Ch. 121Devouring Shukaku
Tsunade revealed her plan to restore the Ten-Tails by reclaiming the Tailed Beasts’ chakra, then persuaded Shukaku to surrender nine-tenths of his chakra. With Jiraiya and Orochimaru assisting, she began extracting it through the Nine Dragons Sealing jutsu, and Shukaku’s chakra started flowing into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
- Tsunade explained that the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path was the Ten-Tails’ shell and that she intended to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
- Tsunade told Shukaku to surrender nine-tenths of his chakra, and Shukaku agreed after Jiraiya vouched for her promise to spare his life.
- Tsunade taught Jiraiya and Orochimaru the Nine Dragons Sealing jutsu and positioned them with her on the statue’s fingers.
- Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru performed the sealing jutsu, sending nine chakra dragons to draw Shukaku’s chakra into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
- Shukaku let the dragons drain his chakra without resisting as his body began to shrink.