After persuading Kakashi to leave, Yoruha once again submerged his consciousness into Naruto's sealed space.
Inside the sealed space, he saw the Nine-Tails continuously launching Tailed Beast Bombs at the massive iron gate of the seal.
The gate had already begun to tremble.
Yoruha stood up from the ground, dragging his nearly broken body, and slowly walked toward the Nine-Tails.
"Nine-Tails, you don't actually think you can get out, do you? No matter how much you struggle, it's all in vain."
The Nine-Tails looked at Yoruha with a grave expression.
"Brat, you really are something else. I can't believe you're still alive."
Yoruha straightened his posture, looked up, and smiled. "Yeah, I didn't expect it either. I can actually get hurt in this space. This is the worst injury I've had in years."
"Heh… But that doesn't change anything. I'll just reinforce the seal again. You can forget about ever getting out in this lifetime."
As he spoke, Yoruha formed hand seals, preparing to cast another sealing technique.
Mysterious runes appeared beneath his feet.
The Nine-Tails glared at Yoruha, furious yet increasingly wary.
Yoruha hadn't noticed, but the beast had.
When its Tailed Beast Bomb struck him earlier, his chakra had instinctively formed a golden barrier around him, protecting him.
Otherwise, spitting up blood would've been the least of his worries.
Even if he had survived, he would've likely been reduced to a vegetative state.
And that power—Nine-Tails had never seen anything like it before.
It resembled Sage Chakra but was even stronger.
Even Sage Chakra couldn't have withstood its Tailed Beast Bomb head-on.
The presence Yoruha exuded felt like a threat to its very soul.
"What is this kid's power? Why does it feel even more dangerous than that Hashirama?"
As Yoruha continued reinforcing the seal, the Nine-Tails, despite its rage, refrained from further attacks.
Instead, it taunted him with words.
"Brat, all this effort is pointless. As long as that little fool Naruto keeps using my chakra, the seal will only grow weaker. You can't possibly stay by his side forever."
Yoruha ignored the taunt.
"Hey! Brat! Are you deaf?"
At that moment, Yoruha finally lifted his head and said calmly, "I don't need to be with him all the time. And no, this seal won't last forever. But when it finally breaks, it'll be because Naruto has completely tamed you and mastered your power."
"Hahaha! You must be insane. That little brat? Tame me?"
"What a joke. If you were my Jinchūriki, I might believe it. You're stronger than my last two hosts, and I acknowledge your potential for the future."
"But Naruto?"
"Hah… That brat doesn't even have pure Uzumaki blood. He doesn't know a single Uzumaki sealing technique. What gives him the right to control my power?"
"What, is he going to 'master' me by losing control of his emotions and begging for my chakra every time?"
Yoruha sneered. "So you've been locked up for so long that you've gone senile. If you can't see Naruto's potential, you're the real joke here."
The Nine-Tails slammed a paw against the iron gate.
Though the gate had been showing signs of loosening earlier, with Yoruha's continuous repairs, the Nine-Tails' attack could no longer shake it in the slightest.
But Yoruha was still not done reinforcing it.
Cutting off his chakra output, Yoruha continued repairing the seal.
The Nine-Tails looked at him in surprise. "Brat, you actually know the Uzumaki Clan's sealing techniques? Who taught you?"
Yoruha ignored it.
But the Nine-Tails didn't mind—just moments ago, it had wanted to erase Yoruha's consciousness.
However, after witnessing the hidden power within him, it had given up on that idea.
That power was far too strong. While Yoruha's chakra reserves weren't as vast as its own—meaning he likely wouldn't be a match for it in the outside world—within this sealed space, with that mysterious power protecting him, his consciousness was impossible to erase.
The Nine-Tails now sought to understand Yoruha better, recognizing him as the biggest obstacle to escaping from Naruto's body.
"Kid, stop wasting your energy. I can already see it—Naruto will rely more and more on my power in the future, borrowing greater amounts of my chakra each time. Your reinforced seal won't last long."
"That brat won't be able to resist the temptation of my power."
Yoruha frowned.
It was true. But he also knew that in just a few years, Naruto would completely master the Nine-Tails' power. He just needed to hold on until then.
Seeing Yoruha's expression shift, the Nine-Tails sneered. "Well? Give up already. Everything you're doing is pointless."
Yoruha lifted his head, meeting the beast's gaze with a smile. "If what I'm doing is pointless, then why were you so agitated earlier?"
"Is it because you realized I've ruined your little plan?"
"The reason you keep offering Naruto chakra is to lure him into depending on your power, making sure he can never escape your influence, right?"
"I know Naruto will use your power in the future, but I'll keep reinforcing the seal until he fully controls it. I bet that within a few years, he'll completely master your power."
"I bet that in the future, you'll never be able to escape his control."
Yoruha called it a bet, but in truth, he was merely stating what was destined to happen.
In the future, the Nine-Tails wouldn't even want to leave Naruto's body.
Though Yoruha's memory of Naruto's storyline was a bit hazy, he still recalled parts of the Fourth Great Ninja War.
Without Naruto mastering the Nine-Tails' power, that battle would have been nearly impossible to win.
But the Nine-Tails didn't believe him.
"Hahaha! Brat, do you realize how ridiculous you sound? Even Uzumaki Mito and Uzumaki Kushina—both with pure Uzumaki blood and mastery of their clan's sealing techniques—never dared to claim they had complete control over me."
"And you're telling me that Naruto—who only has half-Uzumaki blood and doesn't even know sealing techniques—will fully master my power?"
"If he could, you wouldn't even be here right now. You wouldn't need to reinforce his seal."
The Nine-Tails looked at Yoruha with mocking disdain.
But Yoruha met its gaze, his voice steady. "Because I'm betting on my own future—I believe I can help him master your power."
For a moment, the entire space fell into silence.
The Nine-Tails furrowed its brows, staring at Yoruha.
Earlier, it had found his words laughable.
But this statement—it couldn't refute.
It didn't believe Naruto could control it in the future.
But it did believe that Yoruha could suppress it.
Just like Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha once had.
What the Nine-Tails didn't know was that this was the first time Yoruha had ever spoken about his own future with such confidence.
Before, he had always felt uncertain about what lay ahead.
But right now, he was completely calm—yet speaking words that seemed incredibly arrogant.
Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have said such things.
But in this moment, he did. And he said them with absolute composure, as if stating a simple fact.
The space remained silent for a long time.
The Nine-Tails did not refute him.
As it looked at Yoruha, for a brief moment, it saw the same presence that had once suppressed it—Hashirama Senju.
And in its eyes, Yoruha was simply stating the truth.
A truth it least wanted to hear.
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