Heading for the Sea, the Three-Tails Appears

"Ah, he got such a good deal. Why wasn't it me?"

"Tell me about it! We all knew roughly where it was. We just had to look around nearby, but that kid Su Wen got there first."

"What kind of luck is Su Wen having? He just won tens of thousands yesterday, and now he's about to make another hundred thousand for free. I'm so jealous!"

After Senju Fujima chose Su Wen, the others shook their heads, each privately regretting their luck.

"Two lords, follow me."

"I'll get a boat ready to take you out to sea right away. Heh!"

Su Wen was thrilled. Who wouldn't be happy to get a hundred thousand taels for free?

The monster was terrifying, but to him, nothing mattered more than money.

Besides, he had two powerful people with him. They could take the lead, and he could make a run for it when the time came.

"Why are you looking for that monster?"

"Is that the purpose of your trip?"

After Su Wen left, Tie Kui turned to Senju Fujima and asked in confusion.

"You're half right."

"I did originally set out to look for these things."

"But I came to the Land of Hot Water just to relax in a hot spring."

"I wasn't concerned with anything else, but I happened to come across it."

"So of course I can't let the opportunity pass."

Senju Fujima smiled slightly and turned to Tie Kui as he spoke.

"My lords, the boat is ready."

"Please come with me!"

Tie Kui was about to say something when Su Wen returned and beckoned them over.

"Mm."

Senju Fujima nodded and followed Su Wen.

"What does the Senju Clan want with these monsters?"

"Or is this one a summon?"

"Does he want to find himself a powerful summon?"

Tie Kui watched Senju Fujima's back, deep in thought.

"My lord, the sea ahead is where it is. Can you see it?"

"Look over there. That mountain is it."

"You'll have to go the rest of the way on your own. I don't dare get any closer. It's too scary."

Su Wen could just make out a huge mountain in the distance. Somewhat frightened, he turned to the two of them.

"Oh?"

"Kurama, there's a powerful chakra up ahead."

"Sense it. Is it the Three-Tails?"

Hearing Su Wen, Senju Fujima quickly closed his eyes and activated the Mind's Eye of the Kagura. He could clearly sense a vast chakra up ahead.

"Mm, it's Isobu, all right."

Kurama appeared and nodded.

"Take this hundred thousand."

"Now get lost!"

After Kurama confirmed it, Senju Fujima tossed Su Wen the hundred thousand taels and stepped off the boat.

"I want to see what you're planning to do."

Tie Kui saw Senju Fujima disembark and jumped down after him. The two of them and Kurama headed toward the Three-Tails.

"Ha! I've got the hundred thousand. That was easy!"

"Go, go! If that monster gets angry, I'm done for."

Su Wen was overjoyed with his hundred thousand taels. He rowed the boat back the way they had come.

"Ding! The host is currently capturing the Three-Tails. God Selection System activated."

[Option One: The Three-Tails isn't very intelligent. It shouldn't be difficult for the host to trick it into submitting. Good luck! Mission reward: Lightning Release Mastery.]

[Option Two: Capture the Three-Tails using Water Release. Do not use large-scale Wood Release, so the host can hone his abilities. Mission reward: Earth Release Mastery.]

[Option Three: Seal half of the Three-Tails' chakra inside yourself, and seal the other half inside Tie Kui, preparing for the day you become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. Mission reward: Six Paths Mode.]

As soon as the Three-Tails appeared, the system activated, and three options suddenly appeared before Senju Fujima.

"Trick it? That's nonsense. How am I supposed to do that?"

"Capturing the Three-Tails with Water Release shouldn't be difficult."

"Extract half of the Three-Tails' chakra? Would the little Three-Tails still be able to appear?"

"Kurama wouldn't be happy about that, would he? He'd think I'd tricked him, and that humans can't get along with tailed beasts. That wouldn't be good."

"Six-Generation Mode is powerful, but I'll just have to resist the temptation!"

"Once I awaken the Rinnegan, will I really have to worry about not getting Six Paths Mode?"

Senju Fujima furrowed his brow. He didn't want to split up the Three-Tails' chakra. If he did, he might not be able to extract it later, and then he wouldn't be able to form a little Three-Tails. That would be a serious problem.

He had promised Kurama, after all. If Kurama saw what he'd done, he'd think Senju Fujima had been lying to him.

"System, choose option two."

Senju Fujima would rather give up the tempting Six Paths Mode than capture anything less than the whole Three-Tails.

"Thud, thud, thud!"

Senju Fujima rushed toward the Three-Tails with Tie Kui.

"Hmm?"

"Kurama's chakra?"

"How did he end up here?"

"Why is he so weak?"

The Three-Tails had been asleep, but it suddenly sensed Kurama's chakra. It could tell that Kurama's chakra had diminished greatly, and wondered what had happened.

"Are you the Three-Tails, Isobu?"

By then, Senju Fujima had brought Tie Kui right in front of the Three-Tails. He looked up at the dozens-of-feet-tall beast and asked.

"Kurama, what are you doing?"

"How did you end up like this?"

"Why are you so weak?"

The Three-Tails, Isobu, didn't speak. Perhaps it couldn't, but it could communicate with Kurama in its mind.

"It's nothing. I was sealed."

"He's here to seal you, too."

"Just stay still and don't resist."

"Otherwise, you'll be the one who suffers."

Kurama looked at the Three-Tails and spoke calmly.

"Damn it, seal me?"

"Die!"

The Three-Tails wasn't very intelligent, but it understood what sealing meant. The moment it heard those words, it flew into a rage.

"Tailed Beast Bomb!"

In an instant, the Three-Tails formed a Tailed Beast Bomb and fired it straight at Senju Fujima and Tie Kui.

"What is that monster?"

"Why have I never heard of it?"

"It doesn't look like a turtle, and it's so huge. Its chakra is so immense that just looking at it terrifies me."

"Can we really defeat something like this? It's so, so powerful."

Looking at the Three-Tails, Tie Kui felt its terrifying chakra. Her whole body was already trembling.

"Hmm?"

"Oh, right. I remember the Three-Tails can't talk."

"Fine. If you won't talk, I'll just have to beat you half to death and take you back."

Senju Fujima saw that the Three-Tails had finished forming its Tailed Beast Bomb and was firing it at them. He furrowed his brow.