Teasing the Nine-Tails: "Why'd You Stop? Keep Howling!"

[Feeling Hiruzen Sarutobi's anger, +2000 Negative Energy, Ninjutsu +100...]

[Feeling Hiruzen Sarutobi's anger, +2500 Negative Energy, Taijutsu +110...]

[Feeling Hiruzen Sarutobi's anger, +3000 Negative Energy, Genjutsu +120...]

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"Hmm... Looks like Uchiha En did a pretty good job!..."

Feeling all that Negative Energy, Bai Ye smiled to himself.

Bai Ye had only asked Uchiha En to use those half-crippled Anbu to extort Hiruzen Sarutobi.

He hadn't expected Uchiha En to do such a good job and bring him so much Negative Energy.

But Bai Ye had something more important to do now.

That was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Kushina Uzumaki.

Bai Ye glanced at Kushina Uzumaki, unconscious beside his bed, and couldn't help smiling.

He hoped he could get something good from her.

"Lord Bai Ye, is this the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?!..."

"I can't believe the mighty Nine-Tails is sealed inside such a petite body..."

Uchiha Mikoto looked at Kushina Uzumaki in surprise.

"It really is hard to believe..."

"The Uzumaki Clan's constitution is truly extraordinary..."

Bai Ye remarked.

But he had another important reason for bringing Kushina Uzumaki here: the Nine-Tails.

"Mikoto, stand guard for me!..."

"I'm going to see the Nine-Tails..."

Bai Ye spoke to Mikoto beside him.

"Be careful, Lord Bai Ye..."

At his words, Mikoto stepped outside and stood guard by the door.

Bai Ye lifted Kushina's shirt.

A complicated Sealing Technique was inscribed on her fair abdomen.

There was no doubt that this was the seal containing the Nine-Tails.

Bai Ye pressed both hands against the seal and focused his mind.

He appeared once more in the Nine-Tails' sealed space.

The Nine-Tails was curled up inside the seal's cage.

"Who's there?!..."

Hearing someone approach, the Nine-Tails immediately raised its head.

"Nine-Tails, I didn't expect we'd meet again!..."

Bai Ye smiled at it.

"Roar... You damn bastard!..."

"You Uchiha dare show your face here again!..."

"I'll kill you, kill you..."

The moment it saw Bai Ye, the Nine-Tails roared furiously and slammed itself against the cage.

Unfortunately, the seal was incredibly sturdy. No matter how hard it rammed into the bars, it couldn't break through.

Bai Ye watched the furious Nine-Tails with interest.

[Feeling the Nine-Tails' anger, +4000 Negative Energy, +200 Chakra...]

[Feeling the Nine-Tails' anger, +5000 Negative Energy, +210 Chakra...]

[Feeling the Nine-Tails' anger, +6000 Negative Energy, +220 Chakra...]

"..."

Seeing the Negative Energy steadily increase, Bai Ye was thrilled.

What's more, the sight of the furious Nine-Tails made it seem kind of cute to him.

The Nine-Tails looked like a giant Samoyed with nine tails.

"Roar... Boom..."

After roaring for a while, the Nine-Tails seemed to tire itself out.

It glanced at Bai Ye, then lay back down.

"Huh... Hey, Nine-Tails, why'd you stop howling?!..."

"Keep going!..."

Seeing it go quiet, Bai Ye couldn't help speaking up.

If it wasn't angry, where was he supposed to get his Negative Energy?

With that thought, Bai Ye immediately activated Susanoo. A huge hand reached through the bars of the cage and slapped the Nine-Tails across the face.

"Roar... You despicable Uchiha, how dare you hit me!..."

"Go to hell!..."

After being slapped out of nowhere, the Nine-Tails flew into a rage and roared at Bai Ye.

Its anger brought Bai Ye another large haul of Negative Energy.

But soon, the Nine-Tails realized its roars were pointless. With the seal in place, it couldn't reach Bai Ye, no matter how angry it got.

The Nine-Tails fell silent again.

But Bai Ye wasn't about to let it stop there.

He used Susanoo to slap the Nine-Tails across the face again.

He did it five or six times in a row.

The Nine-Tails finally realized something was wrong.

That despicable Uchiha was deliberately provoking it.

"Nine-Tails, why'd you stop howling?!..."

