Talent Tree Ninja: I Can Upgrade My Abilities

After Danzo and the other two left, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to the Hokage's office and said after a moment's silence, "Shinnosuke, ask Min

After Danzo and the other two left, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to the Hokage's office and said after a moment's silence, "Shinnosuke, ask Minato to come over."

"clear!"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke's voice rang out.

A moment later, Namikaze Minato knocked on the door and walked in: "Third Hokage!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded slightly and said, "Iwagakure is already mobilizing heavy troops, and it is only a matter of time before Kumogakure withdraws its troops, so I will facilitate peace talks as soon as possible."

Namikaze Minato nodded in understanding.

Sarutobi Hiruzen continued, "So, I will also use the Four-Tails as a bargaining chip in the peace talks with the Iwagakure."

This was within Namikaze Minato's expectations, but he still asked, "Will it be returned once the peace talks are concluded?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen said: "That depends on the outcome of the peace talks."

"But in order to end the war as quickly as possible, some concessions are inevitable. With one tail already, extracting the fourth tail shouldn't have any negative effects on Shuichi."

"Minato, when you arrive at the Kumogakure battlefield, you must explain this to Shuichi. I hope he can understand the difficulties of the village."

Namikaze Minato nodded: "I understand."

Sarutobi Hiruzen added: "There is one more thing you need to be prepared for, Minato."

"After the war, I will step down as Hokage. At that time, I will ask the Daimyo to nominate you to take over and become the Fourth Hokage."

Namikaze Minato was stunned when he heard this: "Third Hokage, you are still in your prime, there is no need to retire so soon, right?"

This year, Sarutobi Hiruzen is 54 years old, which is indeed not considered particularly old.

The Third Tsuchikage and the Third Mizukage were even a few years older than Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and said, "You performed very well in this war. You have grown enough."

"Besides, since you have not gained any benefit for the village, you as the Hokage should take responsibility."

"In addition, while you are still young and unable to move, I can teach you more things at the beginning of your succession, so that the transition between the two generations will be more stable."

"It's settled now, Minato, get ready!"

Namikaze Minato nodded solemnly: "Yes, I understand!"

…

After leaving the Hokage Building, Namikaze Minato walked very slowly.

After a brief excitement, he calmed down and thought deeply: "It seems that Danzo has challenged the Sandaime. Is he using the return of the tailed beast as an excuse?"

"Come to think of it, it was Shuichi who first proposed returning the Suna Ninja Tailed Beast..."

Namikaze Minato frowned: "Three years... If Shuichi can't solve the problem within three years, then we have to think of other ways."

"We have to prepare in advance."

"Tailed Beast Experiment..."

…

Three days passed in a flash. After enjoying a brief moment of alone time with Uzumaki Kushina at home, Namikaze Minato hurriedly set out on his journey again.

This time he did not bring Kakashi and the other two with him, but instead took some reinforcements north.

As for Kakashi and the other two, Kakashi is still the captain and leads the team south to fight against the Kiri Ninja.

Kumo ninja Battlefield.

"Minato-sensei!"

Hoshita Shuichi was extremely happy to see Namikaze Minato.

"Shuichi, you've grown a little taller."

Namikaze Minato came to Hoshita Shuichi and asked, "How is the battle going?"

Hoshita Shuichi said: "We have a slight advantage, but we can't continue to advance due to the lack of troops."

Namikaze Minato saw it clearly: "Shuichi, you haven't fully demonstrated your strength yet, right?"

"With your main body holding back the AB team, there shouldn't be anyone who can stop your clone, right?"

Hoshita Shuichi laughed and said, "Teacher, you underestimated the AB combination. Now there is an additional Rubber Bloodline Limit ninja who can use chakra to turn into rubber. His defense is very good, whether it is against Lightning release, Fire Release, or Wind Release."

Namikaze Minato was not confused at all and asked, "Shuichi, do you want to seize the Eight-Tails?"

Hoshita Shuichi put away his smile and said, "Although it's basically impossible, I still have to try."

"Even if I have to give it back in the end."

