Ryou dealt with Pakura and walked out of her room. Pakura watched Ryou leave, unable to stop him.
Ryou wondered about Sasori, who should have been guarding the door.
"Where's Sasori?"
Nekomata appeared on Ryou's shoulder and said, "Sasori got the Third Kazekage back from Candy and went to deal with Sunagakure's Elder Council."
Ryou nodded, then left Pakura's house with Nekomata.
Sunagakure's strongest defense against Ryou was Pakura's tight defense, which hard-controlled Ryou for such a long time. It must be said that Pakura was stronger than Rasa and Chiyo.
Now that Ryou had broken through Pakura's defense, Sunagakure was like his backyard, where he could do as he pleased.
Maki appeared at the door, holding a Kunai, and assumed an attacking stance towards Ryou.
"Are you going to capture Shukaku?"
Ryou turned around, his crimson Sharingan looking at Maki.
Seeing Maki's appearance, Ryou thought of Rin, the lovely girl who had once come to request Medical Ninjutsu training.
Ryou looked at Maki and said, "Maki, aren't you afraid of me?"
Maki said, "I am afraid, but I am a Shinobi of Sunagakure, and I will not let you destroy my Village."
Ryou said, "Don't worry, I'm not someone who kills everyone. I'm not a good person, but I don't kill indiscriminately."
"Perhaps, this Village will be mine in the future."
Ryou didn't make a move; Nekomata cast a Genjutsu, and Maki fell to the ground.
Then Nekomata transformed into a large white tiger with striped markings on its forehead, carrying Ryou towards where Chiyo sealed Shukaku.
It was on Nekomata's back that Ryou received Temari's signal sent via spore.
"This is bad, Lord Sasori, my dad and mom aren't home."
Ryou replied angrily, "Temari, did you just wake up?"
Temari was a bit embarrassed: "Lord Sasori, I'm sorry, I... I practiced molding chakra last night and went to bed a little late."
"Lord Sasori, did my dad take mom to seal Shukaku?"
Ryou replied, "Yes, Temari, your father has taken your mother to Shukaku's Sealing Altar."
"Your mother and brother are in danger!"
Temari pleaded desperately, "Lord Sasori, please save them, I'll do anything."
Ryou secretly chuckled. Temari had Ryou's spore implanted in her body; her future life would be controlled by Ryou.
"Alright, Temari, I will find a way to save your parents, but the price is your soul. From now on, you will belong to me, Uchiha Ryou."
"Uchiha Ryou, wait, you're not Lord Sasori—"
Temari realized something was wrong, filled with anxiety.
Ryou did not respond to Temari, cutting off her signal.
He sat on Nekomata's back, looking at Sunagakure. The early morning in Sunagakure was not peaceful; there was a slight chaos, a scent of slaughter and blood.
This was Sasori, slaughtering Sunagakure's Elder Council.
The Elders of Sunagakure habitually held morning meetings, and with the preparations for war materials in the coming days, meetings were even more essential.
Gathered together, Sasori found it easy to slaughter them.
Meanwhile, Chiyo and Rasa had gone to the Shukaku Altar to seal Shukaku into a Jinchuriki, with Anbu following them.
Pakura, who could have resisted Sasori, was controlled by Ryou.
Now, no one in Sunagakure could stop Sasori from his rampage.
...
The place where Chiyo sealed Shukaku was deep within a sand dune, far from the center of Sunagakure. Here lay Sunagakure's most secret Shukaku Sealing Altar.
The entire altar was built from weathered yellowish-brown sandstone, half-buried in quicksand, with only the circular platform and the tall stone pedestal in the center exposed.
The altar surface was carved with circles of ancient Sealing Runes, their patterns winding like sand snakes.
In the center was a giant tanuki relief with pointed ears and angry eyes, its tail forked like a scythe, precisely the totem of the One-Tail Shukaku.
Monk Bunpuku once practiced here, confining Shukaku within his own body.
After Monk Bunpuku's death, Sunagakure sealed Shukaku back into the Wind Temple's artifact, the Bunpuku Chagama. Since then, Sunagakure began selecting more suitable Jinchuriki for Shukaku.
Although Monk Bunpuku could effectively imprison Shukaku, Sunagakure's goal was to turn Shukaku into a weapon of war, to fight for the Land of Wind.
Monk Bunpuku was a renunciate; how could a renunciate wield a blade and cut people down?
To some extent, Monk Bunpuku was a failed Jinchuriki.
In the center of the altar, a black iron tea kettle was firmly placed. The tea kettle was entirely dark, its surface covered with dense Sealing Curses.
The surroundings were so quiet that only the faint rustle of wind and sand could be heard. The Bunpuku Chagama rested silently in the center of the altar, seeming like a fierce beast that had slept for a hundred years.
Silent, majestic, and emanating a heart-pounding sense of oppression.
The next second, the Bunpuku Chagama trembled, and a terrifying chakra permeated from within it, causing the surrounding calm wind and sand to become violent.
Shukaku roared wildly: "Kill you all, kill you all!"
Present at this Sealing Altar were Sunagakure's high-ranking officials Chiyo, Ebizo, Rasa, and Karura, who was being used as the Tailed Beast container's mother.
In addition, there were about a dozen Anbu Shinobi.
Baki and Yashamaru, dressed in Anbu attire, were also among them.
Shukaku's roar was not an ordinary bellow, but a terrifying tremor mixed with Tailed Beast chakra.
This violent and wild aura made Karura, who was pregnant, feel somewhat uncomfortable.
Yashamaru stepped forward, shielding Karura.
Chiyo frowned: "It seems we must seal Shukaku quickly. The sealing effect of the Wind Temple's Bunpuku Chagama is not as good as before."
"The next time Shukaku breaks its seal, the Bunpuku Chagama will no longer be able to restrain it."
Ebizo nodded: "Sister, you're right!"
The two then looked at Rasa, who looked at Karura behind Yashamaru.
Karura stepped forward, and Yashamaru grabbed her hand: "Sister..."
Yashamaru was full of reluctance; he wanted to stop all of this.
Sunagakure's Sealing Jutsu was too crude, and Shukaku was extremely violent and unstable. Karura was also pregnant and simply could not withstand the harm caused by sealing Shukaku.
It was said to use the mother's chakra to suppress the Tailed Beast's chakra, allowing the Tailed Beast to be sealed within the fetus.
Its essence was to sacrifice the mother, using the mother's life to seal Shukaku inside the fetus.
Yashamaru and Karura had a deep sibling bond; he didn't want to see his family suffer such danger.
Rasa shouted at Yashamaru: "Yashamaru, step back!"
Yashamaru did not retreat; he was afraid that if he did, he would never see Karura again.
Just as Rasa was about to use Ninjutsu.
Karura pushed Yashamaru's hand away and smiled gently at him: "Yashamaru, you are already an Anbu Jonin, don't be so tearful anymore."
"But, Sister..."
Yashamaru was very sad.
Karura wiped away the tears from his eyes: "A Tailed Beast always needs someone to seal it. If I don't bear this pain, this destiny will fall upon another mother, upon another child."