Chapter 272: The Fox Borrowing the Human's Might
The atmosphere grew heavy.
Although the Tailed Beasts were proud and essentially immortal, it didn't mean they enjoyed having to restart their lives.
Because it took too long.
Seeing this, Kurama immediately raised its chin and said triumphantly, "What does it matter? As your boss, isn't it normal to offer up some Chakra?"
God knows how much it was enjoying this moment.
Ever since the Six Paths Sage died, or rather left, the other eight Tailed Beasts had ignored it.
"..."
Hearing this, the corners of the mouths of the five Tailed Beasts, including the Eight-Tails, couldn't help but twitch.
Truly a case of a dog... a fox borrowing human might!
Just like when they were young.
Except the Six Paths Sage had been replaced by Uzumaki Naruto.
But that arrogant and smug tone was practically identical.
The pressure in the air became increasingly thick.
Not to mention they couldn't win even when they were free; now that their Jinchuriki were unconscious and they were further suppressed by the Akatsuki Organization's seals, victory was even more impossible.
What to do?
Either die or agree to the terms.
But sometimes, death isn't that easy to come by.
With Naruto's methods, making them wish they were dead was a simple matter.
"You'd better keep your word."
After a moment, the most agreeable one, the Two-Tails Matatabi, sent out a clump of its Chakra.
With someone leading the way, it wasn't as embarrassing for the others to yield.
In the end, only the Eight-Tails remained.
"Send over a bit more."
Kurama thought of a way to play and couldn't help but say, "Anyway, you have many tails, so split off a consciousness."
"Why?"
The Eight-Tails Gyuki was immediately displeased.
Although its Chakra was the second highest among the Tailed Beasts, it couldn't just give Kurama a free advantage for no reason.
"This old man thinks highly of you."
Kurama had always judged heroes by the number of their tails; the Eight-Tails barely qualified.
"Besides, my place is quite big and fun; you won't lose out."
It was referring to fight the landlord, yu-gi-oh!, gwent, and such.
After Naruto grew up, he was no longer as well-behaved or fond of playing with it as he was when he was little.
Now, most of his time was occupied by Hinata.
As for itself, it was dismissed with a Genjutsu.
Although the Genjutsu world was fun, it was unbearable not to have anyone to listen to its boasting.
The Eight-Tails Gyuki was just right.
It had enough Chakra that sending in a clone wouldn't be a problem.
It hadn't even been asked to split its power in half like Kurama had; it was a good deal.
Kurama's "I'm doing this for your own good" act made Gyuki's hair stand on end.
If it weren't for the fact it couldn't win, it would have used its octopus legs to give it a death squeeze long ago.
What "big and fun"?
You think I've never been locked in a dark room before?
There's absolutely nothing.
Jinchuriki almost always used Sealing Jutsu to seal Tailed Beasts inside their bodies.
In other words, it was either iron bars and a cell or stone walls and darkness.
"I think it's actually okay."
Matatabi spoke up again, "If you make a clone, you can keep track of the outside world at any time."
Gyuki was slightly stunned; thinking about it, it did seem quite good.
The few of them were locked up here, knowing nothing.
Who knows if Naruto might kick the bucket one day; then any deal would just be a pipe dream.
Having a clone to get news in time would allow for early planning.
Even if it was Kurama's trap, the loss of a single clone wouldn't be much.
Thinking this, Gyuki split off a huge clump of Chakra, which transformed into a miniature Eight-Tails after entering Naruto's body.
Meanwhile, the Chakra of the other Tailed Beasts had no shape, floating quietly.
Guided by Kurama, the little gyuki arrived at the place where it was sealed and was immediately dumbfounded.
This is a damn prison cell?!
This living space is even better than the Raikage's in the Hidden Cloud Village.
It felt like a dream.
Although it had a good relationship with Killer Bee, it was still in a sealed state, so the environment was very average.
It thought Kurama's would be similar.
item card: Doghouse effect.
"How is it? This old man didn't lie to you, did he?"
Kurama stretched comfortably; seeing the little gyuki's eyes nearly popping out, it felt incredibly satisfied.
It could guess with its feet that Gyuki's living environment must be terrible.
Just like it used to be, with iron bars on all sides and water on the floor.
"How did you do it?"
Little Gyuki closed its shocked jaw and couldn't help asking, "I see your seal is still there."
It chanted in its heart: I'm not envious, I'm not envious, not at all!
"How did I do it?"
Kurama grinned, the corners of its mouth curling up. "Naturally, it's because this old man's mighty and majestic figure impressed the Jinchuriki, making him willing to do this for me."
"..."
Little Gyuki was instantly speechless.
With that Jinchuriki of yours outside, with such a wicked personality, how could he possibly submit to you?
And it could tell from their previous interactions that Naruto was clearly the one in charge.
"You don't believe me?"
