Sealing Jutsu (Second Update)

"Kid, I heard you’ve been looking for Kushina lately?"

Tsunade looked at Xu Yue’s Wood Clone before her and asked with a suspicious expression.

Because of his investigation into Tsukishiro Jubei, Xu Yue had specifically registered the identity of this Wood Clone with Tsunade. That was precisely why it was harmless for him to ask around about Kushina; he did not need to worry about being invited in for tea.

A few days before Iwagakure was repelled, Konoha had already exerted immense pressure, forcing Sunagakure, whose Fourth Kazekage had been severely wounded, to sign a treaty of surrender.

The peace agreement had been signed, so Tsunade had naturally returned to Konoha. Judging by the progression of events, her hemophobia would probably drive her to leave Konoha again before long.

But after returning, she had heard about Xu Yue’s recent antics and came to find him.

Kushina herself was related to Tsunade, and the two had a rather good relationship.

"Huh? Hehe, I just learned that she’s Senior Minato’s wife, so I wanted to learn some Sealing Jutsu."

Xu Yue did not beat around the bush with Tsunade. Instead, he spoke bluntly with a slightly bashful expression.

Perhaps he could even use Tsunade to find Kushina. It was not a big deal, so it was better to tell the truth.

"Then why didn’t you tell me earlier? Come with me."

Perhaps because she was preparing to leave Konoha soon, Tsunade was especially brisk and decisive. Without another word, she grabbed Xu Yue’s Wood Clone, whose appearance had "returned" to that of a twelve-year-old, and headed toward a patch of woods…

"I don’t care, I don’t care! Why won’t you let me go to the front lines? You look down on me, don’t you? Come on, come on, let’s have a fight…"

After Tsunade carried him quite a distance, Xu Yue heard an irritable female voice coming from a small cabin ahead.

Well, there was no need to think about it. It had to be Kushina.

Four Anbu were acting as her "guards." Kushina was practically receiving the treatment of the Hokage’s Shadow Guard Unit.

But as the vital Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, a terrifying weapon capable of turning the tide of battle at a critical moment, Kushina truly had the qualifications for such treatment.

Tailed Beasts differed from ordinary Kage-level experts. They could be said to have been born specifically for battle. They might lose in a one-on-one fight against certain powerful Kage-level opponents, but they were exceptionally suited for large-scale battlefields, and no one dared make a move against them lightly.

"Pepper Potts, I’m back."

Compared to Kushina, Tsunade was clearly just as bold and uninhibited. Her voice arrived before she did, causing the irritable noises within to abruptly cease.

Then a red figure rushed out of the house and threw herself toward Tsunade.

"Aunt Tsunade, I missed you so much! Was the front line fun?"

However, halfway through her leap, Kushina slammed on the brakes and looked doubtfully at the Xu Yue Wood Clone Tsunade was carrying.

"Who’s he?"

When the Anbu guards saw Tsunade arrive, they visibly relaxed. After saluting, they all concealed themselves in the surrounding shadows. They had no intention of disturbing them, nor did they ask any questions.

They seemed to know that the less they knew about these two female demons, the better.

"Him? You should have heard his title recently—the Black Little Flash."

Tsunade clearly found Xu Yue’s obviously perfunctory title somewhat amusing, though it was ultimately a title he had earned through the enemy’s recognition.

"Huh? That’s him?"

Kushina immediately put on a look of disdain. She stared at Xu Yue in displeasure, and a sour air filled the space.

Xu Yue’s Wood Clone was utterly baffled. Why are you getting jealous? I’m a guy, okay!

"Then Minato came back too?"

After shooting Xu Yue a disdainful glance, Kushina seemed to think of something. Her eyes lit up as she spoke.

"No, this is only his Wood Clone."

Kushina was from the Uzumaki Clan, and Tsunade’s grandmother, Mito Uzumaki, had been as well. By that reckoning, Kushina was much closer to Tsunade than Xu Yue currently was. Furthermore, as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Kushina held a high status in Konoha, so Tsunade did not hide much from her.

