He is a Jinchuriki

On the other side, Yeyu quickly appeared on the small island where Naruto had landed.

A dark shadow suddenly darted out from within the dust and smoke.

It transformed into a red beam of light, shooting violently toward Yeyu.

Yeyu frowned slightly. Can Naruto at this age already manifest the fourth tail?

It turned out that Naruto, who had just been sent flying by Yeyu's punch, had actually manifested the fourth tail.

The skin on his body had completely transformed into black chakra, and his original skin had vanished entirely.

The four-tailed Naruto radiated a terrifying amount of chakra.

This chakra, carrying extreme malice, caused the surrounding flowers and grass to wither instantly.

Yeyu muttered to himself, "But right now, you are nothing more than a beast without reason."

He clenched his fist.

Invisible Armament Haki coiled around it.

"Boom!"

Naruto, transformed into a streak of light, moved with incredible speed, covering the distance of several hundred meters in the blink of an eye to appear before Yeyu.

Yeyu threw a punch.

Naruto, having manifested the fourth tail, was sent flying backward once again.

He turned into a red streak of light, crashing into the sea several thousand meters away and splashing water hundreds of meters into the air.

"Bang!"

The earth-shaking explosion was deafening.

Anko, who had already brought Kakashi and Sakura to the shore, looked toward the distant spray of water.

She saw the dark silhouette standing on the surface of the sea in the distance.

"Has he already revealed the fourth tail?"

"It was only the third tail just a moment ago."

"But this chakra—even from this far away, I can still feel it clearly."

"It feels so sharp; my skin even has a stinging sensation, as if it's about to be cut."

Kakashi looked toward Naruto in the distance.

He was deeply worried. "If Naruto was that powerful in his two-tailed state, how are we supposed to deal with him at four tails?"

"Yeyu, you cannot fall here."

Compared to the possibility of Naruto losing control, Kakashi was more concerned about whether Yeyu would die here.

If he were to die here, he could imagine just how furious the Third Hokage would be.

Kakashi did not want anything to happen to Yeyu either.

Even though Naruto was the son of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, his former teacher, in his heart, Yeyu's importance surpassed that of Naruto.

If the Nine-Tails escaped, there would still be a chance to capture it again, but if Yeyu died, where would Konoha find another genius with talent and strength equal to his?

From every perspective, Kakashi was deeply worried about Yeyu's safety.

Anko, sitting beside Kakashi, watched Naruto in the distance and the water falling around him. "Yeyu should be able to handle it."

"After all, even as a four-tailed jinchuriki, he was still sent flying here by him."

"But that guy Yeyu is ridiculously strong. When the Third Hokage asked him to join me on this mission, I was still skeptical of his strength."

"No matter how high his talent is, or how much of a genius he is, he is only twelve years old after all."

"Your talent was top-tier back in the day, and since you, no one else in Konoha has become a Jonin at twelve."

"But that was during wartime; you became a Jonin because military merits were easier to accumulate, and the village was short on manpower."

"That guy, however, just graduated from the Ninja Academy not long ago."

"He hasn't even been on a single mission since then."

"Although I didn't say anything on the surface, I was secretly doubting his strength the whole time, thinking this mission would be a huge hassle with a burden tagging along."

"But after seeing Yeyu's strength just now, I feel like I'm the burden on this mission," Anko said with a self-deprecating laugh.

Kakashi watched Naruto in the distance, his expression grave. "But Naruto is already in the four-tailed state; no one knows if the Nine-Tails' chakra leaking from him will continue to increase."

"It's even possible that the Nine-Tails might break the seal entirely."

"Is the full-bodied Nine-Tails really something Yeyu can handle?"

"When the Nine-Tails was resealed back then, the Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself."

"If it comes to a point where Yeyu's life must be sacrificed to reseal the Nine-Tails..."

Kakashi no longer dared to continue.

He did not want such a situation to occur.

The smile on Anko's face also vanished.

Because she, too, had realized this point.

She stood up and looked at Naruto in the distance.

"I have to go help him."

Anko wanted to go up and assist Yeyu.

But she was stopped by Kakashi: "What are you going to do?"

"Although it might hurt to say this, if you go up there, you will truly become a burden to him."

"Staying here quietly and watching is the greatest help you can provide him right now."

Anko clenched her fists, but Kakashi was right.

Going up now would only add to Yeyu's troubles.

Naruto had been blasted thousands of meters away, creating a splash hundreds of meters high, nearly sinking to the bottom of the sea.

But with the protection of the Tailed Beast Shroud, he was completely unharmed.

The four Chakra Tail behind him were already drifting in the air, reaching a length of over twenty meters.

The blood-red color was formed from the condensation of pure Nine-Tails chakra.

Even from thousands of meters away, the extreme malice radiating from his chakra could be clearly sensed.

"ROAR!"

Naruto looked up and let out a long howl, the roar causing the sea surface hundreds of meters beneath his feet to surge violently.

The sound waves traveled over a thousand meters, nearly deafening Anko and the others on the shore.

Covering her ears, Anko was stunned: "Just the roar alone has such powerful energy; the power of the Nine-Tails is truly terrifying."

"I can't imagine how the Fourth Hokage managed to fight such a monster and seal it away back then."

Anko had been too young at the time and had no qualifications to participate in the battle against the Nine-Tails.

Kakashi's expression was grave.

Sakura, who had been lying to the side without speaking, finally spoke up: "Kakashi-sensei, what exactly is wrong with Naruto?"

"How could such terrifying power exist within his body?"

Sakura did not know that Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

In fact, the children in the village did not know that Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

They ostracized Naruto entirely due to the influence of the adults.

Sakura knew even less about Naruto being the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

This could be seen back at the Ninja Academy.

She disliked Naruto entirely because his grades were poor, he was always skipping class, pulling pranks, and most importantly, he was always provoking Sasuke.

It would have been truly strange if she had liked him.

But even though she disliked Naruto, she didn't refuse to speak to him; she was no different from other girls in the class who disliked or even loathed the underachievers.

So, at this moment, Sakura was bewildered.

She could not understand why Naruto, who usually had such poor grades and was so timid, would have such terrifying power hidden within his body.

Kakashi remained silent for a long time.

Anko, standing to the side, helped Kakashi explain: "You are his teammate, right?"

"Sealed within his body is the Tailed Beast of Konoha; he is someone known as a Jinchuriki."

"Now, the Tailed Beast sealed inside him is about to break the seal and wreak havoc on the world."

"It's very dangerous."