The first exchange proposal came from the Five Nations Liaison Seat.
It said nothing about returning the tailed beasts.
It only required each of the nine sealings to provide a strand of chakra that would not harm the beast itself.
The nine strands of power would form proof on the Outer Lunar Surface.
In return, Kaguya would permanently cease actively seeking revival.
The proposers did not consider this a sacrifice.
Each strand was too weak to launch a Tailed Beast Bomb or complete the Ten-Tails.
If it secured peace on the Lunar Surface, the risk would be far lower than continued confrontation.
Gen did not begin by assessing the quantity.
He had the recorder send the proposal to all nine locations separately.
It must not be presented as something the Five Nations had already agreed to.
No one could use other tailed beasts' choices to pressure those who had not answered.
The first reply arrived fastest.
Shukaku wrote only two words in the sand.
"Nothing doing."
Matatabi asked who would ultimately hold the chakra.
The proposal had no answer.
She therefore refused.
The sealing housing Isobu gave no response.
The blank was recorded as no authorization, not consent by default.
Son Goku directly demanded that the phrase "would not harm the beast itself" be deleted.
Whether harm was acceptable was not for the people proposing the exchange to decide in advance.
Kokuō only permitted his opposition to be recorded, without making his reasons public.
Saiken, Chōmei, and Gyuki also gave different responses.
Nine-Tails was the last to tap the voice transmission line.
"My answer speaks only for me."
Someone at the Five Nations Liaison Seat objected that this method could never produce any joint decision.
If the nine tailed beasts kept speaking separately forever, the lunar crisis would remain unresolved