Under the lights, ripples spread across the mirror-still water.
The vermilion prison gates were rooted deep beneath the surface, sealing away that enormous monster.
Along with...
A boy bound hand and foot.
"Hm?"
The Nine-Tails, imprisoned deep within the mental world, suddenly opened his eyes. An overwhelming pressure erupted from his enormous scarlet eyes, sending waves surging across the water as though it had boiled over.
Simu stood on the water, his body rising and falling with the waves, his eyes perfectly calm.
"Mr. Nine-Tails, we meet again."
Simu's calm gaze passed through his lenses and settled quietly on the Nine-Tails, yet it placed immense pressure on him.
"What are you here for?"
The Nine-Tails spoke, baring his sharp, menacing fangs.
Right now, the Nine-Tails was thoroughly furious.
In his thousand years of life, he had never suffered greater humiliation.
This brat, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, had actually been tied up while people continually extracted his tailed beast chakra to manufacture drugs!
For the strongest of the tailed beasts, this was an absolute disgrace!
Yet seals covered his entire body, leaving him no room to struggle.
Without outside help, he would probably have to spend these next few boring decades trapped in this miserable state.
Now, however, the Nine-Tails seemed to see hope.
And Simu did not disappoint him.
"Would you like to be freed from your restraints, Mr. Nine-Tails?" Simu asked.
"Of course," the Nine-Tails answered without hesitation.
But a vicious look immediately appeared in his eyes.
"You're not going to trick me like last time, are you, brat?"
Last time, this same man had helped undo his seal.
The problem was that shortly after being released, that old monkey had sealed him away again. This man had merely used him from beginning to end, never truly intending to help