Uchiha's personal opinion

This is a very interesting question.

It can even be extended to the profound mystery of how the chakra of Asura and Indra can be continuously reincarnated.

"The Four Symbols Seal..."

Kaori Uzumaki nodded slightly, acknowledging the skill level of the Sarutobi Shogunate's sealing team.

Then, he placed his right hand lightly on his abdomen, closed his eyes slightly, and began to sense.

After a moment, Uzumaki Kaori returned to Uchiha Tokumitsu's ear and said, "The tailed beast chakra is still present within the sealing barrier..."

"Um……"

Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded calmly.

"How interesting..."

The fact that the main body dies but the sealed limbs can continue to exist indicates that the tailed beast's body, as a chakra aggregate, does not exist entirely based on the so-called soul.

Uchiha Tokumitsu decided that once he returned, he would definitely study the Three-Tails Jinchuriki who was imprisoned in the Uzumaki Research Institute.

"Thankfully... Shinnosuke Jonin is at least not in mortal danger, right?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu said to Nara Nagamasa, who was constantly wiping his sweat.

"We must also thank Lord Deguang for the medical support he sent..."

Nara Nagamasa dared not be negligent and immediately bowed to express his gratitude.

"After Shinnosuke regains consciousness, remember to let me know. There are some things I plan to ask him about."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said, "I think you should be able to convey that message effectively, right?"

"Lord Deguang's orders will be carried out without fail..."

Nara Nagamasa, drenched in sweat, kept nodding and bowing.

"That's fine then~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu patted Nara Nagamasa on the shoulder, then turned and led his troops away.

Chapter 233 The Shift of the Power of Discourse

Advisory elder and one of the core figures of the Hokage's forces, Homura Mitokado, was seriously injured and fell into a coma after being attacked by a tailed beast.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the eldest son of the Hokage and one of the Shoguns, was seriously injured and bedridden after being attacked by a Tailed Beast.

Furthermore, due to Sarutobi Shinnosuke's personal motives, the operation to capture the tailed beasts was almost entirely carried out by staunch supporters of the Hokage lineage. As a result, in this battle, Sarutobi, Shimura, the Ino-Shika-Cho clan, and other ninja clan members suffered heavy casualties, and the core strength of the Sarutobi Shogunate was almost halved by the Eight-Tails Gyūki.

If we do manage to capture the Tailed Beasts, then all these sacrifices will have been worthwhile.

The problem is that the main body of the Eight-Tails Gyūki was killed by Uchiha Tokumitsu in full view of everyone, and the tailed beast limbs obtained—that is, the eight tailed beast tails—were sealed into Sarutobi Shinnosuke's body, becoming his means of sustaining his life.

The leading figure of the Hokage lineage who was deployed to the northern battlefield thus made a disastrous exit.

As for the ninja clan leaders who were assigned to fight under the Sarutobi Shogunate, they would not risk losing their heads to compete with Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hatake Sakumo.

After all, while the rise and fall of factions is important, it's better to keep your head on your own neck.

On the way back from the Tailed Beast Battlefield to the temporary headquarters of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Uchiha Tokugawa remained in a state of constant amusement, almost laughing his head off.

"Sakumo-kun, please use your seal quickly so that the ninja army under Uncle Himon can fill the gaps in the Sarutobi Shogunate's defenses."

The first thing he did upon returning to his post was to pull out a document and have Sakumo Hatake sign and stamp it.

The document was written by the attendant ninja on the way. The content was very simple: to move the Himon Shogunate to the defense zone of Shinoda, and to bring the remaining forces of the Sarutobi Shogunate under its control.

Without even glancing at it, Hatake Sakumo decisively signed his name and affixed the Military General Staff's seal.

"Where's the Eight-Tails? Let me see something new!"

Sakumo Hatake asked casually.

He assumed that Uchiha Tokumitsu was so happy because he had successfully intercepted and seized the Eight-Tails.

"died."

Uchiha Tokumitsu replied.

"died?!"

Sakumo Hatake was shocked. "Tokumitsu-kun, how could you do this in broad daylight?"

"They... although they are opposing factions, they are all Konoha ninjas after all!"

"Even if you're going to take action, you should do it away from people!"

