The Nine-Tails drew closer and closer, and Naruto was frightened by its massive size.
He kept backing away and nearly tripped.
Then suddenly, he came to his senses.
This was the Training Space. According to its instructions, he was the absolute master here.
If he wished, he could control every blade of grass, every tree, and every drop of water here at will. He was immortal and indestructible, the undisputed god of the Training Space.
So what was there to fear?
Meanwhile, the Nine-Tails stared at Naruto in utter confusion.
As usual, it had been crouching in its prison, brooding in solitude. Then, in the next second, it had been "summoned" here.
It had thought Uchiha Madara was controlling it again, and it had immediately let out an enraged roar.
Then it realized something.
Where was Madara?
It looked around but found no trace of Uchiha Madara. There was no powerful Chakra presence nearby, either.
At first, it was baffled. Then it became excited.
It, Kurama, had finally regained its freedom!
Its entire body trembled with excitement, and it frolicked happily like a dog.
But in the next instant, it sensed a Chakra presence—a familiar Chakra presence—and chose to come take a look.
That was when it saw this little brat.
The Nine-Tails approached, its enormous eyes filled with confusion. "Brat, why are you still alive?"
The Nine-Tails did not understand. It had been released, so why was Naruto, its host, still alive?
Why am I still alive?
Naruto asked curiously, "Why would I die?"
Seeing Naruto alive and well, the Nine-Tails thought it had been caught in a genjutsu. But it was a Tailed Beast—other than the Mangekyo, nothing could defeat it.
Could it be Uchiha Madara again?
It warily looked to either side but found no enemy. Forget enemies—there was not even a third Chakra presence nearby.
"Can you become smaller?" Naruto asked.
The Nine-Tails was far too huge. At that size, everything it did caused tremendous destruction.
Just taking a few steps could crush countless flowers and plants.
Was that good? No, it was not.
At his words, the Nine-Tails instinctively shook its head.
"Fine, then I'll make you smaller. Don't be surprised," Naruto said gently.
The Nine-Tails seemed fairly intelligent, and he intended to make friends with it.
Naruto loved making friends the most.
Most importantly, this cool battle pet worth two hundred thousand was definitely going to be his!
Not even Jesus could stop him!
Naruto brought his hands together, activating the power of rules. In an instant, the Nine-Tails sensed a change in itself.
The trees that had once seemed tiny grew taller and taller, until they were as tall as Naruto before it.
The Nine-Tails was frightened. "Brat, what did you do? Where is this place?"
"This is a Training Space, and I'm its master."
As he spoke, Naruto waved both hands. The flowers and grass on the ground rapidly grew and wove themselves into a table and chairs adorned with flowers. Naruto spread his hands again, and the grit on the ground swiftly floated into the air, gradually turning transparent before condensing into a pair of crystal cups.
After setting down the cups, Naruto took out the chilled Pepsi he had just bought and poured a cup each for himself and the Fox.
The cola was in the food section of the shop. It was a collaborative in-game drink, sold at its regular price of three taels per bottle.
With his remaining six taels, he had bought two bottles outright.
To win over the Nine-Tails, Naruto painfully took out one bottle to share. He planned to keep the other for himself.
One sip of the sweet water brought an especially refreshing icy sensation, along with bubbles constantly bursting in his mouth.
Hiss~ It was a familiar taste.
Naruto missed this flavor dearly.
"Here, have a taste. Sweet Water is really good."
The Nine-Tails, which had been watching Naruto's every move, was thoroughly bewildered.
From being shrunk down until now, its mind had been unable to process everything.
It instinctively picked up the crystal cup with its paw and drank the Sweet Water.
The sweet, strange, yet incomparably refreshing flavor made its eyes light up.
"These are for you. Drink them first. I'm going to train."
Seeing how comfortably it was drinking, Naruto painfully handed over the remaining cola, then went off to train without looking back.
Naruto suddenly understood many things.
Why had the Nine-Tails appeared here?
Because only spiritual power could enter this Training Ground, and the Nine-Tails was sealed inside him. Therefore, when he entered the Training Ground, the Nine-Tails' spiritual power had been brought in by default.
Now that Naruto understood all this, he could naturally kick the Nine-Tails out.
He could do it, but there was no need.
Moreover, Naruto guessed that the villagers called him the "Nine-Tails Fox" because of the Nine-Tails.
Just thinking about it made it clear. If such a huge Nine-Tails had appeared in the village, how much damage could it have caused?
Naruto roughly understood why those people hated him so much.
He understood, but he would not accept it.
If anyone was to blame, it was the person who had sealed the Nine-Tails inside him.
That person was now his enemy.
Once he found him, they would definitely have to spar.
As for the villainous final boss identity he had guessed he would have in the future, it was most likely also due to the Nine-Tails' influence.
However, from this moment onward, fate had changed.
This Nine-Tails did not seem very smart. It could probably only manipulate a three-year-old child, while he was already in his twenties.
With such a gap between them, it was hard to say who would end up using whom.
No, how could that be called using it? He only wanted to take in a battle pet!
No, that was not right either. It should be called a partner who fought alongside him?
"Mm, that was probably what it meant."
There was no need to rush building their relationship. He was only three years old, and they would see each other every day in the future. They had plenty of time to get along.
For now, Naruto only wanted to try out the skills he had just learned.
Naruto walked to an open area and began forming hand seals.
He had never learned hand seals, nor had he ever encountered any related knowledge. Yet his absurdly high talent and the initial boost from the Uzumaki Bloodline had sent the nine attributes under Nintai Gen soaring, directly reaching an intermediate level of fifty points each.
Naruto did not know what level fifty points represented. He only knew that he was countless times stronger than before, and that his mind now contained a great deal more knowledge.
Therefore, he formed the seals without the slightest awkwardness. His hand signs were even incredibly fast.
Ram → Snake → Tiger
Bang~
An identical Naruto appeared beside him.
The new Naruto looked lifelike. Naruto reached out and touched it, and the clone vanished.
"So it really is just a shadow."
Naruto glanced at the panel. It had consumed 20 Chakra, yet the Clone Technique's experience had increased by a full 382.
It had increased by that much?
The SSSSSS Talent was still showing its power.
Seeing this, Naruto continued training.
One advantage of this Training Ground was that it offered unlimited firepower. With a single thought, Naruto could restore his Chakra to full at any time.
Next, Naruto tirelessly grinded the levels of his three ninjutsu.
From Mastery to Perfection.
Two hours later, Naruto took a look and found that he had maxed out all three skills.
Clone Technique: 10000/10000 (Perfect) Substitution Technique: 10000/10000 (Perfect) Transformation Jutsu: 10000/10000 (Perfect)
There was nothing left for him to grind, and he had also mastered these three basic ninjutsu to an extraordinary degree.
"Huh? Where did the Nine-Tails go?" Once he was free, Naruto looked up and realized that the Nine-Tails had vanished long ago.
"I wanted to ask it how to train."
Grrr~~~
His stomach growled at just the right moment.
Naruto suddenly remembered that he had planned to make dinner, but had delayed it until now.
No wonder he was hungry.
Naruto left the Training Ground. After thinking for a moment, he kicked the Nine-Tails out as well.
Back in reality, Naruto cooked, washed up, and prepared for bed.
Once he moved around, the difference in his senses became even more obvious. He really had grown stronger.
Naruto felt that he now seemed stronger than an ordinary adult.
"Hehe, being a ninja is so fun."
With that thought, Naruto fell asleep.
Drip, drip~~
Naruto opened his eyes and found himself in a damp space.
"Where is this?"
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