In the world of shinobi, strength ultimately reigned supreme.
As long as your fists were strong enough, you were the ruler, and your words were law.
At that moment, for instance, not only Tobirama, that outrageously biased, knockoff Mizukage, but even Raikage A and Tsuchikage Ōnoki unanimously declared that Gaara carried the blood of the Uzumaki Clan!
Since he belonged to the Uzumaki Clan, Konoha ought to take him away.
"Even a tiger doesn't eat its own cubs, Lord Rasa. Even a shinobi has no reason to be so cruel to his own child!"
"This One-Tail Jinchuriki is clearly a member of the Uzumaki Clan."
On the surface, Ōnoki and A sympathized with Gaara's plight, but what they really thought was-
If our villages can't have tailed beasts, neither can Sunagakure!
Bound tightly by Wood Release and unable to speak, Rasa could only watch it all unfold, his eyes bulging with maddening hatred.
Of course, no one cared.
Still, A could not let go of Killer B. Though his temper was on the verge of exploding, he forced himself to restrain it and pressed:
"Once Konoha takes back the tailed beasts, what exactly do you intend to do with them?"
Shingetsu replied as though it were only natural:
"Jinchūriki are too dangerous. They must all be kept under guard."
"Under Konoha's supervision, of course."
That was a barefaced lie.
Who exactly had barged into their villages without a care, snatched up the jinchūriki like little chicks, and carried off the Kage along with them?
Hypocritical. Absolutely hypocritical!
In short, the plan was to dump the jinchūriki in Konoha, right under Madara and Hashirama's noses, then wait for Obito and Black Zetsu to come knocking.
With those two around, no one would fear the jinchūriki going berserk anyway.
Although he now