Chapter 55: Seal and Farewell
Under Sasori's control, the puppet centipede tore its own chest apart, revealing the core inside.
"It's this thing. If you stab it with a knife, he will die completely. Even the Source of the Ryumyaku can't save him."
Minato looked at Sasori with a puzzled expression. He obviously didn't understand why this proud number-one puppeteer in the Shinobi World was suddenly willing to cooperate.
"Hurry up, I know you don't trust me, so let you do it yourselves." Sasori controlled the centipede while moving around and collecting the remains of the puppets. He picked up broken parts of the puppet Hiruko and sighed softly.
What is this…
So I was teleported to the past just to dismantle my puppet?
Kisame also turned his head to look at Sara: "Your majesty, after Mukade is executed, please go and close the Source of the Ryumyaku so that those of us who do not belong to this era can return."
Shiratori, who had been observing silently from behind, had an illusion that Kisame was calling Sara, Her Majesty, very smoothly, and they were quite familiar with each other.
Logically speaking, they don't seem to have any intersection, right? What will the future be like…
As he was thinking, Shiratori felt a hostile gaze falling on him. When he turned around, he saw Sasuke with flaming eyes, gritting his teeth at him…
Shiratori: ...?
Sasuke, what's going on with you?
"Shiratori Uchiha…"
Sasuke clenched his hands, eager to try: "I want to challenge you!"
Shiratori: ??
What? Has the Uchiha Clan's ancestral mental illness broken out again?
"Sasuke now is not the time to fight!"
Kakashi scolded, then turned to Shiratori with an apologetic expression.
Shiratori: ???
Fight? What? Do I know him?
And how shameless! I am not even ten years old yet, and you are already sixteen or seventeen, right? A high school student challenging an elementary student? Ugh!
While Shiratori and Sasuke were still exchanging glances, Minato had already inserted the kunai into the core of the centipede.
There was relief in Mukade's gradually dimming eyes.
Compared to being toyed with by Sasori while alive, death might be a good choice.
Sarah looked at Mukade with a complicated look, then led everyone to the Source of the Ryumyaku.
Along the way, Shiratori ignored the enthusiastic Naruto and Sasuke, who were looking for trouble, and greeted Sakura, who came over to say hello. Then, he came to Kakashi and elbowed him with his arm.
Kakashi: "… Something?"
Shiratori: "Hehe… Your Chidori, have you improved in any way over the years? Can you teach me?"
Ever since Shiratori learned Lightning Style: Chidori, he found that this ninjutsu seemed to be a little wrong: the Chakra flow was not smooth when forming the seal, the power was not strong enough, the stability was not high, etc.
After all, Kakashi was too young when he invented this Jutsu, so it will probably undergo many major changes in the future.
Kakashi: "Well, of course, but can you really remember it? I mean… Your memories should be sealed after this."
Shiratori's expression was obviously stunned.
Yes! How could I have forgotten about this!
Looking at the somewhat dejected Shiratori, Kakashi suddenly thought of something: "Forget it, I'll tell you about this ninjutsu…"
Kakashi said a lot of things, and Shiratori took notes carefully, not caring whether this memory could be preserved.
In the end, Kakashi changed the subject: "You should know what a tailed beast Jinchuriki is, right?"
"Ah? I know." Shiratori didn't know why the other party suddenly brought up this topic.
Kakashi took a deep breath: "The nine-tails are the most powerful of the tailed beasts. Even the jinchūriki can hardly control it perfectly, especially when the Jinchuriki is giving birth. The seal of the tailed beast will become extremely fragile. If there are evil people at this time… Do you understand?"
"Understand, right?" Shiratori knew what Kakashi wanted to remind him, but he could only choose to play dumb.
The Nine-tailed Rebellion…
But what's the point of reminding him? Memories would be sealed soon. Is Kakashi sure that he will remember this before the nine-tailed rebellion?
He didn't understand, but Kakashi seemed to have let go of some burden in his heart, and even his steps became lighter.
… … …
"We're here."
Feeling the tremendous power emanating from the Source of the Ryumyaku, Sara walked towards the altar step by step.
Roran prospered because of the Source of the Ryumyaku but eventually fell into a great disaster because of the Source of the Ryumyaku.
As Sara closed her eyes and raised her hands with her fingers clasped together, after a moment, the boiling Source of the Ryumyaku gradually calmed down and entered a different kind of hibernation.
There is only one last step left.
Minato walked forward and carved a complicated sealing spell on the ground. He took out the Flying Thunder God Kunai, which was going to be the core of the spell, but his eyes swept through the future team 7 of Konoha one by one. Especially when he looked at Naruto, his eyes paused…
Thousands of words finally turned into a relieved smile.
"I'm glad to be able to fight alongside you all. So… Take care."
The kunai was inserted, and the dazzling light of the formation engulfed everyone. Looking at Kakashi, who was gradually becoming illusory, Shiratori asked the last question: "Kakashi, does Naruto… Know?"
Kakashi understood what Shiratori wanted to say: "He probably didn't realize it… Wait, why do you know that?"
The person who is least likely to guess the relationship between Minato-sensei and Naruto is you, a little brat, right?!
Shiratori nodded, ignoring Kakashi's second half of the question. You're going to pay homage, so why should I explain this to you? Just guess it yourself!
He cleared his throat and shouted to Minato, who had been staring at Naruto: "Teacher Minato, I heard that you created a ninjutsu called Rasengan by yourself. Can you teach me?"
Naruto, who was saying goodbye to everyone heartlessly, suddenly froze.
If there was anything that Shiratori was dissatisfied with about this mission, it was that because of his own butterfly effect, Naruto and Minato did not fight side by side from beginning to end and thus missed the most touching scene of the father and son recognizing each other.
But, even though the ending was bound to be regrettable, he also wanted to make up for it.
"You… Who are you?"
Naruto rushed in front of Minato and wanted to say something, but his increasingly illusory figure made it impossible for his voice to be heard.
The two seemed to be separated by a rift called time and space.
Minato reached out and touched Naruto's phantom head.
"You will definitely become an excellent ninja…"
Naruto had tears in his eyes and couldn't hear what Minato said at all, but he recognized Minato's last words.
"… Naruto."
The light faded, and only Team Minato and Sara were left there.
Even Shiratori felt a little lost.
Minato suppressed his emotions and forced a smile: "Everyone, although it may be a bit offensive, I still want to say… This experience should not remain in our memories."
"So, please relax and let me use the Memory Erasing Seal to erase the memory of this period, okay?"
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