Chapter 65: The One-Tail vs. Naruto
Hearing Naruto's words, Gaara immediately understood.
Naruto wasn't afraid of him—he had led him here on purpose.
Although Gaara didn't know what Naruto was planning, this feeling of being played made him very unhappy. He roared angrily a few times.
Then, Gaara glared at Naruto ferociously.
His eyes had turned yellow like a raccoon dog's—completely bewitching.
Gaara bared his fangs and said bloodthirstily:
"Big words. Today, you will all die here!"
Gaara roared and charged frantically at Naruto.
His swollen raccoon dog body was incredibly destructive. Everywhere he passed, trees snapped in half. Nothing could stop his advance.
Naruto watched Gaara rush toward him, shook his head, and smiled lightly.
"The way you look now, you're no match for me."
Gaara couldn't hear Naruto's words at all. His mind was full of bloodthirsty killing intent, as if he was being influenced by Shukaku's consciousness.
After Naruto finished speaking, seeing Gaara charging at him, he stopped talking and moved his finger to cast Kido.
"Bakudo #61, Six-Stick Light Prison!"
The words fell.
Six golden light panels suddenly condensed around Gaara's body.
As soon as the golden light panels appeared, they stuck to Gaara's body, restraining his movements.
Gaara was stunned for a moment. Before he could react, Naruto cast another Kido.
"Bakudo #62, Hundred-Step Railing!"
The sound rang out. Instantly, dozens of blue beams of light condensed in front of Gaara.
As soon as the beams appeared, they shot directly at Gaara and slammed into him hard.
After Gaara was hit by the beams, their enormous force knocked him into the air. He crashed fiercely into a large tree.
Gaara's body was firmly pinned to the tree trunk by the Six-Stick Light Prison and the Hundred-Step Railing.
Gaara roared ferociously, struggling hard to break free from the restraints. Chakra kept bursting out of him.
But no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't escape the shackles of the Six-Stick Light Prison and the Hundred-Step Railing.
"Kill you! Kill you!" The mad, bloodthirsty roar kept ringing out.
Gaara screamed hysterically at Naruto.
Then, Gaara's body began to change drastically once again.
His half-human, half-raccoon face started transforming into a full raccoon face.
Soon, Gaara's face completely changed into that of a raccoon dog.
Sharp fangs. Skin like yellow sand. Sharp claws. Cat-like ears. They all appeared one after another.
Gaara's body also grew larger.
Bang!
As Gaara's body gradually expanded, the Six-Stick Light Prison and Hundred-Step Railing shattered.
Then, Gaara's body had no more resistance. It began to expand wildly.
In the end, the raccoon dog figure that had been only two meters tall suddenly became a massive monster hundreds of meters in size.
As soon as the raccoon dog monster appeared, it let out a loud roar that made the entire earth tremble.
A tail swayed wildly behind its back. The massive raccoon dog's sharp claws seemed capable of shaking the ground with a single slap—causing mountains to collapse and seas to split.
Naruto narrowed his eyes as he watched the gigantic raccoon dog monster appear before him.
This was the One-Tail, Shukaku.
Gaara had finally stopped suppressing Shukaku's rampage. He had let Shukaku appear here.
After Shukaku appeared, he laughed a few times and shouted wildly:
"Haha! Your uncle is finally out!"
Hearing Shukaku's shrill voice, Naruto looked up. He soon saw a figure on top of Shukaku's head.
That figure was Gaara.
But Gaara had returned to his original state. Half of his body was submerged in Shukaku's head, and his dark-rimmed eyes were closed, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.
Apparently, Gaara had already used his drowsy technique. What stood before Naruto now was Shukaku's true consciousness.
Seeing Shukaku appear, Naruto slowly drew his Zanpakuto, ready to experience Shukaku's power at any moment.
Shukaku quickly noticed Naruto.
After seeing Naruto, Shukaku showed a playful look—like a cat looking at a mouse—and laughed loudly:
"Are you the brat who forced me out?"
"I didn't expect it to be just some kid."
Although Shukaku was inside Gaara's body, he seemed to have a vague awareness of what was happening outside.
So when he saw Naruto, Shukaku locked onto his target immediately.
Naruto didn't speak, but Shukaku kept talking on his own, taunting him:
"Embarrassing. Gaara has the power of your uncle and still got beaten like this by a kid his own age."
"Forget it. Your uncle rarely gets to come out. I'll teach him a lesson for you."
Hearing that Shukaku wanted to teach him a lesson, Naruto smiled instead of getting angry. He held his Zanpakuto in one hand and took out the Teigu—Pumpkin Romance Fortress—with the other.
As soon as the Teigu, Pumpkin Romance Fortress, appeared, the entire atmosphere shifted.
This black cannon looked like a heavy sniper rifle, and its size was as big as Naruto himself. It was very eye-catching.
Seeing Naruto take out another weapon—a gun in one hand and a sword in the other—Shukaku couldn't help but shift his gaze.
"Oh, brat, you've got some courage not running away in terror from your uncle."
"But for a brat like you, I can easily turn you into paste! Hahahaha!"
After Shukaku finished speaking, his massive sharp claws suddenly lifted up, aimed at Naruto.
As soon as the huge raccoon dog claws rose, they seemed to block out the sky, covering the entire area and casting a shadow beneath Naruto's feet.
Then, the terrifying raccoon claws slammed down instantly.
It looked like Shukaku wanted to smash Naruto into minced meat.
But in the face of Shukaku's attack, Naruto wasn't afraid.
There was no point in dodging.
Just as Shukaku's massive sharp claws were about to hit Naruto and crush him to pieces, Sasuke, watching from the side, cried out in worry.
At that moment, the Zanpakuto in Naruto's hand suddenly lifted up.
With his sword in hand, Naruto drew an arc through the air, aimed at Shukaku's sharp claws, and swung down instantly.
In that moment—
Shukaku's expression froze. His massive pupils contracted.
Shukaku's huge sharp claw—the one that had been about to smash Naruto—had already detached from Shukaku's body and flown into the air.