Namikaze Minato nodded and said seriously: "Let's leave the competitive son of the Third Raikage to the teacher!"

Hoshita Shuichi smiled and said, "That's exactly what I meant!"

…

An hour later, with Hoshita Shuichi appearing at the forefront, the AB combination and Dodai also quickly appeared.

Everyone has gotten used to it during this time.

But today is obviously different.

Namikaze Minato immediately waved his hand, and a large number of Flying Thunder God Kunai scattered out.

This style is all too familiar to the Kumo ninja.

Dodai's eyes immediately fixed: "This hair color, could it be..."

Not only him, but other Kumo ninjas also discovered it.

"The same instant body technique, isn't it Konoha's yellow flash?"

"Dodai, we are in trouble now."

"Should we retreat?"

Dodai looked serious and said to Ai: "Ai, retreat for the time being. The one next to Hoshita Shuichi should be his teacher Namikaze Minato, who has mastered the same yellow flash of the instant body technique."

Ai's eyes fell on Namikaze Minato: "The same instant body technique... It was this guy who completed the mission of retrieving the Nine-Tails all by himself back then."

"Then we need to learn a lesson. It would be best to get rid of them all at once."

Killer Bee also said immediately: "Don't worry, my brother and I are here, nothing will go wrong, idiot, bastard!"

Even though we cannot win, we must not lose momentum.

Since their debut, the AB group has never fled without a fight.

Moreover, during this period of time they have become thoroughly familiar with this technique of instant teleportation.

Ai said, "Dodai, take your men to hold back that Uchiha and that troublesome woman."

Dodai nodded helplessly.

"Then... go ahead!"

A strong electric light was wrapped around Ai's body as he rushed straight towards Namikaze Minato.

As soon as he moved, Hoshita Shuichi also entered the Fire Release Chakra Mode. His body flew into the air, and purple lotuses bloomed on his body. He broke through the air and went straight for the Eight-Tails Killer Bee.

At the same time, Uchiha Shisui and Asuka also rushed out together.

Dodai immediately took two Kumo ninjas to intercept.

Other Konoha ninjas and Kumo ninjas also fought against each other, but they all moved away from the battlefield in the middle.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The tails wrapped in chakra pierced towards Hoshita Shuichi like spears.

With his full fighting power unleashed, Hoshita Shuichi danced like a blue-purple butterfly. After avoiding the attack from the tail, he activated the Netherworld Fire Chain.

Chains whizzed out, entangled and locked the dancing tails, and the chakra of the tailed beasts on the tails suddenly collapsed and faded away bit by bit .

At this time, Killer Bee had already transformed into half-tailed beast. He opened his mouth and a Tailed Beast Bomb came out, shooting towards Hoshita Shuichi in mid-air.

Hoshita Shuichi raised his left hand and the technique unfolded from the palm of his hand outward. After the Tailed Beast Bomb arrived, the space suddenly sank and then disappeared.

"This guy has hidden his strength. The One-Tail and the Four-Tail are indeed inside him. He is even more dangerous than before!"

The eight-tailed beast shouted a warning.

This move was something that Hoshita Shuichi had never demonstrated before.

"I see!"

"But I will never let him succeed. That chain can't hold me down!"

Killer Bee shouted and pulled his tail hard, pulling Hoshita Shuichi towards him from the air.

He wanted to slap this guy to death!However, after transferring the Tailed Beast Bomb, Hoshita Shuichi created two shadow clones.

One shadow clone replaced the original body and locked the Eight-Tails' tail with the Netherworld Fire Chain, while another shadow clone flew towards Killer Bee. When it was about to be hit by Killer Bee after transforming into a tailed beast, the Netherworld Fire Chain was activated, wrapping around his limbs and head.

"asshole!"

Killer Bee felt like he couldn't move.

"Leave it to me!"

The Eight-Tailed Beast immediately took over control of the fist, opened his mouth, and a Tailed Beast Bomb quickly condensed, and he slammed it into Hoshita Shuichi's face. At the same time, terrible power surged, and Hoshita Shuichi's two shadow clones couldn't even be completely controlled. The chains rattled, as if they would be torn off at any time.

