“Don’t bother trying anymore.
From now on, you won’t be able to sleep.”
“I will become your eternal curse.
You will never be able to escape me for the rest of your life!”
The Nine-Tails roared furiously.
It had waited for this day for far too long!
That damn Fourth Hokage had actually split it in two and sealed it inside the body of a brat!
Unforgivable!
Since that was the case, then let his son bear the consequences.
From now on, the brat would never be able to sleep, living in nightmares for all eternity!
Actually, even the Nine-Tails itself hadn’t expected this brat’s mental strength to reach the point where he could enter this place so quickly.
Otherwise, with the current state of the Eight Trigrams Seal, it wouldn’t have been able to bring the brat here.
Ultimately, Naruto had simply increased his Mental Energy too quickly.
His mental strength had skyrocketed, but he had no idea how to control it.
As a result, the Nine-Tails had managed to exploit the opportunity.
“Uh…”
Naruto looked at the furiously roaring Nine-Tails and had no idea what to say.
He certainly couldn’t behave like the original Naruto.
He wasn’t capable of unconditionally reconciling with and forgiving everyone, no matter what happened.
He had transmigrated here and even had the advantage of knowing the future.
The price was that he had lost the ability to run his mouth recklessly…
“Sorry…”
“You keep going.”
“I won’t bother you…”
Naruto scratched his head, turned around, and sat down on the ground, avoiding eye contact.
If he didn’t know how to talk to someone, then he simply wouldn’t talk.
Besides, Pain would come eventually anyway.
When that happened, I’ll fake my death and escape, while you move into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
Everyone can live peacefully and owe each other nothing…
How many points did a Nine-Tails from a parallel world cost again?
Ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand, hundred thousand, million…
Forget it.
I’ll just go with Izanagi.
You only need the three-tomoe Sharingan to use it.
Cheap and practical.
“Ding!
Successful act of slacking.”
“Obtained 20 Lazing Points.”
The system silently gave Naruto a thumbs-up.
Naruto had already made his plans.
But the Nine-Tails was completely confused!
What was wrong with this brat?!
He wasn’t afraid after seeing the great Nine-Tails?
He was even this calm!?
As it stared at Naruto’s back while he sat on the ground, the Nine-Tails’ eyes grew wider and wider.
That was it?
Wasn’t he supposed to burst into tears and panic?
At the very least, shouldn’t he ask where he was?
Oh.
The Nine-Tails understood.
The brat must have been scared senseless.
He had mentally broken down to the point where he didn’t even dare open his eyes!
Heh heh…
Fourth Hokage, just look at your precious son.
This was the price for imprisoning the great Nine-Tails!
Regret it.
Be tormented by it.
Be consumed by anger!
The Nine-Tails would show no mercy.
Hahahahaha!
The more the Nine-Tails thought about it, the better it felt.
The resentment it had accumulated over the past six years instantly dissipated by more than half.
Next…
As long as it continued frightening and slowly manipulating the brat, it wouldn’t take long before the kid completely broke down.
At that point, breaking out of the seal would be as easy as—
“Hmm?”
The Nine-Tails suddenly froze.
Why had this brat simply lain down on the ground?
Had he fainted from fear?
Heh heh…
He was still just a brat, after all.
Even if his father was the Fourth Hokage and his mother was that woman, he was still—
“Hmm?”
The Nine-Tails suddenly noticed something strange.
If the brat had fainted from fear, then why was he snoring?
Forget it.
Whatever.
The Nine-Tails still had to hurry up and figure out how to break through the seal!
With that thought, the Nine-Tails contentedly closed its eyes.
What it failed to notice was that Naruto’s ears seemed to have heard something.
They twitched slightly.
“Ding!
Successful act of slacking.”
“Obtained 20 Lazing Points.”
…
“Ding!
Check-in complete!”
“Check-in Location: Nine-Tails Sealing Space.
Duration: 4 hours.”
“Check-in Reward: Sealing Space Gift Pack ×1, Lazing Points +15.”
Naruto groggily opened his eyes.
After checking the system notifications, he scratched his head in confusion.
“It didn’t even wake me up…”
“The Nine-Tails is surprisingly easy to get along with?”
Once the check-in had begun, the system automatically considered his consciousness to be staying inside the sealing space.
Naruto had thought about it at the time.
So he simply went to sleep.
After all, sleeping was sleeping no matter where you did it.
The system had even given him a reward for it.
And honestly, he had slept pretty well.
If he put it in terms of Inception, this was basically a dream within a dream, right?
“NARUTO!!!”
“You damn brat!
How dare you toy with me!!!”
The Nine-Tails finally realized what had happened and let out a furious roar.
Seeing that things were going badly, Naruto immediately escaped.
The moment he opened his eyes, sunlight was already shining into his room.
It was almost seven-thirty.
Naruto immediately got out of bed, boiled some water, prepared instant ramen, washed his face, and brushed his teeth.
He also opened his check-in reward.
“Obtained Authority: Eight Trigrams Sealing Space Access — 0.01%.”
“When this authority reaches 100%, you will be able to freely open the sealing space.”
“Obtained Authority: Yang Nine-Tails Chakra Access — 0.01%.”
“When this authority reaches 100%, you will be able to forcibly enter Perfect Nine-Tails Mode.”
Naruto’s hand stopped halfway through brushing his teeth.
His entire body froze.
“This…”
He hadn’t received a skill, and the authorities couldn’t be dismantled.
But these two authorities were genuinely terrifying!
Although each increase was tiny, and it was impossible to know how long it would take to reach 100%, the existence of these two authorities was undoubtedly of the highest priority to Naruto!
“Does this mean that when Pain comes…”
“I might actually be able to fight him?”
He was six years old this year.
Pain would appear when he was sixteen.
Ten years.
That was more than enough time to max out these authorities!
He would be able to freely enter and exit the sealing space!
He would be able to forcibly enter Perfect Nine-Tails Mode!
“No, no, no…”
Naruto shook his head.
He had gotten carried away.
He had almost developed dangerous ambitions.
After Pain, there was Obito.
After Obito came Uchiha Madara.
After Uchiha Madara came Black Zetsu and his mother.
Even if he survived the Infinite Tsukuyomi, there were still Momoshiki, Urashiki, Isshiki, and all the other Ōtsutsuki.
And after Boruto…
There seemed to be an Ōtsutsuki God too.
Could he beat them?
No.
He couldn’t.
It was too difficult.
In the face of absolute power, one Nine-Tails wasn’t really anything special.
He’d better continue slacking…
Just keep lying flat, and eventually things would work themselves out.
Besides.
Every check-in wouldn’t necessarily reward him with the same authority.
Maybe before he accumulated enough, he would already be peacefully sleeping inside the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Black Zetsu, you better work hard.
I’m counting on you.
With that thought, Naruto instantly felt much happier.
The system also sent its congratulations at just the right moment.
“Ding!
Successful act of slacking.”
“Obtained 20 Lazing Points.”