Konoha: Start by unlocking the caged bird

Chapter 140 Conversation
Shukaku's huge body collapsed to the ground by the unstoppable force.

Although it roared furiously a moment later, and countless gravel surged to repair its head and stood up, the huge pain and the burning sensation on its forehead told Shukaku very clearly that the man floating in the air did not lie.

He really has the power to kill tailed beasts!

Although for the tailed beasts, death is just the beginning of a new life, for the proud Shukaku, being defeated and killed by humans is something that is difficult to accept.

"Practice blank ammunition!"

The terrifying wind pressure rushed out in a spiral form into the distance, tearing and twisting the air and swallowing up the sound, but the place it was aiming at was already empty.

"Wind Escape·Practice Blank Bullets!"

In contrast, another almost identical air-training bullet came from behind, mixed with the aftermath of senjutsu chakra, and rushed straight towards Shukaku's head again.

Shukaku once again failed to dodge and was hit in the back of the head by a huge missile. If it wasn't for Ichibi's body, which was reinforced with magnetic escape and curse seals, I'm afraid this blow would have seriously injured it, but even so. , Shukaku also felt a stinging pain in his head, and the gravel was shot out. The miserable condition on his head could almost be described as "collapsed porcelain."

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

Shukaku let out an angry roar, and the yellow sand in the sky was pulled up by his magnetic escape, forming a huge spiral in the air. It covered his head to strengthen his defense, while he opened his mouth wide and stared at Hinata Yuzuru's figure in the air with cold and cruel eyes.

The black Tailed Beast Cannon gradually appeared in the mouth as the Yin-Yang Release Chakra condensed, but what was faster than its movement was a hand, which pressed on its open mouth before the Tailed Beast Ball condensed.

"How can it be!?"

Shukaku let out a low sound of disbelief.

When the violent Tailed Beast Ball faced Hinata Yuzuru's hand, it strangely began to dissipate on its own, dissipating unstably and almost exploding in its mouth. Shukaku had to cancel the Tailed Beast Ball, and then saw the other party looking at him calmly.

"The Tailed Beast Ball, so that's what it is."

Hinata Yuzuru was pondering and looking thoughtful, which made Shukaku feel a sense of shame of being looked down upon. It roared angrily, and the yellow sand in the sky condensed again, forming a huge sand wave that drowned Hinata Yuzuru.

"It seems that your presence is still very necessary. If you spend money to buy so much sand from the Sand Village, it will cost a lot."

Hinata Yuzuru's words undoubtedly made Shukaku even more angry, but what frightened Shukaku even more than these was the feeling the opponent gave him when fighting at this moment.

This strange chakra, the brutal physical strength that is unbelievable, and this feeling. This sage gives people a feeling similar to that of the Six Paths Sage!
No, not exactly the same.
Shukaku's eyes were filled with surprise and uncertainty, but what made him even more distressed was that facing Hyuga Yuzuru, its attack seemed too 'slow'!

This guy seemed to be able to foresee the future. No matter whether he wanted to attack with his huge body or use ninjutsu, the opponent could dodge at a faster speed and fight back in a "playful" manner.

"Little devil, who are you?!"

It was the first time that Shukaku encountered such a being. He raised his raccoon-like head and looked at Hinata Yuzuru flying high in front of him, gazing at him with caution.

"The Fifth Hokage of Konoha, Hyuga Yuzuru."

After Hinata Yuzuru finished speaking, he paused, and then said: "Shukaku, it's not polite to call me kid."

"Little brat." Before Shukaku could finish his words, a fist landed hard on his forehead.

"You kid?" Hinata Yuzuru's voice came to his ears.

No matter how fearful Shukaku was, he was only angry at this moment. How dare you!
"I'm going to kill you!!!"

A foot kicked at the side of his face from the other side, and the huge impact force caused Shukaku's body to tilt slightly.

"Kill me?"

Hinata Yuzuru's chakra was surging all over his body, and the golden chakra was increasing, making a golden outline appear on his body.

"I am a Shukaku Ichibi!!!"

Shukaku's mouth flashed with the color of the tailed beast jade again.

"Ichibi Shukaku, right?" Another iron fist hit the side of the face.

Sand and gravel flew everywhere on Shukaku's face from the blow - its body was covered with sand armor reinforced with cursed seals and magnetic escape, which was exactly the same as Gaara's absolute defense, but at this moment it was shaken by the blow.

But just after this punch, countless gravels flashed in the air, and suddenly formed a big hand, tightly grasping Hinata Yuzuru in it. Countless sands came rushing in, and Shukaku laughed ecstatically, "Little brat! Beg for mercy now, and Uncle Shukaku can still spare your life."

Before he could finish his words, this time, a huge golden fist as big as his head fell on his head and knocked him down again.

