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Chapter 110 Four-Tailed Fox, You're Too Weak! (Please Subscribe and Vote)

Hoshino Hideichi closed his eyes and just started biting, chewing a couple of times before swallowing, truly wolfing it down.

If you didn't know better, you'd think what he was holding was incredibly delicious.

Before long, a chunk of four-tailed meat the size of a human head was killed by Hoshino Shuichi.

Wiping his mouth, Hoshino Shuichi looked a little puzzled: "It seems there's no reaction... huh?"

"They're here!"

Hoshino Shuichi's expression changed as he felt his stomach burning, then rumbling, followed by a surge of powerful and malevolent chakra.

"So strong!"

Hoshino Shuichi was shocked. The Four-Tails' chakra was not just greater in quantity, but also stronger in terms of sheer quality.

To put it simply, if both use Fire Release techniques with the same amount of chakra, the Fire Release technique created by the Four-Tails' chakra will be stronger than his!

A large amount of Four-Tails chakra was growing inside his body. Just from this piece of flesh, the amount of chakra generated in a short time had already exceeded the upper limit of Hoshino Shuichi's current physique.

In the blink of an eye, crimson chakra rapidly spread across Hoshino Shuichi's body, starting from his abdomen.

Hoshino Shuichi could clearly feel the Four-Tails' chakra permeating every cell of his body, carrying intense malice, as well as an corrosive and predatory nature.

Once his mental will is broken, the chakra will quickly invade his body. At that time, his cells will change due to the Four-Tails chakra and undergo Four-Tails transformation!

"Good heavens!"

"As expected, when fighting against the chakra of tailed beasts, physical constitution is secondary; the key is the battle of wills and mental strength!"

Hoshita Shuichi was in high spirits.

The next moment, the tailed beast's chakra enveloped his head, followed by an even more terrifying attack of malice, with countless illusions and tempting thoughts appearing one after another.

Then, a mental world unfolded, and Hoshino Shuichi's consciousness appeared in a lake world filled with malice and evil chakra.

At this moment, Xingxia Xiu fully focused on herself.

"Come, embrace me, and I can make you stand at the pinnacle of the ninja world!"

Hoshita Shuichi curled his lip: "Sorry, your Jinchūriki was almost killed by me last time!"

Four tails: o((⊙﹏⊙))o? ?

The four-tailed beast roared, "That's a piece of trash! He can only use my power in such a lowly way!"

Hoshino Shuichi calmly asked, "Then, with all your power, can I surpass Hashirama Senju, who sealed the Nine-Tails?"

Four tails: o((⊙﹏⊙))o? ?

Hoshita Shuichi then asked, "Is your power comparable to that of the Sage of Six Paths?"

"Can we defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki?"

Four-tailed: (￣△￣；)！！

Hoshino Hideichi scoffed, "If you can't even do this much, what use are you?"

The Four-Tails retorted angrily, "I can help you persuade the other tailed beasts to grant you their power. At that time, you will be another Sage of Six Paths!"

They actually have a little bit of brains?

But Hoshino Shuichi remained dismissive: "Can you defeat the Nine-Tails?"

Four tails: o((⊙﹏⊙))o? ?

Hoshino Shuichi continued, "You can't even beat Nine-Tails, so what makes you think you can convince him?"

"With your mouth?"

The Four-Tails grew increasingly enraged, its malevolent intent surging, and it roared, "Don't you want to kill Danzo, the one who's threatening you?"

"With my power, killing him will be a piece of cake!"

Hoshino Hideichi shook his head: "I can kill him without your power!"

"The key question is, can your power allow me to slaughter my way through Konoha?"

The Four-Tails flew into a rage: "Why did you have to slaughter your way through Konoha?"

Hoshino looked at him like a fool: "If you don't kill everyone in Konoha now, why are you even going to kill Danzo?"

The Four-Tails scoffed, "Of course, we'll find an opportunity to secretly kill him and then frame Roshi of Iwagakure!"

Wow, you've got a clever trick up your sleeve!

But Hoshino Hideichi was even more disdainful: "So that means I can't kill you now, I have to wait... then what use are you to me?"

"I can kill him myself, why would I need your help?"

That wretched brat!

The four-tailed beast growled, then tempted, "Don't you want to have Yakushi Nonou, Asuka, Shizune, and Tsunade all at the same time?"

"Even Pakura from Sunagakure..."

