"Granny, what exactly is Mirai's mission this time?" Mirai asked. He only knew that it was an investigation mission deep within the Land of Wind.
As Mirai asked, the other two also looked at Granny with rare curiosity. Likewise, they did not have much understanding of the mission.
The moment Granny heard about the mission, she became more serious than usual. "Do you know about jinchūriki and Tailed Beasts?"
Mirai nodded. How could he not know? Wasn't the protagonist's cheat the Nine-Tails? Tailed Beasts—the most powerful cheat in the Huo Ying world! Mirai had also considered obtaining a Tailed Beast. But among the nine Tailed Beasts, he liked only Shukaku and the Nine-Tails. The others were simply too ugly! The Two-Tails was in the Land of Lightning, making it difficult to obtain. The Nine-Tails' power had also been proven—they were no joke!
Moreover, the price of becoming a jinchūriki was extremely high. It was also a very troublesome matter, and the master who had issued the order had taken it as a target after gathering the soil.
Mirai knew about Tailed Beasts and jinchūriki, but the other two knew little about them. They only knew that Konoha possessed the strongest Tailed Beast—the Nine-Tails! However, they did not know what jinchūriki were or what power they possessed.
"The Sand ninja have Shukaku, and its jinchūriki is an old monk named Bunpuku. Mirai will be going to find him!" Granny said seriously.
In all of Konoha, Granny understood the power of jinchūriki better than anyone! Her grandmother had been a Nine-Tails jinchūriki. What was more, she knew better than anyone how terrifying a jinchūriki could be! Even if the other party possessed human power, their combat strength would be formidable—perhaps even at the Kage level!
"Bunpuku?!" Mirai indeed had some impression of