Chapter 235: I Don't Want to Hear This
Suddenly having its arms severed, the golden Nine-Tails staggered and almost fell over.
Uchiha Hikari controlled Susanoo and reached out with its free hand to grab the golden Nine-Tails. However, she released it almost immediately after only touching the shoulder.
One touch was enough for the mark of Yachihoko.
Although direct contact was more efficient and more stable, Hikari didn't want to stay in contact for even a second longer.
Who knew whether Uzumaki Menma and the Nine-Tails had just been doing something unspeakable.
Fortunately, the Nine-Tails' chakra they needed would eventually be converted into harmless tailed-beast chakra, and there would be no Nine-Tails' will remaining.
Otherwise, even Kaguya might end up being polluted by this outrageously twisted Limited Tsukuyomi story, have a complete mental breakdown, and decide to destroy the shinobi world.
The golden Nine-Tails squirmed like slime. With a wriggle, the severed arms grew back, and it even sprouted two extra arms as it lunged at Susanoo.
"Don't come any closer!"
"You disgusting existence, can't you just give up resisting?!"
Uchiha Hikari lifted Susanoo's leg and kicked the Nine-Tails flying, her expression full of disgust and absolute force, as if afraid that the kick itself would count as rewarding the Nine-Tails.
She was so emotionally agitated that she even blurted out a classic Uchiha line without realizing it.
"Give up resisting? Then will you spare our child? We must fight for this family!"
After regaining its balance, Uzumaki Menma's unwavering voice echoed from within the golden Nine-Tails.
Those words shattered Uchiha Hikari's worldview yet again.
"W-what? A ch-child? I don't want to hear this!"
Uchiha Hikari covered her ears.
She truly couldn't imagine how those two things could possibly have a child.
"Calm down. I can explain this to you."
At some unknown point, [Konan] had once again turned into paper and flown over, flapping her wings.
"Ex-explain?"
Uchiha Hikari looked at [Konan] in confusion. Had she misunderstood something? Had she let her imagination run wild?
"Previously, you only encountered female Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, so I only mentioned the inheritance method for female jinchūriki."
"Actually, inheritance for male jinchūriki is much simpler. They only need to carry out the inheritance directly with the tailed beast inside the sealing space."
"The newborn child develops within the sealing space, with tailed-beast chakra providing nourishment."
"At the moment of birth, the tailed beast transfers from the old jinchūriki to the new jinchūriki."
"Within our Akatsuki organization, Kisame Hoshigaki is actually the child of the Three-Tails, Isobu, and the one-before-previous Three-Tails' jinchūriki."
[Konan] continued.
"..."
Shiromo was speechless. He felt that Kisame's reputation had suffered collateral damage.
Still, this did kind of explain why Kisame didn't look very human.
Luckily, among the audience, only Konan and Nagato from the organization were present. If even one more had come, like Deidara, then Kisame's life would have been over.
[Konan] went on: "And the one-before-previous Three-Tails' jinchūriki was also born from the Three-Tails and the one-before-one-before-previous Three-Tails' jinchūriki."
"They even had a second child, that was Samehada."
Good grief, there was even a second kid.
"Kisame despises his own origins, which is why he joined the organization."
"According to our intelligence, the previous jinchūriki, the Mizukage Yagura, suffered from underdevelopment and looked like a child. He was infertile, which led to the Three-Tails having no successor. After his death, the Three-Tails entered a feral state."
"..."
Finally, she was done.
Uchiha Hikari looked like she was about to cry.
If it hadn't been to hear information about the Three-Tails, she would have stuffed [Konan]'s mouth shut long ago.
"Hmph! Nngh!"
Uchiha Hikari made a motorcycle-starting sound, tightened her grip on Susanoo's long blade, and prepared to vent her anger on the Nine-Tails that was still struggling in front of her.
"You can't cut us down! Because what Nine Tails and I use isn't chakra—it's love! Love is endless!"
From within the golden Nine-Tails, whose arms had once again been severed, Uzumaki Menma continued shouting defiantly.
"Take your damn love and shove it!!!!"
Uchiha Hikari was truly furious now—she was even swearing.
She grabbed the necklace around her neck.
Originally, she hadn't wanted to use natural energy. In the Limited Tsukuyomi illusion world, natural energy was a finite resource—use some, and there was less left, with no place to replenish it.
But the thing in front of her was just too revolting!
As Susanoo's body expanded once more and began to radiate a blinding light, Uzumaki Menma's side also moved.
The golden Nine-Tails leapt high into the air, raising both hands overhead. The two massive Thousand-Armed Buddhas suddenly moved.
"Predecessors! Lend me your strength! Pass your love on to me! I will pour it all into Nine Tails!!!"
With a loud cry, the arms of the two Thousand-Armed Buddhas began to help the Nine-Tails knead furiously, forming an enormous Rasengan.
At the same time, Uchiha Hikari controlled Susanoo, preparing to meet the attack head-on.
"Hm?"
Shiromo placed a hand on Uchiha Hikari's shoulder. Uchiha Hikari, who had been staring intently at the enemy, suddenly snapped back to her senses.
It was like a certain Ten-Tails jinchūriki suddenly thinking of the Konoha female ghost.
Uchiha Hikari realized it then. Why was she getting angry at a fake person inside an illusion?
She was here to absorb and convert Nine-Tails chakra!
Yachihoko, activate!!!
Under her enhanced ocular power, the absorption force of Yachihoko became even more terrifying.
The enormous Rasengan kneaded by the two Thousand-Armed Buddhas suddenly began to shrink violently—big, then small; small, then big.
Yachihoko couldn't directly absorb ninjutsu. It could only absorb chakra.
Thankfully, Uchiha Hikari came to her senses in time and didn't stupidly clash attacks head-on.
Uzumaki Menma also seemed to realize how terrifying Uchiha Hikari's ability was. Feeling the Nine-Tails' chakra within his body being gradually drained, he immediately panicked.
"No! Don't take Kurama away from me! We endured a thousand years of suffering to reach this day! No! Kurama, I will create a world with you in it!"
Uzumaki Menma raged helplessly—rage, sorrow, hatred all mixed together.
It could only be said that Shiromo had been foresighted back then.
When they were first discussing it, the core characters of the Limited Tsukuyomi were supposed to include, besides Fū and the additionally suggested Yugito and Uchiha Hikari herself, one more—Shiromo.
But Shiromo had refused.
His reasoning was that he knew too much, and would inevitably add unnecessary settings to the Limited Tsukuyomi world.
Just like here.
If Shiromo had been included as a core character, Uzumaki Menma and Kurama would probably already be activating Baryon Mode and throwing down.
"Stop struggling. You've already trampled your dad's corpse to pieces."
Uchiha Hikari looked at Uzumaki Menma with cold contempt.
"What?"
Uzumaki Menma was left with only half of the Nine-Tails. Lowering his head, he saw that it was indeed true. In his earlier excitement, he had accidentally stepped on [Namikaze Minato], crushing both the man and the bell.
And even now, he still didn't understand what his father's final strike at the bell had meant.
Was it saying that it was already eight in the evening and time to go to bed on schedule?
Speaking of sleep, as Uzumaki Menma gradually lost the tailed beast, his eyelids began to droop, and drowsiness set in.
(End of this chapter)