Konoha: Unable to learn ninjutsu, they had to develop their own.

Shukaku felt something was strange.

"Are you out of your mind?"

"Trying to make me happy?"

"Heh, if it weren't for this sealing technique, I would have eaten you right now!"

Shoukaku spoke to himself, his tone extremely fierce.

however.

Gradually, it sensed something was amiss, as if a subtle change had occurred in its mind.

There seemed to be another voice in the background.

At first, it thought it had misheard.

but.

"eat you!"

"what have you done?"

"you?"

"Ouch! Bedbug, come out here!"

Shukaku was terrified and furious. While roaring, it secretly used its chakra and spiritual energy to search for the source of the anomaly. Finally, it discovered that there was a small Shukaku hiding in the corner of its spiritual energy.

It ate it in one bite, then looked at Chiba with a mixture of surprise and anger.

"You, how did you do that?"

“This is just a small attempt. You can think of it as me having the ability to cultivate a new Shukaku consciousness. Although I can’t completely devour you, I can suppress you under my consciousness.”

Chiba finally spoke.

To deal with a guy like Shukaku, you have to use some methods to intimidate him first, otherwise he won't cooperate willingly.

"Heh, you think I would believe that? Don't joke around. There's no way anyone could mentally suppress me. I was just careless just now."

Shukaku was furious.

"I also have a technique that can link the minds of many people together, allowing them to share a certain amount of spiritual energy. And I must say, while your spiritual energy is strong, it has a fatal flaw."

"what?"

"Your soul is bound to your chakra, which means that, in a sense, every clump of Shukaku chakra can nourish a Shukaku."

Chiba smiled slightly, "I can slowly divide you up."

"You! You bastard...you're a madman, a madman even more insane than Orochimaru!"

Shukaku went from arrogantly roaring just now to spouting nonsense.

After roaring for a while, it gradually fell silent.

finally.

"Who the hell are you?"

"As you know, Konoha's special Jonin, Yagyu Chiba."

Putting aside Chiba's actions, his manners were impeccable, even in his words.

Shukaku was furious and powerless, but at this moment he had no choice but to admit defeat for the time being.

It realized...

The other party might actually have the ability to kill it from its "consciousness"!

Shukaku will not die, but Shukaku may not be it.

Chiba wanted to teach it such a simple principle, and clearly, Shukaku has now fully grasped it.

He was satisfied and sat down on the ground in this dark space.

"Now we can talk."

"What are you talking about? I have nothing to do with you..."

"Ok?"

“I mean, I don’t have any conflict with you. We don’t need to be so tense. We can sit down and talk things over.”

Shouhe said in a low, ingratiating voice.

Chiba nodded in satisfaction.

really.

Sometimes, strength can be used to make someone sit down and listen to what you have to say.

That's it now.

He chuckled and said, "I found some of your chakra a while ago."

"??"

Shukaku was completely bewildered, but when it met Chiba's gaze, it gritted its teeth and said, "Yes, I was too impulsive and failed to control my chakra!"

"Good to know. Don't be so short-tempered in the future, understand?"

"Yes!"

Shukaku felt humiliated.

So many years.

Since the Sage of Six Paths, no one has dared to speak like that for a long time, and they have no choice but to obey.

however.

Unbridled anger is pointless.

It understands...

Now, this human holds its life and death in his hands.

Chiba smiled.

Shukaku gradually understood his situation.

It's much easier to talk now.

"Alright, let me ask you this: if an organization wanted to target you and gather you all together, what do you think their motives would be?"

Chiba-michi.

"What for? It can't be to gather us all together for an old friends reunion, haha, you humans know your own thoughts best."

Shukaku curled his lip, his face full of disdain and contempt.

but.

It quickly realized its mistake.

"Sorry, I meant the people you mentioned who want to collect the tailed beasts, not you. Uh, you're not that kind of person, are you?"

Shukaku asked cautiously.

Chiba shook his head: "Although you are very powerful, I am not interested in controlling you. I am more interested in your life form."

"!!!"

Shouhe felt as if there was a huge "danger" character above his head.

This guy isn't very old, but he's even more terrifying and insane than Orochimaru, whom I saw recently, and he's also much smarter.

Orochimaru spent a long time figuring out the trick, but the other party saw through it at a glance and even created a countermeasure!

It became increasingly insecure.

"A tailed beast like you, courting death, shouldn't be afraid of dying, right?"

"me……"

Shukaku was speechless.

It used to be fearless because it could come back to life after death and might be able to hide somewhere again without being found.

but now.

Upon encountering Chiba, it felt as if it were truly going to die!

"That's all fake news! Tailed beasts are afraid of death too."

Shukaku had a long face.

"You probably don't want to get caught either, right? Although I don't know what they want to do, as you said, they can't possibly be holding a reunion for you tailed beasts."

Chiba narrowed his eyes. "If we become enemies, I will kill you."

"I dare not, but... right! I don't know what they want to do, but the Sage of Six Paths once said that he created us in the hope that we would help each other and protect the ninja world."

Shouhe was incredibly proud when he said this.

Chiba squinted: "The guardian deity of the ninja world is being chased and beaten like a dog?"

"You! It's all Kurama's fault for not cooperating. Otherwise, if I had led the other tailed beasts, we could have achieved great things again and wouldn't have been sealed away!"

Shukaku roared in rage and shame.

Chiba narrowed his eyes, then smiled and said, "Is Kurama the name of the Nine-Tails? Would you like to meet Kurama?"

"What do you mean?"

"If you're interested in mocking Kurama every day, I can create a clone for you. If you cooperate, I can even let you move around in the forest."

"You mean... no, human, you'd be so kind? You wouldn't be thinking of separating me and creating another me, would you?"

Shukaku said alertly.

Chiba nodded and replied, "You guessed half right. It is indeed another version of you, but as long as you behave yourself, I can promise not to harm your spirit."

"Then what do you mean?"

"Simply put, I don't trust that Sunagakure can protect you under Akatsuki's offensive, so I need to make alternative preparations in advance."