Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

The entire ninja world has made a huge mistake for many years. They treat the tailed beasts as wild beasts or weapons. They choose to capture and seal them as their own strategic weapons.

But in Qingye's opinion, this approach is too simple and crude, and it puts the cart before the horse.

Perhaps the first Hokage was too strong. In his hands, the tailed beasts were just pets. He just distributed them at will. But this fool had not considered one problem.

His descendants did not inherit his power. As time went on, the power of the ninja world declined more and more.

Later ninjas did not have the strength to treat the tailed beasts as pets. They longed for the power of the tailed beasts, but at the same time they were afraid of the power of the tailed beasts.

Therefore, the process of getting along with the tailed beasts became extremely awkward, especially in Sand Village and Konoha.

On the one hand, he wanted to use the tailed beasts as a strategic force. On the other hand, he tortured the Jinchūriki to death. The whole operation made Aoba speechless.

But this is not the most important thing. In Aoba's opinion, there is another value of the tailed beasts that has not been discovered, that is, intelligence.

You know, the tailed beasts were created by the Six Paths Sage. They are one of the few creatures in the world that have come into contact with the Six Paths Sage. Many of these guys' insignificant memories may be the secrets that have been lost in the ninja world.

Unfortunately, few people in the entire ninja world noticed this. Even Uchiha Madara only treated the tailed beasts as pets or weapons.

"Let it come out. I want to talk to him directly."

Aoba's words made Gaara silent again. Aoba knew that he was communicating with Shukaku. He did not urge him, but just waited quietly.

After about five minutes, a ball of sand appeared on Gaara's shoulder. Then the sand slowly deformed and turned into a mini version of Shukaku.

"What do you want to ask?" Shukaku asked.

Aoba first looked at Shukaku with a strange look, which made him feel uncomfortable. Then he spoke.

"Tell me first, Six Paths Sage, what memories do you have of him."

Shukaku showed an expression that said, "As expected." Then he spoke.

"It's been so long that I don't have a deep impression of him anymore. I didn't follow him for long, only a few years."

"Have you ever seen him fight?"

"Fight, no, there is no fight. At that time, no one in the world could pose a threat to him, so there would be no fight."

"Really? Then do you remember how he created you?"

Shukaku showed an expression that said, "As expected."

"You are the first human to pursue this question in all these years."

"This is not my problem, actually. To the current ninja world, the Six Paths Sage has become a semi-illusory legend. No one would pursue such an illusory thing."

"But you are different. I can see the fire in your eyes. Young man, you are formidable. But I also want to warn you that what you are chasing is much more dangerous than you think."

"So where does the danger come from? You, the Sage of Six Paths, the Ten-Tails, or the one on the moon?"

Under Gaara's surprised gaze, Shukaku's body exploded. It was as if his emotions were too strong and the temporary body made of chakra exploded.

"You...how do you know these things? In today's ninja world, no one should know."

In fact, what really surprised Shukaku was that what Aoba said was more than what it knew.

It knew about the Six Paths Sage and the Ten Tails. After all, one created it and the other was its predecessor. But it didn't understand the one on the moon.

Just as it said, it had not been with the Sage of Six Paths for long. It did not know much, perhaps that fellow Kurama knew more. It was just that its relationship with Kurama was average, and it even had some backlash.

"Why do you know the Ten-Tails? There should be no record of the Ten-Tails in the Ninja World." Shukaku asked again.

"I know more than you think. Like, I also know. Someone is secretly reviving the Ten-Tails."

"!!!" Shukaku was really shocked this time. Because in order to completely revive the Ten-Tails, he needed to gather the nine tailed beasts again. Or more directly, he could completely kill the nine tailed beasts and let the Ten-Tails' chakra gather again.

In other words, the resurrection of the Ten-Tails means the death of the nine tailed beasts.

"This is impossible." Shukaku was unwilling to believe the news.

"Nothing is impossible. I can say for sure that this is the truth."

Shukaku was silent. Gaara beside him was even more confused, not understanding what the two guys were talking about.

After a long moment, Shukaku spoke again.

"Assuming what you said is true. If you want to revive the Ten-Tails, you need to make an enemy of the entire ninja world. But in fact, let alone fighting against the five major ninja villages. I feel that there is no one in the entire ninja world who can defeat you right now?"

"No, I can tell you clearly. In the current ninja world, there are at least two people I cannot truly defeat. One of them has absolute power that can suppress me head-on."

"Impossible. You used natural energy to defeat me that day. I don't understand this kind of power, but I heard the stinky fox mention it. Your Sage Mode is almost perfect. How could anyone be able to defeat you?"

"That person has the Rinnegan."

Aoba's words silenced Shukaku. Of course, it knew what the Samsara Eye was. It was the eyes of the Sage of the Six Paths.

After a long silence, Shukaku finally spoke with difficulty.

"With the current level of combat power in the ninja world, it is impossible to give birth to the Rinnegan."

What Shukaku said was actually quite correct. The current ninja world, compared to the era of Hashirama and Madara, has indeed regressed a lot.

And it is indeed true. The Samsara Eye was not created in this era, it was Uchiha Madara from the previous era who did it.

Aoba did not reveal everything, but used some fragmentary clues to let Shukaku fill in the blanks himself.

Of course, he couldn't throw out all this high-value information at once. Whether it was Shukaku or Gaara, they were both targets he was planning to recruit. But the value of both of them was not enough for him to reveal everything.

"The fact is, the Samsara Eye has indeed appeared. And more than one person in the ninja world has already known this news."

"Okay, let's say I believe everything you said. What about you? What role do you play in this?"

Shukaku asked in an inexplicable tone.

And Qingye's reply was also a bit strange.

"Haven't you guessed what I want? To me, this is a... competition."