Chapter 26: The Plan to Destroy Konohagakure Begins. 

In everyone's surprised faces, Chidori seemed to turn into the strongest spear in the world. After breaking through the Sand Shield, it continued with full force, directly hitting the Sand Armor. With a loud bang and explosion, dust scattered everywhere, but everyone could see Gaara's body flying backward like a rag doll, even the sand following him couldn't keep up.

"Bang!"

Gaara slammed into the wall, and huge cracks spread along the wall. Looking along the cracks, Gaara gritted his teeth, and the Sand Armor completely shattered, falling off piece by piece, leaving only a face full of fierce killing intent.

"Whoo~" Sasuke let out a long breath, dispersing the chakra in his hand, "You're lucky. If it weren't for the Sand Shield and Sand Armor absorbing most of the impact, you would have lost the ability to fight."

Indeed, if it weren't for the Sand Shield and Sand Armor, Gaara wouldn't just be glaring at Sasuke; his body would probably have a hole in it.

But it was also Sasuke's fault. It was his first time facing the Sand Shield and Sand Armor, and he used part of Chidori's power to break through the sand. If he had avoided the sand and kept the power, he could have seriously injured Gaara.

Thinking of this, Sasuke squatted down again to form seals: "Give up. Next time, you won't have a chance to block it."

He was kindly reminding Gaara, as both he and Kakashi knew the power of Chidori. If it accidentally hit, it could really kill someone.

But to Gaara, these words were a blatant taunt.

"Give up?" The Sand Armor kept falling off, and Gaara's voice became hoarse. Without the Sand Armor covering him, his fierce and crazy face was fully exposed to everyone.

Gaara stared at Sasuke madly, his killing intent almost turning into substance with the sand. The endless smell of blood even made Sarutobi Hiruzen above frown.

But Gaara didn't care. He had only one thought now: "I'll Kill you!"

Sasuke's face tightened, and he instinctively prepared to dodge the attack. But to everyone's surprise, Gaara didn't command the sand to attack. Instead, he controlled the sand to completely wrap himself up, standing there like an egg hatching.

The sound of a heartbeat and a sinister laugh came from the egg, and a huge suppressed chakra began to spread.

The first to sense it was Naruto. The joy on his face almost disappeared instantly, and he leaned on the railing: "This feeling...

...this feeling is like Kurama..."

Because he had the chakra of a tailed beast, Naruto's perception of tailed beasts was very strong. Almost the moment Gaara wrapped himself up, Naruto felt that very familiar chakra.

Kurama sneered in the seal: "Shukaku is nothing compared to me."

Naruto instinctively asked Kurama: "Do you know what that is, Kurama?"

"A tailed beast," Kurama replied. "You know there are nine tailed beasts, and the chakra you're feeling now belongs to Shukaku, the One-Tail. That kid on the field is about to release the tailed beast."

"Shukaku..." Naruto was a bit stunned, but the next second his face changed, "You mean, that guy is going to release a tailed beast like you in Konohagakure?"

"That's right." Kurama grinned, "Shukaku is the weakest of the tailed beasts, but for Konohagakure right now, dealing with it won't be easy. I guess... a lot of people will die."

Shukaku has a problem with his brain. This isn't an insult; he really has a problem.

Among the Tailed Beasts, except for the Two-Tails who is gentle and doesn't cause trouble, the Three-Tails who is too lazy to cause trouble, and the Seven-Tails who is afraid of causing trouble, the other Tailed Beasts are more or less a bit crazy.

The Nine-Tails is violent and wants to show people why it's called the Tailed Beast Bomb. The Eight-Tails is a battle maniac who fights first and talks later. If it wins, it keeps talking; if it loses, you can't talk. The Six-Tails doesn't like humans. The Five-Tails is usually calm, but if you provoke it, it will fight you to the death, and it's a troublemaker. The Four-Tails doesn't like humans either and thinks like a monkey, believing humans evolved the wrong way and looks down on them.

As for the One-Tail Shukaku, he just has a bad temper. If you speak to him respectfully, he might talk to you calmly, but most of the time, he just wants to bury you for no particular reason.

The Nine-Tails now has the memories of an Earth otaku, so its thinking has become more like a lazy shut-in. As long as it's not threatened, it just wants to relax. If it didn't know that Otsutsuki Kaguya would destroy the world in the future, Kurama's first thought would be to stay in Naruto's belly, where it's safe and doesn't have to run around.

Unfortunately, it can't relax.

Naruto knows about the Tailed Beasts from Kurama, but he doesn't know the others. Even though he doesn't know them, he knows how strong Kurama is. A Tailed Beast like Kurama is about to appear in the village center, so how can he not be anxious?

Naruto's first reaction was to turn to Temari and Kankuro, glaring at them: "You from Sunagakure Village brought a Jinchuriki to Konohagakure and let him release the Tailed Beast. What are you trying to do?"

Naruto wasn't thinking of anything specific, just asking.

With his words, Shino and Shikamaru turned to the two Sunagakure Ninjas, quickly moving to Naruto's side, their chakra starting to flow. Shino adjusted his glasses: "Naruto, are you sure?"

Shino and Shikamaru aren't commoners. Although they don't know exactly what happened twelve years ago during the Nine-Tails' attack, their families must have told them about the Tailed Beasts. Hearing this, they instinctively became alert.

If that thing really appears in Konohagakure, and the Nine-Tails' attack happens again, the whole village will suffer greatly.

"Yes." Naruto nodded, pointing to the egg formed by sand below. "I felt the Tailed Beast's chakra from that guy. That chakra belongs to the One-Tail Shukaku from Sunagakure Village in the Land of Wind."

Temari and Kankuro obviously didn't expect to be exposed so quickly. Their faces visibly turned ugly. They exchanged a glance, then their eyes hardened, and they almost simultaneously released their chakra.

At the same time, black mist flew from Shino's body, and an endless sea of bugs filled the preparation area, except for the spot where the three of them stood. Almost the entire area was filled with bugs.

Kankuro's face turned grim. He quickly took out the puppet from his back. As the bandages unraveled, the dangerous-looking puppet appeared in his hands.

Temari also quickly took out her iron fan. Against the sea of bugs, the puppet was not very effective. She immediately swung her fan, releasing her chakra without holding back: "Wind Release: Great Kamaitachi!"

Naruto's pupils shrank. Using such a large-scale Wind Release Ninjutsu in the confined space of the preparation area, is this woman crazy? Isn't she afraid of hitting her own people?

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