"Fourth Kazekage Rasa, to show sincerity, I can help reinforce the One-Tail's seal," Minato Namikaze said.
Though Gaara's condition looked extremely dangerous to everyone watching, Minato Namikaze showed no signs of worry.
Kazekage Rasa frowned.
Before he could say anything, however, Shukaku was completely provoked.
Seriously? It's just sealing techniques. Like anyone here wouldn't know them?
After all, Sunagakure was one of the Five Great Ninja Villages. Their abilities couldn't be too bad, yet their seals weren't as sturdy as those used by other villages on their jinchuriki—even falling short of Takigakure's Seven-Tails host.
A big part of that reason was because Shukaku itself also knew sealing techniques. While it couldn't immediately break free from the jinchuriki's seal, complete containment was difficult.
As Rasa was still thinking, Shukaku had already taken over Gaara's body.
Gaara was still just a kid. After enduring constant harassment from Shukaku, he couldn't even get a good night's sleep—how could he possibly resist such a beast?
Right before everyone's eyes, Gaara's body began turning into sand—his human features fading away.
"Oh no..." The watching Suna ninja cried out in alarm.
Even though Rasa himself had the power to subdue Shukaku, carelessness could cause casualties—and nobody wanted to be the unlucky one.
Within seconds, in place of where Gaara once stood, there now stood a massive yellow raccoon dog.
Its entire body was marked with cursed seal patterns.
"You're all going to die for real!" Shukaku shouted loudly, laughing maniacally.
Rasa's expression turned serious as he began channeling chakra.
"One-Tail, I have something important to discuss with you," Minato Namikaze called upward calmly.
"Discuss nothing! Just knock it down first!" The Yin Nine-Tails growled in irritation.
Immediately afterward, the Tailed Beast Cloak formed from Nine-Tails' chakra enveloped Minato Namikaze's body.
Unlike with Naruto, the Yin Nine-Tails couldn't suppress Minato at all—it could only reluctantly provide support.
[Magnet Release... Gold Dust!]
[Wind Release... Air Bullet!]
[Shadow Clone Jutsu]
The watching Suna ninja felt the earth tremble violently beneath them, like standing at the epicenter of an earthquake. Before they could figure out what was happening, red and yellow figures kept flashing before their eyes repeatedly.
[Rasengan!]
Glancing sideways at the flickering figures appearing repeatedly on Shukaku's body, Rasa ignored whether Minato Namikaze could dodge his attacks, continuing instead to manipulate his Magnet Release toward Shukaku's location.
[Magnet Release... Gold Dust Imperial Funeral!]
The golden ocean of gold dust seemed to grow heavier, massive force pressing down on Shukaku, forcing it lower.
"Lord Kazekage!"
Just then, one observant Suna ninja brought forth a black teapot.
Shukaku spotted it and grew furious.
Again with that thing!
Before being sealed inside Gaara, Rasa had defeated it multiple times, always sealing it afterward within the black teapot.
Annoying! Every time it emerged, there were always annoying people around! Shukaku inwardly roared in anger.
"Hey, what exactly do you want to talk about?"
Minato Namikaze had already used the Flying Thunder God Technique to move away from Shukaku and now stood on the ground. Shukaku glared in his direction, clearly annoyed.
"I want to invite you, as well as the shinobi of Sunagakure, to pay a visit to the Country of Hot Springs and Kumogakure."
"Hmm?" Rasa raised one eyebrow, puzzled but still keeping his hands ready for a ninjutsu at any moment.
"I understand that Lord Kazekage doesn't trust my words. If so, then seeing with your own eyes will convince you," Minato said.
He completely trusted Jiraiya's account, but asking others to believe in the truth about Kaguya Otsutsuki from a thousand years ago so quickly was obviously unlikely.
If that's the case, they would just have to go see it themselves.
"Why specifically the Country of Hot Springs and Kumogakure?"
"Because those are the places Kaguya Otsutsuki occupies." Minato sighed.
Rasa clearly hadn't taken Minato's previous words seriously.
So this was how hard it was to build mutual trust between people?
"Tailed beasts can detect malice, and more importantly, sense those who pose a threat to them."
Upon hearing Minato's words, Shukaku arrogantly glanced at him. Other than Nine-Tails' aura, he indeed felt no malice from Minato.
But this guy wanting to help Gaara reinforce his seal really annoyed Shukaku.
Rasa remained silent. He definitely wouldn't let Gaara follow Minato outside the village—what if something happened and they never returned?
Minato pulled out a scroll and tossed it toward Rasa, who caught it easily with one hand.
"It contains the Four Symbols Seal and Eight Trigrams Sealing Style Konoha used to seal Kurama. I hope it might be useful to you."
Planting a seed of trust, Minato activated the Flying Thunder God again and vanished before Rasa and the others.
Rasa froze for a moment, then slowly fixed his gaze upon Shukaku.
---
"How did it go? Have you contacted other villages yet?" Hiruzen Sarutobi anxiously asked inside Orochimaru's base.
Minato shook his head wryly. "Not very smoothly. So far I've only visited Sunagakure. For other villages, maybe I should wait some time first—I need to think..."
Beside him, Orochimaru kept a blank expression but rolled his eyes inwardly: Talking about Kaguya Otsutsuki endangering the Ninja World and plotting against jinchuriki? More accurately, it should be a terrorist organization like Akatsuki posing threats to jinchuriki.
At least Akatsuki is real enough—there's actual evidence showing they could make contact.
The Akatsuki, gathering rogue ninja, constitutes a visible threat that could unite part of the forces quickly.
But stories about Kaguya from such ancient times—wouldn't anyone hearing them doubt for quite a while?
Besides, right now they haven't done anything overtly excessive yet.
Thoughts aside, Orochimaru had no intention of enlightening them further.
"Minato, what about Rin Nohara, your female student? Was her body brought back to Konoha after she died?" Orochimaru asked.
"...She..." Minato fell into memories.
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The Scroll of Seals was forbidden scrolls preserved by successive Hokages of Konoha, recording various prohibited techniques sealed away.
Most of them were forbidden techniques created by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.
For example, [Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu], [Impure World Reincarnation], [Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags], [Flying Thunder God Technique], and so on.
Also included were forbidden techniques such as [Four Symbols Seal] and [Eight Gates].
The Scroll of Seals Hinata brought for Hiroki wasn't the original, but a replica copied from the original scroll by Tsunade's own hand.
Whether Kaguya had told her to include it or not, the [Spirit Transformation Technique] was there too.
Compared to techniques like [Impure World Reincarnation] and [Flying Thunder God Technique], which required both talent and intelligence to master, the [Spirit Transformation Technique] seemed tailor-made for him.
He managed to learn it after just a brief attempt.
[Spirit Transformation Technique] could animate spiritual entities, enter another person's spiritual world, control their body, and even perceive other people's souls.
With this technique, when he tried to control someone else's body, he no longer needed to forcibly dominate them with his willpower, becoming more like a technical expert instead.
Combined with what he already had, his abilities became far more flexible.
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