Chapter 967

"I just happened to overhear little Mingzi say you want to get stronger?" Lady Xinjianai said with a smile as she scooped Mingzi up in one hug; although her words were addressed to Mingzi, her gaze was fixed on Kakashi.

"Mm! I'm going to ask Mother if she can undo the seal on me. I want to become stronger."

"Wanting to get stronger doesn't necessarily mean undoing the seal. Come on, let this big aunt teach you a few other things."

The Uzumaki clan being well-versed in sealing arts is true—every single person in the entire Shinobi World acknowledges this as common sense—but what they know as "sealing arts" is only a by-product. All sealing arts are realized through "curses," and what the Uzumaki clan truly excels at is the comprehension and mastery of "curses."

Otherwise, why could Namikaze Minato's space be so easily crafted by Tobirama? What the Hidden Leaf's smiths forged was only the blank; every single character carved on stroke by stroke contains the Uzumaki clan's knowledge!

In Kakashi's eyes, the Hyuga clan, as a great clan in Konoha that could touch the ceiling, wanting power was the most natural thought imaginable, so he assumed that what Lin Cheng (Kaguya) had used was some secret art preserved by the Hyuga family.

"I did some research on the participating teams for this Chunin Exam, and honestly, the situation is still very grim." Young Yuanzi held the list of teams from each country that Konoha had already confirmed, and indeed there were many unknown factors within it.

"We won't look down on any team at all—please rest assured on that point, Lord Yuanzi." Tsukuyomi Xiaomeng vowed earnestly, and the five people behind her nodded in unison.

In truth, Young Yuanzi had no idea how much that roster differed from the original; the only thing he could roughly make out was the four protagonist teams from Konoha that would absolutely participate, plus Sand Village. Because Gaara's team was too distant a memory, Young Yuanzi couldn't quite recall some of the less important details—such as how many people Rain and Mist had sent.

Apart from the two teams of Moon-nin he himself was bringing, the next biggest change was also related to Young Yuanzi: the Sound Village, whose real mastermind in the original was Orochimaru, did not exist; in its place was the four teams sent by Cloud Village's Rencun Sect, which in the original had refused to participate.

"You must pay special attention—besides the host Konoha's team, do not approach that team, especially the one carrying a gourd on his back." Although she was confident in Xiaomeng and the others' strength, exceeding the Twelve Little Strong of the original at this stage, she knew that sometimes the 'protagonist halo' could create 'miracles' that defied the gap in power.

As long as they could stay away from Konoha and the Hidden Leaf before the end of the first exam—because Young Yuanzi knew clearly that the final third match could under no circumstances be completed—she took Xiaomeng's six into the Divine Dragon Realm for special training. The first thing Young Yuanzi did was, under the premise of using Long Zhili, to force out all of their strength relying on taijutsu alone.

After fully understanding each person's strengths and weaknesses, Young Yuanzi took out a set of targeted drills to train them, and so the little ones spent a rather unforgettable stretch of time.

Young Yuanzi did not know that this Konoha Twelve Little Strong team differed from the original in one easily overlooked way—and of course this didn't refer to the fact that Mingzi and Zonai were girls; it was that the Team Eight led by Yuhi Kurenai had an anomaly.

"Lin Cheng's body and my soul have fused very well. Perhaps we can try it—Xiaojue, I want to use this grand competition Konoha Village is holding to confirm something." Feeling the divine power coursing through her meridians, her soul could break free of the seal ahead of time, but her flesh was still firmly pinned to the heavens.......

Although Xiaojue had proposed guiding the wielder of the Rinnegan to perform an indirect summoning, Kaguya only wanted to break free of the seal; she also had to snuff out the possibility of being sealed again after her release, merely through a brief summoning.

Her own weakened body—even if that one called Changmen was a descendant of the Uzumaki clan—could not pay a sufficient price.

During this period, Xiaojue had actually been hiding within Kaguya's shadow all along; all intelligence had been relayed by the White Zetsu scattered across the world, and now that she understood the intent, she had no choice but to give a reminder.

"The Moon-nin that Kasang established will also be coming this time."

"Yuanzi's collaborator, is it?" In Kaguya's eyes, everyone around Young Yuanzi was lumped together by her into one group.