"What is a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki?"
Konan asked curiously. What exactly was a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki, and why were the Great Ninja Villages willing to go to such lengths for one?
Facing the little girl's question, Tamura Hiroshi didn't hide anything. "There are nine monsters in the Ninja World with enormous amounts of chakra. Because they each have a different number of tails, they're called Tailed Beasts.
"We ninjas can seal a Tailed Beast inside ourselves and draw on its power in battle. Its ultimate attack is called a Tailed Beast Bomb. Just one could destroy the entire Amegakure.
"Konoha has the strongest one, the Nine-Tails. But sealing it isn't easy. Only an Uzumaki Ninja can do it."
"One attack could destroy all of Amegakure!"
Konan's face paled. She could hardly imagine such terrifying power.
That was far more frightening than any ninja.
"Who is the current Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"
Nagato Uzumaki suddenly asked. He'd heard earlier that only someone from the Uzumaki clan could seal and host the Nine-Tails. That meant the current Jinchuriki was probably an Uzumaki.
"Her name is Kuuhina—Uzumaki Kuuhina. She's an Uzumaki like you, scattered across the Ninja World. I don't know where Konoha found her. Her parents are gone, too. Grandma Mito ultimately chose her to be the next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
"After all, Grandma Mito was the First Hokage's wife. She carried on his will, and this also let her leave the Nine-Tails with the Senju Clan, maintaining the balance within Konoha."
"Her parents are gone, too?"
Nagato's eyes widened as a troubling suspicion took shape.
If Konoha really was as this man said, then perhaps they'd secretly killed the parents of their clanswoman so they could control her more easily.
"We don't know the details. When we visited Konoha, Grandma Mito wouldn't let us