The bone-chilling Nine-Tails Chakra spread chaos through the forest.
A violent wind made the clothes of the Root and ANBU whistle loudly.
"This is bad! The Nine-Tails is out!"
The squad captain was shocked. He remembered the small Root team that had been killed and injured when Naruto was captured several years ago.
Back then, Naruto had only been in the Two-Tails state, yet even a captain barely escaped the jaws of the Nine-Tails.
The Shadow Clone laughed.
"I'll return him to you!"
He threw Naruto toward the Root and the ANBU.
Then a smoke bomb was thrown, and the Shadow Clone Technique instantly dispersed within the smoke.
In an instant, only the raging Nine-Tails Naruto, the ANBU, and the Root remained.
Naruto pulled out the kunai stuck in his right eye, and blood immediately flowed from the empty eye socket.
At this moment, his left eye turned into a beast-like red vertical pupil, staring coldly at everyone present.
"It's up to you, Kurama."
Naruto silently said this in his heart to the Nine-Tails before losing consciousness.
"Ah... it hurts so much..."
That was Naruto's final thought before passing out.
Even though Naruto's heart was ruthless and his plan perfect, he nearly fainted the moment his eye was pierced by the kunai.
Before coming to this world, Naruto had only been a street novelist. Even with strong mental strength, he couldn't calmly face such terrifying pain.
Forced to hand over his body to Kurama, Naruto could no longer endure it and lost consciousness from the pain.
At that moment, the Nine-Tails completely took control of Naruto's body.
"Ah… how ruthless."
The Nine-Tails sighed after sensing the damage to the body.
It had seen Naruto deliberately open his eye to receive that kunai.
Then he even controlled his muscles to stop the kunai before it pierced the nerve.
According to Naruto, he didn't want a bandit-like scar on his eyelid.
The Nine-Tails, looking at the Root and ANBU in front of it, licked its lips and rushed forward with terrifying speed!
"Retreat!"
The squad captain's expression changed drastically.
Naruto in the One-Tail state could already match Sasuke's Curse Mark power.
Naruto in the Four-Tails state could severely injure Jiraiya, who could barely suppress him.
And Naruto in the Eight-Tails state could even pin down Tendo Pain.
So Naruto in the Three-Tails state at this moment was something this group of Root and ANBU simply could not stop!
No ninjutsu was even needed!
All that was required was the chakra cloak protecting his body, along with the overwhelming speed and strength granted by chakra!
ROAR!
An explosion echoed through the forest as Naruto's speed suddenly surged like a mirage, appearing instantly in front of a Root ninja.
"This is bad!"
The Root ninja's face changed drastically. He barely managed to raise his arms in front of his chest—
But in the next moment, his entire body was blasted backward.
The terrifying force crushed both his arms and chest instantly!
The captain's face darkened.
What terrifying strength!
"Use Sealing Jutsu!"
Three Root members immediately stepped forward and formed hand seals.
"Triangular Sealing Formation!"
A green translucent pyramid-shaped barrier instantly trapped Naruto inside.
This was the same sealing technique Konohamaru once used in Boruto to temporarily restrain enemies.
The squad captain looked at Naruto trapped inside the barrier and sighed in relief. He was about to search for the black figure who had just stolen the Sharingan.
Inside the barrier, a mocking smile appeared on Naruto's face.
The chakra formed by the three tails suddenly surged!
With a single strike—
The seal was pierced like cloth.
The elongated chakra tail stabbed straight through the chests of the three casters like a spear.
Only then did the captain realize something—
His team was absolutely no match for the Nine-Tails before them.
"Retreat immediately!"
But it was already too late.
The elite Root Chunin were instantly pierced by the Nine-Tails' tails.
Out of the eight Root ninjas who had come to pursue Naruto, only the Jonin-level captain remained alive.
The two ANBU watching Naruto stared with pale faces.
They were far too weak to intervene.
They didn't even dare move, afraid the Nine-Tails might target them next.
Naruto—controlled by the Nine-Tails—smiled playfully and rushed again toward the Root captain.
Despair flashed across the captain's face.
The Nine-Tails' overwhelming power simply could not be stopped!
And over time, even more tails would appear.
At that moment, Shikamaru and the others arrived in the forest.
They stared in horror at the transformed Naruto.
Was this the demon fox the villagers always talked about?!
And why was Naruto blind in one eye?!
Just as the captain was about to send a signal to report this to the high officials of Konoha—
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
A massive blazing fireball suddenly slammed directly into Naruto, blasting him away!
The ANBU and the Root captain froze and turned toward the direction of the attack.
Behind an ANBU mask, scarlet Sharingan with three tomoe glowed coldly.
It was Uchiha Itachi, who had been monitoring the Uchiha clan meeting.