Brain-Dead Choice

After Dan Katō entered, he began sizing up the surroundings.

Natsuki also appeared beside him. Dan noticed that Natsuki had entered with his mental energy and was not particularly surprised.

"Dan, what's the difference between entering with mental energy and entering with the soul?"

Natsuki needed to distinguish the difference between the two.

Dan did not hold anything back. He smiled. "A person's consciousness has many layers. What you're seeing now is Naruto's surface consciousness."

"Mental energy can only affect things in the surface consciousness."

"On the soul level, mental energy cannot interfere, but the soul can interfere with the mental level."

"I'll take you to the soul level in a moment."

Before long, they spotted the Nine-Tails in the distance.

"Natsuki, are you sure about this?"

The Nine-Tails knew everything happening outside.

It also knew why they had come.

"This has to be done. Otherwise, if his personality turns into Asura's someday, you'll be in for a world of suffering."

Natsuki teased the Nine-Tails with a couple of sentences.

"Hmph. Do as you please."

With that, the Nine-Tails lay back down.

This was Dan Katō's first time seeing the Nine-Tails in its entirety.

"So this is the Nine-Tails..."

Kurama's current environment was vastly different from before.

It used to be nothing more than a prison, but now, outside the Nine-Tails' room, there were only a few symbolic bars.

Those bars were meant to suppress the Nine-Tails' Chakra, preventing excessive Chakra from making Naruto's body uncomfortable.

They were not meant to imprison the Nine-Tails.

The surroundings outside were lush and green, making one feel refreshed and at ease.

It was worlds apart from the original Water Pit prison.

After glancing at the Nine-Tails twice, Dan Katō got down to business.

Since Natsuki had come in, Dan explained as he went