"Say, Nine-Tails, what did you mean by that just now?"
No longer bothering with the Nine-Tails' attitude, Naruto asked impatiently.
"Huh? Which line? This old man doesn't remember!"
Deliberately trying to stir something up, the Nine-Tails had no intention of laying everything out for Naruto so easily. It still wanted to hold some initiative.
However, what the Nine-Tails had not expected was for Naruto to refuse to play along.
Just as it was about to leave Naruto hanging, Naruto silently turned around, looking as though he were ready to leave the mindscape at any moment.
"Oh, if you've forgotten, Nine-Tails, then I'll leave first. I still have school to attend."
With that, Naruto really did start walking away from the giant iron cage of the seal.
"Wait!"
Naruto's feigned retreat instead made the Nine-Tails a little anxious.
When Naruto heard the Nine-Tails' voice, a triumphant smile curled across the lips of his turned-away face.
Naruto knew all too well that the Nine-Tails had been sealed inside him for so many years and had never spoken to him before. Yet today, it had suddenly appeared before him.
If there was no catch to this, or if it wanted nothing from him, Naruto would never believe it!
Having figured that out, Naruto had the Nine-Tails completely in the palm of his hand!
As for the Nine-Tails' initial bait, Naruto had already guessed it long ago. Honestly, there was no need for him to specifically seek confirmation from this fox... this involved fox!
The reason Naruto was willing to come in and meet the Nine-Tails was, first, to understand what was going on inside his body; and second, to learn some more concrete information.
If he could not find out, it did not really matter.
After all, Naruto believed that someday, his mom