So Good

At that moment, Nine-Tails could not figure out what Naruto was up to.

He had just talked tough that afternoon, yet that night he was planning to watch television with him.

Had he realized there was nothing he could do to this old man, so he intended to curry favor with him?

Did he think flattering him would make him take back his Chakra and stop affecting him?

That was impossible.

What a naive brat.

Besides, even if he wanted to flatter him, what was the use of bringing out a television?

What was so interesting about human things? Did he think this alone could please him?

No chance.

Hmph. Even if Lord Nine-Tails grew moldy from boredom in the Sealing Space, counted one trillion foxes, and died of boredom, he still would not pay attention to such boring tricks.

Watching Naruto's actions, Nine-Tails thought disdainfully.

Because he wanted to observe Naruto's ugly expression after being disappointed, he did not look away from the television.

At that moment, the drama on the television officially began.

The television adaptation of Investiture of the Gods was produced on Earth in 1990 and adapted from the novel Investiture of the Gods.

It told the mythological story of the late Shang Dynasty: King Zhou offended Nüwa, ruled with cruelty and injustice, favored the demoness Daji, and tormented all living beings. King Wen of Zhou followed the will of heaven, recruited soldiers and horses, invited Jiang Ziya to come down from the mountains and campaign against King Zhou, ultimately overthrowing the Shang Dynasty.

Although this drama had long been added to Naruto's Video Library as a learning reward, he had never watched it before.

He had dug it out this time on a whim after seeing in the synopsis that it featured Daji, a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.

Since the troublesome creature in his stomach that interfered with his ninjutsu was also a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, he figured a character of the same kind would draw its interest as much as possible. That was why he played this drama.

Nine-Tails was watching Naruto, while Naruto was also watching Nine-Tails from the corner of his eye.

When he saw that the other party had not immediately looked away, he felt greatly reassured.

Hehe, took the bait, didn't you?

Naruto was not afraid that Nine-Tails would fail to take the bait. He was only afraid that it would refuse to play along from the start; then he truly would have no solution.

The reason for his confidence was that all the films and television works the Learning Space added to Naruto's Video Library as rewards were quality productions.

He had observed that the most entertaining daily activity for the village children was playing ninja games. Often, when they were bored out of their minds, they would run off to cause trouble and pull pranks, only to earn a vicious beating from their parents.

The adults were the same. After finishing work during the day, they had little entertainment at night and turned out the lights early to sleep.

Other than a small number of wealthy people, everyone lived dull, empty lives.

Even the villagers, who could move freely outside and chat with others, were this bored. Not to mention a fox imprisoned inside his stomach, unable to see daylight and normally able to pass the days only by sleeping.

If he had to use one phrase to describe this fox's state of life, it would be bored stiff.

Even Naruto, who spent his spare time playing games and watching all kinds of dramas and novels to relax, could become engrossed in these excellent shows. Let alone a fox bored stiff.

It definitely would not be able to resist the appeal of entertainment products from another world.

Sure enough, under Naruto's observation,

the Big Fox that had initially watched Naruto with an amused, disdainful expression had, as the plot progressed, lost every trace of that look. Only concentration remained on its face, its red eyes fixed unblinkingly on the drama.

At that moment, it had completely forgotten its original thoughts and was immersed in the plot.

The great goddess Nüwa?

She looked very noble. How did she compare to that old Sage of Six Paths?

Huaxia? The Nine Provinces? Yin Shang?

Where were those places? Did the Shinobi World have places like that?

How had that Nine-Tailed Demon Fox turned into a human? Why had he never heard of other foxes like himself in the Shinobi World?

At that moment, Nine-Tails's mind was filled with question marks. Its intense curiosity and thirst for knowledge made it desperate to find out how the story would unfold.

Time passed, and more than an hour went by in the blink of an eye.

The second episode ended. Just as Nine-Tails was eagerly waiting to see what would happen next, it discovered that the television screen had suddenly gone black.

Nine-Tails immediately complained, "Why did you stop it?"

The moment it spoke, Nine-Tails realized something was wrong.

It seemed to have revealed something...

"Was it good?" Naruto's smiling voice rang out.

"Hmph, this old man is not interested in that drama. I merely wanted to see what tricks you, brat, were up to." Nine-Tails snorted coldly, its deliberately composed words echoing through the Sealing Space.

The air was thick with the scent of a guilty conscience.

"Oh..." Naruto deliberately dragged out the word.

Roar!

Hearing that teasing "oh,"

Nine-Tails instantly bristled.

It threw back its head and howled. Then, baring its fangs, Nine-Tails glared viciously at the smiling Naruto as chilling killing intent began to spread through the air.

Yet Naruto acted as if he felt nothing, his face still beaming.

Leaping up from the sofa, Naruto smiled and waved at Nine-Tails. "Good night, Big Fox. We've already wasted a lot of time today, so I'm going to study first. See you tomorrow. We can watch television together then."

With that, he pulled the memory card from the Video Library and made as if to leave.

Nine-Tails had lived for over a thousand years. How could it not realize at this point that it had fallen into the trap set by the brat before it?

This was an obvious Open Conspiracy!

Naruto had first used this story called Investiture of the Gods to arouse its interest, then showed it only the beginning before refusing to let it watch any more, forcing it to yield voluntarily and stop disrupting Naruto's Chakra.

Only by accepting Naruto's conditions could it see what it wanted to see.

With one careless misstep, it had never expected that, after living for over a thousand years, it would be tricked by a brat.

At that moment, Nine-Tails could already imagine how smug the brat before it would become once it yielded.

"No, I cannot bow my head to this brat. Otherwise, where would this old man's dignity as a Tailed Beast be?" Forcing down the urge to call Naruto back, Nine-Tails simply closed its eyes and began counting foxes. Out of sight, out of mind.

After saying goodbye, Naruto left the Sealing Space.

Nine-Tails sensed it, but it did not open its eyes. It continued its great endeavor of counting one trillion foxes.

Yet as it counted foxes, its thoughts could not help but wander. It recalled the plot it had just watched and kept guessing at what might happen next.

The television was clearly right before it, yet the questions in its heart could not be answered.

Irritation continued to build within Nine-Tails.

And so, it could not help looking forward to tomorrow night...