Your Tail Can Grow Back, but the Horns on Your Head Cannot

Upon hearing Uchiha Ensei's words, the Eight-Tails fell silent for a moment.

After a while, the Eight-Tails finally spoke. "Fine, but you have to tell me what you want Tailed Beast chakra for."

"And you must spare Killer B and... and the Two-Tails' Jinchuriki."

Perhaps because they were unfamiliar, or for some other reason, the Eight-Tails actually did not know Yugito Nii's name.

Even though Killer B and the Raikage had both called out Yugito Nii's name just now.

"Do you think you're qualified to negotiate terms with me?"

Uchiha Ensei controlled the chakra within Susanoo, pulling the unconscious Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito Nii, from the ground to his side and placing a series of Sealing Jutsu on her.

"Are you sure you want to take this hit? I can't guarantee the consequences."

At this moment, the Tailed Beast Bomb in the Eight-Tails' mouth had fully formed.

It contained most of the chakra within the Eight-Tails' body. He had never used an attack like this before and had no idea just what such an enormous Tailed Beast Bomb could accomplish.

Clearly, the Eight-Tails was threatening Uchiha Ensei.

Looking at the Tailed Beast Bomb, which in size was not much smaller than the Ten-Tails from his memories, Uchiha Ensei pondered for a moment before speaking.

"Fine, I agree."

With that, Uchiha Ensei tossed Yugito Nii to the other side, while the gleaming Four Red Yang Formation in the distance was dispelled at the same time.

Nara Shikaku was still talking with the Fourth Raikage, hoping to pry some information from him, when the Four Red Yang Formation suddenly vanished...

Looking at the Fourth Raikage, who was now right in front of him, then sensing the chakra that had been completely drained by that flashy but useless trap...

...There was no hope. He should just wait to die.

Though that thought flashed through his mind, Nara Shikaku knew perfectly well that he would be fine.

Sure enough, although the Four Red Yang Formation had vanished, the Fourth Raikage did not attack. Instead, he spoke with a despondent expression.

"Kumogakure has lost this war."

Although he had been trapped within the Four Red Yang Formation, the Fourth Raikage could naturally see the battle taking place nearby with perfect clarity.

He knew very well that if they continued to stubbornly press on, Kumogakure would not only lose a Raikage, but also two Tailed Beasts.

As for whether the Raikage was worried that Konoha would wipe them out completely...

Though he was somewhat worried, the Fourth Raikage believed that was unlikely.

After Kumogakure lost its Raikage and two Tailed Beasts, it would suffer a severe blow, but its foundation would not be damaged. At worst, it could seal itself off like Amegakure or bow its head like Sunagakure.

Meanwhile, Konoha, which appeared to stand to benefit from this, would become a target of public condemnation and would inevitably be targeted by the other ninja villages. There would be no exceptions.

Maintaining a balance among the Five Great Ninja Villages was the consensus of every ninja village now. Otherwise, why had Iwagakure gone to war with Kumogakure during the Third Shinobi World War?

After shooting Nara Shikaku an annoyed glare, the Fourth Raikage's body surged with Lightning Release Chakra Mode once more. In the blink of an eye, he arrived beside Yugito Nii.

Hoisting the unconscious Yugito Nii over his shoulder, the Fourth Raikage said, "B, end the Tailed Beast Transformation. We lost this war..."

Killer B's somewhat anxious voice came from within the Eight-Tails' body...

"Big Bro, run! I can't control it anymore..."

Hearing that, the Fourth Raikage did not hesitate in the slightest. He transformed into a streak of lightning and vanished.

At that moment, however, Killer B unhesitatingly fired the Tailed Beast Bomb from the Eight-Tails' mouth at Uchiha Ensei.

Uchiha Ensei immediately controlled the wings behind Susanoo to close around it, preparing to use Perfect Susanoo to withstand the attack head-on.

As for himself, he directly abandoned this Perfect Susanoo. With a flash, he disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was already standing on the Eight-Tails' shoulder.

As the gigantic Tailed Beast Bomb collided with Susanoo, a massive mushroom cloud rose at the scene. Wild winds mixed with dirt, covering everything around them.

When the dust gradually dispersed, all that remained was an enormous crater that had swallowed everything, along with Perfect Susanoo, with more than half of its body still intact.

The good news was that the Tailed Beast Bomb had indeed broken through Susanoo's defenses.

The bad news was that the person using Susanoo had not been inside it.

"Sorry, I really couldn't control it."

The Eight-Tails' voice slowly rang out, seemingly carrying a trace of guilt.

It seemed that when he saw Uchiha Ensei was no longer in Susanoo's head area, he thought he had killed him.

"If you really couldn't control it, why didn't you fire it into the sky?"

Uchiha Ensei's calm voice sounded from the Eight-Tails' shoulder, startling him.

Tilting his head to look at Uchiha Ensei on his shoulder, then at the damaged upper half of Susanoo in the distance, the Eight-Tails spoke in a daze.

"You... you're okay..."

From that tone, it was impossible to tell whether he was disappointed or feeling something else.

"Of course. If you could kill me that easily, would I still dare show myself?"

Hearing Uchiha Ensei's words, the Eight-Tails felt utterly speechless.

That attack just now could have killed even him. By the other man's logic, no one in the entire Ninja World besides the Sage of Six Paths would be qualified to walk around outside.

"Enough. Stop talking nonsense."

"Give me one tail willingly. Leave yourself some chakra, or else I'll have to drag you out and do this all over again."

"Think it over. Your tail can grow back, but the horns on your head cannot."

Uchiha Ensei had no time to chat with the Eight-Tails. The sealing scroll could not last much longer, and he needed to hurry and transfer the Two-Tails' chakra into another container.

Hearing Uchiha Ensei's words, the Eight-Tails was immediately left speechless.

But because of the previous gigantic Tailed Beast Bomb incident, he did not dare negotiate terms with Uchiha Ensei again. Upon noticing the Fourth Raikage returning, he unhesitatingly gave up one of his tails, along with nearly all the chakra remaining in his body.

Fun fact: although Tailed Beasts were chakra-based lifeforms, the amount of chakra they could use was limited. Once they exhausted it, they needed to replenish it just like anyone else.

It was simply that under normal circumstances, no one could force a Tailed Beast to exhaust all its chakra.

After doing all this, the Eight-Tails returned to Killer B's body. Meanwhile, the Fourth Raikage in the distance also returned to Killer B's side at this time.

Uchiha Ensei directly ignored the Fourth Raikage beside him. He took out a specially made sealing scroll and sealed the tail the Eight-Tails had shed.

Naturally, before sealing it, Uchiha Ensei sensed the amount of chakra within it. As expected, there was quite a lot—more than the Nine-Tails chakra currently sealed inside Zero-Two.

"Not bad. Konoha will discuss the subsequent war reparations with you..."

Before Uchiha Ensei could finish speaking, Zero-Two, standing by in the distance, suddenly let out a shrill alarm.

Uchiha Ensei froze when he heard it, then swiftly prepared to use Flying Thunder God to flee at any moment.

Very quickly... a hand suddenly appeared in midair and grabbed his shoulder.

"Obito Uchiha?"