Huh???
Some nobody was actually shouting that he'd kill us??
Oh, come on!
I'm a Tailed Beast!
What's with calling me a stinky doll, little bro!?
Anger burned in the Nine-Tails' eyes.
That dumb, weakling ninja had angered it!
When a Tailed Beast got angry, a million corpses would be left behind!
"Master, let me kill this fool who doesn't know his place."
Their eyes met.
In an instant,
the man's body stiffened, and he couldn't move.
His mind was in turmoil.
Naruto seemed to be the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
And that foul-mouthed doll beside him, shaped like a fox with nine tails and able to talk—
Could it be the legendary Nine-Tails Demon Fox, the one that killed without mercy and was every ordinary ninja's nightmare?!!
This was so damn ridiculous!
The Nine-Tails had been released, yet it hadn't gone berserk.
It had gone straight to destroying Konoha!
And now it was chatting and laughing with Naruto.
And it even called Naruto... oh, right, Master???
The man was dumbfounded at the thought.
There was only one reason a Tailed Beast would call its Jinchuriki Master!
The Jinchuriki had completely conquered the Tailed Beast.
And the Tailed Beast was doing just as its Jinchuriki wished.
It was willingly and selflessly offering up its chakra
for the Jinchuriki to use.
"Shoo, shoo, shoo... How many people have you killed already? I'll deal with this thick-headed idiot, so don't you dare compete with me."
Naruto said dismissively.
The Nine-Tails looked innocent, glaring at the man with deeply aggrieved eyes.
You're the one who got me insulted, damn it.
I'll kill you!
The man swallowed.
As long as he didn't have to fight the Nine-Tails, that was fine.
He didn't know what Naruto had done to make the Nine-Tails submit willingly.
But his opponent was... just a little kid, after all.
I should be able to beat him, right...
Maybe I should just run.
"Rasengan—"
A small blue whirlwind of chakra appeared in Naruto's hand.
The energy it contained was incredibly violent.
An energy ball that violent—
In theory, there was no way it could stay stable.
But... somehow, it did.
The energy ball didn't disperse.
It came flying straight at him.
More accurately, Naruto came charging over, taking two steps at a time.
He was as fast as lightning.
The man knew he was in trouble.
People could unleash unimaginable potential when faced with death.
His overwhelming will to survive temporarily overcame his fear of dying!
The man regained control of his body and clutched an Explosive Tag in his hand.
He would use the Explosive Tag
to blow this place up!
That would create chaos.
Then he could use the opportunity to escape.
"If you blow up my new home, you'll cause me a lot of trouble."
At some point, Naruto had appeared in front of the man.
His left hand seized the hand holding the Explosive Tag.
The man used all his strength,
trying to wrench himself free.
But... it was no use.
Naruto's hand was like a pair of pincers,
gripping him firmly!
No matter how hard the man struggled, he couldn't move even an inch.
The man reacted quickly, too.
With his other hand, he grabbed a Kunai and tried to stab Naruto in the neck.
At that moment, the Kunai was only 0.0001 centimeters from Naruto's neck.
A searing pain tore through the man's abdomen.
His internal organs curled into a ball,
like a pot of stew.
His heart took a fatal blow.
The light of life faded from his eyes.
He was dead as dead could be.
Naruto glanced back at the Nine-Tails.
Feeling Naruto's ill-intentioned gaze,
the Nine-Tails shuddered.
"Ma... Master, what do you want me to do this time?"
The Nine-Tails regretted it as soon as the words left its mouth.
Damn it!
I should slap myself across the face twice right now!
If Naruto doesn't say anything, then fine!
Why did I have to remind him?!
Am I bored or something, looking for trouble where there is none?
Naruto smiled.
Kurama understood his ways and went along with them.
That was a good thing.
He pointed at the corpse on the ground.
"Kurama, eat this guy."
The Nine-Tails: ...
What the hell! I'm a Tailed Beast, not a man-eating beast!
Why do I have to eat this thing?
That ninja looked like a complete blockhead, a real hothead.
If I eat him, it might affect my intelligence from now on.
The Nine-Tails refused, no matter what.
Eat this guy?
Who knows if I'll become as stupid as that ninja after I swallow him.
"Master... I don't eat human flesh,"
the Nine-Tails said awkwardly.
Naruto was speechless.
"If you don't eat him, how are we going to clean up the scene?"
The Nine-Tails was overjoyed.
Master, you should've said so sooner!
Cleaning up the scene is right up my alley!
"That's easy. I'll fire off a Tailed Beast Bomb and make sure this brat vanishes from the face of the earth."
"I'll blast him until not even a scrap is left."
Naruto slapped the Nine-Tails on the forehead, exasperated.
"Why don't you just say we should blow up all of Konoha while we're at it?"
The Nine-Tails squirmed bashfully.
"If that's what you want, Master, we could do that too. Once we're done, we can just run away."
Destroy Konoha?
Now there's an idea!
No!!!
What about all his wives?
The older ones and the younger ones.
And then there was Tsunade, slightly older than most women and much larger than them.
She was his true love.
His forever-and-ever goddess.
Naruto had even picked out names for the kids.
Naruto's face darkened.
This stinky fox wasn't behaving. Was it trying to start trouble???
"Kurama, are you trying to start something?"
"Heaven is my witness! I'm not! I didn't! Master, don't accuse me!"
"Enough nonsense. Hurry up and deal with the corpse. If you can't even handle something this small, I'll deal with you."
"Yes..."
Poof—
The Puppet Shadow Clone disappeared.
The doll-sized Nine-Tails glared viciously at the corpse.
Damn it.
It couldn't beat Naruto.
Life really was disgusting.
Since it couldn't fight back, it might as well enjoy the moment.
Using its chakra might expose it.
After hesitating for a long while,
the Nine-Tails could only choose to eat the corpse, tears in its eyes.
"Dear heavens, please don't let this affect my intelligence."
"Otherwise, this thick-headed idiot will have ruined the Nine-Tails' lifelong reputation!"
The Nine-Tails imitated the way Naruto spoke.
The fresh expressions that came from Naruto's refined and easygoing mouth
had quite a poetic flair to them.
They rolled off its own tongue pretty smoothly, too.
It had blurted them out without thinking.
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