A sudden sense of uncertainty arose in Uchiha Minamoto's heart.
Since Sasori of the Red Sands and the others had already attacked Rasa...
Would they leave Sunagakure's One-Tail Jinchuriki alone?
Chapter 277: It's not the theft you fear, but the thief eyeing you! A grand inheritance giveaway!
Uchiha Minamoto was not worried that Orochimaru and the others would steal Shukaku the One-Tail from Gaara's body.
Because Nagato was now dead, and the Six Paths of Pain had been completely wiped out.
Without the Rinnegan's control, the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path could no longer forcibly extract and seal tailed beasts as it had before.
If Orochimaru, Sasori of the Red Sands, and the others wanted to seize Shukaku the One-Tail's power...
Their only option was to break the special sealing jutsu on Gaara and release Shukaku the One-Tail.
But here was the problem.
The sealing jutsu Sunagakure used to seal Shukaku the One-Tail was not entirely the same as the sealing jutsu other villages used to seal other tailed beasts.
Although both bore the label of "sealing jutsu," they were not products of the same system.
Strictly speaking...
The sealing jutsu Sunagakure used to seal Shukaku the One-Tail came from an ancient Ninja Temple in the Land of Wind, similar to the Fire Temple in the Land of Fire.
The sealing jutsu of other villages, however, such as Konoha's Eight Trigrams Sealing Style, largely came from the Uzumaki Clan's legacy.
Tracing their origins further back to distinguish them...
One came from Ninshu, the other from a shinobi clan.
Perhaps both ultimately originated with the Sage of Six Paths.
But after so many years of continuous development...
The two types of sealing jutsu had long since diverged.
Even though Orochimaru possessed extensive, highly advanced knowledge of sealing, and Sasori of