Inside the Kazekage's office.
Seeing Mirai Uchiha walk in through the door, Pakura rolled her eyes and said, "You finally remembered to come find me?"
Mirai Uchiha walked up beside Pakura and patted her butt.
Pakura immediately got up from her seat and settled onto Mirai Uchiha's lap.
"I heard about the One-Tail Jinchuriki going berserk, so I rushed over to deal with it."
"I've already sealed the One-Tail. You won't have to worry about Tailed Beasts rampaging ever again."
Sounding slightly speechless, Pakura said, "Then I should really thank you for that."
Mirai raised an eyebrow: "Of course you should thank me."
"Do you think Sunagakure could've grown this strong without me?"
After hearing Mirai's words, Pakura thought for a moment before nodding in agreement.
Back then, after enduring the Third Great Ninja War, the entire village had fallen into decline.
Not only were they unable to secure mission assignments, but the village's shinobi also faced a generational gap.
At that time, Sunagakure was truly on the brink of destruction.
Even Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage, often had to personally venture into the desert to collect gold dust to support the village financially.
Without strong support from Mirai Uchiha, Sunagakure would probably have become a second-tier ninja village.
And she herself would have died due to Rasa's schemes.
Thinking about this, Pakura's resentment toward Mirai for not coming to see her first completely vanished.
She leaned against Mirai's chest and softly whispered, "Future, sometimes I'm really glad I met you."
"If it weren't for you, my dreams would never have come true."
Upon hearing this, Mirai's face broke into a slight smile: "Don't just talk, you know what I like."
Pakura hesitated, then hit Mirai out of embarrassment and annoyance.
This bastard really didn't understand romance at all.
Still, she obediently stood up from Mirai's lap, knelt beside him, and lowered her head.
Mirai smiled contentedly.
A woman who knows what she's doing always understands men better than a clueless girl.
He only needed to give one glance, and she knew exactly what to do.
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Inside Mirai Uchiha's mental world.
Looking at Matatabi, Isobu, Kokuo, Chomei, Gyuki, and Kurama, Shukaku couldn't help but burst into laughter, "Kya ha ha ha..."
"So everyone's here too. Looks like I won't be lonely from now on."
Gyuki innocently smiled, "That's right. Being together means there'll always be endless amusing stories every day."
"It won't take long before all our friends reunite."
Hearing that, Shukaku snorted coldly, "I have no interest in becoming friends with that stinky fox."
Chomei couldn't help but interject, "Shukaku, don't say it like that."
Shukaku glanced at Chomei and continued, "If that smelly fox is willing to call me Aniki, I wouldn't mind accepting him as my junior."
Kurama didn't even lift his eyelids, replying coldly, "I won't be a subordinate to the weakest of the Tailed Beasts."
As soon as those words were spoken, Shukaku was instantly enraged.
"Hey! You damn fox," Shukaku shouted. "How many times have I told you already—tail count isn't the standard for measuring a Tailed Beast's strength!"
"You guys still don't know, do you? I've learned various Ninjutsu and sealing techniques."
"My power is definitely the strongest among all the Tailed Beasts!"
Looking at Shukaku's confident expression, Kurama scoffed, "Bravo, shall I applaud your brilliance then?"
"You damn fox!!!" Shukaku roared. "Do you want to pick a fight with me?"
"Fine by me! What, you think I'm afraid of a raccoon dog like you?"
Seeing how Shukaku and Kurama were arguing, Matatabi and Isobu sighed simultaneously.
Thousands of years had passed, yet these two hadn't changed in the slightest.
The moment they met, they'd start bickering nonstop—it's infuriating!
Just when Shukaku and Kurama were locked in heated argument, Mirai Uchiha's figure appeared before the gathered Tailed Beasts.
Upon seeing Mirai, Kurama immediately said, "Mirai, this one-tailed guy here wants to fight me. Think of a way to let us out so we can settle this once and for all."
Shukaku wasn't about to back down either: "Don't worry, I won't kill this stinky fox."
Mirai waved his hand dismissively. "You're all sealed inside my body now. Letting your real forms out is something I can't accomplish even for you."
He said this deliberately to save Shukaku some face.
After all, half of Nine-Tails' power alone could defeat all eight other beasts combined...
The chakra reserves between Shukaku and Kurama were completely incomparable.
Who knows what Shukaku was thinking, insisting on competing against Kurama—it was such a 'rebellious teenager' thing to do.
After hearing Mirai's reply, both Shukaku and Kurama had no choice but to drop the matter.
Seeing them finally calm down, Mirai slowly asked, "Shukaku, do you know my objective?"
Though Shukaku somewhat disliked humans, facing someone whose strength rivaled even the Six Paths Elder, he didn't dare act disrespectfully. Gruffly, he replied, "They've already spilled everything."
"If what you're saying is truly accurate, I will support you."
That was truly how Shukaku felt deep down.
Once Mirai Uchiha revives the Ten-Tails in the future and separates their current souls and chakra, let's see if Kurama, that smug fox, will still dare to judge a Tailed Beast's strength based on the number of tails.
We'll see if he might actually become the strongest among all Tailed Beasts after learning human ninjutsu!
Seeing that Shukaku already understood everything, Mirai Uchiha nodded and continued, "Can you sense where the other Tailed Beasts are?"
During this period, he had continuously sent people to search for Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, and Ephemeral, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
Unfortunately, even by mobilizing the power of the Five Great Ninja Villages, there had been no trace of these two individuals.
Therefore, Mirai wanted to ask whether Shukaku and Kurama themselves, being fellow Tailed Beasts, had any methods or ideas.
Upon hearing this, Kurama spoke first, "We can't determine exact locations, but we can sense general directions."
"Of course, if they're nearby and the Jinchuriki uses the Tailed Beast's power, we could establish a chakra connection."
Mirai wasn't too disappointed upon hearing Kurama's words.
Compared to blindly searching everywhere in the ninja world like a headless chicken, knowing rough directions was good enough.
Thinking about this, Mirai asked, "Then try sensing which direction the Four-Tails and Six-Tails are in."
Upon receiving Mirai's order, the Tailed Beasts all closed their eyes.
After half a moment, Kurama opened his eyes first.
"Son Goku is in the north; Saiken is in the south."
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