Chapter 33: Top-Level Understanding (Kurama: You're really a genius) 

Kurama covered his face, laughing and crying at the same time, his voice a bit confused: "I was just joking about the weak spot, why did you really go for it..."

This guy is a real talent, a true talent. Kurama meant for him to find Gaara's weakness and take him down in one move. He was just joking when he called the weakness a "weak spot," but who knew Naruto would really go for it.

Can this guy think a bit more clearly? Can he read the room during a fight? Although the scene of stabbing the opponent's weak spot with a kunai and explosive tags is interesting, going for the weak spot with a kunai is really embarrassing.

Promise me, don't go for anyone's weak spot again, okay?

"Bang!"

The sound of Explosive Tags breaking Kurama's thoughts. Looking up, Gaara, who was standing on the tree, had already taken off, with flames burning behind him, flying up like a rocket.

Naruto didn't hear Kurama's voice, and he excitedly clenched his fists, "Watch closely, you idiot! This is my, Uzumaki Naruto's, combined attack!"

The Shadow Clones instantly attacked. When Gaara was blown up by the Explosive Tags and couldn't move, two Narutos jumped up from below and punched Gaara's back with all their strength, sending him flying up again.

"This is!"

Five more Shadow Clones appeared, but this time they used their feet instead of fists. Five big footprints landed on Gaara's back, with the strength enhanced by Kurama, attacking without holding back.

"Uzumaki Naruto!"

Gaara spat out a mouthful of blood, his crazed eyes full of disbelief. Reflected in his eyes were countless excited Narutos falling from the sky.

"Two Thousand Combo!"

Fists and feet rained down from the sky. This attack, with the added force of gravity, couldn't be stopped even by Shukaku's chakra, especially since Naruto also had Kurama's chakra.

Gaara couldn't even remember how many times he was hit. A hundred? A thousand? Or maybe it was really two thousand as Naruto said? It didn't matter. When Gaara crashed into the ground, the huge impact created a big pit.

He couldn't use the Sand Substitution. This kind of precise Ninjutsu was impossible for Gaara to perform now.

Blood gushed from his mouth, and the Shukaku armor covering him was completely shattered.

Mixed with the blood on the ground, his sand, which had always been stained with the enemy's blood, was now only stained with his own blood.

Gaara's eyes were dazed, full of disbelief, "Why! Why are you so strong!"

The Shadow Clones disappeared, and Naruto stood on the tree, slightly panting, looking down at Gaara, "Why? That's a pointless question. If you have to ask why, it's because I want to beat you up."

"Uh..." Gaara made a meaningless sound like a goose being strangled. He clenched his fists, and as the sand on him slowly fell off, he stood up, "Guys like you, guys like you just need to be killed!"

"Kill me? Are you kidding?" Naruto proudly raised his chin, "Right now, I'm the one beating you up."

If Gaara hadn't gone crazy and continued to use Ninjutsu to fight, Naruto wouldn't have been able to win with his level of Ninjutsu. But unfortunately, Gaara went crazy.

To deal with Naruto, you can use restrictive Ninjutsu to keep interfering, but you absolutely can't charge at him like a brute. Naruto is like a heavily armored tank with high health, not much damage but can stick to you, while Gaara is a control-type mage.

He should have been the type of ninja that counters Naruto the most, but his mind wasn't clear. He abandoned his advantages as a control mage and chose close combat. How could a fragile mage without defensive skills win against a heavily armored tank in close combat?

Neither Naruto nor Gaara realized this. The battle between ninjas is originally a battle of intelligence, but Gaara wanted to use more chakra to overwhelm Naruto. Unfortunately, Naruto had more chakra, so from the start, Gaara chose the wrong target to go crazy on.

Unless he directly released Shukaku.

Now Gaara was also provoked. Looking at Naruto's proud appearance, he felt like his head was hit by a hammer, completely losing his sanity.

The chakra aura on his body started to surge, powerful energy covered him, and the sand that had fallen stopped for a moment, then covered him again. But this time, it wasn't a partial transformation.

As more and more sand covered Gaara, his body kept growing taller. In just a few seconds, Gaara had grown to a height of a hundred meters, with a strong body, a tail constantly swaying behind him, and chakra that hurt just to look at.

Naruto stood still.

Kurama saw this and mocked, "He's fully transformed into a tailed beast. Are you happy now?"

Naruto looked at Gaara, who had fully transformed into a tailed beast, and scratched his head, "Kurama~"

"Don't even think about it, you can't do it," Kurama interrupted Naruto. "The seal on your body and the seal on that kid's body are completely different. His seal allows him to draw tailed beast chakra directly while in a medium state because his seal has flaws."

Because of these flaws, Gaara couldn't sleep since he was a child. If he fell asleep, Shukaku would take control of his body, and the seal would break.

"His seal is like a piece of paper, you can poke through it with a little force. But your seal is like a wall!" Kurama said, annoyed. "To fully transform into a tailed beast, you need to break the seal completely. Tearing it halfway won't work."

The Eight Trigrams Seal is one of the strongest seals in the ninja world, much stronger than the seals from Sunagakure. It was formed by combining two Four Symbols Seals. If Minato hadn't left a gap, Kurama wouldn't even be able to lend chakra to Naruto.

Kurama's point was simple: "Get the big toad here! This guy is too big for us to handle!"

Naruto: "..."

A big body means strong defense. Although Naruto could use his small size to his advantage, he needed to break through the defense first. Unfortunately, Naruto hadn't learned the Rasengan yet and could only use his fists.

If you learn the Rasengan, you're like a mosquito that can make Shukaku itch a bit. Without it, you're just a fly, annoying but harmless.

Oh, and Shukaku's Ninjutsu are all large-scale attacks. Naruto would be buried in just a few moves.

The only good thing is that Shukaku hasn't broken the seal yet. Right now, they're only facing Gaara in full tailed beast form, not Shukaku. Otherwise, it would be a disaster.

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