Keeping Shukaku Completely Under Control

"Hey! Boss Toad, if you won't cooperate, Sasuke's going to look down on me!"

"What does that have to do with me?!"

"You bastard, you toad! Are you helping me or not?!"

"Why the hell should I help you?!"

"I'll have my big brother take you on as his little brother!!!"

When Boss Toad heard Naruto's last words, he laughed so hard he couldn't close his mouth!

"You may have a hobby of being someone's little brother, but I don't! Besides, can't you defeat him with your bare hands? I'm done wasting words with you. This old man is going back to Mount Myoboku for a drink!"

With that, Boss Toad turned into a puff of white smoke and vanished.

Whoosh!!

Naruto lost his balance and fell from the air!

Instinctively, Naruto reached out to grab the tip of a tree branch!

Biubiu~

Two golden tentacles manifested from Naruto's body in the form of solid chakra.

They reached up and grabbed the ends of the branches above.

Naruto was overjoyed and immediately used the chakra arms to pull himself back up.

"This power! It can be used like this too?"

"Kurama, why didn't you tell me sooner?!"

The Nine-Tails, who had been sleeping inside Naruto, was jolted awake by Naruto's voice barging into his mind!

"Naruto! You need to experience this power for yourself. I'm not going to make it easy for you! This old man wants to sleep. Don't bother me unless it's important. Hurry up and deal with that thing—I can't stand looking at it!"

"Kurama, do you know that big thing?"

The Nine-Tails went back to sleep and ignored Naruto.

Back on the battlefield, Naruto saw that Uchiha Sasuke had already taken the lead in attacking Shukaku!

Uchiha Sasuke focused his Mangekyō Sharingan left eye on Shukaku's chest.

"Amaterasu."

Rumble!!!

Black flames erupted directly across Shukaku's body.

Shukaku was burned and cried out in pain!

"You bastard, you dare burn me?!"

He then separated the sand covered in black flames from his body and threw it onto the ground.

Bang!!!

The black flames immediately began spreading across the ground over a wide area!

Far away in the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi was shocked when he saw the One-Tail Shukaku.

But after seeing Sasuke Uchiha's Susanoo, he actually chose to trust him.

He did not send out a single Anbu member to help!

Then he ordered the Anbu, "Sunagakure! This matter must be thoroughly investigated! Go investigate immediately!"

The Anbu received the order. "Yes, Lord Hokage!"

Kakashi watched anxiously and rose to go support Sasuke and Naruto.

But Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped him with a shout. "There are more important matters at hand, and Sasuke can stop it!"

Then Hiruzen Sarutobi gave another order. "Evacuate Konoha's villagers to the shelters immediately."

Elsewhere, the Sunagakure shinobi saw that the situation had exceeded all expectations.

They immediately sent someone to report to the Fourth Kazekage, but they could not find him anywhere!!!

A Sunagakure shinobi said in panic:

"What do we do?! Gaara has already gone berserk, and it isn't even the designated time yet!"

"Immediately send someone to contact Temari and Kankuro. Have them retreat first! We'll decide what to do after we find Lord Kazekage! Right now, we need to find a way to stop Gaara."

"Yes."

Naruto saw Uchiha Sasuke fighting Shukaku alone, trying to keep all the credit for himself!

He immediately controlled the golden chakra to grab onto Susanoo, then leaped over to Uchiha Sasuke's side.

Seeing Amaterasu's flames growing larger and larger, he said, "Sasuke, if that black fire keeps burning, the village will be in danger! Can't you put it out? I saw Big Brother put it out before. There's no way you can't do it too, right?"

"Shut up, idiot! I need to concentrate! Do you think I'm Big Brother himself? You think I can extinguish it whenever I want?"

Uchiha Sasuke then focused his right eye on Amaterasu's black flames.

"Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

The flames rapidly flowed toward the focal point!

In the end, they vanished completely!

"Good! I can do it too."

"But Sasuke, it took you so long to put out the fire!"

Uchiha Sasuke gave Naruto a dead-fish stare!

"Can you shut up? That's my prey! Don't interfere, Naruto."

After saying that, Uchiha Sasuke controlled the sharp, solidified chakra bow in Susanoo's hand and aimed it at Shukaku!

Under the aim of that bow, Shukaku seemed to sense that his life was in danger!

Whoosh!!

The arrow shot toward Shukaku with unstoppable force!

Seeing this, Shukaku leaped into the air.

Bang! Bang!!!

