[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-grind-is-my-ninja-way":3,"chapter-grind-is-my-ninja-way-grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-1040":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Grind is My Ninja Way",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1482061,1929,"Chapter 1040 1035: The Nine-Tails","grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-1040",1040,"\u003Cp>At that moment, Uchiha Obito had just teleported with Uzumaki Kushina to a hidden spot in the village's center, preparing to extract the Nine-Tails from her. But before he could act, Namikaze Minato followed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a moment's hesitation, Obito grabbed Kushina and stepped back, putting distance between himself and Minato.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Concerned for Kushina's safety, Minato held back from making any rash moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressing the rage burning inside him, he glared at Obito and demanded, \"Who are you? Why do you keep invading our village and trying to steal our Tailed Beast?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ha ha ha!\" Obito let out a cold, mocking laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, mimicking Uchiha Madara's hoarse, aged voice, he sneered, \"Your village? Your Tailed Beast? Who told you they belong to you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minato's eyes lit up slightly at Obito's scornful words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't afraid of insults to himself or even the village. What he feared was Obito staying silent, as he had in their previous encounters, giving away nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now that Obito was talking, no matter what he said or what his intentions were, he was bound to let some information slip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like now—his dismissive tone was a thread Minato could follow, and it was sure to lead somewhere useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that was for later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, saving his wife was the priority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, Minato's gaze shifted to Kushina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see she was under some kind of jutsu in Obito's grasp. Her eyes were open, but she was completely immobile, unable to communicate with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sight filled Minato with worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Minato assessed Kushina's condition, Obito was secretly channeling his chakra.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn't wasting time bantering with Minato for no reason—he was buying time to prepare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, he was ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the next instant, Obito pressed his right hand against Kushina's abdomen and yanked, forcibly pulling the Nine-Tails from the partially weakened seal within her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across from him, Minato reacted the moment Obito moved, using the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to Kushina's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his right hand, he formed a Rasengan and struck at Obito, who was mere inches away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, as expected, the attack passed right through Obito's body, as if hitting nothing but air, dealing no damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minato's brow furrowed as he thought, It's the same as before. Is this some kind of space transfer, or another ability entirely?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his mastery of the Flying Thunder God Technique, he could sense the subtle spatial fluctuations when Obito used Kamui's intangibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, his suspicion wasn't unfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was, he hadn't yet figured out how to counter it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn't matter for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His attack wasn't meant to harm Obito—it was to create an opening to rescue Kushina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that, he both succeeded and failed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did manage to seize the moment while Obito dodged, teleporting Kushina to where he'd been standing moments ago, where a kunai marked with the Flying Thunder God seal lay waiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he failed because, in the brief window of his attack and rescue, Obito used a summoning technique to extract the Nine-Tails from Kushina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thankfully, Kushina's Uzumaki lineage gave her an extraordinary constitution, allowing her to cling to life despite the loss of her Tailed Beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was clear that if this dragged on, she'd meet the same fate as other Jinchuriki who lost their Tailed Beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, this can't happen,\" Minato murmured, looking at Kushina's weakened state. He snapped his head up, locking eyes with Obito.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only one way to save his wife now: reclaim the Nine-Tails and reseal it within her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her Uzumaki vitality, she might survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if sensing Minato's plan, Obito didn't hesitate. He immediately prepared to use Kamui to escape with the Nine-Tails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Nine-Tails was Kushina's lifeline, and Minato wasn't about to let Obito take it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Obito activated Kamui, Minato unleashed the Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since confirming the enemy had some kind of spatial transfer ability, Minato had been pondering how to counter it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd tried several methods in past encounters, but none had worked effectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, though, he'd come up with a new idea—a desperate one: sacrifice a piece of his own strength to take down the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a master of the Flying Thunder God Technique, he knew exactly what was needed to perform a space-time ninjutsu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most critical condition? A stable space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the surrounding space was unstable, using a space-time jutsu could fail at best, wasting chakra, or at worst, backfire and prove fatal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, his plan was simple: disrupt the nearby space, making any space-time jutsu too dangerous to attempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would stop Obito from escaping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it would also strip Minato of his core ability—the Flying Thunder God Technique—weakening him significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for his wife and the village, Minato was willing to take the risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these thoughts racing through his mind, Minato activated Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, a dense array of sealing formulas materialized, spreading across hundreds, even thousands of meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That wasn't all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a low shout from Minato, countless black rifts of varying sizes appeared within the sealing array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were no ordinary rifts—they were spatial tears he'd forcibly ripped open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surrounding space immediately became unstable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Obito insisted on using Kamui now, he might escape, but the far likelier outcome was severe injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief moment of consideration, Obito halted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at the sealing formulas around him and the Nine-Tails in his grasp, which he could barely control. With a cold expression beneath his mask, he made a bold move: he released the Nine-Tails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, the Nine-Tails' chakra erupted with overwhelming force, sending a chill through all of Konoha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as if a massive weight pressed down on everyone's hearts, making it hard to breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"ROAR!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A triumphant bellow roared from the Nine-Tails' maw as it unleashed its chakra, its body rapidly expanding. In the blink of an eye, it towered over a hundred meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, every person in Konoha could see its massive form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"ROAR!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another deafening roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nine-Tails looked down at the humans below, like ants in its eyes. Memories of its imprisonment fueled its rage, and it lashed out with its nine tails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK! CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buildings caught in the sweep of its tails crumbled instantly, and the people inside suffered heavy casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cries, screams, and fear from below only fueled the Nine-Tails' satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, its gaze fell on Uchiha Obito, the one who had freed it from its sealed prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\" The Nine-Tails let out a curious sound, as if noticing something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before it could speak, Obito seized the moment of eye contact and cast Genjutsu: Sharingan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, the once-mighty Nine-Tails lost control of itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its pupils reflected the Sharingan's pattern, and it began a mindless rampage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Minato moved to intervene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Obito wasn't about to give him the chance. He engaged Minato in combat immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at that very moment, Seimei finally arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, \"finally\" might not be entirely accurate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, even factoring in the time spent talking, Obito and Minato hadn't been there long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seimei had no markers on either of them or Kushina, so reaching them this quickly was already impressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He owed it to his ability to sense the Nine-Tails' chakra, which kept him from getting lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, his Ama no Miya technique ensured others couldn't detect him, sparing him from getting caught up like Sarutobi Hiruzen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he'd have arrived even later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what was Hiruzen's situation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simple: he was currently locked in battle with Zetsu.\u003C\u002Fp>",1271,"2026-06-06T03:31:05.225Z",1,"novelbin.me","3768a2a867b8b34877d850d63ff1e262bcce52dd0c7590a59deba8f025b701ae","grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-1041","grind-is-my-ninja-way-chapter-1039",1097,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgrind-is-my-ninja-way-cover.jpg"]