Tsundere Nine-Tails Goes Online

The System Mission was to gain Nine-Tails's approval.

However, Naruto strengthening the seal did not conflict with this mission.

Naruto took advantage of Nine-Tails's heightened vigilance and its distance from the iron gate.

He walked up to the iron gate, climbed to the sealing location, and placed his hand on it.

The Eight Trigrams Sealing was actually composed of two Four Symbols Sealings complementing each other.

After Naruto strengthened the seal, Nine-Tails within the iron gate instantly felt its body sink.

An even more immense sealing power was applied to Nine-Tails.

It had been able to move freely before, but after Naruto repaired the seal, Nine-Tails found it difficult even to stand up.

Sensing that Naruto knew the Eight Trigrams Sealing, Nine-Tails's beast eyes flashed with shock.

It said to Naruto, "Brat, we can talk things over, don't touch the seal!"

"That seal is incredibly complex. If you mess with it... what if you break it?"

During the years when the Eight Trigrams Sealing was at its strongest.

Nine-Tails couldn't even stand.

It couldn't speak, couldn't stand, like a monkey pinned under Mount Five Fingers.

After waiting for so long, the seal finally weakened somewhat.

Only then did Nine-Tails gain the ability to move.

But now!

Naruto was actually going to strengthen the seal.

Nine-Tails didn't want to return to that time when it couldn't move.

So it panicked a little.

Meanwhile, Naruto moved far away from the iron gate.

He found Nine-Tails's near-pleading words amusing.

This Nine-Tails is just a bully who picks on the weak and fears the strong.

"Kurama, I told you, some old man said I'm a friend of Tailed Beasts!" Naruto said with a chuckle, looking at Nine-Tails.

Kurama was furious and scoffed, "You just strengthened my seal, and you call yourself a friend of Tailed Beasts?"

Naruto thought for a moment and told Kurama, "I can help you loosen part of the seal, but I have one condition."

Upon hearing that the seal could be loosened, Kurama immediately perked up.

It sat up, its two huge fox ears bent back by the sealing power, resembling twin tails that could increase attack speed.

"Tailed Beasts don't negotiate with humans!" Kurama said with excitement in its voice, uttering this tough line.

Naruto knew it was being tsundere and didn't mind.

Naruto tried to reason with Kurama, "Look, if I help you break free, won't you feel better?"

"If I help you, won't we be friends?"

Kurama's beast eyes narrowed, and it immediately thought of Naruto's situation.

Tsk tsk~

He really is just a child!

Even with such powerful sealing abilities, so what?

Isn't it just because he has no friends that he's lonely?

Seeing that even this destructive Tailed Beast had the laughable idea of making friends.

Kurama disdained internally, and its outward attitude remained very firm: "Tailed Beasts making friends with humans? And you, brat?"

These two rhetorical questions completely stumped Naruto.

But after reacting, Naruto felt that this might just be Kurama being tsundere.

Naruto found it amusing and feigned a disappointed expression: "Okay... then I'll leave for now."

"What?" Kurama's voice suddenly rose in pitch.

It roared angrily, "Get lost! Get out, get out, get out!"

Kurama was inwardly annoyed.

Didn't he say he would loosen my seal?

Why is he leaving without loosening it?

Humans!

Heh heh...

Wait...

He's really leaving?

As Naruto was about to disappear from sight, Kurama's expression twitched.

He quickly shouted, "Hey! Brat!"

Naruto stopped in his tracks and turned back, looking at Kurama with a pure, confused, and innocent expression.

Kurama immediately felt a pang of shame.

Logically speaking...

Naruto wasn't grown up yet.

He was just a child.

What could he possibly understand?

Why should he, a dignified Tailed Beast, bicker with this brat?

"Ahem." Kurama said with a complex tone, "If you untie me, we'll be..."

"Be what?" Naruto asked curiously.

Kurama felt a bit embarrassed.

If this scene were seen by a tanuki, it would surely be ridiculed for a thousand years.

"Friends." Kurama forced the two words out with difficulty.

He really didn't want to go back to the time when the sealing power of the Eight Trigrams Seal was strong.

He couldn't even move.

He couldn't even scratch an itch.

How unbearable would that be?

"Okay!" Naruto immediately agreed.

He had Kurama step back, while he himself approached the iron gate and released his original sealing power, leaving only the Eight Trigrams Seal left by the Fourth Hokage.

Kurama's body immediately felt loose.

He then looked at Naruto with complex eyes.

This brat...

He actually trusted even a Tailed Beast like him?

Didn't he know that it was his fault that his childhood was filled with ostracism?

Was he really going to deceive this naive child?

These questions appeared in Kurama's mind.

By the time he shook off the thoughts, Naruto was already far away from the sealing gate.

[Ding~ System Mission Complete, Simulation Opportunity +1]

With the mission complete, Naruto himself suffered no losses.

Thus, Naruto happily left the Sealing Space.

When Naruto woke up in his cramped apartment, it was already early morning.

What had happened before felt like a dream.

After all, it had occurred during sleep.

Naruto opened his system panel to check.

[Host: Naruto Uzumaki]
[Traits: Uzumaki Bloodline, Asura Reincarnation, Nine-Tails Jinchuriki]
[Jutsu: Sexy Jutsu, Transformation Jutsu, Adamantine Sealing Chains - Modified, Eight Trigrams Sealing - Ultimate, Gate of the Great God]
[Combat Power: 1840 + 82400]
[Inventory: 8.23 Million Silver, Yin-Yang Nine-Tails - Rage]
[Simulation Count: 1]
[Missions: None]

Clearly, the Level 6 Physique Enhancement from before...

Had brought Naruto many benefits.

And the three Sealing Techniques were also very powerful.

The simulation count changing from 0 to 1 let Naruto know that yesterday was not a dream.

Thinking of Kurama's tsundere appearance, Naruto found it somewhat amusing.

With one simulation opportunity remaining, Naruto had no intention of saving it.

Today is a day off from the Ninja Academy.

So, I don't have to go to school.

Naruto lay leisurely on his bed and opened the simulator.

[Ding~ Host has consumed a Simulation Opportunity, creating a character.]

[Character surname drawn: Yamagami, Hata, Kurui, Morikawa, Kitano, Aoi]

Naruto: "??"

In his memories of the original work, Naruto didn't recognize these surnames.

But for some reason, Naruto felt a sense of familiarity with them.

Could it be an illusion?

It probably is...

These aren't any famous clans, which means the character for this simulation will be a commoner.

Naruto chose a surname that looked pleasing to him.

"Aoi."

Because it was a single-character surname, it looked more appealing to Naruto, an Easterner from his past life.

[Character talent drawn: Heiji the Rain-Dodger, Rock Lee, Nawaki Senju, Neji Hyuga, Izuna Uchiha, Hatake Sakumo]

"Huh? My luck is pretty good this time..."

"But choosing who to be is a difficult problem."

The first two can be ignored.

Nawaki Senju didn't have much of a presence in the original work, so he's temporarily eliminated.

Neji Hyuga definitely has talent, but his strength is clearly lower than the latter two.

So, only Izuna Uchiha and Hatake Sakumo remain.