Do You Still Consider Yourself Human?

However, given Guy's experience and physical strength, it would only take him a few days to replicate the taijutsu Naruto used today.

Tenten scratched her cheek, feeling somewhat speechless, not knowing how to explain it to Naruto.

"Naruto-kun..." In the end, Hinata couldn't bear to watch and stepped in to explain.

The general gist was that Guy-sensei would never do such a thing.

To summarize it simply, it was about the dignity of a strong warrior; Naruto nodded, half-understanding.

"As for that, since you want to learn, I can teach you." Naruto thought for a moment and agreed directly; they were just a few simple techniques, after all.

More importantly, the other party was willing to pay, and he found them agreeable.

Tenten jumped up with joy.

"Naruto-kun, I want to learn too." At this moment, Hinata suddenly interjected.

"No problem." Naruto didn't mind at all; he split into two shadow clones to teach the two of them while he began to cultivate again himself.

None of these were particularly difficult things. Once the techniques were taught, it would just require them to practice for a long time.

Soon, night fell and the three of them returned home. Naruto had already eaten with Hinata, so he went straight to sleep upon arriving home.

Inside the Sealing Space.

Naruto arrived here once again, and the Nine-Tails continued to lie there sleeping, as if it had nothing else to do besides sleep.

Naruto didn't waste any words. Having been "raised" for several days, the Nine-Tails seemed to have recovered quite a bit, and Naruto began to devour its chakra once more.

The Nine-Tails did not resist; resistance was useless anyway.

"Brat." Just then, the Nine-Tails suddenly spoke up.

"Speak." Naruto didn't even lift his eyelids.

"Brat, what do you think you are now?" the Nine-Tails suddenly asked.

Naruto was stunned for a moment. At first, he thought the Nine-Tails was insulting him, but hearing the tone, he gave it some serious thought.

"What are you trying to say?" Naruto stopped his movements and looked up at the Nine-Tails.

The Nine-Tails' eyes were calm, devoid of hatred or madness, which surprised Naruto a little.

"Do you still think you're human?" The Nine-Tails stared intently into Naruto's eyes. In this space, Naruto's eyes were shaped like fox slits.

Naruto hadn't even noticed this himself.

At the same time, his ears were pointed, resembling those of a fox.

"Yeah, can I still be considered human?" Naruto had naturally noticed his own abnormalities long ago, having absorbed too much Nine-Tails chakra.

Naruto could now directly transform into the Nine-Tails—not the kind controlled by the beast, but fully transforming into it himself.

Naruto was effectively another Nine-Tails. His gaze drifted in confusion for a moment, but he quickly cleared his mind.

"I wasn't really human to begin with, was I?" Thinking of the Six Thief Immortals, he realized that with this ability, he could no longer be considered a normal person. What human could achieve immortality? Calling him an immortal wouldn't be an exaggeration, and now he was more akin to a demon.

"A demon fox in the true sense?" Naruto couldn't help but mock himself. Perhaps he was too greedy. If he had relied solely on the power of the Six Thief Immortals, he could have reached the level of the Sage of Six Paths, but that wasn't enough. He wanted to become stronger—much, much stronger.

Devouring the Nine-Tails was just the first step; he wanted to devour more tailed beasts, even the Ten-Tails and the Otsutsuki.

"A demon fox it is, then. Nine-Tails, shouldn't you be happy? I should count as your kind now, right?" Naruto's expression was calm. Whether demon or immortal, as long as he could become stronger, nothing else mattered. He was simply himself.

"Interesting brat. If you want my power, take it all." The Nine-Tails grinned. It was the first time in a thousand years it had seen such an interesting brat.

Moreover, it was curious to see what Naruto would eventually become.

Although its chakra was corrosive, it wasn't to this extent, but Naruto's current state made it feel quite surprised.

The Nine-Tails took the initiative to channel its chakra into Naruto's body.

Naruto began to absorb it in large quantities. He didn't care about his physical body, which slowly began to change: nine tails appeared behind him, his ears turned completely into those of a fox, and his canine teeth were bared.

If anyone were to see Naruto's current state, calling him a demon fox would be an absolute understatement.

Outside his body, Naruto's hair instantly turned red, completely awakening the constitution of the Uzumaki Clan, and his other abilities became even more powerful.

The essence of his life had also undergone a transformation.

Fortunately, the Six Thief Immortals possessed the ability to conceal one's aura; otherwise, the essence of his life would have radiated outward, and every ordinary person would have sensed the threat.

The chakra within his body also underwent a qualitative change.

It was unknown how much time had passed when Naruto opened his eyes. A red light flashed through them, and his blue pupils had turned into red slits.

He looked at the sky outside; it was almost dawn. Naruto stood up and walked silently into the bathroom. Looking at his reflection in the mirror, he frowned.

"Although I expected it, the current situation really shocks me. I've truly turned into a demon fox."

He touched his hair, looking at the red locks, and frowned.

With a thought in his mind, the red hair turned back into his usual blond.

"Now is not the time to be exposed." His eyes flickered, and three tomoe appeared.

"Is this the stimulation from the Nine-Tails' chakra?" Seeing the Three-Tomoe Sharingan still shocked Naruto somewhat. He had thought it would require some kind of stimulus, but he hadn't expected that this surge of chakra would directly awaken the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

"However, wanting to awaken the Mangekyo is likely not that simple." Naruto knew that to awaken the Mangekyo, a special kind of stimulus was required.

"Half of the Nine-Tails is no longer enough to keep up with my consumption; it seems I must find an opportunity to release the other half." Naruto pondered, noting that Orochimaru would be arriving soon.

At the same time, as the reincarnation of Asura in this generation, Naruto did not possess a level equivalent to the Mangekyo; if he were to awaken his eyes, it would be the Eternal Mangekyo directly, without the need to fuse with someone else's Mangekyo. Simply put, there was no risk of going blind, a fact that required no speculation and could be known outright.

The next day, the three gathered. Hinata stared at Naruto, feeling that he had changed, though she could not pinpoint exactly how. Sasuke was in high spirits and did not notice Naruto's change. Naruto himself remained indifferent, glancing at his two teammates. Seeing the smile in Sasuke's eyes, he immediately understood that Kakashi must have taught him the Chidori.

Kakashi arrived relatively early this time, having accepted a mission: the task was to find a cat.

The mission was very simple, and the three of them began their search at a leisurely pace. During this time, Naruto kept feeling as if someone were watching him. He took a calm, unobtrusive look and immediately discovered that it was Kakashi.

As for what happened yesterday, Kakashi already knew. Although his intuition told him that Naruto was strong, he had not expected him to be this powerful; the news Guy had shared with him had left him shocked.