Naruto Gets Lost

Kushina Uzumaki's Sealing Space.

Anju watched as Minato and Kurama tested each other—or, rather, picked holes in each other.

Honestly, it was a mess.

The two of them had been testing each other for half a year, yet they had not managed to develop a single new ninjutsu, nor had they succeeded in improving Flame Sun Courage.

Anju did not interfere with the two of them, either. One was the chief culprit who had sealed Kurama, while the other was the culprit who had caused Minato Namikaze to sacrifice himself. A little conflict between them was only normal.

It was just that their research efficiency was far too low.

They would have been better off letting Kurama blindly research on his own. Maybe he might actually come up with a new ninjutsu.

Anju had taken one look at Flame Sun Courage, but he could not use it.

Because Anju's grasp of chakra was simply far too poor.

Its principle was a little like a Nuclear Bomb: Yang Attribute Chakra bound Fire Attribute Chakra, forcing it to move in a circle along the sphere of Flame Sun Courage.

The Fire Attribute Chakra would slowly accelerate, while at the same time, the Yang Attribute Chakra would continuously be drawn along by the Fire Attribute Chakra, triggering new Fire Attribute Chakra to revolve around Flame Sun Courage.

When the Yang Attribute Chakra inside Flame Sun Courage was almost depleted and was no longer enough to maintain the spherical form of Flame Sun Courage's Fire Attribute Chakra, all the Yang Attribute Chakra would be torn apart by the Fire Attribute Chakra, and a massive explosion of fire attribute would erupt at the same time.

After researching Flame Sun Courage, Minato had also managed to use it, but Minato's chakra reserves were too small, and Flame Sun Courage consumed too much chakra. Although its power was indeed great, with his own chakra, it would be very difficult for him to continue using other ninjutsu after using it.

It was basically a one-shot self-disabling move.

If Anju had not replenished his chakra, his chakra body would almost have disappeared.

Kurama would never replenish Minato's chakra. Kurama was practically wishing Minato would disappear just like that.

And many of the conversations between Minato and Kurama went like this.

"You want to research ninjutsu with that little chakra?"

"If I can develop new ninjutsu with less chakra, that proves I'm talented!"

"Be good, Minato. Have Anju stop supplying you chakra and let me do it. That way, you'll be able to test Flame Sun Courage better."

"Nine-Tails, if you want to murder me, just say it. Stop beating around the bush!"

"How could that be? Aren't we researching how to perfect Flame Sun Courage? How could I possibly harm you?"

It was not that Anju did not want to research ninjutsu himself, but that he was very unfamiliar with chakra.

Although he could use chakra, that chakra had originally belonged to the Nine-Tails.

Anju, who had transmigrated here, simply could not use the Nine-Tails Chakra freely.

He could only control it roughly. Otherwise, with so much of Anju's chakra placed into Kushina's Shadow Clone, if it had been any other Tailed Beast, Kushina's Shadow Clone would definitely have been controlled by the Tailed Beast Chakra and gone berserk.

But Anju could not do that.

Nine-Tails Chakra was Nine-Tails Chakra, and Anju was Anju. He could control it, but his control was very poor.

So Anju honestly slept and did nothing extra.

Because he simply could not do anything.

Perhaps when Naruto started Chakra Extraction, Anju would be able to learn how to extract his own chakra instead of using the Yin Nine-Tails' chakra.

At that moment, Kurama suddenly looked toward Anju at the door of the Small Wooden House, while Anju showed no reaction at all.

"Anju, there's a very strong malice on Naruto's side."

Kurama suddenly said this to Anju, and Anju instantly snapped awake, sending a portion of his chakra into Naruto's Sealing Space.

On this side, an enormous nine-tailed fox lay sprawled on the great grassland. Beyond the sealed iron gate in the distance, a wave of malice spread through the air.

Anju turned his head toward the Television.

Over there was Naruto's perspective.

The current Naruto was on a street not far outside the Uchiha Clan Residence.

Naruto also sensed that malice. His little head looked left and right, but he did not discover anyone watching him.

After a moment of thought, Anju inferred that it was Danzo's Root.

Because the Uchiha Clan was currently under Danzo's surveillance.

For someone to hold such immense malice toward Naruto at this time, it would not be the Uchiha Clan. The other Hokage-affiliated clans were almost impossible as well. Although the Third Hokage wanted to, he would not do it so openly. That left only Danzo.

He just did not know what Danzo would do.

One had to know, Naruto currently had Anbu guard—no, the Anbu guarding Naruto were gone.

Anju suddenly grew alert. He could not sense the Anbu monitoring Naruto. Had even the Anbu been transferred away or tied down?

Danzo, what was he trying to do?

Very soon, Anju discovered something was wrong. A ninja who looked like an old woman was walking toward Naruto.

Why say she looked like an old woman?

Because this was clearly a ninja transformed with the Transformation Technique!

That overwhelming malice put Anju in a very bad mood.

At the same time, Kurama, who had been resting with his eyes closed, woke up as well.

"This village really is beyond saving. The way they turn on their own is way too obvious."

After watching so much Ultraman, Kurama had gained some understanding of human nature.

"Kurama, you're wrong. Not all humans can sense malice." Anju pointed at the ninja who looked like an old woman. "When normal people see a kind-looking old woman in her twilight years, slow on her feet and all smiles, nobody thinks of her as a bad person."

Kurama fell silent.

Things outside happened very quickly. After the old woman approached Naruto, she swiftly closed in on him and pressed a towel over his mouth and nose. Soon, the screen of the television in Naruto's Sealing Space went black.

Clearly, Naruto had passed out.

"What are you planning to do?" Kurama suddenly asked Anju.

"Why do you think I'm going to do anything?" Anju asked Kurama, suddenly puzzled.

"Don't you have high hopes for this brat?" Kurama asked strangely.

"I'm thinking of pulling little Naruto into the Sealing Space right now. What do you think?" Anju said to Kurama.

"Why? This brat is too young." Kurama narrowed his eyes.

"Because he's already had his first taste of the darkness of this world." Anju sounded somewhat relieved.

Anju had originally planned to bring Naruto into the Sealing Space after he ran into danger, but he had not expected Naruto to be knocked out before he was even two years old.

Kurama thought for a while, somewhat unwilling to deal with a child. He knew little Naruto could be rather willful.

"But with a child this young, can you handle him?"

"Relax, relax. Just make yourself a little smaller. As long as you don't scare him."

"No. I'm this mighty. Shrinking would be too embarrassing."

"It won't. How old is little Naruto? What face is there to lose? He doesn't even understand that stuff."

"No."

"I guarantee that won't happen," Anju suddenly said. "Right, Kurama, do you know why Naruto left the Uchiha Resi... forget it."

"Although I don't know why he left the Uchiha Residence, it doesn't matter anymore. It's already happened anyway."

Kurama shrank rather reluctantly, but in the end, he was still a head taller than Anju, at least more than a whole size bigger.

Soon, outside the iron gate of the Sealing Space, a tiny figure appeared.

Naruto was very confused as to why he had suddenly appeared on a vast grassland divided by iron bars.

But very quickly, his gaze fixed on the two Nine-Tailed foxes inside the bars, one big and one small.

"What are you?"

"We're tailed beasts. You can call us Nine-Tailed foxes," Anju replied, while Kurama unceremoniously looked Naruto up and down.

"Hello, fox mother and son." Naruto was not shy at all, but the moment the words left his mouth, Anju kicked him out of the Sealing Space.

"Kurama! It was a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding! Don't!"