Pfft!
Thud!
Sarutobi Hiruzen's head fell at once. Scarlet blood gushed from his neck like a fountain, staining his own Hokage Rock red. Some of it even splattered like raindrops onto the faces of the Konoha residents below who had gathered to watch the beheading.
And so Sarutobi Hiruzen died—his head cut off with astonishing ease by the son of his student's student.
"Praise Brahman! Supreme! Bliss!"
Naruto lowered the sword in his hand and began to pray with profound reverence.
Just then, several imperial soldiers used the Reverse Summoning Technique and appeared beside Naruto.
"Chairman, we've captured the Tailed Beasts from the major shinobi villages, as well as the ones scattered throughout the Shinobi World!"
The imperial soldiers raised the sealing scrolls they held and handed them to Naruto.
"Hahahaha! We've finally gathered them all! Unbeatable power!"
Naruto took one of the scrolls. A mass of incantations writhed and crawled across his hand, linking it to the scrolls.
Soon, enormous chakra flared from the scrolls and, bound by the many incantations, surged into his body.
Inside the sealing space, the Nine Tails, tightly bound by countless chains, suddenly opened his eyes. He could sense the other Tailed Beasts.
The next moment, the sealing space began to tremble. New cells appeared one after another, and vast amounts of physical chakra poured into them, where countless chains bound it fast, robbing it of all freedom.
"Roar!"
The Tailed Beasts roared and struggled. Then, countless pipes appeared and pierced their bodies, beginning to drain their power.
Through a special method of combination, the chakra of all the Tailed Beasts fused together, forming chakra that nearly matched the Ten-Tails'.
"Ah!"
Outside, an immensely powerful chakra suddenly blazed around Naruto. It was almost indistinguishable from the Ten-Tails' chakra. Naruto's body began to change, growing