However, with Might Guy's experience and physical strength, he would only need a few days to reproduce the Taijutsu Naruto had used today.
Tenten scratched her cheek, at a loss for words and unsure how to explain it to Naruto.
"Naruto-kun..." In the end, Hinata couldn't bear to watch any longer and stepped in to explain.
Basically, Guy-sensei wouldn't do something like that.
To put it simply, it was a matter of a strong person's pride. Naruto nodded, only half understanding.
"If you want to learn, I can teach you." Naruto thought about it and agreed right away. They were just a few simple techniques.
More importantly, she was willing to pay, and he liked her.
Tenten jumped up happily.
"Naruto-kun, I want to learn too." At that moment, Hinata suddenly cut in.
"No problem." Naruto didn't mind at all. He made two shadow clones to teach them, then went back to training himself.
None of this was particularly difficult. Once he had taught them the techniques, they would have to practice on their own for a long time.
Before long, evening came. The three of them went their separate ways and headed home. Naruto had already eaten with Hinata, so when he got home, he went straight to bed.
Inside the Sealing Space
Naruto came here again. The Nine-Tails was still sprawled out, sleeping. It seemed that apart from sleeping, it had nothing else to do.
Naruto skipped the small talk. After resting for several days, the Nine-Tails seemed to have recovered quite a bit, so Naruto began absorbing its chakra again.
The Nine-Tails didn't resist. There was no point in resisting anyway.
"Kid." Just then, the Nine-Tails suddenly spoke.
"Go on." Naruto didn't even raise his eyelids.
"Kid, what do you think you are now?" the Nine-Tails suddenly asked.
Naruto froze for a moment. At first, he thought the Nine-Tails was insulting him, but its tone was serious, so he gave the question some thought.
"What are you getting at?" Naruto stopped and looked up at the Nine-Tails.
The Nine-Tails' eyes were calm. There was no hatred or madness in them, which surprised Naruto a little.
"Do you still think you're human?" The Nine-Tails stared seriously into Naruto's eyes. In this space, Naruto's eyes had the vertical slits of a fox.
Naruto hadn't noticed that himself.
His ears were pointed, too, much like a fox's.
"Am I still human now?" Naruto had noticed the changes in himself long ago. He had absorbed too much of the Nine-Tails' chakra.
Now, Naruto could transform directly into the Nine-Tails—not the kind of transformation where the Nine-Tails took control, but one where Naruto himself became the Nine-Tails completely.
Naruto was basically another Nine-Tails. His eyes grew a little lost, but he soon came back to himself.
"Was I ever really human?" With the Six Thief Immortals' abilities, he could no longer be considered an ordinary person. What human could live forever? Calling himself an immortal wouldn't be a stretch. And now, he was more like a demon.
"Am I really a fox demon now?" Naruto gave a self-deprecating smile. Maybe he had been too greedy. If he relied only on the Six Thief Immortals' abilities, he could reach the Sage of Six Paths' level. But that wasn't enough. He wanted to become stronger—much, much stronger.
Devouring the Nine-Tails was only the first step. He wanted to devour more Tailed Beasts, even the Ten-Tails and the Otsutsuki.
"So what if I'm a fox demon? Nine-Tails, shouldn't you be happy? I should count as one of your kind now, right?" Naruto's expression remained calm. Demon or immortal, it didn't matter. As long as he could get stronger, nothing else mattered. I am who I am.
"Interesting kid. If you want my power, take all of it." The Nine-Tails grinned. It had never met such an interesting kid in a thousand years.
It was also curious about what Naruto would become in the end.
Its chakra was corrosive, but not to that extent. Naruto's current state still came as a surprise.
The Nine-Tails began sending its chakra into Naruto's body of its own accord.
Naruto absorbed it in great quantities. The Nine-Tails didn't care. Naruto's body slowly began to change. Nine tails appeared behind him, his ears became completely foxlike, and his canine teeth showed.
If anyone saw Naruto like this, calling him a fox demon would be entirely justified.
Outside, Naruto's hair turned red in an instant. His Uzumaki Clan constitution had fully awakened, and his other abilities grew even stronger.
The very essence of his life changed as well.
Fortunately, the Six Thief Immortals' abilities let him conceal his presence. Otherwise, if that change in his life essence had radiated outward, every ordinary person would have felt threatened.
The chakra inside him underwent a transformation at the same time.
After who knew how long, Naruto opened his eyes. A red gleam flashed through them, and his blue irises turned into red, slit pupils.
He looked at the sky outside. It was almost dawn. Naruto stood up and quietly went to the bathroom. He stared at his reflection in the mirror and frowned.
"I expected this, but seeing it for myself is still shocking. I really have become a fox demon."
He touched his hair and frowned at the shock of red.
With a thought, his red hair turned yellow again.
"Now's not the time to expose myself." His eyes shifted, and three Tomoe appeared.
"Was it the stimulation from the Nine-Tails Chakra?" Seeing his Three-Tomoe Sharingan still shocked Naruto. He had thought it would take some kind of special stimulus, but this chakra had awakened his Three-Tomoe Sharingan directly.
"But awakening the Mangekyo probably won't be that easy." Naruto knew he would need some special stimulus to awaken the Mangekyo.
Half of the Nine-Tails could no longer keep up with his absorption. He would have to find a chance to release the other half.
Naruto pondered. Orochimaru seemed to be arriving soon.
Also, as the reincarnation of this generation's Asura, Naruto didn't have a Mangekyo stage. If he awakened his eyes, he would go straight to the Eternal Mangekyo. He wouldn't need to fuse his eyes with someone else's Mangekyo. Simply put, there was no risk of going blind. He didn't need to guess; he knew it for certain.
The next day, the three of them met up. Hinata stared at Naruto. She felt that he had changed, but couldn't say exactly how. Sasuke was happy and didn't notice anything different about Naruto. Naruto himself didn't think much of it. He glanced at his teammates and saw the smile in Sasuke's eyes, and immediately understood: Kakashi had definitely taught him Chidori.
This time, Kakashi arrived fairly early. He had taken a mission, and it was to find a cat.
It was a simple mission, so the three of them searched for the cat at an unhurried pace. All the while, Naruto had the feeling that someone was watching him. He glanced over without letting it show and spotted Kakashi.
As for what had happened the day before, Kakashi already knew. His instincts had told him Naruto was strong, but he hadn't imagined Naruto was this strong. What Might Guy had told him had left him stunned.