Before the team split up, Sasuke mentioned that his house was pretty big.
Naruto turned away and pretended not to hear.
Then Sasuke suggested spending the night at Naruto's house.
Naruto decisively refused.
Sasuke was clearly up to no good. Couldn't he see Sakura's expression changing beside him?
He should stay farther away from Sasuke from now on.
After rejecting Sasuke's request to stay the night, Naruto went home alone.
Night. Training Space.
"Naruto and Kurama's Home"
Naruto + "Card Master Naruto" + the Nine-Tails were playing cards.
"Single three."
Card Master Naruto was the landlord. He glanced at his two opponents and tossed out a three.
"Bomb!" The Nine-Tails flung out four twos in one swift motion.
Imitating Naruto's old tone, the Nine-Tails said smugly, "Naruto, I've only got one card left."
It looked utterly pleased with itself, its gradually rounder face squishing its eyes into nearly invisible slits.
Ever since it started playing Fight the Landlord with Naruto, it had been losing constantly. Victories were rare.
But this time, it was about to win!
Seeing Kurama's remaining card, Naruto, who was also a farmer, immediately clapped and offered plenty of emotional support.
"Kurama, you played that hand amazingly."
Card Master's personality was truly that of a card master. He specialized in card games and could fling ordinary paper playing cards with the force of metal shuriken.
He did not rush to play. He exchanged a glance with Naruto's original body, and the two blinked in perfect understanding.
Then Card Naruto began patiently coaxing him.
"Kurama, we've been playing together since I was three. I'm twelve now. That's nine years."
"Nine years, 3,285 nights, 25,000 hours."
"Twenty-five thousand hours. It may only be a small part of your life, Kurama, but for me, you have occupied almost my entire