Naruto: Help Madara rejuvenate and launch a counterattack on Konoha

During Kushina's Rinnegan transplant surgery, everyone had a chance to catch their breath and relax while they went about their own business.

The Third and Fourth Raikage, along with Killer Bee, confronted the Eight-Tails.

The Eight-Tails has already separated from Killer Bee. Killer Bee should have died, but thanks to Hashirama's Rinne Rebirth technique, he survived.

He was resurrected, but this also broke the seal between him and the Eight-Tails.

It's clear that Kumogakure doesn't want to lose the Eight-Tails.

The Third Raikage, arms crossed, addressed the Eight-Tails, saying, "Gyuki, you should know that only through human intelligence can the power of your tailed beasts be unleashed."

The Eight-Tails glared at the Third Raikage and the others, its expression hostile: "Are you trying to seal me away again?"

Tailed Beasts are not simply wild beasts; they also possess their own intelligence and capacity for thought.

Anyone who can think doesn't want to become a bird trapped in a cage.

Tailed beasts are no exception.

In the original story, after the Eight-Tails was released, the Nine-Tails asked him where he was going.

The Eight-Tails' answer was to return to Killer Bee's side.

Killer Bee is no longer a constraint for the Eight-Tails, but a bond.

Killer Bee considers the Eight-Tails a friend, and Killer Bee cherishes this feeling of friendship, so he chooses to return to Killer Bee's side.

But this is an active approach, not the passive approach of the Third and Fourth Raikage.

I am a tailed beast, I have my own beastly nature, I do not belong to your Cloud Village.

Upon hearing the Eight-Tails' reply, the Third Raikage sensed the slight temper in the Eight-Tails' words. He lowered his hand, and lightning chakra pulsed in the muscles of his chest.

"Ushioni, you are a tailed beast of Kumogakure, you should return to Kumogakure."

The Eight-Tails roared at the Third Raikage, "No, I do not belong to Kumogakure, I am free."

Just as the battle between humans and beasts was about to break out, Killer Bee stood between the Third Raikage and the Eight-Tails.

He rapped at the Third Raikage: "♪Stupid father, Hachi is a comrade, comrades shouldn't be bound♫"

The Fourth Raikage tapped Killer Bee on the head: "You idiot, don't you dare call your father an idiot."

Killer Bee stood by his side, siding with Ya-Oo: "♪ But Father is an idiot. Hachi is free now, Hachi is free now♫."

The Third Raikage looked at Killer Bee and said, "Bee, you should know how much we in Kumogakure paid to cultivate such a perfect Jinchūriki as you."

"..."

Killer Bee paused for a moment. Countless people from Kumogakure had died trying to completely tame the Eight-Tails.

Even the Yotsuki clan, a branch of the Raikage, lost many core members.

For the Hidden Cloud Village, the Eight-Tails is not just a weapon, but also the fruition of the efforts of generations of predecessors, a manifestation of inheritance.

Killer Bee stuck to his opinion: "♪Idiots, bastards, it's precisely because you see Hachi as a weapon that you can't gain Hachi's approval♫"

"♪Hachi has its own thoughts, and I will respect its decision♫"

The Eight-Tails looked at Killer Bee, who was blocking its way, and a glint of light flashed in its eyes.

Its predecessor, Jinchūriki Burubi, got along very well with the Eight-Tails, and the Eight-Tails once thought that Burubi would become a perfect Jinchūriki.

But Brubi could never be perfect.

Because of societal ostracism, he cared about how others perceived him.

Burubi's identity as the Fourth Raikage's cousin was not a protective charm. Upon hearing this, the villagers of Kumogakure realized that he was a relative of the Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki.

This is outrageous! I have to bully you!

This kind of bullying isn't like the Konoha style of directly throwing rotten eggs; it's a tacit exclusion and a suppressive atmosphere.

The ninjas and villagers of Kumogakure did not take direct action, but their will to dominate drove them to mentally bully Burubi.

You can think of it as a form of passive-aggressive behavior: you're Raikage's relative, I won't throw rotten eggs at you, but I'll ignore you.

Because of this, Burubi failed to become a perfect Jinchūriki and was ultimately tricked by Orochimaru, who released the Eight-Tails and died.

Unlike Burubi, Killer Bee has a strong inner self and can immerse himself in his own world, unaffected by the cold violence around him.

From another perspective, it was Killer Bee who single-handedly marginalized the entire Hidden Cloud Village.

Because of his strong will, Killer Bee became the perfect Jinchūriki.

He was an unusual person; he treated the Eight-Tails as family and a friend.

The Third and Fourth Raikage could not accept the Eight-Tails breaking free from the control of Kumogakure.

Tobirama came over and advised, "Brother has allowed the Tailed Beasts to join the Ninja Clan. The Tailed Beasts no longer belong to any village, but are now elders of the Ninja Clan."

The Third Raikage looked at Tobirama and asked, "Tobirama-senpai, does that include Kurama (the Nine-Tails)?"

Tobirama nodded: "Of course, Kurama is also free."

"Then can you completely break Kushina's seal on the Nine-Tails?"

"Kushina's seal on the Nine-Tails has been broken, and the Nine-Tails can leave Kushina's body at any time."

"..."

The Third Raikage paused for a moment, then said, "If we can't utilize the power of the Tailed Beasts, how are we supposed to fight powerful enemies?"

The Eight-Tails lowered its head and said, "I can bestow my chakra upon you like Kurama did, and Bee and I will remain fighting partners."

"I think it's more appropriate to use a bond as the connection between our contract."

"..."

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

The meaning of Eight-Tails is that it will still fight alongside Killer Bee, but it can no longer be bound by seals.

Otherwise, if Killer Bee dies, the Eight-Tails will die too.

While sealing them together would certainly unleash the power of the Tailed Beast and its Jinchūriki, it would forcibly bind the lives of the human and the Tailed Beast together.

People die too easily!

The collaboration between the Eight-Tails and Killer Bee is like the collaboration between a summoning beast and its master. A high-level summoning beast and a top-level ninja working together are no less powerful than a tailed beast and a Jinchuriki.

Moreover, this contract is based on an equal relationship.

Killer Bee agreed and bumped fists with Ya-Oo: "♪Ya-Ooo, you'll still be able to listen to my rap from now on, yay♫."

Eight-Tails used its octopus tail to tie up Killer Bee: "Bee, I've had enough of your terrible rapping. Don't rap in front of me anymore."

"I'll hit you every time you sing!"

The Third and Fourth Raikage exchanged a glance. The father and son still preferred absolute control over the Tailed Beasts, but judging from the Eight-Tails' intentions, they could no longer return to the sealing contract relationship of the past.

But that's fine too.

Their reason for studying the Tailed Beasts was to obtain their power, and now the Tailed Beasts have accepted their way of life.

They are also willing to lend them the power of the Tailed Beasts.

In this way, there will be no need to expend a lot of manpower and resources to suppress the rampage of the tailed beasts, nor will there be a need to sacrifice lives to maintain the seal.

Because tailed beasts are immortal, if the body of a Jinchuriki is extracted, the Jinchuriki will die.

Bee and the Eight-Tails can fight side by side without dying from the removal of the tailed beast.

This is a good thing!