Hinata Yuzuru floated in the air, and the chakra fist condensed on his side was reabsorbed back into his body.

"Ok?"

The questioning voice he made made Shukaku's black and yellow beast eyes almost turn red after he was knocked down - he was bullying the tailed beast too much!
It can't be hit, but the opponent has destructive power that is not like a human being. Just a punch or a kick can make it feel pain that it has never experienced before.

This bastard! ! !
Me.
Shukaku looked up, mouth wide open: "No more fighting!"

Hinata Yuzuru raised his eyebrows and folded his hands in front of him: "Oh?"

Shukaku, however, couldn't even stand up. He stiffened his neck and said, "That's pointless! This kid's body drags down my strength. If I use a stronger force, this kid will die. Do you want to see this guy die?"

Hinata Yuzuru descended, reached Shukaku's face, and said leisurely: "Pretending to surrender, do you just want to secretly prepare to use the sealing technique?"

"By the way, your sealing skills are pretty good—just not good enough to use against me."

As Hinata Yuzuru said, Shukaku's eyes widened in disbelief: "Can you really see the future!?"

"So, now, can you cooperate with me honestly, or should you say non-violence and non-cooperation?" Hinata Yuzuru looked at it with a calm expression.

Shukaku's expression was very human and somewhat gloomy. He had a raccoon-like face and squatted on the ground with an annoyed look on his face: "What on earth do you want to do!"

At worst, he'll be sealed up again, or killed and wait to be resurrected.

"Make a deal."

Hinata Yuzuru's wings disappeared, and now in Sage Mode, he was able to fly independently, but the speed might be slower than using wings.

He also sat cross-legged in the air, his eyes level with Shukaku's, looking at the big cat with an indignant face, and reached out to touch its head - it was hard and the feel was not good.

I don’t know if Kyuubi will feel better.

Shukaku tilted his head irritably, but he could only hold back his temper. Facing the guy opposite him, his own strength was completely unable to take advantage of him, and he was completely powerless to fight back.

I don’t know if Kyuubi has ever fought with this guy. It would be great if he dealt with that stinky fox like this.

Once it imagined that Kyuubi had also been beaten by this guy, it felt a little better.

"What deal?" Shukaku's voice sounded lackluster.

"I want to study the nature of the tailed beasts. It would be best if you could lend me your chakra and cooperate with me in some research experiments." Hinata Yuzuru said, and Shukaku soon showed a look of disdain. It looked at him with a look that I knew: "Then what are you going to give me?"

“Relative freedom.”

Hinata Yuzuru's words made Ichio's eyes widen slightly.

Its civet ears were slightly perked up, and it raised its head: "What do you mean?"

"I plan to change the Jinchūriki's sealing mode. To be more precise, if possible, I don't intend to seal you into someone else's body as I did before. If you can control your own power and your body size, I can even allow you to move freely around Konoha and meet some of your reasonable requests."

Shukaku was stunned for a moment by Hinata Yuzuru's words: "Huh!?"

What is this guy talking about!?

"Tailed beasts are not simply wild beasts - in my opinion, tailed beasts have emotions and reason, and are not natural beings that are opposed to humans.

I hope to find the possibility of coexistence between the tailed beasts and humans, not just in the form of Jinchūriki, but in the true sense of coexistence. "Hinata Yuzuru's words made Shukaku fall into deep thought. There was no more irritability and impatience in his eyes. He stared at Hinata Yuzuru deeply: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"Of course." Hinata Yuzuru said calmly: "The current ninja world is not very safe, and there are still ambitious people who hope to use the tailed beasts to achieve some ulterior motives. Before I get rid of these enemies, I hope you can stay around Konoha honestly.

But when I finish taking care of those guys, I am willing to give you a chance to return to nature and gain freedom.

At that time, if you like to stay with humans, just stay together. If you don't want to, it's your business to return to nature, as long as you can ensure peaceful coexistence with humans.

How about this deal, what do you think?"

Hinata Yuzuru's words made Shukaku carefully observe his expression again and again, but all he could see was the calm and calm look of the other person.

He is serious! ?

Shukaku thought in disbelief.

This was the first time in so many years that he saw a human being with such thoughts.

In the past, humans either avoided him because of his powerful power, or else they coveted him. Every human he encountered tried to seal, eliminate, and expel him.

Only his previous host, Fenfuku, made Shukaku feel the beauty of humanity for the first time.

During the decades he was imprisoned with Fenfuku, Shukaku thought more than once about what his relationship with humans, and the relationship between tailed beasts and humans, should be like.

But even though he was sharing the blessing, he never thought that, like Hyuga Yuzuru said, he hoped that he could no longer exist in a sealed form, but truly coexist with humans or return to freedom.

Shukaku looked at the other person with a seemingly indifferent expression: "How can I trust you?"

