Guests visiting recently made Uzumaki Kushina realize one thing—the small apartment Naruto currently lived in was truly unsuitable for long-term living as a "home."
Before, it was just her and Naruto, plus Satsuki who occasionally came for meals; the space was barely enough. But recently? First, Kakashi, then those two mysterious "street performer" travelers.
The living room was almost impossible to move around in. If more guests came, would they all have to sleep on the floor?
This was not how she envisioned the "home" she wanted to create for Naruto.
So today, Kushina decided to go to the Hokage Building to inquire about the ownership of the house she and Minato used to live in.
She never expected that this ordinary plan would lead her to directly discover an attack targeting the Hokage.
Although the Third Hokage's current weakened state was Kushina's doing, Kushina would not apologize for it.
To be precise, let alone an apology, she wouldn't even feel a trace of guilt.
However, this didn't mean she could stand by and do nothing about the attack happening before her!
"Whoosh!"
Kushina's figure vanished from the doorway. A fist instantly enlarged before Urashiki's eyes, closing in!
A hint of surprise appeared on Urashiki's face. He didn't have time to completely dodge, or rather, based on his habitual perception of human speed, he judged that this punch could no longer be avoided by conventional movement.
Thus, the ability of Urashiki's blue Rinnegan activated, and time was rewound for an extremely brief moment.
To outsiders, it looked like Urashiki executed an incredible, almost teleportation-like subtle sidestep, narrowly letting the ferocious fist graze his cheek as it shot past!
Such a fast reaction!
Kushina's heart tightened, her offensive slightly retracted, and she landed back on the ground. She didn't notice the anomaly of time being rewound, attributing it only to the opponent's astonishing instantaneous reaction speed or some Body Flicker Technique.
"Oh my? Interrupted by an unexpected person again." Urashiki scrutinized Kushina, especially her hair, as vibrant as flames. "A new face I haven't seen before... The Chakra feels very special too. Since you've delivered yourself to me, I'll 'collect' a bit more, just to make up for the 'expenditure' just now."
"Kushina! Be careful of his weapon!" The Third Hokage, enduring his weakness, shouted with all his might, "Don't let that fishhook touch you! It will directly pierce your body and steal all your Chakra!"
Almost at the same moment the Third Hokage's voice rang out, Urashiki moved. The dark fishing rod cut an arc, shooting straight at Kushina!
"Boom—!"
Kushina immediately leaped backward.
The fishhook missed its target, slamming heavily into the wall of the hospital room behind her original position. The hard stone wall instantly cracked, caved in, and large amounts of rubble and dust roared up, filling half the room!
Before the dust had settled—"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Several dazzling golden lights suddenly pierced through the smoke screen!
Adamantine Sealing Chains extended from behind Kushina, writhing wildly, sealing off all of Urashiki's possible evasion spaces from various angles, coiling and piercing towards Urashiki with astonishing speed!
The hospital room was not spacious to begin with, and in the face of these suddenly activated Adamantine Sealing Chains, the space was almost instantly filled. A blue light flashed in Urashiki's eyes, seemingly wanting to use that strange movement technique again, but the chains came too fast, too dense, sealing off all directions—up, down, left, and right—
"Swish!"
The next moment, several Adamantine Sealing Chains firmly bound Urashiki, wrapping him tightly from head to toe!
"Got him!" Kushina maintained the output of the chains, her eyes sharp. "Speak! Who are you! What is your purpose in Konoha!"
However, Urashiki, tightly bound by the chains, seemed completely unconcerned by his predicament. He meticulously "observed" Kushina, and after a moment, he spoke thoughtfully.
"Your Chakra aura... has a very familiar feeling. Are you related to Uzumaki Naruto?"
"Naruto!?"
The moment this name was uttered from the enemy's mouth, Kushina's originally sharp gaze was instantly covered by killing intent. "You... why do you know that name? Why do you mention him?!"
Urashiki seemed very satisfied with the effect his words had caused. Although the chains were constricting him, making it difficult to breathe, his voice still carried that condescending mockery.
"Why? Because he is my target for coming to this era. My purpose is simple—to seize the Nine-Tails Chakra within 'Uzumaki Naruto'...
Before the word "ra" could be uttered!
"Boom—!!!"
There was no need to hear another word of nonsense. The moment the words "target," "seize," and "Nine-Tails Chakra" were strung together, Kushina's last shred of a thought to interrogate him was completely crushed.
A mother's instinct made her blood almost run cold. In its place was a killing intent that could incinerate everything! When Naruto's safety was involved, any potential threat had to be immediately and thoroughly eliminated!
