Feng Xu, who was looking at the system messages, didn't expect Naruto to suddenly enter despite his condition.
He immediately frowned and ordered the Nine-Tailed, who was inexplicably grinning foolishly.
"Don't be foolish and say anything you shouldn't, understood?"
The Nine-Tailed, with a wide grin, stretched its body into an arch, completely unconcerned, and yawned.
"Don't worry, I won't interfere with your plan to control the body."
"Besides, this kid seems quite worried about you. Maybe if I just say a few words, he'll voluntarily give you the body."
As he spoke, the Nine-Tailed approached Naruto, who was looking around, hoping to find Feng Xu.
After such a long time together, and eavesdropping on Feng Xu and Naruto's conversations.
The Nine-Tailed had long realized that Feng Xu wanted to regain control of the body and become the dominant personality.
Although he didn't understand how to succeed.
He had, however, understood Feng Xu's series of actions and words.
It was that Naruto had to voluntarily give up, and it had to be from the bottom of his heart, without any reluctance.
Only this explanation could account for why someone with Feng Xu's personality would pretend to be good to Naruto and constantly play house with him.
Thinking of this, the Nine-Tailed couldn't help but murmur softly.
"Multiple personalities are truly troublesome. I hope the Yin-attribute me doesn't end up like this."
"But there's no need to be afraid. I have Feng Xu backing me up, so the Yin-attribute me definitely can't contend with the current me!"
Muttering, the Nine-Tailed quickly approached Naruto.
Then, with one paw, he slammed Naruto firmly onto the ground.
"Hey, brat, stop looking. The person you're looking for isn't here anymore."
"Besides, you personally witnessed him being sealed by the person you're looking for three days ago. You haven't forgotten that quickly, have you?"
The Nine-Tailed's fox face and words were full of schadenfreude.
His acting was already on par with a professional.
"You're lying! You secretly influenced and manipulated my older brother, trying to break the seal and escape."
"That's why Uncle Second Hokage temporarily changed his Ninjutsu and sealed my older brother by sacrificing himself, to stop you, you bad fox, from doing bad things!"
Naruto glared fiercely at the Nine-Tailed, as if he wanted to devour him alive.
"You actually believed such a flawed lie, you little thing!"
The Nine-Tailed used two sharp claws to lift Naruto by the back of his collar, bringing him to eye level.
"Let this old man tell you the truth."
"That Senju brat and everyone in Konoha were lying to you from beginning to end, just to make you cooperate with them."
"Because they fear Feng Xu, they are terrified of Feng Xu, and they can't control the smart and powerful Feng Xu."
"So they've always been trying to seal or kill Feng Xu, to let you, who is easier to control, use my power."
Naruto, hearing the Nine-Tailed's words, flailed his limbs like a puffed-up golden tabby.
"You're lying! I don't believe you! The Perverted Sage and Kakashi-sensei would never lie to me!"
"Is it that you don't believe it, or that you dare not believe it?"
The Nine-Tailed bared his mouth full of fangs, laughing mockingly.
"With Feng Xu's strength, if this old man could really control and influence him, Konoha Village would have been destroyed long ago."
"Not to mention, when he controls the body, he can actively release the seal in your lower abdomen, allowing this old man to escape."
"So ask yourself, was it really this old man who influenced and manipulated Feng Xu?"
"Or did you force yourself to believe this flawed lie so as not to lose more comrades?"
Every word from the Nine-Tailed made Naruto's face turn a shade paler.
Finally, Naruto didn't even have the strength to flail, just lowered his head and repeated mechanically.
"No, it's not like that, it was clearly you, it was you..."
"You see, in the end, you still dare not believe the cruel truth, but instead yearn for the beautiful lie."
The Nine-Tailed released its claws, letting Naruto fall to the ground like a rag doll.
"Then let that lie be the truth, but this old man has a way to rescue Feng Xu from the seal, do you want to hear it?"
"Save older brother... save older brother!?" Naruto raised his pale little face, then quickly lowered it again.
"No, you must be trying to tempt me to open the seal and let you out..."
"Heh heh... tempt you?" The Nine-Tailed showed a look of disdain.
"Feng Xu doesn't need a key to break the seal, that doesn't mean you can break it too."
"Of course, if you're stupid enough to use my Chakra with all your might, you could also let me out without damaging the seal."
"I won't let you out!" Naruto stood up from the ground, his face firm as he raised his head.
"Hmph, brat, this old man never counted on you." The Nine-Tailed snorted, then continued.
"Don't you want to save Feng Xu?"
"My method is simple: you voluntarily give up the dominant personality and become the sub-personality. Then this body will pull the dominant personality back."
"..." Naruto fell silent, clenching his hands into fists.
After a long while, he stammered, "I don't believe you. You must be trying to trick me into becoming the sub-personality so you can fight me for the body."
