Naruto froze for a moment, then smiled. "Mm!"
Their fists collided.
Then Naruto in the real world opened his eyes.
Vast Chakra surged from Naruto's body.
Then, that power gradually merged with Naruto's own Chakra.
"Hmm...!"
Naruto transformed into Naruko again.
Not only had he become Naruko, but fox tails had also appeared behind him.
Though it was not yet very stable, Sparkle could tell—Naruto before her had already entered "Fox Sage Mode," a composite form of Sage Mode and Kurama Mode.
As for its current strength...
Sparkle looked behind Naruto.
He was currently in a three-tail state.
At "full form," there should be nine tails.
This set was different from the "golden form."
There were no flashy light effects or clothes during the transformation process. This design had actually been decided during Sparkle's previous discussion with the Nine-Tails.
Of course, it had not turned into a light-effect form yet because the Chakra had not been completely released.
"This outfit doesn't seem any different from before, does it?" Naruto looked himself over, feeling no difference.
"This Chainmail has the Nine-Tails' Chakra woven into it. As long as you keep feeding it the Nine-Tails' Chakra, it can repair itself."
Sparkle had actually taken advantage of the stage's mechanics here. Since Naruto's outfit had been purchased by Sparkle as a Performance Outfit.
Performance Outfits could all be repaired.
But there was nothing wrong with Sparkle's explanation, either.
Sparkle had actually considered having Naruto make clothes directly out of Chakra, but in case he ran out of Chakra and ended up indecent, she had designed it this way instead.
—I submitted it to the client, and the client actually refused!
Naruto's pre-battle upgrade was ready.
As for Sasuke, there was no need. Sasuke was going to deal with Itachi. Itachi was already terminally