dan returned to Konoha, the Third Hokage told him about Kenshi and also explained why he had called him back.
At that time, Katō Dan had said the same thing, without any hesitation. He was willing to learn the Shiki Fujin and was also determined to die with Kenshi.
"What a good kid!!!"
"It seems my decision was right!"
The Third Hokage was very satisfied with Katō Dan's performance.
When he revised the Will of Fire and had it printed into a book, then arranged for it to be included in the ninja's studies and become a mandatory reading for students every morning, he was actually a little nervous. After all, his purpose was too obvious.
He was afraid that everyone would oppose it. Thankfully, everyone didn't seem to care much about the role of the Will of Fire book.
By the time everyone realized it, it was too late. Plus, Uzumaki Mito-sama didn't have any objections, so the clan leaders didn't have much to say.
Katō Dan's performance perfectly demonstrated how wise and brilliant his decision was.
Katō Dan wasn't the first child who was willing to sacrifice himself for Konoha, nor would he be the last.
The Third Hokage believed that there would be more Konoha children who would stand up and inherit the Will of Fire. When that time came, Konoha would definitely become stronger.
His position as Hokage would also be more stable.
Those Uchiha, they still wanted to fight him. How ridiculous!
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Cloud Lightning Gorge.
The location of the Cloud Village.
At this moment, in the mountains outside one side of the gorge, terrifying explosions could be heard constantly. Even from several kilometers away, you could feel the ground shaking.
"Ugly humans!"
"Don't hide around like a stinking rat!"
The Eight-Tails, Gyūki, swung his huge fist and pounded the ground below him. But no matter how much he pounded, a figure emitting blue Lightning Release Chakra could dodge his fists and remain unscathed. Gyūki was so angry that he cursed.
The Third Raikage, who had activated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, was covered in Lightning Release Chakra, moving at incredible speed. While dodging the Eight-Tails' fists, he said, "Eight-Tails, go back into Fuka's body. You know, you can't beat me."
"Damn it!"
"A mere human dares to humiliate me. Do you think you're Senju Hashirama!"
Gyūki was furious. He pounded the ground again. Except for the man known as the God of Shinobi, no one could humiliate him like this. He dared to say that he couldn't beat a mere human.
However... the reality was that he hadn't actually beaten the Third Raikage before. At most, they had tied.
Thinking about this, Gyūki was even angrier.
Seeing that he couldn't do anything about the slippery Third Raikage, who was moving at incredible speed, the angry Eight-Tails jumped into the air again. He raised his bull head high, opened his mouth wide, and terrifying Chakra quickly gathered in his mouth. He was going to use a Tailed Beast Ball to directly kill this human who was dodging all over the place.
However... how could the Third Raikage let a Tailed Beast Ball, which could level several mountains, actually fall? If he didn't control the angle well, it would shoot towards the Cloud Village. That was not a result the Third Raikage wanted to see.
He saw that before the Tailed Beast Ball in the Eight-Tails' mouth had fully gathered, the Third Raikage leaped into the air, instantly reaching under the Eight-Tails' chin. He punched the Eight-Tails' chin with a heavy blow.
Instantly, the terrifying force directly closed the Eight-Tails' wide-open mouth. The Tailed Beast Ball, which had not yet condensed, instantly exploded.
Boom!
The Eight-Tails' mouth was smoking, and he rolled his eyes as he fell from the sky, crashing heavily onto the ground. He had no desire to move a muscle.
Tap!
The Third Raikage, who had landed with him, looked at the Eight-Tails, who was lying on the ground, and leaned forward slightly, panting heavily. The Lightning Release Chakra Mode on his body gradually dissipated.
The blow he had just delivered had exhausted his strength after three days and three nights of intense battle.
But thankfully, everything was still the same as before. The rampaging Eight-Tails had been subdued, and there were no casualties.
Soon, the Eight-Tails' figure shrank. A man with half white hair and half dark green hair appeared on the ground.
This was the current Eight-Tails jinchūriki - Fuka.
"Boss!"
"Boss..."
After the battle ended, the Cloud ninjas who had been watching the battle rushed over. The Sealing Team ninjas went to Fuka to reinforce the seal, while the others came to the Third Raikage's side.
