Kurama grinned and said, "Don't worry, Naruto. If you really can't win, just tear open the seal. You don't need to tear it open much, just halfway."
Naruto was silent for a moment, then looked at Kurama. "Didn't you say my body can't handle that much of your chakra? Are you trying to trick me into opening the seal?"
Naruto had gotten smarter.
"But if I wanted to trick you, would I use this reason?" Kurama was speechless. "Think about it. I've already gained your initial trust. Even without this method, in three years at most, I could persuade you to fully open the seal. Do I need to use this method?"
Well, he was partly tricking Naruto, but Kurama wasn't entirely wrong.
It wouldn't even take three years. With his current influence over Naruto, Kurama could use his chakra to affect Naruto and make him fully open the seal in two years at most.
But this was just the first layer of the seal. The second layer, the Eight Trigrams Seal, wouldn't be broken even in twenty years. It was too powerful. The Four Symbols Seal's strength depended on the caster's power.
With Minato's strength, the Four Symbols Seal could bind Kurama for decades. And this was two Four Symbols Seals combined into the Eight Trigrams Seal, which could last a hundred or two hundred years.
That's why Kurama didn't want to forcibly break the seal. It was useless! Minato's chakra was guarding it. He didn't want to be sealed for a hundred years by the Eight Trigrams Seal. By then, Kaguya would have revived and it would be too late.
So, he needed to gain Naruto's trust and trick Minato's chakra into thinking he had changed. Only then could Kurama ensure Minato wouldn't use the Eight Trigrams Seal to seal him completely.
Being open-minded now was for future plans! Hooray!
Naruto scratched the back of his head with a silly smile. "I see."
"So, if Shukaku really breaks the seal and comes out, you need to tear open the seal halfway, so my chakra can reach the Four-Tails level. Then we can team up to stop him and let Jiraiya seal Shukaku again." Kurama twisted like a worm against the cell door and turned to Naruto. "This is the only way I can think of to stop Shukaku."
He wasn't lying about this.
Now, Konohagakure is too weak. The only people who can fight the Tailed Beasts are Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya. But now, Sarutobi Hiruzen is held up by Orochimaru, so the only one left to seal Shukaku is Jiraiya. Unless Naruto is willing to tear open the entire seal now and stop Minato from sealing Kurama.
Thinking of this, Kurama sighed: "I have taken back the chakra that was affecting you. Now you don't need to use chakra to suppress me, so your strength can improve so quickly."
Naruto thought Kurama made a lot of sense, but he had one more question: "But can't I handle more than two tails of your chakra?"
Kurama: "..."
What's going on? This kid has gotten smarter.
Kurama rolled his eyes: "Are you afraid of dying?"
"Not at all!" Naruto answered without hesitation, his eyes full of determination, "To protect the village, I'm not afraid of dying."
"That's it then." Kurama looked at Naruto with frustration, "When the time comes, besides bursting out chakra, what other way do you have to stop Shukaku? Besides betting our lives to fight that guy, can you think of any other way?"
Naruto nodded as if he understood: "You're right."
Mission accomplished, Kurama silently gave himself a thumbs up.
Kurama's goal in getting Naruto to tear open the seal was not to infiltrate chakra. That would be pointless. He would never intentionally infiltrate chakra to affect Naruto in the future. His current goal is to collect the chakra of the nine Tailed Beasts, and for Shukaku to pass chakra to him, he must find a way to break a gap in the seal.
After the discussion, Naruto left the seal space with a determined face, leaving Kurama alone leaning against the cell door, smiling.
Outside, Gaara had already been influenced by Shukaku's chakra, staring at Naruto like a beast. His upper body was covered in sand, making him look like a small Shukaku: "I'll kill you!"
"Ninja Art: Sand Shuriken!"
Gaara suddenly waved his hand, and the sand forming his body turned into shuriken and shot towards Naruto. Naruto didn't think much and jumped away to avoid the attack.
Shikamaru and Sasuke fought against the Sunagakure Ninja support troops all day. Although the opponent's Jonin were not very strong, they were still Jonin, and there were many of them. As soon as the fight started, the two of them were immediately suppressed.
But now, the focus of the battle was on Naruto.
Maybe it was because Shukaku's chakra had affected his mind, Gaara, a mid-to-long-range ninjutsu-type ninja, actually started close combat, rushing at Naruto like a beast with open arms.
Naruto couldn't help but laugh. He was just worried about what to do with the sand, but now the opponent had come to him. If he didn't fight now, when would he? So he directly drew Kurama's chakra and rushed at Gaara.
Then he was sent flying.
Naruto was dumbfounded: "Isn't that guy a ninjutsu-type ninja?"
He didn't understand why a ninjutsu-type ninja would have such strong taijutsu. When his fist hit the opponent, there was no reaction at all, but when the opponent punched him, he was sent flying without even dodging.
Kurama roared, "Have you ever seen a Jinchuriki who can keep using Ninjutsu after transforming into a Tailed Beast? Unless the Tailed Beast agrees, the uncontrolled Tailed Beast chakra can't perform any precise Ninjutsu! Haven't you experienced it yourself? Huh? Are you stupid? Are you stupid!"
When Naruto was affected by the Nine-Tails chakra, he couldn't even walk on water. If it weren't for the strong chakra allowing him to use Shadow Clones, Naruto wouldn't know anything except Transformation Jutsu. Even though he was deeply affected by the Tailed Beast chakra, he didn't understand it at all and still thought his opponent was a Ninjutsu-type ninja when fighting a Jinchuriki.
Even putting that aside, Gaara now has a layer of sand on him, like a layer of the Tailed Beast's cloak. Naruto still wants to fight him with fists. Yes, Gaara can't control as much Tailed Beast chakra as Naruto, but the Tailed Beast chakra in his body, although immobile, can still seep out and form the Tailed Beast's cloak.
Naruto still goes up to fight with fists in such an obvious situation. Do you think Naruto is stupid?
Using a Kunai would be better than fists. Kurama roared on the spot, "Can you look at the opponent's equipment before using your fists? Huh? The opponent has high defense with armor, and you still go up to fight with fists? Even if you fight with a knife, you don't use a knife but fists?"
"Are you stupid!"
Naruto, who had crashed into two trees, stood up with a grimace. It hurt, but being scolded by Kurama hurt more. Naruto immediately admitted defeat, "I was wrong. I'm sorry. I won't dare to do it again."
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