Escape From Konoha

The night sky was clear, with only the round moon visible.

Under the night, Konohagakure was still as peaceful and stable as usual, and the bustling night market became lively as darkness fell.

"Is this Konoha? Jiraiya-sensei's home..."

Nagato wore a black cloak with a hood, his face covered, making it difficult for people to glimpse his full appearance. Standing atop the Hokage Rock, he muttered to himself.

This was the highest point in Konoha, granting a panoramic view of the entire village. This peaceful country, with peaceful village, seemed a bit irritating to his eyes. Because the peace of these villages was only built on the pain of smaller countries, holding onto the so-called peace with hands stained by the suffering of others.

Of course, Nagato felt he no longer needed to blame others. As Hanzo said, a ninja's life was one of combat. One can't use their own weakness to try and awaken the enemy's conscience.

As a citizen of a weak country, without the option to compromise and surrender, they could only resist and fight. Apart from the will, there was nothing left to lose. This was the revelation the deaths of Yahiko and Hanzo had brought him.

Nagato often reflected if what he was doing was right or wrong. However, he considered the line of thought arrogant because he hadn't yet achieved his goal. Talking about right and wrong in such circumstances seemsled narrow-minded.

In the world, there has never been a path leading to absolute right or wrong, humans were always on the road of exploration. If he failed one day, it would only prove he could only achieve this level. He couldn't resent others, only resent himself for being weak.

Looking at the scenery of the village, children happily running the streets, playing joyfully with their friends. The various food stalls on the roadside attracting passersby.

Tired from work, ninja crossed their shoulders and walked into barbecue restaurants. While drinking wine and enjoying delicious food, they talked freely, speaking of their life's ideals.

Such peaceful scenes were something Nagato had never witnessed before. In the past, he and Yahiko had just embraced the ideal of peace, running back and forth on battlefields where the flames of war raged, brushing against death. Would such peace someday come to Amegakure and the Land of Rain?

'No, it will definitely come!' Nagato resolved. It was foolish to talking about right and wrong from his position

"Nagato-sama, the preparations over there is complete."

A White Zetsu leaned out half its body from behind Nagato and whispered to him.

"I see. I'll inform Guruguru later that when he uses the Mangekyou to control the Nine-Tails, he should summon it to a farther place."

"Why is that?" White Zetsu was slightly surprised.

"I don't want to involve the villagers, many of whom aren't ninjas."

"But, only by summoning the Nine-Tails to the center of Konoha can the village be damaged to the greatest extent." White Zetsu said urgently.

"This is just a battle between ninjas and has nothing to do with ordinary people who can't use ninjutsu."

"Konoha didn't think of it that way during the War in the Land of Rain."

White Zetsu thought Nagato was being too boring. After experiencing such events, could he still have such kindness? Acting this way would definitely lead to great losses in the future.

Nagato seemed to have seen through White Zetsu's thoughts and said flatly, "This is neither kindness or compassion. If I did this, what would differentiate me from Konoha who once rampaged in the Land of Rain?"

There was grievance and debt, but Nagato had never seen the world so clearly in a moment. If he goes through with this, he would be on the same level as Konoha. In such a state, what qualifications did he have to bring peace to this world?

"But I still think..." White Zetsu was still talking when Nagato lightly interrupted: "Without a heart to make peace, there's only violence against others, not power. Even with a heart of peace and strength, it remains violence against others."

"Then, why do you care about the lives of the villagers?"

"While both are equally violent, the results may not be the same. I have my principles, and Konoha has its own principles. That is all."

What Nagato said was almost final. Realizing this, White Zetsu knew continuing to question would seem some how.

"I understand; I'll go to inform Guruguru. Please wait here for a while, Nagato-sama."

White Zetsu sighed, dove into the ground, and disappeared.

....

Anbu leaped quickly onto the roof and gathered towards a certain location. Finally, they quietly arrived at the forest beyond Konoha through a secret passage.

The Anbu who had arrived, weremore than one team, more than personnels, gathered in this place. The meeting lasted briefly for less than half a minute. The twenty Anbu dispersed and stood at their positions to prevent anyone from sneaking in.

At a position that Anbu and the others hadn't noticed, two figures slowly emerged, lurking towards a certain place silently. It was a huge rock, blocking the opening of the massive mountain. On the rock, a seal for suppression was pasted, and a protective barrier was set up to prevent outsiders from entering.

"Is that the place where the Nine Tails Jinchuriki is giving birth? How easy it is to sneak in."

"Don't be careless, tell Guruguru to come over quickly. After all, our opponent is the yellow flash, and there are so many Anbu, it won't be easy to deal with. If necessary, Nagato-sama will also make a move."

