Even Cute Nine-Tailed Fox Girls Can't Transform, You're Too Useless

Night...

"The old man is actually quite sensible; he said he'd change the room, and he did it without any dragging of feet."

Moving into the new place.

Naruto sighed with some emotion.

He looked at the room, which was four times the size of his old, dilapidated shack.

The decor and furnishings were far better than before.

Konoha had been at peace for a while after the war.

The lives of ordinary people were not exactly going well.

But what did that have to do with him, Naruto?

Mostly, these people just loved to court death.

Everyone wanted to be the one to stand out, to be the Hokage.

If you don't have the strength or the iron-fisted ability to handle matters, then don't come out and compete.

Wouldn't the world be at peace then?

"Kurama."

Naruto entered the inner cage world where the Nine-Tails was sealed.

He had torn off the seal strip long ago.

The Nine-Tails lay inside the cage like a well-behaved baby.

Even though the gate was wide open, it didn't dare take a single step out.

Moved? It didn't dare move.

Kurama had confessed its true name to Naruto just yesterday.

"May I ask what you need, Master?"

The Nine-Tails spoke with a respectful tone, not daring to act out of line.

After what happened last night, it realized that as long as it clung tightly to Naruto's thigh, it would absolutely be on the right path.

"How is your recovery?" Naruto asked.

Although Naruto was completely fine after forcibly fusing the chakra of the two Nine-Tails perfectly, the Nine-Tails, as the subject of the fusion, had become increasingly weak once the process was complete.

It needed a period of quiet rest.

"Reporting to Master, after a full day of rest, I am completely recovered," the Nine-Tails said truthfully.

Having the other half of its power and the other half of itself return to its body—that feeling of regaining its strength was beyond exhilarating.

Yet, despite this, not a single thought of escaping crossed the Nine-Tails' mind.

Just as it had thought last night, although this guy Naruto was young, his strength was already terrifying.

If he were given a little more time to grow, wouldn't he be soaring like a dragon in the sky?

Even if it managed to escape from Naruto, the commotion caused within Konoha would inevitably be significant.

Once other ninja villages got wind of the news, sooner or later, they would capture it again and seal it inside another jinchuriki.

Who was he going to be sealed into this time?

Heaven only knew.

Nine-Tails did not want to continue living this life of drifting and displacement.

Staying by Naruto's side, he could feel an inexplicable, familiar aura.

It was just like when he lived with the Sage of Six Paths in the past.

Nonsense.

He still did not understand that Naruto was the reincarnation of Asura.

Naruto rubbed his chin and said, "Can you make your body smaller? Like a plush toy?"

The fox face of Nine-Tails was filled with bewilderment.

He, a colossal beast, was to turn into the shape of a ragdoll?

Thinking of how some brats loved to hug such toys while playing, or how they needed to hold one to fall asleep at night, Nine-Tails couldn't help but shudder.

Could it be that Naruto had such an idea?

He immediately and decisively lied, "Reporting to Master, I cannot!"

Naruto spread his hands. "What use is a piece of trash like you?"

Nine-Tails lowered his head even further.

Boss, whatever you say is right.

Go ahead and scold me... scold me all you want...

If I, Kurama, even frown, I won't have the surname Nine from this day forward; I'll take yours and be called Uzumaki!

Uzumaki Kurama, not bad, a good name!

Naruto grinned. "It is said that your old friend, One-Tail Shukaku, can change size at will. He said you could do it too. Are you trying to lie to me?"

Old friend? One-Tail Shukaku?

Good heavens!!! What kind of "old friend" is that! That stinking idiot actually set me up!

Wait... how did Naruto know the One-Tail was named Shukaku? And that he knew about the relationship between us?

There was no friendship. Only a bitter rivalry.

How should he explain this now?

Seeing Naruto staring at him with a half-smile, Nine-Tails surrendered instantly.

"Master, I was wrong! I suddenly remembered that I actually do know that skill to change size."

When he opened his eyes again, Naruto's azure blue pupils had transformed into golden ones with pleated, ripple-like patterns.

Rinnegan.

"I also don't understand how these strange ninjutsu keep flying out of my hands automatically."

A threat.

A naked, blatant threat!

And it was a threat that left Nine-Tails without a shred of temper.

You are the big boss; whatever you say is correct.

"Master, I was wrong, I will change right now!"

"Oh? So you're a cute girl who can take on a human form?"

"I... I belong to the beast category..."

"What use is a piece of trash like you? You can't even turn into a cute girl with nine tails; you're just too useless."

"..."

I'm not a human, damn it!!!

Even if I can shrink down, I still can't take on a human appearance.

I must have committed some terrible sins in my past life!!!

I was dragged to Konoha by that damn Masked Man to cause some kind of destruction.

The Masked Man ran off.

And I got caught.

To end up with a jinchuriki like this.

I must have had eight lifetimes of bad luck.

I didn't have a choice before, but from now on, I just want to be a quiet, good fox.

Heaven, please give me a chance.

PS: Thank you so much to all the big bosses for your tips and support.

I can see them all in the backend, bits and pieces here and there, adding up to over ten yuan.

Just enough for a bottle of Huiyuan, thank you~ I'll add an extra chapter tonight.