Time flies when you have a goal. Naruto was experiencing that now.
Seeing the dismissal bell ring, Naruto unconsciously stretched, having been sitting in the same position for the entire class.
Shinji, on the podium, stopped his explanation, collecting his textbooks and materials.
As he left, he looked at the students in the class and said, "Class, tomorrow we'll be spot-checking everyone's Chakra extraction, so remember to review it well."
"Yes!"
Regarding Chakra extraction, the students were not at all flustered. After all, whether it was Shinji's teaching or their own talent, to put it bluntly, as long as there were no accidents, anyone in the entire Ninja World could easily extract Chakra, it was just a matter of quantity.
Hearing Shinji's announcement about the spot-check, Naruto, who had been full of confidence, couldn't help but show a hint of anxiety on his face. After all, he hadn't succeeded yet.
Just as he was wondering if he should approach his teacher again, he remembered what Shinji had told him at noon: he could try again tonight.
Apparently, before Shinji said that, he had lightly tapped his forehead with two fingers.
Could it be?
Such a simple action could solve this problem.
Thinking of this, Naruto unconsciously touched his forehead.
'Never mind, I'll go home and try it now. Shinji-sensei wouldn't lie to me, anyway.'
With this thought, Naruto no longer lingered until he was the last one to leave the classroom, unlike before.
Sasuke, who had just packed his bag and was about to go home, felt a gust of wind in front of him. He looked up. A flash of yellow hair at the classroom door disappeared from his sight.
What was going on?
Ignoring Sasuke's curiosity in the classroom, Naruto sprinted out of the school gate, running quickly towards his home.
Even the parents who usually pointed and whispered about him were now dumbfounded, as they had never seen such an energetic 'demon fox'.
Naruto, running quickly, was oblivious to these people's thoughts. If he had known, he would have scoffed, "Hmph! I have a master now too. I don't need your attention."
...
"I'm home!"
As soon as he entered the room, Naruto shouted loudly, then tossed his backpack onto the table. The next second, he sat cross-legged by the bed. He assumed the most standard Chakra extraction posture and began the process.
Recalling the steps Shinji had taught, Naruto gradually relaxed his mind, closed his eyes, and placed his hands on his knees. His consciousness entered another place.
Drip... Drip...
In the dark, damp sewer.
Naruto, with his eyes closed, paid no attention. After all, he had appeared in this place every time he had tried to extract Chakra recently.
He thought it was normal for everyone who extracted Chakra, so he didn't pay much heed.
Not far from where Naruto sat cross-legged, at the end of a dark passage, a gigantic red barred gate towered over the entire space. A pair of crimson eyes suddenly appeared, filled with savagery and unrestrained destruction.
Nine-Tails, who had been sleeping with its eyes closed, opened its eyes the moment Naruto entered.
"Tch… This brat, he's really persistent." His tone was filled with undisguised malice.
The nine tails behind it began to sway like towering mountains.
In the damp ground, the previously calm puddles began to ripple due to the swaying of the Nine-Tails's tails.
Feeling that it had gathered enough power, Nine-Tails released its reddish, magma-like viscous Chakra, which spread along the bars towards Naruto.
Naruto, with his eyes closed, noticed nothing. He finally felt the fluctuation that Shinji had mentioned again.
This time, I can do it!
Seeing Naruto still in the same state, Nine-Tails's grinning mouth became even more sinister.
"You brat!"
The next second, the reddish and viscous Chakra accelerated, whistling towards Naruto.
"Soon... Konoha, this time I'll make you experience what destruction is."
Nine-Tails's Chakra was like a wave, rising high just as it was about to reach Naruto. It vowed to engulf Naruto entirely.
And at this moment, Naruto, who had been as still as a mountain, suddenly emitted a dazzling light from his forehead.
"Hm?!"
Nine-Tails, seeing success within reach, instinctively paused and narrowed its eyes suspiciously.
The surging Chakra froze, like time had stopped, hovering motionlessly above Naruto.
After a long while, seeing that nothing happened, Nine-Tails felt as if it had been played for a fool. Enraged, it unleashed the maximum Chakra it could currently muster. If before it was just a small wave, this time, the Chakra was like a colossal tsunami, filling the entire space.
Nine-Tails in the cage stood up, its towering figure like a demon god.
"You brat!"
Before it could finish speaking, suddenly, about ten dark red gates appeared as if out of thin air, directly above the cage. Then, like heavy artillery, they plummeted straight down towards Nine-Tails.
Bang!
The first gate fell directly onto Nine-Tails's neck. Nine-Tails, who was just about to engulf Naruto with its Chakra, felt its neck gripped by something, and a tongue shot straight out of its wide-open mouth. Then, its nine constantly flailing tails were also restrained by the other nine gates.
The massive Chakra, which had been surging like a tsunami, was cut off, reverting to viscous magma-like pools around Naruto.
The restrained Nine-Tails struggled to turn its head, finally seeing what was pressing down on its neck.
The next second, it immediately bristled. "Gate of the Great God!"
No... Damn it! How can it be the Gate of the Great God of that damned brat, Hashirama?
It had been trapped here for so many years and had never sensed this Chakra.
No...
Nine-Tails, realizing, bared its teeth, let out a rough breath, and looked at Naruto not far away with a hint of disbelief. No, it should be said, at the gradually dissipating light on Naruto's head.
Only then could Nine-Tails clearly perceive the energy hidden within that light. That aura, which he remembered so vividly.
"Sage Mode, huh…"
The Konoha guy…
No, it should be the Fourth, you really planned far ahead.
On the other hand, Naruto, no longer disturbed by Nine-Tails, had now reached the final step.
Chakra itself is composed of the energy stored in every cell of the human body and mental energy.
Naruto, possessing the constitution of the Uzumaki clan, was synonymous with massive Chakra reserves.