64 Chapter 64

Hokage's Office.

Hiruzen stared intensely at the crystal ball with a gloomy expression, not even smoking his usual dry tobacco.

"So, even Jiraiya isn't a match anymore?"

"Isn't this growth rate a bit too fast?"

Recalling the recent exchange with Kaze, where he had to release the seal and let Naruto suppress him, Hiruzen felt a deep fear and unease from within.

"There's no way this alternate personality of Kaze was born only three months ago!"

"Perhaps he has existed from the very beginning, but he never revealed himself!"

"Constantly hiding, slowly practicing in the unknown, and mastering the Nine-Tails' chakra!"

"Now he has enough self-defense ability, which is why he frequently communicates with Naruto!"

Hiruzen felt that things were just as he had speculated.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to perfectly control the Nine-Tails' chakra in just three months.

Not to mention the terrifying combat experience, enough to defeat ninjas with Kage-level strength.

This couldn't be explained by talent alone; it was too fantastical!

And there was the inexplicable mastery of taijutsu. Why couldn't Naruto bring it out?

Hiruzen felt that there was a big mystery surrounding Kaze.

He even suspected that Kaze had been training within the seal of the Nine-Tails for all these years.

And perhaps he was being guided by the residual chakra left by either Minato or Kushina!

However, this still couldn't explain the enigma surrounding Kaze.

But one thing was certain.

In these three months, Kaze had firmly established himself in Naruto's heart.

Considering Naruto's personality, it would be difficult to cooperate with him to eliminate or seal Kaze, and conflicts would arise.

So it would be best to let Naruto remain in control and continue researching sealing techniques as a backup plan.

"While it's just a guess, I must prepare early."

With these thoughts in mind, Hiruzen tapped his fingers lightly on the desk.

Soon, an ANBU emerged from the shadows.

"After Naruto and Jiraiya separate, have him come to my office."

"Yes."

On the other side of consciousness.

Watching Jiraiya leave with Naruto.

Kaze understood that the Five Elements Seal would soon be undone.

And Naruto would regain his perception and attempt to use the Nine-Tails' chakra again.

Because of his frequent usage and his body's long-term adaptation to the Nine-Tails' chakra, Naruto wouldn't need as much time as in the original story to succeed in channeling it.

And due to his influence, Naruto's control over it would become much easier.

Therefore, Kaze also needed to make some plans in advance to avoid Naruto becoming independent of him.

"It's time to meet the Nine-Tails and my so-called 'parents.'"

After the trust and dependency reached 50, Kaze gained a certain degree of initiative over the body.

As a result, he no longer had to stay confined in this desolate mental space and could move to other spaces within this body.

Such as the sealed space where the Nine-Tails resided.

"Drip!"

In the blink of an eye, the surroundings around Kaze rapidly changed.

He arrived in a space covered with water, surrounded by many dripping pipes, resembling a dim underground sewer of a city.

At the end of this space, there was a row of enormous iron bars, similar to a prison, with a sealing talisman quietly stuck to the lock hole of the main gate.

Standing in front of these bars, Kaze gazed fixedly at the darkness beyond the bars and spoke.

"Kurama, come out and meet me."

As soon as Kaze finished speaking, a pair of crimson vertical pupils appeared in the darkness.

Swish!

Crackle!

A sharp fingernail, accompanied by a gust of wind, swept across the railing, creating sparks that splattered from the darkness behind the railing, piercing towards its target.

Clang!

Kaze remained motionless, but a gigantic golden-red fox tail emerged from behind him and stood upright in front of him.

That sharp fingernail that reached out was firmly blocked just one centimeter away from Kaze's forehead.

"Hehehe, interesting, very interesting!"

"It turns out the chakra in your body is indeed mine!"

"And it's not just any Yin attribute chakra, it's my Yang attribute chakra!"

A large amount of foul-smelling wind emanated from behind the railing.

The Nine-Tails finally emerged from the darkness, revealing a long, smiling fox face.

"In fact, you are not the alter ego of that brat outside, right?"

The Nine-Tails retracted its fingernail, not giving Kaze a chance to retort, and continued speaking to itself.

"You don't need to argue. I have lived for so long and seen more things than you have eaten meals."

"With all those extreme negative emotions in you, as well as the ability to generate and perfectly control my chakra."

"You are clearly a tailed beast disguised in human skin!"

"Moreover, you are a newly born tailed beast born from my chakra!"

The more the Nine-Tails spoke, the more excited it became, and towards the end, its entire fox body stood upright.

"Surely it's because there's something wrong with the half of me inside the Shinigami's stomach that allowed you to be born and condense chakra!"

"Although I don't know why it's the Yang attribute, it's probably influenced by my own attribute!"

After a long analysis, the Nine-Tails began vigorously pounding on the railing.

"Great, this is really great!"

"My little brother, quickly, release me!"

"In the future, I will protect you, and I can even lend you my chakra to use!"

The Nine-Tails didn't understand the extradimensional demons and the system.

It could only forcibly self-explain and interpret the reasonableness of the powerful chakra in Kaze's body, similar to its own.

Kaze: ""

Listening to the Nine-Tails' inexplicable deception and self-conquest.

Kaze, who was prepared with a response, suddenly couldn't find the words to say!

After frowning for a while, Kaze finally spoke.

"Unfortunately, you guessed wrong."

"I am not the consciousness born from your chakra, but the original owner of this body."

"If we must say, the one outside is the consciousness that was born later."

Kaze's words afterward were not meant for the Nine-Tails to hear.

They were meant for the chakra of Minato and Kushina that hadn't appeared yet.

And he didn't have any interest in being a fox's little brother.

Especially a fox that was imprisoned and had some mental problems.

"What do you mean!?"

The Nine-Tails' smile froze on its face.

Then it clung to the railing, and opened its bloody mouth, revealing rows of densely packed sharp teeth inside.

In anger, it roared a foul wind towards Kaze.

"You dare to question me?"

The putrid breath accompanied by saliva assaulted him.

Kaze's face turned cold as he dodged to the side, his eyes filled with chilling intent.

"I originally wanted to have a good conversation with you, and let your consciousness out to relax."

"But now it seems that a beast is still a beast. I guess I have to beat you before you'll listen to your master's words."

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