Uchiha Minamoto's figure appeared once more.
Eight-Tails Gyuki immediately sensed that familiar chakra and raised his head behind the sealed gate.
"...You're here."
"I came to fulfill our earlier agreement, Gyuki."
Uchiha Minamoto nodded and raised his right hand. The Jutsu Formula patterns for releasing the [Iron Armor Seal] quietly emerged.
"Are you ready?"
"Wait-!"
Eight-Tails Gyuki instinctively called for him to stop.
In the brief time since Uchiha Minamoto had left the sealing space, Eight-Tails Gyuki had thought about many things.
He had thought about freedom, about Two-Tails, Three-Tails, and that stinking fox...
But the one Eight-Tails Gyuki had thought about most was his good brother, Killer B.
Before Eight-Tails Gyuki could figure out how to say goodbye to Killer B, the Light of Konoha had returned.
Wasn't he a little too fast...?
Uchiha Minamoto waited a moment, giving this ox-headed octopus monster a chance to express his "feelings about his bovine life."
But Eight-Tails Gyuki remained silent for a long while without saying anything more, then spoke again.
"Let's begin!"
"Relax, take a deep breath. It's your first time in decades. Being nervous is normal."
Uchiha Minamoto saw Eight-Tails Gyuki's complicated feelings and offered a few reassuring words.
Then, without dawdling, he thrust out his palm, the Jutsu Formula patterns on it.
[Iron Armor Seal], release!
The sealing space began to shake violently.
The sealed gate barring Eight-Tails Gyuki's way also began to totter.
Seeing this, Eight-Tails Gyuki severed one of his octopus tentacles himself and left it inside the sealing space.
It was materialized chakra that he had voluntarily left behind.
In terms of quantity...
The amount of chakra Eight-Tails Gyuki left behind was several times the combined amount Two-Tails Matatabi and Three-Tails Isobu had left for their respective jinchūriki.
It showed just how deep the bond