Kurama shrank its body and took out yu-gi-oh!cards, saying, "Come play; this is a game the Jinchuriki specifically designed to please this old man."
Meanwhile, it quickly communicated with Naruto.
"How does this old man usually treat you? Let me show off first, you cooperate with me."
"..."
Naruto shook his head slightly.
Fine, I'll let you have this one.
He didn't bother saying anything more and focused on checking the changes after gaining five more clumps of Chakra.
First was definitely the increase in Chakra.
To a Tailed Beast, it was a negligible clump, but from a Ninja's perspective, it was a dozen or even dozens or hundreds of 'Kakashis' worth.
Kakashi would say, "Damn it!"
Second were the five additional abilities.
Naruto had previously obtained Chakra from the One-Tails and Seven-Tails, successfully mastering Magnet Release and flight.
This time was naturally no exception.
Matatabi was relatively average among Tailed Beasts, having no Bloodline Limit and using Fire Release.
But for a Ninja, it was decent enough.
Just barely passable.
After getting Matatabi's Fire Release, Naruto could at least save himself some time in learning.
The only thing worth mentioning was that the Two-Tails' Fire Release was all related to rats.
The Four-Tails Son Goku gave Lava Release.
Naruto had seen Roshi and understood it fairly well; it was a very strong Bloodline Limit.
The Five-Tails Kokuo gave Boil Release.
Mei Terumī also possessed it.
A combination of water and fire, it had both acid-like erosion and extremely high explosive power, raising Chakra to the boiling point to burst with terrifying force.
In the original series, Naruto had used Ninjutsu like Boil Release: Unrivaled Strength, which was even more violent than Tsunade's Monster Strength.
The Six-Tails Saiken gave Lava Release, which was also one of Mei Terumī's Bloodline Limits.
The attack methods were sticky and highly corrosive acidic liquids that could be detonated.
Although the Eight-Tails Gyuki had no Bloodline Limit, it had many techniques.
What Naruto got was the Tail Replacement.
In the original series, Gyuki had used this ability to trick Sasuke.
Even the Mangekyo Sharingan could be fooled, so one could imagine how realistic it was.
Combined with the Nine-Tails Chakra he already had, Naruto now possessed the Chakra of all nine Tailed Beasts.
But unfortunately, he was still a long way from being the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
He remembered there was a Six Paths Sage Mode, the prerequisite of which was having Chakra from the One through Nine-Tails.
But the point wasn't that, but the power of the Six Paths Sage.
In other words, he needed his "cheap dad" from before his reincarnation to give him a power-up.
However, with his current strength, unless it was a life-or-death crisis, why would he give him a power-up for no reason?
This was a troublesome matter.
But fortunately, he wasn't the Naruto from the original series; he had a system.
All in all, this trip was full of benefits.
At least he could be considered an all-attribute Ninja now, right?
Looking at it this way, he was quite a qualified disciple for the "Salted Fish" Kakashi.
With seven attributes and the Sharingan, the title of Konoha's Number One Technician would definitely be mine in the future.
Naruto mused for a moment.
He quite liked that title.
"Number One Technician"—it sounded like it had a lot of history behind it.
Naruto didn't stay long.
Although Kinkaku and Ginkaku were powerful, they couldn't stop the entire Akatsuki Organizationand the Six Paths of Pain.
Given their speed, they would likely arrive soon.
He exited the room.
Yakushi Kabuto, who was outside, hadn't taken the chance to run away; seeing him come out, he adjusted his glasses and asked, "Finished?"
For a moment, Naruto thought he was in some "Pleasure House."
He was the guest, and Yakushi Kabuto was the pimp.
Except the ones receiving guests were cats, monkeys, and octopuses.
This was crossing genres to a chaotic degree.
Naruto really wanted to complain, but in the end, he didn't.
"My business is done. Let's talk again when we have time."
He cast the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Naruto instantly vanished.
"I don't want to talk to you."
Yakushi Kabuto said, shaking his head.
He pushed open the door and entered the room, scanning around; the Jinchuriki were almost unchanged, they hadn't even moved.
So what exactly did Naruto do here?
He had clearly felt a terrifying pressure earlier.
He almost thought the Tailed Beasts had started fighting.
But he wasn't a Jinchuriki, so he didn't know about the Tailed Beast channel.
Yakushi Kabuto rubbed his chin; it seemed the Tailed Beasts inside the Jinchuriki hadn't changed either.
"Strange."
He couldn't figure it out.
So he just stopped thinking about it.
Anyway, he wasn't a member of the Akatsuki Organization.
Very quickly.
Tobi and Zetsu arrived before him.
"Where is he?"
Tobi, wearing a mask—or rather, Obito—looked around cautiously but found nothing.
"He's probably already back in Konoha," Yakushi Kabuto guessed.
Yakushi Kabuto guessed.
"The Tailed Beasts are still here."
