Kurama found Naruto's silence a bit boring. Although it was the result of his deliberate influence, it was still dull and somewhat annoying.
In his memory, this guy wasn't the silent type. Didn't he use his talk-no-jutsu very well in the later stages? Now he couldn't even say a word, which really annoyed Kurama.
"Hey, kid." Kurama lowered his head, "Let me ask you a question."
Naruto snapped out of his daze, looking a bit blank, "Are you going to ask me what 1000 minus 7 is again? It's 9993."
"Who would ask you that kind of question?" Kurama bared his teeth, "And you got it wrong."
No matter how bad his grades were, he shouldn't be unable to do elementary school arithmetic.
No, that's not the point.
Kurama leaned closer to the prison gate, his large face as close to Naruto as possible, "Why do you want to become Hokage?"
Naruto's eyes lit up. When it came to this topic, he wasn't sleepy at all, "I want to be acknowledged by everyone!"
At this moment, he seemed to be standing in the light, his whole body radiating. Even Kurama was impressed by his strong belief.
Kurama looked at the glowing Naruto, a strange sense of joy in his eyes, "Why do you want to be acknowledged by everyone?"
This question made Naruto silent for a moment, but the next second he laughed sheepishly, "Because it seems like no one really likes me. Although there's Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, and the pervy sage, I still want everyone to acknowledge my existence."
Naruto, a child who had been hated by everyone since he was young.
Except for Kakashi and Jiraiya, who had never disliked Naruto, no one had truly accepted him from the beginning, including the kids of Naruto's generation.
Iruka, Sasuke, Sakura, Shikamaru, and all the others recognized Naruto as a ninja through their interactions with him, not as a demon fox.
As for the Third Hokage, he indeed didn't dislike Naruto, but in his eyes, Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Uzumaki Naruto, not the Genin Uzumaki Naruto of Konohagakure. Tsunade was completely opposite in this regard.
Kurama raised his head, his gaze passing through the shadows to look at the seal on the prison gate.
Minato, I know you can see what's happening in the sealed space and the outside world, and I know you won't regret your choice even after seeing all this. But look at Naruto in front of you. Have you thought about how you'll face him when the time comes? Have you thought about how you'll explain it to Kushina?
I'm really looking forward to that scene.
Kurama grinned: "Kid, I have something interesting to tell you."
"Huh?" Naruto was puzzled.
"In this seal, there is chakra left by your father and mother." Kurama pointed to the huge seal sticker on the prison gate. "When you lift this seal, your father's chakra will appear to seal me again."
After saying that, Kurama pointed to himself: "And when the second seal is lifted, along with my appearance, your mother's chakra will also appear. Moreover, your mother's chakra is stronger than your father's. You can not only reunite with your mother but also talk all night about your parents' past."
Naruto's eyes widened in disbelief at what he heard.
He just stared at Kurama, his mouth open, wanting to say something but unable to make a sound.
Father, mother, how far were these words from Naruto? Probably from the time he became sensible until now, he had never hoped for the appearance of these two people. He became sensible earlier than his peers, so he understood the weight of these two existences more than others.
Perhaps only Sasuke could understand his feelings.
One had never had it, and the other had it but was destroyed by his own hands.
"Re... really?" Even Naruto himself didn't notice the tremble in his voice.
"Of course." Kurama nodded with a grin. "Moreover, your father's chakra can sense everything in the outside world and the sealed space, so he knows your current state and our conversation. But your mother, to preserve her chakra, can't sense anything until the second seal is lifted."
Naruto's expression was a bit dazed. This kind of thing was too much of a shock for him: "My father... mother, who are they?"
"Haha, this is really interesting." Kurama's eyes almost squinted with laughter. He looked at Naruto's expectant expression and slowly said, "With the atmosphere built up to this point, you must think I'm going to tell you their identities now, right?"
"But I refuse. The thing I, Kurama, like the most is saying no to those self-righteous guys!" Kurama laughed out loud. "So you can just keep guessing. I'm not going to tell you!"
"You jerk!" Naruto's face twisted in anger.
Why is this guy never serious for more than two minutes? Isn't he supposed to be the legendary Nine-Tails monster? Why does he seem so full of mischief?
Kurama's laughter filled the entire sealed space. This was probably the happiest he had been since the death of Rikudou Sennin. The genuine joy was unmistakable, and although Naruto was fuming, he couldn't do anything about Kurama.
