Naruto: Nawaki was already dead, how could you bring him back to life?

Eight-tailed Fox swung its muscular arms and tried to struggle, but its usually invincible strength was now unable to budge the seemingly thin chains!

It has to be said that the Adamantine Lockdown is indeed monstrous. In the original story, Kushina was able to use this technique to lock down the Nine-Tails even when she was in an extremely weak state.

Under the suppression of the chains, not only were the Gyuki's movements sluggish, but even his chakra manipulation became slow.

"Wow, this muscular physique is amazing! I really want to cut off a big piece and take it with me!"

Looking at the bondage and tentacle play in front of him... ugh, looking at the bull demon struggling with all its might, Chiba's eyes lit up, and its mouth was practically watering.

"Hey, you demon, be my partner!"

To prevent Gyuki from suddenly using a Tailed Beast Ball on him, Chiba manipulated the chains, flashed behind Gyuki, and shouted like Luffy.

"Don't even think about it, you damned brat! You were just humiliating me!"

The bull demon gripped the ground firmly with its eight tails, resisting the pull of the chains, and barely managed to turn its head to roar at Chiba.

To say it's inferior to the Nine-Tails is one thing, but to say it's not even worthy of carrying the One-Tail's shoes... what tailed beast can withstand such humiliation? Bastard!

"I was just trying to provoke you out of there, really."

After explaining for a moment, Chiba began to paint a rosy picture for Ushioni: "As long as you submit to me, I will treat you well in the future. I will let you go out and have some fresh air whenever you want. With the two of us working together, we can go anywhere in the vast ninja world!"

"You treacherous brat, do you think I would..."

"Wind Release: Spiral Shuriken!"

Just as the bull demon roared, Chiba leaped up, holding a rapidly spinning shuriken that made a piercing sound, and aimed it straight at the bull demon's neck.

This guy is pointing his head at him, he might be about to hit him with a Tailed Beast Ball, he has to strike first!

"This move...!!"

The demon's eyes widened as it watched the spiral shuriken getting closer and closer, instinctively sensing a hint of danger.

If you let this move hit you, it might actually hurt it, or even seriously injure it!

And by then, it may truly be powerless to resist the strange chains binding it!

"We have to make a choice!"

In order to cope with various extreme situations, the Ushi-Oni possesses a unique ability: to sever its tail to escape and use the severed tail to transfer its main body. This is an instinct that even the Vajra Seal cannot lock away!

Bang!Bang!Bang!

With a series of muffled thuds, all eight tails of the bull demon exploded simultaneously.

Taking advantage of the sudden decrease in size and the weakening of the chain restraints, a large amount of mucus sprayed from the suckers on its severed tail, using the recoil to slip and break free of the chains, shooting off in different directions.

"Holy crap? Locked!"

Chiba could no longer maintain the spiral shuriken. He quickly stopped and manipulated the nearest chain to twist and spiral, trying to block the scattered tentacles.

Wow~~

With the speed and dexterity honed from years of being single, Chiba successfully locked down three of the escaped tentacles, but he couldn't keep the remaining five.

They could only watch helplessly as they grew legs and hopped away in different directions.

"That devil is really cunning!"

Chiba glanced back at the "Ox-Demon" chained up.

The creature continued to struggle desperately, but Chiba knew that this was not the true form of the Gyu-oni, but just a tentacle, which would reveal its true form in a short while.

Chiba had seen this storyline before. The two-star team went through a lot of trouble to go beachcombing, but in the end they only got an octopus tentacle, which made the Akatsuki laugh at them for two and a half years.

"Damn it, the problem is that even if I'm careful, I can't stop it!"

Chiba was feeling a bit tired.

He thought the Adamantine Sealing Barrier was illogical. Why hadn't anyone developed an Adamantine Net to trap the Tailed Beasts inside?!

Even the Mangekyou Sharingan couldn't see through Gyuki's "clone technique," so Chiba wasn't sure whether Gyuki's true form was in these three tentacles or in the five tentacles that had run away.

In that brief moment of hesitation, the five tentacles had already disappeared from sight.

According to Chiba's estimation, Gyuki should have left behind nearly half of his original chakra, so he still needs to exert all his strength to control the chains in order to lock up the chakra that is struggling, whether "by instinct" or not.

Now, Chiba has two options.

You can either quit while you're ahead or go after the five scattered tentacles, but either way, you risk letting the demon's true form escape.

"Well, oh well, being able to take half of the Eight-Tails' chakra is not too bad."

Chiba sighed and ultimately chose the meat that was already in his mouth. In fact, he knew in his heart that the true form of the bull demon was most likely in the five tentacles that had escaped.

Swish!

After an unknown amount of time, the "Ox Demon" struggled weaker and weaker, and under the pull of the Vajra Chains, it transformed into a small, solid ball of chakra and entered Chiba's body.

"Alright, it really isn't the real thing!"

Chiba shook his head and, using the Four Symbols Seal he had encountered before, set up his own version of the Four Symbols Seal within his body according to his understanding, to house a large amount of Eight-Tails chakra.

