In Iruka's Office.
Iruka gestured for Naruto, who had just entered the room, to sit down, then said in a serious tone, "Naruto, on behalf of the school, I'd like to discuss a collaboration with you."
"Oh? What kind of collaboration?" Naruto asked.
"It's about your virtual helmet; the Ninja Academy wants to order a batch of customized ones."
"Ones that can't connect to the server, only for internal school use."
"Oh, how many do you need?"
In fact, Naruto had long been prepared for the school wanting to buy virtual helmets.
He had even specially asked Grey Wolf to make over a hundred student models.
"Let's start with a hundred sets!" Iruka said after some thought.
"Alright. I'll deliver them to you tomorrow. As for the price, it's 500,000 per set, but since it's for the school, I'll give you a discount."
Hearing about a discount, Iruka smiled and nodded, thinking, "As expected of my student, he has a good sense of the bigger picture."
"I'll only charge you 499,999 per set."
Naruto's words left Iruka frozen in place.
Damn it, after all that, it's only one or two cheaper.
Eventually, Iruka, with a twitching mouth, sent Naruto out of the Office.
The price remained 500,000 per unit, because Iruka stated, "Konoha doesn't lack that bit of discount money."
What could Naruto do? He could only praise Konoha, "Generous, as expected of Konoha."
Just as Naruto was returning to his classroom, his phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
He opened his phone to see that it was Grey Wolf calling.
"Hello? Grey Wolf, what's up?"
"Naruto, the cage is active!"
Hearing Grey Wolf's words, Naruto was startled. He immediately ran back to the classroom, sat back in his seat, and his consciousness entered the Sealing Space.
In the Sealing Space.
As soon as Naruto entered, his gaze fell on the cage.
At this moment, the seal on the cage had regained its color, indicating that Naruto could open the cage again.
Before opening it, Naruto walked closer and carefully examined the inside of the cage, but the result was... just like last time, he still couldn't see anything.
"No need to look. We just looked carefully, and it seems no one came out again this time."
Zephyr, with his arms crossed, pointed at the cage and said.
Naruto wasn't disappointed by Zephyr's words.
Currently, the cage in the Sealing Space allows for a lottery draw once a month.
At first, Naruto thought a character would emerge from the cage every month, but after the last time, he knew that it wasn't always the case.
However, no matter what, as long as the cage opened, the Sealing Space could expand a bit.
Naruto didn't hesitate; he directly tore off the seal on the cage.
The moment the seal was torn off, the entire cage opened from the inside out.
At the same time, the periphery of the Sealing Space expanded by another circle.
Seeing this, Naruto intended to close the cage.
But just then, a small, golden figure suddenly darted out of the cage.
Accompanying this figure were streaks of golden Lightning Release.
"Holy crap…"
Naruto was also startled, but fortunately, he reacted in time, used his authority, and froze the rapidly darting figure in mid-air.
When they saw the figure in mid-air, everyone present was a bit stunned.
"This is?"
"Pikachu?"
That's right, the electric mouse Pikachu was the one that had just darted out of the cage.
Pikachu, frozen in mid-air, looked very frightened.
Actually, the reason Naruto and Zephyr hadn't seen Pikachu in the cage earlier was because Pikachu had been startled and was curled up in a corner of the cage.
"Can you understand what I'm saying?"
Naruto asked, looking at Pikachu.
"Pika, Pika…" Pikachu nodded frantically.
"Then let me ask you, do you know Ash?"
"Pika?" Pikachu shook its head, indicating it didn't know.
"Oh, it seems you're a wild Pikachu."
"Alright, I can let you go, but you can't discharge electricity, and you can't run around."
"Pika, Pika…" Pikachu nodded vigorously.
Seeing this, Naruto released his control over Pikachu.
The moment control was released, Pikachu's entire body recoiled backward, then it began to cautiously look around its surroundings.
"This little thing is so cute."
Just then, the outgoing Kushina walked forward.
Seeing this, Naruto immediately wanted to stop his mother's actions. Pikachu's electric shock was no joke; it might even dissipate this wisp of his mother's clone.
But Naruto's warning was too late. Kushina immediately picked up Pikachu and began to rub and cuddle it.
However, this Pikachu was also well-behaved, or perhaps it had promised Naruto earlier not to discharge electricity. Although it resisted Kushina's rubbing a bit, it didn't release a powerful current.
Just then, Kurama's small clone quietly came up to Naruto and whispered, "Naruto… when will your cage release a fox spirit?"
"Even if it doesn't take human form! As long as it's female, good-looking, and not stronger than me, that's fine!"
Hearing Kurama's words, Naruto was quite speechless.
"I say… Kurama, aren't you a Chakra collective? Do you still need a wife? I even suspect you're hermaphroditic!"
Kurama:
"Nonsense… Although I'm a Chakra collective, I'm also a living being, alright! And… I'm a pure male."
"Got it. So, you're tired of virtual wives and want to play with real ones now?"
Naruto said with a teasing smile.
"Sigh, I just want to experience a different kind of fox life!"
Naruto shrugged helplessly, saying, "You've seen it, who comes out of the cage, what species comes out, or if nothing comes out at all – I can't control any of that!"
"But don't worry, as long as a canid animal comes out, I'll help you set them up!"
Hearing this, Kurama extended a fist. Seeing this, Naruto also extended a fist and bumped it with his.
"Then it's a deal!"
While Kurama was discussing his important fox-life matters with Naruto, Kushina and Pikachu were already getting along very well.
Pikachu was only a little afraid of strangers at first, but when Kushina brought out a large pile of fruits, snacks, and soda, Pikachu immediately became well-behaved.
Seeing this, Naruto thought to himself, "This is a foodie Pikachu."
Speaking of which, with Pikachu in the Sealing Space, that means I'm Pikachu's Jinchuriki, so wouldn't I be able to use Lightning Release very easily!
PS: Recently, some readers wanted to find a wife for Kurama. Please discuss what kind of wife Kurama should have.