Gaara's head plunged into the ground as Shukaku fought for control, letting out a painful roar. Tailed Beast Chakra overflowed, and the sand transformation on his body intensified.
Logically, Naruto should seize this opportunity to use Adamantine Sealing Chains, tie him up securely, and hand him over to complete the mission. However, his own Fox Spirit had been looking forward to the Shukaku-bashing segment for so long, that if it ended so hastily, Naruto felt their friendship might capsize.
In the Sealing Space, Naruto sat on Nine Tails' back, patted the Big Fox beneath him, and said, "Big Fox, this is a one-time deal."
"What?" Nine Tails was puzzled.
"Standing still and watching the enemy complete their transformation is the dumbest thing in the world. There's no forced invincibility or time stop during their transformation, so why not beat them up while they're halfway through?"
"Hmph, even in his complete form, it wouldn't take me more than a few minutes to deal with him." Whether that was true or not, he couldn't lose face verbally.
When watching anime, it felt like the transformation time was very long, but in reality, it only took a few words.
"Hahahaha, this great one has finally emerged!" Shukaku's voice was shrill, piercing, and particularly unpleasant.
"Here it comes, here it comes, hurry up and say hello." Nine Tails urged.
What could Naruto do? He started with a scene card:
"Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave!"
The massive wave, difficult for ordinary people to stop, didn't really pose much of a threat to the dozens-of-meters-tall Shukaku. After it calmed down, the few meters of water depth were only enough for him to soak his feet.
But Naruto still managed to attract Shukaku's attention: "An annoying little bug!"
Shukaku slapped down, wanting to crush Naruto casually.
Naruto muttered, "You'll find out later whether this little bug is hard to pinch or not..."
"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"
A water column with a diameter of more than ten meters sprayed onto Shukaku's big face.
The damage wasn't high, but the insult was extremely strong.
"You brat, you've angered this great one, Wind Release: Sand Hail!"
As an incarnation of sand, Shukaku hated two things the most: one was water, and the other was the stinky Fox Spirit who liked to measure strength by the number of tails. He now wanted to crush this little bug who was provoking him with Water Release.
Dense sand and gravel pelted towards Naruto like hail. Naruto didn't know why there was so much sand when the ground was already covered with water. Did Shukaku scrape it off his body like those 'stretch your legs and stare' pills?
The thought made him feel disgusted. Naruto casually created a Water Formation Wall, then added two more triple Water Formation Walls, all thickened and reinforced versions.
One was actually used for defense, one was for backup, and the other was a backup for the backup. It never hurt to be cautious when fighting.
Hiding behind the Water Formation Wall, Naruto planned to create ten Shadow Clones, but felt that it would be too disrespectful to Shukaku. He patted the Fox Spirit and said, "Big Fox, give me money!"
"Do it yourself." Nine Tails grinned, watching Shukaku get angry outside. He was happy when he saw Shukaku angry.
Naruto casually grabbed a handful from Nine Tails. Ding, 1000 units of Chakra received.
Naruto revealed his fox tail, his body enveloped in a thick red Chakra bubble. When all the Sand Hail was blocked by the Water Formation Wall and the sandstorm stopped.
Naruto jumped out and created 1000 clones, a group of Little Blondies with fox ears and fox tails surrounded Shukaku:
"Uzumaki Naruto Water Dragon 1000 Barrage!"
1000 people shouted in unison, very imposing. 1000 water dragons rose up, and because they used Nine Tails' Chakra and had home-field advantage, they were much thicker than usual.
I don't have any other intention, I just want to give Shukaku a good bath, although this scene is a bit grand.
The current Shukaku is about fifty meters tall. Assuming a water dragon is ten meters in diameter, 1000 water dragons would not even fit around Shukaku. Many water dragons collided in mid-air and merged into one, flying towards Shukaku from all directions.
Shukaku looked dumbfounded, Who am I, where am I, what is that thing?
Clearly, the Chakra on its body has the aura of that stinky fox, but why do I feel like I'm facing Isobu's Jinchuriki? And the scale of this Water Release... Shukaku emitted Kankuro's voice: "You call this thing Water Release?"
Surprised as it was, it couldn't not resist. Shukaku patted its belly and spat out a huge ball of wind in each direction: "*Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet!*"
Naruto had once thought about whether to learn Drilling Air Bullet from Shukaku if he had the chance, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that this thing, when scaled down, looked a lot like Danzo's Vacuum Bullet, which felt a bit destructive to his values.
The Drilling Air Bullets collided with the water dragons from all sides, turning into a sky full of rainstorms, but they couldn't block all the water dragons. So the water dragons, along with the rainstorm, drenched Shukaku from head to toe, making it feel refreshed.
