The Nine Tailed Beasts Did Not Vote Together, but Each Wrote Down the Scope of Their Refusal

The nine written refusals did not share a common format.

Shukaku wrote only four lines.

No chakra extraction.

No connection to his consciousness.

No entry into the Ten-Tails Husk.

No accepting anyone else's claim that he had already agreed.

Matatabi attached a list of what she permitted.

Kaguya could view her already public name and refusal record.

She could not see the sealing location, the bearer's body, or undisclosed memories.

Isobu refused to participate in this round of projection.

He gave no reason.

A blank explanation could not be interpreted as waiting to be persuaded.

The corresponding route was closed by default.

Son Goku allowed the technical team to verify whether his interface remained separate.

He did not allow the verification results to be turned into a chakra sample and handed to Kaguya.

Kokuō and Saiken each added a prohibition on flesh-and-blood reconstruction.

Chōmei refused any access to his consciousness.

Gyuki allowed his public statement to be viewed, but did not allow continuous perception to be established.

Nine-Tails submitted last.

Nine-Tails would not serve as the representative of the other eight tailed beasts.

Nor would Nine-Tails accept the Five Nations tallying the nine answers into a majority.

Six permissions for one item would not override three refusals.

Even if all nine refused an item, that could not be used to close the voice channel between Kaguya and the Living World that did not pass through the tailed beasts.

The tailed beasts decided only the parts concerning themselves.

The reviewer placed the nine documents into nine separate envelopes.

Each envelope had an independent channel for amendments.

If one tailed beast later expanded or narrowed the scope, only that beast's permission would be updated; the other eight would not be required to vote again.

The corresponding jinchūriki also retained the right to