"Fox, I came to negotiate with you!"
Bai Ye gave the Nine-Tails no more time to think. His voice pulled him out of his thoughts.
If Naruto had come in alone today, the Nine-Tails would have done everything he could to kill him or tempt him into undoing the seal.
Even if he died, he could come back to life.
After waiting a few years, he would be free.
But trapped inside this seal, the Nine-Tails would remain imprisoned forever. That was not what he wanted.
Yet the man before him made his fur stand on end.
He had felt the same way when facing Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.
But Bai Ye felt even more terrifying.
Someone who combined sage eyes with a sage body-that terrifying presence involuntarily reminded the Nine-Tails of the years he had spent under someone else's control.
One wielded eyes, and the other wielded wood.
They really had him pinned down completely.
Still, he was rather annoyed right now. Hearing Bai Ye's words, he thought, Fox?
He was indeed a fox, but hearing Bai Ye call him that still rubbed him the wrong way.
"Who the hell do you think I am?! Why the hell should I negotiate with you?!"
Even if someone had controlled him before, he was still a proud tailed beast!
What gave this guy the right to bargain with me?!
I've met the Sage of Six Paths. Has Bai Ye?!
As descendants of the Sage of Six Paths, they could at least have shown him some respect. Instead, every last one of them controlled him or sealed him away. The Nine-Tails found that utterly unacceptable.
Naturally, he had no intention of being pleasant to Bai Ye.
"You won't negotiate? Then I'll control you with my Mangekyo Sharingan!"
The moment Bai Ye