Seeing Seiki instantly seal away Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, everyone present could hardly believe their eyes.
They knew Seiki was powerful, but could someone really be this overpowered?
After all, both Raikage and B were among the strongest figures in the shinobi world!
"How did he even train to become like this?"
"Is he now considered the strongest shinobi in the world?"
"That's incredible! No wonder Seiki!" Selina exclaimed, tugging on Samui. "He even instantly subdued Raikage and B!"
"This is the power that shocked the entire shinobi world?" Once she snapped out of her shock, Samui's expression turned serious. "Idiot, is this really the time to gawk like that?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Samui asked in confusion.
"Raikage and B were suppressed by him so easily. That means if he has bad intentions, none of us here stand a chance!" Samui said gravely.
"Tha-that's right..." Samui stammered.
She wasn't the only one—soon, everyone came to the same chilling realization.
Right now, Cloud Village was utterly defenseless against him.
Thinking about this, everyone stared at Seiki nervously.
Was today going to mark Cloud Village's downfall?
Seiki asked innocently, "Why are you all looking at me like that? If you think I'm meddling too much, don't blame me. It was your Advisor Dodai who requested me to do this!"
Everyone turned to Dodai in shock—of all people, even this sincere-looking man with thick brows had betrayed Cloud Village.
Dodai himself was nearly in tears—he told you to stop them, not seal them away!
"Ah... could you release Raikage first?"
"I didn't actually seal them. Anyway, ice this extensive should've already..."
Crack—
A sound of cracking ice rang out as two figures smashed through the frozen prison and jumped out shivering.
"Damn it! Sneak attacks again!" Roared A furiously.
"Oh, it was according to Advisor Dodai's request," Seiki continued shifting the blame.
"Dodai, you..."
"It's a misunderstanding!" Dodai muttered feebly.
"Hmph! Next time, pay more attention and stop making me clean up your mess!" A sighed in exasperation.
"Yes, yes, I'll definitely be more careful next ti..." As he spoke, Dodai suddenly noticed something off.
Wait a second—wasn't this exactly Raikage acting recklessly in the first place? Wasn't he actually helping Raikage clean up his own mess?
Raikage paid no attention to Dodai's reaction. After slightly diverting his own embarrassment, he started pondering deeply: "This guy is indeed extremely powerful, but if I hadn't been careless, defeating me wouldn't have been so effortless for him!"
"My resistance against genjutsu still needs improvement, plus my available countermeasures against him remain quite limited. Overall, my skills aren't comprehensive enough yet! I must find every possible way to enhance my strength!"
No Kage would ever stop improving once they sensed the pressure from an opponent.
However you looked at it, the opponent was just too strong. Even scarier was the fact that this strength didn't even seem to be his limit.
If Konoha so desired, with Seiki Shimaseki's future potential, he might single-handedly destroy an entire hidden village.
He had to gain enough power to resist—at the very least, to protect himself—before Konoha even entertained such dangerous thoughts!
Although Konoha generally advocated peace, placing one's safety solely on an enemy's goodwill was clearly foolish.
Precisely because of that, he'd swallowed his pride to test the enemy's strength… Yeah right, like he was just itching for a fight or something!
Inside B's consciousness space, the Eight-Tails warned, "As long as Seiki Shimaseki exists, Cloud Village had better know its place from now on!"
"Eh? We've always behaved ourselves!"
"You know exactly what I mean by 'behave'!"
B gave an awkward chuckle and changed the topic. "So even you, Little Eight, fear him?"
The Eight-Tails remained noncommittal, snorting coldly, "This brat reminds me of some unpleasant memories!"
"What kind of unpleasant memories?"
"Heh! Like the time that stupid bastard Hashirama Senju locked me up!"
"The First Hokage [the title for the leader of Konoha]?" B felt deeply shaken. "Didn't realize you held him in such high regard!"
"Hmph! If there were anyone else to compare him with, I wouldn't even utter that idiot's name! For us tailed beasts, anything related to that name is the worst possible evaluation!"
"You can't be serious? I thought people generally spoke highly of the First Hokage!"
"That's because you're human!" The Eight-Tails roared angrily. "That bastard said *we* were the dangerous ones, so he went and sealed *us* away. Yet he was far more dangerous than any of us—so why didn't he lock *himself* up instead?!"
B laughed uncomfortably. "Yeah, that is pretty harsh!"
After the chaotic banquet incident ended, Raikage A led Seiki and the others to Yugito Nii's residence.
Without waiting for Seiki to take a proper look around, A quickly asked, "Well? No problem, right?"
Seiki hesitated slightly before replying, "Though somewhat complicated, overall it's manageable. It'll just take longer than usual since I need to bypass your seals."
"Oh, good then." A nodded with visible relief but then eyed Seiki suspiciously. "Why are you staring at me like that?"
Calmly pointing toward the door, Seiki said, "Please go out."
A shooed the others with a wave. "You lot go out first."
Seiki added, "Including you."
A pointed incredulously at himself. "Me too?!"
Seiki nodded naturally. "For one thing, the room must remain quiet. For another, it's inappropriate for you to witness the Sealing Release Technique Form."
"Are you kidding me? Do I look like someone who could memorize your unsealing technique just by watching once?" A protested like a struggling student before eyeing Seiki suspiciously again. "Wait, don't tell me you're planning something strange with Yugito?"
Seiki twitched the corner of his mouth slightly. "The seal removal will only take a few minutes."
"Still sizing me up like a suspect, huh?" A snapped. "You're supposed to be faster than even me—the fastest in the Shinobi World. Moving quickly should be normal for you!"
Seiki gave him a look filled with contempt, like he was an idiot. Was that title really meant for something like this?
"If you don't trust me, then I've got no reason to keep going."
"Fine, I'll just leave then." Since Seiki had gone that far, A had no choice but to back down. Before stepping out, though, he couldn't resist issuing one final warning: "Just don't you dare do anything weird!"
After everyone left, Seiki finally set up a small chakra barrier to block Sensors. Then, he turned his scrutinizing gaze toward Yugito lying silently on the bed.
"Now that I think about it," he muttered, "stealing a little chakra doesn't really count as doing something sketchy, does it?"
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