"Damn it, he's just a little brat. How could he possibly be my master?!"
"Uchiha Yue, you may indeed be very strong now, but..."
"But don't get too cocky!"
The mighty Nine-Tailed Fox, the strongest of all the tailed beasts, could do nothing more than talk big in front of Uchiha Yue now.
After all, beasts often possessed far sharper senses than humans. Tailed beasts were, in essence, simply more advanced and intelligent beasts. Thus, when the Nine-Tailed Fox carefully sensed Uchiha Yue's power, it had never dared to act recklessly before him. If Uchiha Yue had not truly enraged it this time, the Nine-Tailed Fox likely would not even have dared to mouth off in front of him.
Still, Uchiha Yue's taunting had to be said to be quite effective.
From within Uzumaki Naruto's body, the Nine-Tailed Fox stared fixedly at Uchiha Madara before it, and suddenly recalled the most humiliating days of its life.
The ocular power of the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan was something the Nine-Tailed Fox could not resist.
Uchiha Madara's cursed bloodline was something even the Nine-Tailed Fox feared.
If Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki's seal had not been so powerful, Uchiha Madara likely would have needed only a Summoning Technique to use his bloodline and smoothly tear the Nine-Tailed Fox out of Uzumaki Naruto's body. Even now, with Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki's seal in place, the Nine-Tailed Fox could still sense a dangerous aura from Uchiha Madara. In particular, Uchiha Madara's Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan seemed capable of seeing through Uzumaki Naruto's body and piercing directly through the Nine-Tailed Fox's soul.
Silence.
Silence amid humiliation.
Recalling the days when it had been kept as a pet under Uchiha Madara, the Nine-Tailed Fox narrowed its eyes slightly. Then it took a deep breath and asked Uchiha