"It's you! What have you done to Nagato?!"
Yahiko only managed to shout those words at Obito before Obito vanished into the space-time vortex, disappearing completely.
The two rushed to check on Nagato, finding him with blood flowing from his empty eye sockets, his eyes having been brutally gouged out.
"Uchiha Madara!" Yahiko roared in anger, his voice filled with grief and rage.
Nagato's eyes had been stolen, effectively crippling him for life.
…
Konoha, the Hokage's office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato Namikaze, and Jiraiya were all present.
"Unfortunately, the information we obtained from Nagato and the others is the same as what Minato provided."
"We haven't been able to find any further leads on that mysterious individual."
Jiraiya relayed the information he had gathered from Yahiko and the others to Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze.
Hiruzen simply nodded, taking a puff from his pipe, not particularly surprised.
Minato had been present at the scene and experienced the same events. What Nagato and the others had seen, Minato had also witnessed.
Furthermore, the mysterious individual seemed intent on concealing his identity, wearing a mask at all times.
Therefore, it was difficult to obtain more information beyond his known ninjutsu and other techniques.
"Sensei, Minato, since the mysterious individual knows Flying Thunder God Technique, shouldn't we try to investigate from that angle?"
After a brief discussion, Jiraiya proposed a new avenue of investigation.
Everyone agreed that this was a worthwhile approach. The Flying Thunder God Technique was an S-rank space-time ninjutsu developed by the Second Hokage and recorded in the Book of Seals.
The Book of Seals was personally guarded by each Hokage. Any technique from within it would have to be authorized by the Hokage to be disseminated.
This would significantly narrow down the list of potential suspects.
As for the black flames?
No one knew what they were. Neither Namikaze Minato nor Kurenai Yuhi and Might Guy knew the nature of the technique.
They had simply seen the opponent engulfed in those flames.
It sounded like an Uchiha dōjutsu, but with the variety of unique abilities in the ninja world, no one could be certain.
"I've passed this hurdle without leaving any traces."
Kouki, observing everything through the Telescopic Technique, felt relieved.
Following his routine, he meditated for two hours before turning off the lights and going to sleep.
The next day.
The first thing Kouki did after waking up was to leave a clone at home. He then used Kamui to appear at the "Shukaku Location" that had been created the previous day.
"New check-in location detected: Shukaku Location. Would you like to check in now?"
"Check-in!"
"Ding! Congratulations, host! Check-in successful. Reward: Shukaku Chakra!"
With this notification, Kouki immediately felt a vast amount of chakra energy appear within him.
"Where am I? Hahaha, the seal has been broken? Brat, are you trying to die?"
At the same time, a wild, arrogant laugh echoed. The tailed beast chakra in Kouki's body began to surge outwards.
In the blink of an eye, Shukaku was forcibly expelled from Kouki's body.
Kouki: …
He felt speechless. Shouldn't the system have instilled some kind of loyalty in Shukaku, making it unconditionally obedient to its new master?
Did he bind himself to a defective system?
Especially since this Shukaku was much weaker than the one from Sunagakure.
The system had only given him a portion of the One-Tail's chakra, not the complete One-Tail.
Or rather, it could be seen as a smaller, weakened version of Shukaku.
"Brat, are you my jinchuriki? I don't know why you released the seal, but you're going to die!"
Shukaku, laughing maniacally, directly swung its claw towards Kouki.
"A pet dares to be so presumptuous in front of its master? You've really gotten out of line!"
Kouki smiled coldly, instantly entering Sage Mode. A Rasengan formed in his hand, and he slammed it against Shukaku's approaching claw.
"Pet? I'll kill you!"
Shukaku was enraged by Kouki's words. It increased the force of its attack, intending to crush Kouki into paste.
Boom!
The claw and the Rasengan collided, unleashing a powerful shockwave.
In the resulting chaos, Shukaku's massive body was forced back several steps.
"You're not bad, brat!" Shukaku said, its expression somewhat serious.
"Not bad? Heh, if a pet doesn't listen, I'll have to discipline it!" Kouki scoffed. "Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan!"
A Rasengan almost the size of a person appeared in Kouki's hand.
The terrifying energy it radiated made Shukaku feel suffocated, filled with dread.
"What… what kind of power is this?"
Shukaku only had time to utter those words before being struck by Kouki's Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan.
Boom!
Shukaku was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, crashing through several trees before finally coming to a stop hundreds of meters away.
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