Anna Karenina

Urashiki!

I knew it, you got here before me.

You get in my way every single time.

Wh-Who is this?

I've been wanting to meet you, Mr. Naruto Uzumaki.

Huh?

You know who I am?

Well, of course! You're very famous, after all.

Let's get out of here!

You're too slow.

Naruto!

No way!

You're mine now!

The Power of the Nine Tails

What's going on?

What did you do?

I can't extract his chakra!

Is it because of the Sealing Jutsu?

Why didn't his attack work?

I don't know what you did, but…

I'm not gonna go easy on anyone

who springs a surprise attack on me, ya know!

You jerk!

Idiot! Don't do it!

You leave me no choice.

What?!

Damn it! What is this?!

Let's try something else.

Seems your strength hasn't fully returned.

Your movements are quite slow.

Damn it!

Oh, man!

My research took longer than I thought it would!

Hmm?

Naruto?

Take this!

That's—!

This is bad!

What the hell is going on?

Who is that?

Looks like intruders will keep showing up if I stay here.

Hey, let me go!

As long as I've secured Naruto Uzumaki,

I have no more business with you all.

Naruto!

Damn you!

Damn!

Well then, farewell!

Let me go, you jerk!

Your stupidity was quite helpful.

I had thought you were smart even as a child.

Hey! I'm not stupid!

No need to panic.

I'll figure out why your chakra can't be extracted shortly.

Damn it! The wall is so thick!

What is happening?

His name is Urashiki.

He's after the Nine Tails' Chakra.

I knew you guys weren't just traveling performers,

but I never thought I'd hear the name Nine Tails coming from you.

We are shinobi from a certain land

and our mission is to eliminate that man.

We came here when we learned that

his target was Naruto Uzumaki of the Hidden Leaf.

But why does he want the Nine Tails' Chakra?

We don't even know what his goals are.

But we do know that he's trying to amass

enormous amounts of power and threaten peace.

You do know about the criminal organization

that's been targeting Tailed Beast Chakra, don't you?

Oh…

We already know that Naruto Uzumaki

had been targeted by them in the past.

He's someone with a connection to that organization…

that's what my land thinks.

I can't believe you know all of that.

We've come here to protect Urashiki's target, Naruto Uzumaki.

I see.

Well, I'll get all the details from you later.

Right now, we need to focus on rescuing Naruto.

But how?

Well…

It'll take a feat of strength, but…

All right, we need to hurry and find this Urashiki guy!

Awesome!

This should be far enough.

Hey! What are you gonna do to me?

I'm going to take the Fox that's inside of you.

We need to hurry and find them, or else—!

But without any clues, it's gonna take a bit of time.

But that means Naruto's chakra could get totally extracted!

What exactly do you mean by extracting chakra?

When Urashiki's weird fishhook pierces your body,

he's able to remove your chakra easily.

But for some reason, he wasn't able to take Naruto's.

Naruto has a Sealing Jutsu on him.

The jutsu that's sealing the Nine Tails?

It could be because of the Sealing Jutsu,

that it didn't get extracted.

So, he's okay then?

No, not necessarily.

If Urashiki tries to forcefully break the seal,

things could get really bad.

The Nine Tails' power will be released,

and the Fox Spirit will get out.

If that happens, not only will everyone be in danger…

Naruto will also die.

Then we need to find them quickly!

There are many spots in this area where they could be hiding.

Looks like we'll just need to check them out one by one.

All right, let's get going then!

Dad!

Let go! You jerk!

You're so loud!

Since I can't remove your chakra easily …

I have no choice but to go directly inside.

What are you talking about?!

I see, a Sealing Jutsu.

What are you doing?!

Pardon me.

You…jerk!

I see, it's a bit up ahead.

I feel immense chakra.