The Ultimate Rat In The World of Ninjas!

Stepping on the stagnant water, Naruto walked to the iron gate, sat down with his right hand on his knee, propped his chin, and looked at the silent Kurama inside the cage.

"Hey, Kurama, I'm sorry, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I was blocked."

"..."

Kurama was helpless, as expected that man dared to leave a gap in the Seal because he had nothing to fear.

Even if his Chakra was leaked, affecting Naruto, or bewitched him successfully, causing Naruto to lose control, Namikaze Minato would show up at the last moment to stop it.

Wait, what is Naruto's attitude?

"Kid, did you do it on purpose just now?"

"Yes." Naruto nodded.

"For the sake of your hard work, let me ask you. What if you succeed? After all, you still have to have dreams."

"..." Kurama almost vomited blood!

Kurama, who had lived for hundreds of years, was actually deceived by a kid?!

"What is your purpose... Namikaze Minato's Chakra? You devoured his Chakra, like mine?"

"What do you want to do, kid?"

Kurama felt as if he couldn't see through this Naruto who he had watched grow up since he was a toddler.

He had a strange attitude as if he knew everything.

And with his weird method of devouring his Chakra, even Kurama couldn't feel where his Chakra had gone.

But now, he deliberately pretended to be deceived by him and tore the seal, the purpose of which was for Chakra of Minato, which he didn't even know.

So, what did this brat want to do?

"Tsk, the water is a bit cold... Hey, Kurama, let's be friends."

"Ah? Kid, are you kidding me?"

"Being friends with tailed beasts?! Hahaha~ Can you humans even treat tailed beasts as friends?"

Kurama lowered his head, approached the door, and stared at Naruto viciously, releasing his terrifying aura and malice in an extremely arrogant and unscrupulous way.

Now he again thought that Namikaze Minato's child was a fool.

Otherwise, how could he say such a naive thing?

"That's right."

Naruto was like a small boat in a storm. Although the sea was choppy, he remained unmoved.

"Stop dreaming! If you treat tailed beasts as your friends, you won't put us in a seal as your ninja weapon! You won't control us with evil power and treat us like pets!"

"You are a liar just like all those humans!!"

"Give up! Brat! When I come out, I will definitely destroy your village and kill all of you!"

"..."

Naruto watched it calmly.

"Sigh~ Then let me ask you this, do you know why you had no friends before you were controlled by Uchiha Madara and sealed by Senju Hashirama?"

"Do you know why after you were born, only the Sage of Six Paths treated you as his children?"

"Do you know why tailed beasts can't make friends with humans?"

"Kurama, do you know why?"

"...How do you know the old man? Also, why do you know my name?!"

Kurama stared at Naruto closely, the irritable mood in his heart calmed down slightly.

"One Tail Shukaku, Two Tails Matatabi, Three Tails Sanbi, Four Tails Sun Wukong, Five Tails Kokuō, Six Tails Saiken, Seven Tails Chōmei, Eight-Tails Gyūki, Nine Tails... Kurama, am I right?"

Naruto counted on his fingers.

The more Kurama heard it, the more shocked he became!

This little kid who had never been out of the village and had always been hated by the villagers because of himself could actually name the nine-tailed beasts!? 

How could this be?!

"How on earth do you know?!"

"The other day I suddenly felt a malicious leak of Chakra... Was it your fault, Kurama?"

Naruto didn't explain but asked Kurama instead.

"So what? Do you think a mere seal can completely seal me? Kid!"

Kurama bared his teeth and spoke.

"Well, anyway, that night, I had a dream."

"In my dream, I saw an old man with horns on his forehead sitting cross-legged on six small black balls..."

"Grandpa..."

Following Naruto's description, Kurama recalled the appearance of the Sage of Six Paths in his mind.

"Then beside him, surrounded by nine animals of different shapes, I saw you, Kurama, I have to say, you were cute when you were young~"

"Shut up!!" Kurama blushed!

He had lived for hundreds of years, and this was the first time someone called him cute! 

He is the strongest existence among tailed beasts!

Outside, humans called him a symbol of disaster! A collection of hate! A Hatred Incarnation!

It would affect his dignity, okay!

"Go on, what else did you see?"

"Oh, yes, and then I heard the old man tell you that one day in the future, there will be a blue-eyed boy who will playfully call out the names of the nine beasts."

"Kurama, you haven't forgotten the prophecy, have you?"

After Naruto finished speaking, he looked at Kurama with a smile.

"Little boy, you mean to say that you are the person in the prophecy?!"

Kurama looked at Naruto with a sneer, dismissive.

Hmph, trying to trick me with this? you're too young, kid!

"Look, look!"

Naruto craned his neck and shouted.

"Look at what?"

Looking at Naruto who was close at hand through an iron gate, Kurama wanted to swallow this little devil in one bite, but unfortunately, the seal was still strong, so it couldn't do it.

"Tsk, look at my eyes! Are they emerald green?"

"...Really? It's too dark here, I can't see clearly."

Kurama turned his head and said with disgust.

"..."

Naruto was speechless, Kurama, you are bad at lying, you need to practice.

"Ah, by the way, I forgot the question just now."

"Kurama, do you know why you tail beasts and humans can't be friends?"

Kurama's ears twitched slightly.

"It's because of the lack of connection, the lack of a bridge to communicate with each other."

"Although the seal trapped you and made you lose your freedom, it also gave you a space to communicate with humans. In the past, everyone was afraid of you, and you were also destroying everything, and the two sides hated each other."

"A channel of communication?"

"Heh! So, we still have to thank you for sealing us?"

Kurama turned around and looked at Naruto with a sneer.

"Thank us or not, it's not up to me." Naruto shook his head.

"Kurama, do you believe it? Among the Jinchūrikis, there are two perfect Jinchūriki. Even if they don't need to be sealed, they become friends, take care of each other, and understand each other."

"Of course, the premise was that they could communicate with each other and talk to each other. Therefore, this was the first step for tailed beasts and humans to understand and trust each other."

"Heh, will the tailed beast trust humans?"

"In that case, let's make a bet."

"Interesting, are you so confident?"

"Yes."

"What bet?"

"Ok…"

Naruto pinched his chin and thought, Killer Bee seemed to be very difficult to meet, and the time they would meet was very late, so what would be the best bet?

"How about... If I win, can you turn into a little fox?"

"Get Lost!!"

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