36Human vegetable addiction big nine lamasAI Model: gemini-3.0-flashChapter 36: Tailed Beast, the Sore Loser with a Big Addiction
The Nine-Tailed had been questioning its life as a fox for the past few days.
It wasn't because it lost at yu-gi-oh!, as the cards weren't even finished yet.
It was because of a phrase Naruto kept repeating.
"My dad told me."
At first, the Nine-Tailed didn't believe it at all, because it was impossible for Minato to know its past.
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After all, when it was wreaking havoc across the Ninja World, he hadn't even been born yet.
But with Naruto's constant brainwashing, it began to waver between doubt and belief.
Logically, if Minato didn't know, it was even more impossible for Naruto to know.
Yet, he clearly knew everything.
This was even more absurd than seeing Senju Hashirama resurrected.
The Nine-Tailed could guarantee that when Senju Hashirama fought Uchiha Madara back then, there wasn't a third person present at all.
When two gods fight, onlookers risk losing their lives if they aren't careful.
Only it, the strongest Tailed Beast, could intervene on that battlefield.
After all, even someone as strong as the God of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama, had personally admitted it was too strong and could only be sealed.
Ahem.
Unfortunately, while it had the heart to kill the enemy, it lacked the power to turn the tide.
It was just one move short, losing by only a single hand.
Well, Senju Hashirama still had nine hundred and ninety-nine hands left.
After the Nine-Tailed finished reminiscing about its heroic past, its thoughts returned to the present.
It had watched Naruto grow up.
It dared to say it was more qualified than Minato to say those words.
After all, it had known of Naruto's existence since he was just a little tadpole.
Until now, the people he had come into contact with could be counted on one hand.
There was no one who could have told him about these events from long ago.
Where did he find out?
The only possibility was the methods Narutomentioned that Minato and Kushina had left behind.
The Nine-Tailed widened its large eyes.
Could it really be Minato?
In an instant, the man who was once just a decent Ninja in its eyes became a calculating, masterminding black hand behind the scenes.
The more it thought about it, the more sense it made.
So it had been deceived by that sunny boy before.
Dammit!
Humans really have too many schemes; it wanted to go back to nature!
"Big Fox?"
Naruto looked at the Nine-Tailed in confusion.
It was the first time he had seen such a rich expression on its face.
Previously, it was either anger or disdain.
It was like a Husky that had blended into a wolf pack, exceptionally arrogant.
"Brat, what is it?"
The Nine-Tailed lay back down on the ground and asked lazily.
Hmph, whatever methods Minato has, this old man is already in this Sealing Space anyway.
As long as I stay sufficiently lazy, you won't be able to scheme against me.
"I designed another Ninjutsu card."
Naruto tossed the card to the Nine-Tailed and said, "Reinforce it with your Chakra."
"Edo Tensei: Resummon a dead character from the graveyard back onto the field."
The Nine-Tailed glanced at it without much emotion.
It didn't know that this Ninjutsu actually existed in reality.
As a massive amount of Chakra poured into the card, a layer of golden light suddenly emerged, as dazzling as the sun.
The Nine-Tailed was already quite proficient at this task.
Naruto nodded in satisfaction.
Having a lot of Chakra really allows one to do whatever they want.
He continued his work.
Three more days passed, and the entire set of cards was completed.
The reason it was so slow was that he still had to train during the day.
His body had formed instinctive habits through continuous exercise; once he stopped, it felt as uncomfortable as a gamer encountering server maintenance.
"Big Fox."
Naruto sat opposite the Nine-Tailed, with a grid card tray formed from Chakra between them.
And, of course, the large iron gate of the Sealing Space.
"Can you shrink your body?"
"Why?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
Naruto pointed to the cards in his hand. "Your body is too big; it's uncomfortable to play like this."
Most importantly, he had to keep looking up at a forty-five-degree angle.
His neck was extremely tired.
"Hmph, what a brat!"
The Nine-Tailed clamored, "Being big is romance, don't you understand?"
Its body instantly became the size of an adult male.
Looking at it sitting cross-legged, Naruto was reminded of a meme he had seen in his past life.
A dog meditating.
Too bad it wasn't the young Nine-Tailed.
That would have been truly adorable.
The game began.
Considering it was the Nine-Tailed's first time playing, Naruto let it go first.
"My turn, draw!"
The Nine-Tailed held five cards with its claws and immediately drew one from the deck.
"Hahaha, brat, you're doomed!"
It looked at the cards in its hand and burst into wild laughter.
This kind of laughter is something only an Uchihashould have. Who are you?
Naruto complained in his heart and began a battle with the Nine-Tailed that lasted for three days and three nights.
By the end, his body was glowing with golden light.
It was mainly because the Nine-Tailed lost so miserably.
It didn't win a single round.
It got completely desperate and wouldn't let Naruto leave.
Without a second thought, it forcibly poured its Chakra into him.
Although Naruto liked this body filled with buffs and vitality, the mental torture was real.
The Nine-Tailed had a loud voice; it loved to laugh wildly when it had the advantage and pound the table when it was losing.
He was automatically dubbing it with GimGoon's 'Axi-ba'.
Finally, when it wasn't paying attention, Narutoslipped out directly.
The golden Chakra instantly vanished.
He had the illusion that a transformation had ended.
Degrading from a Saiyan back to a normal person.
The gap between them was nearly a hundredfold.
But Naruto was truly exhausted.
Coming out of the Sealing Space, he ignored everything and went straight to sleep.
When he woke up, it was already the next day.
Recently, Sasuke had returned to the Treehouse to train.
He heard it was because the Uchiha massacre had made other Ninja villages start to stir.
Kakashi had been sent out on a mission.
However, it had nothing to do with Naruto.
Hiruzen Sarutobi would never let him go to the front lines.
"Morning, Sasuke."
Naruto leaned against the window sill and gave a greeting.
Sasuke gave a cool nod in response.
He was busy practicing Chidori.
Actually, he could practice anywhere, but he was used to the quiet of the Treehouse.
Naruto, on the other hand, found it a bit noisy.
Chidori, true to its name, sounded like a thousand sparrows chirping outside the window.
He stretched lazily.
Being entangled by the sore loser Nine-Tailed for the past few days had delayed his training.
He had been far too slothful.
"The sparrows outside the window, chattering on the telephone pole..."
Naruto hummed a song to the sound of Sasuke's Chidori and began his physical training.
Two hours later, he stopped.
A system prompt sounded.
[Congratulations to the host for achieving the 'Brave the Wind and Waves Younger Brother' achievement. Gained one normal card draw.]
Naruto was slightly taken aback.
With his previous experience, he knew this achievement came from a Shadow Clone.
Braving the wind and waves?
Does that mean the Shadow Clone most likely went to the Land of Water?
Not bad.
The current Land of Water, or the Hidden Mist Village, was known as the 'Village of the Bloody Mist,' and the environment was quite harsh.
There were many possibilities for combat.
The only real danger was Uchiha Obito, who was controlling the Fourth Mizukage Yagura Karatachi.
But he believed that no matter how much trouble his Shadow Clone caused, it wouldn't go and provoke Obito.
After all, it only had two units of Chakra.
Forget Obito, it couldn't even beat Yagura Karatachi.
Thinking it over, he didn't think the Shadow Clonewould have any intersection with Obito.
Returning to the achievement itself, Naruto really wanted to complain: why was it 'Brave the Wind and Waves Younger Brother'?
System, this is very easy for people to misunderstand!
And we've been working together for several years; you won't even call me 'older brother'.