Seeing that the Nine-Tails had already given in, Hao Shuai stopped teasing it. He stepped forward, patted its doglike head, and warned, "From now on, don't release your chakra and let it contaminate Naruto's. If he needs to borrow your power, use your own judgment."
Over the more than ten years this fox demon had been sealed away, it had constantly tried to destroy the seal. The chakra it leaked through the small opening in the seal had already begun affecting Naruto, and chakra that wild and potent was beyond Naruto's control at his current level. Naturally, he couldn't perform many jutsu properly.
Only jutsu the kid developed himself, based on the properties of his own contaminated chakra, might be performed flawlessly.
His Harem Jutsu, for example, which he had developed himself, worked perfectly.
Unfortunately, he couldn't properly perform basic techniques with standardized hand seals, such as the Cloning Technique, Substitution Technique, and Transformation Technique—the Three Jutsu.
"Heh." At Hao Shuai's words, the Nine-Tails shot him a surreptitious glance. "Use my own judgment? I just contaminated the kid's chakra, and you nearly beat me to death. Who knows what you'll do to me if I don't lend him my chakra!"
Hao Shuai seemed to see right through the Nine-Tails' thoughts. He didn't argue, only promised, "Don't worry. I keep my word. I'll let you out when the time comes."
With that, Hao Shuai vanished from Naruto's inner world.
Early the next morning...
As Hao Shuai opened his door, he was startled by a dark-eyed boy squatting outside.
"Sa—Sasuke, what are you doing curled up outside my door this early?" Hao Shuai asked, nearly slipping into his usual nickname for him.
Sasuke didn't seem to notice what Hao Shuai had called him. He stared blankly at the manual in his