Although the Ten-Tails was a weapon created by the Ōtsutsuki Clan, even he could not fully control it without the "key" needed to do so.
He paid no attention to the Ten-Tails opening its mouth to bite him. It could not reach where he stood.
The reason he was preparing to act was that, not long ago, he had sensed several immense sources of chakra in the Hidden Leaf Village in the Land of Fire.
One of those chakra sources was familiar to him: a portion of the chakra that Otsutsuki Kaguya's son had split off from the Ten-Tails.
The Nine-Tails!
Those sources of chakra were already astonishing. What would happen if he gave them another few years?
As for simply outliving them, he dismissed that option after considering it.
The problem was that the woman was still far too young. Who knew what sort of monster she would become with more time?
For now, he only hoped he could resurrect himself successfully. That would improve his plan's chances of success.
If the Ten-Tails could devour that woman, what sort of fruit would it bear?
After the mysterious man left, the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire's mental state grew even worse.
All this time, he had been worrying about whether the Hidden Leaf Village would rebel as Kirigakure had.
But despite his worries, he had also considered another possibility: perhaps he was simply imagining things.
Perhaps the Hidden Leaf Village would maintain its good working relationship with him forever, just as it did now.
Yet a single remark from that mysterious man had shattered that notion.
The thought that "the Hidden Leaf Village will rebel" haunted him, and he could not shake it.
Originally, the possibility of a rebellion had been nothing more than an unfounded suspicion.