If you don't touch Ryou's chakra threads, you won't be controlled by genjutsu. If you don't make eye contact with his Sharingan, you won't be controlled by the Sharingan.
Moreover, their comrades were controlled by Ryou and are now attacking them.
They would have to slaughter the companions they had lived with day and night.
Ryou is truly evil!
Chiyo held the Bunpuku Chagama in one hand and pulled Ebizo with the other, dodging Ryou's chakra thread manipulation.
Chiyo had consumed a large amount of chakra sealing Shukaku before. Now, with Ebizo as a burden, just dodging Ryou's chakra threads was a struggle.
"Damn it, young Ryou, to possess such an enormous amount of chakra!"
Chiyo retracted her previous underestimation of Ryou.
Ebizo said, "Sister, you can't underestimate him. After all, Uchiha Madara was resurrected by him."
Chiyo nodded, and the Bunpuku Chagama in her hand immediately became agitated, shaking violently.
"Roar! Granny Chiyo, the seal failed!"
"Hahaha... this Wind Temple artifact can no longer restrain me."
Chiyo gravely watched the cracks appearing on the Bunpuku Chagama. The Bunpuku Chagama's repeated unsealing could no longer restrain Shukaku.
It must be quickly sent to the Wind Temple for a High Monk to repair.
But the current situation—
Chiyo glanced at Ryou, who was manipulating chakra threads to make the Sunagakure shinobi kill each other, and gritted her teeth.
It seemed Ryou's threat was even greater than Shukaku's.
No matter what, Ryou must not be allowed to take Shukaku.
"Shukaku, listen to me, you are in great danger right now!"
"Hehe... Granny Chiyo, don't try to fool me. I'm about to break free. You're the ones in danger, hehehe..."
Chiyo persuaded Shukaku: "Shukaku, I'm not lying to you. Uchiha Madara has been resurrected, and he's after you Tailed Beasts."
"He wants to collect the Nine Tailed Beasts to resurrect the Ten-Tails and release genjutsu to rule the world."
"Nani—"
All of Shukaku's agitation subsided, and the cracks on the Bunpuku Chagama also stopped spreading.
"Uchiha Madara wants to resurrect the Ten-Tails? Granny Chiyo, you're not trying to trick me, are you?"
Shukaku and the other Tailed Beasts were created by the Sage of Six Paths, who split the Ten-Tails' Chakra and used Yin-Yang Release.
They knew their origin and were extremely terrified of rejoining into one.
Because Tailed Beasts cannot die; even if they die, they can be resurrected.
But returning to the Ten-Tails is different; their consciousness would be swallowed by the Ten-Tails, and they would completely lose themselves.
Therefore, in the original work, under the threat of Madara resurrecting the Ten-Tails, the Nine Tailed Beasts put aside their hatred for humans and fought alongside them.
Chiyo said, "Shukaku, if you don't believe me, use your chakra to sense the outside world. Uchiha Madara has already sent someone to collect you."
Upon hearing this, Shukaku released its chakra to sense the outside world.
Now that the Bunpuku Chagama had sealing cracks, Shukaku could also sense the outside world through these cracks.
Its chakra was immediately shocked by Ryou's Sharingan and chakra.
"Sharingan, and this enormous amount of chakra! Your mother, you have more chakra than me! You should be the Tailed Beast!"
Ryou was startled. Who's scanning me?
Ryou immediately stopped manipulating the chakra threads and looked at Chiyo and the Bunpuku Chagama in her hand.
"Shukaku?!"
Shukaku now fully believed Chiyo: "Old woman, I believe everything you said. Let me out, and we'll deal with this evil Uchiha together."
"Good! Ebizo, get away!"
"Sister, be careful!"
Ebizo nodded and ran backward with his old legs.
Ebizo planned to go to Sunagakure for reinforcements. Even with Shukaku and Chiyo working together, their chances of winning were not very high.
