Chapter 77 (Patreon)

“One-Sword Shura!”

Yujiro’s voice reached Uchiha Obito’s ears.

Obito’s body stiffened.

For an instant, it felt as though death itself had poured directly into his mind.

Beneath the mask, his left eye released a strange crimson glow.

Then the black blade in Yujiro’s hand fell.

Obito’s body was split cleanly in two.

His two halves separated.

But in the next instant, the body slowly vanished.

A moment later, Obito reappeared on the grass a short distance in front of Yujiro.

“Izanagi,” Yujiro murmured.

In the distance, Obito had already entered the duration of Izanagi.

During that time, even if he died, he could rewrite the result and use Kamui to escape at any moment.

But before leaving, Obito wanted to kill Yujiro.

He could feel it clearly.

If Yujiro was allowed to live, he would absolutely become a major threat in the future.

Sensing the killing intent coming from Obito, Yujiro only smiled.

“You think Izanagi is enough to beat me?”

Obito said nothing.

He simply watched Yujiro in silence, searching for an opening.

At that moment, Yujiro swung the black blade once and calmly returned it to its sheath.

“Raijin’s Descent!”

Yujiro raised his hand.

Terrifying lightning crashed down from the sky.

In an instant, Obito’s body was struck dead.

The next second, he was restored once again.

This time, however, his eyes were filled with shock.

“Great Flame Emperor!”

Yujiro raised his hand and released another peak S-rank ninjutsu.

“Water Release: Lightning Water Dragon Bullet!”

Boom!

Rumble!

In those brief two minutes, Obito no longer knew how many times he had died.

“Not bad.”

Yujiro clapped his hands once, then raised his right hand.

Streams of crimson chakra began gathering in his palm.

Obito stared at the chakra in disbelief.

“What is that chakra...? It’s even more violent than the Nine-Tails’!”

At first, he thought it was Kurama’s chakra.

But since the Nine-Tails was still sitting obediently in the distance, that clearly was not the case.

What Obito did not know was that the chakra in Yujiro’s body had fused with the Nine-Tails’ chakra.

It was even stronger than the Nine-Tails’ chakra alone.

Otherwise, Kurama would never have obeyed Yujiro so honestly.

“Kurama Rasengan!”

The Kurama Rasengan in Yujiro’s hand condensed until it was nearly ten meters wide.

Then Yujiro threw it forward.

“Oi! Yujiro! I told you not to use my name for that!”

The Nine-Tails, who had been sitting on the ground in the distance, immediately howled when he heard the name.

Yujiro clicked his tongue and ignored him.

The Uchiha in front of him had already died at Yujiro’s hands again and again, only to be revived by Izanagi each time.

At this point, Obito was completely shaken.

What kind of monster was this?

Forget the fact that Yujiro did not need hand seals to activate ninjutsu.

Every technique he released was at least S-rank.

And after throwing out so many ninjutsu one after another, Yujiro did not show the slightest sign of fatigue.

Was the chakra in his body unlimited?

At that moment, Yujiro looked at the destruction caused by his ninjutsu and nodded to himself.

“Yeah. That power barely reaches S-rank.”

“You... were using me to test your techniques?!” Obito snapped.

“You noticed? Impressive.”

Yujiro even gave him a thumbs-up.

“You!”

Obito’s voice sharpened with anger.

He looked as though he was about to lose control.

“Obito, calm down. We should leave first.”

At that moment, Tobi hurriedly reminded him.

Obito let out a cold snort, activated Kamui, and quickly disappeared from the area.

This time, Obito had been thoroughly defeated.

His right arm had been cut off, and he had consumed one Sharingan to activate Izanagi.

Watching Obito leave, Yujiro could not help but sigh.

His current strength was already monstrous.

So monstrous that calling it abnormal was no exaggeration.

And yet, he had run into Obito, who possessed one of the most troublesome Sharingan abilities.

Yujiro could kill him.

But if Obito wanted to run, Yujiro still could not stop him.

Not to mention, farther down the road, there were ruthless monsters like Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara waiting.

He had to become stronger.

If he wanted to become stronger, he had to unlock the fourth stage of the Limiter.

However, how to do that was still troublesome.

At this point, progress could no longer rely on ordinary training.

After Yujiro reached the third stage, his progress had only improved twice.

The first time was when he simulated obtaining the Nine-Tails’ chakra.

The second time was when he simulated obtaining Wood Release.

Thinking of that, Yujiro already had a rough idea.

It seemed that if he wanted to increase his progress...

He had to integrate powerful chakra natures, kekkei genkai, or special energies into himself.

Yujiro walked over to the Nine-Tails.

By now, many ANBU had already gathered nearby. Members of several major clans had also arrived.

Looking closely, many of them were familiar faces to Yujiro.

