"So the Nine-Tails' power can be used like this..." Menma whispered, then raised both hands and began to form hand seals: "Summoning Jutsu: Nine-Faced Suōbaha!"
As the jutsu activated, halos of dark purple light appeared behind Menma one after another.
Menma then slowly chanted: "Azure, White, Vermilion, Black, Void, South, North, Three, Jewel... Nine-Faced Beasts!"
With each chant, a corresponding light halo appeared. After all nine halos appeared, the nine 'Nine-Faced Beasts'—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, Serpent, Southern Dipper Sage, Northern Dipper Sage, Shinigami, and Tennyo, representing Azure, White, Vermilion, Black, Void, South, North, Three, and Jewel respectively—flew out from the halos one by one.
Looking at the Nine-Faced Beasts clustered in front of him, a look of considerable shock appeared on Menma's face.
As the caster, he naturally knew the ins and outs of these 'Nine-Faced Beasts'. Bluntly speaking, whether it was the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, or the Shinigami and Tennyo, they were essentially nine fox kits, differentiated from the Nine-Tails' power. They could even be broadly understood as the nine tails of the Nine-Tails!
It was precisely because of this that the strength of these Nine-Faced Beasts was related to the Nine-Tails.
As the strongest Tailed Beast, even the Yang Nine-Tails, which possessed only half the chakra, had a chakra volume surpassing other Tailed Beasts.
So these Nine-Faced Beasts, each sharing one-ninth of the Yang Nine-Tails' chakra, possessed a palpitating amount of chakra. Coupled with various inconceivable abilities, they could almost be equated to a ninja army with both offense and defense and no shortcomings!
Behind the sealed bars, the Nine-Tails, who initially didn't intend to pay attention to Menma, was also stunned upon sensing that Menma had summoned the Nine-Faced Beasts.
Compared to the Yin Nine-Tails sealed inside the Fourth Hokage, the Yang Nine-Tails had a much better temper and was more willing to interact with its Jinchuriki.
Therefore, seeing that Menma could utilize its chakra to such an extent, it began to slowly take Menma seriously.
At this time, Menma, having understood the abilities of the Nine-Faced Beasts, came to the bars again.
The Nine-Tails behind the bars hurriedly closed its eyes and pretended to sleep.
Menma didn't care and said to himself: "Thanks to you, I have been called a monster since I was young. Since I bear this notoriety, I should let them know what a real monster is!"
The Nine-Tails snorted coldly: "Hmph, self-righteous brat!"
"As a witness, watch carefully how I return the favor to them!"
With that, Menma turned around, prepared to leave.
Seeing Menma walking away, the Nine-Tails hesitated for a moment and said: "Brat, you'd better not fall into the hands of the Akatsuki organization!"
"Akatsuki organization?" Menma paused slightly, then stepped forward again: "They are also targets of my revenge!"
Not long after, Menma lying in his room opened his eyes.
Although only a short moment had passed since he entered the inner world, earth-shaking changes had taken place in his body.
The most obvious was his chakra volume, which was already astonishing, was now even more surging!
Sitting up, Menma calculated: "I have already subdued the Nine-Tails. There is no point in staying on this island anymore. I have to find a way to leave here!"
Just as Menma was secretly calculating how to leave Turtle Island, Jiraiya, living next door to him, received an urgent communication from the Hidden Leaf.
Seeing the content of the communication, Jiraiya, who was originally lying on the bed, sat up with a whoosh, then gritted his teeth: "That bastard Orochimaru!"
Undoubtedly.
The content of this communication was about Orochimaru breaking out of prison, suspected of cracking the 'Dead Demon Consuming Seal', rescuing the Fourth Hokage's soul from the Shinigami's belly, and causing the other half of the Nine-Tails to reappear in the Ninja World.
Because the Nine-Tails was involved, Tsunade had to request Jiraiya to return to the village as soon as possible.
The current Orochimaru not only had Yakushi Kabuto who mastered Sage Mode by his side, but could also use 'Impure World Reincarnation' to enslave the Impure World Reincarnation bodies of the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage. His strength had already surpassed the level of an ordinary Kage. Without a powerhouse of Jiraiya's strength leading the team, it was impossible to take down Orochimaru.
Putting away the communication scroll, Jiraiya quickly found Yakumo and Menma and briefly explained the situation.
Hearing that the other half of the Nine-Tails had appeared, Menma's eyes instantly lit up.
His 'Nine-Faced Suōbaha' power came from the Nine-Tails. If he could seize the other half of the Nine-Tails, the strength of his Nine-Faced Beasts would immediately double!
Yakumo said: "I have no problem here, but what about Naruto's training?"
Jiraiya looked at Naruto, also somewhat conflicted.
Naruto's progress on the island was visible to the naked eye. If they returned to the village now, it would very likely affect Naruto's training.
Seeing this, Menma hurriedly said: "I agree to return to the village!"
Jiraiya said: "Then your training..."
Menma interrupted Jiraiya: "I have learned everything the Hidden Cloud can teach me. I also found the true self in the Waterfall of Truth, so even if I return to the village, I can practice on my own!"
Jiraiya nodded: "Okay, then we return to the village immediately!"
Thus, the three of them quickly found Killer B, Motoi, and other Hidden Cloud shinobi on the island and made a request to return to the village.
Killer B stared at Menma, looking him up and down, seeming to sense something.
Motoi said: "We can send a ship to take you to the coast of the Land of Hot Water. You will have to handle the rest of the journey yourselves."
Jiraiya replied: "No problem!"
The Land of Hot Water was just northeast of the Land of Fire, a long and narrow small country. As long as they reached the coast of the Land of Hot Water, with the foot speed of Jiraiya and the others, they could rush back to the Hidden Leaf in a few days. Even if the Akatsuki organization received the news and wanted to intercept, it would be too late to deploy.
After Jiraiya and the other two got on the ship and left Turtle Island, Motoi, who was familiar with Killer B, asked: "What's wrong with you, why did you keep staring at Naruto?"
Killer B shook his head: "He seemed a bit off! Forget it, anyway, that brat doesn't like rap, we can't get along!"
Motoi was speechless for a while.
Late at night.
The Hidden Cloud ship was sailing in the sparkling sea. Yakumo, staying in her cabin, was looking at the night view of the sea outside the porthole.
Just then, Ido in the inner world suddenly said weakly: "Yakumo, I seem to have caused trouble!"
Yakumo hurriedly asked: "Are you injured? What exactly happened?"
Ido said: "I originally wanted to swallow Naruto's Heart Demon, but didn't expect that guy to succeed instead, and suck away my power. Damn it! Damn it! After sucking my power, that guy swallowed Naruto too. Think of a way to rescue Naruto quickly!"
"What!?" Yakumo was horrified and said: "You mean the one controlling Naruto's body now is his Heart Demon?!"