Chapter 51:
'Sasuke, it's getting late. Clean up and go to bed early.'
"Eating until full really feels great. The dishes are all yours tonight. I'm going to lie down and sleep properly!"
Naruto finished the last bit of rice and vegetables, patted his belly, and stood up.
Tonight he needed to go see the Nine-Tails.
That creature had been having a very bad time lately. But sometimes things were just like this — the Nine-Tails that had killed his parents was finally heading toward its destruction!
"I'm not so useless that I can't even wash the dishes…"
Sasuke gave Naruto a disgusted look, stood up from his chair, and seriously began cleaning up the tableware.
After finishing, Sasuke returned to his room. Hearing Naruto snoring loudly on the other side of the wall, he sighed and continued his training.
He still didn't fully understand how Naruto trained, but the guy who slept soundly every night was actually beating up his shadow clone harder and harder inside that space…
Next door, Naruto's body was in a deep sleep, but his soul had already entered the Nine-Tails' seal.
"Brat, what are you here for this time?"
The Nine-Tails lay inside its cage. It really didn't want to deal with Naruto right now.
It had no energy left. Lately it had even started to suspect that something had gone wrong with the other half of its body after being sealed…
"I came to see you, and to quietly rest here for a while…"
Naruto walked up to the seal, stood there looking at the Nine-Tails for a moment, then turned around and sat down with his back against the cage.
The Nine-Tails… one year…
He would not fail. He could even move the timeline forward.
Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki?
Indra?
Asura?
Since they were people who had died a thousand years ago, they should stop coming out to disgust the living, right?
He was a human — a brand-new soul…
Why should he be controlled by the wills of people from a thousand years ago?
Why should he have to endure such a painful childhood just because of Asura's will?
Why!
"Brat, who exactly are you hating?"
The Nine-Tails lay on the ground, noticing the increasingly thick aura of grief and hatred emanating from Naruto. Its eyes flickered — it realized this was an opportunity.
"Didn't you say you could see how I've been living? Then how could you not know who I hate?"
Naruto rested his forehead on his knees. His shoulder-length hair fell forward, and his muffled voice carried obvious grievance.
Although he could maintain his rationality and although Asura's will had long been erased by him…
The more targets he had for his hatred and the more chaotic his aura became, the more agitated the Nine-Tails would get.
Even if the Nine-Tails couldn't see through his true thoughts, it could still sense resentment to some extent, right?
"You hate Konoha, right? They're unhappy that you can finally eat your fill?
What a pitiful little brat. Your parents did so much back then, yet they never imagined they would leave you with such a painful life…
Hey, brat…
Let me out. If you let me out, I can kill everyone in Konoha. I'll make them all pay with their lives for your parents…"
The Nine-Tails moved its large head closer to the gate. Its previously calm mind was once again surging with excitement.
Looking at Naruto now was like looking at the key to freedom. As long as Naruto agreed, it could regain its freedom!
"I can't let you out. My dad and mom sealed you away — they definitely didn't want to harm me. So letting you out is absolutely impossible.
I just came here to rest for a while. When the sun rises, I'll still be that strong, mischievous, lazy dead-last who only knows how to cause trouble. Only then can I continue living. As for you…
We're not close. Don't even dream that you can deceive me so easily!"
Naruto lifted his head, leaned against the gate, and let his eyes go blank as he relaxed.
As for the furious Nine-Tails behind him — if it really got angry enough to reach out with its claws, he could seep in a little more power.
Even if it did nothing, as long as the Nine-Tails' mind couldn't calm down, extracting its chakra would become even smoother…
The whole night passed. The Nine-Tails never once touched the seal. It simply stared fixedly at the back of Naruto's head with eyes full of murderous intent, the malice growing stronger and stronger…
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