Cloud ninjas usually called the Raikage "Boss," not directly "Raikage-sama."
"I'm fine."
The Third Raikage waved his hand, refusing his son's support. He walked to Fuka's side.
"Are you okay?" The Third Raikage asked.
"He's stabilized. There's no danger to his life." The leader of the Sealing Team replied.
"Hmm..." Seeing that the Sealing Team ninjas had reinforced the seal again, the Third Raikage nodded. He was relieved, then said, "Let's go. We'll go back."
After returning to the village and arranging for Fuka, the leader of the Sealing Team followed the Third Raikage back to his office.
"Tell me, what happened this time?"
The Third Raikage stood by the floor-to-ceiling window of his office, looking at the village below, and asked.
"Report, Boss."
The leader of the Sealing Team said, "The sealing technique used to resist the Eight-Tails' Chakra erosion has a problem. It caused the Eight-Tails to suppress Fuka's consciousness, take control of his body, and rampage."
There were always two difficulties in sealing a Tailed Beast.
One was how to seal the Tailed Beast's massive Chakra into the jinchūriki's body.
This not only required the jinchūriki to have excellent Chakra to help, but also strong and durable sealing jutsu.
The other was how to reduce the Tailed Beast Chakra's erosion of the jinchūriki's Chakra.
While the jinchūriki could borrow some of the Tailed Beast Chakra, their own Chakra was constantly being eroded by the Tailed Beast Chakra.
It was as if, from the moment they became a jinchūriki, the jinchūriki and the Tailed Beast had begun a tug-of-war of mental will that would last until death.
Once the jinchūriki couldn't withstand the erosion of the Tailed Beast Chakra, their own mental will would completely collapse, becoming part of the Tailed Beast and dying.
The previous Eight-Tails jinchūriki couldn't withstand the Eight-Tails' Chakra erosion and eventually became the Eight-Tails' nourishment.
So, sealing a Tailed Beast not only required powerful sealing jutsu that could seal the Tailed Beast's massive Chakra into the jinchūriki's body, but also sealing jutsu that could minimize and resist the Tailed Beast Chakra's erosion of the jinchūriki's Chakra.
The Cloud had always been hampered by their outdated sealing jutsu, resulting in the powerful Eight-Tails being mostly sealed in the Amber Purifying Bottle, with few ninjas who could seal the Eight-Tails jinchūriki.
So, when the Cloud heard that Iwagakure had proposed to join forces to destroy the Land of Whirlpools, even though they were mortal enemies, they didn't hesitate to agree.
After the war, they got many of the Uzumaki clan's sealing jutsu as they wished.
It was a pity that the powerful sealing jutsu had been destroyed beforehand by the Uzumaki clan. They only got some basic sealing jutsu.
But even so, these basic sealing jutsu had greatly improved the Cloud's sealing jutsu level.
Given enough time, they could definitely develop more perfect sealing jutsu.
This time, the Eight-Tails rampaged because they were modifying the sealing jutsu inside Fuka's body.
"How long will it take to solve it?" The Third Raikage turned to the leader of the Sealing Team and asked.
"This..." The leader hesitated. Seeing this, the Third Raikage knew that this couldn't be rushed. He waved his hand and said, "Go down."
Whether they could quickly develop a perfect sealing jutsu to control the Eight-Tails was very important.
The Third Raikage didn't forget that they weren't the only ones who had obtained a lot of knowledge about the Uzumaki clan's sealing jutsu.
Iwagakure and the Mist had also obtained a lot of basic sealing jutsu knowledge from the Uzumaki clan during the previous war.
Especially Iwagakure, the Cloud's mortal enemy.
Once Iwagakure developed a perfect sealing jutsu to seal the Tailed Beast before them, and a jinchūriki who could perfectly control the Tailed Beast's power like Uzumaki Mito appeared, Iwagakure would definitely not let go of their mortal enemy, the Cloud.
The Third Raikage didn't want to face two Tailed Beast jinchūriki from Iwagakure, attacking them with Tailed Beast Balls from a distance.
That kind of destructive power, that large-scale attack, was enough to destroy a country.
So... they had to develop a perfect sealing jutsu to seal the Tailed Beast before Iwagakure.
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