The passing lights grew fewer and fewer, gradually drifting away from the central area of Konoha Village.
On the road, Kairen asked Kushina, "Do you really hate Sarutobi and the others?!"
Kushina lifted her little nose, her temper flaring up.
"Of course! Back then, Danzo looked at me like I was a tool—he practically wanted to put a collar on me."
"All those higher-ups are the same. I'm not allowed to go here, not allowed to go there, they lock me down completely! Once you overthrow them all, I'll do whatever I want!"
Kairen let out a soft chuckle.
As the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, Kushina could even be said to be Konoha Village's treasure. The higher-ups cared greatly about the fox inside her belly.
Speaking of the fox, the Nine-Tails chakra within Kairen's body seemed to be summoned by a surge of chakra, the two resonating together.
With a thought, Kairen arrived at a place.
...
It was a golden world, clouds drifting all around, like a heavenly palace.
Kushina's inner world was nothing like Naruto's sewer.
Her childhood had been fairly good; the discrimination she suffered was mostly just rejection from outsiders.
At the center stood a massive stone pillar. Bound to it was an enormous orange-yellow fox, shackled with iron chains.
A huge stone pillar pierced its abdomen, with its tail and limbs also pinned by pillars.
The giant beast spotted Kairen, its eyelids lifting. Those fiery red pupils looked as though they could devour people.
"Human, how do you have my chakra on you?"
Kairen lifted his wine gourd and took a sip, looking at the colossal creature bound to the pillar, greeting it,
"Big fox, hello there!"
"Human—answer me!!"
Kairen's figure flickered. When he reappeared, he had already landed atop the massive stone pillar on the Nine-Tails' belly.
Kairen sat cross-legged, looked down at the Nine-Tails, and smiled.
"You call yourself a calamity to humanity, yet in the end you're still locked up here like a little kitten."
The Nine-Tails roared in fury. "Human, don't be arrogant! Once I get out, I'll tear you to pieces!"
Kairen took another sip of wine.
"That's if you can get out."
"Damn it! If it weren't for Senju Hashirama, how could I have been locked in here?"
Recalling the past, the Nine-Tails' face filled with resentment.
It had once slept peacefully in a volcano, when Uchiha Madara, eyes blood-red, forced it into submission and dragged it along to fight Senju Hashirama.
In the end, Uchiha Madara was dealt with, and the Nine-Tails was judged by Senju Hashirama.
Sentenced to life imprisonment! Its life was basically over—just waiting for a chance to break out.
Thinking of Senju Hashirama filled the Nine-Tails with malice.
He said its power was too great, too dangerous—yet a single giant Buddha hand from him had subdued it completely.
Lying through his teeth.
The Nine-Tails happened to notice the Senju emblem on Kairen's clothes, and its anger flared instantly.
It snarled, "You Senju, release me now! I'll let you see how powerful I am!"
Kairen laughed lightly. "You really want to come out?"
The Nine-Tails nodded. "Of course!"
"Meow once and I'll let you out."
The Nine-Tails exploded in rage.
"You're playing me!"
Kairen smiled. "Go on, meow, Nine-Tails."
Kairen directly opened his Mangekyō. Those blood-red eyes instantly shattered the Nine-Tails' defenses, making it curl up and tremble.
As Kairen's Sharingan spun, the Nine-Tails was controlled and involuntarily let out a cry, "Meow~"
Kairen withdrew his Sharingan and laughed.
"You're pretty cooperative!"
The Sharingan was extremely effective against the Nine-Tails. Obito could suppress it with just one Mangekyō—let alone Kairen.
"Roar—"
The Nine-Tails raised its head and roared to the sky, the violent sound scattering the surrounding yellow clouds.
"Human, you tricked me! (ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)"
Kairen opened his Sharingan again, and the Nine-Tails felt as if its throat had been gagged with a rag, not daring to roar anymore.
"Damn it, if you've got the guts, don't use your Sharingan!"
Kairen closed his Sharingan and snapped his fingers.
In an instant, towering trees sprang up out of thin air around the Nine-Tails, madly devouring its chakra.
"Damn it, you have both the Sharingan and Wood Release—are you the offspring of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama?"
Kairen jumped down from the stone pillar on its belly and landed on the Nine-Tails' head.
From this angle, the Nine-Tails felt even more oppressive—its head alone was taller than him.
Kairen patted the Nine-Tails' face.
"You've been locked in here for decades and still haven't learned a thing. Behave a bit better inside, treat the jinchūriki a bit nicer. If the village is happy, they might even reduce your sentence."
The Nine-Tails replied, "Hmph! ╭(╯^╰)╮ You humans are all smiling on the outside and rotten on the inside. You've deceived me time and time again—why would I believe you!"
Looking at this tsundere fox, Kairen actually felt a bit sorry for it. This place had no holy swords, no books—modern people would break down after just one day.
"You really want to go out?"
"Hmph!" The Nine-Tails closed its eyes.
Kairen patted its head. "I can let you out, but you have to be my summoning beast!"
The Nine-Tails opened its eyes. Its huge red pupils stared seriously into Kairen's eyes.
"You're serious?"
Kairen nodded. With such immense power, it was better to keep it for himself than let someone else have it—keeping it by his side as a fox pet wasn't bad either.
The Nine-Tails confirmed again. "Really?! (￢_￢)"
Kairen nodded. "I've never told a lie in my life!"
The Nine-Tails was overjoyed. Finally, it had found a human traitor among humans—not easy!
It immediately replied loudly, "I agree! As long as you let me out."
Kairen waved his hand in refusal.
"Just be my pet."
"Okay! Okay! Okay! Whatever you say! (｡◝ᴗ◜｡)" The Nine-Tails nodded repeatedly.
In truth, it was plotting secretly. Once Kairen released it, it would immediately go back on its word, tear Kairen to pieces, and eat him like dried sausage.
Kairen jumped back onto the stone pillar.
He didn't know sealing techniques very well. After thinking briefly, Kairen decided to throw his brain aside.
"System, use all remaining experience points to raise my sealing technique proficiency!"
"Okay."
"Ding! Upgrade successful. Host's sealing techniques have reached max level. Granted: Four Symbols Seal, Five Elements Seal, Three Directions Seal…"
Nearly 6000 experience points directly pushed Kairen's sealing techniques to max level, granting him a whole series of sealing arts.
A vast amount of chakra erupted from Kairen's body. His palm turned golden as he touched the massive stone pillar on the Nine-Tails' abdomen.
"Release!"
With that utterance, the chains on the Nine-Tails shattered into fragments, and the stone pillars in its abdomen and tail slowly cracked apart.
"Come out! Nine-Tails!"
"Roar—"
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