Chapter 128
Hiss... Hiss... However, her torment did not kill the Tailed Beast Partner.
Not only that, but the latter became even more invigorated and hateful, displaying an explosive surge of power.
"Hm?!"
Uchiha Izumi's eyes widened, realizing that the revived Nine-Tailed seemed even stronger than last time.
Was it because of the revival? Or was it... that it had hidden its power last time?
"Hoorah hoorah~!".
And so, accompanied by Uchiha Izumi's frenzied low growl, she casually sped up her abuse of the Tailed Beast.
Looking at the Nine-Tailed swaying like a leaf in the wind, she couldn't help but let out a happy sneer.
"Ha, ha... If I don't give you a taste of your own medicine, you really won't know your place! It's precisely because you're too self-absorbed and disregard human feelings... that you attack others. You force innocent bystanders to become your sustenance, don't you?"
This statement, besides being a cathartic scolding, also carried an indescribable meaning... was it "jealousy"?
And Uchiha Izumi's subsequent words seemed to confirm this.
"What's wrong? Where's your power, Nine-Tailed Demon Fox! Facing me... are you completely unable to fight back from the torment? Could it be... that you can only unleash 100% of your power when facing other people's moms~?"
Clearly, Izumi, who had witnessed the Tailed Beastattacking a miko, her own mother Uchiha Hazuki... and even plotting against the Hyuga Main Family's matriarch, had formed her own understanding of the Tailed Beast.
That is... the Nine-Tailed only displays its strongest hateful form when facing the aforementioned mature female Ninja.
"And when facing a Ninja girl my age, you're restrained and can't unleash your full power, can you?"
Saying this, Izumi extended her left hand, preparing to face the enemy before her with a powerful combat stance.
"Then, let me teach you a good lesson, you detestable Demon Fox!"
Crack!
A strong sense of oppression assaulted the Nine-Tailed.
Afterward, Izumi sensed the Tailed Beast Partner's struggle.
"Heh heh... Attacking others, ruining their reputations... The root cause of all evil... Heh heh... I will end you here, Nine-Tailed!"
With both corners of her mouth turned up and her pink lips parted, Izumi's demeanor became even more frenzied.
At this moment, she was as unhinged as could be, accompanied by extreme thoughts.
Ah, the Uchiha Clan... you are too extreme.
"Hoorah~ Hoorah~... Hoorah!!!!"
Subsequently, Izumi, in her typical Uchiha frenzy, launched a terrifying offensive.
Under her full-force attack, the Tailed Beast Partner was quickly defeated.
The situation was one-sided; Izumi almost overwhelmingly crushed the Nine-Tailed.
"Hahaha! Are you making pathetic cries now, you... fox!"
Izumi seemed to hear the Nine-Tailed's wail.
Watching it retreat in defeat before her eyes was truly exhilarating.
And judging by the Nine-Tailed's reaction, it was obvious... it was going to be killed.
Just like last time.
Things... were coming to an end.
Knowing this, Izumi began to unleash her strongest attack.
The Nine-Tailed trembled and struggled, but it couldn't escape her grasp.
"Die!!!"
Accompanied by Izumi's fatal blow, she performed hand seals with an unimaginable amount of power.
Izumi, whose hand seal speed was like an illusion, completed the last seal.
The fierce final seal was filled with an extreme sense of power, as if it would settle everything with one strike.
Whoosh~!
The Tailed Beast Partner was instantly defeated!
A large amount of blood erupted from its body, splattering into the air, left and right... and even onto Izumi's fair cheeks.
"Hahahaha... Hahahahahahaha!!!!"
At this moment, Izumi's large eyes narrowed into crescents, and her lips curled into a smile.
In her darkened smile, she let out the classic Uchiha maniacal laugh.
Amidst her frenzied laughter, she was bathed in the Nine-Tailed's gushing blood... and the copious outpouring of blood signified the Tailed Beast Partner's fading life.
The Nine-Tailed gradually withered, like a dying plant.
Blood splattered onto Izumi's cheeks, hair, hands... and clothes.
Some blood even splashed onto the corners of Izumi's mouth... and into her mouth.
"Hoo... hoo..."
Izumi, breathing heavily, looked at her spoils of war.
She... had killed the Nine-Tailed once again.
"This bastard's blood, heh heh..."
The strong scent of Tailed Beast blood wafted through the air, filling the room with its unique aroma.
"Burning... and so foul..."
Izumi commented on the Tailed Beast's blood.
"Damn Nine-Tailed... its blood actually splattered all over me... dirtying my clothes... Hoo... hoo..."
Killing the Nine-Tailed was followed by an infinite emptiness.
Izumi breathed rapidly, her eyes drooping, with a sense of losing her goal.
Then, she instinctively licked the corner of her mouth, tasting the Nine-Tailed's blood.
And it was this action that rekindled the fire in her eyes.
Next, Izumi did something even more astonishing.
She... began to drink the Nine-Tailed's fresh blood!
As if killing her enemy wasn't enough to appease her anger, she developed the urge to devour her enemy's flesh and blood.
"Ugh~... Hiss..."
Izumi approached the Nine-Tailed's corpse and began to feast... It's unknown how much time passed.
The night was chillingly cold.
Splash.
The window was opened.
The now indifferent Izumi looked back at the dead Tailed Beast.
This time, the Nine-Tailed was probably truly dead.
Even if it wasn't, she already had experience... and methods to deal with the Nine-Tailed.
Killing her opponent, tasting the enemy's blood... she felt that she had transformed, from a timid girl into a true Ninja.
A... strong individual who wouldn't flinch even when facing the Nine-Tailed, more resilient than most Konoha Ninja.
"Ah... yes, I have become strong..."
Izumi leaped up and left Naruto's house.
Running on the moonlit road, her body inexplicably began to tremble and sway... perhaps it was due to absorbing the Nine-Tailed's blood.
Sweat seeped out, quickly drenching her clothes... Chapter 72. Naruto's Grand Script, the Great Show Begins.
Startled, he sat up from his deathbed.
Under the full moon, Naruto rose from his futon.
Uchiha Izumi's abstract performance art was so shocking that even the Nine-Tailed was speechless.
But after all, the Uchiha Clan are all insane, and the Second Hokage was right about that point... the Nine-Tailed thought.
So there's no need to analyze their behavior.
Just smile.
However, unlike the Nine-Tailed, Naruto felt it was necessary to analyze.
"After all, I am Uzumaki Naruto, an existence meant to understand Sako's pain~."
Naruto declared that he was a man who could understand Sako.
So, what problem would there be in understanding Uchiha Izumi?
"The awakening of the Mangekyo Sharingan is inevitably accompanied by some kind of darkening..."
For example, Uchiha Obito.
"And then, there's the 'blood' of my Tailed Beast Partner, which can alter others' thoughts, especially effective against Uchiha, doubling the distortion effect..."
Naruto mused.
With two buffs stacked, Uchiha Izumi's abstraction became understandable.
Her degree of mental distortion was infinitely more profound than Yūgao Uzuki's.
This character's actions could no longer be fathomed from a normal person's perspective.
"Fortunately, I, Uzumaki Naruto, am clever and resourceful~, and immediately understood her thoughts..."
Naruto smiled.
Preliminary assessment: Uchiha Izumi is not dangerous.
So he could rest assured.
Furthermore, even if there was danger, his own strength was sufficient to escape.