Ch-72 Fire of Samadhi.

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"Ding ding," the sound of metal clashing, was heard in the courtyard of Kagutsuchi's house. Kushina was attacking Kagutsuchi, who was simply defending himself. Kagutsuchi noticed a flaw in Kushina's sword move and swiftly countered, placing his sword at her neck.

Since morning, Kushina and Kagutsuchi had been practicing, and this was not the first time Kushina had lost to Kagutsuchi.

Kushina sat on the ground, panting heavily. She was tired from fighting for the past four hours.

"You have improved quite a lot in this short amount of time. It seems that your fights with ROOT ninjas and the seven-tails have helped you significantly," said Kagutsuchi, also sitting on a chair.

"Thank you, grandpa. I will surely work even harder to become more powerful," said Uzumaki Kushina.

"Hmm," nodded Kagutsuchi.

"I will teach you a new jutsu called True Fire of Samadhi. This fire can't be extinguished by wind or water release, and it can burn a person at such a speed that even if they have high regenerative abilities, it will still burn them faster than they can regenerate," said Kagutsuchi.

"Such a powerful jutsu! I have never heard of it. Did you invent it on your own?" asked Kushina with bright eyes.

"I wouldn't say that I am the creator of this jutsu, but I have taken inspiration from someone. With my mastery over fire, I was able to create the ninjutsu on my own," said Kagutsuchi.

"Wow, that's amazing," said Kushina.

"Watch the hand seals carefully and follow my lead," said Kagutsuchi, and Kushina nodded in agreement.

Kagutsuchi performed the hand seals, "Tiger → Dog → Horse → Rat."

After that, Kagutsuchi started explaining how to make the fire more potent and taught the method to master the True Fire of Samadhi.

For the next two days, Kagutsuchi continued teaching Kushina as he usually did in the past.

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As told by Kagutsuchi, every Kage arrived at the Uzumaki Village. When seen by the members of the Uzumaki village, although no one was happy to see these Kages, as each of the Kages was, in a way, trying to erase their existence, they were ordered not to show hate towards the guests, as they were invited by Kagutsuchi himself.

Although the people of the Uzumaki village tried not to show anything, how could they hide their dissatisfaction from the Kages of different villages?

The Kages also felt quite embarrassed by this. They were coming to a village they had considered worthless in the past and had thought this village could be crushed by them anytime. However, due to Kagutsuchi's presence, everything changed, and now they were on their knees, uncertain of the decisions Kagutsuchi would make for them.

Every Kage had come prepared to die, as they didn't know if they would survive today. They had already announced the next Kage in line if they were to die in Uzumaki village.

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In a hall prepared for the meeting of all Kages with Kagutsuchi, one by one, Kages started arriving, and everyone was greeted by Fuso himself.

When the Hokage arrived, Uzumaki Mito also arrived. Seeing her, many old people had mixed feelings about her, but they didn't know what to do as Kagutsuchi had clearly prohibited her from entering Uzumaki Country.

Seeing their embarrassment, Mito said, "Don't worry, I didn't come here to meet you. But according to the agreement, I came as the Jinchuriki of the nine-tails."

After hearing Mito's words, the embarrassment of everyone present disappeared.

"Come with me, aunt, let's go to my house. Father and Kushina will be happy to see you," said Fuso.

"No, as I said, I came here with the Hokage as a Jinchuriki. I can't go to your house as it will make Uncle's words false," Mito rejected Fuso's offer.

"Okay, aunt, as you wish." Fuso then guided her and the Hokage to their respective seats.

After a few minutes, when all the Kages were seated, Kagutsuchi arrived with Mitsuo and Kushina.

After Kagutsuchi sat down, he said, "I will not waffle and will get right to the point. I know you all have doubts about whether you will live or die or what will be the fate of your village, but you don't have to worry. Sparing your Jinchuriki's life is the best proof."

"My only motto for attacking you was to establish peace and make my Uzumaki clan far superior to anyone, so that even if they get into the same situation as in the past due to their weakness, they can still come out on top. And lastly, to establish my strength, as for what I am going to announce next," said Kagutsuchi.

"Now let's talk about why I called you here. I want to create all the major villages as holy places for the ninjas, a place specifically for the ninjas and their families. Additionally, I want to demolish the system of Daimyos, as even though they are weaker, they rule over the ninjas. The Daimyos will be responsible for taking care of the affairs of all the civilians," said Kagutsuchi. As soon as Kagutsuchi's voice fell everyone who were present here changed.

"However, that is impossible; those daimyos will never submit to these rules." Kazekage stated.

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