Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 271 Kakuzu - The Seven-Tails Jinchuriki

Kakuzu responded; things were happening much faster than he had imagined.

In a short while, Madara Uchiha and Kakuzu found the residence of the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki.

The Seven-Tails Jinchuriki was a child of only twelve or thirteen years old. In his sleep, he discovered that someone seemed to be standing by his bedside.

The moment he opened his eyes, before he could even gasp for breath, unparalleled pupil power flowed directly into his body through his eyes. In no time, his gaze became unfocused and his face became blank—signs of being under an illusion.

"What terrifying eye power."

Kakuzu, standing to the side, felt a deep sense of dread. This terrifying illusion technique, even if used on someone as strong as him, would probably not be too difficult for him.

Without any unnecessary movements, Madara Uchiha stepped forward, quickly forming hand seals. He placed one hand on the Jinchuriki's stomach, and a chakra of an unusual color was drawn out, indicating that the Tailed Beast was being continuously extracted.

The corners all watched quietly from the side.

Extracting tailed beasts is no easy task.

Even for ninjas who specialize in sealing, successfully extracting a tailed beast is by no means an easy task.

Unexpectedly, Madara Uchiha not only possesses astonishing combat power, but also has extraordinary skill in sealing techniques.

Before long, Madara Uchiha completed the extraction of the Tailed Beast, and the Jinchuriki lost his life.

Madara Uchiha glanced at it indifferently, then, clutching the Seven-Tails' chakra in his hand, stuffed it directly into Judo's stomach.

"Ugh—!"

Kakuzu's eyes widened suddenly.

When he came to his senses, he found himself in an unusual space. The surroundings were dim, like dusk. He soon spotted a huge creature that looked a bit like a rhinoceros beetle, with six wings and a tail.

Kakuzu narrowed his eyes, roughly judging the identity of the creature in front of him by its appearance: "Although it's called the Seven-Tails, it seems to only have one tail."

Kakuzu had heard a little about the appearances of the various tailed beasts over the long years.

When the Seven-Tails saw Kakuzu, it paused for a moment, and then unleashed a powerful burst of chakra.

Seven-Tails had seen everything that the man and the man next to him had just done. This guy who just pulled it out and put it inside his body didn't seem like a good person at all.

In addition, Kakuzu didn't look like a good person to begin with, and the Seven-Tails didn't waste any words. It flapped its wings, exuding murderous intent, and flew up to attack: "Die, human."

Faced with such a colossal creature surging towards them, a normal person would be exhausted just standing there, let alone facing it. However, for a ninja like Kakuzu, who was used to large-scale battles, it was not enough to frighten him.

He leaped into the air, performing a backflip to narrowly avoid the Seven-Tails' charge, even managing to utter a sarcastic remark: "Hmph, truly as brutal as the rumors say."

After landing perfectly, Kakuzu stared at the Seven-Tails, his eyes revealing undisguised greed: "But that's precisely why it's worth using."

He took off his shirt, revealing a hideous body that looked as if it had been pieced together by a tailor. Black tentacles emerged from his body, twisting wildly and emitting an evil aura like miasma.

"asshole--!"

The angry voice was filled with intense killing intent; the Seven-Tails wished it could skin this human who coveted it alive on the spot.

These humans are all trying to exploit the power of their tailed beasts, which is why he hates humans so much.

Red and blue chakra spheres emerged around the Seven-Tails' mouth.

With some kind of suction, these chakra spheres are rapidly gathering together, converging, merging, and expanding, eventually becoming a giant black sphere.

Kakuzu stared intently and sensed something was terribly wrong. This was the infamous Tailed Beast Ball; being hit by it would be no joke.

Kakuzu split his body in two, sacrificing his chariot to save his king.

The Tailed Beast Ball hit Kakuzu directly in the face, and with an explosion, Kakuzu lay motionless on the ground.

The Seven-Tails stared at Kakuzu's motionless body. Before it could even feel happy, the black, alien-like creature surged into Kakuzu's body like a pillar of flesh.

With a pounding heart, Kakuzu got up.

The Seven-Tails stared in disbelief at Kakuzu in front of it, feeling a chill run down its spine.

What kind of creature is this human in front of me? Compared to this monster, the one opposite me is the real monster.

"They really went all out."

Kakuzu cursed, formed hand seals, manipulated the alien creature, and performed ninjutsu.

Wind Release: Oppression

Lightning Release: False Darkness

Fire Release: Head Carving

These three moves not only have a huge range, but their power is also astonishing. Even a powerful creature like the Seven-Tailed Fox would suffer greatly when struck, letting out painful cries.

Seven-Tails barely managed to withstand a round of attacks.

Despicable humans.

I will repay you tenfold.

Just as it was about to retaliate, an accident occurred.

A cage appeared around it, binding it tightly, and it was filled with sealing power, far surpassing the sealing power of the previous Jinchūriki.

"Finally, they've made their move..."

Kakuzu narrowed his eyes and spoke in a low voice.

Madara Uchiha would make a move; this was something he had anticipated.

Confined in its cage, the Seven-Tails, driven by impotence and rage, roared and cursed with utter venom: "Aaaaah, human, when I get out, I will definitely kill you!"

"Let's talk about it when you're able to get out."

Kakuzu ignored him, his face showing a mocking expression.

He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he was back in the real world.

