Both start in hell: but their talents are multiplied a hundredfold.

Temari was stunned.

She looked down at Gaara in her arms; her younger brother's chest was rising and falling, his breathing weak but steady.

She had read about the symptoms of a Jinchuriki after their Tailed Beast was extracted since she was a child.

Organ failure, loss of life, dilated pupils.

However, Gaara, despite being extremely weak, still maintained a stable life force.

"There's no reason," Temari murmured.

She lifted Gaara's clothes, revealing that the sealing technique on his abdomen had disappeared, replaced by a light blue electromagnetic seal, like an exquisite chain, sealing the chakra void left after the tailed beast was extracted.

The seal was slowly releasing a faint electric current, stimulating Gaara's own chakra regeneration.

"He reconstructed the meridian system of the Jinchuriki using special chakra." A hoarse voice came from above the sand dunes.

Orochimaru stood atop the sand dune, a look of admiration on his face.

Kabuto pushed up his glasses and stood half a step behind Gaara, his eyes behind the lenses fixed on the seal on Gaara's abdomen.

"Severing the soul connection between the tailed beast and its host, yet using that special chakra to maintain the host's heartbeat and chakra circulation." Orochimaru's voice was filled with undisguised admiration.

"This is no longer within the scope of ninjutsu; this is surgery performed at the cellular level."

Cold sweat beaded on Yakushi Kabuto's forehead.

"Lord Orochimaru, this level of precision..." He carefully chose his words.

"Even the most sophisticated medical equipment in your laboratory would require at least three hours to complete the meridian separation surgery."

"And he only took a few seconds." Orochimaru licked his lips.

"Still in the midst of battle."

The two of them looked at Shen Jue at the same time.

Shen Jue smiled slightly, put the scroll that sealed Shukaku into his pocket, and patted the dust off his hands as if he were doing something insignificant.

"Gaara," Shen Jue said without turning her head.

"Do not use chakra today."

"That electromagnetic seal will maintain the balance of chakra in your body, but it will take time for your body to adapt to the state without the tailed beast."

Gaara opened his eyes, his emerald pupils reflecting Shen Jue's silhouette.

He opened his mouth, as if to say something.

Anger? Humiliation? Gratitude? He himself couldn't tell.

In the end, he could only nod weakly.

Temari hugged her younger brother tightly, tears streaming down Gaara's face.

The magnetic lock on Kankuro's body had been released, and he knelt on the sand, panting heavily.

"I'm leaving," Shen Jue's voice came.

He had already started walking towards the depths of the canyon.

There, two enormous, suffocating streams of chakra were surging.

The battle between Nekogen and Naruto continues.

Orochimaru and Kabuto exchanged a glance, then flashed away and followed Shen Jue.

Only the three siblings remained on the sand dunes.

Temari's cries were carried away by the night wind.

Kankuro clenched his fist, his nails digging into his palm.

Gaara closed his eyes.

"Sister," he said in a very soft voice, "just a moment ago, I heard Shukaku's fear."

Temari hugged Gaara tightly.

"It's terrified." A bitter smile of relief appeared on Gaara's perpetually icy face.

I don't know if I'm laughing for Shouhe or for myself.

"This is the first time in my life I've ever heard that monster make such a sound."

"Right now, taking back the Tailed Beasts is simply beyond the capabilities of the three of us."

The night wind howled, whipping up a cloud of yellow sand that completely swallowed the three figures.

The other side of the Death Forest.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, landed on the rocky wall at the edge of the battlefield.

Behind him, Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma, and more than twenty Konoha Jonin and Chunin landed simultaneously.

Everyone's breath caught in their throat the moment they saw the battlefield.

The earth was torn open with dozens of deep cracks, each one as if it had been ripped open by the claws of a giant beast.

The rock face is covered with huge fist-shaped marks with a diameter of over ten meters. The rocks at the edges of the fist-shaped marks have been burned into a glassy state by some kind of high-temperature energy.

The air was as thick as water.

The Nine-Tails' chakra is exploding wildly!

The Third Hokage's pupils contracted; he had examined Naruto's physical condition.

He naturally knew that Naruto had become a Jinchūriki who could perfectly control the power of the Tailed Beasts through Shen Jue's unknown methods.

The complete awakening of Naruto's Uzumaki clan bloodline put pressure on the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The pressure naturally comes from Shen Jue, who made all of this happen.

It wasn't until Shen Jue devised a way to grant Naruto such terrifying power that the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, realized Shen Jue's strangeness.

Yes, the only word he could use to describe Shen Jue was bizarre.

Whether it was the sudden appearance of a technique so powerful that it terrified the Third Hokage, or Shen Jue's abrupt granting Naruto and Might Guy power far exceeding their own abilities, it was all due to the sudden appearance of that technique.

Each one was beyond the comprehension of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Shen Jue was like a black hole that devoured all prying eyes and gazes, pulling Konoha into a vortex of annihilation, turning it into nothingness.

Shen Jue did not appear to be present.

But the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, saw a massive chakra skeleton slowly taking shape in the very center of the canyon.

It was a giant fox demon formed from pure red chakra, with nine tails lashing wildly behind it, each tail leaving deep furrows as it swept across the ground.

And deep within that skeleton, Naruto Uzumaki floated in mid-air.

His eyes had turned into crimson vertical pupils, and the whisker-like lines spread outwards from his cheeks, while his fingernails became sharp and jet black.

Nine chakra tails extended from behind him, pounding the ground wildly.

"Nine already..." Kakashi's voice was hoarse.

He lifted his headband, revealing his Sharingan.

Through the Sharingan's vision, the scene he saw was even more shocking.

Naruto is actively releasing the power of the Nine-Tails, forcing it to generate more tailed beast chakra to deal with the terrifying threat posed by Nekogen.

Directly opposite the Nine-Tails' chakra, Nekogen stood on a protruding rock.

She seemed to be unharmed, and her eyes still burned with fierce fighting spirit.

"Naruto, I acknowledge you as the Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beast." Cat Xuan's cute voice sent chills down the spines of many ninjas present.

"As expected of the ninja Father cares about," Cat Xuan continued.

She raised her left arm, and the electromagnetic chakra that condensed caused Might Guy's pupils to dizzy!

At this moment, Might Guy had a very bad feeling!

Upon seeing the familiar chakra of Maoxuan, Might Guy instantly thought of Shen Jue!

As Shen Jue's former teacher, Matt Kai felt unspeakable pain and anger!

Why would a little girl with the same power as Shen Jue attack the village's Jinchūriki?

What exactly does Shen Jue want to do?!

Matt Kee felt an indescribable pain whenever he thought about this.

The Shen Jue of the past, though aloof, was only cold on the outside but warm on the inside.

In Might Guy's mind, Shen Jue was undoubtedly a qualified Konoha ninja!

"A very elegant fox," said Cat Xuan at this moment, "but please stop here."

"The Eight Gates Formation!"

"open!"