"Four portions of Chakra, then four portions of Chakra, I agree..."
Upon hearing that Uchiha Yoichi would relent, Kushina immediately agreed.
She carefully considered it and realized that what Uchiha Yoichi said was true; the risk of her training was too high. Now that the two most difficult points were undertaken by Uchiha Yoichi, all she needed to do was put in some hard work.
"Then tonight at ten o'clock, you just need to sleep. By then, I will enter the sealing space within your body."
After saying this, Uchiha Yoichi waved his hand, not afraid that Kushina would back out. Although the Sharingan couldn't see meridians like acupoints, it could still see the Chakra within a person's body.
As for calming the Nine-Tails' outbursts, Kushina had the sealing technique within her, and with his Three-Tomoe Sharingan, he could barely keep it quiet for a while, though the time wouldn't be long.
He could also use his Chakra to release or block the negative emotions within the Chakra, and Uchiha Yoichi even thought of actively removing these negative emotions.
The Sharingan requires emotional stimulation. He wondered if accumulating these negative emotions to a certain extent could make his Three-Tomoe evolve a bit.
After finalizing the details, Kushina went back. She had just come out of the Uchiha Yoichi's house, and the Anbu around her finally eased up.
Once Uzumaki Kushina left the Uchiha Clan Land, two Anbu appeared in front of her and asked, "Kushina, what did you just say to Uchiha Yoichi?"
"I just expressed my gratitude, why are you all asking me this again?"
A trace of displeasure flashed across Kushina's face. She had filed a report before coming here, and now she had to be interrogated again after leaving. Even if the Nine-Tails were important, this was excessive.
She came to meet a fellow village ninja, not an enemy.
"The way I am training to control the Tailed Beast Power is something Uchiha Yoichi brought back. As a gesture of appreciation, is it that unusual to pay a visit?"
The Anbu squad leader supervising the Nine-tailed Jinchuriki initially wanted to ask Kushina why she went twice but seeing the irritation on her face, he swallowed his words and instead said, "It's not suitable for you to meet with the ninjas of the Uchiha Race. This is for your own good!"
"Then just drive the Uchiha Race out, or drive me out. We're all ninjas of the same village, isn't this absurd?"
Kushina said angrily, then quickly walked towards her home.
Today she was in a good mood, but the Anbu's words ruined it; if they found out that Uchiha Yoichi could help her train to control the Tailed Beast Power, wouldn't they flip out, maybe even lock her up.
The Anbu squad leader said nothing, just giving his companion a look to report the matter to Lord Hokage.
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Uchiha Mikota returned home and had just removed her shoes when she saw Uchiha Kazuki holding Uchiha Itachi's hand as they walked out of the room.
"Madam Mikota, you're back. I'll make some tea for you."
Uchiha Kazuki said, letting go of Uchiha Itachi's hand and motioning to him.
In the Ninja World, a one-year-old child could already run and jump, and by the age of three, they could begin training. Uchiha Itachi was almost two years old now, and it was no problem for him to run, jump, and recognize characters.
"Mother...."
Uchiha Itachi said, then ran over step by step, stretching out his arms, wanting to embrace Uchiha Mikota.
Mikota hadn't been close to Itachi in a while, so when she saw her son running towards her, she immediately wanted to lift him up. She coughed twice and asked, "Itachi, how was your learning today?"
"Very well, I've finished learning.... Mother, what is this, is your clothes dirty?"
As soon as Mikota picked Itachi up, he noticed what seemed to be a mark on his mother's clothes and went to poke at it with his hand.
Mikota's face changed slightly when she saw Itachi touching the spot, then she put him down and said, "Itachi, Mom is a bit tired today and wants to take a bath. You play by yourself for a while...."
After speaking, Mikota hurried to the bathroom, realizing that she should have gone straight there to bathe and change clothes; the mark on those clothes was accidentally left by Uchiha Yoichi.
Setting the hot water and removing her clothes, Mikota took a bath and then lay in the bathtub.
The water wasn't hot, but her face quickly turned red, and after relaxing her body in the bathtub, Mikota gradually came back to her senses, and her intelligence returned to her brain.
