Let's break down the stages of Susanoo.
First, there's the Ribcage, then the Skeletal forms—only the torso, hands, and feet.
This was the stage Uchiha Madara used when he created twenty-five Wood Clones to bully the Five Kage.
In terms of size, these are roughly equivalent to an ordinary Tailed Beast.
Then there is the Complete Body Susanoo—the form currently being spam-used by Uchiha Hikari.
Each one is already comparable in size to the massive Wooden Golem Hashirama summoned earlier.
This enhancement isn't just about size; both defense and attack power increase proportionally.
However, there are things even larger than the Complete Body Susanoo.
For example, Hashirama Senju's True Several Thousand Hands.
Even a wooden giant the size of a Complete Body Susanoo can only sit atop the head of the True Several Thousand Hands like a pet parakeet, illustrating the vast difference in scale.
But beyond that, there is yet another level.
The Eight-Tails is slightly smaller than the Nine-Tails, but not by much.
Yet, a single Tailed Beast Ball from the Eight-Tails is like a housefly in front of the Ten-Tails, easily flicked away by its single finger.
Sasuke's Complete Body Susanoo is about the same size as the standing Nine-Tails.
However, the Sage of Six Paths' Complete Body Susanoo is even taller than the standing Ten-Tails.
Clearly, Uchiha Hikari's current Complete Body Susanoo is not her full power, as she used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to distribute her strength evenly across six avatars.
If she were to dispel the shadow clones now and reclaim that power into one body, she would undoubtedly be able to unlock a new level of Susanoo.
Perhaps it could rival the Sage of Six Paths' Susanoo in strength.
The Sage of Six Paths learned Sage Arts from Mount Myoboku, combined with his innate Six Paths Power and Otsutsuki lineage.
Hikari may seem lacking in lineage compared to Hagoromo, but the Natural Energy provided by Makoto is superior to Mount Myoboku's Sage Arts.
In reality, this single advantage is enough.
Coupled with Makoto's amplification ability, it compensates for the deficiencies in other areas.
However...
Hikari understands her current mission: to experiment with mastering her power.
That is sufficient for now.
As long as she can safely perform the "Turning Illusion into Reality" of the Limited Tsukuyomi, she's good.
The current goal is simply to capture the Three-Tails.
If she were to dispel the shadow clones and elevate her Susanoo to the "God Tier" size, it might become difficult to control.
She wouldn't want to accidentally squish the Three-Tails like a bug and have to wait years for it to slowly resurrect.
Even at its current size, Hikari still felt it was too large.
This search method wasn't very efficient.
So, Hikari voluntarily dismissed the Susanoo's outer armor.
(Note: Don't overthink it—the armor interior has no details. There are no "Susanoo chest physics.")
The Susanoo reverted to its previous humanoid stage, shrinking considerably in size.
Hikari used Shadow Clone again, creating twenty clones, all activating Susanoo.
They began dredging the lake bottom like a commercial fishing fleet.
...
At the bottom of the lake.
The Three-Tails, Isobu, was sleeping peacefully.
Suddenly feeling the water currents stirring violently around it, it opened its one eye.
'What the hell is that noise?'
It seemed to hear someone shouting "Three-Tails where are you?" and "Come out already, little turtle!"
Was someone coming to capture it again?
The Three-Tails became alert.
Besides the Tailed Beast Ball, each Tailed Beast had their own specialized techniques based on their biology.
Using these techniques felt as natural as breathing.
This was the case with the One-Tail Shukaku, leading many to believe it couldn't use a Tailed Beast Ball and only practiced "Wind Bullet" all day.
As for Isobu's most skilled instinctive technique? That would be Shell Defense.
Shell Defense: Arching its entire body, wrapping itself in the spiked shell on its back, then rapidly rolling to crush enemies.
Well, to put it plainly, it's basically the Akimichi clan's "Human Boulder" technique.
Minato created the Rasengan after observing the Tailed Beast Ball.
One has to wonder if the Akimichi clan ancestors developed the Human Boulder after watching the Three-Tails drift around a corner.
Vroom.
The Three-Tails used Shell Defense, spinning rapidly underwater, performing a burnout acceleration, and then suddenly burst through the lake surface to crush the intruders.
Hikari and her twenty clones had already surrounded the area when they detected the movement.
Just as they closed in, the Three-Tails came spinning out of the water, making Hikari extremely delighted.
The Three-Tails emerged with its wheel-like rotation, ready to deliver a fatal blow to the weak ninjas coveting its power.
But then, while in mid-air, it looked at the scene on the water's surface.
A crimson sea of twenty glowing Susanoo warriors surrounded it on all sides.
It felt as helpless as a petite blonde girl sitting on a couch surrounded by five large men from Kumogakure. (if you know, you know)
What kind of hellish scenery is this?!
"I won't disturb you all! I'm leaving now! Gomenasai!"
Isobu fell back into the water and, using the momentum from its high-speed rotation, began digging a hole at the lake bottom to escape to the earth's core.
Seeing this, Hikari immediately grew anxious.
The Sharingan could indeed control Tailed Beasts, but the turtle had been spinning too fast earlier, leaving no chance for eye contact.
Physical capture was the only option now.
Swoosh.
The clones disappeared, merging back into the single Complete Body Susanoo.
Hikari drew the Susanoo's massive long sword, wreathed in black Amaterasu flames, and thrust downward.
Stab.
ROAR—!
Following the beast-like howl from underwater, the disturbances on the lake surface gradually subsided.
Hikari controlled the Susanoo to retract the sword, bent down, groped around in the mud for a while, fished out the unconscious Three-Tails, and dumped it on the shore.
Thump.
As soon as the Three-Tails regained consciousness on the shore, it saw Hashirama Senju.
'Hey wasn't this an old acquaintance?'
Decades ago, Isobu had been enjoying a nice underwater volcanic hotpot and singing siren songs in the ocean while minding his own business, when this guy captured him and "gifted" him to the Hidden Mist Village.
He had thought he was being assigned a job or maybe a marriage partner, but it turned out he was assigned Life Imprisonment!
"Um... Three-Tails! Hello there! Haha... we meet again."
Hashirama laughed awkwardly while waving.
From Makoto, he had already understood that his past attitude toward Tailed Beasts had been wrong.
Tailed Beasts could indeed become companions.
So now, facing the Three-Tails again, he felt somewhat guilty.
After all, when capturing the Three-Tails back then, to prevent its Shell Defense from rotating, he had used the Wood Dragon to restrain it—shoving the dragon's head into one opening and its tail into another.
It was not a respectable defeat.
"Did I not stab it to death?"
After Uchiha Hikari dispelled her Susanoo, she hurried forward, concerned, to check the Three-Tails' injuries.
As soon as she had grabbed it, she immediately retracted the Amaterasu flames attached to the blade wounds, afraid that even a moment longer of burning might cause permanent damage.
"..."
The Three-Tails remained silent.
It stared blankly at the sky.
Because it realized that today was basically a "Greatest Hits" Reunion of Trauma.
It had once been controlled by Uchiha Madara, and now it saw the Sharingan again!
It had once been burned by Amaterasu, and today it was burned once more—and this time, it was burned raw!
It had once been captured and restrained by Hashirama Senju, and today it saw Hashirama again, only to have its ass breached by a sword once more!
As a Tailed Beast, no matter how many it eat, it cant poop!
'Was my asshole designed specifically for you wicked ninjas to stab?!'
And finally... it looked to the side.
It saw the Jinchuriki (Rin) who had once caused its death, standing there smiling at it.
'Oh, great, the whole gang is here.'