As Kurama's furious roar rang out in his mind, Naruto smiled and thought, Don't worry. I'll take you straight into Gaara's inner world in a moment, so you can disgust him and roast him all you want.
"Hahaha... now that sounds great!"
Hearing Kurama's response, Naruto said, "Gamabunta, let's go! Beat him up!"
Gamabunta was like someone pumped full of stimulants. He immediately laughed aloud. "Yeah!"
Shing!
With the aid of nine-tails chakra, Gamabunta not only brimmed with strength, but his leaping speed had more than doubled.
While airborne, Gamabunta reached down and whipped the long blade out of the ground, then launched himself straight at Shukaku with another leap.
"Damn it! How did he get so much faster?!"
Seeing Gamabunta's strength surge, Shukaku kept retreating, taking huge breaths and slapping his belly again and again as he backed away.
"Wind Release: Air Bullet!"
"Air Bullet!"
Ninjutsu of this level would naturally work against Gamabunta under normal circumstances. But now, nine-tails chakra enveloped his entire body, and he scattered those wide-ranging Wind Release attacks with just two slashes.
"Hahaha... this feels amazing!"
Gamabunta slashed twice in midair to intercept the attacks, and by the time he landed, he was already beside Shukaku.
"You stinking tanuki, die!"
Crack, crack, crack...
Three consecutive slashes severed a section of Shukaku's tail and left huge, gruesome wounds across his left arm and body.
Fortunately, Shukaku's body was unusual. Even lethal wounds like these healed rapidly.
"Damn it..."
"Wind Release: Sand Scattershot!"
After suffering such a heavy blow, Shukaku was utterly enraged. He kicked the severed half of his tail into the air, then formed hand seals with his two forepaws.
A fierce gale instantly blasted out of his mouth.
"Oh, no! We're too close!"
At this distance, Gamabunta couldn't be certain whether the one-tailed