You Had Your Chance, but You Blew It

The instant the sealing cage opened, the Nine-Tails' chakra began to boil, and he charged straight out.

"Hahaha... You actually managed to undo the seal!"

"Roar... Awooo!"

After bursting out of the cage, the Nine-Tails roared excitedly.

The Nine-Tails had thought Bai Ye was just messing with him and wouldn't really undo the seal.

But to his surprise, Bai Ye had actually undone it.

"Nine-Tails, don't forget what you promised us..."

Looking at the Nine-Tails, excited to be free of the seal, Bai Ye couldn't help saying this.

At Bai Ye's words, the Nine-Tails turned his enormous head toward him.

"Haha, what did I promise you!?"

"What did I ever promise you two!?"

"You damn bastards, die!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the Nine-Tails raised a huge claw and swiped at Bai Ye.

Bai Ye reacted quickly. He scooped Kushina into his arms and darted to the side, easily dodging the Nine-Tails' attack.

"Nine-Tails, how could you break your word!?"

Holding Kushina, Bai Ye looked at the Nine-Tails and said this.

"Hmph! There's no need to keep promises to despicable humans like you!"

"Die!"

The Nine-Tails snorted coldly and continued attacking Bai Ye relentlessly.

"Nine-Tails, since you won't keep your word..."

"Then I won't hold back either..."

Bai Ye spoke to the Nine-Tails in an unfriendly tone.

Bai Ye had dared to undo the Nine-Tails' seal because he was confident he could subdue him.

"Haha, you won't hold back? Let's see what you can do..."

"Today, I'm going to kill you two despicable brats!"

Bai Ye laughed, completely unconcerned.

Now that the seal was broken, the Nine-Tails could unleash his full power.

So he had no reason to fear Bai Ye.

Besides, the Nine-Tails didn't believe Bai Ye had the strength to fight him.

"Sealing Technique: Adamantine Sealing Chains!"

As the Nine-Tails charged at him, Bai Ye formed Hand Seals and slapped the ground.

In an instant, countless chakra chains appeared, surging in from every direction to wrap around the Nine-Tails' limbs and tails.

This was why Bai Ye was confident facing the Nine-Tails: the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique.

"What!? That's a Sealing Technique!?"

"Damn it, you know Sealing Techniques!?"

As Tailed Beasts were beings composed of immense Chakra, they could easily shrug off most attacks. Even if they were severely injured, they recovered quickly over time.

That was why Tailed Beasts didn't fear powerful attacks. The only thing they feared was Sealing Techniques.

That was because Sealing Techniques could seal a Tailed Beast's power.

Even the Nine-Tails was no exception.

So when Bai Ye used a Sealing Technique, the Nine-Tails immediately panicked and struggled frantically.

Unfortunately for him, struggling was useless.

Soon, countless chains wrapped around the Nine-Tails.

The enormous Nine-Tails was bound like a dumpling and sprawled on the ground, unable to move at all.

"Nine-Tails... You fool..."

"I went and undid your seal, and you still couldn't keep your word..."

"You had your chance, but you blew it!"

Bai Ye walked up to the Nine-Tails, bound like a dumpling, patted his head, and lectured him.

"You... damn human..."

The Nine-Tails stared at Bai Ye, his eyes bloodshot, as though they were spitting fire.

[Having sensed the Nine-Tails' anger, +6000 Negative Energy, Chakra +100]

[Having sensed the Nine-Tails' anger, +7000 Negative Energy, Chakra +120]

[Having sensed the Nine-Tails' anger, +8000 Negative Energy, Chakra +130]

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Seeing the Negative Energy rapidly accumulate, Bai Ye couldn't help smiling.

"Kushina, the Nine-Tails has been subdued..."

"Do you want to come touch him?"

"His fur feels pretty nice..."

Bai Ye spoke to Kushina.

"Really!? I can?"

At Bai Ye's words, Kushina cautiously reached out to touch the Nine-Tails.

Feeling Kushina's touch, the Nine-Tails tried to struggle, but unfortunately, his whole body was bound by the sealing chains. He was like a dumpling, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't move.

"Wow... His fur feels so nice... So fluffy..."

Seeing that the Nine-Tails wasn't reacting, Kushina grew bolder. She grabbed his fur and climbed onto his back.

The enormous Nine-Tails was now like a giant stuffed toy, being played with by Bai Ye and Kushina.

After playing with him for a while, Bai Ye gained a massive amount of Negative Energy.

Bai Ye used another Sealing Technique.

A huge sealing cage dropped from above, and the Nine-Tails was locked inside once more.

"Nine-Tails, since you didn't take your chance, you can stay here!"

Bai Ye said this to the Nine-Tails, then left with Kushina.

All that remained was the Nine-Tails, growling furiously by himself.

At Konoha's main gate, two travel-worn shinobi hurried over from afar.

"Lord Jiraiya, Jonin Minato, you're back!"

The Konoha Ninja guarding the gate greeted them as soon as they saw who had arrived.

That's right, the two men were Jiraiya, one of the Konoha Sannin, and his student, Minato Namikaze.

"We're finally back! There's no place like Konoha!"

"Life at Mount Myōboku was no life for a human..."

As he entered Konoha, Jiraiya sighed with feeling.

Jiraiya had spent this time at Mount Myōboku with Minato Namikaze, guiding him in his training.

Mount Myōboku was where the Toad Clan lived, and all they had to eat was bugs.

Now, just looking at anything green made the two of them feel sick.

"I'm sorry I let you down, Jiraiya-sensei..."

"I still haven't completely mastered Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku..."

Minato Namikaze said apologetically.

During this time, under the guidance of Jiraiya and the sages of Mount Myōboku, Minato Namikaze had been training in Sage Mode.

Unfortunately, Minato Namikaze took too long to gather Senjutsu Chakra, and couldn't maintain it for long, so he couldn't use it in actual combat.

"Haha, Minato, don't worry about it!"

"The fact that you can gather Senjutsu Chakra at all is already impressive..."

Jiraiya patted Minato Namikaze on the shoulder and encouraged him.

Although Minato Namikaze hadn't mastered Sage Mode, Jiraiya was still very satisfied with his student.