Three Choices at the Start in Konoha

Mikoto's eyes widened. A smile soon bloomed across her lovely face, and she scooped the Nine-Tails into her arms, rubbing her cheek against its fox face.

"So cute!" The Counterfeit Nine-Tails narrowed its eyes in bliss.

"Ku—Kushina! Is this the Nine-Tails I sealed for you back then?" Liuyun's mouth twitched. This completely overturned everything he thought he knew.

Now he finally understood what the description meant when it said the copied Nine-Tails had a gentler, friendlier personality!

It was so... After searching for a word, Liuyun came up with one: kawaii?

"I mean, you didn't even check what state Little Nine-Tails was in before sealing it away with me."

"I only let it out after I formed a connection with it. Poor thing was stuck in there for nearly half a year!" Kushina walked up to Liuyun and began complaining.

"Wait! Are you saying you mastered Nine-Tails Mode in just half a year?"

Ignoring Kushina's complaint, Liuyun had caught the bigger implication.

"Half a year? I could've done it sooner. I spent three months mastering every Sealing Jutsu and understanding them inside out!"

"Then I spent another three months practicing the Rasenshuriken you gave me!"

"Only after I'd learned all that did I try to control Little Nine-Tails' power!"

Kushina paused there and rolled her beautiful eyes again.

"When I entered the seal, do you know what I saw? Little Nine-Tails was crying, with tears streaming down its face. It looked so pitiful."

"When I tried to control its power, it let me without the slightest hesitation. Even its Complete Body!"

"It... it even calls me Mommy!" Kushina's lovely face showed a hint of shyness, but she couldn't keep the smile from her eyes.

What a load of crap. What an absolute load of crap! That was the thought that