"Who knows? I never thought Han would have a day when Lord Tsuchikage valued him so highly."
"They're even protecting him, saying they're afraid Akatsuki might set their sights on him. Quite a few people are also searching for the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi."
"Who knows what kind of madness Akatsuki has caught? They're capturing Tailed Beast Jinchuriki everywhere, making it impossible for us to live in peace."
Villages with Tailed Beasts had almost never avoided being attacked when their Tailed Beasts went berserk. Konoha, Sunagakure, Kumogakure, Kirigakure, and Iwagakure had all experienced such incidents. Aside from Konoha, the other villages had seen Tailed Beasts go berserk and attack their villages many times.
Among them, Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Kumogakure had suffered the most incidents.
The seals on Tailed Beasts were extremely unstable. Once something went wrong with either the seal or the Jinchuriki, the Tailed Beast could go berserk and attack the village. These three villages, which possessed the most Tailed Beasts, suffered the most such incidents, followed by Sunagakure and Takigakure. Though both villages only had one Tailed Beast, they were weaker than the other villages and were desperate to gain control of their Tailed Beasts' power.
They constantly experimented with seals, constantly replaced their Jinchuriki, and tried every possible method. The more attempts they made and the more Jinchuriki they replaced, the more often their Tailed Beasts went berserk.
Although Konoha's Nine-Tails was the strongest among the Tailed Beasts, it had gone berserk the fewest times—not even a third as often as Sunagakure's.
A group of Iwagakure ninjas could not help but discuss the matter. Most of it was complaint, clearly because they were unhappy about having to search for Han.
In Iwagakure, there were basically very few people who liked Jinchuriki, including Lord Tsuchikage Ōnoki. They had yet