"A pair of twos!"
"Beat you! A pair of threes!"
Naruto scratched his head, confused. "Why can a pair of threes beat my pair of twos?"
Kurama, holding a deck of poker cards with his claws, said with a serious fox face, "Three is bigger than two, kid. You don't even know that, do you?"
"But..."
Naruto pointed to the ground and said, "Why can't my pair of threes beat your pair of twos?"
"Because I'm the landlord! The landlord's threes are bigger than twos!"
Naruto's lips immediately pouted, feeling wronged. This big fox was bullying him!
"I'm not playing anymore! You're cheating!"
Kurama was laughing heartily. He had finally met a silly kid.
"Kid, don't you forget about the time you wet your pants last time..."
"Shut up! I... I'll admit defeat, okay!"
The word "wet" made Naruto's face as red as a tomato. If Sasuke found out about this.
He, Uzumaki Naruto, would never be able to hold his head up again, absolutely not!
Naruto rummaged through his empty backpack. Most of his snacks had been won by Kurama, but Naruto had prepared something else.
"Here!" Naruto bashfully took out a red envelope and handed it to Kurama.
Kurama was using his claws to pick cake bits from between his teeth, admitting that human food was quite good.
"What is this?"
Naruto scratched his head, blushing. "This is... hush money!"
Kurama poked the red envelope with his claw tip and stared at it with his demonic eyes for a long time, then sneered, "What use do I have for this thing? It's not even enough to wipe my butt!"
"This is my dad's private savings for three months, it's not little!"
Naruto, his neck red, was defending Minato Namikaze. His dad had really tried his best to save money, and it was quite a lot!
Kurama casually tossed it under his butt, using it as a piece of rough paper, better than nothing.
"Cough, fine, I'll accept it reluctantly then."
Kurama looked at the pile of snacks behind him, his eyes darting around, and said, "Kid, I won't take advantage of you. From now on, you're my subordinate. If you have any difficulties in the future, just come to me."
Naruto pouted. "You just look like a talking big fox, nothing special."
Kurama leaned down, his huge demonic eyes reflecting Naruto's figure. His pupils alone were larger than Naruto.
"Kid, do you know who I am?"
"A talking fox demon?"
Kurama exhaled, blowing Naruto away, and grinned, "There's no ninja in the entire ninja world that I can't afford to offend... right?"
"Kids like you, I can blow away a hundred or eighty with one breath!"
Naruto got back on his feet, not really hearing the word "right," and said with admiration, "Then can you teach me ninjutsu?"
"..."
Kurama was silent for a moment, then gently pinched Naruto with his claws and bared his teeth, "Do you think you can learn the ninjutsu that I know?"
Naruto thought of the legends that foxes could bewitch people or transform into beautiful women to charm others. His heart couldn't help but chill.
"Kid, I don't know those messy things you're thinking about."
Kurama took Naruto out of the cave and ran through the forest, finally arriving at a plain canyon.
"Kid, do you see that dirt pit ahead?"
"Isn't that a small mountain?"
Kurama grinned, "It won't be for long!"
To Naruto's shocked gaze, blue and dark purple chakra gathered in Kurama's mouth.
Naruto could sense an immense amount of chakra within it, constantly compressing and refining.
Finally... Boom!
A black sphere was spat out by Kurama and hit the distant mountain peak with incredible speed.
Rumble!
The mountain body shattered and collapsed, followed by a gust of wind. The powerful shockwave sent Naruto tumbling several times.
When he opened his eyes again, the small mountain in front of him was gone. The distance was empty, as if it were flat ground.
"This, can you teach me this move?!" Naruto's eyes lit up, and he hugged Kurama's paw with great longing.
If he could learn this move, wouldn't Sasuke only be fit to surrender to him!
"Well, that might be a bit difficult."
Kurama frowned his beard, contemplating the possibility of Naruto learning the Tailed Beast Bomb.
"No matter how difficult it is, I won't give up!" Naruto clenched his fist, looking at Kurama, but thinking of Sasuke in his heart.
"Since that's the case, I'll give you a gift, a welcome present for my subordinate. But you have to use it carefully."
Under Naruto's excited gaze, a blood-red filled his vision, then his head ached, and he fainted.
"I'm not good at sealing jutsu, what should I do?"
...
At the Eternal Life Organization's base, Lin Yu, who was taking a nap, seemed to sense something and opened his eyes. A crystal-clear jade foot landed on his chest. His delicate toes were distinct, like white jade.
"Shion's sleeping posture is so much like Kushina's, not like a queen at all."
Lin Yu pushed the sleeping Shion aside and yawned. His rare nap had been disturbed. He wondered what Kurama wanted.
His eyes flashed scarlet, and Lin Yu disappeared from the room, leaving only Shion with red eyes sleeping on the blanket, poker cards scattered all over the floor. She had lost miserably.
A moment later, Lin Yu reappeared in the center of the control room, but this time he held a little blonde in his hand, and a big fox was behind him.
"It's the first time I've appeared here in my true form. It's a bit small, it's really crowded!"
Lin Yu was helping Naruto seal the Nine-Tails' chakra and said impatiently, "Can't you just shrink a bit?"
"Never... Huh? The scent of that dead tanuki, is it here too?"
Lin Yu paused, thinking of Gaara, and said, "I forgot about that."
Half an hour later, a large raccoon dog, Shukaku, appeared on the training ground. Gaara was also sleeping soundly in Toneri's arms, with a comfortable smile on his face.
"Toneri, take Gaara down to rest."
"Thank you, Boss!" Toneri was very concerned about Gaara's health, but seeing the sleeping Naruto beside him, he touched his chin.
"Boss, can I take this one down to care for as well!" Toneri pointed at Naruto.
"Su...re!"
Toneri happily picked up Naruto and Gaara and ran towards the bedroom. He wanted to check their bodies, ensuring no lingering illnesses!
"Hahahaha, I'm finally out! Who broke the seal? I'll reward them with a Ball of Resentment!"
"Dead tanuki, daring to call yourself 'great' in front of me, are you looking for a beating again?"
"Huh?"
Shukaku turned his large body, raised a paw, and pointed at Kurama, surprised. "Just coming out and seeing the damned fox I want to kill the most, what a godsend!"
"Wind Release: Ball of Resentment!"
"Hmph!"
Kurama snorted coldly, extended his paw, and shattered several Balls of Resentment, roaring, "Dead tanuki, you truly don't know what's good for you."
Shukaku raised his paw at Kurama and cursed loudly, "You're the tanuki, your whole family are damned tanukis!"