Uchiha Fugaku from the Uchiha clan.

Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Hizashi from the Hyuga clan.

There were also members of the Inuzuka clan and the Aburame clan.

Even the Ino–Shika–Cho trio had arrived.

“Yujiro, what should we do?”

Fugaku came to Yujiro’s side and asked in a low voice.

“That’s simple.”

Yujiro smiled.

Then he walked up to Kurama.

At that moment, Kurama lowered his head and muttered, “I was... controlled by that guy earlier.”

“That Tailed Beast Bomb wasn’t my will!”

“And I didn’t destroy the buildings in Konoha either! I only... destroyed some trees and rocks...”

When the surrounding shinobi saw Kurama acting so cooperative, disbelief filled their faces.

At that moment, Kurama was frightened.

If Yujiro did not follow their previous agreement, Kurama would die.

Others might not understand that, but Kurama did.

It had only taken Yujiro a few hours to learn all of the First Hokage’s Wood Release techniques.

Even if he could not use Wood Release at Hashirama’s level, ordinary Wood Release was already enough to restrain Kurama.

Not to mention, Yujiro also possessed a large number of sealing techniques from the Uzumaki clan.

Now, Kurama even wondered whether Yujiro had been targeting him from the very beginning.

“Kurama, quiet down. I didn’t say anything.”

Yujiro waved his hand, signaling Kurama to stop.

Kurama nodded and sat obediently in front of Yujiro.

“You’re too big. Get smaller.”

Yujiro raised his head, twisted his neck slightly, and continued, “Don’t rush to refuse. I know you can do it.”

“What?! You want me to shrink my size? No way!”

Kurama immediately howled.

“Hm?”

A dangerous look flashed in Yujiro’s eyes.

“I won’t do it... is what I’d like to say, but I don’t have a choice now.”

Kurama muttered in a low voice.

Then, under everyone’s stunned gaze, the enormous Nine-Tails shrank into a small, cute version of himself.

The surrounding shinobi looked at one another in shock.

He had been so huge a moment ago, yet now he had become so small.

“What are you staring at? You want me to eat you?”

Kurama snapped angrily.

However, with his current appearance, there was no intimidation in his words at all.

“Stop barking.”

Yujiro stretched out his right hand and knocked Kurama hard on the head.

That single knock made the hearts of everyone nearby skip a beat.

That was the Nine-Tails.

Could he at least be a little careful?

“Here. Sign this.”

Yujiro took out a document from his clothes.

Written on the document was a five-year contract requiring Kurama to protect Yujiro.

“Hey, hey, hey! Yujiro, you still don’t trust my word?”

Kurama shouted.

“I don’t.”

Yujiro shook his head.

“Who knows if you’ll run away one day?”

“Do I look like that kind of person?!”

Kurama bared his teeth.

“Are you a person?”

“Uh... no.”

“Then sign it.”

“Fine, fine. I’ll sign.”

Kurama scratched his head, dipped his paw in ink, and wrote the name Kurama on the document.

Yujiro looked at the contract in his hand with great satisfaction.

Perhaps Kurama did not know that it looked like an ordinary written agreement.

However, this contract had been redeemed by Yujiro from the system.

As long as this contract existed, for the next five years, if Kurama revealed even the slightest murderous intent toward Yujiro, he would immediately faint.

And Yujiro would sense it at once.

After all, Yujiro had to be careful.

A verbal agreement was meaningless.

Furthermore, the obedient-looking Nine-Tails in front of him was actually the complete Nine-Tails.

Both Yin and Yang chakra had been brought together.

In the original timeline, even half of the Nine-Tails’ chakra was powerful enough to overwhelm the other tailed beasts.

The complete Nine-Tails was on an entirely different level.

It was better to eliminate future problems before they had a chance to appear.

Yujiro looked at Kurama, who still seemed completely unaware, and smiled faintly.

“Alright, Kurama. From now on, just follow me.”

“Yeah.”

Kurama nodded.

Then he climbed directly onto Yujiro’s shoulder and quietly squatted there.

After that, Yujiro leisurely left the area under the shocked gazes of everyone present.

At the same time...

The shinobi hidden beneath Root’s underground base finally emerged.

Among them, Sarutobi Hiruzen personally led the group.

At that moment, Hiruzen was extremely excited.

Because in his eyes, after this incident, his name would resound through Konoha once again.

He had tamed the Nine-Tails.

He had saved Konoha from danger.

When the time came, all he had to do was raise his arm, and everyone in the village would turn toward him.

He only needed to claim that Minato and Yujiro had worked together to deceive the village and manipulate Konoha.

With that, he could force Minato to step down.

And once that happened, the seat of Hokage would return to him.

Me.

Sarutobi Hiruzen.

I am still the Hokage of Konoha!