An enormous surge of chakra erupted from Naruto, and at the same time, tails began sprouting behind him, one after another.
"Hey, you stinking fox, I only asked to borrow a little power. You don't have to be this generous."
Just as a fourth tail was about to form behind him, Naruto smiled faintly and mobilized the chakra within his body, suppressing the enormous amount the Nine-Tails had seized the chance to pour into him.
In the end, Naruto kept his tail count at exactly three.
You little brat!
Inside Naruto, the Nine-Tailed Fox realized that Naruto could now freely control how much of its chakra he accepted, and inwardly sensed trouble.
Although the brat couldn't forcibly seize its power the way his mother could, he could resist its flow of power into him. That meant controlling Naruto would become even harder.
"All right, time to deal with you. I can't keep Sasuke and the others waiting too long."
With his Tailed Beast Cloak protecting him, Naruto stepped straight into the Gourd Toad's stomach acid. Seeing Naruto coming after him, Hidan knew he was in trouble.
Hidan had seen a Tailed Beast Cloak before when he fought Two-Tails Yugito, but Naruto's strength beneath his cloak far surpassed hers.
"If you won't come to me, I'll come to you!"
Though he had deactivated his Sage Mode, Naruto could still sense Hidan's location. Even in the stomach acid, his speed didn't diminish in the slightest, and he appeared before Hidan in an instant.
"Don't get so full of yourself! I'll cut you to pieces!"
Naruto's effortless tone filled Hidan with fury. He drew a spike and thrust it at Naruto.
Hidan's furious thrust stopped ten centimeters short of Naruto's abdomen. He couldn't push it a fraction farther.
What blocked Hidan's attack was