Chapter 40 : Shukaku Absorbed(Bonus - )
The Jinchūriki of the One-Tail was dead, and Shukaku had vanished without a trace.
No signs of the beast remained within Sunagakure.
The next day, within the confines of the Sand Village, the council of high-ranking shinobi convened.
The Third Kazekage sat at the head of the table, his piercing gaze sweeping over the gathered figures: Rasa, Chiyo, and Ebizō. The air in the war chamber was thick with tension, their expressions grim.
The death of the Jinchūriki, Bunpuku, had been completely concealed from the outside world. The village could not afford to let this information leak.
At least, not immediately. The loss of a tailed beast was an event that could shake the balance of power between the Great Nations. And Sunagakure, already struggling in political conflicts, could not afford further instability.
Still, history had proven that the use of tailed beasts in war was a rarity. Whether it was the First Shinobi War or the Second, no village had truly dared to deploy a Jinchūriki as a weapon. None had mastered complete control over their beast.
Unleashing a tailed beast in battle was reckless—a double-edged sword that would cut down both friend and foe alike.
No village was willing to take such a risk, sacrificing hundreds of their own in exchange for enemy casualties.
And worse, the tailed beasts bore nothing but hatred for their human captors. If unleashed, their wrath was indiscriminate.
To the major villages, the tailed beasts were like forbidden weapons.