Because, according to Konoha's intelligence, Ryou possessed Wood Release, and Wood Release was the bane of Tailed Beasts.
Moreover, Ryou also had the Sharingan; Tailed Beasts were mere small fry in front of him.
Ryou saw the direction Ebizo was fleeing, and the next second, chakra threads shot out quickly, instantly controlling Ebizo.
"Granny Chiyo, quickly hand Shukaku over to me, or I'll kill Ebizo."
"…"
Chiyo looked at the controlled Ebizo and fell into a struggle. Before, she had told Rasa to prioritize the Village.
Now that this difficult choice fell upon her, Chiyo experienced the same pain as Rasa.
The departure of a loved one is not a downpour, but a lifetime of dampness.
Humans are emotional beings.
Shukaku shouted at Chiyo: "Old woman, what are you doing? This is not the time for sentimentality!"
Ebizo was only controlled by Ryou's actions, not by genjutsu. He made the choice for Chiyo.
"Sister, don't worry about me! You are the unfading Flower of Shinobi!"
Chiyo gritted her teeth and unsealed the Bunpuku Chagama.
"Come out! Incarnation of Sand—Shukaku!"
The next moment.
The ground suddenly exploded with wild sand, and a tempestuous yellow sand shot up into the sky.
"ROOOOAARRR—!"
Crimson demonic eyes slowly opened in the dust, and a gigantic tanuki body crushed its way out, with sharp earlobes, a blade-like tail tip, and its entire body covered in ferocious purple-black cursed seal patterns.
"I'm finally out! I'm finally out!"
"Hahahaha..."
Shukaku's massive body stood in the center of the sandstorm, its earth-shattering roar exploding.
Gale winds carried sand, raging wildly. The ground was forcefully overturned a layer, and sand and stones surged like a tsunami, engulfing the heavens and earth in a hazy yellow mist.
Everyone watched in shock at this yellow sand behemoth, like a sand dune. If such a monster were unleashed in the heart of Sunagakure, it could easily destroy the entire Village.
"To see the person I want to kill as soon as I come out, this is great!"
Shukaku frantically summoned sand all over the sky.
Everyone secretly thought, 'This is bad.' Shukaku was going to kill everyone.
...
Sunagakure, Konoha Embassy.
Tsume was up early practicing shuriken throwing, with Kuromaru picking up the discarded shuriken for her.
Kuromaru wondered how to ask Tsume for the Secret Technique.
Tsume couldn't possibly carry the Twin-Headed Wolf Secret Technique with her. Wouldn't that be like putting valuable items outside a safe, just waiting for others to loot?
Furthermore, Tsume had already mastered the Twin-Headed Wolf Secret Technique, so why would she need to carry it around?
Kuromaru could only get the Twin-Headed Wolf Secret Technique if Tsume wrote it down.
But that would be very suspicious.
Just as Kuromaru was troubled by its promise to Ryou, it suddenly looked sharply in the direction of Sunagakure's Shukaku Altar.
Kuromaru smelled an intense, choking, dry sandy odor, like the scent of some terrifying giant beast.
Tsume noticed Kuromaru's strange behavior and asked, somewhat confused, "What's wrong, Kuromaru!"
Kuromaru quickly lay down: "Nothing!"
Kuromaru guessed that Sunagakure had begun sealing the Tailed Beast into the Jinchuriki, meaning Ryou's operation was today.
It didn't want Tsume to take risks.
But Tsume knew Kuromaru best. Kuromaru's strange behavior immediately made Tsume suspicious.
She stepped forward and squeezed its dog head: "Kuromaru, are you hiding something from me?"
"Woof—no, I'm definitely not hiding anything from you!"
Kuromaru shook its head like a rattle-drum.
Tsume didn't believe it. She then formed a hand seal, concentrated chakra in her nose, and used the Inuzuka Clan's Secret Technique to gain Superhuman Olfaction.
"Tsume, no!"