"As long as you possess my power, you can use it to corrupt and control them."

Hoshita Shuichi exclaimed in surprise, "You actually have illusion abilities?"

The Four-Tails went berserk: "It's erosion, chakra erosion! It's me controlling them!"

Hoshino Hideichi scoffed, "Then what use are you to me?"

"Can't I control it myself using illusion magic?"

"Are you controlling... me, or am I playing with them?"

Hoshinobi Shuichi shook his head, "The Four-Tails is just the Four-Tails, too weak!"

"asshole!"

"You wretched brat!"

"I'm going to tear you to pieces!"

In the realm of the mind, four tails roared furiously, stirring up a raging tide of evil thoughts, as Shuichi charged towards the surging, turbulent morning star.

In an instant, Xingxia Xiu entered Fire Release Chakra Mode, drew his Ame no Kusanagi, and with a swift motion, the blue blade light cleaved the tide of evil thoughts in two.

"Four-Tails, your power is too weak."

"At most, it'll just have a tail..."

Hoshino Shuichi leaped into the air, standing upright. After sheathing his sword, a huge halo appeared on his right hand. The halo then expanded, accompanied by a loud, ear-piercing sound of air friction.

Wind and Fire Wheel Spiral Shuriken!

"You only have one tail, what are you jumping around for?"

With that, Hoshino Shizuka threw the Rasengan shuriken in his hand.

The four-tailed beast brandished its single tail and roared, "Don't underestimate me!"

However, he was unable to condense the Tailed Beast Ball when he opened his mouth.

boom!!!

The Rasengan struck the Four-Tails precisely, slicing its body open. The ball of light expanded, completely enveloping the Four-Tails. Then, unable to withstand the power any longer, its body collapsed and transformed into a torrent of tailed beast chakra.

At that very moment, inside the barrier, Hoshino Shizuka, shrouded in crimson chakra, opened his eyes and clasped his hands together: "Seal!"

Beneath his clothes, on his abdomen, appeared the Bagua Seal talisman. The vortex of ending spun, and the Bagua Seal first opened completely, then reopened. As the spiral rotated, the tailed beast chakra in Hoshino Shizuka's body was immediately pulled into the Bagua Seal.

Immediately afterwards, the tailed beast chakra entered the Yin Seal, which was shrouded by the Bagua Seal.

When all the tailed beast chakra gathered, a miniature four-tailed beast reunited and soaked in the lake formed by the sealing of chakra by the Star-Under-Shu-Ichi-Yin Seal.

Outside, there was a prison formed by the Bagua seal.

Boom!

The lake exploded, and the four tails roared in protest, trying to break the seal.

But the next moment, five different chakras appeared in the lake sealed by Yin, forming ropes that bound the enraged Four-Tails.

With a splash, the four tails fell into the lake.

Five Elements Seal!

This is a seal formed using the five types of chakra: wind, fire, water, earth, and lightning. It is a sealing technique that can disrupt the enemy's chakra and prevent them from using it.

This technique was taught to Shuichi Hoshita by Kushina Uzumaki.

The Four-Tails, which was at most in its one-tailed state, was sealed by this sealing technique and immediately became powerless, unable to use its chakra anymore. It could only sit in the lake and watch its power gradually merge into the lake beneath it, becoming the power of Hoshino Shuichi.

"That wretched brat is even skilled in sealing techniques..."

Looking at Hoshino Shuichi outside the prison, Yotsuba reluctantly closed its eyes to rest.

Anyway, we can't win...

outside.

Hoshino Shizuka lowered his hands, simultaneously snapping out of his highly focused state: "That's it?"

"It seems a bit weak!"

"But that makes sense, it's only the power of a piece of meat."

Hoshino Shuichi carefully sensed and observed, and then discovered that the source of the tailed beast's power was actually natural energy.

"A collection of chakra, which will revive after a period of time even if the Jinchuriki dies."

"When a person dies, the body decays, but the soul enters the Pure Land."

"Tailed beasts are different; their souls and consciousnesses wander throughout the ninja world, then draw upon natural energy to reappear."

"That's why such a piece of flesh and blood can contain such a huge amount of chakra."

"For the Tailed Beasts, what limits them is not their bodies, but their spirits!!!"

Hoshino Shuichi's expression was solemn: "The reason why the Four-Tails' power that I'm currently sealing can only unleash at most the One-Tails state is because the Four-Tails' spirit and will contained in the piece of Four-Tails' flesh that I ate can only control so much power."

