Shukaku's Persuasion: A Good Tailed Beast Doesn't Take a Loss in Front of It

Sasori's numb one-word response brought this battle to an end.

He had not even used the power he possessed as a puppet weapon himself. When that snow-white puppet approached him, he chose to submit.

After all, the hundred-plus puppets under his control had already become fragments scattered across the ground. With only his...

"I am a failure. I barely notice whether the sun is shining or not, because I have no time.

"My parents could not support me, and my education was not high. Alone in the city, I searched for a future.

"I found many jobs, but none hired me. Maybe no one liked someone who was bad at speaking, unwilling to communicate, and had not shown enough ability.

"I went three whole days eating only two loaves of bread. Hunger kept me awake at night. Luckily, I had paid a month's rent in advance, so I could keep living in that dark basement instead of going outside to endure the abnormally cold winter wind.

"Finally, I found a job. I kept watch at a hospital at night, watching over the morgue.

"The hospital was even colder at night than I had imagined. The corridor wall lamps were unlit, and everything was dim. I could only rely on the tiny bit of light spilling out from the rooms to see where I stepped.

"It smelled awful there. From time to time, bodies would be delivered stuffed inside body bags, and we worked together to carry them into the morgue.

"It was not a very good job, but at least it let me afford bread. I could also use my free time at night to study. After all, no one wanted to come to the morgue unless a body needed to be delivered or taken away for cremation. Of course,