Naruto: Starting with Infinite Chakra-Chapter 189: Subduing the Tailed Beast

Tsunade simply couldn't bring herself to leave Jiraiya alone.

Every Jinchūriki was an immensely powerful existence. Leaving Jiraiya to face one alone was far too dangerous.

She decided to turn back and support him.

She couldn't let Jiraiya take on such a risk by himself.

If he was no match for the Jinchūriki, he would undoubtedly die. After all, there was no way the Wind Country's Jinchūriki would act alone—they would surely bring an entire battalion of Wind Country shinobi.

If Jiraiya found himself outmatched, he wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

So, she led her forces back to reinforce him.

Even if they still couldn't defeat the Wind Country forces, at the very least, they could die together.

In Tsunade's mind, she and Jiraiya were already bound together.

Danger was something they had to face side by side.

If Jiraiya perished, she would never continue living without him.

And if they did have to die, at least they would die together—that, in itself, was a kind of happiness.

...

However, just as she arrived, she was met with an astonishing sight—Jiraiya had actually frightened Shukaku into fleeing.

The Fire Country shinobi were utterly dumbfounded.

None of them had expected such an outcome.

They had all assumed Jiraiya would be locked in a desperate battle, possibly even severely wounded by now.

Yet now, before their eyes, Jiraiya had actually scared off a Tailed Beast.

This was beyond their expectations.

"Tsunade-sama, Jiraiya-sama is unbelievably strong! He actually made a Tailed Beast run away on his own! Doesn't that mean we now have the power to destroy the Wind Country?" one Fire Country shinobi exclaimed in excitement.

The Wind Country had the poorest resources among the great nations, and their top-tier combat power was relatively limited.

Aside from their Jinchūriki and current Kazekage, they only had two Kage-level shinobi.

Now that Jiraiya could defeat a Jinchūriki, it stood to reason that their Hokage would be able to defeat the Kazekage.

By that logic, conquering the Wind Country was not an impossibility.

"You're right. Jiraiya-sama is still young, and he has plenty of room to grow. I believe that in the future, he alone will be enough to handle both the Kazekage and the Jinchūriki together," another shinobi said confidently.

"We are truly fortunate to have a genius like Jiraiya-sama in the Fire Country!"

The Fire Country shinobi were ecstatic.

Even Tsunade couldn't hide the pride in her eyes as she looked at Jiraiya.

"Little sister, I have to admit, your taste in men is impeccable," Isamu remarked, sighing in admiration.

He truly hadn't expected Jiraiya to have reached such heights of power already.

At the same time, he felt relieved—thankfully, the Senju clan had already established ties with Jiraiya, and their relationship was in good standing.

If they had waited until Jiraiya's full rise to prominence before attempting to form a bond, it would have been far too late.

...

"Trying to run? Not so easy!"

Seeing Shukaku turn to flee, Jiraiya sneered.

Unlike in the original timeline, Shukaku wasn't acting recklessly out of blind aggression—he actually had the sense to retreat.

But thinking he could escape Jiraiya's grasp was nothing short of a dream.

Jiraiya swiftly formed hand seals, and suddenly, a powerful gust of wind howled through the air.

Massive red torii gates materialized from the sky, crashing down onto Shukaku's colossal body with a deafening impact.

The torii gates slammed Shukaku to the ground, embedding deep into the earth.

More and more torii gates rained down, piling onto Shukaku's form.

Before long, nearly a thousand of them covered his massive frame.

"Damn it! What kind of jutsu is this?! It's actually sealing my chakra?!" Shukaku roared in panic.

His chakra was nearly limitless, yet Jiraiya's technique had completely suppressed it. freewebnøvel.com

Panic surged within the Tailed Beast.

"Adamantine Sealing Chains!"

Jiraiya ignored Shukaku's struggles. His chakra surged again, and golden chains materialized, snaking toward the subdued beast.

The Adamantine Sealing Chains were a specialized technique designed to restrain Tailed Beasts.

In the original timeline, even after childbirth had greatly weakened her, Uzumaki Kushina was still able to momentarily suppress the rampaging Nine-Tails with this very technique.

Now, with Jiraiya at full strength, his Adamantine Sealing Chains were far more powerful than Kushina's in her weakened state.

The golden chains wrapped tightly around Shukaku, restraining him completely.

Glowing golden seals emerged, sinking into Shukaku's body.

His chakra was completely locked down, and even his enormous form could no longer move.

"Shukaku, your power is mine now."

With Shukaku fully restrained, Jiraiya unfurled a storage scroll.

A long, black staff-like object shot out from the scroll and plunged directly into Shukaku's forehead.

The staff was covered in intricate holes, and as it embedded itself into Shukaku's body, it began rapidly absorbing his chakra.

The Tailed Beast's immense chakra was drawn into the black staff, collecting within the numerous openings.

"Damn it! What is this thing?! It's actually stealing my power?!" Shukaku bellowed furiously.

The black staff was an artifact Jiraiya had acquired through a special sign-in reward.

When embedded into a Tailed Beast, it could directly extract their chakra.

By using a specific technique, Jiraiya could then absorb the stolen chakra into his own body, fusing it with his own energy, and permanently claiming the power of a Tailed Beast as his own.

In the original timeline, Tailed Beasts couldn't truly die. They were formed from chakra, and even if slain, their chakra would eventually disperse into the world and reassemble over time, resurrecting them.

However, if their chakra was completely absorbed into another being and never returned to the world, then they would cease to exist entirely.

Jiraiya's sign-in reward allowed him to accomplish precisely this.

Shukaku's power was being drained away, and unlike before, this time, he wouldn't have the chance to revive.

Jiraiya's artifact was truly a terrifyingly domineering weapon.

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