Naruto: Menma Exiting Infinite Tsukuyomi

Chapter 175: Is This... Your Last Words?

"Of course not."

Menma smiled helplessly, then turned his gaze to Shinnō.

His tone was meaningful as he said: "Your opponent is the Zero-Tails that this fellow researched."

Hearing this, Shinnō's body stiffened, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

These two... actually want to use the Zero-Tails as a sparring partner?

"This woman's power is terrifying. Relying on my own strength is simply a dead end."

Even using Body Revival and Body Regeneration, he would just be a more durable punching bag.

Since that's the case...

"Pfft! Cough cough, hahahaha!"

Shinnō suddenly coughed up blood, then laughed loudly with feigned disdain: "You have no idea what the Zero-Tails means! That's a monster comparable to the strongest Tailed Beast, the Nine-Tails!"

"..."

As soon as these words were spoken,

the scene suddenly fell into a bizarre silence.

Unsure if it was an illusion,

Shinnō felt two gazes on his back like thorns, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

But at this moment, the gazes Menma and Kuramako directed at him were actually very strange.

"Ahem!"

Menma glanced at Kuramako with amusement.

To accidentally flatter the person concerned.

The strongest Tailed Beast, the Nine-Tails... look at how he's puffing it up.

Saying such things in front of the semi-person concerned... what's the difference between that and a public execution?

Kuramako's small face flushed slightly. She forcefully ignored Menma's teasing gaze.

The force under her foot couldn't help but increase, and Shinnō instantly let out a pained, muffled groan.

"You bastard talk too much nonsense!"

Kuramako said coldly: "Let me see just what this monster you call 'comparable to the strongest Ta—... comparable to the Nine-Tails' is really made of!"

Saying this, she directly lifted Shinnō.

Relying on her sensory ability, she walked towards the location of that abnormal chakra.

A fleeting, cunning smile flashed across Shinnō's face.

Soon, Menma and Kuramako, carrying him, arrived at the fortress's power room.

He saw, within a giant transparent container connected to many transparent pipes,

a monster with a pitch-black, serpentine body, wearing a mask engraved with the character "Zero," curled up inside, seemingly in hibernation.

And those transparent pipes were continuously transporting something, providing it with necessary substances.

"This ugly thing is the Zero-Tails?"

Kuramako frowned with some disgust: "Isn't this just a long worm? What does it have to do with a Tailed Beast!"

Just then,

Shinnō's body began to tremble, and then he suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha! Arrogant fools!!"

He spoke with a mocking and contemptuous tone: "Even if a Tailed Beast appeared before the Zero-Tails, it would have its chakra sucked dry and become its food!"

As if in agreement with his words,

inside the transparent container, the Zero-Tails' long, slender body began to stir.

The eyes on the mask part also slowly opened, looking at Menma and Kuramako with utter greed.

"Heh, suck a Tailed Beast's chakra dry?"

Kuramako raised an eyebrow unpleasantly, asking back coldly: "You pathetic frog in a well, you know nothing of a Tailed Beast's power!"

To actually compare the nine Tailed Beasts with this kind of man-made monster.

This made the proud, strongest Tailed Beast, Kuramako, feel very displeased.

BOOM!!

She directly smashed Shinnō, who was in her hand, into the wall.

Immediately, with a stomp of her foot, she rushed towards the Zero-Tails.

The Zero-Tails in the container, seeing this, also split off several pitch-black, soft tentacles from its body, grabbing towards Kuramako from all directions.

Bang bang bang!

Slap slap slap!

Kuramako's every punch landed on the Zero-Tails' tentacles, but the extremely soft flesh would regrow even after being smashed.

Whenever she wanted to approach the Zero-Tails' main body,

the Zero-Tails would split off even more tentacles to stop her.

The moment Kuramako came into contact with it, it would also absorb the chakra from her body.

With one side's strength growing while the other's waned,

the Zero-Tails' tentacles were already as dense as a spiderweb.

And although Kuramako had only been absorbed of a small amount of chakra, which didn't cause her any major harm,

seeing that she was about to lose face in front of Menma, her mood became more and more agitated.

"Hahaha!"

Shinnō in the distance also let out a wanton laugh upon seeing this: "I told you, before the Zero-Tails, even the power of a Tailed Beast is powerless to resist!"

If it continued absorbing like this, perhaps it could even make the Zero-Tails awaken ahead of schedule.

"Tsk!"

Kuramako clicked her tongue, somewhat annoyed.

If she retreated backwards, she would dodge the tentacles' attack.

Then, under Shinnō's stunned gaze,

a fierce look flashed in Kuramako's eyes, and a scarlet chakra began to surge from her body.

That chakra, like a transparent scarlet cloak, gradually enveloped her entire body.

Behind her, three tails composed of red chakra also extended out.

Crack! Crack crack!

Kuramako clenched her fists, emitting a crisp sound.

"How embarrassing! To have to get serious just to deal with this deformed monster!"

Her scarlet, vertical pupils became more ferocious, her aura becoming as terrifying as a wild beast's, giving off an immense sense of pressure.

"H-how is this possible?!"

Watching Kuramako's transformation, Shinnō's body began to tremble, his mind suddenly going blank.

Shinnō's expression was somewhat dazed as he murmured: "Jinchūriki? You're actually a Jinchūriki?"

How could this be?

The nine Tailed Beasts of the ninja world all had their respective homes.

How could there be an unknown Jinchūriki active in the outside world?

What's more, this Jinchūriki seemed to have a very deep relationship with the Crimson Moon organization!

"Even... even if you're a Jinchūriki..."

Shinnō came back to his senses, yelling at the top of his lungs: "Zero-Tails, kill her! Kill her for me now!!"

However, the Zero-Tails in the container also began to tremble.

"Hmph! An impostor is an impostor. To shamelessly claim it would suck a Tailed Beast dry!"

Kuramako showed a look of disdain, snorting coldly: "Today, I will be merciful and let you witness the true power of a Tailed Beast."

As she spoke, scarlet chakra once again spread across her body.

Crack crack crack!

As four more tails sprouted from behind Kuramako,

the originally transparent red chakra cloak gradually took on a flesh-and-blood-like form, and a ferocious white skeleton also covered her face.

Shinnō looked on in terror, his breathing also becoming heavier.

"Is this... the true power of a Tailed Beast?"

The Zero-Tails' chakra amount was indeed comparable to a Tailed Beast's.

However, the difference in strength between them was simply one of "quality."

This kind of gap was not something that simple "quantity" could make up for.

Gulp~

Looking at the continuously trembling Zero-Tails in the container, Shinnō swallowed and said with a sheepish smile: "I think... there might have been some small misunderstandings between us before. Perhaps we should sit down and talk things over properly."

"ROAR!"

Kuramako's roar was hoarse, carrying a bone-chilling killing intent.

"Is this... your last words?"

"Wait! Wait a minute! We can cooperate! No, I can submit... Ughh!!!"

(End of Chapter)

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