Naruto's Resolve: Keep Up with Xuan Yu

Silence. Silence.

Naruto Uzumaki's Spiritual World fell silent, and the Nine-Tails did not speak for a moment.

Had they met long ago?!

It seemed Naruto Uzumaki had guessed something as well.

"Why aren't you saying anything? Looks like I guessed right!" Seeing the Nine-Tails remain silent, Naruto Uzumaki suddenly revealed a miserable smile.

Xuan Yu...

It seemed Xuan Yu had been using him too. Naruto Uzumaki clenched his fists. He had hoped there would be no conflicts of interest between himself and Xuan Yu, that they were truly friends.

But now, he realized that Xuan Yu did not seem to have been genuinely befriending him!

It made Naruto unwilling to trust anyone.

"Yes, you guessed right. When you first met Xuan Yu as a child, Xuan Yu had already met me through your Mental Space!" The Nine-Tails spoke in a somewhat heavy tone, but it still answered him.

"Sure enough... so it really was like that!" Naruto Uzumaki suddenly laughed, madness lacing his words.

Just as he had expected, Xuan Yu had also set his sights on his identity as a Jinchuriki.

Disappointment filled him. At that moment, he felt abandoned—abandoned by the entire world. All the Konoha ninja had abandoned him, Sarutobi Hiruzen had been deceiving him all along, and even his friend, Uchiha Xuan Yu, had been scheming against him!

It left him helpless, and even filled him with despair toward this world.

That was right.

One blow after another had left Naruto Uzumaki with no hope left for this world.

"You're wrong. Xuan Yu didn't meet me back then to obtain me. He absorbed the Chakra within me so that you wouldn't be affected by my Chakra!"

Kurama naturally sensed Naruto Uzumaki's conflict and despair. After sighing, he finally spoke.

In the Nine-Tails' view, Xuan Yu had