Due to the excessive amount of chakra, Kurama's size expanded to nearly one and a half times that of the Ten-Tails.
That colossal body alone was enough to make anyone who saw it feel chills down their spine.
Even Naruto found the sight a bit absurd.
Kurama's nine massive fox tails had finally reached the level described in the original records.
With a single swing, heaven and earth could shatter!
After absorbing the chakra of the final Nine-Tails fragment, Kurama used his chakra to wrap up the nine smaller Nine-Tails and sent them toward Naruto.
Those nine little Nine-Tails were already scared out of their wits.
Naruto was quite satisfied with Kurama's actions.
After absorbing their chakra, Kurama did not turn hostile. Instead, he returned the smaller Nine-Tails.
This proved that Kurama was genuinely serious about honoring their deal.
Naruto said to Kurama, "You can keep these little Nine-Tails for now. I may ask for them later if I need them."
"Alright," Kurama replied, manipulating his chakra to move the little Nine-Tails away.
After that, Kurama began condensing chakra.
An enormous mass of crimson chakra continuously gathered in midair.
The chakra was so dense it actually began to solidify into blocks.
"What is that…?" Naruto frowned slightly, staring at the object Kurama was forming high above.
He thought to himself, Is it something like the chakra necklace Senju Hashirama once created?
Hashirama's chakra necklace was essentially a form of chakra crystal.
Only an unimaginably massive amount of chakra could condense into such a substance.
The current Naruto could do it.
And so could Kurama.
Under Naruto's gaze, the chakra crystal slowly grew larger.
Eventually, it formed into a long rhomboid shape—about one finger thick and two fingers wide.
Whoosh!
The chakra crystal, made purely from Nine-Tails chakra, was tossed toward Naruto by Kurama.
Naruto raised his hand and caught it, carefully examining it.
Kurama explained, "This is this old one's chakra crystal."
"With your current level of chakra consumption, it should last you a very long time."
Holding the warm, jade-like Nine-Tails chakra crystal, Naruto nodded slightly.
"Not bad."
This way, he wouldn't need to draw directly from Kurama every time.
But Kurama wasn't finished.
After Naruto stored the crystal, Kurama spoke again. "You should find a blank scroll."
"A blank scroll?" Naruto asked, confused. "What for?"
The Land of Snow certainly wasn't known for having such things lying around.
Kurama explained, "This old one currently possesses too much chakra. Remaining inside your seal for too long will affect your body."
"So we'll need a blank scroll, inscribe a chakra seal, and establish a contract."
Naruto understood immediately.
Kurama was underestimating him.
Even if Kurama gained five more Nine-Tails' worth of chakra, it still wouldn't burden Naruto in the slightest.
Simply put, Kurama wanted freedom.
Naruto wasn't surprised.
Kurama had been imprisoned for far too long.
And the last time he had finally gained freedom, he was ambushed while sleeping by Uchiha Itachi—that sly bastard—and forcibly sealed back into Naruto's body.
The current Kurama still longed deeply for freedom.
Naruto had no intention of stopping him.
To Naruto, Kurama was both a business partner and a friend.
As long as Kurama didn't interfere with his own chakra usage, Naruto didn't care how he acted.
Kurama's request for a blank scroll was essentially to create something similar to a summoning contract.
This would allow Naruto to summon Kurama anytime, anywhere.
Naruto didn't refuse.
He told Kurama to wait, opened his Kagura Shingan, and swiftly retrieved a scroll from a nearby location.
After returning and handing it over, Kurama immediately began drawing seals.
Before long, a summoning scroll specifically for Kurama was completed.
After Naruto confirmed everything was correct, he bit his finger and signed it in blood.
At that moment, a connection was formed between them.
Invisibly, Naruto sensed the nature of the summoning contract Kurama had created.
He was genuinely surprised—Kurama was actually willing to become his summoned beast.
The establishment of Snow Ninja Village might very well signal the arrival of a new era in the ninja world.
Of course, the Four Great Shinobi Villages still hadn't fully grasped the importance of this development.
They only knew that Naruto had founded a ninja village—but they had no idea what his true objective was.
The system had already issued Naruto a mission.
After reviewing it, Naruto felt it was acceptable and chose to carry it out.
Unify the ninja world.
It sounded difficult—and in reality, it truly was.
Despite Naruto's overwhelming strength, unifying the ninja world wasn't something that could be done casually.
The world consisted not only of the Four Great Shinobi Villages, but also countless smaller ninja villages.
If Naruto visited them one by one and tried to win them over peacefully, it would take months at the very least.
And it would be incredibly troublesome, with endless unexpected complications.
So Naruto devised a simpler plan.
First, establish a ninja village and use that as a pretext to invite the Four Great Shinobi Villages.
Then unify the Four Great Shinobi Villages first.
After that, use their combined power to absorb all the smaller villages.
Much simpler.
And Naruto could stay at home instead of running around.
After sending out the invitations, Naruto used all the Nine-Tails cards in his system inventory.
At this point, Kurama's strength had already reached a level capable of contending with Six Paths–level powerhouses.
A few days later, representatives from the Four Great Shinobi Villages, along with envoys from several smaller villages, arrived in the Land of Snow.
Under the arrangements of the Daimyo's manor and Karin, they were temporarily housed in inns.
However, some people were clearly restless.
They secretly sneaked out and attempted to approach the Daimyo's manor.
Princess Koyuki Kazehana looked at the Konoha envoy before her and said with a headache, "I really don't know where Naruto is."
The Konoha representative looked visibly disappointed.
At that moment, Karin sensed an intrusion and rushed over.
Seeing the pink-haired girl, Karin relaxed slightly.
A smile curved her lips as she walked straight toward Sakura Haruno.
"Hey."
Karin casually patted Sakura's shoulder.
"Little girl, what are you doing here?"
Little girl?
Sakura's expression darkened instantly.
She turned around and threw a punch.
Bang!
Karin raised her hand and easily caught it.
"What?" Karin said lazily. "Not happy with the title?"
Seeing that it was the woman who always stayed beside Naruto, Sakura clicked her tongue.
"You're only a few years older than me—what are you so proud of?"
Karin grinned wickedly.
"I didn't call you a little girl because of your age, oh~"
Sakura's face twitched violently.
She ground her teeth and glared at Karin. "You—!"
Karin seized the moment, straightened up, and deliberately puffed out her chest.
"Little girl, what's wrong? After all this time, why haven't you grown at all?"
"Those two flat boards—don't tell me they're already fully developed?"
"That's tragic. What if the child starves?"
"But don't worry," Karin added with a grin. "As long as it's Naruto's child, I'm more than willing to help nurse it."
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