"The power of the Three-Tails?"
"No, I don't need that kind of thing."
"If possible, I hope to get the power of the Six-Tails."
Upon learning that he could receive three tails from the Three-Tails, Mangetsu Hōzuki shook his head and refused, expressing his desire to obtain the Six-Tails' power instead.
"Reason!"
The Third Mizukage was brief.
Mangetsu Hōzuki mused: "Our Hōzuki clan is skilled in Water Release, and the Three-Tails' abilities are also Water Release-based."
Yagura nearby looked surprised: "Isn't that great? It means your power is highly compatible with the Three-Tails."
Mangetsu Hōzuki shook his head: "No, it means our abilities overlap. If I were to get the entire Three-Tails, I would be grateful for the high compatibility of our powers."
"But if I only get a portion of the chakra, I hope to get a portion of the Six-Tails' chakra."
"The Six-Tails has the ability to release acidic liquid, which can greatly enhance our Hōzuki clan's Water Release power."
"As for the Three-Tails' chakra... apart from replenishing my chakra and allowing me to undergo Tailed Beast Transformation, it serves no other purpose."
"The abilities to replenish chakra and undergo Tailed Beast Transformation can also be achieved with the Six-Tails' chakra. Thus, the Three-Tails' chakra is of little value to me."
Yagyu gasped: "A man with clear goals. How scary!"
Mangetsu Hōzuki silently stared at him.
Yagyu shrugged: "Alright! Since you have a Tailed Beast Chakra that you prefer, so be it!"
Mei Terumī interjected: "Begging your pardon, is obtaining only a portion of the Tailed Beast Chakra really useful?"
Yagyu smiled: "Of course it's useful! Even if it's just a portion, the quantity of this chakra is at least ten times more than your own chakra."
"Furthermore, there are techniques like the Tailed Beast Ball, which possess powerful destructive force and extremely long range. Tailed Beast Chakra is of extraordinary value!"
Zabuza Momochi asked doubtfully: "But if the Tailed Beast Chakra is split, won't we be unable to achieve Full Tailed Beast Transformation?"
"I heard that the Full Tailed Beast Transformation is the strongest. Doesn't doing this mean giving up the strongest technique?"
The Third Mizukage shook his head: "No, you don't understand! While the power of an entire Tailed Beast is formidable, controlling them is not easy."
"By splitting the Tailed Beast Chakra, you can easily control this Tailed Beast power."
"Full Tailed Beast Transformation is used only on rare occasions, and such techniques are essentially uncontrollable."
"The Tailed Beast Transformation you gain from a portion of the Tailed Beast Chakra, however, is controllable. Furthermore, the number of users increases, making it exceptionally valuable."
Yagyu added: "Full Tailed Beast Transformation isn't as strong as you think. The Full Tailed Beast Transformation of most Jinchūriki simply amounts to releasing the Tailed Beast."
"Is one Tailed Beast very strong in combat? It's not difficult for a Kage-level powerhouse to defeat a Tailed Beast. For example, the Three-Tails just now—I easily defeated and sliced it up."
Zabuza Momochi nodded, saying: "If Mangetsu Hōzuki doesn't want these three tails, can I have them?"
Yagyu looked Zabuza Momochi up and down, nodding: "Since you want them, you can have them!"
"After all, with your talent, fully mastering this chakra is not impossible."
Zabuza Momochi's talent was very high. He could certainly master a portion of the Three-Tails' chakra.
The Three-Tails' body was sealed inside Yagura, and the Three-Tails' tails were sealed inside Zabuza Momochi.
The Six-Tails Jinchūriki released the Tailed Beast within him. A large, pure white slug appeared before Yagyu.
As soon as the slug appeared, it immediately spat acidic liquid at Yagyu. The highly corrosive liquid sprayed onto Yagyu.
"Spit? How scary!"
Yagyu cried out exaggeratedly. His body moved, transforming into light particles, and he instantly appeared behind the Six-Tails.
Sword of Kusanagi!
The golden light-sword appeared in Yagyu's hand. He swung it without hesitation, slicing off three of the Six-Tails' tails.
Just as Yagyu prepared to chop off its other three tails, the three severed tails of the Six-Tails suddenly moved, turning into three smaller slugs.
The three small slugs crawled for a moment. Upon getting close to the Six-Tails, they immediately transformed, becoming the Six-Tails' tails once more.
"Like Tsunade's Katsuyu, it has the ability to split?"
Yagyu was momentarily stunned, a brilliant smile appearing on his face.
The golden light-sword continued to slice, and the Six-Tails was divided into four parts.
"Light Speed Kick!"
Yagyu's foot, enveloped in light particles, ignored the corrosion of the acidic liquid and kicked the four parts of the Six-Tails' body, sending them flying away from each other.
"Quickly, seal them for me!"
Yagyu roared, commanding the Sealing Squad to act immediately.
Dense black patterns spread across the ground, quickly reaching the four smaller Six-Tails.
The pitch-black patterns formed circles, enclosing them as if drawing a prison around them.
The pitch-black patterns flashed with light, unleashing a powerful attractive force that sealed the four Six-Tails segments.
"I heard that the number of Tailed Beast tails is related to their chakra quantity."
"Three-Tails divided into two parts; Six-Tails divided into four parts."
"Very fair!"
Yagyu muttered to himself, urging the Sealing Squad to get to work quickly.
Mangetsu Hōzuki got his wish and received a small portion of the Six-Tails. A quarter of the Six-Tails' chakra was still immensely terrifying, far exceeding the chakra quantity possessed by the One-Tail Shukaku.
However, because their bodies were separated, their consciousness was also separated.
A Tailed Beast that was not whole had resistance power far inferior to the One-Tail Shukaku, and was easily suppressed and sealed.
In addition to Mangetsu Hōzuki, Ao, Mei Terumī, and Kitsuchi also received a quarter of a Tailed Beast, becoming pseudo-Jinchūriki.
Because they did not have a complete Tailed Beast within them, they were not true Jinchūriki, but only pseudo-Jinchūriki.
This pseudo-Jinchūriki status had one advantage, which was that even if the Tailed Beast chakra within them was lost, it would not affect their life.
Unlike other Jinchūriki, who would immediately die once the Tailed Beast chakra was gone from their bodies.
"Teacher Yagyu..."
Kisame Hoshigaki stared at Yagyu with a pair of dead fish eyes, his shark-face full of a wronged expression, speaking to Yagyu in his unique tone.
"Don't get agitated, you don't need that kind of thing."
"Samehada is the most special of the seven ninja swords. It can continuously devour others' chakra and digest it for the wielder's use."
"No matter what type of release jutsu, even an ordinary Tailed Beast Ball, cannot withstand Samehada's wide-open mouth."
"I will give Samehada to you to use. With it, you don't need Tailed Beast chakra at all."
Yagyu calmly looked at Kisame and spoke reassuringly.
Upon hearing this, Kisame's expression looked much better.
It seems I wasn't being treated differently. That's good.