Nine-Tails: Sage of Six Paths, Explain This to Me, Damn It!

"Madara Uchiha!"

The Nine-Tails' savage roar echoed through the Sealing Space.

Having completely snapped, it rampaged and vented its fury atop the Sealing Altar.

The Sealing Chains clattered as they lashed about. Chakra filled with endless negative emotions spread out, staining the entire Sealing Space crimson.

That damned brat Yamanaka Kei had actually used Genjutsu to create dozens of Madara Uchihas!

And every one of those Madara Uchihas was as aloof and arrogant as the real one.

There was no reckless roaring or vicious cursing. With that indifferent tone and those disdainful eyes, they lectured it as casually as if they were speaking to ants on a whim.

There were clearly no particularly vulgar or filthy words, yet every sentence was so venomous that the Nine-Tails wanted to tear him to pieces!

That Genjutsu had sent it straight back to the days when Madara Uchiha had controlled it at will.

Even after breaking free of the Genjutsu, it hated Madara Uchiha far more than it hated Yamanaka Kei.

"Brat! You should be thanking Madara Uchiha!"

The Nine-Tails' tone was icy, its sharp teeth grinding with a creak.

Overwhelming killing intent, hatred, and loathing enveloped Yamanaka Kei, as though they would tear him apart and swallow him whole the next moment.

"I think so too."

Yamanaka Kei grinned, entirely unaffected by those emotions. He even had enough to spare to shield Kushina as well.

Boosted by the Red Entry Transmigrator, his mental strength was far beyond that of ordinary people.

If he had been enveloped by this level of killing intent and malice in reality, his body might have shown some stress response.

But only his spiritual body had entered the Sealing Space.

The negative emotions released by the Nine-Tails were meaningless.

"...Tch."

The Nine-Tails stared at Yamanaka Kei for a long while before finally letting out a contemptuous scoff.

The killing intent and savagery around it gradually subsided as well.

Though the Genjutsu Yamanaka Kei had just used was only a low-level one, the strength of his mental power gave it a sense of pressure no less than that of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

It had lived for nearly a thousand years, and there were very few people who could make it feel such pressure.

If it truly went berserk and attacked without restraint, while still being sealed as it was...

Who the hell knew whether this brat would turn into a second Madara Uchiha?

Damn brat!

Why did he possess such powerful mental strength and train Yin Release Genjutsu to this extent despite clearly not having the Sharingan?!

Damn it!

Sage of Six Paths, explain this to me, damn it!

The Nine-Tails cursed inwardly, but it could neither beat him nor outcurse him.

What could it do?

"Kei! Teach me~ Help me~"

Kushina grabbed Yamanaka Kei's arm, her large eyes filled with anticipation and admiration.

Having lived with the Nine-Tails for so many years, how could she fail to see that this smug, unreasonable dead fox had actually backed down?

"Ahem, I don't think that's really necessary..."

Yamanaka Kei coughed awkwardly. He truly found it hard to imagine Kushina spewing obscenities.

The butterfly effect had already ruined the Nine-Tails for him, leaving him deeply disillusioned.

If he taught Kushina bad habits too...

Wouldn't that be downright sinful?

Besides, once the two of them became an old married couple, that boomerang might just come flying back at him!

Teach her how to curse?

Not a chance!

"Kei~~~ just teach me~ Can you bear to watch me get cursed at by that stinky fox every day?"

Kushina shook Yamanaka Kei's arm, turning a single word into a twisting melody.

While speaking, she secretly wrote the character for "scare" on his palm.

"Well... all right. Should I first go over its family tree for you?"

Yamanaka Kei pretended to look troubled as he agreed.

He was no fool.

The moment he noticed Kushina writing on his palm, he realized that the girl merely wanted to scare the Nine-Tails.

She wanted it to restrain itself in the future and stop running its mouth all the time.

"Mm-hm, mm-hm!"

Kushina nodded repeatedly like a pecking chick.

Going over its family tree sounded great!

Even if she did not use it, it could still serve as a means of intimidation later.

"Yamanaka Kei! If you dare teach her, don't even dream of this old man living peacefully with her again!"

The Nine-Tails' fur stood on end, its scarlet slit pupils fixed fiercely on Yamanaka Kei.

If anyone else claimed they would go over its family tree, it would only sneer.

After all, events from a thousand years ago had been passed down for centuries through fragmentary biographies and were long distorted beyond recognition.

No matter how those people guessed, they could never uncover the truth.

But that bastard Yamanaka Kei really did know!

The reason it had snapped so quickly during that Genjutsu was, naturally, first because of Madara Uchiha.

The second reason was that everything he had said through Madara Uchiha's mouth was supported by facts and reason, leaving it no chance to refute him.

"Stinky fox, I'm only going over your family relations. Why are you getting so worked up?"

Watching the Nine-Tails repeatedly bare its fangs to scare them, yet not even knowing how to make a proper threat, Kushina put her hands on her hips, her pretty face full of triumph.

She finally understood the power of having someone's family tree in her grasp!

It was the kind of thing you might not use, but absolutely had to have.

Hadn't the Nine-Tails bristled the instant it was merely mentioned?

"This old man isn't an idiot!"

The Nine-Tails ground its teeth as it glared at Yamanaka Kei and Kushina.

"Then smile for me, and I won't listen."

Kushina cheerfully made her demand. Her boyfriend knew everything about this stuff anyway.

At worst, she could ask him after leaving the Sealing Space.

"To hell with you!"

The Nine-Tails nearly crushed its teeth, silently cursing every member of the Uzumaki Clan from Ashina Uzumaki down to Kushina Uzumaki.

As for those before Ashina Uzumaki, those distant relatives Kushina did not even know—what was the point of cursing them?

"Let's handle the important matter first."

Yamanaka Kei patted Kushina's little hand.

He stopped her from continuing to tease the already bristling giant fox.

Though he also enjoyed watching a thousand-year-old fox get bullied, taking care of business came first.

"Oh, okay."

Although Kushina did not know what the important matter was, she obediently stopped.

"Kurama, is your Summoning Contract with Madara Uchiha still active?"

The moment Yamanaka Kei spoke, not only the Nine-Tails but even Kushina's pupils shrank.

A Summoning Contract?

Madara Uchiha?

Could Tailed Beasts sign Summoning Contracts too?

"What if it is? That bastard is already dead!"

"First, while Madara Uchiha is indeed in his twilight years, he is definitely not dead yet. Second, even if he dies, he will surely leave behind a successor. He won't give up such a useful asset as you. Third, the Reanimation Jutsu."

"...That self-righteous fool Tobirama Senju!"

The Nine-Tails cursed bitterly.

Even if it did not believe Madara Uchiha was still alive, both the second and third possibilities were real concerns.

Especially the third one!

That damned Tobirama Senju was still causing it trouble even after death!

Served him right for being killed by those two beasts, Kinkaku and Ginkaku!

"Want me to place a Contract Seal on you?"

Seeing the Nine-Tails endlessly curse Tobirama Senju, Yamanaka Kei naturally understood that this dead tsundere had accepted his judgment.

"Heh. Let her do it. You don't have enough Chakra."

The Nine-Tails cast Yamanaka Kei a disdainful glance.

For a Sealing Technique like the Contract Seal to sever the connection between the summoner and the summoned, the sealing formula's power had to completely envelop at least one party.

Its size, and Yamanaka Kei's amount of Chakra... heh.