"As expected of the Eight-Tails!"

Hoshita Shuichi's real body appeared next to the shadow clone, raised his hand to transfer the Tailed Beast Bomb again, and then his figure appeared above the Eight-Tails in a flash.

The art of spiritualization!

Illusion Realm - Memory Palace!

The still struggling Eight-Tails and Killer Bee were immediately pulled into the illusion.

The ability of illusion is also something that Hoshita Shuichi has not displayed in recent times.

However, the Kumo ninja did not obtain the information about Hoshita Shuichi from the Suna Ninja like the Iwa Ninja did, and they thought that Hoshita Shuichi used a chain-type sealing technique to capture the tailed beasts.

But in fact, the key to Hoshita Shuichi's ability to capture the One-Tail and the Four-Tail was illusion.

After controlling the Eight-Tails and Killer Bee, Hoshita Shuichi's two shadow clones immediately began to extract the power of the Eight-Tails.

However, the power of the Eight-Tails is much stronger than the Four-Tails, and it is more difficult to extract.

On the other side, Ai and Dodai were shocked to see Killer Bee being controlled, and they immediately abandoned their opponents and went back for help.

"Ai, your opponent is me!"

Namikaze Minato appeared in front of Ai and pressed the Rasengan in his hand.

Ai crossed his arms and blocked with his arm guard.

Boom!

Ai flew backwards, but after rolling on the ground for a few times, he immediately bounced up and rushed towards Killer Bee again.

Swish, Namikaze Minato appeared again to intercept.

"hateful..."

Ai rushed forward angrily.

…

On the other side, Dodai was equally anxious, but he was still able to keep his composure and rely on Rubber Release to deal with Uchiha Shisui.

On the contrary, the other Kumo ninja had been dealt with by Asuka, who immediately came to the top of the Eight-Tails and locked it with the Adamantine Sealing Chain, allowing Hoshita Shuichi's shadow clone to free up all his strength to extract the Eight-Tails with all his strength.

Time passes by little by little.

The Eight-Tails was pulled out little by little, but Ai was still unable to break through Namikaze Minato's blockade, and Dodai was also unable to do anything to Uchiha Shisui.

Unfortunately, in less than a quarter of an hour, the reinforcements of the Kumo ninja arrived.

Above the Eight-Tails, Hoshita Shuichi opened his eyes and said to Asuka, "Retreat!"

Asuka nodded and immediately put away the Adamantine Sealing Chain and retreated.

Hoshita Shuichi immediately created a clone to block the source of the Kumo ninja, and he also jumped down from the top of the Eight-Tails and started a tug-of-war with the two shadow clones.

After a while, eight tail and Killer Bee finally broke through the illusion blockade of Hoshita Shuichi's spirit clone and regained control of their bodies.

At this moment, Hoshita Shuichi had only drawn out one-fifth of the eight tails.

"I'm not that easy to deal with, you idiot, you bastard!"

Killer Bee pulled hard, but he was no match for Hoshita Shuichi, and the power of the Eight-Tails was still moving outwards little by little.

But at this moment, the Eight-Tails was blocked by the Netherworld Fire Chain and could not exert any strength.

"Bee, when I use that move, you be ready to break free of his seal!"

Gyuki shouted.

Killer Bee nodded immediately: "Understood!"

The next moment, the force of the Eight-Tails that Hoshita Shuichi was pulling outward broke, and it turned into an Eight-Tails that was pulled into Hoshita Shuichi's body and sealed.

But after being sealed, it turned out to be an octopus tail.

Tail-breaking substitute!

"roar!"

The eight-tailed beast roared and broke the chains.

Hoshita Shuichi immediately disappeared and appeared next to Asuka.

Almost at the same time, Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Shisui also retreated.

The other Konoha ninjas and Kumo ninjas also stopped fighting and retreated to confront each other.

Ai flashed back to Killer Bee and said, "Bee, how is it?"

Killer Bee, who had already escaped from the tailed beast transformation, gasped: "Brother, I'm fine."

"This guy tried to take Eight Tails away but failed, idiot, bastard!"

