Yuu held Shusui and cursed angrily.
"..."
Hearing that, the Tailed Beasts hurriedly sniffed and no longer dared make such expressions.
"Enough. In a few days, I'll take you out for a walk. Look at you bastards, all sickly and pathetic."
After cursing a few more times, Yuu slung Shusui over his shoulder and left.
Behind him, the Nine-Tails and the others burst into disbelieving delight.
They had a chance to get out?!!
"Roar!!!"
Excited roars rang out from the Tailed Beast Arena.
Time slowly passed.
Undercurrents surged beneath the surface of the Shinobi World, but everything appeared perfectly ordinary on the surface.
The world remained under Konoha's hegemony, under Saiki Yuu's hegemony.
Autumn was the season of harvest, and the crops grown by every nation and hidden village for brewing wine had also reached harvest season.
Ever since Konoha's hegemony—Saiki Yuu's hegemony—had been established, this season had become one of the most important times of the year for every nation and hidden village.
The quantity and quality of wine-brewing crops directly affected whether the world's overlord, Saiki Yuu, was happy.
If he was not, the consequences were not something they could bear.
The Six Great Tailed Beasts were the absolute military force suppressing the Shinobi World. That was no empty claim.
Over the years, every force that had defied Saiki Yuu's will had been wiped from the map.
Saiki Yuu's methods were truly brutal! They sent chills down people's spines!
Though the nations and hidden villages were not certain whether Saiki Yuu would truly kill over something as trivial as failing to submit enough fine wine.
But who dared gamble on it?!
They would be gambling with their own lives—with everyone's lives!
The only certainty was that submitting enough fine wine would ensure peace.
Moreover, Konoha was not simply