After a journey of a day and a night, Itachi and Kisame escorted Tanuki Shinraku to Amegakure.
Naruto examined Tanuki Shinraku's back. The mark was identical to the one on Sumire Kakei's back back then. There was no doubt that it was the Bull-Headed Heavenly King.
"Thank you both for your hard work. Kisame, go get some rest."
"Then I'll gladly accept."
Kisame was a living person, after all. The long journey had worn him out, and he needed rest.
Naruto and Itachi discussed how to deal with the Bull-Headed Heavenly King.
"The true cause of the spatial disturbances is a beast called Nue. Danzo didn't create Nue; it was a creature that already existed in another dimension. But the Bull-Headed Heavenly King he created unexpectedly became the key to summoning Nue."
"So only by eliminating Nue can we remove the risk of the Ōtsutsuki sensing this land."
"But to eliminate Nue, we have to open that dimension. That defeats the whole purpose."
"So the heart of the problem comes back to the Bull-Headed Heavenly King."
"The Bull-Headed Heavenly King is a spatial summoning Ritual Formula Danzo developed using Hashirama cells. Even if its host, Tanuki Shinraku, dies, the Ritual Formula won't disappear."
"Erasing that Ritual Formula requires the power of Yin-Yang Release."
"Right now, Black Zetsu is the only one in the Shinobi World capable of doing that."
"But obviously, we can't count on Black Zetsu~"
"So what we can do for now is separate the Bull-Headed Heavenly King from Tanuki Shinraku and place it under multiple layers of seals."
"Once I become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki and obtain Yin-Yang Release, I'll find a way to eradicate it for good!"
And so, Naruto worked through the night to remove the Bull-Headed Heavenly King from Tanuki Shinraku. He suppressed it beneath