The golden chains of the Adamantine Sealing Chains suddenly erupted with an even stronger light. The chains abruptly retracted, fiercely pulling Urashiki towards Kushina like a broken doll!
The distance rapidly closed. Kushina's clenched fist aimed directly at Urashiki's head—she intended to smash this threat into pieces right here!
Urashiki was pulled towards the fist, yet his face still showed no panic. In his perception, this kind of physical restraint could be easily broken free from by transforming his body into red Chakra paper cranes with a mere thought, and he could even use it to launch a counterattack... However—
Just as his mind turned, attempting to mobilize the Chakra within his body, his expression changed!
No reaction! Not a single trace of Chakra within his body could be mobilized! It was as if an incredibly heavy force had completely suppressed and sealed off the source of his Chakra!
Are these golden chains responsible?!
Urashiki instantly understood. These inconspicuous chains were not simple restraining Ninjutsu; they actually possessed the terrifying ability to directly suppress, and even Seal, an opponent's Chakra! This completely disrupted his escape plan!
"Bang!!!!!!!!"
The next second, without any fancy moves, the fist, imbued with all of Kushina's fury and power, solidly and completely slammed into Urashiki's face!
It was a tremendous force capable of pulverizing most hard materials! A terrifying shockwave exploded from the point of impact, and the air let out an unbearable roar!
Urashiki's head twisted backward at an exaggerated angle, slamming heavily into the cracked hospital room wall behind him!
"Rumble—!!!"
The entire wall violently trembled, letting out a groan on the verge of collapse. Huge spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread, rubble clattered down, and a clear human-shaped indentation was even smashed into the center of the wall!
It was clear that Kushina's strike was truly merciless, using all her strength, with only one goal—to kill the opponent!
"Crack."
A crisp snapping sound rang out. The gray, square-shaped "horn" on Urashiki's head, which was only left on one side and suspected to be an organ or decoration, finally broke off completely under this heavy blow, falling to the ground and rolling a few times before coming to a stop.
Urashiki's body was softly embedded in the wall's indentation, his head bowed, his life unknown. Even though he looked like a broken puppet, Kushina still did not relax her guard. The Adamantine Sealing Chains still tightly bound him, without the slightest slack.
When it came to Naruto, Kushina couldn't risk any 'what ifs.' Even if it meant repeatedly smashing this guy's corpse until it was completely reduced to a bloody mist, she would do it without hesitation.
She manipulated the chains,
However, the very next moment she focused her perception—
"Screech—!!!"
A sharp, piercing sound suddenly erupted from the red fishing basket behind Urashiki!
Immediately after, azure Lightning Release Chakra, like a bursting dam, poured out from the mouth of the fishing basket! A Chakra flow filled with strong interference and chaotic properties! They frantically impacted and wrapped around the Adamantine Sealing Chains that tightly bound Urashiki!
The golden chains and the blue lightning intensely collided. The steadily flowing sealing power on the chains flickered violently under the sudden, high-intensity Lightning Release Chakra interference.
It was this instant!
"Whoosh!"
Urashiki's blue Rinnegan could be activated again! The ability to rewind time was used to make the best escape choice in the 'past' moment, for 'this' moment!
From Kushina's perspective, Urashiki's originally limp body suddenly transformed into countless crimson Chakra paper cranes, scattering out through the gaps in the chains' restraint!
The next instant, all the paper cranes converged on the other side of the hospital room, and Urashiki's somewhat disheveled figure reappeared. He didn't pause for a second, the blue light in his eyes still glowing, and he swung his fishing rod out again!
It accurately shot towards Kushina's back, where a momentary gap appeared due to the interference with the chains!
"Thud."
This time, the fishhook successfully hit. It pierced into Kushina's back.
"A mere low-level creature from a low-level planet..."
Urashiki gasped, his face showing humiliation and rage from being punched, his previously playful tone replaced by ferocity.
"You bastard! You dare to punch a god! I will definitely slaughter you..."
He waited for the fishhook to devour her Chakra, causing her to collapse. According to his experience, anyone pierced by this fishhook, no matter how strong a Ninja, would instantly lose most of their Chakra and ability to move.
However—
Before he could finish his harsh words, something unexpected happened.
The anticipated scene of Kushina's Chakra being drained and her collapsing weakly did not occur.
Kushina, instead of trying to pull out the fishhook, reached back and grabbed the fishing line connected to it! Immediately after.
"Whoosh—!!!"
A tremendous force surged along the fishing line! Urashiki was uncontrollably yanked over by this brute strength!
His vision spun, and what he barely saw was the fist rapidly enlarging before his eyes once more.
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