"The Jinchuriki voluntarily falls asleep to fully awaken the Tailed Beast, which has a major disadvantage compared to true Complete Tailed Beast Transformation. The Jinchuriki's body cannot merge with the Tailed Beast and will be exposed on the Tailed Beast's surface. If the Jinchuriki is killed or woken up, the Tailed Beast will disappear."
Orochimaru explained to Mokgetsu while quickly scanning the massive body of the Three-tails for the location of the Jinchuriki's body.
Ultimately, shortcuts are just shortcuts and cannot compare to a Jinchuriki who can fully transform into a Tailed Beast, as there are many flaws.
Finally, Orochimaru's gaze fell to the back of the Three-tails' head, where a piece of fabric was fluttering in the wind behind a thick, sharp spike.
"So are we going to kill the Jinchuriki or wake them up and capture them alive?" Mokgetsu asked after opening his Byakugan to confirm the Jinchuriki's location.
In the current situation, capturing alive or killing is equally difficult, as waking the Jinchuriki would definitely involve attacking. The difference between killing and capturing alive lies in the force used.
But the difference between capturing alive and killing isn't in the present, but in the trouble that comes after capturing alive.
A living Jinchuriki enemy is like a bomb, inherently highly dangerous. Advanced Fuinjutsu can make it hard for the Tailed Beast to easily use Chakra to influence the Jinchuriki, but if the Jinchuriki himself gives up and lets the Tailed Beast take control, that's another matter.
Besides the danger of the Jinchuriki himself, capturing a Jinchuriki alive has a terrifying impact, which is making their nation an enemy and causing other nations to be wary.
If you ransom them and release them, that's fine. But if you extract the Tailed Beast and seal it into your own ninja, the hatred will be greater than killing a Kage.
Because no matter how much a Kage contributes to the village, it's at most for decades. But a Tailed Beast is different. It can be passed down indefinitely. Losing a Tailed Beast means losing a top-tier combat power forever, something no Ninja Village can tolerate.
"Kill if we can." Orochimaru answered quickly.
Konoha is already engaged in multi-front warfare, and if they were to snatch Tailed Beasts from other villages, Hidden Mist, Hidden Cloud, and Hidden Rock might all temporarily set aside their differences to attack Konoha.
So Orochimaru believed the best course of action was to kill directly.
Though killing the Jinchuriki would still gain the Hidden Mist Village's hatred, it would be far less than if they took the Tailed Beast. Moreover, losing a Jinchuriki might make the Hidden Mist choose to wait in hiding for the Tailed Beast's rebirth.
Roar!
The Three-tails roared to the sky, gathering massive Chakra in its mouth, with small black dots rapidly merging into a small black sphere.
Thanks to Orochimaru's warning, the Jonin had already retreated to a distance, leaving only Mokgetsu's disciples and Orochimaru gathered around Mokgetsu.
Orochimaru knew Mokgetsu's proficiency with the Flying Thunder God Jutsu, so he didn't dodge by creating distance like the other Jonin.
At the moment the Three-tails spat out the huge black sphere, Mokgetsu shot a Flying Thunder God Kunai next to the Three-tails and then used the Flying Thunder God Jutsu to leave the battlefield.
BOOM!!
The terrifying explosion swept over the entire battlefield, the tremendous force causing the ground to collapse, and everything in the camp turned to ash. The large amount of smoke and dust from the explosion rose skyward, forming a mushroom-shaped cloud.
As the smoke cleared, the Three-tails nodded in satisfaction at the now empty battlefield, finally rid of the annoying ninjas.
Woosh!
Just as the Three-tails considered the battle finished, Mokgetsu reappeared alongside Orochimaru and their disciples next to the Three-tails.
"Wind Release: Wind Cut Jutsu!"
Orochimaru quickly formed seals and aimed his palm at the Three-tails, releasing a terrifyingly strong gust of wind from his palm, countless wind blades attacking the Three-tails in an instant.
Bam bam bam!!
Such powerful Wind Release at close range even pushed back the massive body of the Three-tails, leaving traces on its hardened shell.
Zip!
Mokgetsu took the opportunity to shoot a Flying Thunder God Kunai at the Three-tails' head.
Ignoring everyone, the Three-tails angrily swung its three massive tails at Orochimaru, just having experienced the most pain since the start of the battle.
Might Guy pushed his breathing to the limit, entering the Breath of Rock Chakra Mode. The rapidly consuming chakra within his body increased Might Guy's power to a terrifying degree while in the Five Gates.
With the Hidden Mist ninja all retreated, Might Guy was free of concerns. To better assist Mokgetsu, he was willing to endure the harm from the Five Gates plus the Breath of Rock Chakra Mode.
"Leaf Strong Whirlwind!"
Might Guy concentrated a lot of chakra into his feet, his leg muscles tensing as he leaped and delivered a whirlwind kick that directly sent an approaching tail flying, crashing to the ground with a bang.
"Eight Gates, it seems to be even more." Orochimaru watched with interest as Might Guy displayed his immense power.
Orochimaru had rarely seen such a purely Taijutsu-focused ninja like Might Guy. Other Taijutsu ninja would practice some Ninjutsu. For example, Teacher Chen mainly used Taijutsu in battle but actually mastered several Nature Transformation Ninjutsu.
In Orochimaru's memory, there weren't many who specialized in Taijutsu as their main method, and there were no top-tier experts among them.
Though Teacher Chen's skills were decent, Orochimaru felt there was still quite a distance between him and a ninja like himself.
Orochimaru thought Might Guy had the potential to surpass all Konoha Taijutsu ninja to date and become a purely top-tier Taijutsu expert.