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Realizing there was something wrong with the situation, I flicked my finger up, and an infant was suddenly raised in the air. The woman who had been holding him cried out in anguish, "Don't touch my baby!"

I ignored her and the baby's wailing though as I brought him over, still careful not to hurt it.

With a thought, I also took off the towel warped around it, revealing it was a baby boy. But more importantly, was the seal present on his belly.

My second in command took a look at the seal, before exclaiming alarmingly, "The seal is breaking down! Sanbi will appear any second!"

Indeed, the lines of the seal were moving, unraveling to let out the demon.

Understanding there wasn't enough time to bring the baby outside, I brought him closer, and placed my hand directly on the seal.

As I did, Sanbi's presence, or Isobu's, became much more clear, as well as the ridiculous amount of lifeforce it held.

Having used Force Drain on beings like Ibuse or Hanzo, both of whom held great quantities of Chakra, I could say confidently that Tailed Beasts were in other categories.

It didn't mean they were necessarily that much stronger, as ninjas were about technique rather than power, but it was still impressive.

And currently, this massive lifeforce, which was hidden within the boy's own lifeforce, was slowly sipping out, seeking to take solid form.

I didn't have much time, so I decided to follow my instincts, and started with immobilizing the lifeforce of both beings with the Force. It was a very painful process for both, as I felt their anguish from deep within their souls.

Then, I started doing what I do best, manipulating lifeforce.

With one hand, I used Force Drain, drawing Isobu's lifeforce to me, while I used Cryokinesis with the other, planting the Force Seed within their shared lifeforces.

However, as I felt their pain drastically go up, I understood this wasn't the right way to do it. If I continued, the boy would die before I could take out Isobu.

And personal feelings aside, the boy's death would definitely unleash Isobu on us.

So I momentarily stopped what I was doing, and instead went for the higher level of lifeforce manipulation.

Using telekinesis, I drew my sword out of its sheath, and brought it before the boy, the tip of the blade touching his chest.

On the side, the mother continued crying, begging me to stop, but she was being firmly held by two members of her clan. They probably understood that they were in a bad situation already, as one of their clan members had brought Isobu to our base.

Whether they were part of it or not, we would have to investigate later. For now, I had a Bijuu to neutralize.

Looking at my second in command, I ordered coldly, "I can't be disturbed. If anyone gets within two meters, you are to kill them."

He nodded without hesitation, and everyone around me walked several steps back.

Taking a deep breath, I slowly pushed the sword into the baby's chest, piercing into his heart. The boy's cries stopped instantly, and the mother suddenly stopped her wailing.

But the boy was still not dead.

Shiroishi had started turning into a mystical weapon through my infusion of lifeforce and emotions, and started working a little differently from most swords.

Although the boy's heart stopped working, Shiroishi was now actively controlling his lifeforce, working as a proxy heart, one that was under my control.

It was a highly demanding practice however, as I was making a human body function manually, and any mistake and one of his organs would stop working.

However, this enhanced control over his body also granted me unprecedented control over his body. This was the second technique I had created, and this one I was 100% sure no one had created it in Star Wars, because it didn't simply rely on the Force.

In the past year, I hadn't opened the Second Genetic Constraint a second time, because while I probably wouldn't die from it, it would weaken my lifeforce, and make everything more complicated. I would be weakened until I was able to get another healing from God, and I didn't have the Points, so it wouldn't simply cripple me while in Naruto, I would also be crippled while in the Team Fight in The Boys.

However, I still remembered the level of control I had while it was opened, and through this and plenty of experiments in the past year, I developed this technique.

Death Surgeon.

I named it after Law from One Piece, because it was a healing technique which involved complete control within a limited domain, which here was the body pierced through by Shiroishi.

I couldn't use it on combat, because of the concentration required to use the technique, but with time and further understanding of Genetic Constraints, the potential of this technique was amazing.

For now, I didn't like how vulnerable it made me. But I had more chances doing this than fighting Isobu within a cave. I wasn't even confident of soloing a Tailed Beast, and even less in this small space.

Thankfully, my efforts weren't in vain it seemed as with my increased control, I started feelings things I hadn't before. Isobu's and the boy's lifeforces weren't really merged. Instead, it would be more correct to say they were superimposed. Very closely, to the point it felt like they were merged, but still not merged.

Slowly, I used the Force to separate those two layers, but I faced resistance. It felt like separating Velcro. Isobu's lifeforce had countless small hooks that were stuck within the boy's lifeforce, and taking it off would also bring a part of the boy's lifeforce with it.

Unfortunately, with my current level, while I could do anything I wanted with the boy's lifeforce, Isobu's was so strong that doing anything to it was strenuous. The stronger the lifeforce, the more resistance it would represent.

I was faced with a tough choice now. I could tear Isobu's lifeforce out of the boy's body, and temporarily stop it from taking a natural form. It would be hard, but I should have enough time to bring Isobu outside. However, doing so would tear apart the boy's lifeforce, and kill him. That was probably the death of every Jinchuriki when their Bijuu got extracted.

Logically, I knew I shouldn't care about the boy's death, it wouldn't impact me in anyway, and unleashing Isobu on the enemy would give us an incredible edge, one that would probably make us win easily.

Yet, despite this logical decision to make, I didn't want to. I had plenty of blood on my hands, but this was a kid, I didn't want to kill a boy. Not if I could do something about it.

Forcefully halting the operation, time seemed to slow down as I reached out inside the body with my mind. With both of their lifeforces under my control, it did not take too much effort to reach his mind space.

The world around me blurred out as I found myself in a different place.

I was in an immaculate white space, along with two other beings. One was a baby, crying on the ground. As for the other, it was a giant turtle-crab hybrid, looking down at me with one giant eye.

What I saw in its eye wasn't anger though, but nervousness.

I did not immediately speak to the Tailed Beast though as I scooped over the infant boy, and used the Force to south him into sleep as I rocked him in my arms.

Looking up at Isobu, I said, "Hello."

Sanbi remained silent however, and remembering they were known as mindless demons of destruction, I added, "I know you are intelligent, and can speak. I am here to help both of you, so it would be great if you answered."

The Tailed Beast silently stared at me with its left eye, before growling in a voice so strong it made the entire mindscape shake, "What do you want?"