Kokuō! Take a Good Look at Who I Am!

At this moment.

Orochimaru was on his way, riding a snake.

BOOM--

Fire dragons "birthed" from the fireball, launching an endless bombardment against Han!

Ruohuo had forcibly extracted every bit of chakra contained within the 70x Great Fireball, wasting nothing, and slammed it all onto Han!

BOOM!

BOOM!

BOOM!

Fire dragons surged toward Han one after another.

Han had been forced back to consciousness the moment the first bombardment hit.

But he had no room to dodge, forced to curl his body and mobilize his Tailed Beast chakra to defend, though it was like trying to put out a forest fire with a cup of water.

The Tailed Beast chakra cloak did indeed possess formidable defensive capabilities.

But under this scale of Fire Style bombardment, Han, who could only maintain Two-Tails Mode, simply could not hold out!

BOOM!!!!!

Ruohuo controlled the remaining flames, shaping them into two massive fire dragons for the final bombardment!

After the explosion, he utilized the lingering power of the fire dragons to cast another jutsu, condensing a High-Temperature Fire Prison!

This C-rank Water Style: Water Prison Technique, having mutated into a Fire Style jutsu, was no longer just a move to trap enemies.

It had transformed into an offensive jutsu akin to an incinerator!

"A bit weak..."

Looking at Han, who was enveloped in flames and suspended in mid-air before him.

Ruohuo panted slightly, popping a Military Ration Pill into his mouth.

This Military Ration Pill was provided by Orochimaru; it wasn't poisoned and the effects were quite good. Fully digesting one could restore about twenty percent of his chakra.

"So, that so-called 'Steam Ninja' is just a small fry who can only open Two-Tails Mode at this point in time?"

"If I bring him back to Konoha like this... he should be qualified to join the Anbu, right?"

Han was not a perfect Jinchuriki.

At this period, Han seemed to have only limited control over the Tailed Beast's power.

Even Ruohuo hadn't expected that subduing this Jinchuriki would be so easy.

The Uchiha are truly the bane of ordinary Jinchuriki and Tailed Beasts...

So, is this the suppression power of the Sage Eye over Tailed Beasts?

He had already begun to contemplate what his own Mangekyo ability would be...

The original plan was just to be a war hero; after all, he had traveled thousands of miles to support White Fang, completing the S-rank mission White Fang had failed to finish.

The war merits were all his alone; Orochimaru was at most an assistant who drew fire...

But now he had cleared a hidden boss and captured a Five-Tails Jinchuriki...

With Ruohuo's political foresight.

If he were a superior like the Third or Danzo, he would be considering right now whether this Uchiha posed a certain threat to Konoha.

They would likely be wary of him, and bringing him into the Anbu would just be a basic maneuver.

"Sigh, I was planning to farm more experience on the battlefield."

"Am I going to unlock the Mangekyo this soon?"

"This isn't the kind of trouble someone my age should have..."

Ruohuo rubbed his chin. "Say... should I find a way to hide this guy?"

"If an Uchiha clansman becomes a Jinchuriki, the system should count it toward the clan's strength, right?"

Ruohuo raised an eyebrow.

Come to think of it, that actually seems to be the case.

But it definitely wouldn't work this time.

He didn't know how to extract Tailed Beast chakra, and going to the Land of Rain to find Nagato wasn't realistic right now.

Releasing the Five-Tails directly was an option, but he didn't know the seals to undo it either...

"I'll just trade him for war merits this time; maybe I'll have a Mangekyo soon... hm?"

Ruohuo blinked.

He noticed that white smoke had begun to rise from the fire prison.

Oh no, it wasn't white smoke; it looked more like steam.

"This power-up progress bar is way too long..."

Ruohuo muttered, maneuvering the Fire Dragon Bullet to retreat rapidly.

Just as Ruohuo had expected.

Han, trapped within the fire prison, had already lost consciousness, and the Five-Tails Kokuō, sensing danger, clearly had no intention of dying along with its Jinchuriki, so it took control to launch a counterattack in Han's stead!

BOOM!!!

The scorching steam shattered the fire prison. Even while unconscious, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki Han entered the Three-Tails mode, though his body began to plummet!

BOOM!!!

Han, in his Three-Tails mode, crashed into the water, sending up a massive spray. Instead of being swept away by the turbulent current, he stood upon the surface of the water and let out a wild roar at Ruohuo, who was hovering in mid-air!

"ROAR!!!!!"

The roar echoed through the heavens!

"..." Ruohuo remained expressionless, though he suddenly found himself missing his little lackey, Obito.

If Obito were here, he wondered if the boy would be scared to tears or roar right back...

"Think being loud makes you special, huh..."

Ruohuo's Three Tomoe locked onto Han in his Three-Tails mode—or more accurately, Kokuō, as Han's body was currently under the temporary control of the beast!

Tailed Beasts are powerful.

Regarded as weapons of war by the major villages, they possess unparalleled destructive force.

At the same time, Tailed Beasts are weak.

In his past life, Ruohuo had heard a theory.

Tailed Beasts are merely fragments of the Ten-Tails' chakra, possessing only will, but no soul.

That is why Sharingan genjutsu hits them with pinpoint accuracy.

"Speaking of which, I have the power of Indra infused within me; I wonder if these Tailed Beasts can recognize it?"

A question suddenly crossed Ruohuo's mind.

But the next second.

"ROAR!!!"

Kokuō, in its Three-Tails mode, let out another roar. Faced with an aerial opponent like Ruohuo, it instinctively formulated the optimal combat strategy.

It opened its mouth, gathered energy, and began charging a Tailed Beast Bomb with a three-to-seven chakra ratio!

But Ruohuo didn't panic in the slightest; no matter how powerful a Tailed Beast Bomb might be, it was useless if it couldn't hit its target.

He immediately initiated a dive, intending to close the distance and unleash a genjutsu before the Tailed Beast Bomb could fully condense, while also shouting:

"Take a good look at who I am!"

The beast did not respond and fired the Tailed Beast Bomb instead!

"Good grief!"

Ruohuo hurriedly adjusted the flight path of his fire dragon, narrowly dodging the blast.

BOOM!!!!

The Tailed Beast Bomb slammed into the mountain behind Ruohuo, triggering a violent explosion that sent countless rocks tumbling down.

Ruohuo glanced back, and suddenly, alarm bells rang in his mind.

He whipped his head around to see that Kokuō, in its Three-Tails mode, had already launched a sprint and was leaping toward him with all its might!

Ruohuo frantically steered the fire dragon to gain altitude!

Kokuō, in its three-tail state, missed its mark and landed heavily once more, then raised its head to charge another Tailed Beast Bomb!

"Is it because it's currently operating on nothing but wild instinct, devoid of any reason?"

Ruohuo pondered for a moment before decisively choosing to increase the distance, beginning to browse through his reserve of B-rank ninjutsu.

He had originally intended to save up more ninjutsu and select the most suitable B-rank main skill based on the specific situation later on.

But this Five-Tails was a bit too irritable right now.

If he tried to get close to cast a genjutsu, he wouldn't be able to handle it if he got hit.

So, in order to help Kokuō calm down and recognize his chakra logo.

Ruohuo felt...

That to complete his experiment here.

He needed to finalize his B-rank main skill ahead of schedule.