Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Chapter 326 Seal Sasuke

Upon hearing Shukaku's threat to tell all the tailed beasts about it, Kurama's face immediately darkened.

A lie repeated a thousand times will not become the truth, but everyone will take it as the truth.

At that point, there was no difference for the Nine-Tails.

In particular, Shukaku is a big mouth.

Even more frightening is that Shukaku seems to have reconciled with the Jinchūriki.

Among the nine tailed beasts, Kurama and Shukaku are among the most temperamental.

As a tailed beast, Shukaku remained remarkably silent and defiant during Deidara's battle to capture the One-Tailed Beast in the original story.

The reason might be that Shukaku thought the Akatsuki captured it for its power, and it was just being moved from one prison to another. Who knew the Akatsuki would use its life to feed the Gedo Mazo?

Kurama understands Shukaku's personality, so if Shukaku and the Jinchūriki haven't reconciled, then there's still some explanation.

If a settlement is reached, then there's nothing that can be done.

Shukaku will surely go around spreading rumors.

"Damn Shukaku, I'll give you...!"

The Nine-Tails, controlling Naruto's body, lunged at Gaara.

Is there such a good thing?

Shukaku understands Gaara's heart. Faced with the Nine-Tails' attack, Gaara is like a succubus encountering a flower thief, which suits my purposes perfectly.

They simply gave up resisting.

"Um?"

The Nine-Tails sensed something was wrong and immediately stopped what it was doing.

It doesn't yet understand why Shukaku has given up resisting.

After all, it didn't hear Gaara's speech from the other side.

As for other aspects?

Kurama only remembered that during the Chunin Exams, Naruto used the Thousand Years of Death Explosion Tags to blow up his opponent's butt once.

Gaara can't possibly fall completely in love with Naruto just because his butt got blown up once, can he?

Then this ninja world is far too dangerous.

Or perhaps it's because the Sand Village is arid, and only people there prefer to travel on dry roads, so only they have this particular preference.

Did Konoha's White Fang, who developed the Thousand Years of Death technique, discover this bug during the Ninja War and decide to become a ghost to Mumakura, frantically increasing her favorability with the Thousand Years of Death technique? As a result, he went too far and accidentally killed Sasori's parents while trying to increase their favorability...?

In short, Kurama (the Nine-Tails) didn't know what Shukaku and Gaara meant, but it understood that the more the enemy wanted something, the less it could give it; and the more the enemy approved of something, the more it had to oppose it.

So they slammed on the brakes.

Then he turned his attention to Sasuke.

"Shukaku, you have to think of something!"

Gaara immediately panicked.

[...I'm not in good form, so I'll let that stinky fox win the first game today, I...]

Shukaku clearly said this because he was weaker than Kurama, but he was still being stubborn.

As he spoke, Shukaku seemed to feel a little ashamed.

It promised to reconcile with Gaara, but it didn't help at all.

If Kurama can control Naruto's body and is a tailed beast, why can't it do the same?

Shukaku racked its brains and actually came up with a solution.

[It seems I, Shukaku, also possess the qualities to become a great general... Boy, listen to my command—]

Shukaku muttered something to Gaara's mind.

"That...it actually seems like it could work."

Gaara's expression froze for a moment, but in order to stop Kurama, he still made his move.

Gaara waved his right hand, and sand flew rapidly toward "Naruto," who was preparing to attack Sasuke.

With the power of this sand, Kurama only needs to control the chakra of the Tailed Beast Cloak to swing his arm and disperse the sand.

However, Gaara's target is not "Naruto".

It knew that it and Shukaku were no match for Naruto and Kurama.

Since that's the case, let's turn our attention to Sasuke, who is currently unconscious and unable to resist.

"Is he planning to take Sasuke away? Probably? Or is he planning to kill Sasuke?"

Sakura, who was watching the game, was instantly sweating when she saw this.

In Sakura's memory, Gaara is still the madman from the Chunin Exams.

Even though Gaara's personality had recovered before he left Konoha, the impression of his madness was too deep, and it would be difficult to reverse it without several more encounters.

"Killing him is unlikely. Gaara is the Kazekage now. As for taking him away... probably not."

Or rather, it's something you can't take with you.

Naruto in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode is so fast that it's hard to see with the naked eye. Shukaku and Gaara aren't known for their speed; they're better at defense...

Shikamaru observed the situation below and began to analyze it.

After analyzing for a long time, I still couldn't figure out what Gaara and Shukaku were trying to do.

However, there's no need for further analysis; the answer has already been provided below.

Gaara's sand cleverly split into two streams, one blocking the crucial area and the other silencing his mouth.

"I see. As long as the entrance to the cave is blocked, no matter how strong the Nine-Tails is, it will be unable to move. Unless it has the Dust Release of the Tsuchikage Onoki and can control it precisely, there is no way to stop it."

"Great idea, really great idea."

Seeing this, Shikamaru couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Even the Nine-Tailed Fox was stunned.

It never expected that the guard crane would possess such wisdom.

only……

"The cave entrance is blocked, so what about the exit?"

"not good!"

Shukaku and I, along with Loton, sensed something was wrong; the two, one human and one tailed beast, suddenly felt a shared understanding.

Just as Naruto was about to be caught in the crossfire, Gaara controlled the sand and arrived in time: "Sand Layer Burial Seal!"

A pyramid with black seal-like patterns sealed the exit.

It thwarted all of Nine-Tails' plans.

The Nine-Tailed Fox is enraged.

It just wants Naruto and Sasuke to clarify their relationship. Is that so difficult?

Why is everyone trying to stop this ill-fated couple?

"roar--"

The Nine-Tails let out a helpless roar, and the golden chakra cloak disappeared from Naruto's body.

As this is the first time Naruto has truly used the Nine-Tails' chakra, he can't maintain it for long.

After the anesthesia wore off, Naruto also passed out.

"Thank you so much, Shukaku."

Gaara sincerely thanked Shukaku.

That move just now wasn't his ability; the Desert Burial Seal is Shukaku's unique sealing technique.

"Hehe, Shukaku defeated that stinky fox! Shukaku won!"

Seeing Kurama (the Nine-Tails) disappear with a "scream," Shukaku felt an unprecedented sense of exhilaration and began to chuckle wickedly.

He completely ignored Gaara's thanks.

Gaara didn't care that Shukaku didn't respond.

For the first ten years or so, whenever he wanted to sleep, Shukaku would haunt his mind.

He's used to it.

Gaara walked towards Naruto, intending to take him back to recuperate.

only……

"Stop! Don't come near Naruto!"

"Lord Killer Bee, he is the Kazekage, and Naruto's friend."

"Idiot, not a friend, but... you know what a friend."

Killer Bee cursed at his teammates.

"But your idea is good, I'll use it too."

Killer Bee twisted and turned, and eight tentacle tails appeared behind him.

Killer Bee believed that Gaara had feelings for Naruto that went beyond friendship.

To prevent Gaara from doing anything to the unconscious Naruto, Killer Bee lashed out with three octopus tentacles.

Just as sand blocked Gaara, octopus tentacles also sealed off Naruto.