Several days later, on the outskirts of Upper Capital, at the Rabbit Nation Special Energy Research Base.
This land, once completely uninhabited, had now been transformed into a massive multifunctional testing ground.
Across dozens of kilometers, artificial lakes, deserts, mountains, caves, lava pools, corrosive pools... every kind of terrain could be found here, each equipped with precise monitoring devices and energy suppression systems.
This was the new home built specifically for the Tailed Beasts—each one could choose a habitat according to its preferences while undergoing Rabbit Nation's research and management.
At the edge of the Desert Region, several staff members in protective suits pushed a temperature-controlled transport case toward the center of the sands.
The metal sphere inside the case gleamed with a cold, eerie luster beneath the sunlight. The lead engineer stopped, opened the transport case, removed the sphere, and carefully set it on the sand.
After retreating to the outer tower, he took out a walkie-talkie. "Evacuation complete. Preparing release."
The staff quickly withdrew to the distant observation room, and the heavy blast-proof doors slowly shut.
At the desert's edge, several automated energy suppression devices had already activated, and an invisible force field enveloped the entire sandy expanse.
The engineer pressed the button on the remote control, and the metal sphere cracked open.
A surge of dark-red chakra erupted from the sphere like an exploding volcano, like a tsunami rushing backward.
The chakra was violent, scorching, and filled with hatred—the Nine-Tails, Kurama. Dark-red chakra gathered, compressed, and reshaped in the air, forming an enormous Tailed Beast, crimson all over like blood.
Nine tails whipped madly behind it, each swing raising fierce gusts that swept up the surrounding sand and dust. Its scarlet eyes glimmered through the haze like two burning flames.
"Kushina Uzumaki! Minato Namikaze! I'll kill you