In the future, Kurama wouldn't be a match for Naruto, but for now, Kurama had a hundred ways to make Naruto's life miserable.
He loved seeing people who couldn't stand him but couldn't beat him either. It was just very pleasing.
Naruto's anger gradually subsided, perhaps getting used to Kurama's laughter. Despite the deafening laughter in his ears, he looked at Kurama thoughtfully.
Naruto was thinking, yes, he was thinking.
Kurama noticed the unusual behavior and looked down at Naruto, his smile unwavering. "Kid, what are you thinking about?"
Was he pondering the truth of his words? Kurama was curious.
"Emmmmm..." Naruto stroked his chin, pretending to be deep in thought. "I was thinking, Kurama, you must be really old, right?"
"Hmm?" Kurama suddenly sensed a hint of malice, and his smile faltered. "Kid, if you dare say something that annoys me, don't expect to borrow even a bit of Chakra from me in the future."
"No, no, no." Naruto quickly shook his head. He wouldn't doubt this big fox's integrity. From their brief interactions, it was clear this fox had no integrity at all.
"I was thinking, you've lived for so many years, you must know a lot of Ninjutsu, right?" Naruto's eyes were full of curiosity. "Even the Third Hokage, an old man, is called the Ninjutsu Professor. You're older than him, so you must know even more Ninjutsu, right?"
Naruto's thoughts weren't entirely correct. In fact, they weren't correct at all.
Kurama, one of the nine tailed beasts and the strongest Nine-Tails, had indeed seen many Ninjutsu, but he didn't know any himself. With his immense power, he didn't need Ninjutsu.
Actually, it was because his Chakra nature was Yin and Yang, making it inefficient to learn elemental Ninjutsu. The vast amount of Chakra also made it difficult to perform detailed operations, so he never learned.
If you had to name a Ninjutsu he knew, it would be the Tailed Beast Bomb.
But would Kurama admit that? No, he wouldn't.
He raised his chin arrogantly and looked at Naruto. "So what if I do? Do you think I would teach you?"
Naruto's eyes lit up, completely ignoring Kurama's last sentence. He looked at him with admiration. "Hey, Kurama, we're kind of in a symbiotic relationship, right? You've watched me grow up..."
"Stop right there." Kurama extended his paw. "It's not symbiotic. I was forcibly sealed inside you. I didn't want to watch you grow up; I had no choice."
After all, besides watching Naruto grow up, he had no entertainment in this sealed space.
It was fine before; he was used to it. But ever since he accepted the human memories, Kurama couldn't stand a second in this sealed space without the internet or electricity. If it weren't for the real-life first-person view of the Hokage and ninjas, he would have died of boredom.
Naruto scratched the back of his head, feeling a bit embarrassed, "But you still watched me grow up, so could you teach me like an elder teaching a younger one?"
Kurama's mouth twitched, "Naruto, your shamelessness is beyond my imagination."
Is Naruto shameless?
Yes, without a doubt. Don't let his shining moments make you forget that he's just as shameless as Jiraiya.
The best technique he uses in the Three Basic Jutsu is the Transformation Jutsu, because he often used it to sneak into bookstores and peek at inappropriate books, which improved his skill. He developed techniques like the Sexy Jutsu, Harem Jutsu, Reverse Harem Jutsu, and even wrote the most popular scenes in the best-selling "Icha Icha" series.
Yes, that's right. The most popular scenes in Jiraiya's "Icha Icha" series were written by Naruto. And those are genuine 18+ novels!!!
Naruto ignored Kurama's complaints. He looked at Kurama with bright, eager eyes and spoke in an incredibly sweet voice, "Kurama, do you have the same fetish as humans?"
Kurama: "..."
He wanted to say no, but he couldn't.
After spending so much time in the memories of humans, he couldn't resist the allure of things like Naruko.
Kurama suddenly realized something was wrong. How did the topic shift to something so disadvantageous to him? Wasn't he just teasing Naruto? That joyful feeling couldn't be fake, right? But what was going on?
Why did it turn out like this? Seeing Naruto so angry, and being able to disgust the ever-watching Tobi, should have brought him more joy. It should have been a dreamlike happy time... but why, why did it turn out like this...
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