A Yamanaka's Trait System

"Dead or alive, do we kill him or capture him alive?"

Minato glanced at Sasori, who was trying to retreat, and gestured to Hiashi behind him.

Hiashi nodded slightly, activated his Byakugan, and stood by the window, intently watching Sasori's retreating figure.

Capture him alive. After all, he's a missing-nin from Suna. As for how to deal with him, we'll respect the Kazekage's decision.

Kei formed a hand seal with one hand, using the Mind Body Transmission Technique to link Hiashi's and Minato's senses.

"Understood." Minato's figure flickered and vanished from sight.

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The next moment, two kilometers away, thirty glossy black crows took to the sky, blocking Sasori's path.

Using the dispersing crows as cover, Minato repeatedly used the Flying Thunder God Technique from the sky, hurling over thirty specially-marked Flying Thunder God kunai into the dense forest below from his storage scroll.

Supported by the Hyūga clan's ocular ability to see through all chakra paths, Sasori's chakra threads were severed, causing his puppets to fall like cut straw.

The clumsy Iron Sand couldn't keep up with Minato's superhuman reflexes and mobility, especially when he could use the crows to instantly teleport into the sky.

Even Sasori's well-hidden core, which he considered perfectly concealed, was completely exposed under the Byakugan.

The Suna ninjas' expressions shifted.

That speed… terrifying!

Boom!

Tsunade's punch knocked the Third Raikage unconscious. She casually tossed his limp body toward the anxious Kumo ninjas.

In just a few minutes, she fought in a brutal trade of blow for blow, and left the Raikage bruised and battered. Just looking at his blackened eye sockets and half-bald scalp, you could tell what kind of savage beating he'd taken before passing out.

"Phew~ That felt good!" She stretched her waist, chakra smoke gently rising from her wounds. Within seconds, she was fully healed.

Clapping the dust from her hands, she waved toward the upper floor.

An ANBU ninja immediately appeared, eyes filled with admiration and awe, offering her the Hokage's hat.

Tsunade's way of fighting was straight-up dominant! No dodging, no evading—just trading punches and kicks head-on. She tanked the Raikage's attacks and beat him senseless.

Now the Raikage was down, and their Hokage was standing like nothing happened.

Truly worthy of the title Hokage!

Tsunade donned the hat, glanced at her tattered clothes, shrugged, and strode toward Pakura.

"You good?"

"Definitely better off than the Raikage."

Pakura adjusted her hat, masking her shock as she casually responded to Tsunade.

"Hahaha~ Sorry to make you watch that. Come on up, let's have some tea! You've been here for a while already!" Tsunade grinned widely as Pakura joked about the Raikage and gave her a subtle compliment.

The Suna ninjas behind Pakura finally snapped out of their daze.

They looked at Tsunade's torn clothes, then at the nearly unrecognizable Raikage, and finally at the bizarre scene in the distance—all of them fell silent.

Bunpuku, simply closed his eyes and started chanting sutras.

Meanwhile, Kushina was chasing the Eight-Tails—who looked like a giant octopus—with a dozen massive golden chains, each thicker than a water tank!

The Four-Tails was squatting and performing a shameful lady's dance, maxing out the embarrassment.

A burly Konoha man in a green bodysuit, unshaven and wild-looking, was riding A, shouting about youthful passion while furiously throwing punches—just overflowing with raw energy.

"Seems like your subordinates are no joke either."

Pakura listened to the chaos behind her as she walked shoulder to shoulder with Tsunade into the building.

After transforming himself into a human puppet, Sasori could control a number of puppets far beyond normal puppeteers. His puppet of the Third Kazekage could even use the powerful Iron Sand.

Facing such an enemy casually could lead to heavy losses.

"Minato's strength is definitely reliable."

Tsunade glanced at Kei calmly sipping tea on the top floor, a confident smile on her face. She didn't have a clear idea of Minato's full power—but it didn't matter.

Kei did.

From his completely relaxed demeanor, she knew Minato had it handled.

No need to worry.

"The Yellow Flash, huh?"

Pakura nodded slightly, saying no more. But behind her, Bunpuku's shoulder gathered sand, forming a tiny 20cm-tall Shukaku.

Its eyes locked onto Kushina.

"That damn fox is actually fighting alongside humans? Wasn't it always the one who hated humans most? Hey, monk, move closer—I didn't get the chance last time in Suna, but this time I'm gonna tease it properly!"

"The First, Second, and Third Kazekage didn't dare let you loose, and now with the Fourth around, you're still acting up? Haven't I smacked you enough yet? Or are you a good little pet now?"

Kurama's voice echoed directly into Shukaku's mind from afar.

The nine-tailed beasts were originally one entity, so even across great distances, they could still connect through their inner world. It was just that over all these years, the Nine-Tails had always disdained reaching out to the other tailed beasts.

After all, they were all prisoners. What was the point of communicating?

To hold a pity party?

"Damn fox! Weren't you also subdued by the First Hokage and Madara?!"

