The Mangekyo Sharingan, which surpasses the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

Faced with the combined suppression of these two powers, even a Tailed Beast can only end up defeated in bitter regret.

Sensing the unyielding will from the massive beetle's body, the red-haired woman Uzumaki Fumiko wrapped its body with golden chains over and over before finally letting out a quiet sigh of relief.

"You're being way too cautious, Captain Fumiko. With my Sharingan here, the Seven-Tails can't stir up much trouble at all."

Obito walked over to Fumiko, raising his head to stare up at the enormous body of the Seven-Tails beetle.

The size is really over the top. From a distance it looked smaller, but seeing it up close, the Tailed Beast feels even more gigantic.

"We're dealing with a Tailed Beast, so it's better to play it safe. Besides, your Mangekyo Sharingan can't be sustained for too long, or it will do damage to your eyes and body."

Fumiko shook her head. Using both the Vajra Seal and Sharingan to suppress the Seven-Tails was just an extra layer of precaution.

"I'm already really strong."

Obito protested slightly.

"But every time you can only keep it up for a few minutes, then you flop."

"..."

Even though Obito knew Fumiko was talking about his Mangekyo Sharingan, why did it still sound kind of off to him?

Could there be some other insinuation?

"Also, you don't want anything to happen to Lin, do you?"

Fumiko brought out her trump card.

According to Hakushi, as long as she used Lin as a secret weapon, she could get full control over Obito.

Though his eyes were exceptionally gifted, his mind was surprisingly simple and straightforward.

He was the kind of ninja who'd keep making the same mistakes over and over again—never learning, always repeating.

It just didn't fit the usual Uchiha vibe at all.

Among the Uchiha members Fumiko knew, Uchiha men tended to be deep thinkers, and all had serious, handsome faces.

This made Fumiko often subconsciously overlook the fact that Obito was an Uchiha, which frustrated her quite a bit.

Sure enough, after she mentioned Lin, Obito had no rebuttal.

"By the way, is Lin okay in there?"

Obito remembered something and looked at the Seven-Tails with a bit of concern—or rather, at the girl inside who always made his heart race.

"She's fine. When her life is in danger, Lin will cut off her connection with the Seven-Tails. Our job is just to suppress the Tailed Beast Chakra that leaks out… But lately, the battles seem to be getting fiercer. Looks like the perfect Jinchuriki training has reached a critical moment."

These words were just to reassure Obito.

Fumiko wasn't a Jinchuriki herself, so she had no idea what level of danger Jinchuriki faced during perfect Jinchuriki training.

She figured, no matter what, it likely wouldn't be easy.

Otherwise, there wouldn't only be a handful of Jinchuriki in the Ninja Realm able to become perfect Jinchuriki even now.

"This kind of dangerous training should be finished as soon as possible."

Obito pulled out a bottle of eye drops from his pocket and used it on his right eye.

As he was dropping the eye medicine, the Seven-Tails over there started to change.

The giant beetle, locked down by golden Chakra chains, suddenly released a dark red stream of Chakra, spreading chaotically into the air.

The beetle's body started shrinking dramatically, turning from its physical form into a solid mass of dark red Chakra—the seven dark red tails swaying behind it.

Next, the body continued to shrink, the seven dark red tails disappeared behind it, finally shrinking to the size of a normal human.

It was clear that after the Seven-Tails' huge body shrank, it revealed the figure of a girl with short, shoulder-length brown hair—this girl was Lin.

She looked completely unconscious, collapsed on the ground and sleeping from exhaustion.

"Lin!"

Obito anxiously rushed over to check Lin's condition.

Fumiko shook her head and said, "Obito, I'll leave it to you to take Lin to the infirmary. I need to report the situation here to Lord Hakushi."

With that, she formed a hand seal, and the pale blue barrier surrounding the massive altar faded in color, then dissolved into the air and vanished.

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"Lord Hakushi." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Outside the door, Fumiko's voice could be heard.

"Come in."

Receiving the order, Fumiko walked in and found that, besides Hakushi, there was another person in the office.

A middle-aged man who was ordinary in every sense—but strangely, this man gave Fumiko a chilling sense of danger.

This kind of person likely lived in the 'darkness'—a ninja of the shadows.

"I already know the general situation. Keep things as they are."

Hakushi glanced at Fumiko as she walked in, then shifted his focus back to the man at his desk.

"Yes."

"I'll need you to keep an eye on Akakage as well; his skills are impressive, but he still lacks experience. I'm counting on you, Ox."

"Yes."

He seemed only to respond like that, and 'Ox' was clearly a codename, not the man's real name.

After receiving the clear order, the man silently nodded and walked out the door.

Only after he left the office did Fumiko withdraw her gaze.

The Land of Bear, huh? Fumiko's heart stirred.

The Land of Demons' military had long coveted the territory of the Land of Bear; they had been scheming for it for years.

This man was probably the intelligence operative in charge of affairs relating to the Land of Bear.

But since their assignments were different, Fumiko had no idea how far the plans for the Land of Bear had progressed.