[Nine-Tails? A seal?]
Sasuke frowned. Unlike in his previous life, Naruto had barely ever leaked any nine-tails chakra while growing up in this life.
On top of that, the Third Hokage had arranged for Naruto to receive as much freedom and protection as possible from childhood.
Combined with Naruto's own outstanding performance, that had silenced the criticism of him in the village.
But indirectly, it also meant that even someone as close to him as Sasuke had scarcely had any opportunity to learn that the Nine-Tails lived inside Naruto.
"Is something wrong with the seal, though? Ever since a moment ago, I've been sensing occasional fluctuations in the seal inside you, so I was a little concerned."
"No, no, that's Kurama—the Nine-Tails—talking to me..."
Naruto then gave them a brief account of his relationship with the Nine-Tails and some of their experiences.
"So you and the Nine-Tails... I should call him Kurama, right? Can he hear us?"
For the first time in front of them, Izumi's eyes widened in surprise as she asked somewhat nervously.
Even after Naruto nodded, Izumi still found it hard to believe. "You've actually become friends with him? That's incredible!"
Of course, Izumi still harbored some doubts. Her years as clan leader had also given her a measure of wariness—
Could the Nine-Tails be deceiving Naruto?
Izumi still remembered the tremendous upheaval throughout the village around the time of the Nine-Tails' Attack. Could a Monster like a natural disaster really be getting along with the boy before her now?
Even when Naruto said that Kurama had also played a part in saving the Uchiha Clan back then, Izumi struggled to accept it.
Although Kurama was loudly telling Naruto from inside him not to drag him into things, insisting that he had only helped Minato, not the