I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 274 The Two-Tails Jinchuriki!

[Spiritual Contract]!

Nara Rinka removed his hand from the massive body of the Two-Tailed Cat Demon, which was wreathed in eerie blue flames. His blood flowed into the Two-Tailed Cat Demon's body through the "bridge" of the [Spiritual Contract], establishing a deep blood pact with it.

Following the Five-Tailed King Kokuo and the Three-Tailed Isobu.

Nara Rinka has successfully formed a summoning contract with the third tailed beast!

Taking another step closer to the dream of "collecting all nine tailed beasts and combining them into a miniature ten-tailed beast".

"The blood of ninjas..."

The two-tailed cat wagged its tail again, looking somewhat disgruntled.

If it had a choice, it wouldn't want to become some kind of human summoning beast!

But there's nothing we can do; the situation is better than a person's—or a cat's.

"Nekota—"

Nara Rinka was about to say something when he was interrupted by the two-tailed cat.

"To correct you, it should be Nara Lan Gui."

Two-Tailed Cat spoke coldly again.

"Although many people call me Nekomata, I have my own name."

"Although I don't know why King Mu told you the name 'Nekomata,' my real name is 'Matatoshi.'"

Wasn't it a cat demon?

Nara Rinka blinked and readily agreed.

"Okay, another trip."

Nio Matatabi nodded in satisfaction.

In any case, compared to the ignorant gangsters of Kumogakure who only know how to flaunt their fists and muscles, this ninja named Nara Rinka is far superior!

"Another journey."

Nara Rinkachi picked up the topic from earlier.

"I will have the Raikage bring the Jinchuriki chosen by Kumogakure to Kumogakure in advance. Once you are inside the Jinchuriki, I will take both of you away from Kumogakure."

"I'm very curious."

Two-tailed Matatabi lay prostrate on the ground and asked in its hoarse yet ethereal voice.

"If you want to take me with you, you could simply put me in the Amber Vase and leave with it, wouldn't that be easy?"

"That sounds like a good idea."

Nara Rinkazu spread his hands and said calmly.

"But you can't stay inside the amber vase forever, can you?"

"Your size is too enormous, and the leakage of your chakra is too obvious. I don't currently have a spacious enough area for all the tailed beasts to move around freely, so..."

"For now, you can only move around in the form of a Jinchūriki."

Nara Rinkazu wasn't very interested in Mitsuo Isobu, purely because the other party's appearance wasn't up to par.

In his eyes, although the Two-Tails Matatabi is far inferior to the Five-Tails Kokuou, it is much better than the Three-Tails and Eight-Tails!

Therefore, Nara Rinkazu did not hesitate to extend his goodwill to Nio Matatabi.

"Also, if you like your Jinchūriki, you don't have to treat them as just a vessel. You can try to treat them as a partner you spend every day with."

Nara Rinka brought the same excuse he had used to fool Mitsuo Isobu here.

"With this partner, you can move freely in human society."

"I have no interest in ninjas."

Nio Matatabi said listlessly.

"A fragile and boring short-lived species."

"If you're not interested in ninjas..."

Nara Rinka stroked his chin.

"What about ninja cats? I happen to know a family of ninja cats."

Why bring up ninja cats?

Nibi Matatabi swept its tail, its mood similar to that of King Mu when he heard about the deer and Isobu when he heard about the tortoise.

"I'm not a cat!"

Nara Rinka glanced at Ni-Ou Matatabi a few times.

Apart from having two tails and being covered in blue flames, how else did it not resemble a cat?

It's basically a giant blue cat!

Seemingly sensing the intrusion in Nara Rinka's eyes, Nio Matatabi arched his back and bared his teeth at the former.

"It looks more like a cat now..."

Nara Lan Gui secretly shook his head.

"There's one more thing, another trip."

Nara Rinka said earnestly.

"If you really don't like Jinchūriki, I can make that promise to you."

"Once I find the right opportunity, I will release you from the Jinchūriki's body."

"I have now mastered a method to extract the Tailed Beast from the Jinchuriki's body without endangering the Jinchuriki's life."

Hannah's remarkably stable state of life has already proven one thing—

After the tailed beast is extracted from the jinchūriki's body, as long as a certain amount of tailed beast chakra is injected back into the jinchūriki's body before the jinchūriki dies completely, the jinchūriki's life can be guaranteed.

Nara Rinkazu sealed the Two-Tails Matatabi at this time, not because he actually had any discriminatory thoughts towards tailed beasts.

It's simply because his own physical condition doesn't allow him to carry two or even more tailed beasts with him.

If conditions permit, Nara Rangatsu would not mind letting the nine tailed beasts roam freely in the wilderness!

After hearing Nara Rinka's words, Nio Matatabi remained silent for a moment.

"……are you serious?"

"Absolutely serious."

Nara Rinka raised his right hand.

"I swear on my love for King Mu."

"King Mu..."

Two-Tailed Taru scoffed, muttering something that was unclear whether it was envy or jealousy.

"Lucky guy..."

"Oh, right, there's one more thing."

After thinking for a moment, Nara Rinkaku added another explanation.

