Upon closer inspection, she sensed wisps of immense chakra seeping out from within. "Is this... the Nine-Tails?"
Joy welled up inside her. She had finally obtained the Nine-Tails' power.
"Whew..."
She took a deep breath. Then another question occurred to her. "Right, Lady Mito, how do I use the Nine-Tails' power?"
"Well..." Mito paused, then smiled and shook her head. "There are only two ways to freely use the Nine-Tails' power. The first is to take it by force, forcibly seizing the Nine-Tails chakra for your own use."
"But chakra obtained that way will only increase the amount of chakra you have available. It won't let you use the Tailed Beast's own power."
"The other way is to gain the Tailed Beast's approval and become a perfect jinchuriki. Then you'll be able to use its chakra freely!"
"What?!" Hearing Mito's explanation, Nai Hyuga's heart sank. All she had thought about before was obtaining the Nine-Tails. She had never imagined that using its power would be so troublesome.
"Gain the Tailed Beast's approval?" Her lips twitched. Recalling the Nine-Tails' agonized appearance as he was split in two, Nai Hyuga felt that this was impossible.
"It's all right, Nai. I'll help you master the Nine-Tails' power!" Yui was unconcerned. She naturally had a way to let Nai Hyuga use the Nine-Tails' power-and make him willingly provide it to her.
"Huh? Yui, do you have a way?" Nai Hyuga asked in confusion.
"Ahem, ahem!" Yui coughed lightly a few times and nodded to herself. Then she changed the subject. "By the way, Nai, where's Xiao You? Didn't I give her to you? Didn't she help?"
"That little mouse?" Nai Hyuga snorted. "Her? She's still sleeping! I couldn't even wake her up during the sealing just now!"
She pulled Little White Mouse out of