Chapter 299: Found Out Before Even Getting In?

Wind Country, Sunagakure.

"Wind Shadow Lord, something terrible has happened!" a Sunagakure ninja rushed into the office with a hurried expression, not even having time to knock on the door.

"What happened?" Second Generation Wind Shadow Shaman frowned and asked.

Normally, the guards wouldn't be so panicked unless a relatively serious incident occurred.

"Wind Shadow Lord, the seal is loosening, the jinchuriki is about to go berserk!"

"What?!" Sha Men sprang up from his chair; he hadn't expected the village's jinchuriki to go berserk again.

Not every Ninja Village can, like Konoha, possess a powerful Sealing Technique that uses the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique to perfectly suppress the Tailed Beast within. Other villages' Sealing Techniques are very crude, only barely able to seal the Tailed Beast inside the jinchuriki.

Because the Sealing Technique is immature, the jinchuriki faces a constant risk of going berserk.

The previous jinchuriki of Sunagakure died after Shou He broke free of the seal. The Tailed Beast's power was immense; they had to exert tremendous effort to reseal Shou He inside the new jinchuriki.

But not long after, the Sealing Technique began to loosen again.

"Damn it!" Sha Men clenched his fist in frustration, "If only we had the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique!"

The Uzumaki Clan is renowned throughout the Ninja World for its powerful Sealing Ninjutsu; as long as they obtain the Sealing Technique, they can suppress the Tailed Beast.

Unfortunately, Whirlpool Country, an ally of Konoha, cannot be declared war upon by Sunagakure in the short term.

"Quickly take the jinchuriki out of the village!" Sha Men hurriedly issued the order.

If the jinchuriki leaves the village, even if the Tailed Beast truly breaks the seal, it won't harm the village.

Sunagakure is already very poor; further destruction by the Tailed Beast would be the last straw.

"Understood!" a Sunagakure ninja immediately left the office and headed to the cell where the jinchuriki was held.

Sha Men, seeing this, hurriedly followed.

Sunagakure's upper echelons, fearing the jinchuriki's berserk, restricted his personal freedom; from the moment he became a jinchuriki, he was locked away in a solitary prison.

A jinchuriki who could go berserk at any moment is extremely dangerous; he must never appear on the village's streets.

No one knows when the Tailed Beast will break the seal...

In the dim, damp cell, the only light source was a flickering oil lamp on the wall.

The bald monk sat cross-legged on a straw mat, hands clasped, continuously reciting sutras. His monk's robe had long been soaked with sweat.

"Namo Amitabha..."

With each recitation, the monk's pallid face grew uglier. His body trembled uncontrollably, and black runes on his exposed arms writhed like living things—signs that the Sealing Technique was beginning to loosen.

Clearly, Shou He inside him was trying to break free of the seal.

"Damned bald donkey!" Shou He's hoarse, raging voice exploded in the monk's mind, "Stop chanting that cursed sutra; when I get out, I'll kill you all!"

Within the Sealed Space, undetectable to ordinary people, a gigantic raccoon‑dog‑like monster was rampaging. Its entire body was made of sand and gravel, its surface covered with violet sigil patterns, roaring loudly in the Sealed Space.

The monk sat opposite it, separated from Shou He by only a door. He gave no response to Shou He's roar, continuing to mutter the sutra.

"When I regain freedom, the first thing I'll do is grind you vile humans into mush!" Shou He opened his blood‑filled maw, violent chakra streaming continuously out of the cell.

Inside the cell, the monk's body trembled more violently, and Beast Tail Chakra began to emanate from his surface.

"Senior brother, hold on, Wind Shadow Lord will be here soon!" a young monk anxiously stood at the doorway, comforting the monk inside.

At that moment, a rapid footfall sounded.

Second Generation Wind Shadow Shaman arrived with several elite Sunagakure ninjas, some of whom specialized in Sealing Ninjutsu.

If the Tailed Beast broke the seal, they could reseal it.

"Wind Shadow Lord, please save my senior brother!" the young monk pleaded.

"Take him out of the village." Sha Men ignored the speaker and immediately gave the order.

"Wind Shadow Lord, this is too dangerous!" a Jonin cautioned, "If the seal completely collapses during the transfer..."

"The Tailed Beast must never appear in the village!" Sha Men cut him off, his sharp gaze sweeping over the Beast Tail Chakra seeping through the cell cracks, "Proceed according to plan, quickly!"

"Understood!"

Two ninjas skilled in Sealing Technique immediately stepped forward, quickly drawing complex sigils on the monk's body that could temporarily suppress the Tailed Beast within.

Their movements were deft and swift, but beads of sweat constantly rolling off their foreheads revealed their inner tension.

If the Tailed Beast broke free now, the two of them would be doomed.

The monk's skin began to sandify, creating strange uneven bumps on his surface. His eyes had fully turned into beast pupils, yet he still mechanically recited the sutra.

"Quick!" the two lifted the monk; the others immediately moved forward to help, and the group marched out of the cell in a grand procession.

The young monk, seeing this, hurriedly followed.

When they reached the street, the civilians, terrified, scattered in all directions.

"Wind Shadow Lord has brought that monster out!" a woman screamed, grabbing her child and running.

"Hide quickly, the Tailed Beast is about to emerge!"

The monk heard the shouts; anger and pain flashed in his beast‑transformed eyes. He struggled to say something, but only expelled a huge mouthful of sand.

The Sunagakure ninja tried to stop and check the monk's condition, but Sha Men stopped them.

"Ignore it, keep moving forward."

"Monk, see? They don't care about your life at all!" Shou He's voice echoed in his mind, "Stop resisting, and when I get out I'll help you kill all these ants!"

The squad rushed through the panicked streets, heading toward the canyon on the village's west side.

The monk was being carried by the two, his feet already off the ground, yet he kept convulsing. His body was turning to sand, and when the wind blew...

Within the Sealed Space, Shou He sensed the long‑missed breath of freedom.

"Hahaha, foolish humans!" Shou He laughed arrogantly, "When I get out, the first thing I'll do is flatten your village!"

An unprecedented surge of chakra erupted from the monk's body, blasting several nearby ninjas away.

"No—!"

Sha Men's shout was drowned out by the deafening roar. The monk's body cracked like a shattered ceramic jar, endless yellow sand gushed from the fissures, coalescing into a massive form.

First the sharp claws, then the tail, and finally that ferocious skull.

Sha Men's most feared thing still happened—

Shou He broke the seal and appeared in Sand Hidden Village!

In the desert not far from Sand Hidden Village, a person and a cat were hurrying along.

"Wait, is that Shou He?"

Lian Ye suddenly halted, staring blankly at the huge raccoon cat that had just appeared in the village, a flash of shock passing through his eyes.

"No way, I was discovered before even entering?!"

Although I had killed many Sand Ninja on the Battlefield before, Sand Hidden Village wouldn't resort to using a Tailed Beast!

How the hell am I supposed to play this?!