Kurama's Trembling and Mikoto's Secret Report

Deep within Kushina's spiritual consciousness, that eternal dark space shrouded by enormous vermilion torii gates was undergoing an unprecedented, violent upheaval.

"Roar—!!!!"

Kurama, the Nine-Tailed Fox that embodied calamity and hatred, was madly ramming his mountain-sized body against the iron bars of the sealing space. Every impact made the entire space tremble violently. Golden chain runes flashed wildly across the bars, letting out piercing wails.

His nine tails lashed wildly behind him like enraged giant serpents, smashing deep, bottomless trenches into the ground. The scarlet in his enormous beastly eyes was no longer filled with its usual savagery and hatred, but completely consumed by a more primal, purer fear!

"Idiot! You hopelessly stupid woman!"

Kurama's roar was no longer a mere Chakra shockwave. It carried a trembling warning born from the instinct of his very soul, trying to penetrate the seal and reach Kushina's mind outside.

"Let go of him! Right now! Immediately! Stay away from that man!"

"You have no idea what you're holding! That isn't a human! That's a monster! A... a monster that devours Tailed Beasts!"

He could clearly "smell" it.

Just moments ago, through the instant when Kushina's Chakra intertwined with that man's, a faint yet incomparably distinct aura had slipped through their connection and entered this sealed space.

It carried the scent of wind and sand, the lingering traces of Magnetic Release, and even more... the most desperate howls and curses of Shukaku, the One-Tail, as he had been torn apart alive, devoured, and digested!

As a fellow Tailed Beast, Kurama knew that aura all too well!

It was the unique mark of death left behind only when one of his kind had been completely erased!

This man named Baishi had not merely subdued Shukaku—he had... eaten him! Like a beast gnawing on prey, he