"Creak."
After hearing the Nine-Tails' account, Naruto unconsciously clenched his fists.
Inside a sealed box filled with nothing but negative emotions, one had to endure eternal suffering.
Just thinking about it made Naruto shudder.
And Muku had already been inside for more than seven years!
At that thought, Naruto's heart grew heavy.
"Kurama, help me defeat Satori! I want to save Uncle Mui's son from the Box of Paradise!
"Even if he's already dead, I still hope his soul can finally rest in peace."
Naruto declared his resolve in a firm voice.
Nine-Tails: "...Hmph, Naruto, you're still as naive as ever!"
After a moment of silence, the Nine-Tails suddenly spoke in an unreadable tone.
Just as Naruto thought the Nine-Tails would refuse, its next words completely put him at ease.
"Still, opening that box also drained a portion of my Chakra! Since that's the case, let me stuff that monster back inside!"
With that, the Nine-Tails in Naruto's mental space grinned.
It looked terrifying, but its words greatly comforted Naruto.
As expected of a tsundere fox.
It clearly wanted to help Naruto, yet it used other reasons as an excuse for saying so.
Naruto could see that much.
However, having already come to understand the Nine-Tails' personality quite well, Naruto did not point it out.
Otherwise, Naruto believed that with the Nine-Tails' stubborn nature, it would immediately "turn hostile" and refuse to join forces with him against Satori.
In this life, Naruto's entry into Nine-Tails Chakra Mode was somewhat different from the original story.
Before the two sides had reconciled in the original story, Naruto had relied on a trace of Chakra Kushina left within him to forcibly extract a massive amount of Chakra from the Nine-Tails, allowing himself to enter Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
In this life, however, the Nine-Tails