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Saying he would let Killer B go, Shin naturally wouldn’t go back on his word. From then on, he didn’t even glance at Killer B.
“This oversized raccoon isn’t very useful.” Shin considered what to do with The Eight-Tails.
Honestly, it wasn’t of much use to him.
The Nine-Tails was far more interesting—though only at its full power, not the split Yin and Yang halves.
Even then, The Nine-Tails would only be a pet. In a real fight, it wouldn’t be of much help.
After all, Shin’s opponents were Six Paths level. What could The Nine-Tails do against them?
“I’ll just seal it away.”
Shin looked at The Eight-Tails, then at the Third Raikage puppet. He’d seal The Eight-Tails within the puppet.
He wasn’t sure if a Tailed Beast could be sealed within a dead body, but he wanted to try. It would be an interesting experiment—He didn’t care if The Eight-Tails objected; its opinion was irrelevant.
“<Four Symbols Seal!>”
Sealing a Tailed Beast was child’s play for Shin. A single Four Symbols Seal was enough to contain The Eight-Tails within the Third Raikage puppet.
“It actually worked.”
Shin observed the puppet.
It seemed perfectly stable. Even as a corpse, the Third Raikage’s body, with its incredible durability, could handle The Eight-Tails’s chakra.
Shin controlled the puppet, sending it away before using [Yomotsu Hirasaka] to return to the Land of Whirlpools.
Only Killer B remained—no longer a Jinchūriki, but a “Pseudo-Jinchūriki” with a single tail remaining. If that tail’s chakra was depleted, Killer B would likely die.
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“You left suddenly. Was it something important?” Mikoto asked when Shin returned.
He vanished mid-conversation without a word.
“Not really,” Shin replied with a shrug.
He didn’t consider the events in the Land of Rice Paddies “Important.”
Of course, for the Shinobi World, and especially for Kumogakure, it was a major event.
They lost their Tailed Beast, their Raikage was severely injured and on the verge of death—Dodai, a quasi-Kage level Shinobi, had been killed, along with numerous other Jōnin and elite Jōnin.
The losses were devastating. Dodai’s team had been elite, but Shin had wiped them out. Even if the Fourth Raikage was healed, he would be devastated.
“In the future, when you have something to go out for, remember to tell us,” Kushina said, slightly annoyed.
“Uh, Okay. It’s not like I was going out to cheat on you guys…” Shin muttered under his breath.
Kushina overheard him and exploded.
“WHAT?! You’re thinking of cheating?!” She slammed her fist on the table, glaring at him.
“…”
“No! When did I ever say that?” Shin sighed.
Women are really unreasonable sometimes
“Kushina, you’re insulting my character! This is an outrage!”
Shin’s indignant outburst was met with silence, followed by stares of utter disbelief from Kushina, Mikoto, Tsunade, and Mei Terumī. Only Konan refrained from judging him.
Shin sighed. Only Konan was on his side.
“I’m going to train,” He announced, grabbing his teacup and leaving. He couldn’t stay, they were ganging up on him.
“Hey! That’s my cup!” Mei Terumī yelled, but Shin was already gone.
“Mei, that’s practically an indirect kiss,” Tsunade teased.
“We’re close enough. I wouldn’t mind if it was with Mei,” Mikoto said with a smile, looking at Mei Terumī.
“Mikoto-nee, I don’t understand what you mean,” Mei Terumī said, looking down, her face slightly red.
“Yes, you do.”
Mikoto was perceptive.
She had observed Mei Terumī long enough to understand her feelings.
Tsunade had noticed as well. Mei Terumī chose not to respond, touching her cheeks, which felt warm.
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Meanwhile, Shin had teleported to a deserted island in the Land of Water—one of the many uninhabited islands surrounding the mainland.
Shin was here to practice a new technique.
Floating in the air, looking at the small island below, Shin’s chakra surged wildly, and then he swung his fist towards the small island.
“<Eighty Gods Vacuum Attack!>”
A barrage of chakra-infused fists slammed into the island, pulverizing it into dust. The force of the attack continued downwards, striking the seabed and creating a massive tidal wave that shook the entire surrounding area.
The island, chosen as Shin’s testing ground, had met an unfortunate end.
And not just the island—the shockwave reached the Land of Water’s mainland, causing tremors and sending the tidal wave crashing towards the shore.
“As expected of the Ultimate esoteric Taijutsu. This attack is really exaggerated.”
Shin watched the approaching tsunami, then tossed a Truth-Seeking Orb. The small black sphere expanded into a massive barrier, absorbing the wave and neutralizing it completely.
He wouldn’t allow his training to harm innocent people.
If the tsunami reached the mainland, it could kill thousands.
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