Izuna, restore the glory of the Uchiha!

Kinkaku and Ginkaku chose a different search direction from Izuna, since they were unfamiliar with the Uchiha's post-battle camping habits, so it was normal for them to choose the wrong direction.

However, due to the Nine-Tails' unexpected actions, they stumbled upon a stroke of good luck.

"I can support myself! Even without Madara Uchiha, I can still survive well."

As dawn broke, while Madara was still fast asleep, Kurama left the warm foot of her bed and embarked on a journey of self-reliance and wandering.

It encouraged itself as it dragged its weary body further and further away.

The Nine-Tailed Fox is currently in a state of utter destitution, and could even be described as possessing a treasure that invites trouble.

In order to defend against the devastating storm rebounded by Madara using dozens of Tailed Beast Balls, the Fire God Seal within his body was squeezed to the extreme, releasing a huge amount of energy in a short period of time to resist the clash.

This energy-consuming form is similar to Naruto's Heavy Particle Mode in the original work, both at the cost of extremely depleting life force and chakra. Therefore, he could not even maintain his original enormous form and could only become like this.

A harmless little fox.

It needs to replenish its chakra and regrow.

Even with all their memories, their minds regress to their initial state due to insufficient brain capacity.

Otherwise, how could a thousand-year-old fox not have made the decision to leave its sanctuary under such circumstances?

Now, let alone Madara, even a group of Chunin with slightly stronger combat abilities could capture it without much effort if they cooperated properly.

After all, having lost the power of chakra and lacking the advantage of its enormous size, it is now merely a nimble fox, very easy to manipulate.

The Nine-Tails, who hadn't lived such an inspiring life in over a thousand years, was almost moved to tears by its own will to reject the protection of others and pursue freedom.

Although Madara treated it equally, giving it good food and drink, aside from being the culprit who beat it to such a state—which, in truth, was actually its own fault—it was practically the greatest good person in the Uchiha clan for thousands of years.

However, freedom is more valuable!

She resolutely left Ban's roof and bravely faced her bleak fox life.

Nine-Tailed Fox stopped and stood on a rock, facing the morning breeze, feeling its fur being ruffled by the wind.

Is this what it feels like to roam the world with a sword, just starting out in the martial arts world?

I've already forgotten what happened back then...

Before Nine-Tails could finish its self-reflection, it was abruptly and rudely interrupted by a commotion.

Not far away, Silverhorn shouted in a voice filled with greed and delight:

"Golden Horn, look what's that?"

not good!

Nine-Tails was truly bewildered this time.

It stood frozen in place, trying to hide its few conspicuous tails behind its back, praying frantically in its heart.

Treat me like a real fox; you can't see me!

"Nine tails... Are they really nine tails? Why have they become so small?"

Other sharp-eyed ninjas continued to raise questions and point fingers.

Not good!

The alarm bells rang loudly in the Nine-Tailed Fox's heart.

"There can't be any mistake!"

Golden Horn laughed loudly.

"Besides the Nine-Tails, no other creature in this vicinity could emit such pure chakra fluctuations, and it's even more impossible for any other wild beast to cause such a commotion."

Although he didn't know why the legendary, invincible Nine-Tails had become this tiny creature.

However, from the perspective of the capture mission alone, this is certainly a great thing.

What a huge amount of effort that saved!

However, even though the Nine-Tails seems harmless now, they dare not make any rash moves.

The terrifying scene is still vivid in my mind; who knows if the fox in front of me is just pretending to be weak while actually being strong?

"Ignorant humans, leave at once!"

Nine-Tailed Fox tried to appear calm, baring its teeth and emitting what it considered a very intimidating threat.

The Golden Horn and Silver Horn remained unmoved, and were even more excited.

"Set up the formation!"

In just a few breaths, the well-trained ninjas quickly spread out and surrounded the Nine-Tails tightly in the center.

hateful.

Nine-Tailed Roared in its heart, but at this moment, it could do nothing but bare its teeth and bluff.

Even so, it could not give up the fight.

"What? Do you want to become part of the ruins too?"

The more Nine-Tails acted with a fierce yet restrained tone, using words without actually fighting, the more at ease Gold Horn and Silver Horn felt.

"Can you really do that?"

The sharp sarcasm pierced the heart of the nine-tailed fox like a knife, making it look ugly.

The group's intentions were quite clear: they wanted to take advantage of the situation and seize it!

Seeing that Nine-Tailed Fox remained silent, Silver Horn became even more arrogant and raised the red gourd in his hand.

"Come into this gourd obediently, and you'll be spared any physical pain, little fox."

The crowd slowly approached, and the encirclement grew smaller and smaller.

It's all that Madara's fault, otherwise how would he have ended up in the hands of these bastards...

Ok?

斑?

Nine-Tailed Fox was suddenly startled, then a brilliant idea struck it.

Yes, freckles!

Now that we've signed that damn contract, it's time to officially fulfill our after-sales service obligations!

"Then don't blame me for warning you!"

Nine-Tailed Fox snorted coldly, its eyes turning cunning. It bit its claw and slammed it to the ground.

"Reverse psychic abilities!"

……

Standing in the earthen house, Madara was fully armed and had just given Izuna a brief account of what had happened in the past two days.

"The Nine-Tails has shrunk?"

This sounds unbelievable.

"Indeed."

Spot nodded and pointed to the messy blanket at the foot of the bed.

"It slept there last night and ate half a roast goose."

Izuna's expression was somewhat strange, but the situation was urgent, and he didn't have time to express his feelings about his older brother's pet-keeping behavior.

"Where is it now?"

Ban stroked his chin and thought for a while, then finally helplessly spread his hands.

"They've probably left."

Izuna was even more puzzled.

The Nine-Tails' strength has greatly diminished. Instead of staying put and being protected, it's running around aimlessly. Is it just bored and asking for trouble?

Ban had certainly considered this as well. He paced around the earthen house and finally made his decision.

"I'll go look for it now; it should still be around here, not far..."

However, he didn't finish his sentence.

bang——

A puff of white smoke flashed by, and Ban's tall figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

Izuna was stunned.

He turned his head, unable to understand who had such power to forcibly summon Uchiha Madara right under his nose...

His gaze fell upon the enormous psychic scroll.

Could it be... Nine-Tailed Inui?

……

Madara appeared on the battlefield unexpectedly.

He was surrounded by a circle of fully armed, menacing ninjas, and at his feet was the fox he had just been worried about, now trembling with fear.

It seems that it is indeed in trouble.

Nine-Tailed Fox was overjoyed because it had finally grasped at a straw.

"spot!"

Its tone had never been so warm.

Its fondness for the freckles soared to its peak at that moment.

"Look at them!"

The Nine-Tails looked aggrieved and shrank further behind Madara.

Ban glanced at him, nodded, and then slowly raised his eyelids.

He pulled out a round fan from his back, waved it downwards, and stirred up a cloud of dust.

"You...you want to capture my summoned beast?"

Six Paths, Nine-Tails has never felt so safe and so pleasant about the words "summoning beast" as it does today.