Kurama Yakumo's Darkening, Yukigakure Takes Shape

"Ah, it's nothing. I just wanted to invite you to work for me." Naruto grinned at the monster.

"Hmph. Do you have what it takes?" The monster looked at him with contempt.

Naruto raised an eyebrow and gave the ugly monster a challenging look. "Looks like it's time to show you what I can really do!"

But before Naruto could act, the ugly monster struck first. It reached out and clamped a hand around his throat!

At the same time, a pool of bubbling lava appeared beside them. Heat rolled off it as though it were real!

"Hmph. All talk!"

The ugly monster sneered at Naruto and moved to throw him into the lava.

Though this was a world of genjutsu, if he fell into that lava, his body in the real world would likely burn to death too!

Such was the terrifying genjutsu ability of Kurama Yakumo—or rather, of the Psychic Monster.

Any other ninja, even a genjutsu specialist like Kurenai Yuhi, would probably have died on the spot.

Unfortunately for the monster, it had met Naruto.

"Hah. Is that all?"

Naruto suddenly spoke, his voice full of scorn.

The ugly monster stared at him in shock. It could no longer move him an inch, as though he were rooted to the spot.

Naruto kept sneering. "Ever seen the Sharingan? What about the Mangekyō Sharingan? Today's your lucky day!"

As he spoke, his eyes turned into blood-red eight-pointed stars, glinting with an ominous, uncanny light!

Bang!

The Mangekyō Sharingan reflected the ugly monster's genjutsu. Naruto's vision flickered, and he found himself still standing in the art studio. There was no lava anywhere.

The ugly monster had vanished. Only Kurama Yakumo stood before him, a sinister expression on her face and shock in her eyes.

Clearly, the ugly Psychic Monster