The painful cries of the woman during childbirth passed directly through the rocks where the barrier was placed, spreading outside. This let the White Zetsu who was in charge of investigation, know that this was where the Nine Tails Jinchuriki was giving birth.

Avoiding the Anbu's sight wasn't too difficult for them. Their stealth couldn't be detected by normal sensory ninjutsu. But the next action was key. With a ninja like the Yellow Flash as an opponent, they had to be prepared to fight desperately anytime.

...

The interior of the cave used for the childbirth was a vacuum, and the space is huge, with various medical facilities prepared in advance.

On the bed, Uzumaki Kushina, twisting her body in pain, layers of sweat dripped from her face, and her face contorted in pain.

Minato pressed his hands on the navel of Kushina's clothes. Centered on Kushina's navel, the sealing jutsu unfolded there, and a strange red light emerged, with evil chakra uncontrollably overflowing from her body.

Minato's eyes were solemn, and his hands gathered chakra to form seals, suppressing the nine-tailed chakra in her body. This chakra was incredibly powerful beyond his imagination. He felt his hands growing hot, like dipping them in boiling water. Like Kushina, his face was also covered in cold sweat. It wasn't only because of the Nine Tails's powerful chakra he felt pressure from, but also worried about Kushina's personal safety. If this force went berserk now, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Don't be nervous, this is the Uzumaki clan's highest sealing jutsu. You just need to maintain it properly and the Nine-Tails won't be able to emerge. You're the Hokage, stop making such a fuss."

The woman who in charge of directing the medical team was already in her fifties, and her face covered with many wrinkles.

"I know, Biwako-sama. I'm just a little nervous seeing Kushina in such pain." Minato still had a tense face, not daring to relax.

"Really, as the Hokage, don't panic over something like this. This is a difficulty all women must go through. As her husband, you need to learn to trust your wife. Women aren't as fragile as you think." Biwako spoke to Minato in the tone of an elder, perhaps it was because Minato was underestimating women too much.

Minato smiled wryly.

Biwako, full name Sarutobi Biwako, was the wife of the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen. In her youth she had also been a skilled kunoichi, and was the Third's dutiful wife, helping him with many matters. Her tone was just to comfort Minato, a sharp-tongued yet soft-hearted woman.

"Kushina, hold on a little longer; it will be fine soon."

Though Biwako sounded relaxed, but she was also a little nervous. As a kunoichi, Kushina would naturally not be as weak as an ordinary woman. Along with the Uzumaki clan's sturdy physique, giving birth was just painful for the women from the clan, and not life-threatening from accidents.

"Minato! Focus on maintaining the seal! The child is coming!" After a while, Biwako's expression became more and more serious.

"Yes!"

Minato concentrated, tuning out Kushina's pained cries for now, wholly focused on upholding the Nine-Tails' seal on her navel The only danger to her life was the seal going out of control, causing the power of the Nine Tails to go berserk, which may bring the risk that could cost her life.

....

"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki can really scream. Is it really that painful to give birth? Is it the same as pooping...?"

Guruguru, clad in a black cloak with a mask adorned with strange patterns, lowered his head and began thinking seriously.

"Are you an idiot? How can pooping be the same as having a baby? It's not the same thing at all, is it?" White Zetsu beside him complained.

"But... the feeling of always being unable to get out is really depressing and frustrating." Guruguru said naturally.

"Because you don't have an excretory system at all."

"I would have asked Madara-sama to install an excretory system for me. I really do want to know what it feels like to poop." Guruguru sighed, sounding regretful about his inability to experience it.

Beside him, four Anbu lay in a pool of blood, their pupils dilated, expressing deep shock and fear.

"Hurry up; if you fail, I will beat you to shit."

Guruguru shrugged his shoulders after hearing this, pressed his hands on the huge stone with the barrier, and then disappeared as if merging into it.

Having marched a certain distance, he soon reached the perimeter of the delivery room. Despite the painful cries of Jinchuriki giving birth which make people feel weak, Guruguru knew that now was the most vigilant moment for the yellow flash, making success not easy.

He hid his body in the earth layer, patiently waiting for the opportune moment. This wonderful opportunity didn't make Guruguru wait too long.

The crying of the baby suddenly resounded in the room. Kushina, lying on the bed, gradually calmed down, her breath weak but nothing serious.

Minato and Biwako suddenly showed joy on their faces, and the two female medical ninjas beside them also heaved a sigh of relief. The tailed beast's chakra filled the room. When they delivered the baby, they felt a mountain pressing down on their bodies, making it hard to breathe.

"Congratulations, Hokage-sama. He's a very healthy boy." Biwako comforted the crying baby in her arms.

"Thank you, Biwako-sama." Minato replied with relief.

