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Chapter 85: Hozuki Shingetsu, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki!

Tick ​​tock!

Tick ​​tock!

Tick ​​tock!

The sound of dripping water echoed in his ears. Hozuki Shingetsu frowned and gradually woke up from his coma.

"So this is the consciousness space of the tailed beasts...?"

Hozuki Shingetsu looked up at the deep, dark alleyway covered in water stains and sighed.

I often saw this kind of scene in anime in my past life, but this is the first time I've experienced it in person.

"Is this wall also a manifestation of the Six-Tails' consciousness?"

Hozuki Crescent curiously surveyed the space, finding the sealing technique increasingly incredible.

The ability to construct such a materialized object in the illusory spiritual world explains why this sealing technique was touted as miraculous in various fan fiction novels from my previous life.

"Using sealing techniques, they can seal materialized tailed beasts in a spiritual space. No wonder the Uzumaki clan can establish a nation on their own! It seems I'll have to learn sealing techniques sometime in the future..." Hozuki Shingetsu muttered to himself as he surveyed the space.

However, he had not forgotten why he came here, so after a brief moment of reflection, he followed his instincts and ventured deeper into the waterway.

As the ripples on the water continued to spread, a vermilion fence soon appeared before Hozuki Shingetsu's eyes.

The vermilion fence was about six meters high, with narrow gaps between the bars, and it met the walls on both sides. A talisman was hung high on it.

Perhaps because it is a technique that uses the Eight Trigrams Seal to seal the tailed beast, the scene that appears before Hozuki Shingetsu is exactly the same as the place where the Nine-Tails is sealed in Naruto Uzumaki's mind in the anime.

This scene, combined with the six-tailed fox imprisoned inside, bears a striking resemblance to Sun Wukong being suppressed under the Five Fingers Mountain.

"Another reckless fool has arrived... Looks like a brat. What, does Kirigakure think you can subdue me?"

In the darkness, two crimson dots slowly emerged.

The six-tailed creature opened its eyes, its slug-like body curled up into a ball, and glanced disdainfully at Hozuki Shingetsu.

However, this arrogant tone, combined with the reality of being imprisoned, created a stark contrast.

It's like a noble knight princess who has been imprisoned underground for a long time and suffered endless torment. After finally escaping with the help of outsiders, she was forcibly brought back before she even saw the sun rise the next day. Then, she could only stubbornly say to those who came to punish her from inside the prison:

"this one?"

This attitude of "you can have my body, but you can't have my heart" made Hozuki Shingetsu secretly chuckle.

Considering that he would need to be with the Six-Tails for a long time, Hozuki Shingetsu did not forcefully pour chakra into the Six-Tails' body to change it with his cheat ability. Instead, he calmly chatted with the Six-Tails about everyday things. After all, as a warrior of pure love, he wanted to get to know the heart of the matter first.

Since we're already trapped here, we can always leave if things get really bad.

After a moment's thought, Hozuki Shingetsu immediately decided to unleash his ultimate attack: "Sainuki, these past thousand years since you separated from the Sage of Six Paths haven't been easy, have they?"

How do you know my name?

The slug, which had been curled up in a ball, suddenly became excited the moment it heard its name, as if in response to stress.

Its tentacles stretched out from the darkness, reaching the edge of the sealing fence, trying to grab Hozuki Crescent.

Snapped!

In its excitement, it forgot the sealing spell here, and its tentacles were knocked off balance by the seal on the fence.

The rhinoceros, in pain, remembered its current situation and could only helplessly retract its antennae, lingering at the edge of the fence.

"That's not all... You even know the story of how I separated from Rokudo. Where did you hear that from?"

In his anxiety, a slime that had appeared out of nowhere slid down the six tails' tentacles and dripped onto the ground in tiny specks.

"How would I know? Of course, it was... the Sage of Six Paths who told me himself."

Hozuki Shingetsu, oblivious to the scene before him, continued to exploit the information gap created by the 720 episodes of the anime to constantly provoke the older left-behind children in front of him.

"Impossible! Liudao is long dead! The nine of us watched him die right before our eyes!" Saiken said decisively without even thinking.

"Seal, seal... I understand! You must have learned it from the secret manual recorded by the Uzumaki clan, right?"

A sudden flash of inspiration struck Six-Tailed Fox, as if he had realized something. His tone grew increasingly certain, and he began to speculate about the source of Hozuki Shingetsu's information. "Yes, that makes sense... Since the Six Paths passed down various sealing techniques, they must have told them about their past..."

"That damned old man! Not only did he leave behind a sealing technique to restrain us, but he also passed down these things..."

"Although the Sage of Six Paths' physical body died, his spirit remained attached to his chakra and survived."