Sakumo Hatake's series of words left Tokumitsu Uchiha momentarily bewildered.

"I meant the tailed beasts..."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said cautiously, "You want to see the Tailed Beasts, right? That's why I said the Eight-Tails is dead..."

"Oh...the person isn't dead..."

Sakumo Hatake breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good..."

"...You don't think I killed the old man from the Mitomon family or the little monkey from the Sarutobi family, do you?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu clicked his tongue. "Although I don't like them, there are plenty of legitimate ways to deal with them. There's no need to resort to such violent methods and make things unmanageable."

The Uchiha clan has now become extremely powerful, so Uchiha Tokumitsu's methods are not as ruthless as before.

At least they won't suddenly attack and behead someone.

"...How did the tailed beasts die?"

Realizing he had said the wrong thing, Sakumo Hatake blushed slightly and quickly changed the subject: "...What I mean is, such a huge tailed beast, just died like that?"

"Just like that, he died~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu answered casually.

At the same time, he handed the document to a ninja attendant and ordered him to send it to the Himon Shogunate and the Sarutobi Shogunate as soon as possible.

With this document from the Military Command as its backing, it is believed that Uchiha Hamon will be able to completely suppress the leaderless Sarutobi Shogunate.

"Can you tell me?"

Sakumo Hatake was genuinely curious.

His strength is based on swordsmanship and agility, and his effectiveness against giant creatures like tailed beasts is very limited. Therefore, he is very interested in the details of the battle against the Eight-Tails.

"First like this, then like this, and then like this~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu casually made a gesture of making a fist with his palm.

Sakumo Hatake rolled his eyes, speechless.

"The Sarutobi Shogunate attempted to capture tailed beasts to create jinchūriki, but unfortunately, they underestimated their own strength, which led to their failure."

Uchiha Tokumitsu explained, "I was just delivering the final blow."

"What a pity... such a huge tailed beast..."

Sakumo Hatake expressed his regret.

"It's a hot potato; keeping it in your hands might not be a good thing."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said it casually.

"...That being said, it is still a tailed beast after all!"

Sakumo Hatake still feels regretful.

"How did the talks with Iwagakure go?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't want to continue discussing the issue of tailed beasts.

"The day after tomorrow, the entire Iwagakure Expeditionary Force will land in western Land of Lightning."

Sakumo Hatake replied.

"The show is about to begin!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu said this.

……

The annihilation of the southward-bound ninja army had a very significant impact on Kumogakure.

It has even reached the point of shaking the very foundation of the village.

The Hidden Cloud Village, which has always promoted the ideology of martial arts, has regarded the Hidden Leaf Village as its greatest rival and has never given up its desire to seize the title of "Number One Ninja Village".

Therefore, Kumogakure continuously strengthens its military investment every year and increases the percentage of ninja villages' share in ninja missions, with the aim of training more ninjas and developing more sophisticated ninja tools in preparation for one day heading south to fight Konoha.

However, the 5,000-strong southward ninja army collapsed in less than a day under the attack of a mere shogunate ninja force from Konoha, leaving the entire Kumogakure with a sense of shattered dreams.

Is the sacrifice that Kumogakure made for military equipment still meaningful?

Is Konoha, with its Uchiha clan, truly invincible?

After settling the wounded A and the defeated ninjas, the Third Raikage returned to his office with a grim face.

The Yunyin high-ranking officials who rushed to the scene remained silent, their eyes downcast and their minds blank, as if trembling with fear.

"asshole!"

The Third Raikage leaped up and smashed the desk into pieces with a single punch.

"Even five thousand pigs couldn't be so easily slaughtered and wiped out!"

"Five thousand ninja soldiers!"

"Uchiha! Give me back my ninja army!"

The voice was so mournful that it moved all who heard it.

"Lord Raikage, let's cease hostilities and make peace with Konoha..."

Elder Yunyin tapped his cane and said in a deep voice.

The high-ranking members of Yunyin looked at each other, but none of them refuted it.

Indeed, with the annihilation of the southward-bound ninja army, Kumogakure was no longer able to spare forces to defend against the Konoha and Iwagakure ninja armies while simultaneously fighting Kirigakure.