"So, does he have a name?"

"Yes... his name is Naruto. It's the name of the main character in Jiraiya-sensei's novel." Minato replied.

"Naruto... the name of the main character in a novel?" Biwako's eyes twitched. If she recalled correctly, the novels written by that stupid brat Jiraiya. All his booke were forbidden books not suitable to be read by those under the age of eighteen.

"Yes." Minato didn't notice Biwako's subtle expression.

"It 8s your decision."

Biwako brought the baby to Kushina.

"Naruto... that's so nice."

Kushina weakly opened her eyes, a happy smile on her face as she looked at the baby in Biwako's arms, eyes filled with love.

After a while, Biwako said, "Okay, the baby has been born safely, and the follow-up needs to be dealt with."

"I see." Minato nodded seriously.

The next was to stabilize the seal of the Nine Tails. Giving birth to the child weakened the seal on Kushina's body, the chakra still leaked out. It needed to be suppressed, and re-stabilized as soon as possible to calm Nine Tails.

Biwako carried the baby in swaddle, walking aside with a slight smile.

"Kushina, let me help you stabilize the seal." Minato took a deep breath, prepared to perform the seal.

"I'm sorry, Minato."

"It's okay, you're the one in pain."

Suppressing his excitement of having an heir, Minato focused on the seal of the Nine-Taile. As he was about to perform the sealing jutsu, Minato and Kushina were startled by a shrill scream.

Panic calls from two female medical ninjas ensued. They looked in horror at Biwako, lying in a pool of blood. Next to them stood a mysterious man in black clothes with a mask on his face.

His breath was gloomy and cold, and he stood there unnoticed.

This mysterious person was naturally Guruguru. Deliberately choosing this time to attack, Guruguru believed that Minato and others would be most relaxed, not expecting an attack.

"Biwako-sama!" Minato's pupils shrank. Seeing Biwako collapsed, expressions of surprise and anger intertwined on his face. He glared fiercely at intruder. "Who are you?"

"It's not an important question, Fourth Hokage-sama. Your child is in my hands, it would best not to act rashly." Guruguru chuckled, holding the baby as he threatened.

"You bastard, let Naruto go!"

Minato was about to make a move when Kushina's voice came from beside him.

The bewitching red chakra erupted from Kushina's body, terrible cracks appeared in the surrounding walls. The thick stone walls couldn't withstand the explosive impact of this red chakra.

"Not good, Nine Tails!"

Minato immediately calmed down. To perform the sealing, he had to stabilize the Chakra in Kushina's body first.

Seeing this, Guruguru knew that Minato's sealing jutsu couldn't be successfully performed. Otherwise, the plan of releasing the tailed beast to make Konoha lose combat power would become very difficult.

"Fourth Hokage! I would like to see if you care more for your child more or your wife!"

Without mercy, Guruguru threw the child in his hand towards the far wall.

"No! Naruto! Minato, hurry—"

Out of the corner of his eye, she saw Naruto hurtling towards the wall. Kushina yelled anxiously, but she was powerless. The Nine-Tails Chakra, coupled with the fact that she had just given birth and her body was extremely weak, could not stop it at all.

The moment Kushina yelled, Minato's figure disappeared in an instant, the soles of his feet stepped on the wall, stabilized there, and held Naruto firmly in his arms.

Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the surrounding space quickly distorted.

Minato's face changed in shock, as a fatal danger struck, without hesitation, he dodged to the side.

In the original wall position, there is a shocking big hole.

No gravel fell, it was as if a piece had been severely gouged out and disappeared from there.

'Is this... space-time ninjutsu?' Minato's eyes were slightly shocked.

When he turned his head to look, Guruguru had already disappeared into the room, along with Kushina who was lying on the bed.

"Damn it!" Minato's face was gloomy, with a certain murderous look in his blue pupils.

The intruder's chakra was too difficult to sense. But he took Kushina, and because of the seal in Kushina's body, there was a flaw, and the Nine-Tails Chakra spread out uncontrollably. Minato could easily perceive which direction Kushina was taken. But he had to bring Naruto to a safe location before he could pursue the enemy without any scruples.

.....

With the cold full moon as the background.

In the dark forest, there were blood-red clouds and mist. That was the chakra of Nine Tails, which was spreading out of control to the surrounding areas at a terrifying speed, it couldn't be stopped at all.

"Really, it would be great if it had been brought to the center of Konoha and released."

Guruguru carried Kushina, who had lost the power to resist, and stopped in an open space, muttering as he complained. For him, it could cause a huge sensation, and how many dying wasn't within the scope of consideration. Anyway, he wasn't human, in his eyes, the number of human deaths was just a number.

