Back to the Old Trade - Empty Hand Catches White Wolf

"And in the future, I will take action to prove this to you. I hope you can become my ally in building a truly harmonious world! If you ever find that I have deceived you, you can sever our connection at any time, Isobu. Besides, even if you don't believe me, you can at least trust Kurama a little, right? I think you would be willing to sit down and have a proper talk with me, wouldn't you, Isobu?"

Sincere.

Earnest.

Most importantly, that posture of equality.

It caused Isobu, who had remained unmoved until now, to feel a slight stir within his heart at this very moment.

Ever since Otsutsuki Hagoromo passed away.

Over these thousands of years.

Isobu had witnessed countless humans.

But without exception, they either treated him as a hostile alien to be guarded against and attacked, or they treated him like 'private property' to be exploited at will, and never once had they treated him as an equal living being.

This was, in fact, what the Tailed Beasts loathed most about humans.

Everyone was a being with life and intelligence.

The Tailed Beasts even possessed transcendent power.

Yet humans always maintained an arrogant posture, as if looking down upon them from above.

It was precisely because Isobu had witnessed the ugly face of humans who viewed all things as their 'possessions' that he chose to live far away from the hustle and bustle. However, humans appeared time and time again, spouting ridiculous words like 'Tailed Beasts are the greatest evil and must be controlled.'

While at the same time, they would capture them on a massive scale.

Wanting to turn their power to their own use.

Such dirty faces and methods.

Isobu truly loathed them to the extreme.

But today.

Isobu saw a different kind