Chapter 244: The Kyubiâs Night (2)
As the Wooden Giant made by Black and White Zetsu stood in Ryoâs way, Sakumo and Jiraya were also having hard battles of their own.
Sakumoâs opponent, Sasori, was giving him a headache, for he had finished turning Hiruko into a puppet.
This puppet had good defensive and melee capabilities, effectively making up for the shortcomings that the Puppet Division of the Sand Village usually had to suffer. Sasori could now hide inside controlling his puppets from distance, not having to worry much about being hurt by Sakumo.
This made the latterâs methods of dealing with Chiyo lose their usual effectiveness.
As he couldnât afford to be poisoned, Sakumo could only dodge for a while.
As for Jiraya, he wasnât doing much better either. Since he didnât have enough time to enter Sage Mode, he wasnât much stronger than Kakuzu.
As the latter knew that he was no opponent of Jiraya, he chose to spread his masks to spread his attention.
With his five hearts that allow him mastery over all five main elements, and with great power in each of them, Jiraya couldnât just let Kakuzu attack Konoha, and was forced to have a fight that didnât suit his pace.
As for the 3rd, he did find Orochimaru, and together, they began to look for the White Zetsus hidden all around Konoha.
Studying their corpses for such a long time, Orochimaru was well familiar with White Zetsuâs Chakra. Therefore, he could easily distinguish them by it.
Unfortunately, he did not practice Sage Mode, so he had no way of scanning the village on a Large Scale. He could only wander around the village with the 3rd and neutralize the Zetsu little by little.
The first step of Obitoâs plan was a success. Ryo and the others were all held back by several obstacles. Around Kushina, only Minato and a several Anbu were left.
The Anbu naturally shouldnât be able to even touch Obito, and the only threat to him was Minato.
Therefore, he did not rush to move in, hiding himself in the Kamui Space instead, waiting for Kushina to give birth.
As she was in contractions, Minato had to stick by her side. Meanwhile, the Anbu guarded the area.
Very easily, Obito dealt with these Anbu, passing through the barrier around the chamber.
As he passed, the Kyubi was the first to sense him. He knew that anyone that would go through the barrier in such circumstances wouldnât mean good.
The child was not yet born, and Kurama hesitated to notify Kushina for a moment; the most important thing at the moment was that she would give birth safely. He knew how much she already loved her unborn child, and how many expectations she had out of him coming into the world, so he could only suppress his anxiety.
Kurama wasnât trying to emerge, and Mianto had it easier than how it was in the Manga. Now, he only needed to repair the seal after the child is born, and that would prevent anyone from taking the Kyubi away from her body.
âKushina, you can do it!â
Minatoâs encouragement gave power to Kushina, and a babyâs loud cries echoed in the chamber: Naruto was born!
Biwaku took the child up and approached Kushina to let her take a look at her unborn son, and then took Naruto and left.
âThank you, Kushina! Now, Iâll fix the seal!â
âHold on, Minato, when Kushina was giving birth, there was someonâ¦â
âAAAAH!!â The Kyubi wasnât through talking, when Minato heard the screams of Biwaku right outside the door.
Entering with Naruto in his hands, Obito said to Minato: âYondaime, step away from the Jinchuriki!âotherwise, this boyâs life will have lasted less than one minute!â
Minatoâs face became gloomy and tense immediately. He had no idea how the masked man went through the barriers without making a sound, nor did he have an idea on who it might be under the mask. Now, he could do nothing; he could not afford to act rashly.
âI told you to step away from the Jinchuriki! Donât you care about your childâs life?â The masked man said as he pulled out a Kunai, facing the frowning Minato.
âWait⦠just, calm down!â
âThatâs to be said to you, Iâm as calm as can be!â The masked manâs tone had a hint of sarcasm within it.
Minato was in a dilemma; he had to choose: Wife, or son?
At this moment, he heard the Kyubiâs voice: âI will protect Kushina. Even if Iâm extracted out of her body, I will leave part of my Chakra, and guarantee that she would survive for a short time. By the time you beat him, you just need to re-seal me again. Now, go save Kushinaâs child!â
Hearing Kurama, Minatoâs eyes became firm. Meanwhile, the masked man lost his patience, throwing Minato into the air, wrapped in a cloth filled with Explosive Tags.
Minato immediately flickered to Naruto, catching him in mid-air.
âYou are really the Yellow Flash⦠But, what about this?â The masked man praised Minato, and then activated the tags.
Within the heartbeat that made the tags flicker, Minato teleported to another room with Naruto, and then immediately after throwing the cloth, he fled the explosion.
After confirming that Naruto was not injured, Minato immediately moved back to his place, placing him in a crib and covering him with a quilt.
âYouâll be safe here. Naruto, dad is going to be back soon⦠I have to go save your mother now!â After Minato finished his words, he disappeared.
At the same time, his mark on Kushinaâs seal was destroyed.
She weakly asked the masked man: âWhy⦠are you doing this?â
âIâm going to extract the Kyubi out of your body, and destroy Konoha!Minatoâs Flying Thunder God Jutsu allows him to teleport between locations where he has placed his marks. it appears he also placed one of those marks on your seal. We should hurry up!â The Masked man activated his Mangekyo, and his consciousness flashed through Kushinaâs body.
Kurama knew that he was about to be extracted, therefore, he immediately separated part of his Chakra and consciousness to preserve Kushinaâs life.
Just as he finished this separation, his eye took a Mangekyoâs pattern, and then his consciousness was blurred.
âMinatoâs constantly protecting you, but now I have separated you. I have long awaited this moment⦠Now, come out⦠KYUBI!â After destroying the seal, the Kyubi gradually flowed out of Kushinaâs body, to appear in all of its horrifying might in the world.
âExcellent! Now itâs time to face Konoha!â
âWait⦠wait!â Kushina tried to stop the masked man
âThe Uzumakis are really something; youâre still alive even with your Biju extracted! You were the Kyubiâs Jinchuriki, itâs only fitting that I kill you with it!â As the masked man said those words, he controlled the Kyubi to stomp Kushina.
She was going to die, and all hope was gone, when Minato flickered in in time, saving her with the Flying Thunder God.
âYou really do move like a flash, but you are late, like always!â
âMinato, Naruto⦠is Naruto safe?â
âYeah, heâs fine, donât worry!â
Kushina sighed with relief, and then said to Minato: âMinato⦠You have to stop the masked man! He wants to control Kurama to destroy Konoha!â
Minatoâs face was heavy, but he just teleported with Kushina back home.
The masked man saw Minato teleporting away, and just turned around with the Kyubi, controlling it towards the village.
Minato put Kushina to Narutoâs side, and said to comfort her: âDonât worry about that, just stay by Narutoâs side. Iâll be right back!â