The intense sense of danger the tailed beasts had felt in the dreamlike space began to pierce the barriers between spaces like invisible ripples, reaching the Jinchūriki closely bound to them in the real world. In turn, it sent shock waves of varying intensity through the leadership of the hidden villages.
Konoha, inside Naruto's inner world-the Sealing Space.
"Hey! Naruto! You idiot! Wake up!" Kurama's deep, agitated voice rang out from behind the enormous cage, jolting Naruto awake.
"Huh? What's wrong, Nine-Tails? Did you have a nightmare?" Naruto rubbed his sleepy eyes, looking blearily at the restless Nine-Tails.
"A nightmare? This is worse!" Kurama bared his teeth, his crimson eyes more serious than ever. "That idiot Shukaku's in trouble! He was attacked by an extremely dangerous power and nearly stripped away completely. Now he's fallen into a deep sleep!"
"What?! Gaara..." Naruto was instantly wide awake, anxiety gripping him.
"The point isn't that Kazekage kid! It's the power that attacked Shukaku!" Kurama growled. "It's a dark energy filled with a will that corrodes and twists, and it comes from that guy called the 'Sacred Lord'! It can not only hurt us, but even contaminate the space where we tailed beasts share our consciousness! That guy probably isn't just after our chakra. He wants to 'devour' us all or 'turn' us into something else!"
Although Naruto could not fully understand what the tailed beasts perceived, Kurama's unmistakable anxiety and a trace of... almost imperceptible fear made him realize how serious this was. Even the utterly fearless Kurama was this tense...
"Even you think he's trouble, Nine-Tails..." Naruto clenched his fists, his gaze turning resolute. "Got it! We have to tell everyone! We have to stop that 'Sacred Lord'!"
Kumogakure, inside Killer B.
"Yo~! Fool, ya fool~! Important news coming through~!" For