"Those who defeated me can be counted on one hand, just two of them! But look at you—one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight! All beaten by nobodies!"

"ARGHHH! I'm so mad! Gyūki, why don't you go beat up that fox?! Why are you running?!" Shukaku's eyes widened furiously from the Nine-Tails' words!

It was just about to act, when Kushina suddenly turned her head toward it, eyes filled with excitement and anticipation. Behind her, more than ten sealing chains thick as water barrels instantly split in half, aiming directly at it.

Shukaku immediately felt a wave of intense danger surge from deep within. That restless heart instantly calmed into absolute stillness.

If he rushed in now, he'd be on the Nine-Tails' beatdown list for sure!

Shukaku! Come here, let's team up! Shukaku!

My jinchūriki isn't that strong—come on, this is your chance! Don't wimp out!

The anxious voice of Gyūki echoed in Shukaku's mind, and even Kurama's mockingly "kind" words followed.

Swoosh—

On Bunpuku's shoulder, the sand forming mini-Shukaku dissolved into dust.

No matter how Gyūki and Kurama called or taunted, Shukaku remained utterly silent.

Yep, after chanting scripture with the old monk for so long, he was now a cultivated tailed beast, not some hotheaded thug ready to brawl at the drop of a hat.

No way, not today!

"Jeez, Kurama, were you trying to bait him out on purpose?" Kushina looked at the now-vanished Shukaku with disappointment.

"You scared him off, can you blame me?"

"My bad." Kushina puffed her cheeks in frustration.

Behind her, over ten golden sealing chains as thick as barrels split into countless thin threads, forming a net that instantly bound the fully transformed Gyūki tight.

Affected by the sealing force, itschakra swiftly retreated back into Killer B.

In mere seconds, only a tightly bound Killer B remained on the spot.

"♫ Trouble at eight o'clock, Shukaku you punk! ♫ Defeated today, wrapped up like prey! Oh yeah! ♫ My flow's still fire today! Yo yo! Magical girl over there, help untie me—I gotta jot this inspiration down!"

♪ Trouble struck like lightning, caught me by surprise!

Defeated today,

Wrapped up like prey!

My flow's still fire today!

Oh yeah!

Yo yo!

I rap even when I'm bound!

Hey red-haired lady, help a rapper out,

Gotta write these bars down! ♪

Killer B wriggled a bit, but realizing he couldn't escape, looked toward Kushina for help.

"Not bad. I heard you like holding concerts—next time, save me two tickets." Seeing that he wasn't looking to fight anymore, Kushina waved her hand to release the sealing chains, slowly exiting her Perfect jinchūriki mode and magical girl transformation.

"Yo~ Magical girl, you got taste!" Killer B's eyes lit up beneath his shades, completely unfazed by the beatdown he just took.

"Thought so too! Heh heh heh~" Kushina tilted her chin proudly, hands on hips, laughing boldly.

"Bro! Someone appreciates my rap!" Killer B turned to show off to his "brother," but seeing him unconscious just like the Third Raikage, and the stares of Dodai and the others, he immediately dropped to the ground.

Given the situation, staying on the ground felt… safer.

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"This guy..." Atop the wooden tower, Kei watched Killer B with a smirk.

Honestly, Killer B's rap had really improved! No doubt thanks to Yugito, right?

"Iron Sand… not a bad Kekkei Genkai."

Tsunade, arriving at the top of the tower, looked out at the sweeping iron sand a few kilometers away, eyes filled with surprise.

No wonder Pakura and the others arrived in such a sorry state. This scale of Magnet Release—yeah, the enemy's strength wasn't ordinary.

RUMBLE—

In just a few minutes, when a blinding white explosion several meters wide burst in the distance, the once fearsome iron sand instantly lost control and crashed to the ground.

Before the dust cloud could even settle, Minato appeared beside Kei, holding a cylindrical puppet core.

With the Byakugan providing vision support, and his own speed unleashed to the fullest, he was every puppeteer's nightmare.

"You mastered Rasenshuriken, huh?" Kei looked at Minato handing Sasori's core to Pakura and grumbled.

It had only been a few days.

Merging the Flying Thunder God with those crows and kunai was impressive enough, but this Rasenshuriken came outta nowhere.

"That move? Yeah, Rasenshuriken is nice, but I prefer calling it 'Cyclone Spiral Obliteration Wheel of Doom.'" Minato scratched his head, and the name made Kei's face darken.

"Ahem! Let's all sit and discuss business first!" Tsunade couldn't listen to these two name things anymore and quickly pulled everyone's attention back.

"Are you planning to exclude Kumo?"

The Third Raikage appeared on the rooftop, sporting panda eyes and a shiny bald head.

Kei eyed the Raikage after his haircut, marveling at how he remained so decisive. After scanning the Kumo ninjas behind him, he hesitated, then refocused on the Raikage.

Seven chakra natures—just missing Lightning!

System, duplicate [Strongest Spear]!