"It doesn't matter. Whether I'm a Jinchūriki is just a matter of what form my power takes!"
Hearing those casual words, Naruto smiled bitterly. Indeed, for ordinary people, a Tailed Beast was a source of power, but for a genius like Raito, even without a Tailed Beast, he would sooner or later reach the pinnacle of the Shinobi World on his own.
Having a Tailed Beast or not really didn't seem to change the fact that Raito was powerful.
Instead, a deep worry rose in Naruto's heart at that moment.
Raito had already been absurdly powerful without a Tailed Beast's support. Now he was even stronger. This really was going to be tricky.
"Nine-Tails, lend me more power. Can you suppress the Tailed Beast inside Raito?"
Hearing that, the Nine-Tails in the sealed space immediately bared his teeth in displeasure. What kind of ridiculous joke was that? Who did the brat think he was?
"You little brat, remember this: I'm Kurama, the strongest Tailed Beast! No matter which little creep that kid is borrowing chakra from, it's trash compared to me. What you should be worrying about is whether that weak body of yours can take it!"
With such an arrogant assurance from the Nine-Tails, Naruto immediately felt more confident. As long as the Nine-Tails could overwhelm the opponent in terms of chakra, that was enough.
Boom!
As the ground split apart, the tails formed from high-density chakra behind Naruto shot toward Raito like javelins.
Facing that swift attack, Raito merely curled his lips into a faint smile and lightly swung a chakra tail behind him like a whip.
Thud! Thud!
With two dull impacts, Raito casually swatted Naruto's fierce assault apart in an instant.
Although there was an obvious difference in the number of tails, that did not necessarily