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The Eight Trigrams Seal used to seal the Nine-Tails on Kushina's body is composed of a double-layered Four Symbols Seal. It's basically an unbreakable seal, allowing her to control the Nine-Tails' chakra while avoiding negative influences. This sealing technique, a secret art of the Uzumaki clan, is the strongest seal among all Jinchūriki.
However, this doesn't mean the seal is completely without problems.
According to the childbirth experience of the First Hokage's wife, Uzumaki Mito, who also came from the Uzumaki clan, during pregnancy, the power of the sealed tailed beast gradually weakens as the due date approaches. At the time of childbirth, the power of the seal will be reduced to its weakest. Even the power of the Uzumaki clan, which has a strong suppressing effect on tailed beasts, cannot avoid this outcome.
When Uzumaki Mito gave birth, the Nine-Tails almost broke free from the seal.
It's easy to imagine that the same situation will happen with Kushina this time. The Nine-Tails won't be docile.
If you were to solve this problem beforehand, it would be simple. Either use a male Jinchūriki directly, or, inhumanely, forbid female Jinchūriki from marrying… But these are all hindsight. They don't apply to Kushina's situation.
Because of the Nine-Tails, Kushina's childbirth is not only a personal matter for Minato, but also a major event that the entire Konoha high command is extremely concerned about. After all, if the Nine-Tails is released, it will naturally cause great destruction to Konoha.
The Nine-Tails' rampage during childbirth could already threaten Kushina's life. What's more, during the period when the seal is weakened, there is a possibility that someone will target the tailed beast.
This is the best opportunity to extract the tailed beast.
So, the time of Kushina's childbirth has become top secret. Preventing this information from being leaked can prevent unknown threats.
At the same time, to prevent the Nine-Tails from breaking free from the seal, Kushina's delivery room will be set up outside the village. It will be protected by a strict barrier.
Following the principle of secrecy, Kushina left Konoha and moved to a residence outside the village two months before her due date. Haori naturally followed her.
Because this threat is inevitable, the entire matter was almost planned out after Kushina's wedding. The location of the delivery room was already chosen. Although it's top secret, it doesn't prevent Haori, as her bodyguard, from knowing about it.
So, before Kushina left Konoha, or rather, from the moment Kushina became pregnant, he had already started making his own preparations.
Because he doesn't trust Konoha's barriers, he will do things his own way. To ensure that nothing goes wrong, he won't leave anything to anyone else.
The delivery room is a two-story wooden loft, hidden in the dense forest. It's surrounded by Konoha's barriers. Normally, no one can get close to this place.
It's almost midnight. There's a full moon in the sky, but because of the fog, it's hard to see clearly.
Haori is still awake. He's sitting quietly on the steps at the entrance of the house, lost in thought.
In reality, he's not satisfied with Konoha's arrangements.
He's very, extremely dissatisfied… because there are too many people here.
Minato and Haori himself. Then, there's Sarutobi Biwa, the Third Hokage's wife, who will be responsible for the delivery. There's no problem with these people being here.
But then there are also the three bodyguards who always follow Minato: Sarutobi Asuma, Nara Shikamaru, and Hyuga Neji. They're said to be protecting Minato, but they're all Chūnin. What use could they be?
Besides that, there are also numerous ninjas directly under the Hokage's command.
But no matter how elite the ANBU is, if what Haori remembers happens, they won't be of any help. They'll just be silently eliminated by space-time ninjutsu.
In reality, the only ones who can be of use are Minato and Haori himself. According to Haori's plan, Minato will be responsible for guarding Kushina and the Eight Trigrams Seal, while he will be responsible for combat… This is the best solution.
The ANBU, the Konoha high command, etc., with this large number of people, what kind of secrecy are they talking about? The ANBU is indeed tight-lipped, but they can't handle the Sharingan's genjutsu.
However, Haori has no position to suggest refusing the ANBU's protection, because it's an order from Minato and the Third Hokage. Could Haori tell Minato that he should withdraw all of them and leave it to him alone?
If it really came down to a choice, he should be the one to leave.
"X2347, y14080."
Haori suddenly whispered these words in the darkness, not knowing what he was thinking about.
"What did you say?"
Someone seemed to have heard his muttering. Another voice came from behind Haori.
Haori naturally noticed who it was.
He looked up at Kakashi, then said, "It's coordinates."
Kakashi, now, is also one of the ANBU members that Haori feels are useless. The enemy is too unconventional. Or, he can't be of any use until Kakashi's eyes can function properly.
"Are they the special locations where the sealing jutsu you've been setting up exist?"
"No, it's not related to that." Haori said, extending his right hand and bringing his index and middle fingers together.
"X2347."
His finger moved across his left abdomen, then stopped.
"Y14080." Then, his finger moved straight up from that position.
"The heart?"
From Kakashi's perspective, Haori's fingertip must be below his heart. It's easy to judge for a ninja who knows the human body structure.
"Not exactly, but if this area is pierced, it should be a quick death." Haori said, lightly tapping his chest with his fingertip.
"So?"
So, what's the point of clearly marking this location?
"No 'so.' I was just talking."
Haori didn't give a direct response.
"You seem a bit too nervous?"
Kakashi didn't know what was going on with Haori lately. He just felt that he was really on edge… Maybe he was really worried about the Nine-Tails. After all, it's a tailed beast, and Kushina is someone he cares about.
Kakashi was also worried, but because of the unknown, he wouldn't be as worried as Haori.
"Nervous? Maybe. After all, I can't judge the strength of the Nine-Tails and the Eight Trigrams Seal. It's very difficult to guarantee Kushina's safety one hundred percent."
"With Minato-sensei here, there won't be any problems with the Nine-Tails' seal." Kakashi said.
Was that supposed to be comforting? Haori shook his head and didn't say anything more.
He also knew that if Minato was there, the Nine-Tails' seal wouldn't be a problem. But would Minato be able to relax like that?
"Then, how are your barriers coming along?"
"They're almost done. After all, it took eight months to prepare. I just need to put the final key on Kushina tomorrow, and it'll be complete."
The sealing barrier that Haori set up was too extreme. It didn't convince Kushina for a long time. In the end, she agreed because Haori said it was the last resort if the Nine-Tails escaped.
Nominally, Haori's setup was to deal with the tailed beast.
But that's not actually the case. This is a sealing jutsu designed to deal with space-time ninjutsu. So, the jutsu is so large that Haori spent eight months doing it, bit by bit.
"Rather than saying it's a barrier or a sealing jutsu, my setup is more like a National Land Creation Array…"
Haori said with a sigh.
After all, once the jutsu is activated, probably no one within its range can escape, except for Minato's Flying Thunder God.
"National Land Creation Array?"
Those words combined, Kakashi clearly didn't understand what it meant.
"Anyway, these are all last resorts. In terms of probability, it's unlikely that they'll be used."
Haori's setup comes from his own impressions and guesses. But he won't know what's really going on until then.
Hopefully, he's just worrying for nothing.
"Get some rest. You have important work tomorrow."
After saying this, Haori got up and turned into the house.
His footsteps were light on the wooden floor, making no sound. He was like a ghost.
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