"Have you studied Tailed Beasts?"
In the laboratory occupied by only Orochimaru and Kagetsu, Kagetsu prepared tools for Orochimaru's experiment as he asked the question.
Orochimaru's body stiffened slightly. He turned to Kagetsu with an odd expression. "Why are you suddenly interested in Tailed Beasts? Is it because you encountered the Cloud Ninja's Two-Tails?"
"Yes. That disaster-like power was deeply shocking. If Wood Release hadn't restrained Tailed Beasts, the three of us probably wouldn't have escaped so smoothly." Kagetsu disinfected the tools as he answered Orochimaru.
"With your current strength, facing a Tailed Beast truly would be a disaster. But as the ultimate deterrent of ninja villages, Tailed Beasts will never be made available for you to study so easily." Orochimaru's words were meant to curb Kagetsu's overflowing research urges.
"Of course I know that. I don't expect the village to let the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki serve as our research subject. But what if we don't need the Nine-Tails?" Kagetsu licked the corner of his lips and spoke to Orochimaru with near-complete candor.
"Don't need the Nine-Tails? Are you planning to find Tailed Beasts from other ninja villages for materials?" For a moment, Orochimaru once again sensed an almost arrogant thirst for discovery from Kagetsu.
"Haven't you noticed? I can be considered a Jinchuriki now, can't I?" Kagetsu's tone grew slightly uncertain toward the end.
In theory, a Tailed Beast was sealed inside him, so he counted as a Jinchuriki. But in terms of power, the Tailed Beast sealed within this Jinchuriki was probably the weakest Tailed Beast of all.
A look of shock appeared on Orochimaru's face.
Kagetsu voluntarily lifted his clothes, revealing the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style Minato had placed on his abdomen before Orochimaru's eyes. At the same time, a fierce, violent, alien Chakra rose from his body,