Chapter 55: [Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands]

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In the dead of night, all of Konoha seemed to have pressed the pause button.

Apart from the patrols moving in twos and threes on the street, no one else could be seen in the residential area.

A figure clad in black kept jumping, landing silently on the roof of a building.

Colt looked around carefully, avoiding the patrolling Konoha shinobis without attracting attention.

It was a waste of time to go home and sleep early, so he decided... to visit Naruto. For a certain important reason of course…

The distance between their homes wasn't far, and it didn't take long for Colt to arrive near Naruto's place.

"One, two... Just two ANBU?"

Looking around, he quickly spotted the ANBU watching over Naruto.

When Naruto was younger, there had been at least one full ANBU team around him, along with many other ninjas. But now that Naruto had grown up, the Third Hokage had more confidence in him, leaving only two guards just in case.

As for Root, it had been disbanded by the Third after the Uchiha massacre.

At this time, Danzo was still hiding underground, developing his forces silently.

Colt easily avoided the ANBU's detection and entered Naruto's room.

The ANBU's performance had always been underwhelming.

Despite their masks and secrecy, they were often outmaneuvered with ease.

Especially by someone like Kabuto Yakushi, who had taken down the ANBU team Kakashi arranged to protect Sasuke without alerting anyone.

Only later did Colt learn that the truly powerful ANBU had all been sent out on various covert missions. Those left in the village were mostly ordinary members, not elites. Even the stronger Chunins could join the ANBU after all.

Despite seeing Naruto sleeping soundly, Colt still felt a little uneasy. He performed a Genjutsu technique to ensure Naruto slept more deeply. What he was about to do shouldn't be discovered by Naruto.

Lifting Naruto's pajamas around his stomach area, Colt observed where the Seal was located.

Though it wouldn't manifest without chakra running through it, it was still there.

The Sharingan appeared in Colt's eyes, and after a moment, his consciousness entered the sealed space of the Nine-Tails.

It was an empty, flat expanse with a huge gate dividing it in two with liquid pooled on the ground.

Colt slowly approached the sealed gate, splashing water with every step.

Suddenly, a pair of fierce red vertical pupils emerged from the darkness, staring at Colt with undisguised malice.

"You have an aura I hate, kid," a deep male voice reverberated through the space as the Nine-Tails' figure fully emerged.

An aura of destruction struck out, and even through the seal, Colt could feel its terrifying power.

However, this was just a feeling, nothing else.

"First of all, I'll introduce myself, my name is Kamiyo Colt. And you're referring to this, I suppose," Colt said as his Three Tomoe Sharingan appeared, spinning rapidly to form the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Seeing the familiar eyes, the Nine-Tails' breath quickened, its nine tails fluttering behind it.

"So that's it. Another Uchiha brat. All you Uchiha should be damned!"

The red liquid on the ground surged silently, slowly gathering behind Colt.

"Stab!"

The claws that had formed were cut off instantly.

In this spiritual world, all abilities and items could be brought in.

"Your move is too clumsy," Colt said, having long ago discovered that the liquid on the ground was all chakra that the Nine-Tails had been slowly releasing past the seal, hoping to one day use it to aid its escape.

"Hmph!" The Nine-Tails snorted coldly, its plan having failed.

However, Colt wouldn't let it off so easily. "My parents died at your hands. Although I didn't come to see 'you' today, since we've met, let me give you a gift."

As he spoke, the [Mangekyō Sharingan] in Colt's eyes began to spin.

"[Tsukuyomi]!"

The Nine-Tails was shocked to find its consciousness transported to a space of only gray and white.

"Uchiha kid, what did you do?!" it roared.

"Don't worry, your body still exists in Naruto. This is just an illusion space," Colt's calm voice explained. "And everything here is under my control."

"What are you trying to do, kid?" The Nine-Tails panicked, finding it couldn't even use its chakra.

"Of course, I'm collecting some interest," Colt smiled slightly and clapped his hands.

[Sage Art Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands]

Boom!

The ground cracked, and a majestic wooden Buddha slowly rose.

The Nine-Tails' pupils suddenly shrank as thousands of hands formed various seals.

'This is the art of that bastard Hashirama Senju!'

To this day, the Nine-Tails still remembered the man who had subdued it with a Wood Golem.

It even remembered the words of that hateful man.

{Nine-Tails, you and the other tailed beasts are dangerous, you will all be sealed.}

And his words were made true.

Once again, it felt the kind of fear it had experienced back then.

Colt reassured it, "This is just an illusion world. Your body won't be affected. You can rest assured of that."

"Kid, don't! No, Kamiyo Colt, let's talk about this first!" the Nine-Tails pleaded.

It didn't know if it was going to be pummeled to death, as even if it was an illusion, the pain would still be there.

Unfortunately, Colt no longer wanted to listen.

[Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu: One Thousand Years of Death]

"No, no, no, no, nooooo!!!"

As Colt's voice fell, the thousands of large Buddha palms formed the Tiger seal and 'poked' the immobilized Nine-Tails.

"Aaaaaargh!" The Nine-Tails' screams echoed throughout the world, heart-rending to hear.

With thousands of hands, even at ten pokes per second, it took several minutes to complete.

When the last hand fell, the Nine-Tails didn't even have the strength to scream, and the Tsukuyomi space burst.

Back in the sealed space, the Nine-Tails' thick, coarse breath rose and fell rapidly. It lay on the ground weakly, not even having the strength to raise one tail.

"You devil, I... I'll remember you. Don't let me have a chance to get out, or I'll kill you first," it growled, its voice choppy as it endured great pain.

Colt, on the other hand, felt refreshed but pensive.

"My parents of this life… I've collected some interest for you first."

He took a few seconds and then got back to what he came here to do.

His purpose for coming here today wasn't exactly the Nine-Tails.

Colt walked to the front of the sealed gate. Under the resentful yet curious gaze of the Nine-Tails, he placed his hand on the seal.

"Fourth Hokage, I know you can see what's happening here. If you don't show up, I'm going to remove this."

The Nine-Tails was stunned. "Fourth Hokage? Minato Namikaze?"