Sasuke watched the two mountainlike behemoths facing off in the distance. "Naruto, just how many trump cards do you have left?"
"Hinata, Sasuke, we have to get out of here right now. They're too big. If we get caught up in a battle on this level, we'll die."
After warning them, Pakkun immediately darted away.
"Big Sister Sasuke, should we leave too?" Seeing the frustration and worry in Sasuke's eyes, Hinata gritted her teeth. "We shouldn't stay here and become a burden to Big Brother Naruto."
"A burden to him..."
Those words reached Sasuke's ears, and he nodded forlornly before retreating into the distance.
As Sasuke, Hinata, and Pakkun swiftly withdrew from the area, only the fully transformed tanuki Shukaku, Gamabunta with a sheathed sword at his waist, and Naruto remained.
Although Naruto had seen Shukaku's complete form more than once in the original story, those had merely been animated scenes on a television or computer screen.
In this life, however, he saw the One-Tail, Shukaku the tanuki, clearly with his own eyes. That immense body and terrifying aura were beyond comparison or description.
"My first fight against this world's nuclear weapons. I'm actually looking forward to it."
As Naruto looked at Shukaku, his eyes held no fear, only excitement.
Only then did Gamabunta, beneath Naruto's feet, get a clear look at the creature standing opposite him.
"Huh? Isn't that Sunagakure's Shukaku?"
Gamabunta was stunned to see Shukaku. He looked around before his yellow, horizontally pupiled eyes finally found Naruto standing on his head.
Short blond hair swayed in the wind, and a confident smile lit Naruto's face. The sight overlapped with an image in Gamabunta's mind, as though he were seeing the only master he had ever acknowledged-Minato Namikaze.
"Minato? No... Naruto Uzumaki."
"Hey, Naruto, what's going on? How