Candlelight flickered as a sleepy conversation drifted out.
"Hm? Is that Jiraiya-sensei?"
"There's something I'd like to ask Lord Jiraiya to help with."
"That really is troublesome. Ever since Sensei finished his Tale of the Ninja's Revenge..."
"Wait, didn't you say last time that it was only at the middle of the story?"
"It seems Lord Tsunade learned about certain scenes in the book and chased Sensei down ten streets. She scared him so badly that he hurriedly finished the book!"
As the two carried on their pointless conversation, Kushina's voice drifted over from the side. "If you two don't play your cards, Kurama is going to go berserk!"
Minato narrowed his sleepy eyes and smiled bitterly. "Are we really going to keep going this late?"
Even Soseki felt the helplessness of having tied his own cocoon, thinking that perhaps he should quickly develop a few two-player games and shift the blame onto Minato.
Kushina translated with a strange expression, "Kurama says it can share its Chakra with you and guarantee that you'll be full of energy and won't get sleepy all night."
"It also says that aren't you two genius ninja? Hurry up and develop a ninjutsu that lets you go without sleep, or a Clone Technique with an independent consciousness that can play cards with it!"
After saying that, the Nine-Tails really did extend one of its tails and smack Soseki and Minato once each.
In an instant, an incomparably powerful force surged into their bodies.
For the Nine-Tails, whose Chakra was practically limitless, this amount naturally meant nothing. But for the two of them, neither of whom excelled in Chakra reserves, this power nearly made them burst apart!
"This power..." Even Soseki could not remain calm. He had been wondering how to pluck some more fox fur