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Jiraiya held his breath, his voice muffled as he said, "He's no child, but a demon wrapped in a boy's skin!"
Wujie smiled and inclined his head towards Jiraiya, "Thank you for your praise. After all, what we aim to do is not something a weak youth can achieve."
Jiraiya took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.
At this moment, Naruto, unable to wait any longer, tugged at the corner of his clothes and asked pleadingly, "Pervy Sage, who exactly are my parents? Everyone always calls me the son of the demon fox, but they're wrong. I have parents too, right?"
A mischievous smile played on Wujie's lips, and he was just about to interject when Tsunade shot him a fierce glare. Wujie could only raise his hands in surrender.
Jiraiya's gaze towards Naruto softened. "Of course, you certainly have parents, and they were both great heroes of the village! Naruto, your parents are the Fourth Hokage couple, Minato Namikaze and his wife, Kushina Uzumaki!"
Naruto said blankly, "My parents are the Fourth Hokage couple? I'm not the son of the demon fox... I am... the child of heroes..."
Jiraiya nodded forcefully, "Yes, Naruto, you are the child of heroes."
"Pervy Sage..." Naruto, overcome with mixed emotions, looked at Jiraiya, his eyes gradually becoming moist.
And this time, no one could stop Wujie from interjecting. "Naruto, have you already forgiven the person who had filthy thoughts about your mother so quickly? Jiraiya kept it from you all this time precisely because he has a guilty conscience, doesn't he?"
"Ugh..." Naruto's expression instantly changed, and he immediately became conflicted.
"I told you I didn't peep on Kushina!"
"Then whose did you peep on?"
"I....."
"Don't tell me you haven't peeped on anyone."
Jiraiya's face contorted like a bitter gourd. He looked at the conflicted Naruto; the tender scene that had just appeared vanished completely.
And just at this moment, Little Shukaku,¹ who had been quiet all along, suddenly shouted excitedly, "Hahaha! Finally connected! Stinky Fox!² This Great Shukaku is here!!!"
Wujie looked doubtfully at the excited Little Shukaku and asked it, "What? What's connected?"
Little Shukaku was very anxious now and quickly replied, "This Great Shukaku has connected to the Stinky Fox's seal space! That little brat doesn't know how to use spiritual power at all; this Great Shukaku easily broke through his defenses! Wait, I know what you're thinking, it's just for chatting, don't think too much. Alright, stop bothering me, this Great Shukaku is going to show off properly to the Stinky Fox... Ahem, properly catch up on old times~~"
Wujie suddenly understood. No wonder Little Shukaku had been so quiet from the beginning; it turned out it had been trying to find a way to mock the Nine-Tails all along.
The Nine-Tails, also known as Kurama, and Shukaku couldn't stand each other, but they didn't truly hate each other to the point of wanting the other dead.
This relationship was somewhat like Naruto and Sasuke, or Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
So now that Little Shukaku was living well, it naturally wanted to go see its little friend, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, Kurama, who was still imprisoned.
Wujie's eyes narrowed slightly, and a super mischievous idea suddenly popped into his head. He then said to Shukaku, "Can you display what's happening in the seal space?"
"Huh? Why would this Great Shukaku do that?" Little Shukaku was puzzled.
So that means it's possible. Wujie then explained, "After all, we're also curious about how Tailed Beasts communicate with each other. And, you can also let everyone see how miserable... the Nine-Tails' current situation is, can't you?"
As soon as Wujie said this, Little Shukaku's eyes immediately lit up. That's right! It absolutely must let everyone see how miserable the Stinky Fox is!
Thinking this, Little Shukaku immediately puffed out its chest and agreed, "No problem! Leave it to me!"
After speaking, it closed its eyes and sat there like a doll. Then, a misty holographic image gradually appeared before everyone.
And everyone indeed focused their attention. Just as said before, humans understood too little about Tailed Beasts; they were genuinely curious about the interactions between them.
"How is it, can everyone see?" Shukaku, tens of meters tall, appeared in the image. Surrounding it was a seemingly endless desert. The oasis in the distance was full of vibrant life, the azure sky was cloudless, birds skimmed through the air—everything was so spacious and bright.
Wujie nodded, "We can see it. But where's the Nine-Tails? Weren't you looking for it?"
Before Shukaku could reply, an extremely angry voice came from the side, "Stinky Tanuki!³ If you dare turn the camera over here, I will absolutely kill you! Absolutely!!!"
Shukaku, being threatened, thought for a moment, then suddenly let out an "Eh?" and directly panned the camera over.
And at this moment, what entered everyone's view was a dark and damp space. There was no sunlight here at all. The Nine-Tails was imprisoned behind a giant iron gate, the cell incredibly small, only allowing it to lie prone inside. There was even a thick layer of accumulated water on the ground, making one seriously wonder if staying soaked in it all the time would cause foot diseases or something...
The Nine-Tails, realizing what had happened, turned its stiff neck and looked up, only to see everyone in the sky looking at it with expressions of pity...
Where is the dignity of this Great Nine-Tails!!!
