I'm Just Here to Get Familiar

"Three-Tails? Three-Tails?" Xun Uzumaki immersed his consciousness in the Three-Tails' seal. The seal had been reinforced by the Great Elder and the others, so he wasn't worried about any accidents happening!!

The environment inside just wasn't very pleasant. There was a pool of water beneath his feet and darkness all around. Other than the cage before him, there was nothing else.

"Roar!!" Seeing someone enter, the Three-Tails immediately roared. "Humans, humans, hateful humans." Then he took a closer look and found that it was actually a seven-year-old child. Looking again, he grew even angrier. "It's you. So it was you, you hateful brat."

This child, this child was the one who had sent him in here.

Were kids these days all this fierce?

But he wasn't afraid in here, because you couldn't do anything to him!

They were both sealed up, so neither could do anything to the other.

Thus, the Three-Tails kept roaring as he glared at Xun Uzumaki.

Xun Uzumaki shrugged. He knew this would happen, but he did not mind. Although the Tailed Beasts had lived for thousands of years, they were fairly innocent. They had always remembered the Sage of Six Paths' ideals, and as long as no one provoked them, there was basically no trouble.

But...

Did he count as having offended him?

Damn...

Xun Uzumaki suddenly felt that the grudge between him and the Three-Tails was pretty serious!

"Don't be angry." Xun Uzumaki gave two fake coughs and said with a smile, "There isn't that much bad blood between us, uh, right?"

"Hehe!!" The Three-Tails sneered, still looking as though he had no intention of listening. He kept muttering things like hateful brat and shameless human.

Perhaps because they had never gone to school, Tailed Beasts only had a few insults they repeated over and over. Xun Uzumaki said indifferently, "Anyway, you're trapped in here now. You can't do anything no matter what you want!!"

"..."

Were kids these days really this hateful?

The Three-Tails was immediately left speechless by Xun Uzumaki's words. He shut his mouth resentfully and lay behind the bars.

"What's wrong?" Seeing this, Xun Uzumaki said, "Not cursing anymore?"

But the Three-Tails ignored him, snorted coldly, and turned his head away.

Seeing this, Xun Uzumaki could only say, "Isobu."

Whoosh!!!

The Three-Tails opened his eyes and snapped, "Brat, how do you know my name?"

The Shinobi World only knew them as Tailed Beasts. No one knew their true names. Worse still, humans used the number of their tails to distinguish their strength. What an ignorant bunch of humans.

"Someone told me." Xun Uzumaki blinked. Strength really did make all the difference. Without strength, did you think a Tailed Beast would calmly chat with you? Don't joke around!!

They would only greet you with a barrage of Tailed Beast Balls.

"I know quite a lot. For example, the Nine-Tails is called Kurama, the Eight-Tails is Gyuki... and the One-Tail is Shukaku."

Xun Uzumaki recited the names of all Nine Tailed Beasts.

"And the Nine-Tails is always bullying you."

"Who told you that?" The Three-Tails widened his eyes, glaring at the child before him as he roared, "The Nine-Tails bullies that little runt Shukaku, not me, the great Three-Tails—Isobu."

He looked like he could beat the Nine-Tails to a pulp at any moment.

"..."

Sure enough, all Tailed Beasts were tsundere.

Xun Uzumaki narrowed his eyes and said in disbelief, "Take a guess?"

"..."

Hearing Xun Uzumaki's words, the Three-Tails turned his head away again. Everyone who knew their names had long since died. Those who had not died were all...

Not to be provoked!!

Though he was extremely curious inside, Isobu still turned away with a disdainful look. Say it or don't say it, he did not care.

"..."

Seeing that the Three-Tails was ignoring him again, Xun Uzumaki merely shrugged indifferently. He had only come in this time to take a look at the Three-Tails and build some rapport. After all, he would still have to hand him over to Kirigakure later. Before the Third Shinobi War, he probably would not be able to subdue...

A Tailed Beast!!

"I'll be leaving if there's nothing else." Xun Uzumaki waved his hand.

"Human, what exactly did you come to me for?" Seeing that this hateful brat was actually about to leave, the Three-Tails immediately panicked. This place was unbearably boring, all right? There was no one to talk to him. "Hurry up and tell me."

He looked as though he were saying, I'm in a good mood right now, so hurry up and let me hear it.

But Xun Uzumaki ignored him and said, "We'll talk the next time we meet."

Then he left directly.

Twenty years or so was nothing to a Tailed Beast, after all. Yet Xun Uzumaki did not know...

In a sealed environment, silence was simply the most terrifying enemy!!

When they were sealed inside a Jinchuriki, at least someone would talk to them. But when they were sealed in a scroll or vessel, it was terrifyingly quiet! The surroundings were pitch-black, and there was no movement besides themselves. So once Tailed Beasts were sealed in such places, they would sleep.

That was also why, once released, Tailed Beasts would go mad and attack everywhere.

If you were locked in solitary confinement, wouldn't you go crazy too?

But...

"Hey, hey, don't leave, you brat!"

"Let's talk some more!"

"What do you want to know?"

"..."

The Three-Tails kept calling out, trying to find someone to talk to, but...

Xun Uzumaki still left.

Seeing the sealing space return to silence, the Three-Tails pouted and said resentfully, "Hateful brat."

"When will next time be!!"

Xun Uzumaki left the sealing space. He had no idea how terrifying the Three-Tails' loneliness was. Seeing the Clan Elders looking at him worriedly, Xun Uzumaki smiled and said, "It's fine. I only went in to take a look."

"Little Xun, that's a Tailed Beast!" The Great Elder thought he did not understand how terrifying Tailed Beasts were, so he said, "They are terrifying monsters of the Shinobi World. You must understand..."

However, Xun Uzumaki did not listen to the Great Elder's lengthy lecture. He curled his lips. What terrifying monsters? They were just a bunch of tsundere creatures. As for why they attacked humans...

You were trying to capture them, yet you would not let them fight back??

"It's fine." Seeing the worried looks in the Clan Elders' eyes, Xun Uzumaki could only say helplessly, "I was simply curious about what a Tailed Beast looked like."

"Don't ever do that again." The Great Elder said with a stern expression.

Xun Uzumaki nodded. They could talk about the future later!

Turning his head, he looked at Uzumaki Kai beside him. Kai was now the one constantly by his side, relaying his orders. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Go to the underground hideout and find someone named Gato. Bring him here."

The war was about to end, so it was time to prepare for recovery and recuperation.

Moreover, because of the war, the treasury was short on food and silver. So Gato needed to make a trip now. As a merchant, he was much safer than a ninja. He just needed to hire more guards.

As for the Whirlpool Ninja...

They should not be running around everywhere for now. Gato could go to the Land of Fire, one of the five great powers. There were plenty of supplies and food there. When the time came, he could hire Konoha's ninja. As long as he did not reveal that he was an official merchant of the Land of Whirlpools, there should not be any problem.

So...

"Time to send Gato out to sell salt," Xun Uzumaki muttered.

With food in the granary, there was no panic in the heart!

As for everything else, it could only be handled slowly. Domestic construction and housing were also very important.

I've been writing on my phone lately, so Xianyu can only say I'm doing my best! Wishing everyone sudden riches overnight in the new year!