"You…"
This time, the Nine-Tails was truly stunned.
It had finally found a chance to escape Naruto's body. If it crawled back now, would that not be far too humiliating?
As the strongest of the nine tailed beasts, with the greatest chakra reserves, the Nine-Tails quickly recovered its pride. It bared its fangs and roared,
"Who do you think you are?"
"Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"
"Heh…"
Uchiha Ren shrugged casually.
"Nine-Tails, even when you were whole, you were no match for me."
"Now that you've been split in half, do you really think you can fight me?"
To be honest, even Ren found the situation a little strange.
He had no idea what had provoked the Nine-Tails into breaking out of Naruto's body at this exact moment.
It had even fired three Tailed Beast Bombs.
After Ren became Hokage, he had publicly exposed many of Hiruzen Sarutobi's dirty deeds, including the truth about Naruto's identity.
Naruto was no longer seen as a demon fox.
He had regained his rightful status as the son of heroes.
Compared with the original timeline, the current Naruto had indeed suffered unfair treatment as a child, but now he enjoyed special respect in Konoha.
Because of that, Naruto admired and trusted the Fifth Hokage even more.
So when the Nine-Tails suddenly ran wild, Ren had ordered the ANBU not to interfere.
He would deal with it himself.
"What did you say?"
The Nine-Tails' sore spot had clearly been struck.
It roared furiously.
"You dare look down on me?"
"Do you have a death wish?"
Terrifying tailed beast chakra surged out of its body.
In an instant, the Nine-Tails' aura became even more violent, as if it was ready to erupt again.
"So strong…"
"As expected of the Nine-Tails. It still dares to resist?"
"Let's guess how many seconds it can last."
"Doesn't it know the era has changed?"
Feeling the Nine-Tails' chakra, many ANBU and civilians in Konoha spoke with open disdain.
What else could they say?
The Nine-Tails was acting like an idiot.
Could it not tell that the Fifth Hokage was simply playing with it?
Yet it still dared to flare its chakra.
Was it afraid it would not die fast enough?
"The Nine-Tails is about to be suppressed."
A figure flashed forward.
Kakashi appeared in front of Sasuke and Sakura, looking unusually relaxed.
"Didn't I tell you three to train?"
"How did the Nine-Tails end up running loose?"
Kakashi, Might Guy, and the other Konoha higher-ups had been in a meeting, preparing for the attack from the alliance formed by Iwagakure, Otogakure, and Kumogakure.
They had not expected the Nine-Tails to break out.
Of course, with the Fifth Hokage present, none of them were in a hurry.
They had simply come to watch.
"Kakashi-sensei…"
Sakura opened her mouth, then subconsciously glanced at Sasuke.
"We talked about some unpleasant old memories."
Sasuke hesitated for a moment before speaking seriously.
"Naruto and I both feel that Danzō and the Third Hokage were rotten people."
"So…"
He did not finish.
But Kakashi already understood.
"I see."
A few seconds later, Kakashi slowly pulled out Icha Icha Paradise and spoke calmly.
"With the Fifth Hokage here, all past grievances will be settled sooner or later."
"Mm."
Sasuke's expression became complicated, but he still nodded.
"The Nine-Tails broke out?"
"This fox really wants to die. Of all times, it chose now?"
"The alliance from Iwagakure, Otogakure, and Kumogakure is about to attack Konoha. In a way, the Nine-Tails breaking out now might be useful."
"True. We can treat it as a warm-up show."
At that moment, Gaara, the One-Tail jinchūriki, along with the Two-Tails, Three-Tails, Five-Tails, Six-Tails, Seven-Tails, and Eight-Tails, also arrived lazily at the scene.
Clearly, they had all come to watch the Nine-Tails get beaten.
Over the years, after being captured by Uchiha Ren and brought to Konoha, they had learned one simple truth.
Obey, and there was a way to live.
Refuse, and death was certain.
The former Eight-Tails jinchūriki, Killer B, was the most obvious example.
Because he refused to surrender, Ren had directly extracted the Eight-Tails from him.
At first, the Eight-Tails had been terrified and unwilling.
After all, once it was sealed inside a jinchūriki, their lives were closely connected.
If the jinchūriki died, the tailed beast would also die temporarily.
If the tailed beast was extracted, the jinchūriki would die.
Of course, a tailed beast's death was not permanent. It would eventually revive elsewhere.
But what shocked the Eight-Tails was that after being extracted from Killer B, it did not die at all.
It continued to exist perfectly fine.
Because of that, the Eight-Tails had developed a deep fear of the Fifth Hokage.
"Nine-Tails…"
Gaara looked at Naruto, now transformed into the Nine-Tails, and sighed helplessly.
For some reason, seeing Naruto reminded him of himself.
After all, he also had a tailed beast sealed inside him.
"Gaara, why not ask Lord Fifth Hokage to suppress Shukaku properly too?"
Chiyo appeared beside Gaara at some point and smiled kindly.
"In front of Lord Uchiha Ren, even the Nine-Tails is like a house cat."
"Suppressing the One-Tail should be nothing more than a small matter."
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