Chapter 69: Chapter 079
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[Nine Tails - Kurama]: So it's possible to form hand signs even without using hands.
[Nine Tails - Kurama]: The Mu King only has legs, but it can use its legs to press on the ground and form hand signs.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Oh! That's such a fascinating idea.
[Tobirama]: Hm, this is the first time I've heard of this concept too.
[Minato Namikaze]: But this has been proven. Jiraiya-sensei has also studied hand signs.
[Minato Namikaze]: He once successfully formed hand signs using his feet.
[One Tail - Shukaku]: ???
[One Tail - Shukaku]: Wait a sec, Nine Tails, how do you know all this?
[Nine Tails - Kurama]: You're the one who doesn't read books.
[Minato Namikaze]: !?
Reading books? The Nine Tails reads books? Hold on a minute!
Everyone noticed a blind spot.
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Good grief—so you're saying, Nine Tails, you've been reading books together with everyone inside Kitahara Kaede's genjutsu space?
[Nine Tails - Kurama]: Hmph hmph…
Kurama flicked its ears and didn't deny it, which in everyone's eyes… was a silent confirmation.
In other words…
While Sasuke and Naruto were absorbing knowledge and gaining intellectual buffs—
Kurama… was also progressing!
Despite being a Tailed Beast… it had learned ninjutsu, learned to analyze… and even enhanced its own powers?
[Filial Son - Black Zetsu]: …
This is unbelievable—even for Ōtsutsuki Kaguya herself.
These chakra-based tailed beasts—not only did they manifest physically, but now they've even learned how to learn?
That's what shocked Black Zetsu.
[…]
However, Black Zetsu quickly logged off.
Because it discovered that the unlucky Anbu member it was impersonating—Moonlight Hayate—had been called by the captain to go to the Valley of the End with the Third Hokage for a mission.
Considering the risk of being distracted and messing up something in the outside world, it chose to log off.
"… …"
It regretted for a moment—not hiding and logging in from a safer place in the first place.
[Filial Son - Black Zetsu has logged off]
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Ten-no-Mikado, Desert World.
Kitahara Kaede looked at the obedient One Tail - Shukaku, now sitting quietly on the sand.
Shukaku simply sat there, with its long arms drooping to the ground.
It wasn't doing anything.
It understood that it was waiting faithfully for him to transfer chakra to the Rabbit Ninja - White Bunny.
But what could he say?
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya really was a silly sweet thing who, besides obtaining chakra, was pretty much useless.
A natural chakra glutton.
Back at home, when she tried to absorb his chakra, he gave her a bit—yet she immediately jumped away.
So he thought her appetite was small.
But now?
She's not just a battery—she's a swimming pool, desperately absorbing all his chakra.
"Still not full?" Kitahara Kaede was about to speak, when he noticed—it was finally done.
"Thanks for waiting," Kitahara Kaede said. "One Tail, you can start now."
"Oh!"
Shukaku stood up.
But since its legs were short, sitting and standing looked about the same.
Nevertheless, it entered its battle stance.
It brought its long hands together and began forming hand signs.
"Wind Style…—"
"Hmm…"
"Mu King. Are you sure you want to keep using that form?"
"Even though our fates as Tailed Beasts have been different over these thousand years…"
"At the end of the day, we're still all Tailed Beasts."
"Seeing you like this…"
"Gives me the creeps."
[Nine Tails - Kurama]: @Shukaku, it's good that you're creeped out.
[One Tail - Shukaku]: You annoying dumb fox! I'm in the middle of a fight here, okay?
[One Tail - Shukaku]: Stop distracting me.
[Nine Tails - Kurama]: I'm only offering advice because we're fellow Tailed Beasts.
[One Tail - Shukaku]: …
[One Tail - Shukaku]: I don't need it!
Shukaku responded firmly.
It clapped its claws together.
"Mu King, it's not like I want to steal your master."
"But…"
"As a fellow Tailed Beast…"
"I won't lose to you!"
"So even though I don't know what happened to you and why you became like this, I won't hold back."
"Right?"
Shukaku looked at Kitahara Kaede.
"…"
"Actually, you should hold back," Kitahara Kaede said.
"Uh… then I'll hold back," Shukaku quickly corrected itself.
"No." Kitahara Kaede could tell Shukaku misunderstood. "I'm not telling you to hold back."
"!??"
Shukaku froze.
What did that mean?
At this moment, it noticed the Rabbit Ninja - White Bunny ahead.
"…" The Rabbit Ninja - White Bunny.
Its gaze showed no change.
Even when Shukaku kept referring to it as Mu King—no reaction.
Or perhaps—"Who are you calling Mu King?"
"Wind Style: Wind Style: Drilling Air Bullet!" Shukaku began forming hand signs.
For some reason, at this moment, Shukaku suddenly felt something terrifying.
As if it was suddenly facing an ocean… a mountain.
Not only that…
It noticed the Rabbit Ninja - White Bunny glanced its way.
Just that one glance.
Thud!
Shukaku realized its body—its massive, 30-ton body—suddenly couldn't move.
It was completely frozen.
Like it had been locked in place.
[Descendant Chat Group (^_-) ]
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: What just happened?
[Big Dumb - Hashirama]: Why isn't Shukaku moving?
[One Tail - Shukaku]: …
[One Tail - Shukaku]: It's not that I don't want to move. It's that… I can't move.
[One Tail - Shukaku]: Damn—it feels terrifying.
[One Tail - Shukaku]: Like there's this overwhelming, terrifying presence.
[Nine Tails - Kurama]: I told you not to show off.
[Nine Tails - Kurama]: You should've just acted meek right from the start.
[One Tail - Shukaku]: …
[One Tail - Shukaku]: You dumb fox—do you know something?
[Nine Tails - Kurama]: Me? Know something?
[Nine Tails - Kurama]: You need to read more. And observe more.
[One Tail - Shukaku]: Huh?
[Nine Tails - Kurama]: Watch!
[One Tail - Shukaku]: ?
Shukaku was confused.
But it soon realized—
Because outside the group chat, the Rabbit Ninja - White Bunny was changing.
The white bunny transformed.
It transformed into a stunningly beautiful woman.
A woman with extraordinary presence.
A unique appearance.
With pale white skin and long blue-white hair.
Her hair was so long—it extended beyond her entire body.
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