"If the Rain Village can negotiate, we only have to face the Sand Village, and the pressure will be much less." Orochimaru said slowly:

"However, if we follow the ideas of the village leaders, the more pressure they will put on the Rain Village, let our ninjas go to the rear of the Rain Country to destroy it, and force the Rain Village to pay a greater price."

"Indeed." Asakawa Naoki nodded.

In negotiations, both parties often put a certain amount of pressure on each other to force the other party to agree to some conditions.

The same is true in the peace talks between the two villages. If Konoha wants to gain more benefits, it must put enough pressure on the Rain Village.

But this pressure should not be too great to prevent the Rain Village from breaking the jar and fighting Konoha.

"The time limit for this mission is not that tight, and you just came back safely, so let's take a break." Orochimaru smiled.

Since the incident with Danzo, the once passionate Konoha Sannin has not been so concerned about Konoha's mission.

"That's right. We haven't slept well these days because we were so worried." Tsunade yawned and said to Naoki Asakawa:

"I didn't expect that your strength would soar and you could escape back by yourself."

"Since you are back safely, go and tell Naoki and Minato that you are safe." Jiraiya reminded: "They are also worried about you."

"It's okay, they are already here." Naoki Asakawa smiled. In his consciousness, Naoki, Minato Namikaze and others were on their way quickly.

After a while, teammates who had not seen each other for a few days rushed to the scene, and there were also many idle ninjas who heard about Naoki Asakawa's escape from Hanzo and came to observe.

"Naoki, I'm so glad that you are okay!"

The most excited Naoki gave Naoki Asakawa a hug directly, and his snot and tears almost rubbed on his clothes, but fortunately he pushed them away in time.

"I didn't expect Naoki to be able to escape from the hands of the demigod Salamander Hanzo. It seems that Naoki has the strength comparable to that of his teacher." Namikaze Minato said with emotion.

"It's a fluke." Asakawa Naoki smiled, then looked around and asked with some doubt:

"Where's Kushina? Did she go on a mission?"

Within the coverage of his spiritual sense, Asakawa Naoki couldn't find any trace of Kushina.

Kushina is a straightforward girl. If she saw Asakawa Naoki coming back safely, I'm afraid Naoki's reaction and excitement would not be much less.

"She seemed to have gone on a secret mission a few days ago." Naoki said.

"Naoki is right. Kushina said a few days ago that she was going back to Konoha. There was an important mission that only she could perform." Uchiha Mikoto nodded:

"But she didn't say the specific content of the mission."

"Konoha's mission?" Asakawa Naoki pondered, and had some guesses in his mind, and turned to look at Tsunade and the other two.

Mission intelligence needs to be kept secret, so Mikoto and her teammates may not know, but Tsunade, as a teacher and a disciple of the Third Hokage, should know.

"Naoki, come here."

Tsunade thought about it, and finally decided to pull Asakawa Naoki aside alone.

Rope and Minato are still too weak, and it is not good for them to know too much.

Asakawa Naoki is different. He was able to escape from Hanzo. If they really fight, unless they fight together, any one of the three ninjas may not be his opponent.

The strength is enough, and Asakawa Naoki's identity is naturally needless to say. As a disciple of Orochimaru, he is also a direct descendant of the Hokage lineage, so knowing this secret is nothing.

"Naoki, do you know the tailed beasts?" Tsunade asked.

"I know, it is the nine powerful beasts captured by the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara, right?" Asakawa Naoki nodded.

When Tsunade talked about the tailed beasts, he already knew roughly what Kushina's secret mission was.

"It's good that you know." Tsunade said with a little surprise, but soon calmed down, and then continued:

"In order to maintain the balance of power between the ninja villages and maintain peace in the ninja world, grandpa distributed the tailed beasts to the five major countries."

"Although some changes occurred because of Uchiha Madara, the strongest Nine-Tails was finally left in Konoha."

"The tailed beasts are born and raised naturally, and can be reborn naturally after death. Their nature is difficult to tame."

"So the way each village uses the tailed beasts is to seal the tailed beasts in the bodies of ninjas, called Jinchūriki."

"The current Nine-Tails Jinchūriki of Konoha Village is the wife of the first Hokage, and is also the grandmother of me and Nawaki, and the relative of Kushina's great-grandmother, Uzumaki Mito."

"So, Kushina is going back to inherit the Nine-Tails and become the new Nine-Tails Jinchūriki?" Asakawa Naoki asked.

"Yes, Mito's grandmother is closer.Her health has been deteriorating over the years, and she can no longer suppress the Nine-Tails. "Tsunade replied:

"But Kushina's body has not grown up yet. Mito-san was originally going to hold on for a few more years and wait for Kushina to grow up before transferring the Nine-Tails."

"But this time in the Rain Country mission, because you are in danger, Kushina is eager to become stronger, so she proposed to transfer the Nine-Tails in advance and become the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki."

"I didn't expect it to be because of me?" Asakawa Naoki didn't know what he felt in his heart.

"You don't have to blame yourself too much." Tsunade patted Asakawa Naoki's shoulder, and found that she was a little discouraged because he was too tall and had to tiptoe. She sighed and continued:

"In fact, Kushina was able to make up her mind this time, not only because she was worried about your safety and wanted to gain strength."

"Mito-san's body is also close to the limit. Continuing to let her suppress the Nine-Tails will only make her more painful."

"Kushina chose to inherit the Nine-Tails at this time, and she also wanted to help her grandmother end her pain. ”

“That kid, he’s really determined this time.”

“…”

Today’s Uzumaki Mito is probably like a terminally ill patient, suffering from the torture of the Nine-Tails.

Obviously, as long as the Nine-Tails is transferred, he can die peacefully.

But because he wants to protect Konoha and Kushina, his junior, he tries his best to support it, hoping to give Kushina more time to grow up, and to leave Kushina more time to grow happily.

That’s why Tsunade said that Kushina’s move this time was not entirely because of Asakawa Naoki, but also because she wanted to end Uzumaki Mito’s pain.

“I know Kushina’s determination.” Asakawa Naoki nodded and said:

“However, before the Nine-Tails is transferred, I want to go back to Konoha to see Kushina. "

In Naruto, Kushina may inherit the Nine-Tails when she is older. I don't know if it will be dangerous to inherit it now.

But at least his return can make Kushina feel more at ease.

"No problem, it's just that you are back safely, and Nawaki and I don't have to worry about your safety. It seems that the Rain Village can't beat us." Tsunade agreed:

"I will take you and Nawaki back together. We also want to see grandma for the last time."

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