"Damn brat!"
"If you've got the guts, let me out! If I don't swallow you whole, my name isn't Kurama!"
After being called an animal by Lock, the Nine-Tails' fur bristled in fury.
In his rage, he accidentally revealed his real intention.
Forget younger brother or newborn tailed beast.
Those were lies meant to trick Lock. Once released, he intended to devour him and strengthen himself.
Lock grinned and instantly appeared before the seal.
"Thanks for the reminder. I had the same idea."
Compared to negotiating with the Nine-Tails or trying to control it, devouring it and turning its power into his own was far safer.
The only question was whether the system's half of the Nine-Tails and the Ninja World's half could merge into a complete one.
If that worked, he wouldn't need to spend 50,000 blackening value to exchange for the Yin Nine-Tails.
While thinking about it, Lock reached for the sealing talisman.
At the same time, a rootless wind swept past him.
A calm male voice spoke.
"Stop!"
A blond man wearing a haori appeared.
His eyes and eyebrows looked very similar to Naruto's.
He immediately reached forward to grab Lock's arm.
Boom!
Without even turning his head, Lock's fox tail stabbed into the railing beside him.
It blocked the hand attempting to stop him.
Then—
Rip!
Creeeak—Bang!
With a harsh grinding sound, the iron gate swung open.
"Hehehe... Hahaha..."
Inside the cage, the Nine-Tails grabbed the doors and slowly crawled forward.
Its voice echoed with maniacal laughter.
One claw rested on the gate as it stared at the blond man with hatred.
"You finally decided to show yourself..."
A deep growl rumbled from its throat.
"Mi! Na! To! Na! Mi! Ka! Ze!"
Hearing the roar filled with hatred, Minato frowned and looked at the fox warily.
"I certainly didn't want to appear now."
"And I wanted to see you even less."
"But being able to see my grown son with my own eyes..."
"I suppose that balances things."
Minato stepped forward and placed his hand in front of Lock, blocking him.
Then he spoke calmly without turning around.
"Nar... Lock."
"I don't know why you changed your name."
"And I don't understand why you're doing this."
"But whatever you want to say, we'll talk later."
"After your mother and I reseal this."
As Minato finished speaking, another gust of wind passed.
Kushina appeared beside him.
She had messy red hair and sleepy eyes.
"Hmm? Minato?"
"Why did you wake me up?"
"Did something happen to the seal?"
As she spoke, she saw the enormous Nine-Tails in front of her.
She rubbed her eyes.
Looked again.
"Waaah!!!"
"The Nine-Tails!"
"The seal really broke!!!"
Kushina jumped three feet into the air while pointing at the fox.
Her hair flailed wildly.
Any trace of gentle beauty completely vanished.
But when she turned—
She suddenly saw Lock standing behind Minato.
"You... you... You're Naruto!"
"My baby!!!"
Like a red missile, Kushina shoved Minato aside and lunged toward Lock.
Lock had no intention of being hugged.
He simply stepped aside.
Kushina missed completely.
Her eyes instantly reddened, and her hair rose again like a raging storm.
She looked ready to charge again.
She resembled a raging monster.
"Alright, Kushina!"
"We can hug later!"
"Let's deal with the Nine-Tails first!"
Minato tried desperately to calm her.
His reward was a punch to the head that left a giant bump.
"Why won't my baby let me hug him?!"
"It must be you!"
"You must have done something!"
Meanwhile, the Nine-Tails had been recalling its humiliating past to fuel its rage.
Seeing the family suddenly reunite and start arguing while ignoring him—
His blood pressure exploded.
"You people are really carefree..."
"Then let me send you all to hell so your family can reunite there!"
His nine tails gathered before his mouth.
Red and bluechakrasa condensed together.
So, on a black sphere formed.
The Nine-Tails swallowed it.
His cheeks bulged as terrifying energy surged outward.
Tailed Beast Cannon!
When used by a Jinchūr,iki, it was known as the Menacing Ball.
By compressing the Tailed Beast Ball inside the mouth, its speed and destructive power increased.
"Naruto, watch out!"
Sensing danger, Kushina immediately shielded Lock.
Sharp triangular chain heads appeared around her.
Minato stepped forward.
One hand rubbed the bump on his head.
The other held a Flying Thunder God kunai.
"Kushina, save some chakra."
"Otherwise, we won't have time to talk later."
Seeing their backs protecting him—
Lock and felt surprise.
The two remnants of the chakra truly treated him like their child.
Perhaps they really believed he was the main personality.
Regardless, Lock wouldn't let these two chakra remnants exhaust themselves.
He needed them later.
And he wanted them to see something.
To witness the life this body had lived.
To see how the village they protected treated the child they left behind.
With that thought, Lock pushed them both aside.
"My name is Lock."
"Not Naruto."
"And whether you qualify to be this body's parents..."
"Depends on your performance."
"Otherwise, Naruto and I were once abandoned orphans."
"And in the future we will only be orphans that nobody dares to provoke."
As he spoke, Lock walked forward.
"Nar... Lock!"
Kushina anxiously tried to follow.
But Minato stopped her and gave her a reassuring look.
The lock is very strong."
"He has been protecting Naruto."
"Because of certain experiences, he carries hatred toward everything."
"We have to trust him."
"We can't let him dislike us anymore."
Ahead—
Lock's mood darkened.
Golden-red chakra erupted around him like blazing fire.
With each step he took, the flames doubled in size.
By the time he reached the front—
The chakra expanded into a gigantic golden-red humanoid fox.
Black markings covered its body.
Its head touched the ceiling of the sealing space.
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