"Weak" Nine-Tails, Super Strength, and the Three Basic Jutsu!

"Brat, what are you talking about?"

Right after Naruto mentioned the tenant in his body who owed rent, an angry voice tinged with shock and confusion rang out beside his ear.

"Mm... no, no, not just a few years. I bet even my Mom never asked you for rent."

"Looking at it that way, you're a fox who owes decades' worth of rent, Kurama."

Leaning against the bathtub as he washed himself, Naruto spoke calmly.

After a long while, the Nine-Tails, clearly startled by Naruto's words, finally spoke.

"Utter nonsense... Brat, how do you know this old man's name?"

Rather than answering, Naruto took the initiative to communicate with the Nine-Tails for the first time.

A first impression had to be memorable.

Then he should pick a few things that few people in the Ninja World knew about.

At the same time, he should make this thing feel a little favorably toward him. That might save him some trouble later... No, once I absorb Uchiha Shisui's corpse—

Once I have the Sharingan... during the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall, if I crazily harvest enough corpses, I should be able to evolve it into the Mangekyō Sharingan no matter what.

By then, Kurama would be nothing more than a toy.

Still, if possible, a Tailed Beast like the Walking Dead was inferior to one that was obedient and capable of independent thought.

Of course, that was assuming the Nine-Tails knew what was good for it.

"One of the nine Tailed Beasts split from the Ten-Tails' Chakra. You really were favored by the Old Man of Six Paths."

Nine-Tails: "..."

"Time to divide the Chakra~"

"One share for the One-Tails, one share for the Nine-Tails, one share for the Two-Tails, one share for the Nine-Tails..."

These words made the Nine-Tails in the Sealing Space reveal an utterly stunned expression.

Yet for some reason, even though it knew Naruto was not praising it, it still nodded in strong agreement, with a trace of delight.

That was right. Among the nine Tailed Beasts, this old man alone stood in a league of his own.

"What a pity."

"What's a pity?"

The Nine-Tails' voice was no longer quite so grating or filled with such intense resentment.

"What a pity. Before long, the Ten-Tails will be revived, and when that happens, you'll become Nutrients again."

The Nine-Tails fell silent for a long time, then gave a derisive snort.

"Brat, I don't know where you learned these things, but aren't you underestimating this old man too much?"

Naruto answered with a derisive snort as well.

"Nine-Tails, your power is too great. Sorry, but I can't let you run free."

With just one sentence, the Nine-Tails nearly broke down.

"Susanoo wrapped around Kurama doesn't seem all that strong."

"True Several Thousand Hands?"

As he spoke, Naruto controlled the power of the Woods-Woods Fruit and turned his arm into an Elemental Transformation.

In an instant, the Nine-Tails' cry of alarm echoed through the Sealing Space.

The memory of being captured in one hand by the Great Buddha surged into its mind.

"Oh, and you don't need to be too upset. After all, Hashirama Senju really never intended to keep you in Konoha back then."

The Nine-Tails no longer dared to speak. It perked up its fox ears and listened quietly.

"If Tobirama Senju hadn't always looked down on the Uchiha Clan and even judged them all by a single example... No, compared to his older brother, his vision really was somewhat shortsighted."

"Come to think of it, Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju were both older brothers, and both had broader vision than the younger brothers they loved. Yet on the surface, it was the younger brothers who seemed more like strategists."

"Hmph, so what? In the end, didn't they still leave this old man in Konoha?"

The Nine-Tails could not help but interrupt.

But Naruto shook his head.

"It seems you've forgotten how those eyes controlled you."

"Hmph..."

"Sending you out was the way to maintain balance. At the same time, if the Four Great Shinobi Villages grew stronger, Konoha, as the hegemon, would not become overly comfortable and rot from within."

"And once people possess a powerful weapon, their motivation to work hard diminishes greatly."

"Ahem, none of that is the main point. The main point is that Konoha has the Uchiha. Tailed Beasts? One look from them, and you'd all collectively defect."

"Having the ability to unify the Ninja World but choosing not to was also Hashirama's great wisdom."

The Nine-Tails' eyes began to change. Clearly, it had never considered these questions and had little interest in them.

But under Naruto's narration, it seemed to understand something.

It no longer argued.

"Hashirama Senju never sought the shallow, superficial peace of 'no more war.'"

Suddenly, Naruto stopped at the most crucial moment.

The Nine-Tails could not hold back. "Then what was that guy seeking?"

"And what about that hateful Madara Uchiha?"

