Chapter 38: Nine Lamas?
If you talk to me like this, I won't feel sleepy anymore.
The Nine-Tails immediately perked up.
What did it mean when this powerful kid spoke to it so politely? It meant it still had considerable dignity, and that's exactly what it wanted.
Definitely not out of fear.
Blinking its eyes, it said reluctantly: "Fine, but just this once. In the future, even if you resort to violence, I won't compromise if there's no proper exchange."
Hearing this, Naruto—who possessed excellent passive perception—locked eyes with the Nine-Tails.
"This fox is really tsundere~"
Naruto thought as he remained transformed into Naruko.
To the Nine-Tails, Naruto was an interesting human cub in every aspect except for his spiritual nature.
At least he kept his word, honored his promises, and worked extremely hard.
Especially after gaining strength, the Nine-Tails was very satisfied that when encountering problems, he didn't directly force it, but came to it with an inquiring attitude.
So it didn't really matter if it helped this little bastard.
Definitely not out of fear of getting beaten.
From now on, it would still depend on its mood.
"Kid, stretch your hand over here. I'll show you something different this time. As long as you can endure it, combined with your original physical strength, you'll definitely become even stronger!"
Seeing the Nine-Tails' huge claw clenched into a fist extending from the cage, its eyes gleaming, Naruto smiled slightly and walked forward without any hesitation.
When Minato and Kushina saw this scene, although they were worried, they couldn't stop Naruto's approach. They could only pray in their hearts that it would succeed and that the Nine-Tails wouldn't deceive him.
Moreover, the Nine-Tails had its own ulterior motives this time. When Naruto and Kushina had been talking earlier, it had eavesdropped on the entire conversation. The specific content was nothing more than doing something that would cause pain to Konoha.
This was definitely intentional. As for anything else, it was definitely not caused by some strange feeling in its heart.
What's more, it had just suddenly recalled something that person had said long ago.
"Kurama, one day you will meet the child of your destiny. He has blonde hair and... help him. He will become the connecting point between tailed beasts and humans..."
The Nine-Tails grinned. The child of destiny predicted by the Sage of Six Paths bore remarkable similarity to its jinchuriki Naruto—at least the hair was very similar!
If the child of destiny predicted by the Sage of Six Paths experienced its power, wouldn't this child of destiny have to acknowledge its greatness?
Also, after using this mode, it could see the outside world from a first-person perspective instead of just sensing it. This was also a huge temptation for the Nine-Tails.
"Thump~"
Across the iron cage, the fists of one large and one small touched for a moment.
Naruto's world suddenly spun, and the scene before him rewound. The final scene that appeared was a battlefield filled with gunpowder smoke.
From his current perspective, Naruto could feel that everything around him seemed to have become smaller. The massive trees from before were like small grass beneath his feet.
Taking a closer look at his body, Naruto discovered he seemed to have transformed into the Nine-Tails itself. This perspective was just like playing a 3D game. Except that he couldn't control it, Naruto found everything else extremely interesting.
This should be the Kurama Mode from the original work.
However, at that moment, the scene changed. A dense crowd of ninja appeared before him, casting dozens of A-rank level ninjutsu toward him.
These dozens of A-rank ninjutsu were composed of Wind, Fire, and Lightning Release. When superimposed together, they could even reach S-rank power.
But the next moment, Naruto felt his body moving uncontrollably. He easily dodged these ninjutsu with just a single jump. Looking at the distance covered—one jump was estimated to be 800 meters!
Without waiting for Naruto to express surprise, his body rushed toward the crowd with an extremely wild attitude.
After charging into the crowd, dozens of lives were lost with a casual swipe. A casual flick of the tail produced effects comparable to S-rank ninjutsu!
Immediately afterward, the Nine-Tails' head raised toward the sky. In the blink of an eye, a 50-meter-sized Tailed Beast Ball condensed and was sprayed fiercely at the enemy. The enormous power instantly covered a terrifying range of 1,000 meters in diameter!
After the astonishingly powerful explosions and smoke subsided, Naruto discovered the surrounding area had long since been transformed into desolate wasteland. The terrain had been drastically altered, no longer resembling what it was before.
At this point, the scene ended. During this process, Naruto could feel the Nine-Tails' inner heart—its extreme disgust toward human beings.
In another blink, Naruto's vision returned.
Is this... the power of the Nine-Tails?
To be honest, Naruto felt it was incredibly strong!
This made him realize for a moment that being able to handle the Nine-Tails in the sealed space was due to his home-field advantage.
At least with Naruto's current strength, he couldn't alter such a massive range of terrain with a single attack!
After coming back to his senses, Naruto discovered something seemed different about himself. Power was continuously flowing into his body. It was incredibly strong!
At least five times more powerful than the golden Naruto form he'd achieved using the chakra transmitted from the Nine-Tails last time!
Naruto's current appearance could still be seen from the water beneath his feet. The golden light radiating from his body was even more sacred than last time. There were large magatama marks on his clothes. The divine cloak extended from the back of his garments, and there were symbols tattooed on his face.
"Is this... the power of activating Version 1.5?"
Naruto was pleasantly surprised.
He could feel that in this current state, if he unleashed the power within his body, he could definitely achieve the map-sweeping effect from the Nine-Tails' perspective he'd just witnessed.
"With such combat power, is it really necessary to use the low-level fighting tactics I originally planned?"
Suddenly, this idea came to Naruto's mind. He even wanted to directly force Konoha to surrender to his power.
But this was easier said than done—it definitely wouldn't be easy to implement.
At the very least, that old geezer Sarutobi Hiruzen would definitely use the Reaper Death Seal on him, right?
That kind of ninjutsu was genuinely troublesome!
Naruto didn't dare gamble on it. Because there were still many talented individuals in Konoha, he might capsize in the gutter because of the Nara clan's strategies—that wouldn't be fun. He had to be more cautious, but displaying his strength appropriately wasn't a bad idea.
At this moment, the Nine-Tails' fist opened and transformed into a claw. It pointed at Naruto with its nail and said: "Boy, do you understand? This is my true power—Chakra Mode! How about it?"
"And this isn't even Chakra Mode at its peak. If it weren't for this Eight Trigrams Seal, it would be at least twice as powerful as this!"
After saying this, the Nine-Tails struck a proud pose, as if waiting for a believer to acknowledge it, waiting for this monster brat to show a surprised expression.
Hearing this, the corners of Naruto's mouth curved upward slightly: "This power is indeed impressive. By the way, you said you didn't care about me before, you tsundere fox!"
The Nine-Tails suddenly became furious.
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