Hozuki Shingetsu directly interrupted the Six-Tails' inner monologue, recounting what he knew about the current state of the Six Paths.

He knew that his conversation with the Six-Tails within this mental space was absolutely confidential. Under the isolation of the sealing technique, within his own consciousness space, and encrypted by his own cheat-like abilities, not even Black Zetsu, let alone the Sage of Six Paths, could eavesdrop.

For information to leak out, it would have to be intentionally leaked by both parties involved. Hozuki Shingetsu himself certainly wouldn't leak it, and the Six-Tails sealed within him would have no chance of leaking information unless Hozuki Shingetsu dies.

Therefore, under these circumstances, Hozuki Shingetsu's words became increasingly bold.

"The reason I have this strength, this mind and this vision at this age is, of course, primarily due to my exceptional talent and tireless, day-and-night training," Hozuki Shingetsu shamelessly claimed himself as a diligent genius before continuing.

"However, objectively speaking, I did receive a tiny bit of insignificant help from outsiders—that is, the Sage of Six Paths taught me various ninjutsu training methods and various historical secrets through a dream."

"Even his name, and the names of you nine tailed beasts, were all told to me by himself."

Shingetsu Hozuki shamelessly claimed to be a disciple of the Six Paths of Rebirth and began to frantically deceive the Six-Tails.

"...Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Saiken seemed to have been tricked, after all, theoretically speaking, Hozuki Shingetsu's words were indeed plausible—as a tailed beast created by the Sage of Six Paths, he knew the old man's strength all too well.

It is entirely possible for him to exist in the form of chakra for a thousand years.

But it still couldn't believe its eyes. "If he really exists in the form of chakra, why doesn't he come looking for us? And you say you're his disciple, what proof do you have?"

Seeing the Six-Tails waver, Hozuki Shingetsu smiled with satisfaction. He could already foresee the Six-Tails succumbing to his relentless pressure.

"You know perfectly well why he doesn't come looking for you, don't you? Have you forgotten what he said when he let you go?"

Six-Tails fell silent, the words of the Six Paths echoing in his ears.

"One day, the tailed beasts and humans will be able to live in harmony."

"As for proof... let's bump fists!"

As Hozuki Shingetsu spoke, he stepped forward, reached his hand into the sealing barrier, and clenched his fist, gesturing to the Six-Tails.

At Hozuki Shingetsu's prompting, the Six-Tails seemed to realize something, and its tentacles carefully lowered, gently touching Hozuki Shingetsu's fist.

In an instant, a long-lost feeling of warmth filled the rhinoceros's heart. This feeling, which it had only experienced as a puppy, resonated in its heart once again, making it involuntarily trust the human in front of it.

"This is... the Ninja Sect?"

Rokuma stared at Hozuki Shingetsu in disbelief.

It naturally knew about the method of using chakra to connect with human minds when the Ninja Sect was first established.

But it also knows that since the Six Paths of Rebirth left the world and the brothers Indra and Ashura killed each other, no ninja in the ninja world has ever used this method.

However, Hozuki Shingetsu is able to use this lost method of chakra usage... So after eliminating all the impossibilities, even if what remains is outrageous, it can only be the truth.

"You really are a disciple of that old man, Rokudo..."

Saiken looked at Hozuki Shingetsu with a complex expression, his eyes flashing with disbelief, joy, doubt, and anger.

"Unfortunately, I haven't seen him since I met him once when I was a child... I've been searching for him for the past few years."

After finishing the last patch, Hozuki Shingetsu raised his fist at the Six-Tails once more.

"So, how about you try trusting me? Join me in growing stronger and developing Kirigakure, while we send them to search for the Sage of Six Paths. Once we find him, we'll go together and ask him for an answer, how about that?"

The Six-Tails looked at the little brat in front of it, which was not even as tall as its tentacles, with a complicated expression.

"One day, the tailed beasts and humans will be able to live in harmony."

The words of the Sage of Six Paths echoed in my ears once more.

"It's just a task for the Six Paths."

The Six-Tails remained silent, slowly extending its tentacles, and gently touched Hozuki Shingetsu's fist under his smiling gaze.

boom!

In an instant, the sealing barrier burst open, and the enormous six-tailed creature was no longer restrained!

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Outside, Hozuki Shingetsu's body was suddenly enveloped by a frenzied and disordered dark red chakra, and six tails uncontrollably sprouted from behind his entire body.

In this state, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from Hozuki Shingetsu. The pressure generated by the burst of chakra even created visible dust waves around him.

"Six tails appeared in such a short time, could it be that they failed?"

Yoshio Uzumaki's face suddenly darkened.

brush!

Amidst the panicked expressions of the others, Hozuki Shingetsu opened his eyes.

(End of this chapter)