The Nine-Tails instantly blushed red and frantically slammed against the sealing iron gate!
Thump thump thump!!!!!
"Stinky Tanuki!! I'm going to kill you! Kill you, aaah!!!!!"
Shukaku was currently standing right in front of the Nine-Tails, but the Nine-Tails, blocked by the sealing iron gate, couldn't touch it at all.
With the boundary between the Nine-Tails and Shukaku, Shukaku's side was a vast, boundless desert, while the Nine-Tails' side was a dark, damp prison cell.
Shukaku lay on the ground, clutching its stomach, laughing non-stop, "Ahahahahaha!!! Stinky Fox! Never thought you'd see this day! Look! What kind of life is this Great Shukaku living now? Over there, even your fur must be soaked and rotten! Don't tell me you don't even have a toilet! Ahahahaha!!!"
Swallow you whole! The Nine-Tails gritted its teeth, wishing it could swallow Shukaku whole.
But it simply couldn't. It could only turn its head away resentfully, its mouth full of sour words, "Hmph, what's there to be happy about with such fake things? In the end, no matter how nice your side looks, isn't it still within a seal space? Without freedom, how are you any different from me! You're actually happy about such things? Hahaha, have you been tamed by humans!? Truly pathetic, Stinky Tanuki!"
Hearing this, the smile on Shukaku's face vanished. It sat up, sighed, and then pointed towards the image hanging in the sky for the Nine-Tails to see.
The Nine-Tails looked up doubtfully, and its expression instantly stiffened, its eyes widening like copper bells...
Little Shukaku was outside, grinning and waving at it!!
And that Stinky Tanuki was even eating sizzling, oily, large slices of meat!!!!!!!
Ahahahahahaaaaaaahahaha!!!! Shukaku collapsed to the ground, laughing hysterically!
Kurama.
Completely broken!
"%#¥...@....D@%#!!!!" Kurama suddenly spewed a torrent of vulgarities, truly unbearable to hear.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!! Why can you go out!!! Humans! Quickly lock it back up! Quickly lock it back up, ah!!!" The Nine-Tails frantically thrashed around in its cell, but unfortunately, the Uzumaki clan's Eight Trigrams Seal was simply too sturdy. Even when Naruto was just an infant, it couldn't escape, let alone now.
The more Kurama thrashed, the more bewildered it became, and the angrier it got!
Its eyes red, it lifted its head and roared at Naruto, "Hey!! Brat!!! I want the same things as it! I also want to live in a spacious and bright place! I also want to go out! I also want to eat! Give it to me! Give it to me, ah!!!"
Being outdone by Shukaku—this was even more unbearable than being killed!
But just as Kurama finished shouting, Naruto pouted and refused, "I don't want to! My mom and dad were the Fourth Hokage couple, which means they were both killed by you! You just stay in there obediently and accept your punishment! And during the Chunin Exams, didn't you refuse to lend me your power!? You even said you looked down on me, called me an ignorant little brat who knows nothing! You're the bad fox who killed my mom and dad! I don't want to talk to you anymore!"
Well said!
A satisfied smile finally appeared on Wujie's face.
Yes, don't pay any more attention to the Nine-Tails. It's the great enemy who killed your parents. To connect hearts with your great enemy, become a perfect Jinchuriki or something... Don't even think about it!!!
At this moment, Jiraiya's heart also suddenly filled with a sense of foreboding. Comparing the current relationship between Naruto and the Nine-Tails with the relationship between Wujie and Shukaku, he instantly understood what had happened!
Jiraiya, reacting, immediately struck out with a palm, dispersing Little Shukaku with a thump. The image displayed before everyone lost its sustenance and instantly vanished.
The scattered sand re-formed into Little Shukaku. It angrily raised its fist towards Jiraiya, "Hey! What do you think you're doing, you bastard! Want to fight!? This Great Shukaku has disliked you for a long time!"
The others also looked complainingly at Jiraiya. Before this, no one knew what the relationship between the Tailed Beasts was really like. Now that they finally knew the First Tail and Nine-Tails were mortal enemies with a terrible relationship, they hadn't seen enough yet!
Jiraiya's face was as dark as water. He stared at Wujie and said, "Is this your objective!? You're driving a wedge between Naruto and the Tailed Beast precisely to prevent Naruto from drawing out the Tailed Beast's power, to stop him from posing a threat to you! Naruto's mother is Kushina Uzumaki! He's your clansman! Are you that heartless!?"
"I don't have such clansmen who don't even know what an Uzumaki is," Wujie shook his head. However, his objective had already been achieved. It didn't matter if he didn't see the scene of Kurama and Little Shukaku's love-hate relationship. He said to Little Shukaku, "Since someone doesn't want to watch, then forget it. Thanks for your trouble."
Little Shukaku's anger subsided somewhat, then it snorted 'hmph' at Jiraiya. "Sooner or later, I'll let you see how powerful this Great Shukaku is! I'm going to go play with the Stinky Fox again."
After speaking, Little Shukaku re-entered the seal space within Naruto's body.