They Would Meet Again

They Would Meet Again

"Super Giant Ball Rasengan!"

Boom!

"Tailed Beast Ball!"

BOOM!!!

Entering the Half-Tailed Beast Transformation while still remaining conscious showed that Naruto had made tremendous progress.

But he was still far from reaching the strongest mode he would enter after winning Kurama over and becoming a perfect Jinchuriki—the Kurama Mode!

Naturally, he was still incapable of stopping a serious Aoba!

"Do you really think such reckless attacks will somehow hit me again?"

With a bang!

Naruto, in his Four-Tails state, was kicked flying by Aoba.

Then, before Naruto could land, Aoba used his absolute speed to kick him back again!

The process repeated endlessly. In the end, Naruto seemed to be suspended strangely in midair, while an indistinct figure attacked him from every direction.

Naruto suddenly felt as though he had returned to the days when Big Brother Aoba had thoroughly beaten him.

He was as weak as a child who would never grow up.

Powerless and unwilling to accept it...

"Do you want more power?"

When Naruto suddenly came to his senses, he found himself facing Kurama once again.

During the training Jiraiya had helped him with, he had come here more than once. Through negotiations with Kurama, he had gradually mastered the power he possessed now.

Jiraiya had told him that his current limit was four tails. If he borrowed more power from Kurama, the seal would loosen, his reason would be devoured, and he would no longer be able to gain more strength while remaining conscious.

Naruto had always remembered Jiraiya's warning.

But now, when Kurama once again asked in a seductive tone whether he wanted more power, he fell silent and clenched his fists tightly.

Sasuke, Pervy Sage, Teacher Kakashi... One after another, the people who had fallen before him flashed through his