Naruto: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Otsutsuki

Chapter 79 Is this all the power the One-Tail possesses?

"Hey, old man, come eat."

dong dong...

A Sunagakure ninja knocked on the cell door and impatiently called out to the monk who was meditating quietly inside.

The monk was not angry; instead, he calmly accepted the food brought by the ninja.

Seeing his obedience, the Sand Village ninja curled his lip in disdain and turned to leave.

"I really don't know how much longer I'll have to keep an eye on this old man."

"Have some decency, Shukaku won't live much longer..." Another ninja tugged at his companion and whispered a reminder.

But the man who had spoken earlier snorted dismissively, gazing at the boundless night outside, and casually remarked, "Hmph, I'd rather fight the Legendary Sannin of Konoha on the battlefield than guard this old man."

"You?"

"What are you laughing at? Even Orochimaru wouldn't be a match for me..."

The two joked and laughed as they walked away, completely ignoring the old man in the cell.

The cell door closed again, leaving only dim lighting and faint breathing sounds in the cramped space.

"You stinky monk, nobody calls you by your real name anymore..."

"Don't you feel uncomfortable?"

A sharp, deep voice suddenly rang out from the depths of Fenfu's heart, its tone containing both a hint of sarcasm and a touch of inexplicable emotion.

Fenfu lowered his eyes slightly, his expression remaining calm.

"Hehe... It's alright."

"As long as you know my real name, that's enough."

As he spoke, he raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through nothingness, as if he were conversing with the tailed beast within him, or gazing at another equally lonely soul.

"Shukaku, we've spent so much time together."

"I just don't know, what kind of person am I in your heart?"

"..."

Shukaku was silent for a moment, seemingly not expecting him to suddenly ask such a question.

After a moment, it let out a somewhat awkward groan.

"Hmph, you and that old man Liudao are pretty much the same, both just stinking old men."

The Sage of Six Paths...?

Fenfu listened quietly, but his eyes suddenly felt slightly hot.

The next moment, a tear silently slid down and landed on the back of his hand.

The once calm and undisturbed mind was now slightly rippled at this moment.

Looks like I did pretty well...

He slowly put down the lunchbox, preparing to sit cross-legged again in the center of the cell to continue that almost desolate state of meditation.

The two Sand Village ninjas who had just left returned in a hurry.

"Um?"

Fenfu slightly raised his head.

"What happened?"

"Lord Kazekage wants to see you, saying he needs your help." One of them took a breath, his expression becoming much more serious than before.

"You need to come with us immediately to assist in the military operation against Konoha!"

After hearing this, Fenfu was slightly taken aback, then put his hands together and whispered a Buddhist chant.

"I see... "

There was little surprise in his expression, as if he had long been accustomed to this kind of arrangement where one could be summoned at a moment's notice and dismissed at a moment's notice.

"That laughable Wind Shadow, you never see him normally, but he always sends news when we're fighting with other villages."

Shukaku sneered inwardly, his tone still carrying its usual sarcasm.

"Hmph, if you die, see if I don't destroy your favorite village..."

Before he could finish speaking, something unexpected happened!

One of the Sand Village ninjas suddenly made a move.

The target was clearly the center of the seal in Fenfu's abdomen!

"What?!"

Shukaku reacted almost immediately and was about to speak up to remind him.

But suddenly he discovered that Fenfu's body was firmly suppressed by some kind of curse seal, causing even his movements to be half a beat slower.

puff!

Immediately afterwards, another palm struck his abdomen hard.

"puff..."

The already elderly Fenfu was struck so hard that his aura instantly weakened, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and staggered backward.

"Wow, it didn't go berserk."

The Sand Village ninja who had made the move earlier peeled off his mask, revealing his true face.

Hyuga Seiran withdrew his hand, staring at Bunpuku's abdomen for a moment. "It seems Orochimaru-sama's cursed seal has failed..."

"That's not necessarily true..."

