"Huh?"
"!?!!"
The Nine-Tailed Fox suddenly felt the air grow eerily cold.
Before it could even open its eyes, something landed on its head.
Before it could swat it away, the beast was already under attack!
A terrifying, blood-red chakra erupted from its body, forming a barrier that blocked the incoming tentacle assault from the monstrous entity before it.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The tentacles slammed into the chakra shield, but they couldn't pierce through, not even slightly.
"What's going on?! Why am I here?"
The Nine-Tails, still dazed, looked ahead and saw the grotesque abomination standing before it.
The sheer malice radiating from this thing far exceeded anything the fox had encountered, even during its long imprisonment.
"Kurama, do you like my surprise?"
A familiar voice echoed from above. The beast snapped its head up, only to find Uchiha Shin and Miroku standing atop its massive frame.
"It's you!"
Recognizing Shin as its summoner, the fox's mind raced. It was obvious now—it had been forcibly summoned. There was no other way it would've just appeared here out of nowhere.
Its expression immediately soured.
The last time it encountered Shin, the Uchiha had cleaved it in half with a single strike. That memory alone was enough to sap the will to fight from the beast.
"Okay, Kurama, don't look so miserable. I just need your cooperation this time, and I'll even throw in a roasted chicken leg for you."
"I AM NOT A PET!!!"
The Nine-Tails roared in defiance, but its eyes quickly darted back to the monstrous foe ahead.
Fine. Maybe it couldn't beat Shin, but that didn't mean it couldn't obliterate this thing.
The beast was brimming with pent-up rage, and now, it had found a worthy target.
Shin smirked at the fox's barely-contained fury.
"Good. Keep that energy. Now… let's begin."
"Susanoo!"
"Sage Mode: Activated!"
Golden armor enveloped the Nine-Tails, transforming into a Susanoo exoskeleton, enhancing its power exponentially. At the same time, Shin and Miroku donned flowing golden cloaks, their chakra flaring wildly.
The moment the armor encased it, the Nine-Tails felt a surge of unimaginable power coursing through its body.
It had been used as a mere tool before, by Madara, but this was different.
Though still reluctant, something about this was… thrilling.
"Yoooo!!!"
With a roar that shook the battlefield, the armored Nine-Tails grabbed the colossal Susanoo Blade with both hands and stood up, towering over the battlefield at an imposing 200 meters.
Without hesitation, it swung.
The golden blade, engulfed in black flames, tore through the air, slicing toward the nightmarish creature before it with sheer destructive force!
Despite having grown over time, the monster barely reached half the height of the towering beast. Now, faced with the full might of the Nine-Tails, it could only let out a guttural, fear-stricken roar.
It wasn't a shinobi. Like Miroku, it relied on instinct rather than skill.
Desperately, the creature manipulated its eerie, black-purple chakra into countless writhing tentacles, launching them at the mighty fox.
Sching!!!
The golden blade cleaved through the grotesque appendages, effortlessly tearing them apart. The ground, previously covered in an ocean of monstrous limbs, was suddenly wiped clean!
The energy from the strike carried through the battlefield, splitting the terrain apart and carving through a distant mountain range.
BOOOOM!!!
As the land quaked from the destruction, the Nine-Tails opened its jaws, revealing an ominous, swirling sphere of energy.
"Tailed Beast Bomb… Susanoo !"
In an instant, the Susanoo blade fused into the condensed energy, amplifying its power to new heights.
With a violent release, the attack fired—a golden beam of annihilation obliterating everything in its path!
"IMPOSSIBLE!!!"
The monstrous entity screeched in agony as the devastating blast tore through its form, erasing it from existence.
Even though it was a being of pure Yin Release, an intangible entity by nature, it couldn't escape this fate.
To make matters worse, under Shin's command, it was cut off from its life force, preventing it from regenerating.
"Adamantine Chains!"
With a mere thought, Shin relayed his will to the Nine-Tails, which immediately understood.
The Susanoo blade in its left hand morphed into golden chains, shooting forward at breakneck speed.
"W-What are you doing!?"
The monstrous being howled in sheer terror as the chains wrapped around it, binding it completely.
The creature thrashed, its mind racing in confusion. This shouldn't be happening. No ninjutsu, no sealing technique had ever worked on it before. So why…?
It had always considered Miroku the real threat, not Shin.
Frantic, it looked toward Miroku, expecting to see her performing some sort of jutsu.
But she wasn't.
She simply stood beside Shin, gazing at him with something akin to reverence.
"Wangliang, you ignorant fool. This is where your road ends… now die."
With those final words, Shin seized full control of the Nine-Tails' body and yanked the monstrous entity toward him.
For a moment, the fox considered resisting, but ultimately, it surrendered control.
Life was about strength. If it couldn't resist… it might as well enjoy the ride.
After all, using Susanoo felt… exhilarating.
Once, it had been defeated by this very power. But now, it wielded it.
How could it not revel in this irony?
"Universal Pull!"
Shin extended his hand, and the bound creature was dragged toward him at incredible speed.
The Nine-Tails watched, eyes wide, as the moment the being made contact with Shin's palm, it was instantly consumed.
"…Rinnegan!?"
The beast murmured in disbelief, its fur bristling. It had only ever seen those eyes on the Sage of Six Paths himself.
Fear and curiosity warred within it.
Could it be…? Could Shin be his reincarnation?
Shin offered no explanations. To him, the Nine-Tails was just a pet, a mere summon. There was no need to explain what was above it.
As the dark entity was crushed within his being, Shin absorbed its Yin chakra completely.
His soul, once ethereal, now became nearly tangible.
Even though he was currently outside his physical body, his spiritual form and physical vessel were nearly indistinguishable.
Bit by bit, the power of Yin Release, along with the remnants of countless abilities, imprinted themselves onto his very existence.
And then, as he opened his eyes once more, a glimmer of exhilaration shone within them.
The power he had just gained exceeded all expectations.
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