Naruto:The avenger of the uzumaki clan

Chapter

8: Shock and Selection

Freedom?

This is a word the Kyuubi hasn't

heard for decades. When Menma mentioned it, the Kyuubi was momentarily stunned,

but only for a moment. Then, an anthropomorphic sneer appeared on its face.

"Freedom? Haha! Kid, your words

are even funnier than the last. Do you know..."

"How do you know it's not

possible if you don't try? What's more, for you, it's something easily done.

All you need to do is stop using your chakra to interfere with me and lend your

chakra when necessary. If it fails, you won't lose anything, right,

Kyuubi?" Menma interrupted the Kyuubi before it could finish its sentence.

He clapped his hands lightly, then shrugged and smiled.

His words were very reasonable.

Kyuubi had already shown a sarcastic

look. But when Menma said this, it was stunned, and then it fell silent.

"Why should I..."

"You don't need to believe me.

Just treat it as something to do in your boring life. If I succeed, not only

can I give you freedom, but I can also help you avenge those who controlled

you. Don't you want revenge? You don't need to worry about my determination

because those people are also my enemies, aren't they?" Menma interrupted

the Nine-Tails again, causing the most powerful tailed beast to fall into

silence.

Kurama had to admit that he was

really moved by Menma's words. He really didn't need to pay anything, and it

wouldn't be worse than the current situation. After all, he was sealed in a

human body. Now there was one more choice. Just like what this kid said, if he

failed, he didn't need to pay anything more, just some chakra.

"Hehe, you are really

interesting, kid. Okay, I promise you. Let me see how far you can go."

After a few snorts of laughter, the Nine-Tailed Fox lowered its head, and the

pair of scarlet fox pupils stared at Menma, speaking in a very low voice.

Menma's eyes lit up when he heard

the Nine-Tails' words. Although there was an 80% to 90% chance that he could

convince the Nine-Tails from the beginning, he was still afraid that this fox

was too stubborn. Of course, this probability was still very low! Some of the

performances of the Nine-Tails in the original work were very telling.

"Then it's settled,

Nine-Tails!" Menma raised his little head and said with a smile. The

little hand that stretched out was clenched into a fist.

After a moment of shock, the

Nine-Tails subconsciously stretched out its paw and clenched it into a fist to

touch Menma's little hand. It was only after making this move that the

Nine-Tails realized what it had done. But for some reason, it didn't feel any

disgust in its heart—just a very wonderful feeling.

Menma himself didn't expect that the

Nine-Tailed Fox would actually reach out, and the smile on his little face

became more intense.

"Well, let's stop here today!

Nine-Tails! No, Kurama."

As Menma's figure slowly dissipated

in the spiritual world, he softly said, "Kurama."

The Nine-Tailed Fox suddenly raised

its head, and its eyes were full of shock.

The tailed beasts had names, but

ignorant humans didn't know them! For thousands of years, only other tailed

beasts knew their names, and they had been given by the old man who was

extremely important to them. Now, there was a human who knew its name. Kurama

naturally felt it was unbelievable.

"Wait a minute..." It was

about to shout out subconsciously.

However, at that moment, Menma's

figure completely disappeared from the spiritual world, leaving Kurama alone

with an extremely complicated expression.

'This brat!? Why!?'

This doubt lingered in Kurama's mind

for a long time. It made Kurama's calmness, nurtured over thousands of years,

falter for the first time.

But Menma had left, and Kurama had

no way to ask about the confusion in its heart.

'Could it be that this brat is the

person the old man spoke of? But!?'

Unexplainable confusion. For Kurama,

today's meeting was the most intense one in thousands of years! Looking at the

place where Menma had stood, the light and shadow in Kurama's eyes also became

extremely complicated.

Menma, whose consciousness had

returned to his body, did not expect that the name he had called out

subconsciously would have such a significant impact on the Nine-Tails.

Menma, still lying on the bed, had a

beautiful arc at the corner of his mouth, as if he was having an extremely

sweet dream.

At the same time that Menma and

Kyuubi first met, in the center of Konohagakure Village, the top floor of the

Hokage Building, which symbolized the supreme power of Konohagakure, was still

brightly lit late at night.

As the Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen had

just finished handling the day's government affairs.

"Squeak!"

The door was pushed open gently. A

figure almost as old as Sarutobi Hiruzen stepped into the office.

"Oh? Koharu, you came to see me

so late. Is there something urgent?" Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled faintly,

speaking softly.

The person who entered was none

other than Hiruzen's most trusted advisor, his long-time best friend, and the

current Hokage advisor—Koharu Utatane.

"Hiruzen, do you really want

Uzumaki Menma to enter the ninja academy? Although Danzo's proposal is indeed a

bit excessive, and it's impossible to send the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to the

Root for training, isn't it risky for the Jinchuriki to study with ordinary

children? Why not let your ANBU directly train Uzumaki Menma? I think that

would be the most appropriate approach."

Koharu stepped closer to Sarutobi

Hiruzen, looking at him with a hint of worry.

"Koharu, you're worrying too

much. Didn't Kushina also study in a ninja academy? Isn't everything fine

now?"

"But Kushina's situation was

different," Koharu replied, still disapproving.

Before Koharu could continue,

Hiruzen interrupted with a firm but gentle tone, "Homura, don't forget

that Menma is also Minato and Kushina's child. Don't you trust Minato and

Kushina? Don't you trust me?"