"Sato Sakura and the others have already started fighting. How much longer do you need?"
On the Leviathan, Sasuke looked at Sakura, who was leaning on a cloud chair holding Leviathan.
"About three more minutes?" Sakura raised her hand and looked at the internal conversion status of her Senjutsu Chakra, reaching a conclusion.
Because her own Chakra Reserves were too massive, recklessly absorbing Natural Energy might cause 'necrosis' in a large area, like the Ten-Tails below, leading to desertification.
So she had to wait with restraint for the planet's Chakra veins to circulate enough Natural Energy to fill the vacancy of her Senjutsu Chakra.
"Then I'll go down first. Opportunities to fight an enemy of this level are rare!"
Though he was worried about the Ninja army below, the Uchiha Clan's ancestral Tsundere made a certain black-haired youth choose the most awkward way of speaking.
"Hmph~" Sakura said nothing, just watched him with an amused, doting smile.
Feeling his face grow hot, Sasuke fled, forming flame clouds, pulling Itachi and several Edo Tensei puppets as he charged down toward the Ten-Tails below.
On the ship, Sakura's gaze swept over the upper observation cabin, sensing that Naruto's Chakra inside seemed to be undergoing some kind of change.
Amidst a place where countless streams of Chakra converged and transferred, Naruto's consciousness gradually broke free from the darkness. Looking around, he found himself in a giant stone chamber.
"Hmph, you stinky fox would actually bring someone here? Did that idiot Uchiha Obito take control of your body again?" A shrill, high-pitched voice echoed in the stone chamber.
Naruto looked around. In a distant, brightly lit place, there were eight giant Tailed Beasts. Their Jinchuriki sat on some of them.
"Hmph, I have nothing to say to Tailed Beasts with few tails, especially those with only one. One of these days, if someone cuts off your tail, you might get expelled from the ranks of Tailed Beasts!"
The Nine-Tails' skill at sarcastic mockery was clearly superior to Shukaku's. It ridiculed him while not using a single profane word.
"Bastard Kurama, what did you say!!!" The long, thin voice became sharp. A deafening roar caused vibrations around them.
"Alright, both of you, say a little less. We don't have much time!" The giant ape with fiery red fur spoke, offering the two a way to step down.
"So this is how you get along with your own compatriots?" The purple-clad Ninja sitting atop the red-furred giant ape patted its head.
"Shut up. Is this the time for your fooling around?" The giant ape retorted, using its tail to curl him up and stuff him into its fur.
"Kurama, you know why we summoned you here!"
A young man, much shorter than Naruto, slowly walked out from the giant turtle covered in shell. He was the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura.
"Boo-hoo, there's even such a young child as a Jinchuriki. You've really had it tough!" Naruto's face streamed with tears, his eyes toward Yagura filled with sympathy.
Stung, Yagura immediately roared back, "Hey, brat, what's that look? I'm an adult!!"
"Yo, wasting so much time and still not getting to the point. You're all a bunch of idiots, idiots~." A vigorous rap sounded, insulting everyone.
"Ah, you're that guy from Kumogakure..."
"Too bad, I'm already dead!" B shook his head at Naruto, keeping to the rhythm of his rap.
"Sigh, you people!" The Eight-Tails beneath him showed a weary expression, its tentacles extending to suppress all the noisy humans and Tailed Beasts.
"Alright, much quieter now!" As he spoke, the Eight-Tails arrived before Naruto and the Nine-Tails. "You and Kurama are both the last Jinchuriki and Tailed Beast, and also our last hope to stop Uchiha Madara's ambition!"
"But, wasn't Uchiha Madara already defeated by Sakura?" Naruto was confused.
"That girl who defeated Uchiha Madara is very strong. But there are still many mysteries about us Tailed Beasts that even she doesn't know. And the fact that we are all still here is the best proof that Uchiha Madara's plan is still in progress!" Five-Tails, Kokuo, walked over to Naruto and shook his head.
The writhing Saiken escaped from the Eight-Tails' tentacles. "Also, we sense that Uchiha Madara has hidden part of his soul within the Ten-Tails. If nothing unexpected happens, he's certainly still waiting for his chance!"
"Huh? How do we deal with an enemy like that?" Naruto's brain was already starting to overload. He clutched his head with both hands, messing up his hair.
"So that you can oppose him, we asked Kurama to bring you here!" Two-Tails, Matatabi, her body burning with dim blue flames, spoke.
"Hmph, let me be clear, this is all to deal with Uchiha Madara!" The Nine-Tails crossed its claws, turning away Tsundere-ly.
"Alright, what do I need to do?" Naruto's gaze was resolute. "Can I save you all safely?"
The boy's sincere words made the corners of many Tailed Beasts' mouths unconsciously curl up. They had originally just found someone to temporarily fill the role, but now they found that choosing this boy wasn't bad.
"Come on, extend your fist. We will leave a portion of our power with you. It will help you at a critical moment."
Shukaku was the first to extend its fist. He, whose Chakra was already the weakest, was now having difficulty even maintaining his form.
After bumping fists with Naruto, he merged into his body and disappeared. Then the other Tailed Beasts also stepped forward, entrusting their power and ideals to Naruto.
This power pushed his Chakra and Yang Release to transform toward a higher level.
Outside, sensing the loss of Chakra, the Ten-Tails grew anxious, constantly transmitting urging information through its flesh into Obito's mind.
"What's the rush? What can such a faint amount of scattered Chakra accomplish?" Though his words said 'don't rush', Obito still acted. He formed hand seals, slapping Summoning Technique runes into the air.
The ripples of Space-Time Ninjutsu were transmitted through the air, all the way to the deck of the Leviathan, to the sealed container holding Madara, which Sakura had bound tightly.
"Oh, if this is your trump card, it's rather weak!"
Her Observation Haki predicted the future, locking onto the trajectory of the Chakra. The girl's arm burned with pale flames. Pulling a Flying Thunder God kunai from her Ninja tool pouch, she slashed at the Chakra connecting to the sealed object.
Ding—!
A clear, crisp sound erupted from where the two touched, echoing incessantly throughout the entire space-time.
"Weak? But who told you I came to save him?" The corners of Obito's mouth curled up.
If he had planned to use the Summoning Technique to take the person from right under Sakura's nose, that would have been like a fantasy.
But what if they weren't trying to save him at all, but rather to kill him?
After all, he was already a dead person reincarnated by the Edo Tensei. Anything could be done... just open up your thinking!
Thus, after coming into contact with a small amount of Space-Time Chakra, the sealing scroll wrapping Uchiha Madara exploded with a bang, the force so great that it even caused cracks to appear on Leviathan.
"Hmm? I see, hahaha!" Sakura first frowned, then quickly relaxed.
She did not get angry at the enemy's use of all their cunning to steal a trophy from under her hand. Instead, she felt a joy from the bottom of her heart.
The enemy could still fight. The enemy still had fighting spirit. Then she, as a dominant sovereign, would naturally respond to their challenge, until their fighting spirit was completely crushed, their cunning completely shattered, and their armed force completely destroyed!
Sakura stood at the bow, her gaze meeting Obito's below, and they simultaneously spoke:
"Well, let's begin. Round two!" x2