After the Nine-Tails Plan succeeded, Konohagakure seemed to have gained new life. The entire village was filled with unprecedented confidence and assurance.
This was not merely because they had successfully brought the Nine-Tails' power under their control, but also because they had seen the limitless possibilities and hope that power brought.
If they could deploy the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki now, Konohagakure would undoubtedly become the undisputed strongest in the Shinobi World.
However, they still needed to wait—for Hatake Kakashi and the others to become proficient in controlling the Nine-Tails' Chakra, and to establish a means of communication with the Nine-Tails.
Only then could they truly wield this power and turn it into a weapon for protecting the village.
Yet for the Nine-Tails, this process was incomparably painful and agonizing.
It had been divided into nine versions of itself, each retaining an independent consciousness. This had thrown the Nine-Tails' mind into unprecedented chaos and fury.
It was unable to understand why it was being treated this way, nor could it accept this divided state.
The Nine-Tails now wanted only to break free of its restraints and regain its freedom.
But it could not shake the feeling of being bound, as though it had already been abandoned by this world.
That despair and helplessness made the Nine-Tails even more savage and violent. It struggled and resisted relentlessly, but to no avail.
For the people of Konohagakure, they could only forcibly extract the Nine-Tails' Chakra and had no way to communicate with it.
This was mainly because the Nine-Tails was currently in an extremely unstable state. Anyone who tried to communicate with it might suffer its backlash.
Therefore, they could only use this relatively safe method to harness the Nine-Tails' power.
Most Jinchuriki had hostile relationships with their tailed beasts. They had to risk