Feeling weaker and weaker, the Three-Tails had a complicated mix of emotions flash through his single eye.
Even if he wanted to resist now, it was already too late.
Had he really misjudged someone again?
Tailed beasts and humans could never live together in harmony...
Forget it. It didn't matter.
Whether it was being sealed away or dying, he had experienced both.
If there was a next time, he would never trust agai... Huh?
Just as Isobu shrank to the size of a palm, Shinji suddenly stopped the jujutsu.
"That should do it. I sealed the vast majority of your chakra inside this egg, leaving the remaining chakra and your consciousness intact. This way, you can normally stay this size and go wherever you want. You could even find a lake or the sea and hide away completely."
"But as you've probably already noticed, you'll be extremely weak in this state. Someone could easily kill you, or some wild beast could eat you. And if you die in this state, you're dead. Perhaps you'd still be able to revive somewhere after a few years."
"You can choose to hide this egg or carry it with you. Once you break it, all your power will return to your body. So choose carefully. Otherwise, if it falls into the hands of someone with ulterior motives, you might have to stay like this forever."
Shinji hid nothing, laying out all the pros and cons and letting Isobu, who had truly become a tiny turtle, choose for himself.
He had no designs on the tailed beasts anyway. With nothing he wanted from them, he seemed particularly open and aboveboard.
Isobu froze, seemingly never having expected this outcome.
He began to feel a little ashamed of having doubted Shinji earlier.
Still, this really was the