Five Kage Summit (5)

Chen had merely said that a force was gathering Tailed Beasts, yet the other four Kage quickly imagined a conspiracy by this force to destroy the Five Great Nations.

It was not that they were overly sensitive. History had taught them that this was indeed possible.

Ever since the Tailed Beasts had come into existence, there had never been a shortage of humans coveting their power.

Until the Five Great Ninja Villages were first established, all of the Nine Tailed Beasts aside from Shukaku had remained wild.

The Hidden Cloud Village, for example, had once ordered the capture of the Nine-Tails.

During that mission, Kinkaku and Ginkaku were swallowed by the Nine-Tails. The two spent two weeks inside its body, gnawing on its flesh and absorbing its Chakra. From then on, the brothers possessed a portion of the Nine-Tails' Chakra.

This could be considered the most successful case of harnessing Tailed Beast power before the Jinchuriki.

Thus, afterward, the Second Raikage mobilized the entire village and had large numbers of volunteers consume the Eight-Tails' octopus tentacles.

But as large numbers of volunteers died during the experiments, the Second Raikage had no choice but to stop. All relevant records were sealed away as a dark chapter of history.

Beyond that, there were many records of humans attempting to make use of Tailed Beasts, but without exception, every attempt had failed.

It was not until after the battle at the Valley of the End that Mito sealed the Nine-Tails within herself and became the first Jinchuriki.

Only then did humanity truly begin bringing Tailed Beast power under control.

With this in mind, the First Hokage gathered the Tailed Beasts and distributed them, thoroughly establishing their ownership in order to preserve peace in the Shinobi World.

But now, that balance had been completely