At that moment, Yagura felt like a complete bumpkin.
A tailed beast, the ultimate weapon symbolizing the power of a great shinobi village, a being considered a bringer of misfortune and calamity could actually speak calmly and peacefully with a person?
Was the world insane? Or was he?
Though, come to think of it… Even if it was a tailed beast, wasn't it a bit much to mock him for being a child?
He couldn't help but wave his small fist in protest and said angrily, "You're the small one! Your whole family's small!"
Isobu looked at Yagura, and its voice carried a tone of amusement within his mind.
["My companions and I are old enough to be your grandfather's grandfather's grandfather."]
["Still, aren't human cubs more endearing? Even when they're angry, they look friendlier than adults. I don't mind residing inside a human child like you. But… can your body truly endure all of my chakra?"]
Yagura's face turned bright red, "Three-Tails… I already said I'm not a human child! And who are you looking down on? Why wouldn't I be able to handle your chakra?"
Seeing this, Isobu released a vast wave of mental energy that swept through Yagura's body, inspecting him carefully.
Finally, it spoke in mild surprise.
["You really are different from ordinary human children. Your body is remarkably strong, and your compatibility with me is high."]
["However, that only means your growth cycle is longer. It doesn't change the fact that you're still a human child. After all, when I first emerged, I was small too, very cute, actually."]
Yagura puffed out his cheeks, fuming.
But soon, he realized, 'Wait a minute, does this mean the Three-Tails ia agreeing to enter my body?'
As a trained shinobi, he immediately suppressed his irritation. Compared to being teased as a kid, becoming a Jinchuriki was far more important.
He looked at the Three-Tails expectantly, "Three-Tails, are you really willing to enter my body?"
Isobu's tone was calm, ["As long as you don't disturb my sleep too often, I don't mind having a new home. And instead of calling me 'Three-Tails,' if you wish, you may call me Isobu."]
["However, I should make something clear first. Once human chakra fuses with mine, we become one entity. That means we can no longer be separated freely. Without the part of me inside you, you'll likely die. You need to think this through."]
Yagura nodded without hesitation, "I've already thought it through."
Becoming a Jinchuriki already carried immense risk, and death from a beast extraction was hardly unexpected.
He had long since accepted that fate.
Isobu nodded, "Since that's the case, don't resist. I'll begin the fusion. The first synchronization won't be smooth, though. You humans know various sealing techniques, right? You might need to use one."
With that, it moved.
It floated toward Yagura, its massive body shrinking in an instant. Then, it slipped into Yagura's left cheek, through the scar there.
Yagura felt a burning pain flare across his face.
But to him, this level of pain was nothing. He simply closed his eyes and focused on the sudden surge of immense chakra within him, slowly merging with his own.
At some point, Tobi had appeared beside him, speaking softly.
"I know a thing or two about sealing techniques."
He raised his hand, pointed at the scar on Yagura's left cheek, and chanted, "Four Symbols Seal, Seal!"
At once, the chakra that had been leaking from the scar vanished completely.
The Three-Tails was now fully, perfectly sealed within Yagura's body.
Yagura raised a hand, touching the scar on his cheek. Everything had happened so suddenly, so smoothly, that it still felt like a dream.
He murmured, "So… becoming a Jinchuriki is actually this simple?"
After a pause, he looked at Tobi.
Having been shocked too many times today, he had grown somewhat numb, and simply sighed.
"You even know sealing techniques? And not just any, but the genuine, high-level Four Symbols Seal. As far as I know, that technique originated in the Land of Whirlpools. How did you obtain it?"
Tobi replied evenly, "I wouldn't call it high-level. The successful seal was only thanks to the Three-Tails' cooperation. As for how I obtained it…"
A trace of mockery entered his voice.
"Back when your Hidden Mist destroyed the Land of Whirlpools, that country left behind countless sealing scrolls. Even though your people took most of them, isn't it possible that a few ended up elsewhere?"
Yagura couldn't help feeling awkward. That kind of act, destroying another nation, was indeed excessive, and the Hidden Mist bore the main responsibility.
He could only explain weakly, "That was under the Third Mizukage's orders. Many of us didn't agree with it."
Tobi chuckled, "Blaming everything on the Third Mizukage, huh? How laughable."
"As far as I know, the Third had only just taken power at that time. He didn't yet have the authority he does now. The destruction of the Land of Whirlpools couldn't have been just his idea, could it?"
Yagura fell silent, because Tobi was right.
Back then, the Mist had captured the Three-Tails, yet they had no effective way to control it. The Uzumaki clan, meanwhile, possessed the strongest sealing arts.
And with the Land of Whirlpools being too close to the Land of Water, and allied with Konoha, it was, no matter how one looked at it, an unstable factor for the Hidden Mist.
After a long pause, he said quietly, "If I ever become Mizukage, I'll make sure such tragedies never happen again."
But Tobi shook his head.
"The way you said that makes it sound like you think the past can just be forgotten. Do you really believe that's possible?"
Yagura's heart skipped a beat. From those words, he understood clearly, the masked man before him truly despised what the Mist had done to the Land of Whirlpools.
If it had been anyone else, he wouldn't have cared. After all, he was a product of the Bloody Mist, a battle-hardened elite ninja. Though he loved his village and country, he was ruthless toward others.
Just like Konoha's Yellow Flash, the 'Little Sun' only to his own people, but a god of death to everyone else.
Still… he really didn't want to anger this mysterious man. Especially not after the great help he had just received.
So in the end, he could only ask, "Then… what do you mean, senior?"
Tobi's tone was calm, "I don't mean anything. Just giving you a piece of advice."
"In Konoha, there still exists a true descendant of the Land of Whirlpools. If one day she seeks vengeance, even if she destroys the entire Hidden Mist and the Land of Water along with it, she'll have every right to do so. You'd best be ready for that."
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