"Stinky fox! Get out here for this great lord!" Shukaku became even angrier, throwing off the wet sand on its outer layer. A sweep of its tail killed a large group of Little Blondies, and a wave of its arm took away another large group.
Naruto put his hands in a trumpet shape in front of his mouth and shouted to the remaining Shadow Clones: "Brothers, you have all been strengthened, go and die!"
Some clones didn't say a word, made a Rasengan and rushed forward, some first gave Naruto the middle finger, and then made a Rasengan and rushed forward.
Since the clones are now in the state of little foxes with a tail, the Rasengans in their hands are all purple-red.
Shukaku wouldn't sit still and wait for death, waving its claws and tail to sweep around. Many clones were unfortunately hit, pressing the Rasengan on Shukaku's claws or tail before they died.
There were also some with better positioning skills who could run to Shukaku's side and then jump up to hit its knee.
Shukaku was annoyed beyond measure. When all of Naruto's clones disappeared, Shukaku's claws, tail, and legs were riddled with holes, and it had to consume Chakra to repair them.
"Stinky brat, stinky fox!" Shukaku first spat out two Drilling Air Bullets, and then rushed towards Naruto.
Naruto dodged the Drilling Air Bullets, sighing that Shukaku's cursing was so monotonous. Having lived for thousands of years, it never had the chance to learn some culture properly, unlike his own fox, who could even listen to him tell stories.
"Want to give it a try?" Naruto felt that it was better to let the Fox Spirit have its fun quickly, and then go back to watch Orochimaru being ganged up on.
"Then this old man will do it!" Nine Tails took control of Naruto's body, his eyes turned into vertical pupils, and the tail behind him turned into three, the Chakra cloak became thicker.
Nine Tails ran towards Shukaku on all fours, nimbly dodging Shukaku's claws, and punched him on his newly recovered leg, forcibly creating an effect similar to Rasengan with brute force.
"Little Tanuki, after so long, you're still so weak."
The three-tailed little fox climbed up Shukaku's thigh, constantly dodging Shukaku's attacks, occasionally smashing a punch on Shukaku's body.
"Stinky fox, die!" Shukaku turned on the mosquito-killing mode, patting and hitting himself, and also controlling the sand to attack the little fox, but his attack speed was too slow and he couldn't hit it.
Naruto was in the Sealing Space, sitting on the fox's shoulder, watching him show off his positioning skills and waste Chakra.
That's right, it's a waste, using ten times the Chakra of a Super Strength punch to produce the effect of an ordinary Super Strength, anyway, it's just a large quantity and full supply.
The little fox ran to Shukaku's shoulder, jumped up and slammed two punches on his face, breaking his appearance before jumping down again.
Then he taunted: "Fewer tails means you're a weakling, do you want this old man to give you two more tails?"
"Go to hell, stinky fox!" Shukaku was furious, opened his big mouth, and Chakra crazily gathered, condensing into a purple-black ball.
Nine Tails was confident that he could dodge it, but he didn't want to dodge. He controlled Naruto's body and burst out the fourth and fifth tails. The bubble-like Chakra on his body condensed into a substantial cloak, opened his mouth, and used 5 tails to assist, also gathering a Tailed Beast Ball.
The two Tailed Beast Balls collided and exploded. The well-known wave-pushing scene, due to the lack of a referee and camera, could not determine the left and right, so they were evenly matched.
The powerful air wave blew down the surrounding trees, almost breaking them. The water on the ground was also briefly emptied in the center, stirring up huge waves.
Shukaku's little clone wasn't small, and he helplessly shed another layer of sand skin, as he didn't like being wet.
Nine Tails hadn't had enough fun yet, and continuously burst out the eighth tail before stopping. White exoskeletons had already appeared on the red monster.
Opening its mouth, eight small Tailed Beast Balls were successively spat out towards Shukaku.
Shukaku might have been a bit weak, so he didn't continue to clash head-on, but instead used sand to create a large fat cat as a shield—the Shukaku's Shield, known as the strongest shield.
Boom boom boom boom! Four small Tailed Beast Balls blasted through Shukaku's Shield, and the remaining four landed on Shukaku's body, blasting open two large holes and severing two arms.
"Damn Fox Spirit..." Shukaku cried out miserably, then gradually dissipated, revealing Gaara inside who hadn't regained consciousness yet.
The complete Shukaku might not have lost so quickly, but with his relationship with Gaara, it was unlikely that they could cooperate to unleash their full strength. He could only be mocked by Nine Tails as trash before unwillingly falling into slumber.
