In the underground stone chamber, the oppressive atmosphere that had made it hard to breathe finally dissipated as the transfer of the Nine-Tails was completed.
Hiroki braced his hands on his knees, taking deep breaths as he tried to calm himself.
No one had told him there was a risk of getting infected by the Nine-Tails just from watching its transfer!
"Hiroki, are you all right? Just now—" Sarutobi Hiruzen used the Body Flicker Technique to appear beside him and caught his unsteady body, his face full of concern.
"I'm fine—it's just—I used up quite a bit of energy fighting Rasa earlier." Hiroki waved a hand and brushed it off.
He couldn't exactly tell the Third that he'd just fought a virus called Kurama for three hundred rounds inside his mind, and had only managed to recruit it as a desktop pet by threatening it with the "Task Manager" and "Format" options, could he?
The old man would probably think he'd gone insane.
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Hiroki's pale face, then at Kushina, who was sleeping peacefully on the altar, even smacking her lips now and then. His eyes were full of confusion.
But he couldn't very well say anything.
By all rights, when a Tailed Beast was transferred, both the old and new Jinchuriki should have been in agony. The Tailed Beast Chakra should have run wild, and the Barrier Team should have been thrown into chaos.
So why was everything so peaceful this time?
But now that the seal was running stably, Sarutobi Hiruzen naturally couldn't voice his suspicions.
After all, Konoha had only ever changed Jinchuriki once before. All his notions about the Tailed Beast Chakra possibly going berserk and the Barrier Team being thrown into chaos were just his own guesses and deductions.
Maybe changing Jinchuriki