“No, Lord Hokage — we made it out alive only because someone else intervened,” Shisui corrected him.
Before the Third could ask further, Shisui recounted everything that had happened in full detail.
The Hokage was left speechless.
“You mean to say… this person used a single strange sealing jutsu to bind Han while he was in partial tailed beast form?”
It was impossible not to be stunned.
Outside the Uzumaki clan, who else in the entire world was capable of sealing a tailed beast?
It defied everything he knew.
“Shisui — take me there at once!” After a brief pause, the Hokage made his decision.
A captured Five‑Tails Jinchūriki was a chance that might never come again.
He wasted no time: summoning Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, along with a detachment of ANBU, and set off immediately with Shisui.
Kakashi, Ryuu, and the others had come along to give their mission report on the ambush — but now that Shisui had told all he knew, and the Hokage was rushing to secure the jinchūriki, there was no need for further debriefing.
Whoosh — whoosh — whoosh!
Figures darted swiftly through the forest, led by Uchiha Shisui.
At the site of the battle, the massive sphere that had sealed Han was already cracked and shattered, lying in pieces across the ground.
The Five‑Tails Jinchūriki was gone.
“It seems… we arrived too late,” the Hokage sighed with clear regret.
Had they secured him, Iwagakure might have been forced to surrender — ending the war far sooner.
What they did not know was that Ryuu’s half‑formed Chibaku Tensei had never been fully stable.
Even so, he had been shaken to his core — sealed while already transformed?
It was unthinkable.
“Lord Hokage — Han attacked me right here… and then the ground simply split apart…” Shisui recounted the scene.
Hiruzen, Minato, and the others listened in disbelief.
To seal a partial tailed beast transformation from a distance — with no scrolls, no sealing tools, and without even showing one’s face?
They drew a sharp breath.
What kind of jutsu could possibly be so terrifying?
Whoever this was… they were a force unlike any other.
They exchanged glances, racking their brains for any record or rumor that might fit — and found nothing.
There was no trace, no name, no clue.
The only comfort was that this mysterious savior had stood with Shisui — meaning they were likely an ally of Konoha.
…
Back in Konoha, a young teen strolled casually through the streets, equal parts curious and thrilled.
Uchiha Ryuu.
Once the Hokage and his party had departed, there was nothing left for him to do.
He, Kakashi, and Rin had all left the Hokage’s office.
Technically, since Shisui’s mission had been a Military Police assignment, Ryuu should have reported back to the clan compound first.
But as a lifelong Naruto fan standing in the real Konoha for the first time, he could not contain his excitement.
He wanted to drink in every bit of it. Visit g.com for the full chapter.
He was just a newly graduated genin — no one would notice a delay.
“This is it… Konoha… it feels like a dream.”
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar buildings, and the people moving past him, he still felt as if he were in a trance.
He had truly become part of this world.
“In my old life I was just another overworked drone — nothing but work, no meaning at all.
If fate gave me a second chance… I’ll live it fully.
I’ll make it count.
I won’t waste this.”
His resolve hardened.
In this world, there were only two paths: remain a civilian and stay apart from the bloodshed — but live as helpless prey — or become a shinobi and forge your own place.
He would never surrender control of his life.
And as an Uchiha already drawn into the clan’s uncertain fate, there was only one way forward: grow stronger.
Strong enough to be ruled by no one — not the clan, not Konoha, not the shinobi world itself.
“I will become the strongest.”
With the Divine Check‑in System at his side… he knew it was well within his reach.
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