Meanwhile.
The Nine-Tails, who still thought he was lying on Naruto's head, remained enveloped in Yin-Yang Release and Golden Light.
He was still observing, but soon recognized the nature of the Golden Light. "It's actually a space-time distortion, somewhat like Ryūmyaku chakra. Get ready, Naruto. Next, we might return to..."
Just then, Little Nine-Tails froze. A powerful aura suddenly erupted from him, and his tiny body expanded in an instant. The mountain-sized Tailed Beast, the Nine-Tails, reappeared!
"Why was my original body brought here too?!"
Feeling the power within this body, the Nine-Tails swished his tails. He could already sense that something was wrong with this space.
The instant that thought crossed his mind, an enormous figure suddenly appeared before him—
It was a gigantic manifestation of solidified chakra, majestic and imposing. Its entire body was encased in samurai armor, like a moving mountain, giving the Nine-Tails the impression that it was indestructible.
The armor, still radiating chakra, was etched with intricate patterns and runes that shimmered with a mysterious light.
Its head bore the visage of a ferocious beast, savage and commanding, its eyes shining with a piercing light as though they could see through everything.
"This thing... is huge!"
The behemoth stood several times taller than his original body. In the Nine-Tails' memory, only that monster, the Ten-Tails, and Hashirama's absurd Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands had ever been this enormous!
Yet the thing before him was clearly a—
Susanoo!
"Who's controlling it... huh?"
Just as the Nine-Tails tried to ascertain what was going on with this Susanoo, its enormous sword slashed straight down at him!
There was no attempt to communicate. It attacked the moment it appeared!
Whoosh!
Its tremendous power seemed capable of cleaving space itself. The descending blade howled like an erupting