Even in the end, when Naruto himself entered the seal space and actively looked at Nine-Tails, the large fox still pretended to be asleep and did not reveal its name.
"So, what is Nine-Tails' name?"
"If he doesn't tell you himself, then it's meaningless… that's what Big Bro Gyuki said."
B relayed Gyuki's words to Naruto.
Hearing this, Naruto just smiled and didn't press further.
Compared to when he first learned that his parents died by Kurama's hand, he no longer held any hatred towards it now.
His ability to sense others' emotions worked just as well on Tailed Beasts.
He had witnessed the gradual change in Kurama during this time.
'Forget it, since you haven't made up your mind yet, we can talk about it later.'
Sitting back by the campfire, Naruto examined the manuscript Jiraiya had just finished writing.
Seeing this, B also came over to read along.
The two would occasionally discuss the design of a particular plot point.
And the great author, Jiraiya-sensei, would sometimes fall into thought for a moment before immediately starting to write again using his finger as a pen.
The Inku Inku no Mi was indeed incredibly convenient for a writer.
One could say, 'In conversation, there are great scholars… in coming and going, no unlearned men'.
Watching this scene, Konan felt memories of the past surge uncontrollably in her heart.
There was a time when Jiraiya would also sit quietly writing under the eaves somewhere in the Land of Rain,
while she, Yahiko, and Nagato trained not far away.
'If only time could turn back to those days.'
Thinking this, Konan also silently walked over and sat beside Jiraiya, watching him write quietly on the paper.
The night passed.
The next day, everyone woke up in their respective rooms.
The sky in the Land of Rain had cleared, and the residents rarely came out onto the streets.
Unlike them, the Ninjas formerly managed by the Akatsuki fell into chaos.
They had all been knocked out by the Haki yesterday, and when they woke up, the sky in the Land of Rain had changed.
Fortunately, Konan promptly stepped in to pacify them.
After all, these Ninjas usually interacted mostly with Konan, who acted as the 'messenger'. They weren't very clear about the information regarding Pain and Nagato.
Since Konan had appeared in person, it seemed the situation wasn't too bad.
"Jiraiya-sensei, do you know of any Ninjutsu that can interfere with space?"
Naruto was instructing Karin and Sasuke on the training ground while casually chatting with Jiraiya beside him.
He recalled the scene when his fist had struck the masked man earlier.
Naruto had heard from Jiraiya before that the masked man possessed a Ninjutsu that allowed him to 'phase'.
This was confirmed by Konan as well.
It should be a Space-Time Ninjutsu.
She had noticed this very early on and even knew that the process should have a time limit, making preparations in advance.
Konan thought that if they ever became enemies, she would use countless explosive tags to bomb him continuously, literally blasting him to death.
In fact, in the original work, that's exactly what she did.
Unfortunately, like Danzo, Obito had also stockpiled a reserve of Sharingan during the Uchiha Massacre.
Therefore, he could consume them at any time to activate [Izanagi], the invincibility effect Danzo had used earlier, to forcibly rewrite the fate of being blown up.
Currently, without knowing the details of the masked man's ability, it was still somewhat difficult for Naruto to deliver a one-hit kill… unlike before.
Back then, he was under the control of the [Nature Will] and seemed to naturally possess some power to directly interfere with space.
Therefore, upon contact with the masked man, a kind of 'overlap interference phenomenon' occurred between their bodies.
This eventually triggered space to self-repair, 'cutting off' parts of both their bodies.
Apart from letting the [Nature Will] take control of his body, the only solution Naruto could currently think of was using Conqueror's Haki-infused slashes to affect space.
There had been a similar situation before.
But this move wasn't 100% effective either.
If it failed, this cowardly guy would probably escape again.
"Space-Time Ninjutsu? Well, Summoning Technique is probably the most common one."
Actually, both storage scrolls and Summoning Technique count.
But using them to affect the masked man during battle… Naruto really hadn't thought of a specific way to implement it.
"Ah! I remember."
Jiraiya suddenly clapped his hands.
"Doesn't Minato know Space-Time Ninjutsu?"
