"Naruto!" Just as they were fooling around, a rough voice suddenly called out from behind them.
"? Jiraiya-sensei!" Naruto froze for a moment, then said in delighted surprise. He hurried over, raised his head proudly, and said, "The power you said you'd teach me to master—I've completely learned it! What's the next stage of training?"
"Hm? You've already learned it?" Jiraiya was somewhat surprised. In his view, even mastering just a portion of the berserk Tailed Beast chakra would have been extremely difficult for Naruto.
"Hehe, of course! I'm a genius! If you don't believe me, I can show you right now." Naruto spoke with extreme smugness.
At the same time, he shouted loudly within the sealed space of his inner world: Nine-Tails! Help me out and lend me some chakra!
Yet after he called out, the sealed space remained silent for a long while. The Nine-Tails's enormous body lay sprawled on the ground, its eyes closed as though asleep, completely ignoring Naruto's cries.
"..."
Outside, it seemed as though crows were flying overhead. The scene was unbearably awkward...
"Lord Nine-Tails, please, help me out~" Naruto pleaded anxiously, his face bitter. He had finally gotten a chance to look cool in front of Sakura...
"..." The Nine-Tails slightly opened its eyes to a narrow slit. Its dark red vertical pupils glanced at Naruto as if it were considering something, before it closed its eyes again.
At that moment, in Jiraiya's eyes, a transparent layer of chakra covered in red bubbles suddenly appeared around Naruto's body, and the tails behind him directly surged to three!
Seeing this, Jiraiya immediately frowned. He quietly placed his hands behind his back and slowly moved closer, prepared to restrain Naruto at any moment!
"Jiraiya-sensei, look!" Naruto suddenly opened his eyes and excitedly held out his