"Hey, hey, hey, calm down..."
Jiraiya had to stop his own disciple.
"..."
Even Fourth Kazekage Rasa was startled by Akihara Kagura's words!
Why is this kid from Konoha so extreme? A casual, seemingly mocking remark, and he actually took it seriously, even intending to take action?
Clusters of gold sand gathered around Rasa, and he looked at the wood dragon beside him, faintly feeling the oppressive aura from the Wood Release Ninja...
This wood dragon...
One could easily suppress the One-tailed Shukaku!
Fourth Kazekage Rasa had to use some means to deal with the rampaging Shukaku, yet a mere kid from Konoha could settle Shukaku...
Konoha's foundation is truly terrifying.
"Kid, don't act impulsively..."
Jiraiya grabbed Akihara Kagura's arm, questioning quietly: "Absolutely don't kill the Fourth Kazekage here; it'll cause a war between the two villages..."
Akihara Kagura glanced at Jiraiya and continued: "Jiraiya-sensei, now that we're in the Land of Wind, we must at least bring back some souvenirs, right? Uchiha Itachi and I are competing for the future leadership of the Root. Itachi is always staying in Konoha with Danzo-sama, while I've been training with you. There's no way I can compete with him if I go back, I must achieve some successes. Don't worry, I already have experience..."
"Why are you still concerned about that!"
Jiraiya really wanted to knock some sense into his disciple's head: "Do you understand who Shimura Danzo is? You should be very clear from the things we've encountered along the way. Stay far away from him!"
You little rascal...
You might very well become a Hokage in the future!
"I know."
Akihara Kagura's eyes lowered, speaking softly: "Danzo-sama has made many mistakes. Precisely because of this, I must change the methods of Root in the future, change its techniques of guarding Konoha in the darkness, to compensate and correct the mistakes he made..."
"..."
Jiraiya sighed deeply.
The tall white-haired man extended his hand, patting Akihara Kagura's shoulder gently, "I understand what you mean, but the Hidden Sand Village is an ally of Konoha, they don't even need to engage in combat. As long as the old man extends an invitation, this Kazekage will come over..."
"..."
At this point, Akihara Kagura fell silent.
Konoha and the Hidden Sand Village still maintain their alliance, and Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen has always been gentle in his external affairs, maintaining a reputable stance.
Now...
What can I say to stall further?
"Let go... let me go..."
Just then, Shukaku weakly cried out, and its body suddenly disappeared, leaving Gaara asleep on the ground.
Fourth Kazekage Rasa swiftly landed beside Gaara, checking his body, apparently noticing that Shukaku had inexplicably returned to Gaara's body.
In reality...
It was because Shukaku had exhausted its strength.
Though this tailed beast had an abundant Chakra amount, its recovery speed was far outmatched by the wood dragon's absorption pace.
Akihara Kagura took the opportunity to observe the Ten-tails shell inside him, noticing its Chakra had increased significantly, at least enough to see the Chakra within it. Perhaps in the future, it could sustain a few battles...
Unfortunately, Akihara Kagura's Ten-tails shell seemed able to revive only through the method of absorbing Chakra via Wood Release.
Of course.
Akihara Kagura wasn't planning to use other methods, such as directly absorbing a Tailed Beast. Doing so might cost him a potentially most useful supervisor in the future...
Now, this way of toying with Shukaku was pretty good.
As long as Shukaku's Chakra recovers, it'll rampage once Gaara falls asleep, allowing Kagura to use Wood Release to absorb Shukaku's Chakra. Maybe after several hundred or thousand times, the Ten-tails shell inside him could fully revive...
The problem is...
Shukaku might be afraid of getting beaten and hide away.
The Ninja World has nine Tailed Beasts, and the One-tailed Shukaku is quite smart, even learning Ninja skills, making its combat power far exceed its single tail, not the weakest Tailed Beast in the Ninja World.
This might be because the One-tailed has the least Chakra among the Tailed Beasts and works hard to learn Ninja Jutsu to avoid being mocked by the other Tailed Beasts.
"Does that One-tail often rampage?"
Akihara Kagura concealed his sly intentions.
"..."
Fourth Kazekage Rasa nodded, not denying it because this was no secret, whenever Gaara sleeps too deeply, the One-tailed Shukaku would emerge and rampage.
"Why not seal the One-tail's Chakra?"
Jiraiya asked the question, immediately realizing he misspoke since not every ninja village in the Ninja World refrains from using the Tailed Beasts' power as Konoha does.
The Nine-tails is too powerful and too hard to control.
The other villages' Tailed Beasts are not too strong; even if they rampage, it's relatively easy to bring the Tailed Beast under control.
Konoha's Nine-tails only rampaged once and took the lives of the Fourth Hokage couple and many excellent ninjas, causing heavy losses for Konoha.
Moreover...
Other villages don't have a complete Fuinjutsu inheritance like Konoha.
"There's no way."
Fourth Kazekage Rasa looked at Gaara with complex emotions, saying softly, "The Hidden Sand Village isn't as good as Konoha, we can only hope the Jinchuriki can control the Tailed Beast..."
"Is there a way?"
Akihara Kagura glanced at Jiraiya, tentatively suggesting: "Simply let the Jinchuriki release the Tailed Beast, continuously give it a reasonable beating, like taming a beast, might also make it obedient..."