Naruto's lips curled slightly. "After saying so much, it's one thing that you won't pay rent, but you won't even give me a chance to inspect my house?"

The Nine-Tails rolled its eyes and said helplessly, "The seal is too strong. My Chakra can't seep through much of it. Besides, you've already refined Chakra, haven't you?"

"Hmph, clever and cunning Brat. You fooled that Third Hokage completely. You're far better than that father of yours, who only knew how to obey orders and could only use his death to win you an opportunity."

"Oh, so you're not that strong either."

"What did you say?!"

"Talk when you have the ability to pull me into the Sealing Space."

"The Chakra in your body is the Yang half. The Yin half is with my dead excuse for a father. He really did use his death to win an opportunity for me. Yang Release Chakra tempering my body should be pretty good too."

The Nine-Tails had already become somewhat immune and was no longer as startled as it had been at the beginning.

He had even mentioned the Ten-Tails. Knowing about the humiliation of it being split into two was not that surprising.

Before Naruto actively shut out the Nine-Tails, he said with a faint smile,

"Behave yourself and stop interfering with my Chakra training."

"Don't say you have so much Chakra, so why should I train it. If I don't train, should I just end up like you, restrained to death by a bunch of people?"

"If I'm not having a good time, you definitely won't be either. Just watch obediently."

With that, Naruto ignored the furious shouting of the Nine-Tails.

He tried controlling his Chakra and discovered that the old Nine-Tails was quite sensible. It no longer interfered with his Chakra control.

Damn brat, stopping halfway through a story. May lightning strike you dead!

Thus, Naruto began training Water Walking.

As for Tree Climbing... in essence, it was pretty much the same.

Besides, wouldn't practicing directly on the smooth bathroom wall be even more effective?

With the Woods-Woods Fruit's power,

Nature Power was incredibly compatible with him.

His Tree Climbing training would probably progress at an astonishing speed.

But the training effect would not be as good as simply practicing Wall Climbing.

To avoid being discovered by the Anbu Ninja monitoring him,

Naruto only practiced in the bathroom.

When he went fishing, he could also secretly practice in the water.

Absorbing nutrients had to be done gradually. Otherwise, if he absorbed too much at once and the Trees near his fishing spot began to show withered leaves, someone would eventually notice.

Fortunately, after scouting the terrain recently, he had begun gradually shifting his fishing spot toward the area near the Naka River that connected to the Uchiha Clan Compound.

Therefore, he could also increase the absorption speed somewhat.

These Absorbed Nutrients could not be fully absorbed all at once.

They could be stored or converted into Chakra.

Chakra could not be stored and needed to be refined constantly.

But the Woods-Woods Fruit made Chakra storable.

The days passed peacefully like this.

Naruto behaved normally.

The Nine-Tails' Chakra no longer leaked out either.

As time passed, the Anbu Ninja assigned to watch Naruto no longer cared about quantity, but quality.

The first order issued by the Third Hokage was that Naruto absolutely could not sense them.

No one knew

that Naruto had already completely mastered Water Walking and Wall Climbing.

His control over Chakra became increasingly effortless. He could even keep the Chakra Refining Technique running continuously while asleep.

Under this cautious and tedious training,

Naruto's Chakra increased explosively every day.

The unit of measurement, Kakashi, strictly referred to the amount of Chakra Kakashi had left after excluding the consumption of that eye he could not turn off.

Naruto felt that his Chakra had now surpassed one Kakashi.

After completing Water Walking and Wall Climbing training, Naruto began working on even more precise control.

If he remembered correctly, the prerequisite for Super Strength was exceptionally fine Chakra control.

Medical Ninjas capable of using the Mystical Palm Technique possessed this ability, but it was still far from enough.

Therefore, as his Chakra control improved, learning the Mystical Palm Technique would be as easy as taking something from his pocket.

Bloodline and talent.

Naruto had both, and he was also extremely hardworking.

On top of that, the Absorbed Nutrients tempered his body, while the tsundere Nine-Tails would secretly leak out a little Yang Release Chakra to temper it as well.

Naruto's physique improved every day.

When he one day discovered that the slightest force while drinking water caused his cup to shatter,

he knew that he had taken his first step into Super Strength!

His training in fine Chakra control was complete.

Next, he could specialize in it while training something new.

According to the original work, it was time for Chakra nature transformation!

Not long after, the kind Third Hokage delivered the Three Basic Jutsu.

After personally guiding Naruto and discovering that his Chakra control was terrible, he left in satisfaction.