The Nine-Tails had no idea what this space was, but the people here always seemed to know all sorts of strange things. That was rather concerning.
"Say, have you ever thought about challenging the Sakura Dragon?" the Nine-Tails asked again.
"Huh? Me?"
Naruko looked completely baffled.
Sparkle, meanwhile, let out a sigh of relief.
Finally, finally.
She had been waiting for Naruko to challenge the Sakura Dragon and trigger the next part of the story.
"That thing is really strong, right?"
"What are you afraid of? This is the Mental Space, and there are no seal restrictions here—in other words, I can fight for you."
Mr. Kurama actually wanted to fight in her place!
"F-fight in my place?" Naruko was stunned. That was possible?
"That's right, that's right. Let this old man have a go at the Sakura Dragon." The Nine-Tails was getting itchy for a fight too. "You know it too, don't you? Only by defeating that Sakura Dragon can you reveal this space's true secret."
Come to think of it, this really might work.
This space had none of the restrictions caused by the seal.
On the Memory Battlefield, as long as Naruko and the Nine-Tails became one in mind and body, they could unleash power exceeding 100%.
Still, from Sparkle's perspective, if they truly fought, Naruko's combat instincts might actually be better.
Naruko usually looked rather airheaded.
But that was only how she looked.
Even in the original work, Naruto's tactics could be described as downright devious.
He dug underground when fighting Neji, turned into Akamaru when fighting Kiba, and that was without even mentioning all the ridiculous tricks he later pulled with Shadow Clone Jutsu to bait out moves.
There was actually a reason for that.
If the Nine-Tails fought alone, the results would probably be