Chapter – 82: Onoki
[Iwa Clone POV]
After deciding to use the resident Jinchuriki to test Onoki, I started making plans about the best way of doing it. After thinking for a while, I realized that with Tsukuyomi, unless they are a perfect Jinchuriki in which case they can rely on each other to escape the genjutsu, I can definitely trap all others; including other Jinchuriki! With such a great tool in hand, I would be a fool not to use it.
Iwagakure originally had two Jinchurikis; Four-Tails' Jinchuriki Roshi and Five-Tails' Jinchuriki Han. However, I heard that Roshi, who became a jinchuriki more than a decade ago has left Iwa recently for some reason, leaving behind Han as my only target.
In addition, with the extensive knowledge of seals from the Uzumaki Sealing Techniques and the terrifying computation abilities of the A.I chip, I am a hundred percent confident in being able to undo any type of sealing technique Iwa might have used to seal the Five-Tails inside Han.
'I hope Onoki will be able to handle my surprise...' I grin.
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A few days later.
Han, just like the other Jinchurikis, has always been discriminated against inside the village. However, because of his lively personality, he never seems to mind any of it; kind of like Naruto actually... without any plot armor that is. Anyway, with everyone hating him, he has also ended up living alone which makes things a little bit easier for me.
Also, this is a habit I have developed; after fixing my target and thinking of an initial plan of action, the next task is to find out everything you can about the target. This way I can finetune and improve my plans. When I am fairly confident that results will be in my favor, it will be the time to act! I did the same in this case too. After learning all I could about him and finding a time when no anbu will be near him, I selected his house as the place as to where I will act and as for when, it's today!
Looking at Han who is standing in front of me like a statue with a dreamy expression, I smirk and command the A.I chip to start analyzing Five-Tails' seal. As soon as I entered the house, I had already cast Tsukuyomi on him! The sealing technique Iwa had used to seal the Five-Tails is not as impressive as I initially thought it would be. The main reason for it to be so easy for me to crack is that Iwa seems to have gotten their hands on some rudimentary Uzumaki seals and then developed them to what they are today.
"I know you hate these people for imprisoning you for all these years," pitch-black seals start forming on the five outstretched fingers of my right hand while I continue to speak, "Come out and show them how much you hate them... show me how much you hate them..."
After all five seals are completed, I perform a quick jab to his stomach and rotate my hand in a counter-clockwise direction. Although I have no intention of becoming a Jinchuriki myself, I am very interested in the concept itself. So, the first thing I do is to extract some Tailed beast chakra and the next is obviously the blood sample of a Jinchuriki!
A few seconds later, Han who had been having a nice dream until now, suddenly starts to scream in pain! Noticing Five-Tails taking over, I disappear in a flash.
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[Third Person POV]
The tallest building of Iwagakure is the office of Tsuchikage. The current Tsuchikage, Onoki was having an important meeting on the topmost floor of this building with the Iwa council members and a few other high-ranking shinobi finalizing the plans for the upcoming war.
"As all of you know, we have had multiple skirmishes, both large and small, with our neighbors, Konoha and Suna. I have also received news that Kumo and Kiri are also planning to start expanding their territories soon..." sighs Onoki and continues with resolve, "Since we will be forced into war anyway, we will show them what the Iwa shinobi are made of... let's make use of this opportunity to get back the land we lost in the previous two wars and some more as well..."
Scanning the room once and noticing the expression of seriousness mixed with some nervousness on their faces, he nods and says, "Good... from now on, anyone who is not an Iwa shinobi cannot be trusted..."
"Tsuchikage-sama, isn't it true that the village that initiates the war will be at a great disadvantage later?" asks one of the council members.
"That is correct, and it is not just for the fact that the village that starts the war has to fight for a lot longer than others resulting in them exhausting their resources early, but also, after the war is over if there isn't any clear victor, all of the other villages will get together and force them to pay up for their losses... however, you don't have to worry, it will not be us starting the war this time... I am confident that there is one village that is already desperate enough to start a new war..."
"SUNA!" exclaims someone in the room.
"Yes, I have received a report that because of Suna's location in the desert, they are facing a huge shortage of food and on top of that, the lack of new missions from the Daimyo is akin to adding fuel to the fire..." Onoki nods, "But we have to be careful... I know they are looking for a reason to start a war... but who they will go against is still not clear... So, warn our shinobi to not give them any opportunities to target us..."
"Also..."
*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*
Just when Onoki was about to continue giving instructions, everyone in the room hears the sound of a loud explosion nearby. Thinking that an enemy village might be attacking them, the anbus quickly rush in and start protecting him from all sides.
"Do they really think that I have grown so old that they can come and act rampantly in my village?" Onoki starts to float while releasing a massive amount of pressure and before the anbu or anyone for that matter can react, he had already left, flying out through the window.
"Protect Tsuchikage-sama," they shout and head towards the sound of explosions too.