"I am freedom!"
The jubilant Black man spread his arms, rhythmically fluttering a pair of insect wings as he sang and danced. All he needed was a rap verse.
"Quiet, Mr. Higashiyama."
Just then, an icy gaze swept toward him, like a bucket of cold water thrown over him.
Meeting Uchiha Senmon's Mangekyō Sharingan, Higashiyama Kaname froze. From his soul to his body, he instinctively trembled like a black rat that had spotted a cat.
"The Sharingan has absolute suppressive power over Jinchūriki as well."
Uchiha Senmon's Mangekyō Sharingan saw everything clearly as he scrutinized Higashiyama Kaname from head to toe.
Only after a long while did Uchiha Senmon say casually:
"You can put your wings away now, Mr. Higashiyama."
His whole body rigid, Higashiyama Kaname felt as though he had been granted amnesty. He hurriedly retracted his wings into his back and bared a mouthful of large white teeth in an ingratiating smile at Uchiha Senmon.
Seeing that Higashiyama Kaname could extend and retract the tailed beast's wings at will, Uchiha Senmon nodded inwardly.
The Four Symbols Seal was impressive indeed.
That should count as a success, then?
He just did not know how much of a tailed beast's fighting strength a Jinchūriki possessed.
Over the following week, not only did the selection and sealing of the other tailed beasts' Jinchūriki proceed at a brisk yet orderly pace, but Uchiha Senmon's negotiations with governments around the world also advanced by leaps and bounds.
With the United States, the world's foremost power, taking the lead in siding with Uchiha, most of the trouble was naturally swept away.
Otherwise, some idiot acting on instructions might well have jumped out to quibble and obstruct them by proposing, "The Uchiha Clan has five tailed beasts. Give one to each of the five permanent