Chapter 125: Obtaining the One-Tail's Chakra
Unknowingly, the backs of Baki and the other two were already soaked with sweat. Merely standing beside the Three-Tails, the overwhelming sense of pressure coming toward them made their bodies tremble involuntarily.
The term "Tailed Beast" was synonymous with terror in the eyes of most ninjas.
After all, when Gaara, the One-Tail Jinchuriki, lost control back then, the amount of damage caused to the entire Sand Ninja was incalculable.
"What is wrong, everyone?" Utakata looked at their somewhat nervous expressions, his own expression remaining indifferent.
"It is nothing." Baki forced himself to calm down and feigned a composed expression. At this moment, he represented not only himself but also the Sand Ninja.
After speaking, Baki leaped onto the back of the Three-Tails. The other two Sand ninjas exchanged a slight glance and, with somewhat trembling legs, also jumped up.
Standing on the Three-Tails' back, that onrushing sense of pressure became even heavier. Exactly what kind of person could keep a Tailed Beast so calm?
Baki gritted his teeth and led the other two Sand ninjas forward along the Three-Tails' massive, island-like turtle shell.
It did not take long for the three of them to see two figures atop the Three-Tails' head. With just a single glance, their gazes stopped on a young man sitting there.
Baki straightened his expression and strode forward, speaking as he did so: "Baki, representing the Sand Ninja Village, wishes to negotiate with Your Excellency."
Just as Baki was preparing to jump from the massive shell onto the Three-Tails' neck, a flat voice sounded beside their ears. "You may come up, but that does not mean you are qualified to walk here. Standing there is sufficient."
The expressions of Baki and the others changed. They looked in the direction of the voice, which belonged to the young man sitting on the Three-Tails' head.
"Konoha's strength is far more formidable than imagined. A joint alliance between the Sand and the Mist is currently the only path."
A trace of unpleasantness flashed across Baki's face, but now was not the time to act on emotion.
"You Sand ninjas need us Mist ninjas, but we Mist ninjas do not need you." Yuto propped his chin on one hand and spoke without turning his head.
Hearing Yuto's words, a look of expected resignation flashed across Baki's face. He was clearer than anyone about the Sand Ninja's current predicament.
"Since Your Excellency has allowed the Sand Ninja to garrison beside your Mist Ninja, I assume you also do not wish to see Konoha wipe us out completely. As long as Your Excellency proposes conditions, the Sand Ninja can consider them."
Baki bowed deeply in Yuto's direction and spoke in a solemn tone.
"Bring your One-Tail Jinchuriki over," Yuto stated in a flat tone.
The expressions of Baki and the others changed drastically. They were about to refuse, but remembering the current situation of the Sand Ninja, their expressions became hesitant.
"I do not have much patience. Agree or leave," Yuto said indifferently.
Baki could not help but grit his teeth. He turned his head and said to the two Sand ninjas behind him, "Bring Gaara over."
The two Sand ninjas looked at each other, nodded, and quickly turned to leave.
"What does Your Excellency intend to do?" Watching the two leave, Baki asked in a low voice.
Yuto did not answer Baki's words, or rather, he simply could not be bothered to answer. For a moment, it seemed as if the entire atmosphere had fallen silent.
It was at this moment that Baki suddenly noticed something strange. The Three-Tails beneath his feet had hardly moved at all up to this point.
With such a colossal body, even its breathing seemed to be deliberately suppressed. Gazing at the young man sitting there, a feeling of strangeness and fear suddenly rose in Baki's heart.
Not long after, the two Sand ninjas appeared before everyone, bringing with them a somewhat weak-looking Gaara.
Baki glanced at Gaara, then turned his head to look in Yuto's direction, just about to say something.
In the next instant, Baki's pupils constricted violently. Unknown to him, Yuto's figure had already appeared in front of him. Baki had not sensed Yuto's appearance in the slightest.
Seeing Gaara who had been brought over, Yuto walked toward him with a faint smile on his face.
Although Yuto needed the power of the Tailed Beasts, he was not a shadowy organization like "Akatsuki." As one of the individuals with the highest authority in the entire ninja world, he could do some things openly. Hiding his head and tail would only more easily arouse suspicion.
"Who are you?" Gaara saw Yuto walking toward him and his body tensed up involuntarily. His body also uncontrollably emitted a faint, violent aura.
"Do not be nervous. I am just taking something," Yuto said softly.
However, as Yuto was about to get close to Gaara, a stream of sand struck directly toward Yuto.
Seeing this scene, looks of nervousness appeared on the faces of Baki and the others. Baki was not worried that Gaara could hurt the young man before him. The speed just now, which he had failed to detect at all, was enough to prove that this young man was very strong.
What Baki was truly worried about was that this young man would anger the Sand Ninja because of this incident.
Yuto raised his eyebrows and swatted casually, easily dispersing all the sand grains before his eyes.
A look of astonishment flashed across Gaara's face. In his perception, that stream of sand dispersed by Yuto had actually escaped his control.
Yuto raised his finger and tapped toward Gaara. Just at this moment, a stream of regrouped sand once again blocked Gaara's front.
Eh?
A look of interest appeared on Yuto's face. To others, these two streams of sand blocking Gaara seemed to be entirely the power of the Tailed Beast.
However, in Yuto's eyes, these two powers were completely different. Is it the power of Gaara's mother, Karura?
Thinking of this, the image of Uzumaki Kushina, originally left inside Naruto's body, surfaced in Yuto's mind.
Raising his finger, he flicked it, effortlessly shattering the blocking sand in front of him. Before anyone could react, Yuto's finger had already tapped onto Gaara's forehead.
Inside Gaara's spiritual space.
Yuto looked at the One-Tail Shukaku, who was staring at him in a daze. A smile appeared on his face as he waved his hand.
Roar!
"Who are you? How can you be here!" The One-Tail Shukaku let out a massive roar and bellowed.
"Really not cute." Yuto dug at his ear and spoke helplessly. At the same time, he extended his hand and pointed forward.
A chakra chain surged out. Amidst the One-Tail Shukaku's angry expression, it easily pierced into Shukaku's body.
"This is... the power of the Uzumaki clan?" The One-Tail Shukaku let out an angry roar, but unfortunately, it was powerless to resist.
With a thought from Yuto, the chakra chain retracted sharply. A mass of the One-Tail Shukaku's chakra was directly pulled by Yuto into his own body.
"Solved."
Seeing the still-roaring One-Tail Shukaku, a satisfied look appeared on Yuto's face.
Aside from the Nine-Tails, Three-Tails, and Six-Tails, the other Tailed Beasts did not know him at all. This saved Yuto from worrying about his information being spread by these Tailed Beasts.
With a thought in his heart, Yuto exited Gaara's spiritual space.
From the outside, it was merely a matter of an instant. Baki and the others only saw Yuto's hand tap Gaara's head, then immediately release it.
Even Gaara himself did not feel much.
"Alright, I am very satisfied."
Yuto had a smile on his face as he spoke to the dazed Baki and the others.
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