"Hey, hello, Kurama!"
Across the seal, Hawking greeted the Nine-Tails in a very friendly manner.
The Nine-Tails slowly rose inside its cage and carefully examined Hawking, its eyes filled with disbelief.
"How could this be? That's impossible."
Having lived for over a thousand years, this was the first time it had encountered such a situation. Nothing had changed, yet the Jinchuriki had suddenly changed, and it had not sensed how it happened at all.
Could it have fallen under Genjutsu?
But only the Sharingan could place it under Genjutsu, and it would have to be the Mangekyo.
More importantly, even if Madara used Genjutsu to control it, there was no way it would not notice anything at all.
Unlike Gamabunta, the Nine-Tails was locked within the mental space. What it saw now was Hawking's soul, so it could clearly determine that he was not Naruto and that the Jinchuriki had indeed changed.
"Nice to meet you. My name is Hawking. I hope we can work well together in the future."
Hawking gave a friendly introduction.
The Nine-Tails bared its teeth and sneered.
"Though I don't know what happened, if you want to borrow my power, I'll be more than happy to lend it to you.
"If you're willing to tear off that layer of seal on the cage, I can lend you all my power and let you do anything you want."
The change in Jinchuriki was not important. What mattered was breaking free of the seal and regaining its freedom.
"Of course, tearing open the seal is no problem. Just not now. There will be plenty of chances later."
Hawking did not directly refuse when he heard the Nine-Tails' words.
Even if he completely opened the seal and underwent a full Tailed Beast Transformation, it would not be much