The tailed beasts basically don't like humans. Even if there are some Jinchūriki who get along well with the tailed beasts, it is because the tailed beasts recognize their personal qualities, not because they have a good impression of humans as a whole. For example, if Killer Bee is replaced by the Eight-tailed Jinchūriki, the Eight-tailed Gyu-ki will still not have a very good face.

The "low-profile version" of the One-Tail Jinchuriki created by Mizuki has even more serious problems than other Jinchuriki. The little Shukaku, who adheres to Shukaku's will, almost regards Mizuki as an enemy.

Of course, Shuimu had never thought about getting along well with people who were not these people.

Mizuki admires the arrangements of the Six Paths Sage very much, but that doesn't mean he needs these non-human beings to recognize and affirm his own value.

It is absolutely impossible to expect Mizuki to be humanitarian and give any preferential treatment to Shukaku, who doesn't even have a complete life.

This instinctive defense makes it impossible for Shuimu to build the foundation of his own power on an unreliable third party.

In the dream space, Mizuki looked at the bluffing little Shukaku opposite him, trying in vain to make himself look hideous and terrifying according to his own imagination.

"Don't do these useless actions, the results won't change!"

In the colorful scene, countless butterflies gathered and transformed into a pair of huge butterfly wings that appeared behind Shuimu. A heavy sense of oppression suddenly filled this almost infinite space.

Realizing that ordinary means could not fool Mizuki on the opposite side, the huge Shukaku slowly shrank and no longer showed its previous ferocious presence.

"Butterfly? That's really surprising. It symbolizes the obsession of soul and death. This is the first time I've seen it."

A sharp and slightly detached voice was heard.

“No, it should be beautiful freedom!”

To be precise, it should be Xiaoyao, but Shuimu doesn't know how to interpret this word in the standard way.

"Tsk, only by death can the soul be completely free. What you said is actually the same as what I said. I didn't expect that someone as dangerous as you would be born in the ninja world. If old man Six Paths were still alive, he would never let you be so unscrupulous!"

"It seems like you know a lot of things!"

As if realizing that this clone could not escape death, Shukaku exhorted in an attitude that was not in line with his image:

"Young man, I can see that you have a deep bond with this world, and at least have a basic respect for human nature. No matter what, I hope you can understand this troubled world."

"Thanks for the advice."

The super-giant butterfly behind Mizuki flapped its wings slightly, and a large group of colorful butterflies flew around, wrapping up little Shukaku. After a moment, when they dispersed, no figure was left at the original place.

“I actually like this world!”

He was an ordinary person in his previous life, but in this life he stands at the top of the ninja world. His every move can influence the future of the ninja world. Comparing the two, it is obvious which one is more satisfying.

No one would settle for mediocrity, especially after gaining power! And with his wife and daughter still around, he would not mess up the world.

…

In the silver-glowing sealing formation, Mizuki, who was sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes; not far away opposite, Takuma, with medium-length golden hair, also stood up.

"The will of the tailed beasts is not as strong as we think!"

"It's not that the tailed beasts are not strong enough, but because Shukaku is just a clone with a small part of the power of the tailed beasts, and..."

Shuimu waved his hand to erase the sealing formation.

“I’m strong!”

Orochimaru, who was not in good condition, could use the Eight-Headed Technique to fight the tailed beast head-on. If it weren't for the fact that the divine weapon held by Uchiha Itachi's complete form of Susanoo was too powerful, he would really be unable to do anything to him.

Although Mizuki had not been practicing for long, he still felt a huge improvement. One tailed beast clone was really not enough.

This was the first time that the tailed beast clones were fully under control. I thought there would be some unexpected discoveries, but the results were disappointing.

"It's similar to having a shadow clone. The difference is that Shukaku has the ability to continuously extract the chakra he needs from natural energy. Other than that, there's nothing special about it."

The efficiency of refining is not necessarily very high, and it is not as good as the efficiency of Mizuki's absorption of natural energy when he fully bursts into the Sage Mode.

"It's not that the tailed beasts are weak!"

Takuma shook his head.

"But your true form is really strong. The weaker tailed beasts are no match for you!"

Only the top-level tailed beasts such as the Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails can surpass Mizuki in power level when they are in their complete form.

"Well, you have a point."

Let’s put these aside for now.

"Try and see if you can project the tailed beast's chakra onto the designated person."

Takuma mobilized the chakra of the tailed beast as instructed, sensing the connection with other clones and Mizuki's original body, but found nothing.

“Failed!”

It is not clear whether it was due to poor control in the first attempt or other reasons, but it does not seem easy to find the connection with certain specific people through the chakra of the tailed beasts.

"Naruto Uzumaki did it easily!"

"Naruto did it? It should be the Kyuubi who did it, right?"

"Whatever, we can't do it anyway. Even if we steal the power of a tailed beast, we're not really a tailed beast."

The human soul cannot understand the basic characteristics of a collective of wills, especially Mizuki's own soul, which has a considerable gap with the natives of the ninja world.

"Then let's change the method. Can we use Tailed Beast Mode?"

"Wait a minute, let me try!"

Takuma closed his eyes for a long time. When he opened his eyes again, a pair of golden cross pupils appeared in his eye sockets. At the same time, a chakra wave surged out from Takuma, and light yellow mist-like chakra covered his body, like a translucent flame burning.

"The Tailed Beast's chakra supply is insufficient, so it can only form this extremely reluctant Tailed Beast Mode!"

Mizuki observed for a moment, then gave the order.

"Activate the curse seal!"

A moment later, Takuma's body was covered with red and black curse seals, and his sage transformation began to exert its power. The purple-black chakra worked together with the light yellow tailed beast chakra, making the light yellow chakra coat on his body surface even brighter.

"Try transferring chakra again."

After a while, except for Mizuki's real body, the surface of each marked entity was covered with flaming red tailed beast chakra.

"I see. Only a Tailed Beast Mode with sufficient power can achieve the desired effect. And the Tailed Beast is not without consumption!"

After less than five minutes, the transmission of the tailed beast's chakra was interrupted, and the tailed beast mode that was forcibly activated by the sage transformation also dissipated.

"The incomplete Tailed Beast Mode has no value for popularization, but it can at least support the experiments of several people. Moreover, the previous speculation about the Tailed Beast has also been confirmed!"