Zetsu checked with his superior perception and said.
Since the Tailed Beasts' Chakra was already so vast, he didn't notice the missing portion.
To use an inappropriate analogy.
It was like having one less 'Kakashi' out of a thousand; there was no difference at all.
"What on earth did he come here for?"
Zetsu, like Yakushi Kabuto, voiced his doubt.
Coming all this way just to pick a fight and check on the Jinchuriki's safety?
Is this guy too bored for his own good?
Zetsu felt like spitting blood when he thought about how he and Obito were racking their brains to prepare their plans while their biggest obstacle was acting so leisurely.
If it weren't for worrying about Nagato, he would really want to use Edo Tensei to bring back Uchiha Madara.
But his Rinnegan would arouse suspicion.
At least Nagato couldn't be allowed to see it.
"Check again."
Obito said in a heavy voice, "Even if Uzumaki Naruto is unpredictable, he wouldn't just come for a casual stroll."
"Yeah."
Zetsu nodded, intending to gather White Zetsuclones to dig three feet deep into Amegakure.
However, he soon received some bad news.
A White Zetsu clone had been taken by Uzumaki Naruto.
He was a bit worried.
White Zetsu was closely linked to the Ten-Tails.
If Uzumaki Naruto obtained any information from it, it would have a very negative impact on them.
A little while later.
Deva Path Pain and Konan arrived.
Both of them could fly, so they were only slightly slower than Obito and Zetsu.
But after learning the current situation, they could only give up helplessly.
They couldn't exactly go to Konoha to confront him, could they?
Fortunately, the Tailed Beasts were fine.
Nagato didn't dwell on it too much; his priority was consolidating the Hidden Cloud Village and then attacking his next target, Iwagakure.
After losing its Tailed Beasts, the biggest threat in Iwagakure was none other than the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki.
Well, and a "Leg-kage."
However, after the target was announced, Deidarafell silent, unsure what he was thinking.
His teammate was Tobi.
Tobi had Space-Time Ninjutsu, making it hard to shake him off.
But Naruto's actions had helped him, so he took the opportunity to sneak back to Iwagakure.
As the disciple of the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, he wasn't actually a rogue Ninja in the traditional sense.
He was just forced to leave Iwagakure because he was too much of a brat, and later Nagato took an interest and sent Uchiha Itachi to recruit him.
In the end, he lost to Uchiha Itachi's Genjutsu.
Since then, Deidara had been training his left eye to try and counter the Sharingan.
He had feelings for Ōnoki and the others and didn't want to see them injured or killed while resisting the Akatsuki Organization.
So he planned to come and persuade them to surrender... Naruto returned to Konoha, ignoring the Akatsuki Organization's response.
Anyway, they wouldn't dare say much.
Having seven attributes, Naruto planned to be more diligent and practice Ninjutsu.
He remembered that the Truth-Seeking Orbs were made from seven attributes of Chakra.
Although it was a long way off, he could start preparing.
He borrowed a "Uchiha Fire Release Compendium" from Sasuke and went to the Treehouse to start practicing.
Inside his belly, Kurama and the little gyuki were passionately clashing.
It was both yu-gi-oh! and a battle of words.
But Kurama, having been through the baptism of various Genjutsu worlds, was a master of trash talk and left little gyuki speechless.
On a tree not far away.
Sasuke stood silently, watching Naruto, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.
He hadn't expected him to actually be training.
He suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
But his research into Dōjutsu wasn't going well.
It wasn't that he hadn't created a Dōjutsu, but rather that its power was unsatisfactory.
Thinking about it, it seemed only Naruto could be consulted.
Although the "Salted Fish" Kakashi also had the Mangekyo Sharingan, he had to accompany Hana Rin, and his own strength was a bit lacking.
After half an hour, before he could speak, Narutocould no longer stand it.
Are you trying to have a sword fight?
But I don't have that hobby.
"Come out,"
Naruto dissipated the flames in his hand and asked, "You've been watching for so long; what's the matter?"
Sasuke jumped down from the tree and asked, "I'm thinking about a new Dōjutsu; any suggestions?"
"..."
Naruto was silent for a few seconds.
Do I look like the kind of innovative talent who can develop new Ninjutsu?
But he really did have an idea.
"Do you know Yakumo Kurama?"
Naruto asked.
Back then, he and Hinata had helped Yakumo Kurama get rid of the demon in her heart, Ido.
"I'm not sure."
Sasuke said indifferently.
In this life, he only cared about two men.
Yakumo Kurama was not among them.
"I thought so."
Naruto wasn't surprised; he smiled and said, "Yakumo Kurama has a very rare Genjutsu Bloodline Limit that can control a person's five senses and swap reality and illusion. If your new Dōjutsu can achieve one of those, it won't be any worse than a forbidden technique like Izanami."
He had even thought of a name for Sasuke: Mirror Flower, Water Moon.