It was just Nagato's order, and they couldn't disobey it.

"Hmm ., this Mangekyou Sharingan is really easy to use. This woman was easily controlled with just a simple genjutsu. Gere should be far enough. If people are killed or injured, it has nothing to do with me."

Kushina, caught in a genjutsu, was confused and couldn't understand the meaning of the words from Guruguru's mouth.

Putting Kushina on the ground, her face was dull, and the chakra in her body was in disorder. The Nine-Tails Chakra took the opportunity to detonate, trying to get out of Kushina's body.

"Don't worry, Nine- Tails, I will set you free immediately, and you will be free under my Sharingan. Also, I'm sorry, Fourth Hokage, I won't go easy on your wife." Guruguru chuckled, and stretched his palm towards Kushina's body.

....

Running through the woods, Minato's face was anxious, but he didn't lose his sense of proportion.

Kushina's chakra stopped, meaning the enemy didn't go too far. The aura of the Nine-Tails Chakra was so recognizable to Minato, it was like a light in the dark, illuminating the way for him to pursue. Although he didn't know what the enemy's purpose was, he absolutely couldn't let the enemy mess around. Besides, the eyes which used the space-time ninjutsu just now... was it a Sharingan?

Minato secretly made guesses in his heart, The enemy's eyes are indeed similar to Sharingan, but it wasn't the basic tomoe pattern. If that's also a type of Sharingan, then there could only be one possibility — The Mangekyou Sharingan.

The ultimate pupil above the ordinary Sharingan.

The Mangekyou Sharingan wasn't a secret to Minato. In the collection room of the Hokage Building, there were a lot of secrets about the Sharingan in the letters left by the Second Hokage Tobirama.

A lot of research has been done on Sharingan. Among them, there was the Mangekyou Sharingan, which was a more advanced Sharingan with a different pattern than the tomoe.

'If you were to encounter such Uchiha, be extra careful.'

The Second Hokage's handbook recorded that. Minato thought it was always a legend, but he didn't expect it to actually exist. While he thought about how to deal with it, a powerful Chakra reaction appeared within his range of sensory.

Minato turned his head and looked to the side, the blazing and violent wind blew everything away.

"Shinra Tensei!"

The ground was torn apart, the giant tree turned into pieces of wood, and Minato couldn't stop the sudden violent wind, and his body followed the ground and the pieces of wood, and was thrown out.

Minato adjusted his body in the air, but still fell to the ground in a rather awkward position and stood still, looking forward with a heavy face.

Nagato appeared wearing a mysterious black cloak, and because he was wearing a hat, his face was hidden in the darkness. But his hostility was already very clear.

"Don't even think about moving forward until the Nin Tails comes out." Nagato warned in a calm tone.

'Is the target the Nine-Tails inside Kushina?' Minato narrowed his eyes slightly and took a deep breath. Without saying a word, he disappeared from where he stood, leaving only a yellow light that brought death. When he reappeared, he was already behind the newcomer, holding a three-pronged kunai in one hand, and a blue chakra sphere rotating irregularly in the other, pressing down on his back mercilessly.

Boom!

A powerful repulsive force that smashed everything around, together with the attack, Minato's body flew in the opposite direction uncontrollably again. Following a flash of yellow light, he escaped from the range of repulsion and returned to his original position, frowning at Nagato.

Nagato's weird repelling ninjutsu made him feel tricky, and it wasn't an opponent that could be easily dealt with. His body couldn't withstand that sort of impact. If he didn't use his space-time ninjutsu to escape, he might get injured by that move.

"I almost didn't notice a Kunai marked with your Flying Thunder God was hidden here from the very start. You really are formidable, Fourth Hokage. No wonder Chiba Shiraishi told me when fighting you, i needed be extra careful about your ninjutsu." Nagato said with lingering fear. Fortunately, he kept an eye on it and didn't relax his vigilance because he had the advantage, otherwise he would have been seriously injured in that attack.

"What!?" Minato heard a shocking name, and immediately widened his eyes, feeling unbelievable. He suddenly felt a huge conspiracy hanging over Konoha.

Chiba Shiraishi - This name was all too familiar to Minato. Could it be that this attack on Kushina was also for... He couldn't imagine it anymore. Before he could ask a question, clouds gathered in the sky, and thunder without rain flashed among the clouds, rumbling and making deafening noises.

Boom!

Among the roaring thunder, there were also wild howls of a beast. The blood-like chakra surged like a tsunami, causing Minato and Nagato to let go of the idea of fighting, and couldn't help but look over there.

Not far away, dust and smoke billowed, and a monster's roar came from there.

The Nine tails danced and rolled wildly in the sky like a nine-headed python. The earth cracked and swept across the forest.

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