"What? Are you giving up already?"
For some reason, although the Nine-Tails had been able to speak properly with Naruto earlier, its words suddenly became rather grating today.
As if it was... deliberate?
"Creak."
"I don't want to give up like this, but..."
Naruto clenched both hands into fists, yet after stumbling over his words for a long while, he still could not come up with a reason.
Inside Naruto's consciousness, the Nine-Tails was no longer lying down as usual. Its entire body was standing upright.
As for Naruto's consciousness, he was simply staring at the Nine-Tails.
Well, staring at it through the huge metal cage of the Eight Trigrams Seal.
"Hmph, Naruto, in my eyes, you've never been some brat who makes excuses! Are you really becoming this cowardly when facing a powerful enemy?
Is that how your teacher taught you?"
Looking at Naruto, the Nine-Tails continued to mock him.
After speaking with its other half not long ago, the Yang Nine-Tails had already made a certain decision.
However, before that, it had to test Naruto once more!
It did not want to be bound to some spineless brat for the rest of its days.
In other words, this might have been the Nine-Tails' own particular brand of tsundere behavior.
"Of course not! I've always kept Master's words in mind!"
Hearing the Nine-Tails mention Soji, Naruto immediately refuted it without thinking.
Master had always been the person he respected most. How could he possibly forget Master's words?
"Then who are you putting on this helpless act for? Your future son has been watching from the side the whole time!"
As it spoke, the Nine-Tails glanced at Boruto, who was hiding in the distance with a worried expression.
With Momoshiki unwilling to lend him any power, Boruto was unquestionably even