Naruto Uzumaki is a Rogue Ninja

A ninja who had Hashirama's cells transplanted and could use Wood Release... This is a big problem!

Wood Release counters all Tailed Beasts. Naruto didn't expect Konoha to send him to deal with her! It makes sense, though. To deal with Tailed Beasts, one naturally needs Wood Release, which can suppress them. Konoha's people really went to great lengths!

"Nine-Tails, I'm panicking... That ninja has the First Hokage's cells transplanted and can use Wood Release."

"Wood Release..."

The Nine-Tails frowned. It had experienced being beaten severely by the First Hokage with Wood Release. It was almost a psychological trauma for it.

"However, the power of its Wood Release is less than one ten-thousandth of the First Hokage's. Even so, it should be enough to deal with you, who can only use three of your tails' power... probably..."

Naruto felt a little uncertain.

"Nine-Tails, how about I break the seal!"

"No!"

The Nine-Tails pressed down on Naruto's hand reaching for the seal and said through gritted teeth, "Run! Naruto!"

The Nine-Tails never thought that it, as a Tailed Beast, would ever say the word "run" from its mouth. If it was for Naruto, it wouldn't mind saying it again.

Naruto was stunned when she heard the Nine-Tails' words, and then a smile curved her lips. She never expected to hear the word "run" from the Nine-Tails.

"I get it. If we can't win, then we'll run!"

At this moment, Naruto profoundly realized her own weakness. She thought she could be fearless with the Nine-Tails' power, but that was just an illusion, like the moon reflected in water or a flower in a mirror. The Nine-Tails' immense power had given her a false sense of security.

"Yamato, attack!"

"Yes! Senior!"

"Wood Style: Thorn Killing Technique!"

Vine-like wood, following Yamato's will, wrapped around Naruto, Yakushi Nonō, and Mikoto Uchiha. Several wooden stakes rose around the three, preventing them from escaping.

"Catching me isn't enough?"

"Since they are with you, they must be taken back too." Yamato clasped his hands together, and the wood vines wrapped around the three suddenly tightened.

Yakushi Nonō, as a medical ninja, could use chakra to heal her injuries, but Mikoto Uchiha couldn't!

Mikoto Uchiha's severe injuries had not fully healed. Bound by Wood Release, she let out a pained groan when the Wood Release suddenly tightened. Blood trickled down the corner of her mouth.

"So that's how it is..."

Naruto saw the blood flowing from Mikoto Uchiha's mouth and lowered her head. The Nine-Tails' violent chakra emanated from her body. The surrounding wooden stakes immediately extended wood to wrap around her, trying to prevent her from breaking free.

"Aaaah!!!"

"Naruto! Stop! Your body right now can't..."

"Don't stop me, Nine-Tails! In this situation, the only way to escape is to go all out!"

One tail!

Two tails!

Three tails!

Four tails!

Dark clouds gathered in the sky, and a beam of blood-red light shot up into the heavens!

A gust of wind brought a chill that made one's blood run cold.

"Haa!"

Yamato clasped his hands forcefully, the wood tightening, trying to bind Naruto tightly within the Wood Release.

"Bang!"

The constricting wood suddenly expanded under the Nine-Tails' violent chakra, shattering into pieces and scattering on the ground.

Landing on all fours, Naruto's face was completely hidden. Four tails swayed behind her. She suddenly shattered the wood that bound Yakushi Nonō and Mikoto Uchiha.

"I'm taking them with me. Let's see who dares to stop me!"

Naruto's voice had become hoarse, with a hint of metallic texture. A surge of chakra was transmitted through the tails to the two women whose waists were wrapped by them. It was a very faint chakra from the Nine-Tails, forming a thin layer of Tailed Beast Cloak on them.

"Wood Style: Forest Creation Technique!"

"I've had enough of your Wood Release!"

Naruto opened her mouth, and under the Nine-Tails' control, chakra gathered in a bizarre form. A black sphere formed in front of Naruto's mouth. Naruto swallowed it in one gulp, and her body suddenly expanded. She opened her mouth and unleashed a beam of light!

The beam of light destroyed everything in its path! After flying a certain distance, it erupted in a violent explosion!

"Boom—!"

A mushroom cloud slowly rose!

After the explosion, the earth emitted black smoke from the scorching. An arched wall formed from wooden pillars emerged from the ground. Yamato, after dispelling Wood Style: Wood Golem Wall, looked at the Forest Creation barrier in front of him, which had a large hole blasted through it, his expression grim.

"What kind of technique is this... The Nine-Tails' power is too terrifying..."

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Cruel Naruto (1/2)

"Captain Kakashi! Captain Hyuga is gone!"

Naruto, in her Nine-Tails Transformation, hadn't forgotten to take the valuable Haruki Hyuga with her when she fled. Kimura, who had collapsed beside Haruki Hyuga, was left behind.

Naruto had used four tails of the Nine-Tails' power. Even with most of her consciousness gone, she still remembered to take Haruki Hyuga. Naruto's obsession with money was deeply ingrained.

"Pakkun! I'm counting on you."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Kakashi, you can't be serious. If we chase after her, we could very well be killed by a rampaging Jinchuriki!" Pakkun whimpered, tucking his tail and trying to appear calm as he looked at Kakashi, his legs trembling uncontrollably.

"Just follow from a distance and find an opportunity to rescue Haruki Hyuga."

"Understood."

Pakkun nodded, sniffed the scent of Naruto in the air, and gave chase.