"Wood Style? Him? Eh~"

Kushina widened her beautiful eyes as she looked at Xu Yue, twirling her red hair around her finger in apparent surprise.

Even Tsunade had not mastered Wood Style!

Xu Yue wore a bashful smile as he looked at that pretty face before him.

"Sister Kushina, I’ve always heard Senior Minato praising you. I heard that he fell for your red hair at first sight."

Flattery could get through anything. With Tsunade’s introduction, they could be considered acquainted. Xu Yue decided to leave a good impression and shamelessly acted cute.

"Huh? Really? Hahaha, at least he has good taste."

Kushina was clearly somewhat different from traditional girls. There was not the slightest trace of shyness in her at this moment. Instead, she accepted the compliment without the slightest embarrassment, though it was obvious she was in a very good mood.

Xu Yue also received a notification that his favorability had increased by five points.

It made the corner of his eye twitch. At this rate of raising favorability, it probably would not take long to reach the point where she would be willing to bear him a child.

Naruto’s mother… Would getting her pregnant ahead of time count as a major plot change? There should be a reward, right?

How about a black-haired Naruto? Just thinking about it was exciting.

Uh, he was merely calculating it instinctively. There was no other meaning behind it…

The meeting with someone this thick-nerved went quite normally, and Xu Yue obtained a scroll containing basic Sealing Jutsu.

Well, he had obtained the scroll, but perhaps because of the effort required, learning every technique written on it required him to pay that money-grubbing Space a fee.

Still, the Reincarnation Space was fair in its own way. If you paid, it delivered. After he threw in eleven C-rank rewards and one B-rank reward, Xu Yue directly mastered multiple Sealing Jutsu. He learned all the ones that required only Reincarnation Points and no Plot Points. (The extra C-rank reward had come from selling Root slots.)

Moreover, because the knowledge influenced one another, he gained an exceptionally solid overall foundation in Sealing Jutsu.

But he had only just learned them, and the knowledge in his mind was still disorganized and had yet to be properly sorted through.

To become fully proficient and familiar with them, he would probably need a fairly long period, just like with the Flying Thunder God.

"Whew, there should still be time before the Nine-Tails Incident."

First, he would lay a solid foundation. Then he would raise her favorability properly. When the right opportunity came, Xu Yue intended to see whether he could learn more advanced Sealing Jutsu.

The one Xu Yue coveted most, and the one he had a chance of obtaining, was naturally the Uzumaki Clan’s exclusive offensive-and-defensive Sealing Jutsu: Adamantine Sealing Chains!

Although this technique was a secret sealing art of the Uzumaki Clan, as a "relative" of the Uzumaki Clan with the physique of an advanced Sage Body, he might have a chance to improve it. Even if he could not learn it immediately, he had to at least obtain the learning scroll.

Although the Reincarnation Space was a damned scammer and always hungry for money, Xu Yue still acknowledged that it was fair in this regard.

As long as one had money, one could become stronger. Even the Rasengan could be independently developed and recognized. Once he built a solid foundation in Sealing Jutsu, creating his own version of Adamantine Sealing Chains was clearly not impossible, and he might even have a chance of receiving the Space’s recognition and correction.

All things considered, Adamantine Sealing Chains might not be more useful than Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence. Both combined control with Chakra absorption.

They did not raise his upper limit of strength, but Sealing Jutsu could deal with certain strange existences, such as Impure World Reincarnation or Black Zetsu!

It could be considered an ability that filled in a gap…

Just as Xu Yue’s Wood Clone began carefully studying the Sealing Jutsu he had acquired, and even stopped promoting his "Root" slots…

The minor side effect brought about by his previous large-scale sale of slots finally erupted.

Chu Yingxiong had come by, but as a Chunin and an old hand, he had actually been doing fairly well while farming missions in Root, so he did not blame Xu Yue too much.

But the "Root Genin" from those advancement teams were in an incredibly awkward position.

"Bastard! Get out here!"

"Hurry up and return our Plot Points!"

Voices demanding their rights rose from outside the temporary place where Xu Yue’s Wood Clone was staying…

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