"Let me be healthy..."

Chiba focused his mind into the sealed space within his body. At this moment, four octopus tentacles floated quietly in his mental space.

In terms of chakra quantity, it is indeed equivalent to half the chakra quantity of the Eight-Tails' main body.

Because it possesses a certain "Eight-Tails structure," this chakra can also regenerate itself once it is used.

However, because it is incomplete, the recovery speed will be extremely slow, possibly not even reaching one-tenth of the original body.

"Well, one should be content. As a battery, these four tentacles are enough for me," Chiba said, trying to calm himself down.

With the bloodlines of the Senju and Uchiha clans, Chiba's chakra reserves are increasing every day. Now, with half of the Eight-Tails' chakra, he will probably never experience Kakashi's pain of running out of chakra again.

"Hmm, this trip wasn't entirely fruitful. Isn't this thing much more powerful than Netherworld Escape?"

Thinking about it this way, Chiba's mood improved again.

"If I were to pluck a few tails from any tailed beast I encountered in the future, I probably wouldn't be weaker than any Jinchūriki, not even the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki!"

(Shukaku: Thank you, I was offended.)

Of course, this is on the premise that Chiba's strength increases day by day, enough to suppress so much chakra within his body.

"Also, I wonder if mixing all the tailed beasts' chakra together will create a mini Ten-Tails within me? Wouldn't that make me a pseudo-Jinchūriki?!"

One must eat one bite at a time. Although Chiba was getting more and more excited, he was still just a small "pseudo-Jinchūriki".

"I don't want to think about it anymore. I'd better go find Rope Tree and the others first, so they won't worry."

Chiba unleashed numerous ninjutsu in mid-air to conceal the traces left from his battle with the Eight-Tails. Then, he once again unleashed the Shikigami Dance, transforming into a streak of white light and returning at a speed far exceeding his arrival speed.

There's no way around it; having a lot of chakra means you can do whatever you want.

"I need to find a way to conceal the surge of chakra within me, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it from some perceptive ninjas."

Chiba fell into deep thought.

On the way back, he needs to study it carefully to see if he can use the Four Symbols Seal as a base structure to create an even more powerful sealing technique. If that doesn't work, he can add more layers, hoping that quantitative change will lead to qualitative change.

Anyway, he has a lot of chakra, so it's not a big problem.

……

After flying for a while, Chiba first found the six-person team that had been resting in the same spot, and then on the way back to the base, he encountered Nawaki and the others who came to join him.

"Chiba, are you alright?!"

The moment he saw Chiba, Nawaki rushed over, touching Chiba with a worried expression to check if he was injured.

After confirming that Chiba was alright, Nawaki breathed a sigh of relief and asked.

"I heard from the communications engineer that you found Gale, where is he? Also, have you taken care of all the enemies?"

“Gale has been killed; I have brought his body back.”

Chiba took out a scroll from his robes and sighed, "It was indeed the Cloud Hidden Anbu who made the move. I killed three of them, but one guy was too slippery and got away."

Chiba was actually lamenting the passing of the Eight-Tails.

However, Nawaki and the others thought he was grieving for the sacrifice of his colleague, so they all stepped forward and patted Chiba on the shoulder, looking very sympathetic, which left Chiba somewhat bewildered.

"No, you all know I let the Eight-Tails escape?!"

"Sigh, what a pity for such a man. I really admired him after reading his profile."

Nawaki shook his head, then looked at Chiba with a regretful expression.

"Ah, it's a pity for you, Chiba. I will always remember you as my brother."

Chiba: "???"

"What are you saying? What are you saying?" Chiba said irritably, "Nawaki, what do you mean by that? It's like I'm dead too!"

Nawaki glanced at Chiba and said casually, "That's roughly the idea. By the way, what about the necklace my older sister gave you?"

(OωO?)! Holy crap?!

Chiba's breath hitched as he recalled the necklace that had been crushed by the Eight-Tails after it broke free, and he spoke tremblingly.

"I... I accidentally broke it during the battle against the Cloud Hidden Anbu. This... this can't be my fault, can it?"

Nawaki patted Chiba on the shoulder, his eyes filled with pity, and said, "I don't know about that. When you get back, just tell my older sister yourself and see if she'll forgive you."

"This was left by my great-grandfather, and my older sister treasures it dearly. How could you break it? Tsk tsk!"

Although Chiba knew that Nawaki was trying to scare her, she became more and more panicked as she listened.

Nono glanced at Nawaki, then at Chiba, seemingly lost in thought, and remained silent.

"Okay, okay, I was just kidding. My older sister has such a good temper, she definitely won't do anything to you."

Nawaki laughed heartily, "Besides, even if my older sister wanted to lay a hand on you, you still have me, your brother, to protect you. Let's go, now that the mission is complete, let's head back to Konoha!"

"Wait, where is Kosuke-senpai?"

"Uh, I forgot about the uncle. Um, how about we send someone to inform him?"

"nonsense!"

……

Meanwhile, at a gold exchange in the southern part of the Land of Waterfalls.