At that moment, a fierce battle was raging within the sealing spaces in the lower abdomens of Karin Senju and Rin Nohara. The combatants were the Tailed Beasts sealed within the two girls, and the Nine-Tails.
Within Karin's sealing space, Uzumaki Kuming leaned against the bars at the edge of the seal, watching the Nine-Tails wrestle and bite at the Six-Tails. Within Rin Nohara's sealing space, Uzumaki Kuming stood atop an enormous lake, watching the Three-Tails and the Nine-Tails battle across its surface.
Uzumaki Kuming had guided Naruto, Karin, and Rin into their respective sealing spaces, allowing the three of them to speak with the Tailed Beasts sealed inside them. The outcome was the same in every case: even after being sealed for so many years, the Tailed Beasts had no intention of submitting to humans.
At the same time, Uzumaki Kuming, who was watching from the side, became the common target of all three Tailed Beasts, because he had been the one to seal each of them back then.
Kurama inevitably became a traitor in the eyes of the three Tailed Beasts as well. How could the hot-tempered Nine-Tails endure such an insult? Ignoring Uzumaki Kuming's attempts to stop him, he charged out of Kuming's seal on his own, split off three portions of Chakra, and fought the three Tailed Beasts in separate spaces at the same time.
Although the clashes between the Tailed Beasts were taking place within the sealing spaces, their power was not suppressed there in the slightest. At that moment, the might of the Tailed Beasts was displayed in full.
Whether it was Naruto, Karin, or Rin Nohara, who had once witnessed the Three-Tails' power, all of them were stunned by the strength of the Tailed Beasts. Before this, they had only borrowed the small