The entire Shinobi World has made a huge mistake for many years. They regarded Tailed Beast as a beast or a weapon. They chose to capture and seal the opponent as their own strategic weapon.
But in Aoba's view, this approach is too simple and crude. And it puts the cart before the horse.
Maybe First Hokage is too strong. In his hands, Tailed Beast is indeed a pet. He gives it away casually. But this idiot has not considered a single problem.
His descendants did not inherit his power. The more time passed, the more Shinobi World's power declined.
Later ninjas did not have the strength to treat Tailed Beast as a pet. They longed for Tailed Beast's power, but at the same time they were afraid of Tailed Beast's power.
Therefore, the process of getting along with Tailed Beast became extremely awkward. Especially Sand Ninja and Konoha were the most prominent.
At the same time, he wanted to treat Tailed Beast as a strategic level force. At the same time, he abused Jinchūriki to death. The whole operation made Aoba unable to complain.
But this is not the most critical thing. From Aoba's point of view, there is another value in Tailed Beast that has not been explored, and that is intelligence.
You must know that Tailed Beast was created by Sage of Six Paths. They are one of the very few people in the existing world who have come into contact with Sage of Six Paths. Many of these guys' inconspicuous memories may be the secrets of Shinobi World that have been lost now.
It's a pity that few people in Shinobi World have noticed this. Even Madara Uchiha only treats Tailed Beast as a pet or a weapon.
"Let it come out, I want to talk to him directly."
Aoba's words made Gaara silent again. Aoba knew that he was communicating with Shukaku. He didn't rush him and just waited quietly.
After about five minutes, a ball of sand appeared on Gaara's shoulder. Then the sand slowly deformed and turned into a mini version of Shukaku.
"What do you want to ask?" Shukaku asked.
Aoba first looked at Shukaku with a strange look for a while, making him feel uncomfortable all over. Then he spoke.
"Tell me first, Sage of Six Paths, what memories do you have of him."
Shukaku showed an expression that was indeed true, and then said.
"It's been too long, and my impression is not deep anymore. I didn't follow him for a long time, only a few years."
"Have you ever seen him fight?"
"Fight, no, there was no battle. At that time, no one in the world could threaten him, so there would be no battle."
"Really? Then do you still remember the process of how he created you?"
Shukaku showed an expression that was indeed true.
"You are the first human being to pursue this problem in all these years."
"This is not my problem, actually. For the current Shinobi World, the Sage of Six Paths back then has become a semi-illusory legend. No one will pursue such illusory things."
"But you are different. I can see the fire in your eyes. Young man, you are scary. But I also want to warn you that what you are chasing is much more dangerous than you think."
"So where does the danger come from? You, Sage of Six Paths, Ten-Tails, or the one on the moon?"
In Gaara's surprised eyes, Shukaku's body exploded at the touch. It seemed that the emotional fluctuation was too great, and the temporary body shaped by chakra exploded.
"You... how do you know these things? Today Shinobi World, no one should know about it."
In fact, what Shukaku was really surprised about was that Aoba said more about these things than it knew.
It knows Sage of Six Paths and Ten-Tails. After all, one created it and the other is its predecessor. But it actually didn't understand the one on the moon.
Just like it said, it has not been following Sage of Six Paths for a long time. It doesn't know much. Maybe the guy Kurama knows more. It's just that it has a normal relationship with Kurama, and even has a little backlash.
"Why do you know that Ten-Tails. Shinobi World should not have records of Ten-Tails." Shukaku asked again.
"I know more than you think. It's like, I also know. Someone is secretly resurrecting Ten-Tails."
"!!!" Shukaku was really shocked this time. Because if you want to completely resurrect Ten-Tails, you need to re-gather Nine Tailed Beasts. Or more directly, completely kill Nine Tailed Beasts and let Ten-Tails's chakra regroup.
In other words, the resurrection of Ten-Tails means the death of Nine Tailed Beasts.
"This is impossible." Shukaku didn't want to believe the news.
"Nothing is impossible. I can definitely say that this is a fact."
Shukaku was silent. Gaara next to him was already in a state of confusion, not understanding what these two guys were talking about.
After a long time, Shukaku spoke again.
"Assuming what you said is true. If you want to resurrect Ten-Tails, you need to be an enemy of the entire Shinobi World. But in fact, let alone fight against Five Great Ninja Villages. I feel that no one in the entire Shinobi World can beat you, right?"
"No, I can tell you clearly. Currently, there are at least two people in Shinobi World that I cannot really defeat. One of them has the absolute power to suppress me head-on."
"Impossible, you must have used Natural Energy when you defeated me that day. Although I don't understand this kind of power, I heard Stinky Fox mention it. Your Sage Mode is almost perfect. How could anyone beat you?"
"That person has Rinnegan."
Aoba silenced Shukaku with just one sentence. Of course it knew what Rinnegan was. Those were the eyes of Sage of Six Paths.
After a long silence, Shukaku finally spoke with difficulty.
"With the current level of combat power of Shinobi World, it is impossible to give birth to Rinnegan."
What Shukaku said is actually very correct. The current Shinobi World, compared to the era of Hashirama and Madara, has indeed regressed by more than a little bit.
And this is indeed the case. Rinnegan was not born in this era, but Madara Uchiha in the previous era did it.
Aoba did not tell everything in detail. Instead, he used some fragmentary clues and let Shukaku make up his own mind.
Naturally, these high-value information cannot be thrown out all at once. Whether it is Shukaku or Gaara, they are all the people he is planning to recruit. But the value of both of them is not enough for him to reveal everything.
"The fact is that Rinnegan did appear. And Shinobi World has already been known to more than one person."
"Okay, let's say I believe everything you say. What about you? What role do you play in this?"
Shukaku asked in an incomprehensible tone.
And Aoba's reply is also a bit weird.
"Didn't you already guess what I want? For me, this is a... competition."