Pop.
Jin's fingertip touched Naruto's burning forehead once again.
At the center of his finger, the chains unique to Adamantine Sealing began to spread once more.
Only this time, they carried the mental control of Mangekyo ocular power.
Whoosh, whoosh.
Pfft.
Like a stone tossed into a deep pool, Naruto's savage, distorted face froze in an instant.
Behind him, the five crimson tails wrapped around his body were snuffed out at once.
The flames vanished without a trace.
And the moment Jin's fingertip touched Naruto's skin, his eyes slowly closed.
Drip.
Drip.
All around him was darkness.
Only the sound of rippling water stirred faintly.
"Finally, I'm in."
Jin's small mouth curled slightly as he looked straight ahead into the blackness and smiled.
"Long time no see, Kurama."
Splash.
At his words, the darkness around him finally receded.
The truth was revealed.
This was not the familiar sewer-like prison Naruto had seen before.
It was an endless sea of churning scarlet Chakra.
Viscous energy surrounded him on all sides, bubbling like boiling blood.
Pop.
Each bubble burst with a pungent stench that made one's head spin.
Of course, it had no effect on Jin.
He surveyed his surroundings, his gaze gradually settling on the center of the scarlet sea.
There stood a cage made of enormous iron bars.
Deep within it, a pair of gigantic scarlet, vertical pupils burning with pure malice stared fixedly at him.
"Uchiha brat, I never thought you'd really manage to get in."
The Nine-Tails' voice was low and hoarse, like that of a reclusive old man living deep in the mountains.
"If so, then—die here."
The next second, before they could exchange another word, it attacked!
Its enormous body strained with power, and its nine crimson tails thrashed wildly.
Rumble!
Its overwhelming malice took physical