Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode

Jinchuriki do die after their tailed beasts are extracted, but as long as the tailed beast isn't completely extracted, they can still survive.

In the original storyline, the Nine-Tails was split into two parts, the Yin Nine-Tails and the Yang Nine-Tails, thus creating two Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

In this way, the tailed beasts are divisible.

When Mito was alive, he asked her how to divide the tailed beasts, and her answer was to divide the souls of the tailed beasts.

With Mito's guidance, Kirito instantly understood how Minato Namikaze had split the Nine-Tails into Yin and Yang versions of it. He must have used the Shinigami to divide the Nine-Tails' soul in two.

Kirito himself cultivates the art of spiritual transformation, and his understanding of the soul is beyond that of ordinary people.

In the ninja world, the soul is also a vessel for chakra, and even a very important one. It can be said that the soul is the key to the human body's ability to store chakra.

Tailed Beasts are special creatures created by the Sage of Six Paths using Yin-Yang Release. Their souls are more magical than those of ordinary creatures, and even if they are split in two, they will not die, but will only become two different individuals.

However, after their souls are split, their chakra will also be split.

In order to ensure that Bunpuku could survive, he used the Spirit Transformation Technique to leave a bit of Shukaku's soul, that is, its original chakra, in Bunpuku's body. Now, a miniature Shukaku without consciousness has formed in Bunpuku's body.

Because of this, Bunpuku still retains his status as a Jinchūriki.

"Original chakra? I was wondering why I always felt like something was missing. Oh, so that's what it was. But what does this have to do with Bunpuku?"

Upon receiving the answer, Shukaku immediately closed its eyes and carefully sensed its own chakra, asking in confusion.

"In short, all you need to know is that Fenfu is not dead. Now you just stay here with me obediently. Fenfu is in my hands now. If you don't want him to die, then stay here quietly and don't cause me any trouble."

Kirito didn't have time to explain much to Shukaku right now, so he threatened it with Bunpuku again.

Although Shukaku was angry that Kirito was using its good friend to threaten it, it could finally rest easy knowing that Bunfuku was alive.

Over the past thousands of years, its only friend has been Fenfu, a human who looks a lot like the old man. It doesn't want to say goodbye to him so soon, and it doesn't want him to die because of it.

"Human, you'd better treat Bunpuku well, otherwise I won't let you control my chakra as you please. Don't think that just because you've imprisoned me in your body now, you can make me submit."

So, Shukaku thought about it and decided to use his own chakra as leverage to threaten Kirito.

It's now in Kirito's hands, and this is his only bargaining chip.

"Don't worry, I personally have a very good impression of Master Fenfu. If Master Fenfu falls into my hands, I guarantee that he will be treated much better in Konoha than in Sunagakure."

Kirito happily accepted Shukaku's conditions.

The next moment, with a thought, he shot out chains of chakra from the chakra pool and bound Shukaku tightly.

When Shukaku saw the chakra chains approaching, it instinctively tried to struggle, but ultimately restrained itself, allowing Kirito to successfully lock it in place. Then it said, "Remember your promise, human."

In reality, Kirito slowly opened his eyes, then lifted his clothes to look at the newly appeared diamond-shaped mark above his navel, a hint of concern in his eyes.

Then, he clapped his hands together, and a large number of sealing spells emerged from his body.

These sealing techniques quickly converged around the Yin Seal on his navel, eventually forming the Four Symbols Seal and the Eight Trigrams Seal, and cleverly leaving an opening in these two sealing techniques that allows chakra to enter and exit.

"In this way, even if I accidentally fall into a coma in the future, Shukaku will not be able to take the opportunity to get out of his body. Now I can be considered as the official Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast."

Kirito touched the newly appeared sealing technique patterns around his navel, then concealed them, and said with satisfaction.

At this moment, Kirito Bunfukumi, who was still bound by chakra chains, finished sealing Shukaku and immediately asked, "Benefactor, what's going on with the miniature Shukaku inside me? What's wrong with Shukaku now?"

To be honest, he thought he was going to die and didn't think Kirito would really let him go, since the fate of a Jinchuriki being stripped of their Tailed Beast was certain death.

But he never expected that Kirito would actually let it go.

Furthermore, Shukaku was not completely removed from his body.

"Shukaku is fine now. As for the miniature Shukaku inside you, you can think of it as a clone of Shukaku. As long as it doesn't disappear, you are still a Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast and won't die."

Kirito was in a great mood. He had just promised Shukaku that he would treat Bunfuku well, so he smiled and explained to the kind-hearted Bunfuku.

Judging from Shukaku's attitude of protecting Bunfuku in every way, Bunfuku is a very important figure for him if he wants to gain Shukaku's approval in the future. If he kills Bunfuku with his own hands, his chances of becoming a perfect Jinchūriki will be almost zero.

It seems he really needs to treat this great philanthropist well in the future.

Now that he has successfully sealed Shukaku, it's time for him to clean up the rats around him.

The next moment, a surge of red chakra emerged from the Yin Seal above his navel, forming a red chakra cloak around his body.

Kirito sensed the chakra emanating from Shukaku and suddenly discovered a strange connection to the sand below, feeling as if it were part of his own body, which he could manipulate at will.

With a thought, a large amount of sand surged up and shaped into a beautiful sand tower according to his will.

At the same time, the Shukaku chakra within him began to deplete.

"After becoming the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast, I also gained the ability to freely manipulate sand by consuming chakra, just like Gaara in the original story."

Kirito looked at the exquisite and beautiful sand sculpture in front of him and said with a smile.

Not only did he discover the ability to manipulate sand, but he also found that his original chakra was undergoing a mysterious change after coming into contact with Shukaku's chakra.

After gaining the power of the One-Tailed Beast, Kirito has undergone many incredible changes, which are still being explored.