As a Chakra aggregate, being seriously injured just meant consuming a large amount of Chakra. After a while, when enough Chakra was restored, it would be fine. Gaara might be able to take the opportunity to get a few good days of sleep.
"Boring, go take care of your business." After the fight, Nine Tails felt bored and returned control of the body.
"Oh." Naruto regained control of his body, and then, "Aww~ It hurts, it hurts, it hurts... It itches, it itches, it itches..."
Naruto's entire body's skin was burned by Nine Tails' Chakra, and then, paradoxically, it was rapidly recovering under the effect of Nine Tails' Chakra, making Naruto feel both pain and itching, and also worried about whether he would lose lifespan or get skin cancer.
"I'll never use the state between Four Tails and Eight Tails again!" Naruto complained.
Nine Tails was also very dissatisfied: "Isn't it because your body is too weak now? The complete form can't be maintained for long at all. I haven't had enough fun either, okay?"
Naruto retorted: "Can't blame me entirely, right? Isn't it said that tacit understanding is also important? We can practice more in the future."
Naruto's skin recovered quickly, and it was unknown whether it should be attributed to Nine Tails' Chakra or thanks to his own physique.
Looking at Gaara, who was soaking in the water and had just regained consciousness, Naruto waved his hand and five chains bound him tightly.
Because he was too lazy to talk to this mental patient, he sealed his mouth as well. Then Naruto added various Chakra-restricting Sealing Techniques to his body.
Looking at the Sand Hidden Village's tattered Sealing Technique, he also added a Four Symbols Seal, with a scene set according to the desert environment inside, hoping Shukaku would like it, considering it as compensation for the mental damage after beating him up. Naruto thought to himself, I'm really a good person, Shukaku will definitely thank me when he wakes up, right.
Finally, Naruto thought for three seconds, pressed the limp Gaara into the water, and roughly washed him, ensuring that not a single grain of sand remained on his body.
As for those automatic master-protecting functions and such, Naruto didn't understand how Gaara's mother managed to preserve "love." Was it left on Gaara or on the sand?
Anyway, the sand had sunk into the water and couldn't float up at all, so he shouldn't have to worry about any trouble.
Naruto flew back home with Gaara.
Haku and Karin were looking out the window, able to see the huge frogs and snakes battling outside the village from home, and ninjas were running past quickly on the street from time to time.
"Is everything okay at home?" Naruto asked.
Karin and Haku turned around.
"It's okay, the barrier has been activated." Haku looked at Gaara, who Naruto was carrying in his hand, with doubt, and asked, "This is?"
"Gaara, the Sunagakure Village's Jinchuriki, his Chakra has been sealed by me, he's just a bit fierce." Naruto looked at Gaara's ferocious expression. Looking at Karin, who was hiding behind Haku, he said, "Let's put him in our house first, you guys help watch him for a while, I still have to go check out other battlefields."
"Okay." Haku nodded, "Be careful in everything."
Naruto put down Gaara, made an OK gesture, and left.
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"Huh? It's over?" Naruto returned to the place where he had snatched Gaara from Temari earlier.
He found Temari had already lost consciousness and fallen to the ground, next to a calm-faced Shino and a panting Shikamaru.
Shino put his hands in his pockets and said in a low voice, "That's right, although she is strong, but..."
"Ah, this woman is super troublesome." Shikamaru interrupted Shino, but Naruto believed he didn't mean to, "So what are we going to do with this guy?"
Just send her home, Naruto really wanted to say that.
"You guys watch her for a while, and take a rest while you're at it. I'll go check on Neji's side." Naruto added a Sealing Technique to Temari and turned to leave.
...
"Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"
Naruto heard his future brother-in-law's show-off voice as soon as he arrived.
Then... poor Kankuro, his prized puppet Crow was beaten into pieces all over the ground, and he himself was lying on the ground unable to move after having his chakra points sealed.
"Bro... cough, uh, Neji." Naruto almost blurted out what he was thinking, "Puppet masters might be covered in poison, you touched him so many times, why don't I send you to the hospital for a check-up?"
Seeing how relaxed Naruto was, Neji knew that they had taken care of things on their side, nodded and asked, "What about him?"
"Let Shikamaru and the others watch him for a while." Naruto took Neji to the hospital, and had a Shadow Clone send Kankuro to Shikamaru's side. This guy's chakra points were sealed, so there was no need to even use a seal.
Not everyone can be like Naruto, who can forcibly break through after being hit by the Gentle Fist.
After resolving the small battlefield here, Naruto immediately returned to the rooftop battlefield he cared about most.
Then he began to regret not leaving a clone to watch the battle earlier, making it a bit difficult to continue the story now.
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