"Come on, howl! Get angry!..."

Bai Ye shaped Susanoo into a giant feather teaser and kept taunting the Nine-Tails.

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But no matter how much Bai Ye provoked it, the Nine-Tails, though furious and red-eyed, didn't roar.

It knew that roaring wouldn't accomplish anything.

"You damn Uchiha, what are you trying to do?!..."

The Nine-Tails glared at Bai Ye and asked through gritted teeth.

"Hmm... What am I trying to do?..."

"Just watch you get angry!..."

"Aren't you the Nine-Tails, the mightiest of the Tailed Beasts?!..."

"I've been provoking you this whole time, and you're not even mad! You're a disgrace to the title of mightiest Tailed Beast!..."

Bai Ye continued taunting the Nine-Tails.

"You... Hmph..."

Bai Ye's words enraged the Nine-Tails. It wanted nothing more than to tear the Uchiha in front of it to pieces.

But it also knew that no matter how furious it was, it couldn't do anything.

The powerful seal had imprisoned it completely.

The Nine-Tails simply buried its head in its tails.

Out of sight, out of mind.

"Uh... Nine-Tails, you're hiding like a turtle now..."

Seeing it like that, Bai Ye knew he'd milked the Nine-Tails for all it was worth for today.

No matter how much he provoked it, the Nine-Tails wouldn't respond again.

"Nine-Tails, I'm leaving for now!..."

"I'll come back to see you another time!..."

Bai Ye called out to the Nine-Tails, then left.

Just after Bai Ye left the Nine-Tails' sealed space,

the unconscious Kushina slowly came to.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she found herself in an unfamiliar room, with an unfamiliar man beside her.

"Where am I?!..."

"Who are you?!..."

As Kushina Uzumaki looked around in confusion, Bai Ye smiled at her.

"Kushina, you're awake..."

"It's a boy!..."

Bai Ye suddenly made a startling announcement.

"What?! I had a baby?!..."

At Bai Ye's words, Kushina Uzumaki clutched her stomach and cried out in shock.

The Nine-Tails' seal was on Kushina's abdomen, and because the Nine-Tails had gone berserk, her stomach had been aching.

Now that Bai Ye had mentioned a boy, Kushina Uzumaki's airheadedness led her to believe she'd actually given birth.

[Feeling Kushina Uzumaki's terror, +50 Negative Energy, obtained Uzumaki Sealing Technique...]

"Uh... It's actually the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique!..."

Bai Ye was stunned when he saw what he'd obtained from Kushina.

He'd only been joking, but he'd unexpectedly gained the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique.

The Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique wasn't just strong—it was incredibly powerful.

It could seal a mighty Tailed Beast like the Nine-Tails.

Bai Ye even suspected that the Uzumaki Clan had been destroyed because the villages everywhere feared its powerful Sealing Technique.

That was why they'd suffered such a devastating calamity.

"Haha!... Kushina, don't worry. You didn't have a baby..."

Seeing how flustered Kushina Uzumaki was, Bai Ye couldn't help laughing.

"I didn't have a baby?! That's a relief!..."

"I'm not ready to raise a child yet!..."

"Wait... Why am I here...? I remember I was shopping in Konoha..."

Kushina looked at Bai Ye and Mikoto in confusion.

Her mind was still on her shopping trip.

She only remembered shopping in Konoha, then seeing a fox.

Right after that, she'd lost consciousness.

"Oh no, the Nine-Tails went berserk!..."

Kushina suddenly remembered that the Nine-Tails had taken control of her.

It had gone berserk inside her body.

"Don't worry. I've dealt with the Nine-Tails..."

Bai Ye continued, seeing how flustered Kushina was.

"Really?! You defeated the Nine-Tails? You're amazing!..."

Kushina stared at Bai Ye in amazement.

She knew just how dangerous it was when the Nine-Tails went berserk. Every time, dozens of Anbu had to attack at once, and even they couldn't subdue it.

"Of course. The little Nine-Tails doesn't even warrant my attention!..."

Bai Ye spoke with complete confidence.

With his Mangekyō Sharingan, Bai Ye had a natural advantage over Tailed Beasts.

A Tailed Beast that was mighty to everyone else was nothing to him.

In fact, Bai Ye had just entered the Nine-Tails' sealed space and teased it.