On the other side, Ebizo, who was still being entangled by Orochimaru, saw Kirito wearing a tailed beast cloak and casually creating a beautiful sand tower. His face showed a pained and desperate expression.

Shukaku really did get lost, and it was lost from his hands.

How could Hai Laozang possibly face his elders and fellow villagers? How could he possibly live on?

In an instant, a feeling of despair and destruction welled up in Ebizo's heart.

A terrible thought quietly took root in his mind.

The next moment, he changed his puppeteer's fighting style, controlling two puppets to deal with Orochimaru's summoned beasts, while he rushed towards Orochimaru.

When Orochimaru saw Ebizo's strange change and noticed the madness in his eyes, he instantly realized what the old man was up to. His expression changed drastically, and he quickly retreated, moving towards Kirito.

"It's all your fault. If you hadn't kept stopping me from sealing Shukaku, things wouldn't have come to this. Now that things have come to this, for the sake of Sunagakure, you'll come with me."

Ebizo quickly caught up with Orochimaru and shouted frantically.

Now that Kirito has become the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast, it is even less likely that he can kill Kirito. Moreover, it is now virtually impossible for him to escape. With Shukaku's chakra, Kirito's terrifying lightning ninjutsu will surely be even more powerful.

He lost Shukaku and now he doesn't want to live anymore.

Since he was going to die anyway, he decided to take someone down with him before he died, and Orochimaru, the third Hokage's disciple, was a very good choice.

He refused to believe that if he couldn't kill Kirito, he couldn't kill this annoying, shameless snake.

As soon as he finished speaking, a terrifying surge of Fire Release chakra erupted from Ebizo's heart.

"You lunatic, stay away!"

Orochimaru felt a chill run down his spine as he sensed the terrifying fire chakra. A sense of impending doom washed over him, and he shouted, then desperately channeled his chakra into his legs, forcefully unleashing an even more powerful chakra surge.

"Hahaha~, come to hell with me, Orochimaru."

Seeing that Orochimaru was finally afraid, Ebizo laughed maniacally.

As he laughed, he coughed up a large amount of blood, his entire body began to swell rapidly, and cracks appeared all over his skin. Then, in Orochimaru's horrified surprise, he exploded, turning into a terrifying burst of light and heat.

"Bang!!!"

A huge explosion occurred.

With the earth shaking and the earth groaning, a huge mushroom cloud suddenly rose from the ground. Below it was an enormous, semi-circular fireball of high temperature, which burned everything within a radius of several kilometers to ashes.

The high-temperature fireball, radiating terrifying light and heat, lasted for more than a minute before slowly extinguishing and disappearing, leaving a huge crater in the earth, where molten lava was still flowing.

Meanwhile, a yellow cloud was floating in the sky above the explosion crater.

This is a sand cloud entirely patrolled by sand, and on it stand three people.

They were Kirito, Orochimaru, and Bunpuku, who had just survived the massive explosion.

"That was a terrifying explosion! Luckily, it took off in time, or it would have been dangerous."

Kirito looked down at the huge crater filled with flowing lava and exclaimed in surprise.

He had previously discovered that Ebizo possessed a terrifying trump card, but he never expected it to be this terrifying. The power of that explosion was definitely no less than that of a Tailed Beast Ball. If that old guy Ebizo were to go to Konoha to commit suicide, it would certainly inflict a huge blow on Konoha.

"Yeah, that old guy's really gone mad."

Orochimaru, whose entire body was severely burned, looked at the scene below and said with lingering fear.

He really thought he was going to die, but luckily Kirito didn't forget his ally at the critical moment. He quickly manipulated a large amount of sand to wrap his body and then sent him into the sky, thus saving him from death.

Benfuku stared blankly at the explosion crater below, his heart heavy. This was the last trace that Ebizo had left in this world.

He listened to others' requests and rescued Ebizo. He succeeded, but he also failed, and in the end, he even lost his own life.

"Sunagakure is over."

Fenfu sighed deeply.

Although he dislikes killing and has been treated unfairly by the people of Sunagakure for it, he is still a member of Sunagakure and is now very worried about the situation there.

Now that Ebizo is dead, captured, and Shukaku has been lost, this is a devastating blow to Sunagakure. If not handled properly, Sunagakure may face annihilation.

"Ugh~"

Suddenly, Orochimaru made a vomiting sound, and a new, intact Orochimaru crawled out of his mouth.

Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique!

"Lord Orochimaru, shouldn't we press our advantage and continue our attack?"

Kirito watched as Orochimaru was reborn in another body, suppressing his stomach discomfort, and said with a smile.

Orochimaru shook his head upon hearing this and said, "I'm afraid it's too late. Before Ebizo died, he sent a signal to the people of Sunagakure. The people of Sunagakure are probably already retreating. Even if we manage to catch up, it will be difficult to annihilate them in the desert."

The Sand Village's war headquarters was established right next to the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of River, with the endless sands of the Land of Wind right behind it.

It was precisely because of their advantageous location that Sunagakure dared to provoke Konoha time and time again, and they were not afraid of Konoha's ninja forces invading the Land of Wind.

"So what should we do next?"

Upon hearing Orochimaru, the battlefield commander, say this, Kirito had no choice but to abandon the idea of ​​using the Sand Village people for practice and continued to ask questions.

Orochimaru didn't answer immediately, but gave him a deep look before jumping down from the sand cloud and shouting, "Retreat, and then take the prisoners back safely."

With Orochimaru revealing this guy's name, the war between Konoha and Sunagakure officially came to an end.

The next moment, a cold voice that Kirito was very familiar with finally appeared.

[You changed Ebizo's fate, gaining 1 enhancement point.]

[You changed the fate of Fenfu, gaining 1 enhancement point.]

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