Naruto: Did i Just Get Reincarnated as Gojo?-Chapter 299: The Nine-Tails Remembers Madara and Hashirama

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This was the Jinchuriki's most vulnerable moment, but also their strongest! Only by breaking the shackles, by risking everything, was there a chance to tame the Nine-Tails!

The moment the Nine-Tails was released, Kushina formed hand seals, unleashing the Adamantine Sealing Chains. Numerous chakra chains erupted from her back, ensnaring the Nine-Tails. Then, she forcefully pulled at its chakra.

Pure, light blue chakra was extracted from its tails, from its very being.

"You think you can master my power? Be consumed by rage!"

The Nine-Tails was an amalgamation of anger and hatred—

Once a wild Tailed Beast, living freely in its own territory, it had been controlled by genjutsu, used in battle, then sealed away, deprived of its freedom for decades.

The Sage of Six Paths, creator of the Tailed Beasts, had once taught them to coexist peacefully with humans, to create an ideal world.

But ultimately, human desire had prevailed—They were captured, sealed within Jinchuriki, used as weapons of war.

Entrusted to live peacefully with humans, yet captured, enslaved, and exploited by them, even their names stripped away, referred to only by the number of their tails.

How could it not be enraged? How could it not hate?

The festering resentment, flowing through the chakra chains, even a small fraction of it, was enough to overwhelm Kushina's sanity, plunging her into a vortex of hatred, one of her eyes turning a chaotic mix of black and red.

Decades of resentment, malice towards humanity, manifested as spectral figures, attempting to devour Kushina.

"This is my pain! Can you understand it?!"

Childhood memories, the sting of being called "Red Hot-Blooded Habanero," flooded her mind:

"Ugly freak, eek, eek, ah~ Can you please not turn on the light!"

"I will become this Village's first female Hokage!!"

"A tomato wants to be Hokage? Witch! Witch! Witch!!"

"It's that Red Hot-Blooded Habanero—Disappear~"

"An outsider can never become Hokage, can never be accepted by us Konoha Shinobi! No one will acknowledge you! Disappear~ Disappear~ Disappear~"

"I don't want this hair color either, but it's a part of me. I can't help it."

A torrent of negative emotions assaulted Kushina's mind, until a blond figure, holding her in a princess carry, performed a "Moonlit Princess Carry," and Kushina began to completely succumb.

After an unknown amount of time, within a warm, yellow conscious space...

In a daze, Kushina seemed to see a boy with six whisker marks on his face, bearing a strong resemblance to Minato, smiling innocently at her, saying:

"Mom, being a Jinchuriki, you must have suffered a lot—As your child, as the Hokage's child, as a Jinchuriki's child, I am proud!"

"Love you, Mom. See you tomorrow~"

"So noisy! What an idiot!"

Bang—

Kushina instantly snapped awake, instinctively swatting away the Nine-Tails' chakra that was attempting to corrupt her through the chains.

"Eh?!" The Nine-Tails was stunned, a comically bewildered expression on its face.

Somehow, Kushina's sudden exclamation of "So noisy!" had broken her free from the encroaching hatred, and she glared furiously at the great Nine-Tails.

"Minato and Naruto are enough for me! I don't care what others think—!" Kushina snarled, slapping away the tainted chakra. "Kurama, you don't understand, do you? This is love!"

"Hurry up and give me your chakra! I need to protect my family!"

Family hero, infinite love!!!

It didn't understand. How could a Jinchuriki, suddenly babbling about family and love, overcome fifty years of accumulated resentment?

Kurama, having lived for millennia, had never encountered such a phenomenon.

The chakra tug-of-war entered its second round.

Though Kushina had broken free from the negative emotions, she was still weakened by childbirth. Even with the "infinite love" buff, she gradually began to lose ground.

Kushina's soul was being pulled towards the Nine-Tails' gaping maw.

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In the real world—

Tsunade's expression was grave.

A foreboding, pale red Tailed Beast cloak enveloped Kushina. Realizing Kushina was in danger, she knew she couldn't delay any longer. She immediately channeled her chakra into Kushina at maximum output.

