"Probably... hmm, at least several hundred years." Sarutobi Toru calculated the speed at which these Tailed Beasts absorbed Natural Energy before answering.
"Se... several hundred years?" Mei Terumi was instantly dumbfounded. The Five Great Shinobi Villages had only existed for a few decades. Who knew whether Kirigakure would even still exist hundreds of years from now? What use would there be in taking back Tailed Beasts like these?
"I discussed it with these Tailed Beasts. Their strength has been severely depleted anyway, so sealing them inside Jinchuriki would be of little use. You might as well treat them as Summoning Beasts," Sarutobi Toru said directly.
"As it happens, I've already prepared the Summoning Scrolls."
With that, Sarutobi Toru took out the remaining nine Summoning Scrolls and distributed them among the major shinobi villages.
The nine Tailed Beasts had already coordinated this in advance. Becoming Summoning Beasts was far better than being sealed away, and a summoning contract was not impossible to resist. If a Tailed Beast resisted fiercely, it would take at least several times more Chakra to summon it.
Even in their current wretched state, the Tailed Beasts still possessed Kage-level Chakra. Spending several times a Kage-level amount of Chakra just to summon a Tailed Beast with the combat strength of an Elite Jonin was naturally not worth it.
Therefore, if they wanted the Tailed Beasts to cooperate, they would need to communicate with them properly. It could also be considered a way for Tailed Beasts and shinobi to coexist peacefully.
However, the major shinobi villages might not even think much of these Tailed Beasts now. Whether they would summon them in the future was still unknown.
The luckiest were probably Four-Tails King, Five-Tails Son Goku, and Seven-Tails Chōmei. Since Iwagakure and Takigakure had not sent anyone, they naturally