Xia Yan stared blankly at the young little fox inside him, whose face was full of confusion. His own head was full of questions.
Wasn't beginner Nine-Tails chakra supposed to be nothing more than chakra?
Why had it condensed an actual Nine-Tails for him and then tossed him inside his body?
It wasn't as though Xia Yan had never considered sealing a Tailed Beast inside himself. After all, he needed so much chakra to grow those seeds.
But at this stage, there wasn't a single Tailed Beast in the Shinobi World he could get his hands on. The most likely candidate was the Three-Tails, who wouldn't revive for another fifteen or sixteen years.
The other Tailed Beasts pretty much all had their own Jinchūriki and were tightly protected by their villages. There was simply no opening.
Besides, Xia Yan had only entertained the thought. He hadn't actually planned to put a Tailed Beast inside himself.
After all, with a Tailed Beast inside him, he would need to seal the creature. Beyond that, he would also have to watch out for his temptations and rampages.
Tailed Beasts fought their Jinchūriki for control of their bodies. Just look at that unlucky kid Gaara. Xia Yan remembered that he seemed to have never had a proper night's sleep.
Also, as intelligent beings, Tailed Beasts had their own wills and consciousnesses. Inside your body, one could basically see through many of your secrets.
In other words, he could see everything you did clearly, even private matters.
Xia Yan didn't like that situation at all. Combined with the villages' strict control, it had pretty much made him abandon the idea of getting a Tailed Beast.
But never in his wildest dreams had Xia Yan imagined that, after he had essentially given up on the matter,