Yumura desperately tried to break free from the chains, but they wouldn't budge.
"What a joke! I am the Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails from Cloud Village, Yugito Nii! How could I possibly be captured so easily!"
Hearing this, Li Xing immediately chuckled, "Cloud Village? Hah! Cloud Village wouldn't care about your life or death. What they care about is the Tailed Beast within you. Every village regards Tailed Beasts as strategic weapons, and you are no exception. Even if you received gentle treatment from the villagers, it was only because you could perfectly control the Tailed Beast's power."
"Unlike other Jinchuriki, you don't go berserk, so you don't harm the villagers. It's precisely because of this that you've obtained what other Jinchuriki dream of."
"As for Killer Bee of the Eight-Tails, he is the Raikage's brother. If I captured Killer Bee, the Raikage would immediately convene a Kage Summit, or even initiate a ninja war. But if I capture you, the Raikage will only send people to retrieve the Two-Tails, not Yugito Nii."
"You think too highly of yourself. To them, you are just a weapon, a weapon with emotions."
Yugito didn't want to listen to Li Xing's sweet talk and continued to struggle against the chains.
Seeing that Yugito was not listening, Li Xing had to change his approach.
"Miss Yugito, how about we make a bet? If the people of Cloud Village are willing to convene a Kage Summit or start a ninja war for you, I will let you return to Cloud Village. If the people of Cloud Village only send people to search for you, then you will follow me from now on. I am very fond of my own people."
Yugito's heart wavered upon hearing Li Xing's bet. Would the Raikage truly go to such lengths for her?
Seeing a hint of hesitation in Yugito, Li Xing knew he had swayed her. He immediately reached out and touched her abdomen. Just like with Fū, Li Xing forcibly extracted the Two-Tails, Matatabi.
At the same time, Li Xing infused Yugito with chakra equivalent to that of Matatabi, preventing her from dying.
"Mission complete, Two-Tails captured!"
"Miss Yugito, I have captured the Tailed Beast. You are no longer a Jinchuriki. How is it? No pain at all, right? I told you I would be gentle."
Yugito was filled with disbelief. Someone could forcibly strip a Tailed Beast from a Jinchuriki's body without using any ninjutsu, and the Jinchuriki didn't die.
"Who exactly are you? What is going on?"
After finishing, Li Xing immediately unbound Yugito, then walked behind her, grabbed her hair, and carefully tied it for her.
"Didn't you see? That's what happened. Now I can declare you as mine in advance. I will definitely win this bet."
Why was Li Xing so confident? Of course, it was because he knew the story. In the original work, the Raikage didn't react much to Yugito's disappearance, but when Killer Bee was captured, the Raikage immediately convened a Kage Summit.
Being teased by a child like this, Yugito's anger surged. She pulled out a kunai and lunged at Li Xing.
"What a joke! When did I agree to your bet!"
The kunai stopped just before piercing Li Xing's eye. Yugito hesitated. This child in front of her was her savior. She couldn't bring herself to kill Li Xing.
After finishing tying Yugito's hair, Li Xing gently took the kunai away. "So why didn't you kill me? Why did you hesitate when we were making the bet? Even if it doesn't count before, it counts now that you've agreed to this bet."
Then, Li Xing carried Yugito to a different spot, conjured another bed, and placed her on it.
It was clear that Yugito was trembling, her eyes filled with panic. "What are you doing? Let me go! Even if I agreed to your bet, you haven't won yet."
Li Xing smiled. As expected, people compromise. When faced with a worse situation, they would choose to do what they were unwilling to do before.
However, Li Xing had no such intentions. His wife was still sleeping beside him; how could he do something so shameless?
"What are you thinking? I'm going to complete my next job. You need to rest too. You are still very weak."
After that, Li Xing also set up a barrier for Yugito to prevent her from escaping and to allow her to sleep peacefully.
He extended his left hand and injected chakra into the ring shaped like the character "玉" (yu, jade), which he inherited from Sasori.
Not long after, a projection of the Preta Path, Pain, appeared before Li Xing.
"The Two-Tails has been captured. We can proceed with the sealing."
The Preta Path was somewhat incredulous. Didn't this guy Li Xing always slack off during missions? How did he finish this one so quickly?
But then he looked to the side and saw the Two-Tails lying on the ground, near death. The Preta Path couldn't help but believe that Li Xing hadn't slacked off this time.
"Very good. I thought you would rest for a while before capturing the Two-Tails. But you actually extracted the Two-Tails from the Jinchuriki's body. How did you manage to do that?"
Li Xing waved his hand. "How I did it is not important. We can start gathering the other members now. We need to seal the Tailed Beast. After this is over, I'm going to take a good vacation."
Seeing that Li Xing refused to say, the Preta Path couldn't be bothered to think about it. As long as the Tailed Beast was sealed, that was all that mattered. He quickly formed hand seals and summoned the Gedo Statue from the ground.
Then, Konan's projection appeared beside the Preta Path, followed by the members of Akatsuki, one by one. Of course, none of them were their real bodies; they all used the Phantom Dragon Nine Seals jutsu.
"Li Xing, you captured the Two-Tails so quickly? As expected of someone who shares my appreciation for art, hmm!" Deidara and Tobi appeared first. They had already heard that Li Xing's team had captured the Two-Tails.
Next came Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki. Itachi Uchiha merely glanced at Li Xing and said nothing.
Kisame, on the other hand, had a wide smile. "Oh my, the newcomer has already captured a Tailed Beast. When will it be our turn? Mr. Itachi."
The last to arrive were Kakuzu and Hidan. The moment they saw Li Xing again, their eyes immediately flared with anger. If it weren't for Li Xing, they would have been the first to capture a Tailed Beast.
"Kakuzu, it's all your fault! You're always going after those minor characters instead of finding a Jinchuriki! Look, that bastard has already captured one, and what about you? You're useless except for money," Hidan began to complain to Kakuzu again. All of this was because Kakuzu had wasted too much time chasing money.
"What do you know? The only thing that can be trusted is money. Watch it, or I'll kill you!"
"Alright, enough reminiscing. Let's begin sealing the Tailed Beast now." The Preta Path interrupted their conversation and stood at the thumb of the Gedo Statue's right hand.
Then, everyone else took their positions. Li Xing replaced Sasori's position, standing at the thumb of the left hand. Tobi below was responsible for guarding the surroundings, taking over Li Xing and Karin's previous roles.
"Sealing Technique: Phantom Dragon Nine Seals!"
Everyone formed hand seals simultaneously. The Gedo Statue's mouth spewed out nine chakra dragons. All nine dragons entered the body of Matatabi, the Two-Tails, and began to slowly absorb its chakra.
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