"It's too late. Kushina's fate is sealed. Minato doesn't usually show it, but he is a very devoted man. Kushina's death is a hurdle he can't overcome. He probably already has a death wish."
In the original story, Minato Namikaze actually had a chance to survive when facing the Nine-Tails.
Any discerning person would know that the most suitable candidate for performing the Reaper Death Seal was the elderly Third Hokage, not him, the Fourth Hokage in his prime.
But sadly, he didn't want to live after Kushina died, so he decided to do it himself.
This time it's the same. Kushina is destined to die, and Minato won't live alone either.
They are destined to be a pair of doomed lovers.
"The Third is really old. He is no longer suitable to continue serving as Hokage."
Such a great and powerful village, the strongest in the ninja world, was developing peacefully, but it almost collapsed later due to Orochimaru's "Konoha Crush" plan.
"He is no longer the hero he once was. Suspicion and worry have become his current labels. Losing Danzo is a good thing for Konoha, but it's not necessarily a good thing for Hiruzen Sarutobi."
"Since things have developed to this point, we can only proceed with another backup plan."
"Yeah."
Kifū and his puppet clone spoke one sentence each, as if talking to themselves.
As he spoke, Kifū turned to look at the puppet clone and said calmly, "Go. It's your turn to appear and save Konoha again."
"You really think highly of me. That's the Nine-Tails and Uchiha Obito." The puppet clone clicked his tongue and complained, but his body was very honest.
Kifū didn't move, just watched from afar as Uchiha Obito, imitating Uchiha Madara, cast "威装・須佐能乎" (威装・須佐能乎, not translated in source text) to perfectly combine the Nine-Tails and Susanoo, blocking Sarutobi Hiruzen's ultimate move, "Five-Style Combo Technique."
However, the technique that Sarutobi Hiruzen was so proud of seemed unremarkable in the face of the Nine-Tails and Susanoo.
Seeing that his attack was ineffective, Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression darkened.
"Minato..."
Minato Namikaze also frowned and said in a deep voice, "This man who calls himself Uchiha Madara is very strong, but he's not so strong that we can't deal with him. The real problem is the Nine-Tails, which is constantly providing him with chakra."
Sarutobi Hiruzen obviously saw this point as well.
"So we must separate him from the Nine-Tails, otherwise, we won't have any way to deal with him."
"Third Hokage, I'll have to trouble you to take the lead in the attack. I'll try to get close to the Nine-Tails," Minato said.
"Minato, you!?" Sarutobi Hiruzen stared blankly at Minato Namikaze.
"Only I can do this. Third Hokage, I'll leave the village to you."
Minato suddenly narrowed his eyes and smiled.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was naturally very familiar with this familiar and extremely approachable smile. It was because of this smile that he agreed to Jiraiya's proposal to let him try the Flying Thunder God Technique, unexpectedly creating the "Yellow Flash" and giving Konoha a competent Fourth Hokage.
But now, seeing this smile, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt a strange sadness in his heart.
He knew that all of this happened because of his suspicion.
Opening his mouth to say something, Minato Namikaze didn't give him a chance. The chakra throughout his body quietly changed, and orange lines appeared on his face.
Sage Mode!
"I'm going!"
With that, his figure flashed and suddenly appeared behind Uchiha Obito. Terrifying chakra instantly gathered in his hand, a huge amount of sage chakra mixed into the massive chakra.
"Sage Art! Super-Massive Rasengan!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Minato, who left in a hurry without giving him a chance to speak, and could only forcibly suppress the helplessness in his heart, lifting the Adamantine Staff and rushing towards the massive Susanoo.
At this time, all he could do was try to take on the responsibility of the main attack and create opportunities for Minato.
Boom!!!
The Super-Massive Rasengan hit the back of the Susanoo, only causing Obito to stagger.
"Yellow Flash! Is that all you've got? You really are a useless person, unable to protect your wife, let alone your disciples!" Obito mocked, controlling the Nine-Tails to open its mouth.
Terrifying chakra quickly gathered into a dark, giant chakra orb.
Tailed Beast Ball!
However, at this moment, a deep blue, giant chakra ball, not of the Tailed Beast Ball's size, suddenly appeared from the sky.
"Konoha is not a place you can trample on at will!!"
Sage Art! Super-Massive Rasengan!
This time, it was Jiraiya, who had not yet left Konoha to gather materials!
At the same time, Fukasaku and Shima, standing on his shoulders, also performed the Toad Duet, attempting to use sound-based genjutsu to affect Obito's control.
"Mere Sage Art!"
Boom!!!
The huge force pressed the Susanoo and Nine-Tails to the ground. The Tailed Beast Ball accumulating in the Nine-Tails' mouth quietly dissipated before it could be released.
At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen, wielding the Adamantine Staff, once again displayed his taijutsu.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was known as the Professor of the Ninja World. There was naturally nothing to say about his ninjutsu, but his taijutsu was also unparalleled in the ninja world, especially when combined with the Adamantine Staff.
"A bunch of self-righteous fools!!" Obito roared, trying to control the Nine-Tails and Susanoo to stand up again.
Crack, crack, crack!
But suddenly, he discovered that the Susanoo and Nine-Tails had become unable to move.
Countless dense layers of Iron Sand had suddenly emerged from the ground at some point, tightly wrapping around the Nine-Tails' limbs, and the constantly released lightning made its body less agile.
Not only the limbs, but also the nine waving tails were densely covered with a layer of Iron Sand.
"Rasa!"
Noticing the Iron Sand, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others were overjoyed. This was another top expert from their Konoha, the Magnet Release ninja "Spear of Judgment"!
With two records of directly killing tailed beasts.
Whoosh!
The one who came was Kifū, who appeared in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen with a gloomy face, ignoring the Nine-Tails and Obito, but staring straight at him.
