Chapter 275: Waiting
After leaving the Village Hidden by a Waterfall, Ishiro looked at the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki while pondering the battle he had just had. The capture of the Tailed Beast this time was very smooth; neither the Seven-Tails nor this Jinchuriki had any defense whatsoever.
How did an attack ninjutsu suddenly turn into a sealing jutsu? By the time they realized something was wrong, the sealing jutsu had already been set up, and it was too late to resist.
The process was too short, with too few variables. This battle didn't offer much of a reference for Ishiro. He didn't think other Jinchuriki would be so careless. The Waterfall Village had clearly been at peace for too long and lacked the vigilance a ninja should have.
However, this short battle was not without its benefits for Ishiro.
"The formation of the sealing runes can probably be even faster. The maintenance of the seal can be approached from a different angle. It seems it doesn't have to be a one-time seal. If the situation in battle is special, I can seal it part by part, and then connect these seals together in the end."
"Hmm, this idea is not bad. I'll research it more when I have time."
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A day later, Ishiro successfully infiltrated the Land of Fire with the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and stopped on a small hill far from Konoha Village.
"I'll just wait here for Obito to make his move. This distance is just right. Too close, and it's easy to be discovered. Too far, and I won't get timely intelligence and will miss the good show."
Kushina's delivery date was in these few days; he shouldn't have to wait long.
Kushina's pregnancy was a piece of intelligence Ishiro had paid close attention to. Ishiro had analyzed Kushina's delivery date from multiple intelligence sources, including Minato's movements.
So although Ishiro didn't know the exact due date, he knew the general timeframe, which led to this stakeout.
During the stakeout, Ishiro naturally couldn't train, because if he made too much noise and attracted Konoha's patrol ninjas, it would be bad.
After setting up a barrier to shield his perception, bored and with nothing to do, Ishiro's consciousness entered the Five Elements Seal and started chatting with the Seven-Tails.
Ishiro had no interest whatsoever in the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki. A Jinchuriki of this age, even if he hadn't met Ishiro, only had a few years left to live. But for the Seven-Tails, Chōmei, Ishiro still had some ideas.
"Hello, my name is Ishiro. I am the Fourth Tsuchikage of the Village Hidden in the Stones in the Land of Earth. It's a pleasure to meet you."
In the sealing space, Ishiro was introducing himself to the Seven-Tails.
The Seven-Tails ignored him.
"Rest assured, I have no ill will. I just asked you to come and help me with something."
The Seven-Tails ignored him.
"Our village also has two Tailed Beasts, one is the Five-Tails, and the other is the Four-Tails. You should know them, right?"
The Seven-Tails ignored him.
"I am good friends with the Five-Tails Jinchuriki. By the way, the Five-Tails and his Jinchuriki have now also become friends. How about that, envious?"
The Seven-Tails ignored him.
Just like that, Ishiro had a pleasant chat with the Seven-Tails while waiting for Obito's move.
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On the seventh day of Ishiro's infiltration into the Land of Fire, in the Konoha Memorial Stone area, in front of Rin Nohara's tombstone, Obito Uchiha, enveloped in a White Zetsu clone and covered in a tightly wrapped black robe, quietly gazed at the tombstone.
Suddenly, the voice of the White Zetsu clone came from Obito's body, "Obito, have you really decided to release the Nine-Tails?"
"Although Lord Madara left behind the summoning jutsu for the Nine-Tails, you probably only have one chance. After this, Konoha will definitely find a way to break this contract."
"Shouldn't we wait until the war breaks out to launch it?"
Obito snorted coldly and said, "With the Yellow Flash around, it's uncertain if the next Great Ninja War can even be fought. And Kushina's delivery is the only time the Nine-Tails' seal will be loose. If I miss this opportunity, I don't know if she will ever have a second child."
"Lastly, call me Madara Uchiha. Don't call me Obito. Obito is already dead."
"Alright, alright, Obito. I get it."
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"By the way, the Five-Tails told his Jinchuriki, Han, that you Tailed Beasts all have names. The Five-Tails' name is Kokuō. What's your name?"
Ishiro was still trying to make small talk.
The Seven-Tails still ignored him.
"Senior Kokuō is currently guiding Senior Han in learning his Kekkei Genkai. However, Senior Han's learning progress is not fast. On the contrary, his disciple, Yui Toda, has a good talent in this area."
The Seven-Tails still ignored him.
"With Senior Kokuō's help, Yui Toda should be able to learn Boil Release very quickly."
The Seven-Tails still ignored him.
"By the way, Seven-Tails, what's your name?"
