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Naruto was now like he was in a transparent box, and those runic chains were the packaging ropes tying the box.
Jiraiya and Kakashi weren't fools. Even if they couldn't spare a hand to look after Naruto, they still set up a barrier to prevent him from running around randomly or encountering danger.
Upon seeing this, a joyful smile appeared on Naruto's face, "Look! Pervy Sage! Everyone still cares about me! They specially set up a barrier to protect me!"
But the Nine-Tails immediately threw a basin of cold water on him, "Ahahaha, protect? Little brat, what nonsense are you spouting! Take a closer look, isn't this barrier more like a prison!!!"
The Nine-Tails wasn't wrong, because all barriers actually looked like prisons. After all, no one considered comfort as a feature when creating a barrier.
Naruto gaped, looking somewhat dazedly at the faintly visible barrier and runic chains before him. The more he looked, the more it really did seem like the prison the Nine-Tails had described!
He hurriedly ran around, touching the entire barrier all over. He discovered that this barrier was only a few meters in area. This feeling made him feel like a bird trapped in a cage, completely without freedom!
"Damn it! It's not like this! It's not like this!!" Naruto clenched his fists and fiercely slammed them against the barrier, but it only triggered a slight ripple in the chains.
This was, after all, a protective barrier set up by Jiraiya and Kakashi. How could it be easily broken by Naruto, who had only just graduated not long ago?
However, this display made it even more apparent that this barrier was intentionally used to imprison him.
"Ahahahaha," the Nine-Tails burst out laughing, then whispered enticingly in Naruto's ear, "Little brat, don't mind those guys full of lies. Let's go on our own. As long as you have great power, you'll be invincible! Think about it, the red-haired Uzumaki you mentioned, you're always treated like a little kid because you're always under others' protection. They don't tell you anything, and they don't bring you along for anything, just because they don't trust you at all! Let's go, let's go, this world is so big, let us go see it! After we become strong, we can come back, and then let those guys take a good look at your growth!"
The Nine-Tails' words finally made Naruto hesitate!
Naruto's expression became conflicted. But after half a moment, he calmed down, then said with a determined face, "I don't want to! Everyone cares about me, I won't believe your nonsense! You're a bad fox! Don't talk to me anymore!"
After speaking, Naruto crossed his arms and plopped down on the ground cross-legged.
"Argh--!" Why is this little brat so disobedient! He doesn't listen to the fox's words! Disaster is right before his eyes!!
The Nine-Tails paced back and forth angrily in the narrow seal space like a dog. After all, the place was too small; it couldn't run more than a few steps.
After a while, the Nine-Tails let out a breath and said again, "Little brat, do you still remember what your dream is?"
Naruto didn't want to pay attention to the Nine-Tails, but since his dream was mentioned, Naruto rubbed his nose with his finger and said proudly, "My dream, of course, is to become Hokage!"
But the Nine-Tails suddenly said, "Hahahaha, little brat, what I'm asking about isn't this false dream that was forced upon you, but your true dream!"
Naruto's brow furrowed, "This is my dream. What on earth are you talking about? Have you been locked up for too long and gone silly? I think that civet cat with spots on its body is smarter than you."
The Nine-Tails almost choked. It's one thing for you to say I'm not as good as that civet cat at laughing, but to say I'm not as good as that stinky civet cat, that's unbearable!
However, the Nine-Tails ultimately forced itself to calm down, then, suppressing a bellyful of anger, continued to coax, "Is becoming Hokage really your dream, little brat? Tell me, why do you want to become Hokage?"
Naruto replied as a matter of course, "Because I want to gain everyone's acknowledgment!"
The Nine-Tails asked again, "Then why do you want to gain everyone's acknowledgment?"
"You're so annoying," Naruto grumbled impatiently, but then answered somewhat dejectedly, "Because everyone ignores me and won't be my friend."
Naruto already knew that the Nine-Tails had been sealed within his body since he was an infant, so the Nine-Tails knew everything he had experienced. This made him feel that even if he said these words to the Nine-Tails, he wouldn't feel embarrassed.
"Heh heh heh heh," the Nine-Tails let out a strange laugh, and then its voice became sharp, "Then why does everyone ignore you? Why won't they be your friend? It's because you're the 'demon fox's child'!"
Hearing this, Naruto immediately retorted fiercely, "I am not the demon fox's child! I am the Fourth Hokage's child! I am a hero's child!"
The Nine-Tails immediately asked, "Then if you are the Fourth Hokage's child, will everyone be your friend?"
Naruto said dissatisfiedly, "Isn't that obvious? What 'if' is there? I am the Fourth Hokage's child!"
