Matatabi the Two-Tails's feline eyes went perfectly round.
Isobu the Three-Tails poked his head above the water.
Gyuki the Eight-Tails's tentacles also stopped moving in midair.
Three Tailed Beasts, five eyes, all stared straight at Uchiha Minamoto.
Uchiha Minamoto ignored the Tailed Beasts' gazes. He activated [Divine Lightning], and his figure vanished from the spot.
Konoha, Ninja Academy.
Naruto Uzumaki was slumped over his desk.
Big Brother Minamoto had gone to war on the front lines, and his master Tsunade had given him time off again.
Naruto Uzumaki had no choice but to obediently attend the Ninja Academy.
At the lectern.
Umino Iruka was explaining the basic theory of chakra.
Naruto Uzumaki seemed to be staring blankly at the blue sky outside the window, but he was actually talking to the Nine-Tails inside him.
"Kurama, what happened to you just now?"
Naruto Uzumaki could feel that Kurama had suddenly become very excited.
"...I sensed several familiar chakra signatures. They're around Konoha right now."
The Nine-Tails's sensory abilities were far beyond those of ordinary ninja.
He had long since known what was happening at the Naka River Reservoir.
When Uchiha Minamoto subdued the Two-Tails, the Nine-Tails had remained emotionally stable.
Then the Three-Tails arrived, and the Nine-Tails grew a little restless.
Now even the Eight-Tails had arrived, while the Nine-Tails was still locked inside Naruto Uzumaki.
Why?!
Why could that burning cat, that stinking turtle, and that bull-headed octopus monster leave their sealing spaces?
While he, the strongest Tailed Beast, was still locked inside the [Eight Trigrams Sealing Style].
Strictly speaking.
Wasn't the Nine-Tails the first Tailed Beast to meet Uchiha Minamoto?!
"Those inherently evil Uchiha!"
The Nine-Tails cursed again.
Now Naruto Uzumaki was unhappy.
"Big fox! Who are you insulting? My big brother is clearly the best, kindest person