"The Eight-Tails' power... burp... seems to be giving me a little indigestion."
Karn lay on the ground in a very undignified manner, his belly swollen to four or five meters, constantly churning into all sorts of shapes. It would take some time to digest the Eight-Tails. As for the shapes of bull horns constantly pushing out against his belly, that was because the Eight-Tails was thrashing around inside him.
His injuries were also healing rapidly. Since he had tried to swallow the Eight-Tails in one gulp, some hand-to-hand fighting had been unavoidable. The Eight-Tails' subsequent counterattack had also injured Karn, but with a little expenditure of magic power and chakra, he quickly recovered.
After Karn had lain on the ground for a while, he felt immensely powerful chakra appear inside him, and he slowly gained control over the Eight-Tails' abilities, such as the Tailed Beast Bomb and the Eight-Tails' unique Ink Sealing.
Several hours later, Karn had completely digested the entire Eight-Tails. The chakra inside him had tripled. He had already possessed a great deal of chakra, and after digesting the Eight-Tails, even the Nine-Tails might not have had as much as he did.
Moreover, tailed beast chakra enhanced Karn's strength across the board. With his enormous chakra reserves and the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, even Hashirama Senju brought back to life could not defeat him.
Unify the Five Great Nations outright?
The idea suddenly occurred to Karn, but he abandoned it after some thought. It was not time yet. He did have the strength, but if most people in Konoha and the Land of Fire did not support him, then even if Karn wiped out all four of the other great ninja villages, the people of Konoha would not understand.
Even Kushina disliked war somewhat. She would certainly