"Impossible! This is absolutely fake!"
Inside the sealing space, Kurama's roar still echoed, but anyone could hear the feigned toughness within it.
Its pair of giant blood-red beast eyes stared intently at the image of itself disappearing in the light screen, its gaze extremely complex.
Shock, doubt, anger, and a hint of... emotion, which even it was unwilling to admit.
Sacrifice itself for a human?
How could such a thing happen to it, who had always hated humans?
Yet, everything in the light screen was so real.
The tacit understanding of fighting alongside Naruto, the bond of mutual trust, and even the resolute acceptance of death at the end... all made it feel a stir from the depths of its soul.
"Hey, you stinky fox!"
Naruto wiped away his tears and suddenly shouted at Kurama: "Although I don't know what that Baryon Mode is, but... but you looked pretty cool at the end!"
Kurama's roar stopped abruptly.
It stared blankly at the golden-haired boy outside the cage, whose face was streaked with tears but who was smiling like an idiot.
"Hmph! Stupid brat!" Kurama tsundere-ly turned its head and snorted coldly, "This great one has always been cool! Do I need you to tell me?"
Although it said so, the violent aura in its heart had unknowingly dissipated by more than half.
Looking at the boy in front of it, it seemed to truly see the future Seventh Hokage who would be able to stand on his own and bump fists with it.
"Alright, the movie's over, and the Thoughts have been shared."
Hansen clapped his hands, breaking the slightly warm atmosphere.
"Next, it's time to get down to business."
He took a step and walked straight towards the giant sealing gate.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Naruto shouted nervously.
"Human! Do you want to undo the seal?!" Kurama also growled vigilantly.
Although its perception of Naruto had changed, it still had little affection for other humans.
"Undo the seal? No, no, no." Hansen shook his head and walked to the iron gate, "I'm just here to... borrow something."
With that, he ignored the talisman on the door emitting powerful sealing energy and directly passed his hand through the cold iron bars, placing it on Kurama's furry nose.
At that instant, Kurama only felt an indescribable pressure, as if from a higher-dimensional life form, pouring into its body through the other's palm.
Its mountain-like Tailed Beast body was unable to resist even a little in front of this power!
"Ding! Contacted replicable target 'Nine-Tails Kurama'!"
"'Tailed Beast Bomb (SSR)': Description omitted."
"'Yang Release (SSR)': Contains ultimate Yang Release power, possessing the ability to bestow life and super-speed regeneration, one of the fundamental forces that constitute all creation."
"'Tailed Beast Body · Nine-Tails (SSR)': A polymer of massive Chakra, possessing nearly infinite Chakra and extremely strong recovery ability. Rapid consumption of life force and Chakra can activate 'Baryon Mode'."
"'Malice Perception (SSR)': Able to clearly perceive and lock onto negative emotions such as malice, hatred, and jealousy from all things in the world."
"Copying abilities..."
"Successfully copied SSR-level abilities: 'Tailed Beast Bomb' Lv1, 'Yang Release' Lv1, 'Tailed Beast Body · Nine-Tails' Lv1, 'Malice Perception' Lv1!"
"Current ability slots occupied: 4/30."
"Consuming..."
"Ding! Copied abilities 'Tailed Beast Bomb (SSR)', 'Yang Release · Life Authority (SSR)', 'Tailed Beast Body · Nine-Tails (SSR)', 'Malice Perception (SSR)' have reached max level, integrated into the main body as inherent abilities, releasing ability slot occupation!"
"Current ability slots occupied: 0/30."
A series of system prompts sounded in Hansen's mind, and the Nine-Tails' power was instantly refined.
The power, which was vast and boundless for a ninja, flowed into Hansen's divine power system like a trickling stream.
Feeling the power system of this world becoming more complete, he nodded with satisfaction.
As expected of the Nine-Tails.
Both the quality and strength of its abilities far exceeded those of the One-Tails Shukaku before.
"So that's how it is..." Hansen mused.
He could feel that the Nine-Tails' power was essentially of the same origin as Shukaku's, both coming from the higher-level Ten-Tails.
But when the Sage of Six Paths divided the Ten-Tails, it was clearly not an even distribution.
It was probably—One-Tails one share, Nine-Tails one share; Two-Tails one share, Nine-Tails two shares; Three-Tails one share, Nine-Tails three shares... This led to the huge power gap between ordinary Tailed Beasts and the Nine-Tails.
After copying the abilities, Hansen withdrew his hand.
Kurama held its breath, then felt a wave of anticlimax.
It's over?
It could clearly sense that no matter what this man did to it, its own strength was not affected.
So... that's it?
Did you come in?
Didn't feel anything!
Hansen:???
I advise you, male fox that can't transform into a human, to behave yourself!
"Alright, I'm done." Hansen clapped his hands and turned to look at Naruto, "You two should get along well from now on. Stop fighting all the time, it's childish."
With that, without waiting for the human and the fox to react, his consciousness directly exited the sealing space.
Naruto & Kurama: "..." x 2
The human and the fox exchanged glances, then, with great tacit agreement, turned their heads to the other side.
For a moment, a subtle atmosphere gradually spread within the sealing space... Mount Myōboku.
In just a breath's time, Hansen opened his eyes.
He glanced at Naruto, who was still in a daze beside him, and then at the group of trembling toads not far away.
"Alright, business is done, I should go now."
He nodded to the Great Toad Sage, as if to say goodbye.
"Thanks for the hospitality, the air here is quite nice."
Before his words finished, his figure twisted at its original spot, like ripples spreading from a stone dropped into water, instantly disappearing without a trace.
Dimensional Walk!
It wasn't until Hansen's aura completely vanished that the toads of Mount Myōboku breathed a sigh of relief, collapsing to the ground one by one, as if they had just fought a great battle.
"Elder, That Lord... is gone?" Shima Sage asked tremblingly.
"Gone..." The Great Toad Sage wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his voice still filled with reverence, "This existence has exceeded the scope of this old one's prophecy... His appearance, I wonder if it is a blessing or a curse for this world..."
Jiraiya also had a solemn expression; he completely failed to understand everything that had just happened.
Just then, Naruto beside him suddenly jumped up, his face flushed with excitement.
"I saw it! I saw it!"
"What did you see? Little Naruto?" Fukasaku Sage was bewildered.
"I became Hokage!!" Naruto gesticulated excitedly, "I really became Hokage! And I was super cool! Everyone acknowledged me, believe it! Hahaha!"
All the toads:???
This child, could it be that he was stimulated just now and his mind broke?
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