Dodai said solemnly, "I didn't expect his illusion technique to be more powerful than that Uchiha!"

Because of his experience in dealing with Uchiha, he had avoided being controlled by Uchiha Shisui's illusion before, but he was also unable to break through Uchiha Shisui's blockade, and he could not crack Uchiha Shisui's instant body technique.

"No wonder the One-Tail and the Four-Tail were taken. This combination is too strong."

Dodai couldn't help but sigh, and then shouted: "Ai, retreat!"

Ai nodded happily this time. Although he was competitive and wanted revenge, he knew it was impossible.

If this continues, Killer Bee might lose the Eight-Tails.

"withdraw!"

Ai led the Kumo ninja to retreat, and Hoshita Shuichi and others did not pursue them.

Namikaze Minato came to Hoshita Shuichi with a tired look and asked, "Shuichi, how are you?"

Hoshita Shuichi shook his head: "If you want to extract the Eight-Tails, you need at least one or two hours without being disturbed."

The main body's spiritual transformation technique is enough to use illusion to hold back Killer Bee and the Eight-Tails, but it takes an extremely long time to extract the Eight-Tails.

He estimated that an hour would not be enough because the chakra of the Eight-Tails was too huge.

After hearing this, Namikaze Minato said, "It seems there is no way to take it away."

"Under the current circumstances, the Kumo Ninja will definitely not let the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki go out alone."

Hoshita Shuichi nodded, but was not disappointed, thinking there would be opportunities in the future.

This time, one fifth of the power of the Eight-Tails was seized, which is not bad. Although it does not have the consciousness of the Eight-Tails and will be gone after it is used up, it is enough for research.

Moreover, the Eight-Tails Horn is still being cultivated in the experimental base, and this chakra can be used to feed it.

…

In the next few days, Hoshita Shuichi led the team to contain the AB combination, while Namikaze Minato led the Konoha army to counterattack and won victory after victory.

Without the AB combination, the Kumo ninja would not even have anyone who could stop Namikaze Minato.

Moreover, reinforcements continued to arrive from Konoha, gradually making up for the shortage of manpower in Konoha.

Time flies and it is November of the 45th year of Konoha.

In the Kingdom of the Moon, Hoshita Shuichi, who had just finished a great battle, was resting with his eyes closed when Namikaze Minato suddenly appeared.

"Shuichi, the Third Raikage died in the Land of Earth!"

Hoshita Shuichi opened his eyes and was not surprised.

But Uchiha Shisui next to him couldn't help but be surprised, and Asuka couldn't help but exclaimed: "The Third Raikage is dead?"

Namikaze Minato nodded: "The Iwagakure ninja took advantage of the peace talks with us and the Sunagakure to mobilize a large number of troops. The specific situation is not clear at the moment, but the Third Raikage is indeed dead. This news came from the Iwagakure ninja, but we also got confirmation from the Kumogakure ninja."

Asuka said: "The son of the Third Raikage is already very powerful. His chakra is comparable to that of the tailed beasts. The Third Raikage should be even stronger. It is surprising that he died in the Land of Earth."

"Could it be that the Third Tsuchikage took action?"

Namikaze Minato could not answer this question, and Konoha had not received any specific information yet.

Uchiha Shisui said: "Minato-sensei, does this mean that the Kumo ninja are going to withdraw?"

Namikaze Minato shook his head: "The Kumo Ninja has already decided on the successor, there will be no internal strife, so they will not withdraw their troops in the short term."

"But for revenge, the next destination for the Kumo Ninja will probably be the Iwa Ninja."

Hoshita Shuichi asked: "The Iwa Ninja defeated the Third Raikage, but the war in the Land of Grass may not end so easily, right?"

Namikaze Minato nodded, but comforted: "Don't worry, although it won't end so quickly, the result will not change."

"It is already very difficult for the Iwagakure to return to the previous situation, but Shuichi, you must be prepared to lose the Four-Tails."

Hoshita Shuichi nodded: "Don't worry, Minato Sensei, I understand."

That was exactly what he wanted.

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