"Compared to true Perfect Tailed Beast Mode, a Jinchuriki voluntarily falling asleep to fully awaken the tailed beast has a major weakness: the Jinchuriki's body cannot merge with the tailed beast and remains exposed on the surface. As long as the Jinchuriki is killed or awakened, the tailed beast will disappear."
As Orochimaru explained this bit of knowledge to Mu Yue, he rapidly scanned the Three-Tails' enormous body for the Jinchuriki's location.
A shortcut was still a shortcut. It was not on the same level as a Jinchuriki capable of normal Perfect Tailed Beast Mode and came with many flaws.
In the end, Orochimaru's gaze settled on the back of the Three-Tails' head. Behind a thick, sharp spike, a corner of clothing fluttered in the wind.
"So, are we killing the Jinchuriki, or waking him up and capturing him alive?" Mu Yue asked after activating his Byakugan to confirm the Jinchuriki's position.
In this situation, capturing and killing were actually equally difficult. To wake the Jinchuriki, they would definitely have to attack. The difference between killing and capture was merely how hard they struck.
But the difference between capture and killing did not lie in the immediate situation. It lay in the trouble that would follow a successful capture.
A living enemy Jinchuriki was like a bomb, inherently extremely dangerous. Advanced Sealing Jutsu could prevent the tailed beast from easily using Chakra to influence the Jinchuriki, but it would be a different matter if the Jinchuriki gave up and voluntarily allowed the tailed beast to take control.
Aside from the Jinchuriki's own danger, capturing one alive had another terrifying consequence: it would create a blood feud with that Jinchuriki's country and make the other nations wary.
It would be fine if they extorted money and released the Jinchuriki afterward. But