Chapter 129 Nine-Tails: I'm Already Behaving, Please Let Me Go

Just as Nine-Tails was on the verge of breaking free from the seal... although its released Chakra had been drained, it still used the remaining Chakra to keep pushing forward.

Then, Naruto's youthful voice rang out...

"Let's go, Kurama!"

"Roar~"

Nine-Tails didn't know where the sound of its roar came from, but through the seal, it saw a golden Naruto standing tall... with an equally golden Nine-Tails behind him! And in its mouth, it was gathering Chakra!

This technique... Nine-Tails knew it all too well!

Wasn't this the Tailed Beast Ball, the signature move of the Tailed Beasts?

And... the Tailed Beast Ball in the golden Nine-Tails' mouth was clearly made using its Chakra!

To the Nine-Tails, this was no different from being cuckolded right in front of its face!

Furious, the Nine-Tails, now with most of its Chakra drained, was determined to break free from the seal!

But then it saw... Naruto, holding a massive Rasenshuriken, and the golden Nine-Tails launching the Tailed Beast Ball simultaneously.

"Tailed Beast Planetary Rasenshuriken!"

Naruto shouted the name of the technique with all the enthusiasm of a Chuunibyo.

Nine-Tails, who is using its remaining Chakra to try and break the seal, suddenly felt its body freeze as its Chakra was drained yet again!

"What the—?! Ah!"

Nine-Tails let out a pained roar. In just an instant, it felt like it had lost 90% of its Chakra!

With only 10% of its Chakra left, breaking the seal now seemed completely unrealistic.

At this point, the Nine-Tails had no choice but to retreat obediently.

It quickly pulled itself back into the seal and even tried to reinforce it.

The feeling of being instantly overpowered was something the Nine-Tails had only experienced with Hashirama, Madara, and the masked man.

Minato somewhat counted, but the cost of his life was too heavy.

But Naruto?! How could Naruto drain 90% of its Chakra in a single second!

Nine-Tails, which had been furious about losing its chakra earlier, now didn't dare to even think about it.

Because for the first time, Nine-Tails felt the chilling grip of death.

It could only pray that the seal would hold.

The ones it had faced before, whether it was Madara or Hashirama, had never intended to kill it.

And Minato, who had wanted to kill it, didn't have the power to do so, only managing to seal half of its body inside Naruto.

But just now... it had felt the threat of death.

Nine-Tails was shaken, 'Did this brat really want to kill me?'

Now, the Nine-Tails didn't dare to even think about breaking the seal.

The cage it had once despised and seen as its greatest enemy had now become its only refuge.

If the Nine-Tails had the strength to speak, its first words would have been to the seal: "Hang in there, buddy!"

Exhausted from losing so much Chakra, Nine-Tails slumped weakly in the corner, panting heavily.

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"Sasuke, what exactly happened to Naruto?"

Sasuke didn't feel like explaining much to Jiraiya. After all, during such a critical moment, he had searched every women's bathhouse in Konoha to find Jiraiya.

Finally, he found him in a nightclub that was open during the day. The whole process had wasted a lot of time.

He wasn't sure if they could make it in time.

But after thinking about it, Sasuke realized that sharing this information with Jiraiya might help him analyze the situation better.

Before Sasuke could even speak, Jiraiya suddenly let out a shocked yell.

"What! Nine-Tails is about to break the seal?!"

"What?! Naruto's reached seven tails?! How is that possible! Naruto's body shouldn't be able to handle that... wait, no, Naruto's physical condition isn't weak!"

After his initial outburst, Jiraiya muttered to himself and picked up the pace.

This made it difficult for Sasuke to keep up.

"Hey! Do you even know the way?"

Sasuke couldn't help but ask.

And without turning his head, Jiraiya replied, "I have intel."

But before they had run for more than a few minutes, Jiraiya suddenly stopped.

"Oh no! Intel says this area is about to become dangerous! We need to get out of here!"

Sasuke was growing impatient. "What are you talking about?! What danger could be worse than Naruto's situation!"

Jiraiya's expression turned serious as he grabbed Sasuke and dragged him to the side.

After running about five kilometers, Jiraiya finally set Sasuke down.

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At the border of the Land of Fire, the Akatsuki's Aart Duo, as usual, paused during their mission to admire the scenery.

"Ah~ How beautiful the windless environment is, with the still trees and hills…"

Sasori couldn't help but marvel, though he preferred puppets, the stillness of the scenery perfectly matched his artistic sensibilities.

Meanwhile, Deidara, who had been resting on a tree trunk, complained irritably, "I say, big bro, who could possibly like such a stagnant environment? In my opinion, we should just blow this forest to smithereens! That's art, yeah!"

Sasori wanted to roll his eyes, but his puppet disguise didn't have that function, so he could only weakly retort, "Trees may decay, but their vitality is tenacious. Eternal beauty without decay is true art."

For the next few minutes, the art duo once again argued over the topic they had debated for countless days and nights.

Deidara, being the impatient one, suddenly threw a bomb near Sasori's puppet.

Sasori casually swatted the bomb away, making a 'splat' sound.

Then... Sasori froze. Even as the bomb's shockwave brushed past him, he didn't react.

Deidara thought Sasori had been overwhelmed by his art and burst out laughing, pointing at him.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Sasori silently pointed behind Deidara.

Deidara turned around with doubt...

A Tailed Beast Ball the size of a meteor and a spinning Rasenshuriken collided, creating a blinding flash of light.

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On their way to the scene, Sasuke and Jiraiya saw a terrifying light erupt from the direction they had come from.

Soon, everyone in Konoha and the Land of Fire witnessed this astonishing spectacle...