The Shadow of Konoha

After completing the mission, Mito and Shiko quickly left the Wet Bone Forest, and also took away the remains of the eight sealed Uzumaki ninjas.

After all, among the victims is the leader of the Uzumaki clan. Considering that this is a special period when the Uzumaki clan has just arrived in Konoha and has not yet established a firm foothold, it is particularly important to explain the victims and the reasons for their sacrifices, as well as to handle funeral arrangements.

In order to reassure people, these matters need to be handled by Mito personally. Although she is already quite exhausted due to releasing and re-sealing the Nine-Tails, some problems can only be solved in the best way by her.

Eight people died at once; this was a big deal. Moreover, since the real reason for their sacrifice could not be explained, it was quite troublesome for Uzumaki Mito to find an excuse that sounded reasonable.

Although some of the statements seem a bit exaggerated, but... the sacrificed Uzumaki ninjas are destined to be "unsung heroes."

So far, there are only four people in the world who know about the plan to split the Nine-Tails - Hanyu, Mito, Shiko and Sarutobi Hiruzen.

In addition, there is the Nine-Tailed Fox, the "party involved" and the victim. However, considering its hatred for human ninjas after this incident, as well as for the sake of "Tailed Beast Lord"'s face and its own stubborn and arrogant character, it is impossible for it to take the initiative to tell others about such things.

Even if this happened to ordinary people, they couldn't tell anyone about it. The word "unspeakable" was designed for this kind of situation... Would anyone be particularly happy to tell others something like "Back then, I was caught by a group of burly guys, and then we did it to them"?

This is similar to what happened to the Nine-Tails. The difference is that humans sometimes don't have much shame, but the tailed beasts always have to have dignity.

In short, the Nine-Tailed Fox Project is destined to remain strictly confidential for quite a long time.

Now, only the Third Hokage and Hanyu are left in the Wet Bone Forest. The next problem they will face is how to protect the remaining seven Nine-Tails sealed in the Impure World Reincarnation bodies.

Hanyu was now "using local materials". He used the rocks that had just been overturned by the slugs, and after a few chop, he built seven rather rough-shaped stone coffins, and then placed the seven reincarnated people inside... On this day in the Wet Bone Forest, he seemed to have been doing such physical work all the time.

"Even now, I find it hard to believe that the Kyuubi's enormous power was divided into eight parts. Hanyu... did we really succeed?"

The Third Hokage sat aside with a tired look on his face, watching Hanyu busying himself around. When Hanyu was almost done, he spoke this.

"Actually, I have my doubts, Hokage-sama. How about...we break a seal right now and release a Nine-Tails to see if it's really alive and kicking?"

Hanyu proposed a "release test" to ensure that there were no problems with the plan, but of course, it was not approved by the Third Hokage.

"Even though it has been severely weakened, you have felt the chakra before. Do you really think that it will be easy to deal with the Nine-Tails after its chakra has dropped to one eighth of its original value...

What the Nine-Tailed Fox lost was only the total amount of chakra, which affected its combat endurance, but each Nine-Tailed Fox retained its original thinking ability, which means that their fighting style has not changed, so it is still very tricky.

Without Mito-sama's control, it would be difficult for the two of us to deal with it, not to mention that I'm not in a very good condition now, so... your proposal is sternly rejected." said the Third Hokage.

Well, expected answer.

Hanyu thought, don't I understand these principles? I was just joking just now, but…

"Hokage-sama, why are you so tired? You didn't do anything that consumed a lot of chakra just now. The Nine-Tails was controlled by Mito-sama."

The Third Hokage: "..."

Some people are obviously human beings and can speak human language, but sometimes they deliberately don't speak human language and just try to disgust others.

"Hanyu, the Impure World Reincarnation technique will bring a great mental burden to the caster, not to mention that I just summoned seven people at once." The Third Hokage was choked by Hanyu's words and didn't want to pay any attention to him at all, but he had to explain to clear his name, otherwise what if he was really misunderstood and was incompetent... So this made him very uncomfortable.

Nonsense, is Impure World Reincarnation such a simple technique without risk and burden? You know, it is a forbidden technique.

More importantly, although the Third Hokage was a scholar with a very strong learning ability, he was not a researcher... at least he did not over- study the Impure World Reincarnation Technique, which resulted in him now using only the Second Hokage's 1.0 version of the Impure World Reincarnation, rather than the later 2.0 version of the Impure World Reincarnation that was improved by Orochimaru and Kabuto.

1.0 is far behind 2.0, and the risk of performing the operation is also ridiculously high.

So although the Third Hokage may seem like a marginal OB, his contribution to this plan is much higher than that of Hanyu, who is just a talker.

"Ah, I understand, Hokage-sama…next topic.

Now is not a time of war, and there seems to be no need for the village to create seven Jinchūriki at once. After all, the matter needs to remain secret... In other words, except for the Nine-Tails in Uzumaki Mito, the remaining Nine-Tails will continue to be kept in the bodies of the Impure World Reincarnated.

But the question is how to place these reincarnated people in the safest and most confidential way."

Then, Hanyu returned to the main topic.

"Do you have any ideas?"

The Third Hokage saw through Hanyu's intentions immediately.

Since Hanyu asked such a question, he must have some ideas, so the Third Hokage could listen to them first.

"I do have some ideas, and if Hokage-sama agrees, I think sealing the reincarnated being in a special slug is the safest and most secure option.

First of all, when this slug is in the Wet Bone Forest, it can move freely in the body of the big slug. Even in the most extreme case, if the Nine-Tailed Fox's information is leaked and someone invades the Wet Bone Forest, its location will be impossible to be found.

Secondly, slug individuals can also move between Konoha and the Wet Bone Forest, so when to keep it in the Wet Bone Forest and when to keep it in Konoha is all optional. As I just said, even if one of these two places is attacked, the slug can move quickly.

Finally, Lord Hokage does not have to worry about losing control. Although I have the ability to summon slugs, the final authority to summon the reincarnated ones still lies in the hands of Lord Hokage, so the reincarnated ones and the Nine-Tails can appear at your side at any time.

All in all, I think it is safer to keep the coordinates of the Nine-Tails constantly changing than to confine them to a specific location with many seals." Hanyu briefly explained his thoughts to the Third Hokage, and he even took his own "suspicion" into consideration.

In short, Hanyu believes that strategic nuclear submarines on the seabed are safer, more deterrent and more survivable than land-based nuclear missile silos.

And no matter where the Impure World Reincarnation people are, because they are reincarnated by the Third Hokage, the Hokage can summon them to his side at any time. With this premise, the Hokage does not have to worry about any "unexpected situations".

Hanyu thought that his statement was quite reasonable, but the final decision still needed to be made by the Third Hokage.

Normally, if it is just for safety reasons, it is actually safest to keep the Nine-Tailed Fox in the stomach of the Grim Reaper.

Whenever you need to use it, you can release the Demonic Seal.

But if that were the case, there would be a price to pay for lifting the Shiki Fuujin. You can't let an Uzumaki ninja die if you release the Nine-Tails.

Secondly, the more important point is that the Third Hokage lacks trust in this method. He does not lack trust in the Uzumaki clan, but simply lacks trust in the act of storing the Nine-Tails in the belly of the God of Death... Who knows if the God of Death is reliable if it is invisible and intangible.

Because he felt it was unreliable, he immediately performed the Impure World Reincarnation Technique and took back the Nine-Tails' chakra.

So, in comparison, Hanyu's solution seems to be better... it is safer and visible and tangible.

So the Third Hokage fell into deep thought.

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