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Chapter 257: Contracting with the Three-Tails!
🕑 Added 2025-10-17 12:45:41 +0000 UTCChapter 257: Contracting with the Three-Tails!
'S-Rank Technique: Raging Sea Spume! It's Water Style, but not entirely Water Style!'
Keisuke's eyes lit up. 'Just like Kirin, this is another S-rank pseudo-Sage Art that manipulates natural energy!'
He quickly reviewed the scroll. Compared to Kirin, it had its pros and cons. Its main advantage was that it didn't require the strict environmental setup of Kirin; it could be used in any large body of natural water. It was also easier to control and less chakra-intensive.
However, its single biggest drawback was its severely lacking attack power. Kirin could blow up a mountain. This jutsu... he doubted it could even punch a hole through one. 'A lack of single-point attack power is a common disease of Water Style,' he thought. But that didn't bother him. 'I have the pure S-rank technique, Water Severing Wave, which is the pinnacle of Water Style's shape transformation and attack power. If I can combine the principles of that with this jutsu... then it won't be Raging Sea Spume anymore. It'll be a Raging Sea Severing Wave!'
The acquisition of this jutsu, which would help with his planned Yin+Water fusion, was extremely satisfying. Kirin allowed him to control the natural energy of the atmosphere. The Art of False Plantation allowed him to influence the natural energy of the earth. And now, this jutsu filled the final gap in his control over nature. Sky, sea, and land. In terms of the "breadth" of his control, he was now perfect. The next step was to increase the "depth."
'The experiments for synthesizing sage chakra can now begin... but the Art of False Plantation is too low-rank. If I could get another S-rank pseudo-Sage Art for the earth, then it would be a true trinity...'
A new thought struck him. 'The Tailed Beast Power of the Three-Tails is Raging Sea Spume... if Isobu has one, does that mean Kokuō might have a similar 'Tailed Beast Power' of its own? Could its 'Tailed Beast Power' be related to Boil Release?'
He recalled what he knew. The Five-Tails had Boil Release. The Four-Tails had Lava Release. The Eight-Tails had its ink. The Three-Tails, besides its shell, only had Water Style. Compared to it, even the Six-Tails, Saiken, was better off, with its ability to secrete a strong acid that Kirigakure had used as a basis to research Corrosion Release.
'If Kokuō's Boil Release and Rōshi's Lava Release are their Tailed Beast Powers... then should I be targeting the 'simpler' Tailed Beasts, the ones without Kekkei Genkai? The Three-Tails is Water Style and pseudo-Sage Art. Then the one that excels at Earth Style is... the One-Tails?' But he remembered Shukaku's specialty was Wind Style. Where did its sand and sealing jutsu come from?
The shoreline was now in sight. He pushed aside his thoughts and stopped Isobu. "Stop here for now, Isobu." He created a Shadow Creature and flew in front of it. "Now what do you want?" Isobu asked, trying to sound tough. "I don't want to fight you right now."
Keisuke found the turtle's stubbornness amusing. "I'm not in the mood to fight you either." He waved a hand, dismissing the topic. "Isobu, you should have a clear understanding of your situation by now, right?"
It knew. It was the loser. Tailed Beasts lived by the law of the jungle. "I said it already, I'm not your opponent..." it grumbled.
"You and Kokuō are different," Keisuke said bluntly. "For me, there is no meaning in keeping you by my side. Therefore, I plan to hand you over to the village—to Konoha." He was, of course, going to sell it, but he couldn't say that in front of it. He had to consider Kokuō's feelings.
"Konoha! Hashirama Senju!" A flash of rage appeared in Isobu's eye. Once upon a time, it had been a happy little turtle at the bottom of the sea. Then that man had shown up and grabbed it by the shell... "Are you going to hand me over to be sealed up again?!"
"For me, it's all the same whether you're sealed or not," Keisuke said, telling the truth. "But for the village, they will definitely not allow you to remain in this wild state."
"Tailed Beasts are born to be free—"
"But you have been defeated," he cut it off. "Twice. Once, as a weapon of war. And now, in a one-on-one duel at sea. If I wasn't considering Kokuō's feelings, I would have just sealed you up without another word. Or would you like to fight again, and then be forcibly sealed?"
Isobu was burning with rage. But... he had a point. Compared to that inexplicable Hashirama, this ninja was being remarkably lenient. And he couldn't deny the most crucial point: he couldn't beat him. Another round with those strange chains and that bizarre explosion jutsu, and he would be on his way to see the Sage of Six Paths.
Survive, or be destroyed? Isobu chose to retract its head. "If I have to be sealed... I wish to be sealed within you."
"Don't say things like that, Isobu. I'm afraid Kokuō will misunderstand," Keisuke said, shattering its daydream. "And... this may be a bit much... but I really don't think much of you."
Lies don't hurt a turtle. The truth is a sharp knife. Even though it could feel the sincerity in his voice, Isobu wanted nothing more than to blast this arrogant ninja with a Tailed Beast Bomb.
"What do you want?!" it finally growled, giving up.
"First, some insurance." Keisuke drew his sword, Little Jizō, and cut his palm. "Sign a summoning contract with me, Isobu."
