Wood Release, One Man Subdues a Village

Uchiha Gen rode the Giant Egg Single-Person Aircraft out of the Land of Earth, flying toward Kirigakure in the Land of Water.

Before long, he reached the territory of Takigakure in the Land of Waterfall, the birthplace of Akatsuki's Kakuzu.

Takigakure possessed Seven-Tails Chomei, a Tailed Beast resembling a giant insect. Its Jinchuriki, Fuu, was a rather innocent and adorable young girl.

The Seven-Tails was fairly average in combat power among the Tailed Beasts. As Uchiha Gen passed by, he merely glanced at her and immediately controlled both the Jinchuriki and the Tailed Beast within her. He casually took a portion of Tailed Beast Chakra, along with flesh and blood samples from the Seven-Tails.

After that, he continued toward the Land of Water.

Along the way, he encountered Utakata, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, who had defected and was living outside the villages. He was a young man skilled in Bubble Ninjutsu.

The immense Chakra possessed by these Jinchuriki was extremely conspicuous and could be easily detected by Uchiha Gen.

At the same time, they had no ability whatsoever to resist Uchiha Gen's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. They were weak beings who could be dealt with in a single glance.

As usual, he took a portion of Tailed Beast material before Uchiha Gen arrived at Kirigakure.

Kirigakure had always been relatively closed off. Even when Konoha defeated Kumogakure and caused such an enormous commotion, it had not changed the village's overall situation.

Several years ago, Konoha had sent envoys to communicate with the village, only to be turned away.

Busy strengthening their own forces and managing relations with their allies on the continent, Konoha and the Uchiha clan had not yet found the time to deal with Kirigakure, which stood alone overseas and pursued a policy of isolation.

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