All those things are lies; Mr. Yoichi is a deceiver!
However, Mikota suddenly realized she wasn't feeling anger or resentment from the bottom of her heart. Somehow... it seemed she was at peace with it.
'No, impossible, I can't do that anymore...'
Mikota quickly shook her head, yet the fragments of those events still unwittingly replayed in her mind, impossible to forget.
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At night, Konoha Village was silent.
Tomorrow would be the day for the eastern frontline ninjas to depart. It might be the last night many ninjas could be with their families. Once on the battlefield, whether they could return safely was unknown.
Kushina lay in bed a little after nine, letting herself sleep. As ten o'clock approached, she was already asleep.
Soon after, in her dream, Uchiha Yoichi appeared on time. Seeing Kushina, he said nothing and led her into the sealing space within her body.
Uchiha Yoichi had made arrangements for Uzumaki Minami before coming over. He hadn't dispatched any Shadow Clones to train this time; he arrived in his best state within Kushina's sealing space to help her absorb the Nine-tailed Chakra.
A large crimson fox, its body and tails pinned with stone pillars, entangled with golden chains.
"Let's begin!"
Uchiha Yoichi said to Kushina, who nodded, sat down cross-legged, and slightly weakened the sealing technique, allowing Nine-tailed Chakra to be released.
"Kushina, Uchiha brat, it's you again!"
The Nine-Tails, realizing one of its hands could move, noticed that it was again the same two people who previously stole its Chakra and let out an enraged roar.
Then the Nine-Tails raised its hand to tear off its seal, but suddenly four chains of gold swiftly lashed out, binding the arm of the Nine-Tails.
"Don't underestimate me, you cursed...."
"Nine-Tails!"
Uchiha Yoichi suddenly leaped up high, landing in front of the Nine-Tails, and the Three-Tomoe in his eyes slowly spun, activating Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Jutsu.
In the Nine-Tails' line of sight, a few thick nails instantly pinned down its body, and its rebellious movements gradually came to a halt.
Blood trickled from Uchiha Yoichi's eyes—an outcome of excessive use of Pupil Power.
"Quickly absorb the Nine-tailed Chakra, I'll assist you with my Chakra; today I slightly underestimated the Nine-Tails; it probably can break free from my illusion technique in ten minutes...."
Uchiha Yoichi wiped his eyes and told Kushina, that controlling a Tailed Beast with Three-Tomoe took quite some effort; even the Mangekyo could probably only control the Nine-Tails for an hour or two.
To genuinely control the Nine-Tails, apart from using the Eternal Mangekyo, only the Mangekyo plus Hashirama Cells could do it.
Uchiha Yoichi's Pupil Power was not weak among the Three-Tomoe, but the Nine-Tail's resistance was overwhelmingly strong. Ten minutes was his conservative estimate.
"Understood!"
Upon hearing they only had ten minutes, Kushina quickly began to control the Nine-Tails and absorb its Chakra.
Soon, a crimson Chakra was forcibly pulled out from the Nine-Tails, although it carried many powerful negative emotions, at which point Uchiha Yoichi was assisting.
The intense negative emotions constantly stimulated his nerves, but given he possessed Three-Tomoe, his Yin Release wasn't weak, allowing him to ignore these negative emotions.
However, hoping to awaken the Mangekyo from this was a bit unrealistic; the help of Star Stone Chakra would be greater.
"Roar!"
The ten minutes passed quickly, and the Nine-Tails broke free from the Shackling Stakes Jutsu's shackles, roaring in anger at the sky.
Yet Uzumaki Kushina was swift. Using the Nine-tailed Chakra snatched earlier, she again employed the sealing technique, firmly sealing the Nine-Tails.
"Succeeded, I've gained so much Chakra, it's a huge haul!"
Kushina said happily, but Uchiha Yoichi quickly dashed her spirits, saying from the side, "Four-fifths of it is mine, don't get too excited."
Kushina's joy lasted less than ten seconds before she was deflated by his words, yet she still managed to cheer up a bit, saying, "If every day is as easy as today, I'll soon accumulate a lot of Nine-tailed Chakra."
"And with the Nine-Tails losing more Chakra, its resistance weakens too."