"The deceased Sage of Six Paths was actually in a state similar to a tailed beast, with his soul wandering and able to draw natural energy from nature through Sage Techniques."

"Although the Sage of Six Paths is dead, he has actually broken free from the limitations of his physical body..."

Without a doubt, from the tailed beasts, Hoshino Shuichi drew a startling deduction.

If we're talking about old coins, the Sage of Six Paths is the strongest one!

Hoshita Shuichi sighed inwardly, then turned his attention back to himself: "Looks like I underestimated myself..."

"My willpower is much stronger than I expected."

"It's not just because the entry improved my mental and physical strength; my long-term self-discipline is also a manifestation of a strong mental will."

"In addition, there's focus..."

After some thought, Hoshino Shuichi already had a plan in mind.

The chakra of the Four-Tails in its One-Tail state is at best a small power bank, far from enough.

He needs to further cultivate the four-tailed cells, at least to cultivate a complete four-tailed tail like Orochimaru cultivated the eight-tailed one.

If one of the tails is destroyed, the upper limit of the chakra of the small four-tailed beast within the body can be increased.

The same applies to the Eight-Tails...

"Another one is to master Lava Release through the Four-Tails' chakra..."

Hoshino Shuichi smiled, then got up, dispelled the barrier, and went home.

We can't let Yakushi Nonou and the others find out.

Larigela!

Humming a little tune, Hoshino Hideichi happily went home, put away his shadow clone, and then went to sleep.

The following day, as usual, Hoshino Hideichi finished his morning training, ate breakfast, and then went into his study, took out a blank scroll, and began to write.

He has already tested it himself, so his previous deductions can be considered "true knowledge".

However, this cannot be given directly to Kushina Uzumaki.

This is a huge no-no!

Therefore, after completing the task, Hoshinoichi first sought out Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and through Shinnosuke, requested an audience with the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Inside the Hokage's office, upon hearing Sarutobi Shinnosuke's report, Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze immediately sharpened: "Let Shuichi in!"

"yes!"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke immediately accepted the order.

A moment later, Hoshino Shuichi knocked on the door alone and entered, then handed the scroll he had prepared to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi unfurled the scroll, his gaze immediately sharpening.

Theories about the chakra of the tailed beasts and experiments on the chakra of the Four-Tails!

This is the title!

Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately took a deep drag of his cigarette and continued reading.

What catches the eye is not the inference mentioned in the title, but a reference to the theory of chakra.

First, there are theoretical citations from ninja school textbooks, with the source of each citation thoughtfully noted.

Next, it quotes different people's explanations and insights into the theory of chakra.

The people in this group include Nono Yakushi, Tsunade, Minato, Kushina Uzumaki, Orochimaru, Shinnosuke Sarutobi, Shisui Uchiha, Sakumo Hatake, Kakashi...

Sarutobi Hinata couldn't help but take another deep drag on his cigarette.

This format... is a bit unusual.

What followed made Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze sharpen.

Because that's a deduction about how mental will plays a decisive role in taming the tailed beast's chakra.

Then came Hoshino Shuichi's own experiment, which successfully proved his above deduction.

Although there was only one trial, one successful example.

But at this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi had a very convincing presence.

but……

"That Orochimaru guy..."

Even a fool could guess that Orochimaru must have taken advantage of the special occasion of Kushina Uzumaki and Minato's wedding to reveal the secret of Kushina Uzumaki being the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to Shuichi Hoshishita, thus luring Shuichi Hoshishita into using him as a test subject.

Slowly raising his head, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Shuichi Hoshita with gentle eyes: "So, Shuichi, did you learn about the Nine-Tails from Orochimaru?"

Hoshita Shuichi readily agreed, "Yes, Third Hokage!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed, "Although we succeeded, it was too dangerous to do it alone."

The result was satisfactory, but the method needs further discussion.

Xingxia Xiu understood in a second: "Don't worry, Third Hokage, next time I conduct an experiment, I will invite Minato-sensei, or Tsunade-sama, Jiraiya-sama, and the others."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was speechless.

That's not what he meant at all!

Even Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't resist the allure of the Nine-Tails.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have agreed to conduct research on intercolumnar cells back then.

The research caused Konoha heavy losses back then, which is why the government ordered it to be sealed away.