The Seven-Tails still ignored him.
Ishiro continued his pleasant chat with the Seven-Tails.
Finally, after Ishiro asked a certain question, the Seven-Tails reacted.
"That name, Kokuō, did he really tell it to you himself?"
Ishiro was stunned. "Well now, you finally spoke."
"Of course, of course. Otherwise, where would I have known you all have names?" Ishiro replied quickly.
However, the Seven-Tails seemed to have only confirmed one thing with Ishiro and had no intention of chatting with him. Afterward, no matter what Ishiro said, it no longer spoke.
Until a certain moment, with a "BOOM," a giant red figure abruptly appeared in the distance, in the direction of Konoha Village.
"It's starting," Ishiro muttered to himself. "Obito, you really didn't disappoint me."
Ishiro was genuinely afraid of the butterfly effect. If the Yellow Flash didn't die, would Iwagakure still have a chance to rise?
"Seven-Tails, I'll take you to see the Nine-Tails. Konoha should send you back to Takigakure afterward. When you get back, I'll come and chat with you again."
As he spoke, Ishiro grabbed the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki and flew towards Konoha.
When Ishiro flew over Konoha, the Nine-Tails was pressing down on a massive slug in battle.
"It seems Tsunade is also in Konoha. In that case, Konoha's losses this time will be much smaller than in the original story. Fortunately, I'm here, otherwise, the plot would have gone off track. Let me correct the plot."
"Five Elements Seal, Release!" Ishiro immediately released the Five Elements Seal he had placed on the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, and also released the trash seal that the Waterfall Village had placed, directly unleashing the Seven-Tails just as Obito had unleashed the Nine-Tails.
Then, the giant Seven-Tails smashed towards Konoha Village like a meteorite.
"What is that? Another Tailed Beast?" Below, Konoha ninjas and civilians exclaimed in alarm.
"This scene, why does it feel so familiar? Right, last time, the Fox of Iwa dropped the Eight-Tails on their heads just like this." Some ninjas who had participated in the siege of the Third Raikage unconsciously recalled that unpleasant memory.
"Could it be Ishiro again? Damn it," that ninja gritted his teeth.
"Monkey King Enma!" a loud shout rang out, and then a giant, super-long staff suddenly smashed onto the falling Seven-Tails.
"Bang!" The Seven-Tails was hit, its falling direction changed, and instead of landing in the center of Konoha, it landed on the outskirts.
"It's Lord Third! Great, we're saved!" The Konoha ninjas and those civilians who hadn't had time to evacuate all shouted loudly.
However, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had saved the day, had a very grim expression. His face was ugly not just because of the huge consumption, but also because of his worry about the enemy hidden in the shadows.
This enemy, who had not yet shown themselves, not only controlled the Nine-Tails but had also brought the Seven-Tails. And, the opponent had the Sharingan.
"Go up! Suppress the Seven-Tails first! Don't give it a chance to use a Tailed Beast Bomb!" Hiruzen immediately ordered the surrounding elite ninjas.
Then, the Seven-Tails, which had just landed, was immediately met with a wave of attacks from the Konoha ninjas. Thus, the Seven-Tails, which originally held no great enmity towards Konoha's ninjas, also immediately launched a counterattack.
Seeing this, Ishiro breathed a sigh of relief. "Good, the Seven-Tails didn't fly away directly." Then Ishiro quickly lowered his altitude and infiltrated Konoha amidst the chaos.
At this time, Konoha's sensory barrier had long since ceased to exist. Something like a sensory barrier, which was used to deal with ninjas, was useless against a Tailed Beast. So the Konoha higher-ups had transferred the Barrier Team away after the Nine-Tails broke its seal. After all, sealing the Nine-Tails still relied on these people.
Ishiro came to Konoha this time with another goal besides delivering a package. Ishiro ran through the streets destroyed by the Nine-Tails for a long time, and finally came to a house.
The door was not closed; the people inside must have left in a hurry. Ishiro didn't delay at all and flashed into the house.
This house belonged to one of Minato's three guards: Genma Shiranui.
Having long anticipated this day would come, Ishiro had already investigated the residences of Minato's three guards, who could later jointly perform the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Not caring about the battle outside, Ishiro carefully searched Genma's house. But unfortunately, although Ishiro found several ninjutsu scrolls, he did not find the Flying Thunder God training method he was most looking forward to.
After confirming nothing was missed, Ishiro ran towards his next target: the home of Iwashi Tatami, which was relatively close to Genma's house.
