chapter 83 part 3
"So you're impatient... I also don't know the whereabouts of Lord Jiraiya, nor which country he might take his disciple to hide in."
"They are currently still in the Land of Rain. I need you to take me there." Mito Uzumaki's expression was calm, her attitude firm.
Taking Mito Uzumaki directly from the Hidden Leaf Village to the Land of Rain? This was no simple task for Tsukasa Kaede.
After becoming the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Mito Uzumaki also mastered Malevolent Sensory Perception. Moreover, her strong control over the Nine-Tails surpassed even Minato's.
Tsukasa Kaede bluntly said, "I can't do it. Your Chakra volume is too vast, the burden on me would be too great. Perhaps you should seek out Minato Namikaze; his Flying Raijin Jutsu is more suitable for transporting people."
"I will provide you with enough Chakra. Don't waste any more of my time. My patience is very limited."
"...Alright, it seems I can't refuse. Although I don't know why you value me so highly, I'm willing to help."
Tsukasa Kaede extended his hand.
As Mito Uzumaki's aged hand touched his, an immense surge of Chakra immediately poured into Tsukasa Kaede's body.
As a result, a thick Tailed Beast cloak emerged on Tsukasa Kaede's body, and a Chakra tail quickly grew behind him.
"...This is the Nine-Tails' Chakra... You truly leave me speechless. I can only try harder to repay you."
Tsukasa Kaede was filled with awe, both for Mito Uzumaki's straightforwardness and the Nine-Tails' power.
The Nine-Tails at this time was still in its Perfect Form, not yet split into Yin and Yang by the Reaper Death Seal. Even though Tsukasa Kaede only had one tail behind him, this terrifying Chakra still shocked him.
In the past, he had extracted Life Force from numerous zombies many times, but none had reached this scale of Chakra.
And this was only a small portion of the Nine-Tails' power! One must remember that Mito Uzumaki herself could suppress a Perfect Form Nine-Tails so thoroughly it couldn't even raise its head! This wasn't entirely due to Sealing Jutsu; it was also because Mito Uzumaki's own Chakra volume was exceptionally terrifying.
Tsukasa Kaede had personally experienced a portion of a top-tier being's power—when he met Madara previously, Madara had not given him this level of shock, because Madara had lost his Rinnegan and his body was aged beyond recognition.
Normally, Madara would soon have to rely on the Gedo Mazo to sustain his existence.
"Then, Lady Mito, I shall begin the Jutsu."
Tsukasa Kaede performed a single Hand Kaedegn, transporting Mito Uzumaki in one breath to the Land of Rain.
No previous transfer had given Tsukasa Kaede such a heavy feeling. As a result, when the two appeared in the Land of Rain, their Tailed Beast cloaks had thinned somewhat.
Mito Uzumaki, bathed in the rain, identified a direction and transformed into an afterimage, moving at high speed, leaving Tsukasa Kaede standing there, watching her distant figure.
There was no intention of retrieving the Nine-Tails Chakra.
Tsukasa Kaede naturally accepted it with a smile. He immediately took out a special Sealing Scroll, pulled it open with one hand, and used the other to form Hand Kaedegns, sealing the Nine-Tails Chakra inside.
Within the opened scroll, Tsukasa Kaede had reserved a total of nine blank spaces. In the fourth and ninth positions, the characters "Four" and "Nine" respectively appeared.
"I never expected to obtain the Nine-Tails Chakra, which should have been the hardest to acquire, so easily... Lady Mito is truly generous and magnanimous. This is the demeanor a top-tier Ninja World expert should possess."
With this, Tsukasa Kaede had already acquired the Four-Tails' and Nine-Tails' Chakra, giving him a bit more confidence.
The swiftly moving Mito headed straight for the Land of Rain's border. Of course, she sensed all of Tsukasa Kaede's actions, but paid them no mind—it was merely a trivial amount of Nine-Tails Chakra; if Tsukasa Kaede wanted it, he could keep it.
Through her Malevolent Sensory Perception, she had actually even sensed the numerous White Zetsu scattered throughout the Land of Rain, vaguely feeling that these abominations were strange, seeming to have subtle similarities to her husband's Chakra fluctuations? But this was also unimportant. The Ninja World was too complex, and she was dying. Her priority now was Nagato.
"Hehehe, Mito, your heart is in turmoil."
"Discovering that the Uzumaki Clan still has clansmen scattered in other countries has caused an improper stir in your stagnant heart."
"How pitiful. You, whose every ray of light was overshadowed by Hashirama Senju, are surprisingly moved to action again in your old age for such a reason."
The Nine-Tails' voice echoed in Mito Uzumaki's mind, full of ridicule and sarcasm, and even negative emotions like a flood, seemingly condensed from all of humanity's hatred, crashing against Mito Uzumaki's inner self.
Don't misunderstand, this wasn't the Nine-Tails deliberately trying to corrupt Mito Uzumaki—it had done similar things many times before, to no avail.
Mito Uzumaki suppressed it completely, leaving it no temper whatsoever, making it impossible to break free on its own.
*Crash!* A large number of Chakra Chains appeared out of nowhere, violently piercing the Nine-Tails' body, further suppressing the already heavily bound Nine-Tails.
"Quiet down, you dead fox. If the village didn't have a use for you, I would have found a way to kill you long ago... Every time I sense your presence, I remember that annoying man. Without him, everything wouldn't be as it is now," Mito Uzumaki said coldly.
"Hmph hmph hmph, but what does that matter? You can't kill me at all, or are you planning to die with me? I'd absolutely love that," the Nine-Tails mocked wildly.
In truth, it didn't want to die either. Even if it were to revive, it would take several years, and there was no guarantee what other accidents might occur during that time.
Mito Uzumaki said no more. She truly had nothing to say to that beast. Ever since the Valley of the End battle, when her husband captured the Nine-Tails and brought it back to the village, she had endured her disgust for so many years, dealing with the Nine-Tails inside her.
"Found them..."
Mito Uzumaki looked at the figures ahead.
Just as she was about to exert more effort and catch up to them, she sensed a large number of White Zetsu blocking her path.
"Stop, you can't go any further."