However, there is already a successful case: the perfect Jinchūriki... no, he only needs a Jinchūriki like Rōshi of Iwagakure, who can control a portion of the Nine-Tails' power, and he will be satisfied.

Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi did not stop Shuichi Hoshita, but said very carefully, "Be careful, don't be reckless, safety is the most important thing."

Hoshita Shuichi readily agreed, "Yes, Third Hokage!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, closed the scroll, and handed it to Shuichi Hoshishita, smiling, "This is for Minato and the others as a wedding gift, right?"

Hoshino Hideichi reached out and took it, smiling, "Yes, it should be quite unique!"

"Hmm...it is indeed very unique."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "In that case, let's go find Minato!"

Hoshino Hideichi bowed respectfully before leaving.

After leaving the Hokage Building, Hoshino Shuichi went straight to his teacher Minato Namikaze's house.

Logically, the wedding gift should be delivered tomorrow.

But this gift is a bit special, so it naturally needs to be shown to the teacher, Minato Namikaze, first.

Minato Namikaze, who had been pulled to a corner by Shuichi Hoshita, asked curiously, "Shuichi, what's so mysterious about this?"

Hoshino Hideichi immediately took out a scroll.

Minato Namikaze took it, smiling as he asked, "A newly developed ninjutsu?"

Which direction?

Hoshino Hideichi remained mysterious, smiling without saying a word.

Minato Namikaze opened the door with a smile, then quickly became serious.

When he saw the part about Hoshino Shuichi's experiment, his expression changed drastically: "Shuichi, you..."

Hoshino Hideichi laughed and said, "The power of the Four-Tails is far less than imagined, or rather, it is only a portion of its power."

Even so, Minato Namikaze, who had witnessed the power and evil of the Tailed Beasts, was still deeply moved: "Thank you, Shuichi!"

Hoshino Hideichi smiled and said, "Then I'll give this gift to you, teacher. I obtained the Eight-Tails' cells from Lord Orochimaru and am currently cultivating them."

"There's no need to worry too much about Master's wife. After all, when it comes to tailed beasts, the Nine-Tails' power should be the strongest."

Minato Namikaze nodded solemnly: "That's true."

He had personally experienced the power of the Nine-Tails, and that was the only time he had been seriously injured.

He then added, "The power of the Eight-Tails should be even greater than that of the Four-Tails, Shuichi, you must be careful."

Hoshino nodded: "Don't worry, Minato-sensei, I'll make sure you're by my side next time."

Minato Namikaze nodded, finally relieved.

……

After leaving his teacher Minato Namikaze's house, Shuichi Hoshita arrived at Orochimaru's experimental base.

Upon seeing Hoshino Shuichi, Orochimaru immediately laughed and said, "Congratulations, Shuichi-kun, for proving your theory!"

Hoshino Hideichi smiled and said, "It might be related to my constitution, who knows?"

"It's currently just an isolated case."

Orochimaru chuckled and said, "That may be true, but I have great confidence in Shuichi-kun."

Upon hearing this, Hoshino Shizuka asked in return, "Is Lord Orochimaru planning to do the same?"

"Or... would you be willing to let me try out the Eight-Tails' horns?"

He originally planned to cultivate the Eight-Tails' horns himself, but it seems he doesn't need to waste so much time, since Orochimaru's Eight-Tails' horns are already quite large.

Orochimaru laughed and said, "If Shuichi-kun needs it, of course there's no problem."

"As long as the sample is preserved, it can be cultured further."

An eight-tailed horn is nothing to him; it's just a matter of wasting some time and money.

But compared to a definite outcome, it's nothing at all.

After hearing Orochimaru's words, Hoshino Shuichi pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "Then thank you very much, Lord Orochimaru."

"However, the experiment with the Eight-Tails will have to wait a while, and it would be best if it could be fully developed."

Orochimaru nodded: "Of course, that's no problem."

"So, you're going to continue the Four-Tails experiment?"

Hoshino nodded and revealed, "The upper limit of a tailed beast's chakra depends on its control over its mental consciousness."

"The spiritual consciousness contained within a piece of flesh and blood is limited and too weak compared to the original body."

Orochimaru's eyes gleamed: "Is that so?"

"Shuichi-kun is truly a pleasant surprise."

"I never imagined that the tailed beasts' chakra wasn't limited by their physical bodies; it's the complete opposite of humans."

Compared to Shuichi Hoshino, who had a bit of a God's-eye view, Orochimaru relied entirely on his own research.

(End of this chapter)