Black Zetsu heard Uchiha Obito and chuckled. "It wouldn't be right to show up empty-handed."
Uchiha Obito clearly wanted to use Six-Tails Saiken to give Nagato a show of force.
Six-Tails Saiken was the one Uchiha Akira had captured for Uchiha Obito to use to intimidate Nagato.
At that moment, Black Zetsu spoke up. "Lord Madara, quite a few powerful shinobi have emerged from the Uchiha Clan over the past two years. To ensure our plan goes smoothly, I think we should pay more attention to the Uchiha Clan."
"The Uchiha..." Obito murmured, sinking into thought. After a while, he said, "Let's put the Uchiha matter aside for now. We need to bring Nagato over to our side first."
"What's the situation with Nagato now?" Uchiha Obito asked Black Zetsu.
"Heh..." Black Zetsu chuckled darkly. "He's still wandering around the Land of Rain with that fellow Yahiko, trying to make people understand one another and bring about peace."
"How naïve." Uchiha Obito chuckled, then muttered, "All the better. The more naïve he is, the easier he'll be to control. Let's capture Six-Tails first, then head to the Land of Rain and approach Nagato."
"Lord Madara, with Yahiko around, Nagato probably won't be easy to win over," Black Zetsu reminded him.
Uchiha Obito smiled disdainfully. "In a place like the Land of Rain, someone like Yahiko won't last long. There's no doubt about that."
"Are the shinobi from the great nations still fighting in the Land of Rain?" Uchiha Obito asked White Zetsu, who stood nearby.
"Lord Madara," White Zetsu replied respectfully, "that's right. Shinobi from several great nations are still engaged in small-scale battles in the Land of Rain. Unexpectedly, Konoha's Root, led by Danzo, has been active there."
"Danzo..." Uchiha Obito nodded and said softly, "We might be able to use him at a crucial moment and make Nagato turn completely to our side."
"I'll go capture Six-Tails!" As soon as Uchiha Obito finished speaking, he vanished before Black Zetsu.
Kamui's teleportation was incredibly fast. Single-eye Kamui was only slightly slower than Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique.
Dual Kamui was even faster than the Flying Thunder God Technique, and even surpassed Six Paths Madara's speed when he attacked.
The next moment, in a vast primeval forest on the border of the Land of Fire, Uchiha Obito appeared atop a giant tree, wearing the living armor known as Tobi.
Several dozen meters ahead, a gigantic creature with a completely white body, six tails, and viscous fluid coating its skin was resting in the forest.
The moment Uchiha Obito saw Six-Tails Saiken, Six-Tails Saiken saw him too.
A look of panic was plain on Six-Tails Saiken's huge face. It had only recently witnessed that sinister chakra and ocular power.
The ocular power and chakra this man was releasing now were even greater than those of the Uchiha it had encountered a few days ago.
"Beast! Submit to the glory of the Mangekyō Sharingan!" Uchiha Obito unleashed the power of his Mangekyō Sharingan.
Six-Tails Saiken had been about to flee, but it froze in place. Its consciousness was completely submerged in the genjutsu world of the Mangekyō Sharingan.
The next moment, Uchiha Obito appeared above Six-Tails Saiken's head.
Then the enormous body of Six-Tails Saiken seemed to liquefy, turning into a flowing stream before being sucked into the Kamui Dimension by Uchiha Obito.
After implanting Hashirama Senju Cells, Uchiha Obito's Mangekyō Sharingan had far greater power than an ordinary Mangekyō Sharingan.
The power of his Mangekyō Sharingan was nearly on the level of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. Controlling a Tailed Beast for a long time was no great challenge for him.
Meanwhile, Uchiha Akira was still waiting in Konoha for the cultivation container he had ordered.
He had no idea that the Six-Tails Saiken he had been thinking about had already been captured by Uchiha Obito.
But even if he had known, he probably could only have shrugged helplessly.
There was no helping it. Uchiha Obito was just that impossible to deal with after implanting Hashirama Senju Cells.
And with the White Zetsu able to come and go without a trace, once Six-Tails Saiken was targeted, it was highly likely to be captured.
A few days later, Uchiha Akira placed the severed tail he had obtained from Six-Tails into the prepared cultivation container for safekeeping.
There was a limit to how much the Tailed Beast flesh could grow through secondary cultivation. It could not keep growing indefinitely.
So it was unrealistic to expect a small piece of Tailed Beast flesh to grow into a complete Tailed Beast through secondary cultivation.
After storing Six-Tails' severed tail, Uchiha Akira began studying Sealing Jutsu.
Although the Uchiha Clan couldn't compare to the Uzumaki Clan when it came to specializing in Sealing Jutsu, they did have some accumulated knowledge in the field.
With the Sharingan, the Uchiha Clan had managed to build up some knowledge of Sealing Jutsu.
The Uchiha Flame Formation was a barrier technique created by the sealing experts of the Uchiha Clan.
It wasn't a sealing technique for Tailed Beasts, but rather a defensive barrier like the Four Violet Flames Formation and the Four Red Yang Formation.
Although this barrier technique was only B-rank in difficulty, it was very powerful. Even the Eight-Tails in its complete form couldn't break through it.
Given Uchiha Akira's status, it was easy for him to gain access to the various Sealing Jutsu the clan had accumulated.
The Uchiha Clan had a clan head, but no so-called elders.
Aside from the clan head, the stronger someone was, the more support they received from the clan members, and the greater their influence within the clan.
After a simple registration, Uchiha Akira gained access to the clan's accumulated teachings.
This was completely different from the Hyuga Clan.
In addition to the clan head's branch being the Main Branch, the Hyuga Clan also had several other main lineages within the Main Branch.
In the Hyuga Clan, the clan head couldn't simply have the final say in everything.
To Uchiha Akira's surprise, he had assumed that the highest-ranking sealing technique passed down by the Uchiha Clan would be the B-rank Uchiha Flame Formation.
Unexpectedly, he also found the Five Elements Seal, an exceptionally difficult A-rank Sealing Jutsu.
The Five Elements Seal was very difficult to learn. It required mastery of all five chakra natures; only then could one learn it.
In turn, the technique was powerful enough to seal a Tailed Beast.
In the original story, Kazuma of the Twelve Guardian Ninja used this Sealing Jutsu to seal the Nine-Tails Chakra he had cultivated inside his son, turning him into a Pseudo-Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Of course, judging by how it was portrayed in the original story, using this Sealing Jutsu to seal a Tailed Beast and become its Jinchuriki was still a bit of a stretch.
Still, for Uchiha Akira, the difficulty of this ninjutsu was just right. It was perfectly suited to him.
Most of the Sealing Jutsu the Uchiha Clan had copied with the Sharingan weren't very high-ranking, mainly C- and D-rank techniques.
Immersed in Sealing Jutsu, Uchiha Akira didn't notice the passage of time.
Ten days passed. On that day, cheers that shook the heavens rang out across Konoha. None of the villagers could hide their joy.
"The war is over..."
Hearing the cheers outside his window, Uchiha Akira looked out at the bustling street. Even the Uchiha Clan had taken to the streets to celebrate.
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