Chapter 21 The Self-Cultivation of Containers

Kushina saw Grandma Mito suddenly stop moving, and curiously took a closer look.

I saw that what she was holding in her hand was a card that Jiu Sinai was very familiar with:

【The First Hokage: Thousand Hands Pillars】

[Cost: 7, Attack 7, HP: 10]

[Tree Born: When you appear, change the field to "Forest", and deal 1 damage to all units on the opponent's field at the beginning of the round]

[Wooden Clone: Consumes 4 HP and summons two Wood Clones (7/4/1) to the field]

[Introduction: The leader of the Thousand Hands Clan, with the help of the Wood Escape Secret Technique, to calm the troubled times. Together with Madara Uchiha, he founded the Konoha Hidden Village and became the first Hokage. At the first Five Shadows Conference, the tailed beasts were evenly distributed among the five major powers, and the ninja world was thus briefly peaceful for the first time. Defeated Madara Uchiha in the Valley of the End, died of illness a few years later, and was hailed as the god of ninjas. 】

Mito also quickly came back to his senses at this time, and said with a leisurely expression:

"A person's life is really short, even if it is that person, his life can be summed up in a few words."

Mito gently stroked the rough surface of the card, his voice slightly darkened.

"Grandma, why don't we go eat first."

Kushina whispered as she pulled Mito's sleeve.

She regretted that she had brought these things back to show off without thinking about them, so much so that her grandmother was saddened.

"I'm fine." Mito smiled lightly and told Kushina not to worry.

"It's just that I saw so many old people for a while, which made me feel a little touched. And I haven't seen the projection between the columns look like it. ”

With that, she gently placed the card on the slot on the dueling board.

The next moment, a man with long black hair and wearing red layered armor appeared in front of Mito's eyes.

Although he was in a combat posture, he had a hearty smile on his mouth.

Mito couldn't help but lose his mind slightly.

Because compared with most of the other visible and godless phantoms, this phantom between the pillars not only has an appearance, but also has a somewhat silly temperament in its heroism.

It reminded her of the time when the two of them played against each other in this courtyard.

It's a pity that it's just a phantom after all.

Mito smiled with relief and gave his own review.

"It's pretty much like it."

This time her review was exceptionally brief.

At this time, I don't know if it's because of a bug, but the voice lines when the characters appear are only late now.

So after many years, the voice of the Thousand Hands Pillar sounded again in this house.

And it's not the same as what Jiu Sinai had heard before:

"—Nine-Tails, your power is too strong. I'm sorry, but I can't let you go! ”

The next moment, Mito changed color slightly.

She felt a powerful chakra erupt from the depths of her body, as if it was about to break the seal!

Then in the next second, she suppressed it with her backhand.

"Grandma, are you alright?"

Kushina also noticed Mito's discoloration, and clenched her hand and said worriedly.

"It's okay, it seems that this guy from the Nine-Tails is also very excited to see the pillars." Mito touched his stomach and smiled.

There was another violent chakra fluctuation in the sealing space!

Or backhand repression.

Nine-Tails: %¥#@%¥!!

Nine-Tails was removed from the group chat by Mito due to excessive speech.

"Nine-Tails......" Kushina muttered unconsciously as she looked at Mito's belly.

There will be no pie in the sky.

When the country of vortex fell, Konoha brought Kushina to the village and provided her with food, shelter and various education, which was naturally not without a price.

She had a vague sense early on that Konoha needed something from her.

Later, she learned that what Konoha needed her to do was to succeed Mito-sama in the future and become the second Nine-Tails Pillar Force.

Kushina learned sealing under the tutelage of Mito-sama, so she naturally knew what it meant to be a human pillar force.

This means that she will no longer be seen as a normal person, but as a tool, an object.

It is a container for storing the nine tails.

She was devastated when she learned of this fact.

If it weren't for the heartfelt love for Grandma Mito and Sister Tsunade, she would have been unable to hold on to it.

But even now, the fate of becoming a Nine-Tails pillar force still hangs over her head like a sword of Damocles, and pressure and loneliness always envelop her.

"Don't worry, my old bones can hold on for a while longer."

Vortex Mito obviously knew what Kushina was thinking, and touched her head with a look of pity and comfort.

If she didn't have no choice, she didn't want to put this heavy burden on this girl.

It's a pity that the human pillar power candidate who can withstand the power of the strongest tailed beast nine-tailed demon fox can't find a second one in the entire ninja world now.

Even her own granddaughter, Tsunade, is not up to the mark.

Mito continued to stroke Kushina's supple hair, and said in a very gentle tone:

"Jiu Xinnai, you don't have to think much about it now, you just need to cultivate hard, work hard, and play hard every day. These bits and pieces of accumulated experience will become a source of strength for you to fight against the Nine-Tails in the future. ”

Kushina nodded ignorantly, but she didn't really understand what Grandma Mito meant.

But after listening to Grandma Mito's words, she always felt much more at ease.

As a result, she saw Grandma Mito suddenly smile, and changed her words:

"By the way, Jiu Sinai, you are not young, so you should add the sentence "love well". It's time for you to fall in love, but don't be like your sister Tsunade, who can't get married now that she's thirty years old, and I'm worried about ......"

"Grandma Mito!"

As soon as Kushina heard her grandmother talk about love, two flushes rose on her cheeks, and her eyes widened. I couldn't help but stomp my foot in shame.

Why did the topic suddenly jump from serious people to urging marriage?

Could it be that the end of the universe is really urging marriage?

Oh my God, she's just a kid!

Thinking of discussing the topic of falling in love with her grandmother, Jiu Sinai was so embarrassed that she could use her feet to cut out a small courtyard outside the three-bedroom living room.

"What's so embarrassing about that? You still catch up with the good times, and we couldn't do it if we wanted to be free to love before! ”

Seeing Kushina's face flush when she heard this topic, like a small tomato, Mito couldn't help but feel funny.

She took Kushina into her arms and gently stroked her red hair.

Kushina also buried her face in Grandma Mito's chest coquettishly, and rubbed it from side to side.

Then she heard her grandmother say to her in a soft tone:

"Kushina, listen up, although we are destined to become the container of the Nine-Tails......"

"But becoming a human pillar does not prevent us from still having the possibility of happiness."

"The trick is to put in the Nine-Tails...... Fill the container with love first. ”

"In that case, even if we want to live as a nine-tailed human pillar force, we can still be happy."

Only then did Kushina understand the true meaning of what her grandmother had said to her before.

After a moment of silence, she looked up and asked Grandma Mito:

"Then, grandma, are you happy as a human pillar?"

Mito listened and froze slightly.

To be honest, she didn't think about it.

Even she didn't know what kind of answer she would give.

It's just that his eyes can't help but drift to the phantom between the pillars with a smile on his face not far away.

Bits and pieces of the past continue to come to mind.

Sweet, sour, spicy, bland......

Although a lot of painful things have happened.

But the corners of his mouth still unconsciously gradually turned up, and his eyes narrowed with a smile.

In the end, Kushina didn't hear her grandmother's answer either, but from her grandmother's face, she had already got the answer she thought of.