"You're sure about this?" Sakura narrowed her eyes. Looks like the Nine-Tails needed to be properly tamed—she had to break him completely now, or he'd never obey her in the future.
"Definitely!" The Nine-Tails had a nagging feeling something wasn't right, but he still insisted stubbornly. Fighting against an entire world? He wasn't crazy—he knew there was absolutely zero chance of winning. As long as his opponent gave up that advantage, he would definitely win. "You can't use the power of this space against me!"
"Fine, I promise you!" Sakura nodded patiently. Pets needed time to break in—you couldn't just rush them, after all. Especially a sly and talkative pet like the Nine-Tails. Only after thoroughly submitting both physically and mentally would he obediently follow orders. "I'll use my own strength this time—I guarantee you'll be very satisfied!"
"Come on then!"
The Nine-Tails, filled with fighting spirit, prepared to launch an attack when suddenly an orange blur appeared directly before him. Then he lost consciousness, his body standing motionless, eyes empty of life, like a robotic fox.
"What happened to the Nine-Tails?" Minato Namikaze asked curiously.
"I used the power of the Mind Stone to control him!" Sakura said, pulling out a camera and a video recorder, which she tossed to Naruto and Sasuke. "When dealing with a thick-skinned, devious, and ill-tempered pet like the Nine-Tails, you must make him feel absolute despair. Otherwise, he'll never listen in the future!"
"Huh? Make the Nine-Tails feel despair? Does the Nine-Tails even have anything it's afraid of?" Kushina Uzumaki asked puzzledly. Having once been the jinchuriki who housed the Nine-Tails herself, she naturally understood the fox's arrogant and defiant personality—fearless of heaven and earth. Could there actually be something in this world even *she* didn't know about that could scare the Nine-Tails?!
"Could it be..." Kakashi's face changed slightly upon seeing the camera and the video recorder. Was Sakura actually going to use that psychological torment method again?!
"Heh, I knew she'd pull this trick again!" Sasuke took it with gritted teeth, looking at the familiar device in his hands. All his embarrassing childhood moments had been recorded by this cursed thing—he couldn't wait to smash it into pieces.
"How do you use it?" Naruto asked while carrying the bulky camcorder over to Sakura.
"I'll show you," Sakura replied, beginning to guide him step by step.
After teaching Naruto how to operate the video recorder, Sakura took out a camera herself. With preparations complete, she turned her attention back to the Nine-Tails.
"Now, little Nine-Tails, sit down nicely, tilt your head, shake paws..."
Under Sakura's control, the Nine-Tails obediently squatted down, gently tilting its head sideways and lifting one paw outward.
"Good job! Now, stick your tongue out and smile!"
Snap after snap, Sakura went to town taking pictures. Sasuke and Naruto circled around the Nine-Tails, filming from various angles, while Minato Namikaze and the others simply stood there, completely stunned by what they were witnessing.
"Alright, come on, Nine-Tails, flip over and show me your belly."
"Stick out your tongue."
"Try acting cute like a doggy or kitty."
One command after another kept coming down. Nine-Tails acted just like an obedient little pet, dutifully following every order without complaint, whether it was to act affectionate or anything else.
"This is seriously scary," the remaining three Tailed Beasts huddled together, trembling. Who would've thought that this proud creature, Nine-Tails, could be reduced to such a state? Once he came back to his senses later, he'd probably be furious enough to die from anger. And what a dirty trick this was—it was basically a full-on psychological attack. If they treated him like this, he'd rather just die outright.
"Figured it," Kakashi tugged at his mask, instantly recalling the unsettling scene he had witnessed at the Border years ago. His face immediately turned green—he still felt nauseated just thinking about it even after all these years.
"Okay, done." After everything was finished, Sakura was exhausted too, breaking out in sweat from all the effort. She quickly checked the photos and videos she'd taken, nodded in satisfaction, then released her hold on Nine-Tails—while also replaying everything that had happened during this time in his mind.
"You devil!" Nine-Tails was so angry he nearly spat blood. His reputation as the strongest Tailed Beast had actually been ruined like this.
"You flatter me," Sakura waved the photos in her hand and said, "Starting from now on, if you behave yourself and obey me, we can get along just fine. But if you don't listen, don't blame me for letting the entire shinobi world witness how the strongest Tailed Beast acts all cute and affectionate. Don't think I can't do it—I've got Celestial Society bookstores everywhere across the shinobi world. Publishing a Nine-Tails photo album will be a piece of cake!"
"Waaahhh..." It hit him like a ton of bricks—Nine-Tails curled up on the ground, hugging himself tightly with his nine tails, wailing away—this was exactly how foxes cried, right?
When he remembered being forced to act cute and beg for hugs earlier, Nine-Tails bawled even harder. His dignity from now on was completely ruined. How sad!
"Don't cry anymore. Get up quickly and lend me some Chakra!" Sakura patted Nine-Tails' drooping ears and said, "Do you still want to see your dad one last time?"
"You're already so strong, why are you asking me for Chakra?" Tears filled Nine-Tails' eyes as he looked at her, puzzled. "Plus, I'm a Tailed Beast—who told you I have a dad?"
"Isn't Sage of Six Paths your dad? Aren't all of you created by him?"
Sakura rolled her eyes and said, "Hurry up and pass some Chakra to me so I can summon your dad out."
"Oh." Nine-Tails hurriedly connected his Chakra to Sakura, completely lacking any intention to resist anymore. Faced with a devil like this, he figured he might as well just go along with it. Since her power was stronger than his anyway, listening to orders wasn't shameful.
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