Two massive impacts rang out as they hit the ground!

Shukaku's left hand had been pierced by the arrow and fallen to the ground.

Meanwhile, Shukaku himself stared at Susanoo in fear, sand pouring wildly from his severed left arm.

"Damn it, I finally got to come out once, and you're going to make me lose this completely?"

Then Shukaku let out a roar toward the sky.

Roarrr~~~

The deafening sound spread throughout all of Konoha.

All the jonin were on the streets, evacuating the villagers!

Suddenly, a villager looked up and pointed toward Shukaku.

"What is that?!"

From atop the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi watched as the One-Tail Shukaku tried to destroy Konoha!

He immediately raced from the top of the building toward Shukaku's location!

"Damn it, I won't make it in time!"

At that moment, blue-violet chakra materialized above Shukaku's head.

It was being compressed at high speed.

In no time, a black Tailed Beast Ball formed in front of Shukaku's mouth.

"Sasuke, what do we do?! Can you block it?"

"Shut up, idiot! How would I know?! All I know is that if I can't block it, both you and I will die!"

Boom!!!

A streak of red light flashed like a laser as the powerful Tailed Beast Ball blasted toward Susanoo!

Just before the Tailed Beast Ball struck Susanoo—

Uchiha Sasuke's six-pointed-star Mangekyō Sharingan flashed red, its ocular power erupting wildly.

Boom!!!

Rumble, rumble, rumble!!!!

A violent explosion erupted from the Forest of Death.

The shockwave from the blast spread in every direction.

It swept across the entire Forest of Death.

Whoosh!!!

The completed Susanoo, in its purple warrior form, stood in the Forest of Death like a god descending upon the world.

Towering over a hundred meters high, it looked down on all of Konoha.

Uchiha Sasuke and Naruto stood within the gem in Susanoo's head.

"Sasuke, this huge thing you made is seriously so cool!!!"

Uchiha Sasuke ignored Naruto.

He muttered to himself, "This power... is it really my power?"

Susanoo's enormous purple hand was currently gripping Shukaku's Tailed Beast Ball with its bare hand.

Uchiha Sasuke snorted. "You're in big trouble now!"

Just then, Gaara's sister appeared on a tree nearby.

She shouted, "Wake Gaara up! Only when Gaara wakes up will this monster disappear!"

Hearing that, Naruto looked toward Shukaku.

Gaara was lying atop Shukaku's scalp with his eyes closed, the lower half of his body limp and sunken into the sand!

"Sasuke, that guy... is like me..."

Uchiha Sasuke seemed to understand Naruto's feelings at that moment.

"Go do what you want, Naruto!"

After saying that, Uchiha Sasuke controlled Susanoo.

It leaped into the air and directly crushed the Tailed Beast Ball in Susanoo's hand.

Bang!!!

Shukaku remembered the Susanoo he had glimpsed for an instant one night some time ago.

So this boy was the source of that power!!!

Looking at the Susanoo over a hundred meters away, Shukaku cried out in terror, "I may not be human, but you're seriously shameless!"

Susanoo grabbed Shukaku with both hands, leaving him unable to move.

Shukaku's body struggled wildly, but it was no match for the completed Susanoo that embodied all creation.

He was still cursing, "Let me go, bastard!"

A faint smile rose on Uchiha Sasuke's lips. "Go, Naruto!"

Naruto smiled confidently. "I'll definitely win over that red-haired guy!"

Naruto leaped down and arrived before Gaara.

In Chakra Mode, Naruto shone with golden light.

He slammed his forehead directly into Gaara's.

Uchiha Sasuke looked as if he was somewhat jealous or sulking.

Watching Naruto unleash his furious talk-no-jutsu, he snorted. "Hmph! Naruto found another good friend!"

Inside the Central Tower, Shao Nan heard the commotion and remained utterly relaxed.

He and Karin Uzumaki were eating Kosuke's oden.

Shao Nan muttered, "The account I gave Sasuke and Naruto had more than just ten 648 top-ups, and it was more than just V12! It may not be a max-level god-tier account, but if they can't even handle a measly One-Tail, that won't do!"

Karin picked up some food with her chopsticks and held it to Shao Nan's mouth.

"Brother Shao Nan! Try this. I picked these two pieces of wood ear mushroom myself!"

Shao Nan took a bite of the wood ear mushroom!

"Brother Shao Nan, how is it... Is the wood ear tender? Smooth?"

"It needs one more word: fragrant!"