As long as the Seven-Tails is restrained by Nagato's Adamantine Sealing Chains, it basically loses all ability to resist.
But the problem is, the Seven-Tails is not a mindless beast.
In its long past, the Seven-Tails has also witnessed the power of the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
This Uzumaki divine technique cannot be taken head-on.
The Seven-Tails is very cunning.
It retracted its Biju Bomb and flapped its wings to dodge Nagato's Adamantine Sealing Chains.
Nagato's Adamantine Chains are not infinitely long; they retract once they reach a certain limit.
The Seven-Tails flew higher and began re-condensing a Biju Bomb.
This time, there was no one left to stop the Seven-Tails from making Takigakure feel pain.
A perfectly round, pitch-black, high-density sphere appeared in the Seven-Tails' mouth.
It exerted sudden force and spat it out—
"It's all over!"
Everyone closed their eyes in despair.
Kakuzu felt he had been a bad enough teammate already.
But the Seven-Tails was clearly even worse.
They were fighting to protect it; look at what this guy was doing!
Kakuzu released his mask monsters to flee into the air, while his main body released Earth Release: Earth Spear.
His body hardened, gaining immense defensive power.
This technique could withstand the blast of Exploding Tags, but it clearly couldn't stop the bombardment of a Biju Bomb.
Kakuzu only hoped to keep his main body from being completely destroyed, so he could be resurrected once his masks returned.
Rumble—
The Biju Bomb turned into a beam of destruction that tore through the sky, twisting the air and causing wild winds to howl wherever it passed.
The fiery-red torrent of destruction instantly swallowed everything. Intense light and shockwaves swept outward simultaneously, dyeing heaven and earth the color of a blinding fireball.
The airflow was forcibly torn apart, the air distorted and exploded, and the shockwave swept in all directions with unstoppable force.
The storm following the Biju Bomb's explosion lasted for a good five or six breaths.
"I... I'm still alive?"
Shibuki opened his eyes and suddenly realized he was still alive.
Everyone opened their eyes and watched the wind and waves from the explosion; the Biju Bomb hadn't hit the location of the takigakure ancient tree.
Instead, it had hit outside Takigakure.
It missed?
No, with such a large target, the Seven-Tails couldn't have missed by that much even with its eyes closed.
It was the Mangekyo Sharingan.
At this moment, the Seven-Tails' compound insect eyes were no longer as they were, but were covered by a reflection of the Mangekyo Sharingan.
The pattern in those eyes consisted of four symmetrical, pinwheel-blade-like tomoe structures, arranged in a clockwise rotation.
Mangekyo Sharingan?!
Everyone who saw the reflection in the Seven-Tails' eyes was shocked—there was another master present!
Who?
Black and White Zetsu looked toward the young Anbu—that is, toward Shisui's direction.
White Zetsu marveled, "Such a young member of the Uchiha Clan has actually awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan? Lord Madara might be very interested in him."
Black Zetsu chuckled as he watched Shisui clutching his bleeding eyes. "Genjutsu that controls a Tailed Beast is no ordinary genjutsu. Without Senju power, his eyes will go blind one day."
The reflection in the Seven-Tails' eyes appeared for only an instant before vanishing. Curiously, the Seven-Tails was no longer violent; it slowly flew over Shisui's head, as if acknowledging him as its master.
The Seven-Tails' will had been altered.
"Shisui?!"
Shisui's Anbu colleagues looked at him in shock as he clutched his bleeding eyes, all of them seeing his pinwheel-like Sharingan.
Intelligence regarding the Mangekyo Sharingan and Wood Release had spread everywhere; there was no way the Anbu didn't know what a Mangekyo Sharingan looked like.
He was exposed!
Shisui felt a bit nervous, but also deeply relieved.
During the Third Great Shinobi War, in one of Shisui's missions, his teammate—who was both a close friend and a rival—fell into a desperate situation.
Because of a moment of jealousy, hesitation, or weakness, Shisui failed to save him, leading to his dear friend's death.
Afterward, Shisui was tormented by intense guilt and self-reproach. This emotional breakdown led him to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan. — Itachi Shinden.
Since awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan, Shisui's Shinobi stats had been elevated directly to Kage-level. However, the immense power of the Mangekyo made Shisui afraid to reveal it.
Because of the Village higher-ups' discriminatory treatment of the Uchiha, Shisui didn't dare act rashly. The power of the Mangekyo would make the clan more radical and intensify the conflict between the Village and the clan.
The Uchiha dared to rebel even without a Mangekyo; if they had one, wouldn't they try to go to the moon?
A person like Shisui was the shrewdest; he kept quiet about having a Mangekyo, continued to play the fool, and spent his days laughing and joking with Genin and Chunin.
Shisui keeping it hidden was also oppressive; having such powerful eyes yet having to play the fool would make anyone feel frustrated.
Moreover, it wasn't that Shisui wanted to expose himself now; he simply had no other choice.
If he didn't use the Mangekyo to control the Seven-Tails, they would all have been blown to the heavens by its Biju Bomb.
He had to expose himself!
It was just as well that he was exposed.
Because of the threat of Madara, the Village and the clan had temporarily set aside their conflicts. Even if Shisui was exposed, it wouldn't matter.
Madara had even brought out the Rinnegan and Wood Release; what did a Mangekyo Sharingan matter in comparison?
Perhaps now that it was out in the open, the Village higher-ups would rely even more on the Uchiha's power.
Jiraiya jumped to Shisui's side and patted his shoulder. "To think it's the Mangekyo Sharingan! Are you Uchiha Shisui?! Good lad, you've hidden it quite well."
Shisui apologized while clutching his eyes, "Lord Jiraiya, I'm sorry. I didn't hide it on purpose, but you know the situation between the clan and the Village—"
Jiraiya interrupted Shisui, "I know. I have no prejudice against your Uchiha Clan."
It would be a wonder if there was no prejudice; Madara and Ryou were both core planners of the Eye of the Moon Plan.
Both of these men were from the Uchiha Clan.
Shisui had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan and kept quiet; were the other Uchiha clansmen just like him?
Awakening it and keeping it quiet, just waiting for the moment when the Konoha higher-ups were most relaxed to hit them with something big.
It was impossible for Jiraiya not to consider this.
Because the Uchiha Clan truly was the source of trouble.
Jiraiya looked at the blood on Shisui's eye sockets and asked with concern, "Is this from overusing your dōjutsu?"
Shisui nodded weakly, "Yes, Lord Jiraiya. Controlling a Tailed Beast as powerful as the Seven-Tails consumes a massive amount of chakra and ocular power."
Genjutsu control uses spiritual energy to disrupt the chakra circulation in the opponent's brain. For a Tailed Beast like the Seven-Tails, its chakra is massive and its Genjutsu resistance is very high.
Therefore, it consumes a vast amount of chakra and ocular power.
Although Shisui's chakra had been boosted to Kage-level because of the Mangekyo, he didn't have Hashirama cells in his body. His Mangekyo was still at the stage where using it would lead to blindness.
The Genjutsu released to control the Seven-Tails was Shisui's strongest Genjutsu, Kotoamatsukami. It is a powerful Genjutsu capable of absolutely altering the target's will.
But the side effects are significant; using one Kotoamatsukami requires a ten-year cooldown.