Madara Uchiha had been watching the entire battle with his Sharingan, and he commented on Kakuzu's ability to quickly return to reality, "He adapted very quickly."

"So this is what a tailed beast is. It doesn't seem as scary as the rumors say."

This is not Kakuzu boasting. The tailed beasts bound in the cage can't really cause any trouble for him, so he sees them as nothing special, at most just a little noisy.

That's just how you treat yourself.

Madara Uchiha shook his head. "The vast majority of Jinchuriki are implanted with Tailed Beasts from a young age. Do you think children would have that kind of strength and mentality?"

Kakuzu agreed, "Yes, that's true."

Madara Uchiha casually asked, "How powerful is the Seven-Tails?"

Kakuzu glanced at him: "Anyway, in your eyes, he's nothing special."

Uchiha chuckled, not denying it: "How long do you plan to take to control the Seven-Tails within you?"

Based on his intuition, Kakuzu gave a fair reply: "I don't know, but it shouldn't take too long."

Uchiha with freckles.

In this way, the arrangement of this chess piece, Kakuzu, is almost complete.

While Kakuzu was still wielding the power of the Tailed Beasts, Madara Uchiha planned to wait a while and find a suitable opportunity to force out Aokiji's Sharingan abilities, thus alerting the higher-ups of Konoha.

An Uchiha member who never reveals his Sharingan abilities and vehemently denies possessing the Sharingan.

However, he made great achievements on the battlefield by using his Sharingan abilities. At that time, the Konoha leadership will definitely distrust Aokiji. Some radicals, such as Danzo, will definitely want to kill him in order to guard against him.

And that will be the time when Madara Uchiha truly makes his move.

By manipulating the situation, the previously planted pieces were revealed, prompting the Konoha leadership to make a decision to kill Aokiji, and in the process, Tsunade lost her life.

In this way, Aokiji will definitely turn to the dark side, harboring extreme hatred for the village, thinking only of revenge, and committing the crazy act of attacking the high-ranking officials of Konoha.

To distance themselves from the situation, the Konoha leadership will definitely turn the tables and accuse Aokiji of being a rogue ninja. Then, through intentional or unintentional, appropriate guidance, they will bring the time for him to actually meet Aokiji. At that time, Aokiji will be their perfect tool.

Having obtained the Seven-Tails and the Book of Heroes, Kakuzu has lost interest in staying in Takigakure and intends to leave.

Before leaving, he casually asked Uchiha Madara if he wanted to leave with him.

He thought Madara Uchiha wouldn't have any reason to stay there any longer, but he was wrong.

"No, I plan to stay here a little longer," Madara Uchiha refused.

Kakuzu looked at Madara Uchiha with a puzzled expression, not understanding what he was seeing.

He wasn't interested in the Seven-Tails and Hero's Water, the most valuable items in this ninja village. Could there be something else that could pique his interest?

Even he, a local, didn't know about it.

Madara Uchiha explained, "There's something interesting here, and I plan to stay here for a while."

Kakuzu, ever the pundit, asked, "What is it?"

Madara Uchiha didn't hide anything and said in a deep voice, "The Tree of Heroes."

As its name suggests, since it is called the Tree of Heroes, it must be somewhat related to the Water of Heroes, which originates from this tree.

It is said that this tree has existed for a thousand years and is a mysterious tree.

Mentioning trees naturally brings to mind Hashirama Senju's Wood Release technique.

While in Konoha, Madara Uchiha knew that the village had been experimenting on Hashirama's cells.

If a regular person were to have Hashirama cells implanted in their body, their body would generate a large amount of chakra, but this would have significant side effects.

This is similar to the Hero's Water produced by the Tree of Heroes. Madara Uchiha took a liking to this, so he planned to stay and study the tree to see if he could discover anything.

Perhaps, we can even find a way to awaken the Rinnegan.

Madara Uchiha was always very interested in why the Senju clan had only produced one Wood Release cultivator over thousands of years.

At that time, he thought that Hashirama was born with extraordinary talent and thus developed Wood Release. In addition, the two were rivals when they were young, so even if he asked Hashirama, the latter would probably not tell him the truth.

Of course, this is not because of distrust of Hashirama, but because Hashirama had a cunning younger brother, Tobirama, by his side.

He must have given his elder brother countless instructions beforehand about what he could and couldn't say.

Therefore, Madara Uchiha didn't think too much about it and naturally didn't ask any more questions.

In recent years, however, Madara Uchiha has gradually developed a strong interest in the origin of Wood Release, and he can't help but have a question.

Is Wood Release truly a bloodline limit developed solely by Hashirama?

Taking his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan as an example, the conditions for the birth of such eyes are extremely demanding, requiring the right time, place, and people.

Did Hashirama use some external force to develop Wood Release?

What about the amazing adventure of accidentally falling off a cliff and then eating a magical fruit on the precipice?

Given Hashirama's impulsive personality at that time, this possibility cannot be ruled out.

Otherwise, given that Madara Uchiha went through so much trouble to develop a pair of Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and Hashirama developed Wood Release on his own, wouldn't that make him seem like a complete waste?

Even though Hashirama Senju had passed away, Madara Uchiha was still secretly striving for something.

He wanted to prove that Hashirama's Wood Release was not developed by him personally, but rather by external force.

This is not just a simple competition; it is also for the purpose of successfully fusing and giving birth to the Rinnegan.

Madara Uchiha subconsciously tried to find excuses for himself.

(End of this chapter)