Chapter 115

This turtle was nothing else; it was the Three-Tails!!

"What is going on! How could the Three-Tails be here!?"

Mizunuki Ryosuke was immediately shocked.

As for why the Three-Tails' size was so miniature, it was naturally because of Uchiha Madara's near-absolute control over the Tailed Beasts.

Tailed Beasts themselves could adjust their own size.

Isobu's consciousness had been completely manipulated by the Eternal Mangekyo.

It should have been a long time ago that Uchiha Madara left a contingency in the Tailed Beast's body to facilitate future control over it.

So even from a great distance, Uchiha Madara could still drive the Tailed Beast as easily as moving his own arm.

"Ryosuke, since you have already joined the Eye of the Moon Plan, you are one of us."

"I don't have anything good to give as a welcoming gift for the time being."

"This Three-Tails Isobu will be given to you as a gift."

"I believe that with your ability, you should be able to drive the power of a Tailed Beast at will."

Uchiha Madara said with a smile, his wrinkled old face looking just like a kind grandfather from next door.

"Old fox, so that's where your attention is..."

Mizunuki Ryosuke, upon hearing Uchiha Madara's words, suddenly understood something and muttered to himself in his heart.

"What do you mean by that?"

"You wouldn't want me to become the jinchuriki of the Three-Tails, would you!"

Mizunuki Ryosuke said with feigned surprise, his eyes carrying just the right amount of confusion.

"Hahahaha!!!"

"Ryosuke, you really understand me."

"Let the Three-Tails become your aid; just consider it a gift from me to you."

Uchiha Madara's words were full of dominance; someone who didn't know better might have thought the Three-Tails was a turtle he kept in his backyard, and his tone also faintly carried a hint of coercion.

Mizunuki Ryosuke narrowed his eyes slightly.

He secretly thought that this old fox Madara really couldn't trust him; this was him wanting him to provide a "pledge of allegiance."

The reason was also very simple: if Uchiha Madara wanted to be at ease with Mizunuki Ryosuke, he had to master the means to counter Mizunuki Ryosuke.

The best way was naturally genjutsu.

But unfortunately, genjutsu was ineffective against Mizunuki Ryosuke.

Uchiha Madara could only think of another way.

"Tailed Beast" was the best method.

As long as Mizunuki Ryosuke became a jinchuriki, Uchiha Madara would suddenly have the means to counter Ryosuke in his hands.

It wasn't just the Sharingan's restraint on Tailed Beasts; the most important thing was having the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path in his hands.

Madara had the ability at any time to forcibly take back the Tailed Beast inside Mizunuki Ryosuke's body.

And once one became a jinchuriki, life would be bound together with the Tailed Beast; if the Tailed Beast were extracted by the Demonic Statue, the jinchuriki would inevitably lose their life as well.

In the original work, even Naruto did not defend against this move of Madara's.

"This is probably not appropriate..."

"Mr. Madara, didn't you just say that our 'Eye of the Moon' plan requires collecting Tailed Beasts?"

"If I become a 'jinchuriki,' wouldn't I be unable to return the Three-Tails after the plan succeeds in the future?"

Mizunuki Ryosuke said with a smile, intending to do his best to decline this honor of being a "jinchuriki."

During the "tugging" just now, the way Mizunuki Ryosuke and Madara addressed each other had evolved into "Ryosuke" and "Mr. Madara."

"Rest assured, since I have a way to give the Three-Tails to you."

"Naturally, I also have a way to take it out completely."

"You just need to borrow the power of the Three-Tails."

"You keep declining; could it be that you look down on this old man's gift?"

Uchiha Madara suddenly straightened his face, and his tone also instantly turned a few degrees colder.

Mizunuki Ryosuke knew that becoming a jinchuriki seemed to be Madara's bottom line, so he stopped declining.

As for Madara's talk of "taking it whenever you want," Mizunuki Ryosuke did not believe his nonsense at all.

"Haha, then many thanks, Mr. Madara."

"I will accept it respectfully."

Mizunuki Ryosuke chuckled twice, then nodded and agreed.

"Old thing, you really think you've got me?"

"A mere Three-Tails; once it enters my body, it will only have to obey me obediently. When the time comes, it won't necessarily listen to whose voice!"

And in Mizunuki Ryosuke's heart, he was having a completely different set of thoughts at this moment.

"This is truly for the best."

A look of satisfaction also flashed in Madara's eyes.

The two people's gazes met in the air, each seeing the kindness the other was feigning.

It seemed as if the two were truly like-minded friends gathered together for the same goal.

In reality, the peace between the two sides was only built on the foundation that each side had no way to deal with the other.