Though no one knew why Shukaku's devastating Tailed Beast Ball had shot into the sky, the colossal beast had slipped back into a controlled frenzy after that brief moment of strangeness.
A casual sweep of his massive claws sent the surrounding houses flying like toys, tearing them apart. Brick fragments and wood splinters scattered everywhere as dust filled the air.
Naruto knitted his brows. He realized that if he fought Shukaku here, the shock waves of their battle would likely flatten all of Konoha Village before either of them could win.
His plan urgently changed from "beat Shukaku back into his seal" to getting this enormous threat out of Konoha first!
Inside the Sealing Space, Kurama seemed to sense Naruto's intentions. Rather than using ninjutsu that might affect an enormous area, he could rely on sheer strength to throw that stupid tanuki out of Konoha... With his power, that might be possible.
"Naruto!" Kurama's stern voice rang out. "Use Complete Tailed Beast Transformation!"
"Huh? Tailed Beast Transformation?" Kurama's sudden suggestion startled Naruto. Could I still perform Complete Tailed Beast Transformation in this mode?... Could we break through the restrictions of the Eight Trigrams Seal as long as Kurama willingly cooperated?
"Yes!" Kurama confirmed. His enormous body began gathering chakra inside the Sealing Space as he formed hand seals. "But this will be our first attempt! I'll help shape the form with my chakra, but the seal is still there. You'll have primary control of the body! Even if it works, we'll probably have three minutes at most!"
Feeling the vast Nine-Tails chakra within him, more docile than ever before and completely open to him, Naruto understood. So this is... the power of a perfect jinchuriki?
"Let's do this, Kurama!"
"Yeah!"
With that resolute response, even more brilliant golden chakra erupted