"The sealing technique I'll be using later won't be the [Iron Armor Sealing Technique] that Cloud Village used before, nor will it be the special [Tail Sealing Technique]. I'll be using a different sealing technique."

The "sealing technique" that Nara Rinka refers to is actually the "Four Symbols Sealing Technique".

To be precise, it is a combination of two [Four Symbols Seals] nested together to form an [Eight Trigrams Seal].

This is the sealing technique that Naruto Uzumaki will use in the future.

Through long-term research on the Four Symbols Seal, Nara Rinkei has mastered the method of combining two Four Symbols Seals, which can now be used to seal the Two-Tailed Beast.

Compared to the Cloud Village's [Iron Armor Seal], or the Uzumaki clan's [Tail-Sealing Seal] specifically developed to suppress tailed beasts, this is a far cry from the Cloud Village's [Iron Armor Seal] or the Uzumaki clan's [Tail-Sealing Seal].

The greatest advantage of the [Eight Trigrams Sealing Style] is not only its stability and sturdiness, but also its ability to absorb the chakra that the Two-Tails Matatabi usually dissipates.

This chakra will be transformed through the [Eight Trigrams Sealing Style] and then fed back into the Jinchuriki's body to replenish and increase their own chakra reserves.

Let's use Naruto Uzumaki from the future as an example again.

The part sealed by the Bagua sealing method is half of the nine-tailed fox (Yang nine-tailed fox).

Under the effect of this sealing technique, Naruto Uzumaki's physical abilities, especially his recovery ability, were greatly enhanced.

Even when he suffers a penetrating injury, Naruto Uzumaki is able to heal quickly using the Nine-Tails' chakra.

Under the effect of the [Eight Trigrams Sealing Style], the Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails Matatabi will not gain a terrifying healing power comparable to Naruto Uzumaki, but he will definitely gain more benefits than ordinary Jinchuriki.

Two-Tailed Rider couldn't understand what "Four Symbols Seal" or "Eight Trigrams Seal" meant.

It is indifferent to this topic.

What would a prison cell be like for a tailed beast about to serve its "sentence"...?

Is this important?

Matatabi simply nodded casually, ignoring the topic that made it uncomfortable.

What can it do now?

It was just a weak, pitiful, and helpless little kitten.

Unable to defeat the enemy in battle, they could only let the enemy manipulate them.

The Raikage Nara, who was standing nearby, turned his gaze over.

"Is everything completely agreed upon?"

Nio Matatabi glanced at Ai with considerable indifference.

It is still uncertain whether the other party being controlled is just a deception by Nara Rangsei, or whether it is actually true.

However, Matatabi of the Two-Tailed Beast definitely has no good feelings towards Ai.

"You can go and bring them over now."

Nara Rinka nodded, indicating that the clone should give full play to its initiative.

"I'll be waiting for you here."

Nara Raikage rolled his eyes and didn't say anything more. He simply took off the Chakra Crystal ring from his finger and tossed it to his body from a distance.

[Lightning Release Chakra Mode]!

A dazzling arc of electricity erupted from the body of the Raikage clone, and its figure quickly disappeared from the spot.

Nara Rinka raised his hand and took the [Chakra Crystal] ring. He sensed the remaining chakra inside and found that the chakra in this A-rank ninja tool was still in a "full" state.

"Great! With the existence of the [Chakra Crystal], I no longer need to conserve chakra like before... The frequency of using [Flying Thunder God: Shadow Blade] can also be increased..."

Watching Ai disappear into the distance, Nibi Matatabi let out a lazy yawn.

The Yunlei Gorge was completely silent.

Outside Yunlei Gorge.

Nara Raikage quickly located the group of Cloud Village ninja who had gathered together.

"Boss! What brings you out here?"

"We haven't heard any movement from Cloud Thunder Gorge for a long time. Has the Two-Tails been defeated?"

"As expected of the Raikage!"

The Nara Raikage turned a deaf ear to the sycophantic pronouncements of the Cloud Village ninjas.

"I'm heading back to Cloud Thunder Gorge first! Two-Tailed Fox is more important!"

Nara Raikage casually grabbed a small child from the crowd, gave a few instructions to the people around him, and then rushed towards Yunlei Gorge with the child in his arms.

We are about to enter Yunlei Gorge.

Nara Raikage then slowed down and put the little one down.

"Wow~ The Third Generation Lord is so fast!"

The little one's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but sigh.

The Raikage straightened his back and asked earnestly, "Do you remember what I told you before?"

"We have reached a temporary ceasefire agreement with Konoha, but due to the losses incurred in the war, our village needs to pay a large amount of war reparations to Konoha."

The little one suppressed his smile, put on a serious face, and spoke in a measured tone.

"As the Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails, I will be dispatched to the side of the Black Shadow, the top ninja of Konoha, to learn and study his knowledge and abilities, to gather and spy on Konoha's intelligence, and to come into contact with and master the true power of the Tailed Beast."

"Prepare yourself mentally."

Nara Raikage raised his right hand and rubbed the head of the exceptionally well-behaved little one.

"Samui".

First update...

Ok.

It's very late.

(End of this chapter)