Nine-Tails raised its head and looked at Shinsei with disdain:
"I'm not a clone of Yin, I'm not that stupid! I won't fall for your tricks!"
The Little Nine-Tails at my feet looked at the Nine-Tails with a strange gaze, as if it wanted to curse me, but it seemed to be cursing itself.
Shinsei chuckled and said, "So even the strongest Tailed Beast has moments of fear."
Nine-Tails- Tails lowered its head, staring intently at Shinsei with its enormous eyes, and asked, "Do you think I'm afraid?"
"If you're not afraid, why don't you dare to bet with me?"
"Human! What do you want to bet?"
" Nine-Tails, aren't you supposed to be the strongest Tailed Beast? Then you must have the most Chakra!"
"Hmph! Of course, I have the most Chakra!"
"Alright, I'll bet your Chakra. I don't think you have as much Chakra as you think."
" Shinsei, if you lose, I'll eat you alive!"
"No problem. I'll discuss my terms later."
Shinsei slipped through the crack in the cage and entered the Nine-Tails ' cell. Looking at the enormous Nine-Tails before him, he felt no fear whatsoever.
With a wave of his hand, Shinsei conjured a giant chessboard floating on the water in front of the cage, with 81 neatly arranged squares on it.
" Nine-Tails, my bet is simple. Didn't you say you're the strongest Tailed Beast? Just fill this chessboard with your Chakra, and I'll let you do whatever you want with me."
If you cannot do that, then you must lend your Chakra to Naruto to help him complete the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.
Nine-Tails glanced at Naruto and said disdainfully, " Shinsei- chan, you're doomed! My Chakra is inexhaustible!"
"Very good, Nine-Tails, the rules are very simple." Shinsei held up a Chakra ball with both hands and placed it on the chessboard. "See this Chakra ball? Divide your Chakra into countless parts, each part being the same size as this Chakra ball."
Place one Chakra ball in the first square, two Chakra balls in the second square, and four Chakra balls in the third square.
Each square contains twice the number of Chakra balls as the previous square. If you can fill the entire board, you win this bet.
"Hahahaha!" Nine-Tails burst into laughter, amused by the chessboard in front of him. "Is that all the Chakra you have? Shinsei- chan, you're not allowed to back out!"
"Anyone who goes back on their word is a little dog; they can just bark like a dog a few times."
" Shinsei, you'd better wait until I eat you alive."
The Nine-Tails condensed one of its tails into a red Chakra ball, placed it on the chessboard on the water's surface, and said, "Watch closely, this is the first one."
After saying that, Nine-Tails gathered two more balls of Chakra and placed them in the second empty space, saying, "This is the second one."
Next, Nine-Tails condensed four more Chakra balls and placed them on the third chessboard. In the empty space of the fourth chessboard, Nine-Tails placed eight Chakra balls, followed by 16, 32, and 64.
As the number of Chakra balls increased, and the chessboard was about to overflow, Shinsei waved his hand again, and the chessboard became several times larger.
The Nine-Tails, which had been arrogant at the beginning, became silent. It discovered that Shinsei's rules were strange.
Now, hundreds of chessboard squares are needed in each square, and the number will only increase, with the number of squares on the chessboard seemingly endless.
Seeing that Nine-Tails's body was starting to tremble and its Chakra gathering was not as fast as before, Shinsei joked, " Nine-Tails, maybe you should just give up. You can just bark like a dog a few times."
"Boy, you're asking for death! I am Tailed Beast, the strongest Tailed Beast, and I would never bark like a dog! You'd better clean yourself up; I don't like the stench in your mouth when I eat you."
"Alright, alright." Shinsei chuckled to himself, wondering how long the Nine-Tails could keep up its stubbornness.
Each Chakra ball is nearly the size of a Rasengan, and Nine-Tails has already placed thousands of Chakra balls, suggesting that his Chakra are far from exhausted.
That amount of Chakra is truly enviable.
Nine-Tails) began to get serious. Now, thousands of Chakra balls needed to be placed on the empty spaces of the chessboard. He gathered Chakra while carefully counting the number, determined not to place one more or one less.
The Little Nine-Tails hid at Shinsei's feet, looking at the enormous body, and almost couldn't bear it.
Although the two exchanged memories, the Nine-Tails didn't truly understand the boy's cunning.
Although he didn't understand why the Nine-Tails ' Chakra couldn't fill the chessboard, he knew one thing: Shinsei would never propose a bet he wasn't confident about.
Naruto didn't understand why Chakra Nine-Tails, was about to lose. He counted on his fingers the number of Chakra balls needed for each empty space, but the enormous numbers quickly overwhelmed him.
Only Minato, looking at Shinsei's expression, actually felt a bit of admiration. He had thought Shinsei would bet on fighting Nine-Tails, but he hadn't expected that a simple numbers game could completely confuse Nine-Tails.
Nine-Tails was still diligently counting the number of Chakra balls; its previously enormous body had noticeably shrunk.
"Hey, Nine-Tails. Need help counting?"
"Hmph! I will definitely figure it out!"
Although it has never formally studied arithmetic, the passage of a thousand years has allowed Nine-Tails to understand counting in a simple way.
Finally, Kurama (the Nine-Tails) condensed 1024 Chakra balls and placed them into the now enormous empty space.
"Not bad, Nine-Tails. The next empty space only needs to be 2048."
Nine-Tails felt dizzy upon hearing this. He turned around and roared at Shinsei, "Are you making fun of me? How could I need so much?"
Shinsei, completely unfazed by Nine-Tails's furious expression, said with a hint of sarcasm, "Ah, so the strongest Tailed Beast, Nine-Tails, can't count? Then you can count two more 1024s."
Nine-Tails nodded in satisfaction. Looking at its now smaller size, it said, "I am the strongest Tailed Beast! I will definitely fill this broken chessboard with my Chakra!"
Everyone watched with boredom as Nine-Tails continued counting, making two mistakes in the process and having to start over.
After an unknown amount of time, the Nine-Tails, whose body had shrunk even further, finally filled the empty space. But the next empty space required twice the number of spaces, and the end of the empty spaces seemed endless.
Even the most foolish Nine-Tails finally understood that its Chakra was far from enough to fill these chessboards.
It overturned the conjured chessboard, its nine tails pounding wildly against the wall. " Shinsei brat! How dare you deceive this old man!"
Shinsei completely ignored the berserk Nine-Tails, instead pointing at it and shouting to Minato and Naruto, "Yo yo yo! Look, everyone! The Nine-Tails is going to renege on its promise!"
Nine-Tails was taken aback by Shinsei's exaggerated actions, and immediately bared its teeth, saying fiercely:
"Who's trying to renege on their debt!"