Tobirama held his elder brother's hand, his whole body trembling.
My brother again. Why did he have to bear all of this again? He had barely escaped death, and now he had to sacrifice himself like this?
Tobirama's heart was filled with anguish. Once again, he had failed to save his brother's life, just as he had back then.
Hashirama glanced at the tailed beasts. "I'm sorry. I once treated you as a nuisance and sealed you away. I'd like to ask all of you to join the Ninja Sect and become guardians of peace."
The Seven-Tails said, "Joining the Ninja Sect is out of the question. I don't want to be bound by human rules. I long for the sky."
Tobirama said, "You can't just leave yet. Black Zetsu will capture you. Only by working with a jinchuriki can you bring out the full extent of your power."
The tailed beasts exchanged glances. Their power needed human wisdom to bring it out.
Only cooperation between a tailed beast and his jinchuriki could produce extraordinary results.
The tailed beasts looked at the Nine-Tails, hoping he would make the decision.
The Nine-Tails thought for a moment, then told everyone, "Hashirama is right. Black Zetsu might be even more terrifying than Madara. Now that he has Madara's body, we can't underestimate him."
"If we leave the Ninja Sect's territory, Black Zetsu will capture us."
"And there's Evil Uchiha Liao Wu. He covets our chakra and wants to capture us tailed beasts too."
"We're still weak in the face of those evil forces."
"For now, our only choice is to cooperate with the Ninja Sect!"
The tailed beasts nodded.
"Kurama is right. We may be tailed beasts, but in some people's eyes, we're still weak."
"Kurama really is the smart one!"
"Our ninth