In Otogakure, in an underground room dug into the earth, Jugo and Orochimaru were looking at the two bodies in the center of a huge sealing array engraved with red ink on the floor.

  There were two inkless spaces, one containing Utakata's unconscious body, the other showing Kimimaro with indifferent eyes, lying there motionless.

  Both of their chests were bare.

  The ink used was made with Jugo's own blood, there was no other way, finding materials with spirituality in this world was very difficult.

  Orochimaru looked at the seals with evident curiosity, but he didn't interrupt. He had worked with Jugo to create this sealing matrix, but there were many parts he didn't understand, including the writing used, which wasn't Kanji, but a language unlike anything Orochimaru had ever seen.

  Jugo used ancient Hermes.

  The runes seemed to intertwine in the form of chains everywhere, from a distance, it looked like an undulating spiderweb.

  Jugo sighed and began the ritual.

  The next moment, Jugo began to float toward the center of the ritual, clearly strengthening his Wraith ability through the powers of the Puppet.

  Flying was never a problem for Jugo, being able to create wing-shaped appendages or something like that, then he transformed into a Wraith and didn't need to worry even less, now he doesn't even need to transform into a Wraith to achieve that effect.

  Over Utakata's body, Jugo brought his fingers together, concentrating chakra. In the next moment, ten black chains emerged from Jugo's back before piercing Utakata's abdomen, but there was no blood, the chains entered directly into the man's seal.

  Utakata's body began to convulse, but he didn't wake up, Jugo had already placed him under a powerful sleeping curse.

  Jugo's chains moved erratically, as if searching for something. The next moment, a heavy chakra began to emanate from Utakata, but Jugo wasn't worried. The seals around Utakata lit up in a bright red light, Saiken's chakra couldn't escape at all.

  The next moment, the chains seemed to lock onto something, before stretching forcefully and beginning to pull something heavy.

  Utakata contracts even further.

  Slowly, the currents began to drag a figure out.

  Saiken's body did not grow, but was completely entangled by Jugo's chains, retaining a miniature form of itself.

  The six-tailed white slug let out a roar of rage and pain, but it was no use.

  Kimimaro never moved his eyes, only staring upwards with disinterest.

  Orochimaru stared intently, having witnessed the sealing of a Biju for the first time.

  Jugo didn't stop, but floated towards Kimimaro and the currents slowly lowered to his abdomen.

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  Kimimaro finally glanced at the white slug that was roaring and writhing weakly, then looked away, thinking that he could be more useful to Jugo-sama now.

  As soon as it touched Kimimaro's skin, the surrounding seals lit up even more, like chains they began to rush towards Kimimaro's body, filling his body with runes that looked like chains, all the seals were pulled onto Kimimaro's body, leaving him completely covered.

  But it wasn't over, the chains emerged from Kimimaro's body and began to wrap around Saiken, slowly replacing Jugo's chains.

  Jugo quickly released all of his chains, while the chains attached to Kimimaro slowly pulled Saiken inside.

  Saiken roared, trying to fight and escape, but it was no use.

  The next moment, she was pulled completely inside.

  Jugo approached and began to seal quickly, before slapping his hand against Kimimaro's abdomen.

  At that moment, he released some of the Tenebrous World's energy, without the ritual, he wouldn't have been able to release that energy, but with its help, a fragment of energy entered the seal.

  The seals on Kimimaro's stomach spun rapidly, glowing a deep purple, tentatively stopping in the form of a slightly undulating, concentric spiral of currents.

  On Kimimaro's chest, the chained goat skull shape was swallowed by the seal, quickly disappearing.

  The effect of the seal was that Kimimaro would have very strong control over it, not only that, but now when he used the power of the curse, he would extract energy from Saiken through the seal.

  Basically, Saiken became an energy generator for Kimimaro's cursed mode, even without Saiken's permission. Kimimaro could now use its power, the seal slowly became invisible as Kimimaro recovered from the pain. He hadn't uttered a single groan, nor had his body trembled.

  The man's willpower was immense, he could control his body with it alone, even when he was gravely ill. Jugo had to admire him.

  -How are you feeling?- Jugo asked curiously.

  -Strong...- Kimimaro said after a moment, straightening his torso and feeling the power coursing through his body.

  -Use the power of the curse.- Jugo said.

  The next moment, the red currents on Kimimaro's stomach lit up and spread out.

  Kimimaro's body quickly grew a few centimeters, his skin became even paler, completely white, not only that, but it gained a slippery appearance, purple marks formed around his eyes while his pupils narrowed into slits with yellow irises and black sclera.

  But the biggest change was on his back, six viscous tails had grown, Saiken's tails. Kimimaro looked at the body and moved the tails on his back with some interest.

  Even the changes in his eyes were caused by Jugo using an updated version with his current cells for the new curse mark.

  -How's the power going?- Jugo asked, interested.

  -Much stronger than before.- Kimimaro said, then, in the next moment, he released his chakra, the immense pressure even made Orochimaru unconsciously lick his lips.

  -Incredible!- Orochimaru looked at Kimimaro with extreme interest. -Mixing the curse mark seal with the Jinchuriki seal, treating the latter as a battery for the former, how come I never thought of that before?

  Jugo rolled his eyes at Orochimaru. It wasn't impossible to achieve that effect with just hand seals, but it would be much more complicated. Jugo used Tenebrous World to strengthen the bind aspect, if it weren't for that, the two wouldn't be able to maintain it.

  -I've left control over the seal entirely to you.- Jugo told Kimimaro. -You can open the seal at any time, but the Six-Tails is connected to you, so even if you open it completely, it can't truly escape your body unless the seal is completely destroyed.

  Kimimaro nodded, Jugo had already made his mission clear: to become a perfect Jinchuriki. Kimimaro was already thinking about how to approach the Six-Tails.

  Jugo, on the other hand, after giving Kimimaro a few more warnings, turned to Utakata's lifeless body.

  Currently, his vitality hung by a thread, his skin was pale, he could clearly be pronounced dead by any doctor, but there was still that thread of connection, something that would be difficult for most to feel, but for him, feeling the connection between soul and body was very easy.

  Jugo sighed, the Kisho Tensei could strengthen that small trace of connection, but since that connection was completely broken, not even he could help.

  Sure, Jugo could pull the soul from the pure land to bring him back in the future, but he doesn't want to go to that much trouble.

  Then, a red-haired man with a thin face entered shortly after, he was one of the werewolves who was learning the Kisho Tensei.

  He was very successful at it, so he knelt down beside Utakata and began to work.