The Nine-Tails burst out laughing at this moment, "But all the higher-ups in Konoha know you are the Fourth Hokage's son, but they neither told you nor anyone else. They let those commoners always treat you as the demon fox's child, making everyone hate you! Making you unable to rely on anyone! Little brat! Tell me! Who told you that becoming Hokage would allow you to gain others' acknowledgment! Tell me!!!"
Naruto looked bewildered, then said haltingly, "Everyone... everyone says so... Third Hokage grandpa, Iruka-sensei, and, and..."
Naruto began to recall in his mind, but he couldn't find a specific person, yet it seemed as if every event he had experienced, every person he had met, was telling him that as long as he became Hokage, all problems would be solved.
As long as he became Hokage, everyone would acknowledge him, would be his friend, he wouldn't be lonely, wouldn't eat alone at home, it seemed everything would get better.
As long as he could become Hokage!
Hearing this, the Nine-Tails immediately shouted loudly, "Think carefully! Little brat! If everyone knew you were the Fourth Hokage's child, they wouldn't ostracize you! You naturally wouldn't need to gain others' acknowledgment, nor would you have any dream of becoming Hokage. Think carefully, this is all a conspiracy by Konoha's higher-ups! They made everyone ostracize you so that you would desperately desire others' acknowledgment, and then they continuously brainwashed you during your childhood! Making you have the misconception that becoming Hokage would allow you to gain others' acknowledgment, thus tying you firmly to the village of Konoha! And the reason they do this is because you are the jinchūriki of me, the great Nine-Tails!!!!"
"Pathetic little brat!!! Your entire life has been lived in deceit! Konoha only wants you to give everything you have! You are just being brainwashed, your life controlled, pathetic wretch!!! Ahahahahahahahaha!!!"
"It's not like this! It's not like this!" Naruto immediately shouted, but the Nine-Tails' words echoed in his heart and couldn't be dispelled. Could it be that everyone was really deceiving him, just wanting him to give everything for the village?
Thinking of this, Naruto's emotions instantly fluctuated violently.
The Nine-Tails' chakra took this opportunity to leak out from the gaps in the seal. This caused Naruto's eyes to turn crimson red, and the part of the Nine-Tails' chakra containing spiritual power was also continuously exerting its influence, making Naruto's thoughts become more and more extreme!
Seeing this, the Nine-Tails burst into crazed laughter.
Although it was unwilling to admit it, that stinky civet cat's jinchūriki really seemed to be an incredible fellow. Judging from the information transmitted through the stinky civet cat, it really seemed to be useful!!
Yes, this was the super-bad method that Mujie came up with after connecting the Nine-Tails in Shukaku's seal space.
Naruto could converse with the Nine-Tails within his body. Mujie naturally could also converse with Shukaku. So, he instigated Shukaku, letting it transmit his ideas to the Nine-Tails, allowing the Nine-Tails to continue to sow discord between Naruto and Konoha.
The Nine-Tails, of course, didn't care at first, and it had no reason to help that stinky civet cat and its jinchūriki.
But well, it could only be said that the opportunity had indeed arisen.
Naruto was now merely a twelve or thirteen-year-old child. He was easily swayed by these words, and as a result, because of his emotional fluctuations, cracks appeared in the seal.
If he could be made to completely lose control, the Nine-Tails could even, in turn, suppress Naruto's consciousness, achieving the goal of 'freedom' to a certain extent!
The Nine-Tails' chakra gradually formed a Tailed Beast cloak on Naruto's body. A tail formed by crimson chakra also began to sway behind him!
Tailed Beast Transformation, One-Tail Mode!
The Nine-Tails was overjoyed, but unfortunately, the Nine-Tails' chakra only formed a transparent outer layer on the outside. What was in control at this moment was still Naruto's consciousness; it hadn't managed to make Naruto completely rampage.
Even so, the Nine-Tails wasn't completely helpless. It manipulated the long tail formed by chakra and fiercely lashed it against the barrier!
With a loud bang, this barrier, meant to protect Naruto, was instantly shattered into pieces by the Nine-Tails. Even in the Tailed Beast cloak state with only one tail, this barrier couldn't withstand it!
Naruto at this moment wanted to control his emotions, but there was a voice (the Nine-Tails) in his heart constantly telling him that everything the Nine-Tails said was true!
Konoha only wanted him to become the village's battle weapon, so they hid everything from him and kept brainwashing him!
Naruto's mind became more and more chaotic. The Nine-Tails' chakra was affecting him. No matter how Naruto clutched his head, these thoughts wouldn't dissipate.