"Huh?"
Hearing Jiraiya mention his prematurely deceased father again, Naruto couldn't help but be curious.
To be honest, although he had heard rumors about the Fourth Hokage from others during this time, when it came down to it, the words of Jiraiya, his teacher, were certainly more credible.
"That technique is called the [Flying Thunder God Technique], a Space-Time Ninjutsu invented by the Second Hokage that allows instant movement."
Next, Jiraiya explained the origin of the Flying Thunder God Technique, how Minato further developed it, and even how he used it to redirect a Tailed Beast Bomb.
"That's how it is. Your father earned the nickname [Yellow Flash] on the battlefield."
"Yeah, I can attest to that, yo!"
B also said at this time.
Not only had he seen the Fourth Hokage, he had even fought him.
Of course, it ended with the defeat of him and his brother.
"He was really! Elusive! Impossible to catch!"
"Eh? That powerful? Jiraiya-sensei, why didn't you teach us such a Jutsu earlier?"
Karin and Sasuke also came over.
"Because I don't know how to use it myself."
Jiraiya said this completely unashamed.
"...."
As silence fell, Jiraiya hurriedly tried to save his dignity.
"Hey, hey, you brats, aren't you underestimating the difficulty of this forbidden technique?"
"Aside from the creator, the Second Hokage himself, I've only seen Naruto's father master this technique."
When Jiraiya said this, he scratched his cheek somewhat embarrassedly.
As a teacher, he was actually unable to learn a technique that his student could master. Jiraiya was a bit embarrassed about it.
"So, where can we learn it?"
...
Silence.
"Ah... Well, I'm afraid we'd have to go back to Konoha Village once."
"???"
"That technique is recorded on the Scroll of Seals, hidden in the Hokage's office."
The Scroll of Seals… Naruto remembered this thing. It was how he learned the Multi-Shadow Clone Technique before going to the One Piece World.
"You mean we have to travel all the way back?"
Karin's face showed an incredulous expression.
"And you're the teacher-"
Sasuke also looked at him with the eyes of someone looking at an unreliable adult.
"And this person taught the Fourth Hokace?"
Jiraiya instantly turned red with embarrassment.
"Hey! Don't look at me like that!"
"I didn't expect the enemy to master Space-Time Ninjutsu!"
"Hey, hey! Naruto! Konan, you too!"
"It's not my fault I couldn't learn it!"
Seeing that he seemed about to be isolated and disdained by everyone, Jiraiya finally seemed to remember something. He hurriedly formed hand seals and then spat something out of his mouth.
A strangely shaped toad was spat out from his mouth.
It had blackish-blue skin, an orange belly, and the most eye-catching feature was the four iron rings around its waist.
"Gerotora, quick, unfold."
"Okay."
The scroll toad named Gerotora's body suddenly elongated. A large scroll appeared between the four iron rings.
"This is a scroll toad from Mount Myoboku, responsible for storing and managing some important records."
Jiraiya opened the scroll, carefully searching for something on it while explaining.
"Let me see… it should be here... no-"
At this time, Naruto also leaned over to look at the contents of the large scroll.
"Aha, found it. So it was placed here."
Jiraiya found what he wanted on the scroll.
He swiped his hand over that section, and that part of the scroll automatically separated and fell off.
"Although I didn't master the Flying Thunder God Technique, I still have some of Minato's notes and improved formula from when he was learning and improving the technique."
"These should help you-"
But Naruto didn't take the notes. Instead, he pointed to another record on the scroll.
"Jiraiya-sensei, what is that?"
The text of that record was very complex, but Naruto had seen the pattern on it somewhere else before.
It was on the seal space.
On the large gate imprisoning Kurama, there was a 'seal' exactly like this pattern.
"Ah... That…"
Jiraiya looked at the seal key on it, unsure whether he should explain it to Naruto.
But considering B, the Perfect Jinchuriki, had already explained things beforehand, Jiraiya thought about it and decided to leave the decision to Naruto.
"That is the key to unlocking the Nine-Tails seal inside you."