"Isn't trust something that only exists after you've experienced many things together? Who would trust someone they just met for the first time? Even I don't trust you.

But I think it's worth a try."

Hinata Yuzuru said, released the sage mode, landed on the ground, looked at the huge tailed beast, raised his head and said: "Can you become smaller?"

Shukaku looked down at him for a while, and his body began to shrink, taking on the form of a half-tailed beast. Gaara's red hair also grew on top of his head, looking a little out of place, but his body size became only slightly larger than that of an ordinary human, and no longer looked so exaggerated.

"The first step of the plan is that I hope to separate you from Gaara's body without damaging the host. This undoubtedly requires your cooperation. Now the chakra in Gaara's body has been mixed with your chakra. If we can't separate them and take you out, it means depriving Gaara of all his chakra.

If he does that, he will naturally die. "

Hinata Yuzuru's words puzzled Shukaku, who frowned slightly and said, "As far as I know, Gaara has nothing to do with you, right?"

"I don't like meaningless killing." Hyuga Yuzuru said calmly: "Of course I can ignore his life, but if I am that kind of person, how can you trust that I will respect your life?"

Shukaku was speechless for a long time, then uttered a few low laughs: "Interesting."

It raised its head, and with its eyes, it stared at Hinata Yuzuru in front of it thoughtfully, and said lazily: "Well, I have a condition."

Hinata Yuzuru looked at it: "What?"

"Kyuubi, what are you going to do about it?" Shukaku's eyes flashed with interest.

Hinata Yuzuru pondered for a moment and said, "When it can calmly accept the reality, I will give him the same conditions as you."

"Hehe." Shukaku thought of something and smiled strangely. He raised his head and said, "As long as you can beat him up and let me be your audience, even if you want me to stay in Konoha or be sealed again, I will agree."

Hinata Yuzuru's mouth twitched: "Is it that simple?"

"Of course." Shukaku raised his head lazily and said, "For me, being sealed for another ten, twenty, or a hundred years doesn't matter - it's just a long sleep.

Even without you, given human nature, trouble would find me sooner or later.

I am very interested in your proposal. As for the research you mentioned, there is nothing wrong with me cooperating with you as long as it does not make me uncomfortable.

but"

It smiled and said, "Nine-Tail must be like me."

Hinata Yuzuru understood.

To Shukaku, the foul-mouthed human in front of him, or any other human, means nothing to him. Be it anger or disgust, he has gotten used to it over the years - after all, it is not the first time that he has been defeated by a human.

But if you could witness the Nine-Tailed Fox being beaten up with your own eyes, the meaning would be completely different.

If I could watch Hinata Yuzuru give the Nine-Tails the same slap he had received, how happy would that be!
But the reason why Shukaku cooperated is not just that.

At this moment, its animal eyes were staring calmly at Hinata Yuzuru, looking at his blue eyes, and it fell into deep thought.

After getting Hinata Yuzuru's response, Shukaku was silent for a moment, and suddenly, he asked softly.

"you
Is it really human? "

As soon as these words were spoken, Hinata Yuzuru in front of him smiled faintly.

"Who knows."

Shukaku laughed twice without commenting, and whispered: "Then let me out of this little devil as soon as possible. Gaara, this poor little devil"

There was a little pity and a little mockery in its voice.

Share the blessing.
For some reason, it remembered its previous host again.

It shouldn't have been like this, but he looked at Hinata Yuzuru with a faint glimmer of expectation in his eyes, then slowly returned to the seal, revealing Gaara's exhausted face.

Gaara knelt on one knee in embarrassment, and after a while, he barely stood up.

He looked at Hinata Yuzuru with a complex expression. The opponent was stronger than he imagined.

This was the first time that he felt so clearly the power that even the monster in his body could not help but be shocked by.

"Are you going to take Shukaku out?"

Gaara said.

But Hinata Yuzuru looked at him: "If we can guarantee that there will be no harm to the Jinchuuriki.

What I said to you before is still valid. I think Ichibi doesn’t care if I need to stay in your body for a while longer.

You can also think about it yourself. If you still want to maintain the status of Jinchūriki, it is not impossible."

Gaara was silent for a moment, his voice hoarse: "It doesn't matter."

He put his hands in his pockets, his red hair swaying in the wind, and the word "love" on his forehead was clearly visible between his hair.

Hinata Yuzuru looked at Gaara with an indifferent expression and just smiled calmly: "From today on, you can live in the apartment - with your ability, you are more than qualified to be a Chunin, so just be a Chunin of Konoha for the time being and stay on standby in the village.

Don't cause trouble. Remember, in Konoha, you are no different from other ninjas.

Also, be nice to your neighbors.”

Gaara frowned slightly.

Neighbor! ?
who is it?

(End of this chapter)