"Red Chakra? Do you mean Kurama's Chakra?"
Kurama? Hearing that intimate yet respectful name, Jiraiya's heart jolted. Could it be that the old man was telling the truth? Naruto had truly formed a friendship with the beast inside him and could even use its power without any burden?
Jiraiya had personally witnessed the world-destroying power of the Tailed Beasts on the battlefield. Now, Konoha possessed that power too—and in such a... peaceful way?
When Jiraiya said he wanted to see Kurama's Chakra for himself, Naruto had no objections. He formed hand seals with practiced ease. The next moment, a scorching, violent yet remarkably docile crimson Chakra began slowly pouring from his body like living flames, wrapping around him.
Jiraiya stared intently at Naruto's still-relaxed expression, but he could not help growing tense. He had seen the horrific aftermath of a Jinchuriki losing control, so he secretly prepared himself to intervene at any moment and stop a rampage.
Within seconds, the Tailed Beast cloak around Naruto rapidly changed—from the initial Chakra form with only one swaying tail, it gradually condensed until it became a miniature Nine-Tails form radiating a chilling aura, with four solidified Chakra tails!
Yet Naruto, in his four-tail state, instead felt a trace of confusion. Although Kurama had impatiently grumbled before, "That's all the Chakra you get! Take it or leave it!"
Naruto could clearly sense that the vast, ocean-like Chakra deep within the seal was still responding to his call. It was nowhere near its limit.
Then... he would try again. Naruto decided to keep guiding it.
Gradually, he felt something sturdier beginning to form over the Tailed Beast cloak covering his body—a dark-red structure like bones, outlining the shape of a fox skull across the Chakra cloak's surface, along with a stronger skeletal frame for its