Chapter 13: Taming the Nine-Tails

The Nine-Tails was scheming as it eyed Anlan, calculating that as soon as the seal was undone, it would pounce and tear Anlan to shreds, leaving nothing behind.

"Let's see, how do I open this? I think it's like this..." Anlan pretended to be a novice, his hands fumbling around the seal.

"There, there! No, not that way! Your hand is off!"

"At the top! The very top! Just tear off the charm on the pillar!"

"Ugh! How can you not even tear off a simple charm?"

The Nine-Tails was instructing Anlan, its anxiety evident as it scratched the ground with its claws, tearing up the earth.

Seeing the Nine-Tails so exasperated, Anlan secretly chuckled.

Trick him? Ha, you're two thousand years too early for that!

After teasing the Nine-Tails for a good five or six minutes, Anlan finally felt satisfied and stopped.

"Why did you stop tearing it off?" the Nine-Tails asked urgently.

"Well... I suddenly don't feel like letting you out anymore."

"Pfft!" The Nine-Tails almost spat out blood!

So, you were just toying with me all this time? Trying to provoke me?

"Although I don't want to let you out yet, I can expand your cage a bit," Anlan said.

Having raised pets before, Anlan was quite familiar with the habits of tailed beasts. Why do tailed beasts hate their Jinchuriki so much and constantly try to get them to undo the seals?

The reason is simple: being confined in a cage for decades or even centuries would drive any creature mad, even a house cat!

Tailed beasts are naturally free-roaming creatures. They roam the world, drinking from waterfalls and bathing in lakes. The entire world is their playground. But being a Jinchuriki is like being in a tiny cage, passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years, with no hope of freedom.

In modern society, this would be considered pet abuse, subject to public outrage!

The Eight Trigrams Seal that confined the Nine-Tails was dark and narrow, worse than a pigsty. Inside, it couldn't even stand up fully and could only lie down.

Given such harsh conditions, of course the Nine-Tails was furious.

"System, is there a way to expand the Nine-Tails' cage?"

"Ding! 50,000 Ryo have been deducted to enlarge the cage by 500 times."

With a flash of white light, the Nine-Tails' cage instantly expanded by 500 times!

The Nine-Tails felt a cool breeze below it, and the oppressive feeling above its head vanished.

"Huh?" The Nine-Tails raised its head in surprise. "What's going on? Why did the cage get bigger?"

It didn't understand what had happened but was thrilled. It stood up straight, on two legs!

"Calm down, let's talk," Anlan said, wiping his sweat. The Nine-Tails was really going stir-crazy, standing on two legs out of excitement!

"Zzzz—" Purple and blue chakra gathered in front of the Nine-Tails' mouth, forming two massive Tailed Beast Bombs!

In its excitement, the Nine-Tails fired off two Tailed Beast Bombs.

"I did this for you. Although I haven't let you out completely, with the cage this size, you should feel much freer, right?"

The Nine-Tails nodded vigorously. It felt a lot freer! In a cage 500 times larger, it could even practice its ninja skills inside!

After being confined for decades, it could finally move freely!

"Boss! Anlan! Thank you! You're the best Jinchuriki! I, Kurama, acknowledge you!"

The Nine-Tails jumped around excitedly, continuously spitting out Tailed Beast Bombs in celebration.

Anlan felt a wave of stomach pain. "Good, just behave in my stomach. Maybe one day I'll even find you a female Nine-Tails."

"Thank you, boss! Boss, long live!"

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom!"

...

Exiting the mental space, Anlan wiped his forehead, feeling amused. If people knew taming the Nine-Tails was this easy, the Jinchuriki who died tragically in history would probably turn in their graves.

...

"System, open the menu! I need to add some products!"

After dealing with the Nine-Tails, Anlan wasted no time and immediately focused on the restaurant's development. After all, lunchtime was approaching.

If he didn't prepare some good dishes, how could he reward Team 7 for their hard work? After all, Naruto and Sakura's money went straight to his pockets.

...

"What kind of dishes would you like to purchase?" the system asked.

"We already have breakfast, soup, and rice. Now we need some main courses. Let's add a main course!"

The system's menu featured items from various worlds, but Anlan primarily chose from "Cooking Master Boy," "Food Wars," and "Toriko."

For no other reason than that the dishes from these worlds are impressive.

Dishes like stir-fried green pepper and pork, while cheap, lack impact, so Anlan didn't consider them.

"Toriko's" fantasy cuisine had astronomical prices, so it was also out of consideration.

Anlan needed dishes that were both attractive and reasonably priced.

After some searching, Anlan settled on a dish: Boeuf Bourguignon.

This dish was first made by Soma Yukihira in "Food Wars" during his first class at Totsuki Academy.

It's a classic French dish, characterized by using Burgundy red wine, broth, and spices to braise the meat for four hours.

Though a common dish in French cuisine, in the ninja world, it's extremely rare.

And the best part, this dish only cost 100,000 Ryo, just within Anlan's budget.

"The restaurant needs a meat-based main course, system, let's go with this one!"

After selecting the purchase option, the system began processing the ingredients, and within ten minutes, the beef was cleaned and prepped.

"Would you like to purchase any other dishes?" the system inquired.

"No, not for now. I'm a bit tight on money. Let's add a few skills instead."

Currently, Anlan had mastered a full set of cooking techniques and a cooking glow buff.

But that clearly wasn't enough.

Cooking a Boeuf Bourguignon takes a full four hours, and by the time Anlan finished, all the customers would be gone.

He needed to shorten the cooking time.

Opening the system menu, he found the section dedicated to restaurant owners.