Chapter 76

Shaking his head, Kaze took a step forward.

In the next moment, he entered the seal space of the Nine-Tails.

Since the seal temporarily remained open, the seal space was no longer the dim sewer scene but had transformed into a bright and vast space.

In the middle of this space, the Nine-Tails was lying on the ground, enjoying the show of Naruto getting beaten outside.

Seeing Kaze suddenly appear, a curious expression appeared on its fox face.

Pointing with its furry claws at Naruto outside and then at Kaze, it asked in a daze, "Hey? Why did you suddenly come here?"

"According to the plot, shouldn't you be going out to beat that little white snake and turn him into snake stew?"

"Am I his babysitter?" Kaze raised an eyebrow and asked back.

"Of course not! You're not, you're not! What's with the mean expression!"

The Nine-Tails was about to retort with "Aren't you?" but, upon seeing Kaze's dangerous expression, it quickly held back the words.

However, it inwardly roared in anger, thinking, "Even if you're not a babysitter, you're still a bodyguard!"

"Don't forget, we are linked by chakra," Kaze's tone was calm, but the cold gaze cut into the Nine-Tails like knives.

The Nine-Tails: "!!!"

As it couldn't sense Kaze's thoughts, it had forgotten about this!

Wait a minute, why can Kaze sense its thoughts, but it can't sense Kaze's thoughts?

The Six Paths old man is really unreliable!

No wonder the wish to make people understand each other failed when using this method!

Damn, it turns out it was all useless!

Feeling lazy to deal with this sulky and arrogant fox, Kaze waved his hand to a side of empty space.

In the next moment, Naruto, with a frightened look still in his eyes, appeared beside him.

"Let me go!" Just after appearing there, Naruto maintained the struggling posture from outside.

But he quickly noticed that the surroundings had changed, and Orochimaru, who had been binding him, had disappeared.

"What is this place, Kaze!!!"

Looking around, Naruto saw someone who looked exactly like him but somehow even more handsome than him!

Kaze!

Although it was their first face-to-face encounter, the sense of familiarity, intimacy, and an inexplicable desire for control all reminded Naruto that the person in front of him was his alter ego.

Then, the enormous Nine-Tails behind Kaze also entered Naruto's sight.

"The Nine-Tailed Fox!!!"

"Be careful behind you!!!" Without thinking, Naruto reached out and blocked Kaze in front of him, looking extremely cautious.

In a low voice, he asked, "Kaze, did they find out you've been secretly using the Nine-Tails' chakra?"

"It's fine. That fox looks silly; later, we'll say it's the doing of some lecherous hermit!" Kaze replied.

As Kaze had been using the Nine-Tails' chakra without ever seeing the Nine-Tails, and because Kaze had always claimed that this method wouldn't work for him and he needed more mental tempering, now that both of them were caught in the seal where the Nine-Tails was sealed, Naruto's clever brain quickly figured out the truth.

"Haa~" the Nine-Tails yawned out of boredom.

Without even looking at Naruto, it directly asked Kaze, "You brought this idiot here because you want me to lend him my power so he can go and beat the little snake outside, right?"

With Naruto around, the Nine-Tails acted proud again and spoke in a deep voice.

"That's right, just as you thought. I don't want to be a babysitter or a bodyguard."

Before, going out to fight on Naruto's behalf was to build trust, dependency, and increase the darkening value.

But now, solely relying on proxy fights, the trust and dependency value couldn't increase any further.

Meanwhile, there were more ways to gain corruption points, and Naruto didn't need the proxy fights for that trio.

So, seizing the opportunity while Jiraiya didn't help Naruto master the Nine-Tails' power, Kaze decided to intervene and help Naruto gain preliminary control.

"Lend me your power!" Naruto's face quickly changed from being wary to becoming excited. He turned and grabbed Kaze's arm, hugging him tightly.

"I knew you were a softie under that tough exterior, and you always treat me the best!"

"You must have worked hard for a long time to get the Nine-Tails under control, which is why you brought me here to ask for its chakra!"

"Um, yes, that's right," Kaze's mouth twitched, agreeing with this statement.

Originally, he wanted to push Naruto away, but under the system's message, his action turned into patting Naruto's head.

"After all, I'm your only relative. Outside, we're like fraternal twins."

"If I don't help you, who will?"

[Corruption Points +10,000]

[Current Corruption Points: 11,000]

[Main Personality Trust and Dependency Value: 67 (cannot drop below 50)]

Naruto had just brutally beaten Yura-nin, and since Yura-nin praised his strength as that of a genius, Naruto's corruption points increased by 1,000.

As for the trust and dependency value, it decreased by 5 previously due to Kaze deceiving Naruto about treating Jiraiya.

Indeed, in Naruto's heart, he really wanted to have a blood relative and not be alone!

"Waaah, I finally have a brother! I'm not alone anymore!"

Automatically ignoring the earlier "idiot" and "stinky," Naruto cried with tears and mucus flowing.

The Nine-Tails: ""

It wouldn't even be surprised if this foolish brat disappeared tomorrow!

"Enough, stop crying." Seeing that snot and tears were about to land on him, Kaze frowned with disgust and pushed Naruto away. He then pointed at the Nine-Tails.

"It's time to test the results of your previous mental cultivation."

"Go over to the Nine-Tails. Take as much chakra as you can; it won't stop you."

"You need to grow, Naruto. You can't rely on me to protect you every time you encounter danger."

As he had previously lied to Naruto about going to be scolded, saying it was for his training, now Kaze could use that lie to make Naruto come to the Nine-Tails.

The Nine-Tails looked at Naruto who approached, grinning like it was scaring a child.

"Brat, my power is not something an ordinary person can handle."

"The hatred in it is not any less than the memories that wrap around Kaze. If you take too much, hehehe..."

Hearing the threat from the Nine-Tails, Naruto's face showed a firm expression.

"I'm not afraid. If Kaze can bear it, I will try to bear it too!"

"I can't let my brother bear those memories all the time. I want to help share his burden and relieve his pain!"

As the trust and dependency value increased, Kaze's position in Naruto's heart was not much worse than Sasuke and Sakura's.

"Hmph, ignorant brat!" The Nine-Tails stopped babbling.

A fox tail reached over from behind and then merged completely into Naruto's body.

At the same time, Naruto's face revealed hatred and killing intent, and his eyes turned into light red vertical pupils.

At the exact same moment, outside.

Orochimaru's shuriken had already cut Naruto's neck, and a trace of bright red blood rapidly seeped out.

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