Ishiro disguised himself as a Konoha Anbu and quickly moved through Konoha Village. When he encountered Konoha villagers who needed help, if it was convenient, Ishiro would also lend a hand. Soon, Ishiro arrived at Iwashi's house.
Going inside, Ishiro was pleased. Iwashi's house was not in a mess. Ishiro guessed that when the Nine-Tails broke out, Iwashi was probably not at home.
So, Iwashi probably hadn't come back to retrieve the Flying Thunder God training scroll. Of course, it was also possible that Iwashi kept it on his person.
With a mood of both nervousness and excitement, Ishiro quickly began to search Iwashi's house.
Soon, Ishiro found his target. Right in Iwashi's bedroom, Ishiro very easily found a scroll.
Looking at the four characters "Sword of Shinobi Love" on the scroll, Ishiro understood why Iwashi hadn't taken the scroll with him. With the Flying Thunder God mark on it, this thing would basically never be lost.
Probably no one had expected that Minato, who possessed the Flying Thunder God, would die in battle so easily.
Although he knew Minato was tied up by Obito and couldn't get away, Ishiro still created a clone. The clone stepped forward and cast a sealing jutsu on that scroll.
Only then did Ishiro put away the scroll.
After obtaining the Flying Thunder God training scroll, Ishiro breathed a sigh of relief and looked towards the direction of the furthest house, Raidō Namiashi's home.
Raidō's home was relatively far, and Ishiro would need to cross the central area of Konoha.
After thinking for a moment, Ishiro gave up. Raidō's home was not in the same direction as where the Nine-Tails broke out; he should have had enough time to move the scroll.
Rather than searching for a scroll that most likely didn't exist, it was better to go and loot some corpses.
Next, Ishiro checked the houses that looked like ninja residences while also looting corpses.
This was Konoha Village, Konoha's main base. No one would have thought that an enemy would invade their own village, so many ninjas carried ninjutsu scrolls on them.
There were even more such scrolls in ninjas' homes. For example, in Ishiro's own home in his childhood, there were two ninjutsu scrolls left by his father, one for the Earth Style Wall and one for the Rising Earth Spears.
Along the way, Ishiro's harvest was not small; he found nearly a hundred scrolls in total. But due to time constraints, Ishiro didn't look at the contents of these ninjutsu, just stuffing them all into his ninja tool pouch.
However, as time went on, the Konoha ninjas gradually gained control of the situation, and it became more and more inconvenient for Ishiro, the one fishing in troubled waters, to act.
Looking around, the Nine-Tails was already gone, probably moved away by Minato. The Seven-Tails was being suppressed by Tsunade and Katsuyu not far from the village. Ishiro knew that the Nine-Tails Rampage was about to end.
After thinking for a moment, Ishiro turned and went towards the Uchiha clan's territory.
The Uchiha clan had not acted all night. All personnel were blocked in their clan territory by Danzō's Root.
At the entrance of the Uchiha clan's territory, Danzō and Fugaku Uchiha had been in a standoff. The other Root members were scattered around the Uchiha clan, on guard.
Suddenly, in a corner behind the Uchiha clan, a violent chakra fluctuation abruptly appeared.
Fugaku's eyes narrowed, and he activated his three-tomoe Sharingan, looking in that direction. And Danzō shouted in a low voice, "Clan Head Fugaku!"
Hearing Danzō's shout, Fugaku, who was originally planning to go and investigate, hesitated for a moment and ultimately did not go. After a while, several Root members and several Uchiha members ran over, wary of each other.
A Root member spoke first, "Lord Danzō, Team D has been killed. They were ambushed. From the scene, it looks like the opponent attacked from outside the Uchiha territory."
Danzō first gave Fugaku a cold look, then asked, "Did anyone enter the Uchiha territory?"
The Root member who had spoken before said, "Lord Danzō, we don't know. D and his team were killed instantly. There was a brief gap in that guarded area. If someone entered the Uchiha territory, we wouldn't have been able to discover it."
Fugaku looked at the two Uchiha clan members. The two nodded and said, "Lord Clan Head, it's true that a squad of Root members was killed, but no one entered the clan territory. I was guarding there the whole time. I only felt a wave of chakra fluctuation; I didn't see anyone."
"It's over." Although Fugaku's political skills were not high, he was not stupid. He understood that the Uchiha clan had been framed.
Thinking again of the suddenly appearing Seven-Tails, and the crimson Sharingan in the Nine-Tails' eyes, he sighed. Fugaku knew that the Uchiha clan could no longer explain themselves clearly.
Now there was only one hope left.
"Fourth, you must not die."
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