Cracking his eyes open, Eight-Tails Jinchuriki B found himself in an utterly unfamiliar world... He should've been on the battlefield in the Land of Frost.
Countless towering buildings stretched around him. A futuristic, high-tech metropolis unlike anything he'd ever seen before... If B had known the word "modern," it might have better described this place.
B now stood atop a tall tower—the TV signal antenna didn't matter much anyway. Looking down from here, he saw endless roads extending outward with crowds constantly moving below. Yet strangely, not a sound reached his ears...
"Genjutsu?"
B realized immediately. He must have fallen victim to an enemy's illusion technique. But as soon as he came to that conclusion, he almost laughed—this illusion was impressively realistic, but what was the point of using genjutsu on a jinchuriki?
Tailed Beast chakra surged from the Sealing Formula into B's body, instantly disrupting his original chakra circulation. Normally, this should've broken the genjutsu. But... The city still remained before B's eyes.
His consciousness had not returned.
Unable to break free? Why?
Haseo could have answered that question, although he wouldn't appear here personally—his [Zero Light Fragment Technique], though often mistaken for genjutsu, was actually closer to sealing arts. It locked the target's consciousness inside an indestructible box.
Perhaps even forever.
[Zero Light Fragment Technique]. This place lay deep within Haseo's memories.
B tried once more to dispel the illusion, but again without success.
But just then, something came roaring through the air—a strange, metallic box flying toward him. On top of this box spun four large rotors, generating the tremendous noise. Inside seemed to be two individuals, while at the very front was a rotating barrel assembly composed of eleven black gun barrels.
A beam of light shone down from the box, forcing B to raise his hand to shield his eyes. Then the figures inside barked unintelligible orders at him.
He couldn't understand the foreign language, but soon those barrels began to spin, firing bursts of flame-like muzzle flashes. As they rotated, brass shell casings were ejected into the air one after another with elegant precision.
With a ninja's reaction speed, these attacks should have been avoidable. Yet when facing something entirely unfamiliar, everyone hesitates—even ninjas cannot maintain peak reflexes all the time.
As a result, tiny fragments of iron, superheated by friction and carrying immense kinetic energy, pierced right through B's body. Only then did he realize his chest was already soaked in blood... It was a one-hit kill, except B was the one being instantly eliminated.
Then, B lost consciousness.
Pulling out a gatling gun at the slightest provocation—this kind of behavior was classic of a cop from a certain nation.
The ninja had died, and after an unknown amount of time, B awoke again. He realized he was once again standing on the same tower, and the city before him remained unchanged.
He instinctively reached for his chest, only to find himself completely unharmed—as if his previous death had merely been an illusion.
But for some unknown reason, he had a premonition that the metallic box would reappear again. So, he figured he better not stick around much longer.
B leapt off the tower to make his escape. But just as he started to slow down midair and the wind screamed past his ears, something long-shaped with a flaming tail suddenly appeared in the distant sky. Then it flew toward him at unimaginable speed, nearly jamming itself down his throat before exploding.
Katjusha is the most beautiful girl on the battlefield—even though she tends to explode.
This was B's second death. When he woke up this time, he didn't even need to do anything anymore because the entire horizon had already been covered by glowing trail lights. Cylindrical objects rained across the sky, each marked with codes like SS, LGM, DF—and they all had one thing in common: ICBMs.
In this strange world, B repeatedly experienced life and death. Yet although he was the one enduring the genjutsu, Gyuki—who shared a deep bond with him—also suffered unprovoked calamity.
The tailed beast grew restless and agitated under these attacks.
Jinchuriki B, age 32, ninja, jinchuriki, forever single—and pitifully tragic.
Eight-Tails Gyuki, unknown age, tailed beast—much more pitiable. At this moment, it had become the unluckiest creature ever to tug at the heartstrings of the entire Ninjutsu World—ranked #1.
Therefore, whether within the genjutsu or reality itself, the Eight-Tails began to rampage and break through its seal…with the jinchuriki completely unable to contain such wild power.
Within the illusion, the tailed beast and its host had already died and revived multiple times—but in reality, Haseo had only just finished casting this ninjutsu.
B stood in place, and in the next instant, uncontrollable tailed beast chakra surged from his body. Immediately afterward, Gyuki's numerous tentacles began manifesting themselves in reality.
At this time, Haseo was beside the Eight-Tails. Normally, whether using his former Lightning Release or the more powerful version he had just used, he should have had enough speed to escape from here. However…he simply could not bring himself to do such a thing.
A pure-white flash of lightning flickered across Haseo's body, then faded into silence. His figure swayed slightly before helplessly collapsing onto one side—not due to physical exhaustion from using high-intensity Lightning Release, but rather because of [Zero Light Fragment Technique]—it also belonged to the category of kinjutsu.
Using this technique felt as though someone had drilled a needle-sized hole into his skull, then sucked out his brains entirely using a vacuum cleaner at maximum power…thus, he lost consciousness too.
If he had been fighting alone, using a ninjutsu capable of knocking oneself unconscious would've equaled suicide. Fortunately for Haseo, he had Katsuyu.
Katsuyu's massive body crashed down from the sky, and upon contact with Yu Haseo's body, instantly swallowed him whole.
Then, Katsuyu's enormous form immediately shattered into tens of thousands of miniature clones—[Splitting Body Technique]—each approximately human height. These clones began scattering in all directions... No one could tell exactly which of the Katsuyu clones now contained Yu Haseo.
But at this moment, the ninja of Cloud had little time to worry about Yu Haseo. Within the barrier, something far more dangerous than Yu Haseo had appeared—and gone berserk.
The Eight-Tails Gyuki, a towering tentacled minotaur radiating intense chakra, sent shivers through everyone present. Since it was Cloud's tailed beast, it felt especially "affectionate" toward their ninja… lovingly squishing them into fine meat paste.
"B, B, calm down! Control yourself! You must control yourself, or else we—"
Before the ninja could finish speaking, he lost his chance forever.
B couldn't calm down—he was trapped within a Genjutsu under constant assault, completely unaware of what was happening outside.
All prior preparations made by Cloud crumbled instantly due to the Eight-Tails' rampage. The true source of these ninja's suffering wasn't Yu Haseo—it was the tailed beast itself.
Why can't people understand each other, live peacefully, and avoid conflict? Isn't war simply an invitation for outside forces to take advantage?
Can humanity ever truly coexist in peace? Nobody has the answer. Yet for Yu Haseo, this scene revealed a deeper truth entirely... Those who show love to small animals will eventually receive their love in return.
Even to the point they'll gently stand by your side and help you strike back against even more despicable humans... The Eight-Tails Gyuki was Yu Haseo's most loyal and beloved companion.
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