In the dense forests of Mount Myōboku, the rustling of clothes brushing past branches and leaves sounded from time to time as Naruto raced toward the direction the Nine-Tails had pointed out at incredible speed.
"Naruto, are you really going to fight the Old Man? If you die, it'll take me a long time to recover too."
Within the Sealing Space, although it had already given Naruto the location of the Sage of Six Paths' Chakra, it still wanted to persuade Naruto one more time.
It clearly knew that Naruto was incredibly powerful now, perhaps already comparable to Madara Uchiha in his prime. After all, it had never seen Naruto truly go all out. But that was the Old Man. Though only an extremely weak wisp of Chakra remained, it still felt uneasy.
It and Naruto were one now. If Naruto, the Jinchuriki, died, then it, the Tailed Beast sealed within him, would also dissipate. It would not die, but returning to normal would take a very long time. Besides, it did not even know whether the self that recovered after dissipating would still truly be itself.
The current Nine-Tails was less like the strongest Tailed Beast and more like a frightened quail.
"Heh, then when we start fighting, don't be too stingy with your Chakra. Give me everything you've got!"
"You little brat!"
Seeing Naruto insist, the Nine-Tails could not help feeling irritated, yet there was nothing it could do.
After sighing, it decided to think on the bright side.
The Old Man had been dead for nearly a thousand years. The fragment of Chakra he had left behind was extremely weak, so the strength he could display was surely quite limited.
Naruto's strength was equally unfathomable. At the very least, it had yet to witness him fighting at