When Tsunade opened her eyes again, her surroundings had changed.

Oppressive, dim—The air reeked of ominous chakra.

In the distance, a human and a beast were locked in a tug-of-war.

Tsunade clenched her fists, a faint green glow emanating from them. She strode towards the struggling pair, letting out a sharp cry:

"I'm here to help!"

Hearing that familiar, yet unfamiliar voice...

The Nine-Tails shuddered, its fur standing on end like a startled cat. It abandoned its attempt to win the chakra tug-of-war and escape, instinctively trying to retreat into the cage that had previously sealed it.

Being inside the Jinchuriki—wasn't so bad. At least it wasn't outside, being controlled by genjutsu, or having its neck choked by Rashōmon gates.

Especially being choked by Wood Golems, Wood Buddhas, and Rashōmon gates—the Nine-Tails never wanted to experience that again.

Yes.

Tsunade's voice—reminded Kurama, of the terror of being dominated by Uchiha Madara and Hashirama Senju.

Recovering, Kurama's eyes widened as it looked towards the source of the voice. A blonde woman, fists clenched, was walking towards it.

"That face, that chakra—Is she truly Hashirama's descendant?"

"I understand that, but what's with her eyes? Especially the right one—it's the same type as Madara's!"

Kurama didn't understand, but it was deeply shaken.

Hashirama and Madara, weren't they mortal enemies, locked in a cycle of love and hate? Why did Hashirama's granddaughter possess such eyes?!

Was this a grand reconciliation?

Or perhaps—genjutsu? A Tailed Beast unable to distinguish reality from illusion, drowned in the Mangekyō's illusory realm!

Both eyes were normal, nothing remarkable. But Tsunade's right eye—it gave Kurama a strange, unsettling feeling.

Tsunade paid no mind to Kurama's internal monologue. She advanced and delivered a Punch—squarely on Kurama's forehead.

Its massive body slammed onto the water's surface. The pressure on Kushina eased, and she seized the opportunity, pulling another significant portion of the Nine-Tails' chakra towards herself.

The Nine-Tails, recovering, snarled.

Damn it!

If Hashirama himself were here, it might have willingly offered its chakra.

You're just his granddaughter!

The Tailed Beast didn't believe in substitute literature. Fine, let's test it.

Kurama opened its massive maw again. Yin-Yang Release chakra, allocated in a 2:8 ratio, condensed in its mouth, about to unleash a Tailed Beast Bomb on the two women below.

But Tsunade's next words froze Kurama in place.

It wasn't genjutsu.

Though she'd transplanted the Mangekyō, Tsunade hadn't mastered a genjutsu powerful enough to control the Nine-Tails—It could be inferred that such a genjutsu was developed by Uchiha Madara himself.

Tailed Beasts were intelligent chakra aggregates.

They succumbed to genjutsu, feared coercion, and were tempted by inducement.

Yes, coercion and inducement!

The purest form of Talk-no-Jutsu, the ultimate pleasure—

"Kurama, you don't want to be sealed by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, lose your consciousness, and become part of the Ten-Tails again, do you?"

"Ga?" Kurama's condensing Tailed Beast Bomb abruptly stopped. It swallowed the incomplete Yin-Yang chakra, letting out a loud burp. Its beastly eyes revealed deep apprehension.

"What do you mean by that? Hashirama's descendant, how do you know about the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's sealing?"

Tsunade clenched her fists, her voice tinged with annoyance. "My name is Tsunade! As for how I know about the Demonic Statue—a lot has happened in the Shinobi World while you were sealed."

Tsunade, recalling the script Gojo Kaigetsu had given her, delivered her lines with passion. "Someone has awakened the Sage of Six Paths' eyes. They are actively searching for the nine Tailed Beasts scattered across the Shinobi World, seeking to use your power to revive the Ten-Tails and destroy this world."

"We—were entrusted by the Sage of Six Paths in a dream to stop that ambitious individual's plan, to save the Shinobi World. That's why we need to borrow your chakra!"

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