Not Every Rescue Was the Protagonist's Arrival

Ever since an Amegakure ninja discovered the Forbidden Ground in the lake more than a decade ago, a secret research institute dedicated to studying the mysterious, maddening power within it had come into being.

However, given Amegakure's backward circumstances, the research had remained stagnant. For a time, it had even come to a complete standstill.

Fortunately, they had benefited from the era's boom in recent years, and the village's development had changed with each passing day. Only after their basic livelihoods had been secured did the Amegakure ninja finally have the time and energy to resume researching the Forbidden Ground's power.

Through their unremitting efforts, they had finally uncovered the true nature of the power lurking within the Forbidden Ground: it was Chakra left behind at some unknown time by one of the Ninja World's infamous Tailed Beasts.

Not only was there an enormous amount of it, but its activity was astonishing as well.

The moment Hanzo learned of this, he issued a gag order. Other than the core researchers, few people knew that the secret treasure was actually Tailed Beast Chakra.

After all, the name of the Tailed Beast Knight shone far too brightly, and Tailed Beast Power was a force that small nations like theirs could only gaze upon from afar.

No great nation wanted to see its poor neighbor holding nuclear weapons. Once Amegakure exposed its possession of Tailed Beast Chakra, it would inevitably be targeted from every direction for possessing a treasure it could not protect—especially by the Five Great Nations that possessed Tailed Beast Knights.

Therefore, if they wanted to protect this power and bring it openly into the light of day, they had to make it their own.

Rumble!

The roaring elevator descended for nearly a minute before a secret research institute almost a