Chapter 115: Steve
"Your Excellency... Did you seal Shukaku within that sword?"
"Yes, I did. What's your question?" Fang Mo replied, his face stern.
"How did you manage to do that?" Minato asked, astonished. "I know a bit about sealing jutsu, and while there have been precedents of sealing tailed beasts within objects, I've never heard of using a tailed beast's chakra through an object..."
"Is it impossible to extract a tailed beast's chakra without a Jinchuriki? Are Jinchuriki really that inconvenient?" Fang Mo glanced calmly at Minato and said, "Ultimately, it's because your bunch of brats has such low purity, like tiny specks of dust, not even a fraction of the power of Hashirama."
"Uh..." Minato was taken aback by Fang Mo's words but continued, "So, you plan to reclaim all nine tailed beasts using this method?"
"First, I will reclaim eight of them," Fang Mo replied calmly. "The Nine-Tails is still in Konoha, right? It can stay there for now. The immediate task is to reclaim the tailed beasts from the other hidden villages. Only then can we make them behave a bit."
"Is that so?" Minato breathed a sigh of relief.
"You, young one, what's your name?" Fang Mo asked, seeing Minato relaxing a bit.
"Minato," Minato replied.
"Oh?" Fang Mo raised an eyebrow. "No noble bloodline, yet you mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique of Tobirama? Not bad. It seems Konoha today is not entirely without merit."
After saying that, Fang Mo suddenly threw the Sword of Shukaku towards Minato.
"!?" Minato was startled but instinctively caught the large sword flying towards him.
"This... " Minato stared at Fang Mo in a daze.
He felt like something deep within his heart was slightly moved. It was an indescribable emotion, as if his reason and ideals were clashing in his mind, leaving him torn. Minato truly wanted the world to become peaceful and prosperous, but the education and experiences he had received made it difficult for him to possess the same determination and courage as Fang Mo.
In simpler terms, Minato's reason told him that the five great shinobi villages and nations must remain, rules must not be broken, and Fang Mo's ideals were too insane and had to be stopped.
But at the same time, his own ideals, like a seed, had already deeply rooted itself in his heart. After listening to Fang Mo's words, it began to rapidly grow, telling Minato that this was a path full of light, a truly new path.
"But that will surely cause many sacrifices, right?" Minato hesitated.
"Sacrifices are inevitable," Fang Mo replied, looking at Minato. He calmly asked, "Ask yourself, if you don't do it this way, will innocent sacrifices decrease in this world?"
"But..." Minato seemed to want to say something, but before he could speak, Fang Mo suddenly placed a hand on his shoulder.
"It is precisely because we don't want them to sacrifice in vain that we must bring about change," Fang Mo said as he looked at Minato. "Young one, this world has souls, and they all wait for us in the afterlife. Do you want to tell them after your death that nothing has changed in this world? Or do you want to return to the afterlife with glory, proudly responding to the expectations of those children? Tell them that you spent your life changing this world, so there will be no more pain and conflict in the world?"
"The five great nations, the five great shinobi villages, and even my own clan and descendants... They are all so shallow."
With one hand on Minato's shoulder, Fang Mo looked up at the sky.
"People fight for power on this vast land, they antagonize each other for the smallest benefits, and they kill each other. Hmph... This world is full of prisoners, looking out through the window of destiny, all looking down on the earth."
"Only I look up at the stars."
