After a moment of mutual silence, both of them turned their gaze to the Jinchuriki.
Gisei Shiraishi stroked his chin, pondering how to deal with this guy.
Should he take him outside and lock him up, using him as his own exclusive "power bank"?
That seemed like a waste. After all, a Jinchuriki was a very strong combat asset.
Although, come to think of it, this guy felt pitifully weak when they fought!
Aside from Tailed Beast Bombs, he hadn't used any other ninjutsu. He remained in a semi-tailed beast state the entire time. Could it be that he couldn't perform a full Tailed Beast Transformation?
After thinking about it, Gisei decided to talk to him first. It would be best if he was willing to help voluntarily. If not, he would have to undo the seal, release the Tailed Beast, and absorb its chakra by force.
"Release!" (Kai!)
After the seal was undone, Tsukasa immediately woke up and stared deathly at Gisei. "What did you do to me?"
"Just a little trick. Although a Jinchuriki isn't a big problem for me, letting you roam free isn't realistic either."
Tsukasa's eyes shot out flames of hatred. "You probably want to get the Tailed Beast, don't you? Konoha is truly despicable and greedy. You already have the strongest Tailed Beast, the Nine-Tails, yet you still have designs on other villages' beasts."
Great. It seemed that no matter what he said, this guy was convinced Konoha was pulling the strings behind the scenes.
Who told him to be a Konoha ninja...
Gisei laughed wickedly inside. Doing bad deeds without taking the blame felt pretty good.
Speaking of which, he was planning to visit the other three great ninja villages next. If he fired a few Tailed Beast Bombs at each village upon arrival, what kind of effect would that have?
Hmm... if all four great ninja villages got hit by Tailed Beast Bombs, but Konoha was the only one not attacked, the four villages would probably all assume Konoha was up to something.
As for the Waterfall Village, Gisei was certain they wouldn't dare let everyone know about the Tailed Beast's disappearance.
After all, as a nation's "ultimate weapon," once it became known that their Tailed Beast was lost, the Waterfall Village would probably never have a day of peace again.
Especially if the four great villages were attacked. If the Waterfall made any strange moves and got caught red-handed, they would definitely be attacked by other countries en masse.
At that time, Konoha, as an ally, would have to join the war.
Instead of passively waiting for the Great Ninja War to arrive, it was better to actively provoke a great war himself. Danzo had already caused widespread discontent in the countries surrounding Konoha. As long as Konoha joined the war, it wouldn't just be the Waterfall Village who suffered; Konoha wouldn't have an easy time either.
The paranoid four great ninja villages wouldn't let this golden opportunity pass.
Then there would be a lively show to watch.
"Fine. Whether it's for my personal plans or something else, it doesn't change the fact that I am currently a Konoha ninja. You're right to say that."
Tsukasa sneered. "I won't let you succeed, even if I die..."
"Boring!" Gisei looked impatient and restrained him again.
Long-winded guys had no utility value. It was better to switch to a new Jinchuriki.
Switching Jinchuriki wasn't difficult; the difficulty lay in not having a suitable candidate.
Gisei frowned in thought. After a while, he muttered to himself, "How about I bring Kushina Uzumaki out of Konoha?"
Hmm... that didn't seem difficult, but doing it without Konoha noticing would be hard. After all, as a backup Jinchuriki, she surely had Anbu monitoring her at all times.
"I think you can bypass the Jinchuriki and communicate directly with the Seven-Tails."
Shiro started offering ideas again.
Gisei's eyes lit up; he thought this was a good idea.
Stripping off the Jinchuriki's clothes, he placed his hand on Tsukasa's abdomen and slowly injected chakra.
After a while, his consciousness arrived outside the Seven-Tails' sealing chamber.
A gigantic beetle with six wings and one tail appeared before his eyes.
"Are you the messenger of that big butterfly?"
Before Gisei could speak first, the Seven-Tails, Chomei, took the initiative. Its voice sounded a bit like a child whose voice hadn't broken yet.
"You could say that. Seven-Tails, Chomei, do you want to be free from your restraints?"
"It's the same everywhere. Even if you undo my seal, you'll just want to bind me again."
Gisei was a bit surprised; the Seven-Tails was quite open-minded.
"If you obey my commands, not only will I not bind you, but I will also let you live here."
"Would humans be so kind? That big butterfly wouldn't agree to let me stay here."
Speaking of which, what exactly did the Seven-Tails do to make Mei hate it so much?
Gisei asked the question, and the Seven-Tails didn't hide anything. "I was playful before and threw Tailed Beast Bombs around randomly, knocking that big butterfly out of the sky several times."
"..."
Throwing Tailed Beast Bombs around for no reason... this personality is truly irritable. I like it.
"As long as you agree to my request, I will make Mei agree to let you stay here."
"No need. Even if I stay here, that big butterfly will try every possible way to bully me. It's different from before."
It seemed the negotiations had failed. Gisei didn't hesitate and left directly.
After coming out, Gisei stuffed a worm into the Jinchuriki's heart.
"Secret Technique: Twin Life Technique!" (Hiden: Sosei no Jutsu!)
Then he sealed the Jinchuriki's consciousness and tried to control the butterfly seed to perform a Tailed Beast Transformation.
Unfortunately, the butterfly seed could only mobilize weak Tailed Beast chakra and couldn't even achieve a semi-tailed beast transformation.
Mei had been watching Gisei fiddle with the Jinchuriki quietly. At this moment, she couldn't help but speak up. "To control a Tailed Beast, a butterfly seed needs at least ten years to grow."
Gisei sighed. "Is there any way to control him right now?"
"Yes. You can put a fully formed Ninja Butterfly into his body."
Mei clapped her hands, and after a moment, a Ninja Butterfly flew in, transformed into a human form, and knelt on the ground. "Lady Mei, what are your orders?"
Gisei was stunned when he saw this Ninja Butterfly. He remembered him—his name was Yasushi, one of the few Kage-level Ninja Butterflies.
"Yasushi, I want you to enter this person's body and help Gisei control the Tailed Beast inside him. Are you willing?"
Yasushi looked up at Gisei and asked, "Lord Gisei, I would like to propose a condition."
Gisei looked at Mei, and she shrugged helplessly. "The Ninja Butterfly must agree to this kind of thing voluntarily. I cannot force it."
After nodding, Gisei asked, "Yasushi, you can state any requirement, as long as you help me control the Tailed Beast."
"I hope that when Lord Gisei doesn't need him anymore, you will release him from his restraints. Of course, I will help Lord Gisei supervise him and won't let him do anything excessive."
Just that simple?
Gisei scratched his head and agreed. Yasushi nodded in return.
Mei walked down and had Yasushi and Tsukasa face each other, palm to palm. She placed her hands on both of them.
Gradually, Yasushi began to shrink and turned back into a cocoon. At the same time, a large hole appeared in the Jinchuriki's chest. Mei manipulated the cocoon to enter Tsukasa's body, then restored his chest.
Gisei was thoughtful. Could a Ninja Butterfly that had left a human body parasitize a human body again?
If he kept using this method, wouldn't the Ninja Butterfly be able to keep evolving forever?