Chapter 65: The New Three-Tails Jinchūriki!
Having witnessed Oborotsuki's overwhelming power firsthand and realizing that his strength far surpassed her own,
Terumī Mei's eyes sparkled with wonder. In her gaze, Oborotsuki seemed to glow from head to toe.
"This guy…"
"What kind of monster is he?"
Gradually, goosebumps rose all over Mei's body.
Kirigakure had never lacked shinobi with monstrous chakra reserves.
Plenty of ninja in the village were born with naturally enormous chakra pools.
Recently, Mei had noticed a guy around her age in the ANBU named Hoshigaki Kisame, who also possessed astonishing chakra volume.
But someone on the level of Oborotsuki? She had never seen anything like it in her entire life.
To suppress the Three-Tails in an instant—what kind of power level was this?
Too terrifying!
The shocked murmurs around them continued, rising and falling.
Just as everyone stood stunned, Kushina—perfectly coordinated with Oborotsuki—had already dragged the Three-Tails right up to her.
"I'm going to seal it inside my own body! I'll become the new vessel for the Three-Tails!"
Kushina shouted toward Oborotsuki.
"Wait—let me think about this for a second…"
Oborotsuki tried to stop her, but Kushina moved extremely fast.
The closer the Adamantine Sealing Chains got to her own body, the more terrifying the sealing power they released became.
The Three-Tails, now right in front of her, had no chance to resist. In the blink of an eye, it was sucked in like being drawn into a wind tunnel—completely sealed inside Kushina's body.
As the former Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, Kushina was extremely experienced with this kind of thing.
After sealing the Three-Tails inside herself, she showed no sign of discomfort at all. Instead, she casually clapped her hands.
"To be honest, this guy's chakra is nothing compared to the Nine-Tails."
"Dealing with it was pretty easy!"
"But you're still the amazing one, Oborotsuki."
Kushina turned to Oborotsuki with a helpless smile.
"Ah… you're pretty amazing yourself…"
Oborotsuki gave a wry chuckle and shook his head. He had originally planned to let Kushina seal the Nine-Tails later.
After all, he now possessed the Reaper Mask.
Once they found Orochimaru in the future, they could have him summon the Reaper.
But now that plan was off the table.
Still—it wasn't a big problem.
Terumī Mei watched in stunned silence as Kushina completed the sealing of the Three-Tails.
"Rumors say the Uzumaki clan has incredibly strong physiques, boundless vitality, and astonishing chakra reserves… It seems every word was true!"
"But making her the new Three-Tails Jinchūriki should be very safe!"
Still shocked, Terumī Mei quickly leaped toward Kushina.
"You two okay?"
She landed beside Oborotsuki, gave Kushina a quick once-over, and asked.
"You already saw everything. What could possibly happen to us?"
Oborotsuki spread his hands helplessly with a chuckle.
"Fair point. Worrying about you is pointless."
Terumī Mei rolled her eyes at him in exasperation, then curiously examined Kushina a bit more.
"Don't worry. The Three-Tails is completely safe sealed inside me. It won't break out again… unless…"
Kushina glanced at Oborotsuki with slight embarrassment.
What she really meant was—unless one day she gives birth again and her body weakens, giving the Three-Tails a chance to go berserk.
"That was way too close just now."
"Thank goodness we had Lord Oborotsuki and Lady Kushina… otherwise the village would have suffered catastrophic damage!"
Ishiki Risa had also arrived.
Still shaken, she patted her heaving chest and turned to look around.
"Right! The Fourth Mizukage!"
Terumī Mei suddenly remembered Yagura's condition hadn't been confirmed yet. Her expression changed drastically as she leaped toward him.
Hearing this, Oborotsuki and Kushina exchanged a glance and immediately followed.
The group quickly reached Yagura's side.
At this moment, half of Yagura's body was buried under rubble.
Because the tailed beast had separated from his body, he was already on the verge of death.
Everyone could clearly sense that the chakra inside him was rapidly draining away—he was clinging to his last breath.
"Lady Mei… how could something like this happen so suddenly?"
Terumī Mei's expression was grave and confused.
Although she had already known Yagura's health was poor—his body had suffered various lingering effects ever since breaking free from the genjutsu—
She never expected it to deteriorate so quickly.
And to the point that even the Three-Tails went berserk!
"Mei… Mei…"
"I'm sorry… In order to make the missing-nin feel safe about returning to the village… I hid the true state of my body from all of you…"
"I never expected… the situation… would be even worse… than I anticipated…"
"Cough cough…"
"From now on… the village… is entrusted… to you all…"
Yagura's gaze slowly shifted toward Oborotsuki:
"The village… is in your hands…"
With those final words, he drew his last breath—his legs gave one final twitch, and he was gone.
"…"
The entire scene fell deathly silent.
The medical ninja squad that had just arrived and tried to save Yagura stopped about twenty meters away:
"L-Lord Fourth Mizukage…"
…
In a hidden underground space.
Pain's Deva Path used the Thought Wave to contact Black Zetsu, White Zetsu, and Uchiha Obito.
He reported Orochimaru's defection to the "Uchiha Madara" before him.
"There's one more thing I need to report."
"The Three-Tails sealed inside the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure has gone berserk."
"From the situation at the scene, Hōzuki Oborotsuki assisted Uzumaki Kushina in resealing the Three-Tails. The new Three-Tails Jinchūriki is now Uzumaki Kushina."
"This means two tailed beasts have now fallen into Hōzuki Oborotsuki's hands."
"Should we consider taking action regarding this matter?"
Black Zetsu looked toward Obito and asked.
There were only nine tailed beasts in the entire ninja world. Now two of them were in the hands of an enemy.
To realize the Moon's Eye Plan and cast Infinite Tsukuyomi, they needed the power of all nine tailed beasts.
With this development, their plan could no longer be completed.
"Again… Hōzuki Oborotsuki…"
After hearing Black Zetsu's report, Obito's eyes narrowed. Murderous intent flashed violently.
"Have you found any leads on the locations of the other tailed beasts?"
He clenched his fist, stayed silent for a few seconds, then quickly calmed down and looked toward Black Zetsu.
"We've only confirmed the basic distribution of the nine tailed beasts among the ninja villages. Their exact locations and current jinchūriki are still unknown."
Black Zetsu answered.
"Continue investigating the whereabouts of the other tailed beasts!"
"Also, Black Zetsu—use your clones to closely monitor all movements in Kirigakure!"
"Hōzuki Oborotsuki doesn't know the true use of the tailed beasts. He doesn't possess the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path either. Even if the Three-Tails and Nine-Tails are in his hands, we don't need to worry too much."
"If he manages to collect even more tailed beasts—it would actually be better for us!"
"Then we can sit back and reap the rewards—wipe them all out in one fell swoop!"
With that, Obito narrowed his eyes again.
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