Naruto, who was still trying to talk things out, raised his eyes toward the source of that voice.
The next second, a massive Air Drill Bullet blasted through the surrounding forest, hurtling toward him with an overwhelming momentum that swept away everything in its path.
Ever since crossing over into this world, Naruto had only ever laid eyes on a single Tailed Beast besides Nine-Tails.
This sand sculpture in front of him was only the second one he had ever seen.
And both times, they happened to coincide.
The golden Nine-Tails materialized out of thin air, its colossal body shielding Naruto as it stepped forward. It opened its mouth, and a pitch-black Tailed Beast Bomb shot out, meeting the Air Drill Bullet head-on.
"Huh? You stinking fox, what are you doing here!"
The moment Shukaku's sharp and piercing screech rang out, the two forces collided.
Boom!
The Air Drill Bullet was blown apart on the spot by the Tailed Beast Bomb, but the shockwave didn't stop there; the black Tailed Beast Bomb brushed past the exploding energy and detonated directly beside Shukaku.
The eyeballs of the Third Kazekage, Chiyo, and Ebizo nearly popped out of their heads.
"Stop fighting! We surrender!" the Third Kazekage yelled in a panic. "Sunagakure is disbanded! We surrender immediately!"
Are you kidding me!
The person standing right in front of them was actually the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!
They had never heard that Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki had been replaced. Even more absurdly, this guy was a Perfect Jinchuriki who could launch Tailed Beast Bombs just as casually as tossing away a pebble.
That last strike had landed squarely inside the Sunagakure camp, and coupled with the rampaging Shukaku, the Third Kazekage and the other two didn't even dare to imagine what kind of wreckage had been made