Nine-Tails. The most ferocious Tailed Beast in the world. Its reputation came from its power. As the Tailed Beast with the most massive chakra, coupled with its formidable abilities, it possessed nearly invincible strength.
Compared to Madara, who had just vanished into the fog, the Nine-Tails was now Konoha's number one threat. Madara had used it to attack Konoha, leading to his life-and-death battle with Hashirama.
After the battle, Hashirama had brought it back, temporarily sealing it in the back hills where it was constantly guarded by Uzumaki Mito. There should have been no accidents.
However, Mito was here, so the Nine-Tails naturally had an accident. It was summoned by Madara, a tool to cover his escape. Now, this ferocious beast had broken free. No, it was still being controlled. Its blood-red pupils had three pitch-black tomoe, a sign of being controlled by Madara again.
"ROAR!"
The Nine-Tails roared to the sky, venting its anger. It crushed a section of buildings, its nine orange tails flailing wantonly.
For it, these past few days had been nothing but shame!
Being controlled by Madara's Sharingan, being subdued by Hashirama, being suppressed in a cage by Mito! All of it was a disgrace. This anger was then amplified by the Sharingan's influence.
Its gaze fell upon Hashirama and Mito. One had subdued it with power, one had suppressed it with seals. This couple deserved to die ten thousand deaths!
"Madara actually signed a summoning contract with the Nine-Tails," Hashirama wasn't too concerned. Though the Nine-Tails was a terrifying beast, for him, it could be subdued with a little effort. Still, he had to face the threat to Konoha and could no longer afford to chase after Madara.
"Let me handle it," Mito quickly took a step forward. For her, the Nine-Tails was also not an unsolvable problem. Though she was weak and tired, she believed she was more suitable than her husband to deal with it.
Just then, a Vajra Staff descended from the sky, splitting into dozens of shadow clones and forming a huge barrier, separating the rampaging beast from the couple.
Sarutobi Sasuke, controlling the staff, leaped in front of them. "Lord Hokage, Lady Mito," as a guard, he felt he had been somewhat derelict in his duty. His speed was a bit slow.
"This scene is a bit weird," Shirou stood behind the couple, feeling that there were too many strange elements.
The Nine-Tails was being controlled by an Uchiha.
The Hokage hero came to resolve the rampage. The Hokage was accompanied by his wife, who was from the Uzumaki clan and mastered sealing jutsu but was weak for some reason.
Coincidentally, there was also a ninja with the surname Sarutobi trying to stop it.
If it was just Shirou finding it strange, that would be one thing, but perhaps his Ninja System also detected the strange elements and refreshed a mission request.
[SSS-Rank Request: Quell the Nine-Tails Rampage in Konoha.]
Wait... the flavor is wrong.
Wait... the timing is also wrong!
Does this rampage need me to quell it? Just pulling out either Hashirama or Mito would be enough to make the Nine-Tails behave!
Wait... that's not the point!
Shirou realized he had caught onto something. This rampage had never appeared in his past life's memories. Because of his treatment of Hashirama, Madara was drawn out.
He proactively exposed Madara, forcing him to summon the Nine-Tails. This rampage... could even be said to have been caused by himself!
His eyes narrowed. He seemed to understand the trigger mechanism for some mission requests.
Who would complain about having too much power?
Moreover, this mission was not troublesome. Speaking of which, he seemed to have had some dealings with the Tailed Beasts. The only problem was that the Nine-Tails was not clear-headed.
It might not recognize its old friend from the past. Of course, even if it were clear-headed, it probably would have forgotten long ago. It was, after all, over a thousand years ago.
[Unfinished Ninja Requests (3/3)]
"Let me handle it," Shirou accepted the request and stepped forward. He said softly, "It's better for the patient not to use chakra casually. You can temporarily leave this to me."
"You are..." Hashirama and Mito turned their heads.
"Eh?" A look of pleasant surprise appeared on Sarutobi Sasuke's face, but then he said with some worry, "You are a guest of Konoha, how could we dare let you take such a risk?"
However, they didn't have time to talk. The Nine-Tails wantonly unleashed its chakra. "ROAR!" It swung its claws and swiped down, turning the fence of Vajra Staves into smoke. Though Sasuke's staff was hard, there was only one true body.
Shirou suddenly leaped up, kicking away the Nine-Tails' paw. He used the momentum to jump into the air, a faint glow of chakra appearing on his feet.
The next moment, a huge force slammed heavily into the back of the Nine-Tails' neck!
RUMBLE!
The colossal creature was smashed to the ground by this single kick. The maximum amount of chakra Shirou could use was not much, but it was barely enough for monstrous strength taijutsu.
The Konoha ninjas were all stunned. No one had ever seen this strongest beast get knocked down by a single blow.
"ROAR!" This blow only aroused the Nine-Tails' even stronger ferocity. It roared and got up, clawing at Shirou, only to be kicked in the chest again, sent flying.
"This is our clan's monstrous strength," Hashirama looked in surprise at the display.
"Perhaps monstrous strength was not researched by our clan," Tobirama's voice appeared in their ears. When he heard what his brother said, he subconsciously defended Shirou.
Monstrous strength was about chakra control, concentrating it in one part of the body. Generally, only medical ninjas possessed such fine control.
This kind of strength was more like a specialty of medical ninjas. And this Emiya Shirou happened to be the very first medical ninja.
According to the connection between Shirou and their ancestor, it was very likely that this monstrous strength was a technique invented by him and left to their clan. After all, even their clan's surname came from him.