On the other side, another "Sunagakure ninja" also tore off his disguise, first glancing at Bunpuku who had been repelled, and then turning his gaze to Hyuga Seiran.

"Qinglan-kun, you're really cautious..."

As he spoke, Orochimaru slowly spat out a small snake from his mouth, and then took out the Kusanagi Sword: Sky Sword from it.

"Having come to this point, are we still going to keep hiding?"

Hyuga Seiran didn't reply, but quietly took a step back, shielding Orochimaru in front of him, and said calmly:

"Lord Orochimaru, after all, this is your home turf."

Orochimaru smiled slightly but did not reply.

His gaze returned to Fenfu, whose face was deathly pale in the distance, and a hint of expectation flickered in his eyes.

"Konoha ninja? And Orochimaru?"

Fenfu looked at the two of them, and a clear look of surprise finally appeared in his eyes.

Before he could think any further, the burning sensation from the seal on his abdomen suddenly intensified.

He looked down and saw that the seal on his abdomen had begun to loosen at some point.

"Oh no..."

Boiling crimson chakra surged wildly from the seal, coiling and spreading like countless tiny horsehair worms.

While repairing his damaged body, he continuously unleashed Shukaku's almost tangible anger.

"Shukaku, no!"

Fenfu's forehead was covered in cold sweat as he desperately tried to suppress the seal.

But the one-tailed Shukaku inside him had already reached its limit of endurance.

"You stinky monk, you told me to put up with it before, and I did."

"But this time, I absolutely can't stand it!"

As Shukaku's sharp roar exploded deep within his consciousness, Bunpuku could no longer suppress the surging, leaking tailed beast chakra.

His body was rapidly eroded and enveloped by Shukaku's power, and his originally aged and hunched figure was completely replaced by the outline of a sandy yellow beast.

But within the sealed space.

Looking at the enraged Shukaku behind him, Bunpuku realized that he could no longer stop it.

His gaze passed beyond the sealed space, slowly turning towards the darkness outside the cell, shrouded in night and dust.

Orochimaru from Konoha... has actually infiltrated this place.

If they hadn't made a commotion, Rasa might not have immediately realized that there were intruders in the village.

But what if Shukaku is taken away...?

That would be really bad.

As the Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast, he understood the significance of the power within him better than anyone else, and he was also aware of the kind of covetousness it would attract.

Now, even Orochimaru, one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha, has personally infiltrated Sunagakure to attempt to attack him, the Jinchūriki.

This means that Konoha is fully prepared to completely break off relations.

"You stinking monk, did you hear me?"

Shukaku urged him anxiously in his heart.

Although it can also forcibly seize Bunpuku's consciousness and directly enter the tailed beast state.

But if that were the case, Fenfu's already frail body would most likely not be able to withstand it, and he might even die on the spot.

However, if Fenfu actively cooperates and uses the technique of feigning sleep to relinquish his consciousness, the outcome will be completely different.

At that time, what will truly descend upon the ninja world will no longer be just a monster sealed within its body, but rather—

Shukaku of the Sand!

"Is it coming out so soon?"

Orochimaru, carrying the Kusanagi sword, looked with disappointment at the One-Tailed Jinchuriki in the distance, whose appearance was gradually changing.

Although he was currently only a shadow clone, that didn't stop him from using this opportunity to test the power of the tailed beasts.

Unexpectedly, this was only the beginning, and Shukaku had already revealed its true form.

"Is this all the One-Tailed Beast is capable of...?"

Orochimaru pondered to himself, and the scene of the Third Raikage fighting the Eight-Tails in hand-to-hand combat on the battlefield of Kumogakure inexplicably appeared in his mind.

"Is the power of a Tailed Beast determined by the number of its tails?"

He stroked his chin, completely disregarding Shukaku in front of him.

The next second—

"roar--!!!"

A piercing roar, almost tearing eardrums apart, suddenly exploded.

Guardian Crane.

Its true prototype has finally been revealed.