Inside the Sealed Space, Shinji watched with a relaxed expression as Kurama played with the Chakra stump of Eight-Tails in front of the cage. Behind him, about a dozen chains were autonomously devouring Kurama's Chakra.
He watched as Kurama gradually stripped away the outer layer. The Eight-Tails' Chakra that emerged instantly thrashed around wildly.
"Hmph!"
Kurama let out a soft snort, and it's Chakra covered the wildly thrashing Eight-Tails' Chakra. With the compression, a cute, mini version of Eight-Tails appeared within the Sealed Space.
"Not bad. It's probably Gyuki trying to mislead you, leaving behind a certain amount of consciousness fragments on this stump." Kurama said, nodding his head with great satisfaction.
The mini Gyuki, who was in a state of confusion, looked up when he heard this. A fox covered in red fur was staring at him.
"Kurama?!" Gyuki looked at Kurama in shock, shouting in disbelief.
"Where is this? How did I end up here?"
Kurama lied down indifferently, it's massive fox head forming a huge contrast with the small Eight-Tails clone.
"This is the Sealed Space where my Jinchuriki resides."
Saying this, Kurama glanced at Minato, who looked awkward, and Naruto, who was curiously observing the Eight-Tails clone.
"Your Jinchuriki?"
The Eight-Tails clone was stunned, then looked outside the cage, and as his gaze shifted, he froze upon seeing Minato.
"Minato? "
"Didn't he die during the Nine-Tails incident in Konoha back then?"
"Who is that blonde brat?"
"Blonde…?!"
"Hello, Gyuki." Shinji waved with a smile.
"Mm... huh??"
Gyuki first nodded towards Shinji, then froze.
"It's you!"
"Oh, it seems you still remember me." Shinji said, smiling with narrowed eyes.
Did the stump it left behind end up in Konoha's den?
When it had tried to retrieve it back then, it was a step too late, and Shinji had sealed it. Moreover, it couldn't break this seal itself, it was filled with Yin and Yang Chakra everywhere.
"Hey, stop thrashing around." Kurama's lazy voice rang out, and Gyuki turned around, a bit bewildered.
"My Chakra lock, you can't break it." Kurama rested it's front paw on it's chin, looking at Gyuki with amusement.
"Kurama, you—" Gyuki looked at Kurama in disbelief.
Wasn't Kurama the one who hated humans the most? What was happening now?
"Oh, I traded you to Kurama, it was too lonely, after all." Shinji said with a smile at this moment.
Then, he looked towards Kurama and said, "Give me some more, it's not enough."
With that, Shinji pointed behind himself, where the chains, now somewhat eager due to the lack of Kurama's Chakra, were.
Kurama glanced at Shinji and the chains behind him, then once again released Chakra outside the cage.
"Thank you." Shinji said, smiling and nodding.
"That's the last of it." Kurama said, then ignored Shinji and turned its attention to Gyuki.
"Don't just stand there. It's been so long, our first meeting. Aren't you going to say something?"
"...Shukaku was right, Kurama, you are—"
A long series of beeps sounded, and Minato quickly walked out, covering Naruto's ears.
Shinji, on the other hand, watched with amusement as Kurama stood dumbfounded. Such lively interactions among Tailed Beasts were a rare sight.
However, it was unclear whether Gyuki had spent too much time with Bee or hadn't learned the essence from Shukaku, as Gyuki kept repeating the same few phrases.
Shinji looked at Naruto, who was still peeking over, and stood up to walk over. He saw Minato standing there with a serious expression.
"Shinji, although I don't know how you know this jutsu, or how you've repurposed it, there's something I need to say."
"Hmm, Minato, go ahead." Shinji naturally understood what Minato wanted to say, after all, he was once a Hokage.
Minato's expression was solemn as he said, "Once a person becomes obsessed with power, they will stray from the right path. I hope you can firmly uphold your current resolve."
Shinji was simply too… outstanding. Minato admitted that he, at his age, was not as good as Shinji.
The value of the 'Yellow Flash' was, of course, beyond question.
"You can rest assured." Shinji said with a smile.
He didn't have such thoughts. Otherwise, he wouldn't have thought about survival before he had the system. And after getting the system, if he really had such an idea, he could compress Naruto and the others' potential, making them grow quickly, it wouldn't be impossible.
Minato said with a serious expression, "Indeed, Shinji, you are an extraordinary person."
Shinji waved his hand and said to Naruto, "Naruto, for your assignment, ask your dad. After all, he's someone who has directly faced the Fourth Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki. And he came out unscathed."
After speaking, Shinji patted Naruto's head and then disappeared from the Sealed Space.
Looking at his son's shining eyes, Minato gave a helpless, bitter smile.
—
Shinji, having exited the Sealed Space, stretched lazily. The jutsu arranged in Naruto's room had not dissipated. In the future, it could also be used for Naruto and Kurama to foster their relationship.
As for whether there would be any danger?
Besides him and Naruto, who were in the room at the time, no one else could enter the Sealed Space using this jutsu.
While thinking, Shinji used a Body Flicker Technique towards the depths of the Forest of Death.
Having absorbed such abundant Chakra, he naturally had to test it out properly.
Deep within the Forest of Death.
Shinji released his chains, their surfaces covered with a layer of golden-yellow Chakra.
"This amount is roughly twice what I have now." Shinji remarked with a subtle perception, unable to help but sigh.
"Then let's try it."
Saying that, Shinji manipulated a chain to touch his forehead.
Buzz—
Upon contact, the Kurama Chakra on the chain instantly transferred to Shinji. A layer of golden-yellow Chakra covered Shinji's body.
"Kurama Chakra Mode?" Shinji reached out, opened his hand, and was stunned.
And—
Shinji closed his eyes, and countless unusual perceptions became even clearer.
"Is this the malice perception in Kurama Chakra Mode? It's useful, but it's not what I want." Shinji shook his head.
Perhaps others would be eager to achieve this. But Shinji knew that unless he himself was a Jinchuriki, clinging to this was counterproductive.
"However, there is a direction to refer to for researching Chakra Mode from this." Shinji's lips curved into a smile.
He had just confirmed that the Kurama Chakra absorbed by the chains had already been transformed. Otherwise, the current Shinji would only be like the Gold and Silver Brothers or the Allied Shinobi Forces during the Fourth Great Ninja War who received Kurama's Chakra. His body would only have that bubbling Kurama Chakra cloak.
And not enter Chakra Mode.
Moreover, his Yang Chakra remained unchanged.