"Yin Seal... It consumes so much chakra," Furin muttered, glancing at the pale blue mark on his forehead with a hint of frustration.
Thanks to the absorption from his Wood Release: Nativity of a Sea of Trees, Furin had drained a significant portion of Shukaku's chakra, and the Nine-Tails in its Four-Tails state had already been thoroughly depleted. Despite this, the chakra stored in the Yin Seal on his forehead was still only about 60% full.
"This thing can store an entire tailed beast's worth of chakra!" Furin was astonished by how much the seal could hold. "With my chakra reserves right now, I'm carrying around more than half a tailed beast's worth."
The Nine-Tails, now completely drained, glanced at Furin one last time in its Four-Tails form before its chakra dispersed. Inside Naruto, Kurama stretched its claws to tighten the loosened Eight Trigrams Seal, retreating into the depths of its prison.
"Until this seal is fully undone, I won't be making a move again," Kurama grumbled to itself. The thought of Furin's Wood Release being able to drain its chakra just like the First Hokage's made the Nine-Tails' head ache. It realized that in Furin's hands, it had been reduced to nothing more than a chakra battery.
Once Kurama's presence completely faded, Shukaku's yellow-brown eyes lingered on Furin for a long moment. "This kid who can use Wood Release... even made that old fox submit..."
Having known the Nine-Tails for over a thousand years, Shukaku had only seen Kurama admit defeat to a handful of shinobi—and all of them were incredibly powerful. For Furin, someone who seemed much weaker by comparison, to have achieved the same was remarkable.
"If the old fox backed down, then me leaving isn't shameful…" Shukaku consoled himself as he retreated back into Gaara, disappearing into the seal.
With both tailed beasts gone, Naruto and Gaara reverted from their transformed states and collapsed, unconscious.
Furin glanced around at the scene of destruction, hoisting the unconscious Naruto and Gaara onto his shoulders before leaving the battlefield. He made his way to the safe location where he had left Temari earlier, setting Gaara down gently.
"Furin…"
Furin froze for a moment, then accepted Temari's embrace.
Temari's favorability toward you has increased by 10%.
After calming herself, Temari looked at the unconscious forms of Naruto and Gaara with a trembling voice. "Are they… both unconscious?"
"Yeah." Furin nodded, already having prepared an explanation. "Those two monsters fought each other to a draw, and in the end, they knocked each other out."
He had already cleaned up the battlefield, removing all traces of his Wood Release and leaving behind only the evidence of a fierce battle between the tailed beasts.
Temari, reassured by his words, nodded and glanced at Furin with gratitude in her eyes. However, her expression soon shifted as she remembered the true purpose of her mission to the Leaf Village.
Furin understood what she was thinking. "I know this isn't your choice…"
Temari, still in Furin's arms, looked up at him with a grateful expression.
Temari's favorability toward you has increased by 20%.
"Congratulations, Host. Temari's favorability has reached 70%. Would you like to activate the reward draw?"
Furin casually glanced at the lottery options and, seeing no particularly valuable golden rewards, chose to activate the draw.
Temari 50% Favorability Reward: Gale Release.
"Hmm, just a basic Wind Release skill…" Furin thought, somewhat unimpressed. Now that he had the powerful Wood Release, he wasn't too interested in ordinary jutsu. What mattered most to him was the stat boost each female character would give when their favorability reached 75%.
The additional 0.2 to all attributes was a significant boost, as it went beyond the normal ten-point threshold!
"Furin," Temari's face turned slightly red, especially since her brother Gaara was right there beside them.
Temari's favorability toward you has increased by 4%.
…
A few hours later, with a flushed face, Temari took Gaara and left. Revealing herself as a Sand Village ninja was undoubtedly dangerous for her now. Furin watched them leave, feeling a twinge of regret that Temari's favorability hadn't yet reached 75%.
Once Temari was gone, Furin turned back toward the Leaf Village, carrying Naruto on his shoulder.
As he walked, the system's interface appeared in his mind, displaying his abilities and progress. After mastering Wood Release and receiving various rewards over time, Furin's strength had taken another leap forward.
Host: Tsukiyo Furin
Abilities:
Ninjutsu: (9 + 1.4)
Taijutsu: (5 + 1.4)
Genjutsu: (2 + 1.4)
Sage Energy: (10 + 1.4)
Strength: (5 + 1.4)
Speed: (3 + 1.4)
Stamina: (10 + 1.4)
Intelligence: (10 + 1.4)
Total Combat Power: 65.2 (Half-Kage Level)
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