"Instead of trusting you, this ill-intentioned bad fox, I'd rather trust myself."
"As older brother's younger sibling, I can definitely do what he can do."
"I will definitely work hard to control your power, then become very strong, strong enough to give everyone confidence that they no longer need to be afraid, and finally rescue older brother."
"Then everything will be resolved, and older brother will definitely be proud of me!"
Looking at Naruto's increasingly bright eyes, the Nine-Tailed narrowed his eyes, a hint of disgust rising within him.
"In that case, then get out of here."
"Now that Feng Xu isn't protecting you, every time you come in from now on, I'll kill you, just like this."
Whoosh!
A huge fox claw suddenly slammed down towards Naruto's head.
With just one strike, Naruto burst into blue mist, like an exploding balloon, and dissipated.
And the Naruto in the outside world also cried out in pain, clutching his head, his face instantly turning pale and colorless.
Chapter 199: Exchange for the complete Nine-Tailed, One Year Later
"This brat who can't listen to others really annoys this old man."
The Nine-Tailed complained as he squatted back down beside Feng Xu.
He didn't expect Naruto to be so good at finding excuses and hypnotizing himself.
He truly lived up to being that oddball who suffered terrible treatment as a child and still wanted to become Hokage to protect those who had harmed him!
Feng Xu kept his eyes closed and completely ignored the Nine-Tailed's complaints.
Because he was looking at his system panel.
There, the Blackening Points had once again experienced a long-awaited surge!
[Blackening Points + 35,000]
[Current Blackening Points: 50,000]
Feng Xu being sealed, plus Naruto learning that the Village had deceived him.
In just a few tens of minutes, 35,000 Blackening Points were contributed.
The remaining 15,000 Blackening Points had slowly increased over the past month that had quickly passed.
Because it increased a little every day, Feng Xu hadn't paid special attention to it at the time.
'50,000, then I'll exchange for the complete Nine-Tailed first.'
'Just in time to increase the strength of the Shadow Clone on the Akatsuki side, so as not to have any mishaps in the subsequent plan...'
Having made up his mind, Feng Xu called out to the system in his heart.
'System, exchange for the Yin-attribute Nine-Tailed.'
[Exchange successful!]
[Blackening Points - 50,000]
[Current Blackening Points: 0]
Whoosh—
As soon as Feng Xu finished the exchange, a massive amount of Nine-Tailed Chakra surged into his limbs and bones.
It even caused a gust of outward wind pressure.
The wind made the Nine-Tailed's fur rustle, and also made the Nine-Tailed's eyes widen.
However, in those long, narrow fox eyes, there was not shock, but a familiar numbness.
"Good, good, he's gotten stronger again. This amount of Chakra is already twice as much as mine now..."
"Eh, strange? Why did I say 'again'?"
"Oh, it turns out this happens every now and then, I'm already used to it, hehehe..."
The numb Nine-Tailed no longer felt the fear he once did, only an awkward but polite smile.
He propped his head with one hand, lying on his side and gazing at Feng Xu, his eyes as still as an ancient well.
He even felt like yawning to express his boredom!
Soon, the stirred wind pressure stopped.
The immense Chakra on Feng Xu's body in front also vanished, completely integrating into his body.
At the same time, Feng Xu opened his eyes, and his azure eyes transformed into crimson, a powerful, dark eye power swirling within his eye sockets.
"The increase in Tailed Beast Chakra also led to an increase in eye power..."
Feng Xu could clearly perceive that with his current eye power.
He could fully support the construction of a complete Susanoo with wings.
And not the previous half-body Susanoo, which couldn't even fully cover the Tailed Beastified body.
"But it doesn't make much difference at this stage, it's still an overwhelming advantage over others anyway."
The crimson in Feng Xu's eyes receded, and the surrounding wind pressure instantly dissipated.
He planned to quietly leave after Naruto fell asleep at night.
To synchronize his enhanced strength with his other Shadow Clones... Time is like a newly received paycheck.
It seems like a lot, but after just a few taps on the phone screen and receiving a few text messages, it's all gone.
Nearly a year has passed since Feng Xu was 'sealed' and 'disappeared'.
In this nearly a year, Naruto began a more diligent training life.
Jiraiya and Tsunade, on the other hand, fully nurtured Naruto to compensate for his pain of losing a loved one.
This also led to Naruto not only signing a contract with Mount Myōboku but also with Shikkotsu Forest.
He could summon toads and clones of the Slug Sage to help or fight.
Originally, Tsunade also wanted to teach Naruto the S-rank medical Ninjutsu, Yin Seal, and their Senju clan's ancestral Super Strength.
Unfortunately, Naruto's Chakra control ability was not up to par, and he simply couldn't learn this Ninjutsu, which required precise micro-control.