Kazekage's Office
As Uchiha Mirai walked through the door, Pakura rolled her eyes. "Finally remembered to come find me, huh?"
Mirai approached her and gave her a playful pat on the rear.
Pakura immediately shifted her position, sitting down in Mirai's lap.
"I heard about the incident with the One-Tails jinchuriki going berserk," Mirai said. "I came over right away to handle it."
"The One-Tails has already been sealed, so you don't have to worry about the tailed beast rampaging again."
Pakura sighed in exasperation. "Well, I guess I should thank you then."
Mirai raised an eyebrow. "Of course, you should thank me."
"Without me, would Sunagakure have developed to where it is now?"
Pakura thought for a moment after hearing Mirai's words and nodded in agreement.
After Sunagakure went through the Third Great Ninja War, the entire village was in a state of despair.
Not only were they unable to take on new missions, but the ninja ranks were also aging with no new talent coming through.
Back then, Sunagakure was on the verge of collapse.
Even the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, had to often venture out into the desert to collect sand gold just to make ends meet.
If it weren't for Mirai's strong support, Sunagakure might have already fallen into the ranks of second-rate ninja villages.
And Pakura might have ended up dead at the hands of Rasa's schemes.
With this thought, Pakura's earlier frustration with Mirai vanished.
She leaned against his chest and whispered, "Mirai, sometimes I really feel fortunate to have met you."
"If it weren't for you, I might never have achieved my dreams."
Mirai smiled faintly at her words. "Don't just talk. You know what I like."
Pakura froze for a moment, then playfully swatted him.
This idiot—he really didn't understand the mood.
But she obediently got off his lap and knelt beside him, lowering her head.
Mirai smiled with satisfaction.
A ripe peach was always more in tune with a man's desires than an immature apple.
He only needed a glance, and she knew exactly what to do.
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Inside Uchiha Mirai's Mental World
Shukaku looked at the gathered tailed beasts—Gyūki, Kurama, Son Goku, Chōmei, and Matatabi—and couldn't help but burst into laughter. "Heh heh heh heh..."
"So, everyone's here. Looks like I won't be lonely anymore."
Gyūki grinned stupidly. "That's right. We're all together, so there's always something interesting to talk about."
"It won't be long before all of our friends meet each other."
Shukaku snorted. "I'm not interested in being friends with that stinky fox."
Chōmei sighed, trying to mediate. "Shukaku, don't say that."
Shukaku glanced at Chōmei before continuing.
"I wouldn't mind taking him under my wing."
Kurama didn't even lift his eyelids and coldly said, "I'm not going to be a subordinate to the weakest tailed beast."
With that one remark, Shukaku's pride was immediately hurt.
"Hey! You stinky fox, how many times do I have to tell you, the number of tails isn't a measure of a tailed beast's strength!"
"You all probably don't know this, but I've learned many ninjutsu and sealing techniques."
"My power is definitely the strongest among all the tailed beasts!"
Seeing Shukaku's confident expression, Kurama scoffed. "Oh, how impressive. Should we give you an award?"
"Stinky fox!!!" Shukaku yelled in anger. "Do you want to fight me?"
"Bring it on, do you think I'm afraid of you, you stinky raccoon?" Kurama retorted.
Watching the two tailed beasts argue, the other tailed beasts—Gyūki, Chōmei, and the others—sighed.
After thousands of years, these two hadn't changed at all.
Every time they met, they'd argue endlessly. It was exhausting!
Just as Shukaku and Kurama were about to get into a full-blown argument, Uchiha Mirai's figure appeared in front of them.
Seeing Mirai, Kurama immediately spoke up, "Mirai, this one-tailed freak wants to fight me. Can you figure out a way to let us settle this?"
Shukaku wasn't going to back down either. "Don't worry, I won't kill the stinky fox."
Mirai waved his hand dismissively. "You're all sealed inside me right now. Even I can't let your real bodies out to fight."
His words were meant to give Shukaku a little face.
After all, half of Kurama's chakra alone could overpower the other eight tailed beasts...
The chakra levels of Shukaku and Kurama were incomparable.
Mirai couldn't understand why Shukaku insisted on picking a fight with Kurama—what a "rebellious youth."
After hearing Mirai's words, Shukaku and Kurama could only give up their plans to fight.
Seeing them calm down, Mirai spoke slowly, "Shukaku, do you know my goal?"
Though Shukaku wasn't fond of humans, he wouldn't dare to be disrespectful to Mirai, who was as powerful as the Sage of Six Paths himself. He responded respectfully, "They've already told me."
"If what you say is true, I'll support you."
This was Shukaku's genuine feeling.
Once Mirai resurrected the Ten-Tails and split its chakra and soul from the others, he'd see if Kurama would still use the number of tails as a measure of strength.
Maybe, with the human techniques he'd learned, Shukaku could truly become the strongest tailed beast!
Seeing that Shukaku had understood everything, Mirai nodded. He then continued, "Can you sense the locations of the other tailed beasts?"
Recently, he'd been dispatching people to find the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, Roshi, and the Six-Tails Jinchuriki, Utakata, without any luck.
So Mirai decided to ask the tailed beasts themselves if they had any way to sense their fellow tailed beasts.
Kurama spoke up, "We can't pinpoint their exact locations, but we can sense the general direction."
"Of course, if we're close and the jinchuriki are using our powers, we can link our chakra and sense them more clearly."
Mirai wasn't too disappointed by Kurama's words.
Compared to running around blindly like a headless chicken, knowing the general direction was already enough.
With that thought, Mirai asked, "Then, can you sense which direction the Four-Tails and Six-Tails are in?"
The tailed beasts closed their eyes to concentrate.
After a moment, Kurama opened his eyes first.
"Son Goku is to the north, Saiken is to the south."
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