"Rumble—"
Several hundred meters away, rubble was still cascading down from the rock wall that had been smashed in on one side.
Amid the billowing dust, an even more violent and vicious surge of chakra suddenly erupted!
"Roar—!!!"
A shrill, hoarse, crazed howl that sounded nothing like a human tore through the forest's silence!
"Which suicidal bastard dared interrupt my sleep?!"
The ground shook violently.
Countless grains of yellow sand, as though drawn by some mysterious force, surged in from every direction.
From within the ruins, a terrifying colossal figure slowly crawled out from underground, large enough to blot out the sky!
It was a gigantic tanuki covered in yellow sand and marked with bizarre blue curse patterns!
Its body was as massive as a mountain. Its thick tail lashed impatiently behind it, gouging bottomless trenches into the ground.
One-Tail Shukaku!
Naruto's utterly unreasonable punch had thoroughly enraged it, forcing it to take control of Gaara's body!
"Those trash from Sunagakure let this mad tanuki get out again."
Deidara curled his lip in disgust.
He had just reached into his pouch for some clay, planning to give the big guy a "craniotomy."
"Don't move."
Yoru's voice suddenly sounded beside his ear.
"You're not today's protagonist."
Deidara froze for a moment and followed Yoru's gaze.
Naruto stood before the gigantic monster, his small figure looking as tiny as an ant beneath Shukaku's sky-covering shadow.
"Can that kid... really handle this?"
Kurotsuchi clenched her fists anxiously.
That was the One-Tail! A genuine Tailed Beast!
Deep within Naruto's consciousness, inside the sealing space that had been renovated into a luxurious open-plan apartment.
Kurama, the Nine-Tailed Fox, wore the latest VR headset as he lounged comfortably on a tatami mat.
His two enormous paws gripped a game controller as he frantically unleashed ultimate