Sacrifice the Ten-Tails to the God Tree to obtain a God Tree Fruit.
This was a decision Xuandou had made from the very beginning.
From the Nine-Tails' own words in the original story, the Ten-Tails had no independent personality, no joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness, and no emotions or ideals of his own.
His sole driving instinct was to serve as a tool of the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
Devour, destroy, and recover chakra energy.
The reason the Nine-Tails and the other tailed beasts were different was entirely because the Sage of Six Paths had split the Ten-Tails apart, created a soul for each tailed beast, and given them names, granting them intelligence and the ability to think.
Thus, even though his daughter Hiiragi possessed the "Tailed Beast Affinity" talent and could wield a tailed beast's full power perfectly without sealing jutsu or a contract,
Xuandou still chose to exchange the cold Ten-Tails for a warm God Tree Fruit.
After all, Hiiragi's talent required an intelligent tailed beast that she could influence and control through affinity, whereas the irrational Ten-Tails was akin to natural features such as mountains and rivers.
Hiiragi's "Tailed Beast Affinity" talent would not make her any more appetizing or delicious.
Just as Xuandou was preparing to leave,
to sacrifice the Ten-Tails to the God Tree stationed in the Pocket Dimension,
Shisui, who had already noticed Xuandou, skirted the crowd and approached, lowering his voice to greet him.
"Your Majesty!"
As someone who had served Xuandou since the war with Sunagakure and a former Anbu leader, Shisui naturally knew that Xuandou disliked drawing everyone's attention with a grand display, so he kept his movements restrained.
"Shisui, how did you find the time to come here today?" Xuandou asked curiously, bringing Shisui to a corner of the courtyard.
As the