Naruto, what kind of Hokage would you be if you didn't roll around!

"You, what did you say?!"

Naruto laughed and said, "Isn't that right?"

"Like me, although I may be affected by other people's indifference and hostility for a while, I quickly put it out of my mind!"

"I do want recognition from others, but it's for my own dreams, not to please others!"

"I do want to protect the people I care about, but that's also because doing so makes me feel happy and at peace, isn't it?"

"If that's the case, then I'm the one who's more self-centered."

"You're just too concerned about what others think!"

Evil Naruto roared in fury: "Nonsense! What kind of twisted logic is this!"

"Hmm, maybe it is indeed a fallacy, but it works for me!"

"Alright, you've been living too hard. You should get some rest..."

Naruto gave a sudden, powerful push, actually shoving the figure of the evil Naruto away from him!

"you……"

Naruto waved his hand dismissively, turned around abruptly, and strode away from the Real Waterfall.

The figure of the evil Naruto receded further and further into the distance, as if falling into an endless abyss. Despite his desperate struggle, he could no longer catch up with the real Naruto...

slam-la-

At that moment, Naruto heard the roar of the waterfall again in his ears.

This also means that he has truly returned to the present world.

"Naruto!"

Killer Bee, Hozuki Suigetsu, Ao, Nozomi, and the others couldn't help but call out.

"So, have you seen your dark side?"

"Idiot, bastard!"

Naruto turned around and smiled: "Ah, I see you."

Everyone couldn't help but become curious.

"and then?"

Naruto scratched his head: "Well, I talked to him, so he probably won't show up again..."

Kirabi couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Oh? You've completely suppressed your dark side so quickly?"

"Naruto, you really do have a power hidden within you that's greater than mine!"

"Idiot, bastard, oh yeah!"

Naruto shook his head: "Actually, no, I was almost led astray by that guy too..."

"Fortunately, a friend reminded me..."

Upon hearing the word "friend," the nine-tailed fox inside the body twitched its ears and its pupils dilated instantly.

Killer Bee and the others also frowned.

"Friends?"

"How can friends appear during such a spiritual trial?"

Naruto smiled and said, "Let's keep it a secret!"

Kirabi did not press the matter further.

"very good!"

"Naruto, you've passed the trial of the Waterfall of Truth. Now you can enter the secret realm and train in Tailed Beast Mode with me! You idiot, you bastard!"

Hozuki Suigetsu and the others wanted to follow, but Killer Bee stopped them.

"I'm sorry, this is a forbidden area of ​​Kumogakure. No one except me and Naruto can enter."

"Oh yeah!"

Hozuki Suigetsu and the others exchanged glances, but did not force anything, and nodded to wait outside.

Killer Bee led Naruto into the actual training room.

This is a very strange space.

It seemed as if it was completely sealed by the barrier.

The walls on all four sides were smooth and shimmered with iridescent light.

Killer Bee explained, "This is the place where people train in Tailed Beast Mode. It has been protected by the strongest barrier set up by the Hidden Cloud Village over the generations, and no one can break it!"

Naruto looked around, his curiosity piqued.

"So, how do you train for Tailed Beast Mode?"

Kirabi then delivered another rap.

"It's very difficult in some ways, but also very simple in others!"

"As long as we break the seal on the Tailed Beasts, we can have a thrilling battle with them!"

"After defeating the tailed beast, just forcibly extract its chakra and turn it into your own!"

"That is to say..."

"Tug-of-war!"

"Idiot, bastard, oh yeah!"

Naruto seemed to understand but not quite: "Release the seal, defeat the tailed beast, extract the chakra..."

"Ah, I understand!"

Killer Bee said, "Naruto, this is your brother's order. I will lend you a hand, but in the end, you'll have to rely on yourself!"

"Oh! I understand! Thank you, Uncle Bi!"

Killer Bee then said, "Let's bump fists, Naruto!"

"Ow!"

The two men extended their fists and gently touched them together.

Wave--

With a soft sound, Naruto instantly reappeared in the mental space.

Before them stood the cage where the nine-tailed fox demon was imprisoned and sealed.

"Nine Lamas..."

"Thank you so much for earlier!"

Nine-Lama: "Hmph, I told you, don't spout such nonsense!"

"Do you think I don't know?"

"The so-called Tailed Beast Mode is about taking my chakra and power for myself!"

"Naruto, in the end, all you want is my power!"

Naruto couldn't help but complain.

"Nine-Ra, do you still say such things even now?!"

"You know better than anyone how much effort I put into getting rid of you!"

"I remember you said back then that you were asking me why I didn't use your power, and you even complained that you looked down on your power!"

"You've become a completely different person again!"

Kurama sneered, "You underestimated my power before!"

"But that doesn't mean I'm willing to hand over my power to you humans!"

"The so-called Jinchuriki are nothing more than evidence that humans treat Tailed Beasts as tools and slaves!"

Naruto remained silent for a moment.

“You’re right, Nine-Lama.”

"No one agrees with this more than I do..."

"Moreover, tools and slaves are not limited to tailed beasts; the same applies to jinchūriki..."

"On the way here, Xi told us about Uncle Chirabi's ordeal."

"Although he is now a perfect Jinchūriki and is revered by everyone, he was also hostile to the entire village when he was a child. They threw dirty water at him, threw vegetable leaves at him, and everyone shouted to beat him. But Uncle Bi didn't care at all. He still walked down the street singing his incomprehensible rap, and didn't care what others thought of him."

"In the end, we are all cursed by fate..."

Kurama snorted, "So why do you still need my power now?!"

Naruto was equally puzzled.

"Kurama, you lost the bet with me before, and you were the one who said you could lend me your power!"

"It wasn't me who said that!"

Nine Lama said, "I can lend it, but you can't take it!"

Naruto:"……"

Just as the human and the fox were locked in combat, Killer Bee suddenly appeared in the mental space.

"Yo!"

"Naruto, you actually know the Nine-Tailed Fox's name?!"

"Incredible! Generally speaking, only those who have become perfect Jinchūriki would address each other like that!"

"Idiot, bastard, oh yeah!"

Naruto smiled and said, "Ah, it was Shichimei the Seven-Tails who told me this before."

"Not only the Nine-Tails, but I also know the Eight-Tails' name. It's Uncle Ushioni, right?"

The voice of the Eight-Tailed Gyūki came from Killer Bee's body.

"good."

"Naruto, it seems your progress is far beyond our expectations..."

"So, Kurama has actually already accepted you, hasn't he?"

Kurama suddenly said in a deep voice, "Shut up! Eight-tailed Fox!"

"It's none of your business!"

The eight-tailed ox-demon was not afraid.

"Nine-Ra, even though you're sealed away, you still have such a foul mouth?"

"If you truly accept Naruto, why do you still insist on this kind of training?"

Nine Lama angrily retorted, "Because I am different from you!"

"I will not willingly become a slave to humans!"

Naruto suddenly said, "Not a servant."

"Kurama, you should know very well that our common enemy is the Akatsuki organization, that bastard who calls himself Uchiha Madara. Now I need your power to become stronger and more confident in killing those guys!"

"However, I can assure you..."

"Once we've taken care of those bastards, I'll definitely set you free!"

Nine Lama's expression changed.

"Set me free?"

That means you'll die!

"Who would believe such nonsense?!"