Senju Tobirama: Kurama, Nine Tails, explain what happened next.
Kurama: ...
Kurama: ...
Kurama: What do labor and capital fight for?
Senju Tobirama: You bastard!
Hashirama: Well… Tobirama, don't be angry. Nine Tails, then can you just tell me?
Kurama: ...
Kurama: Senju Hashirama?
Hashirama: Mmm, it's me.
Kurama: ...
Kurama: ...
Kurama: ...
Time seemed to stop for the Nine Tails. Just when everyone was confused, the Nine Tails stirred again.
Turns out it was organizing its thoughts.
Kurama: I am a thousand-year-old tailed beast. We tailed beasts existed in the era of the Sage of Six Paths.
Kurama: So in terms of seniority, I am the highest.
Kurama: But… I'm not the oldest among them.
Kurama: And then… the rest I can't say.
"…"
You say you can't say it, but didn't you already say most of it?
Is there some kind of restriction stopping you from finishing?
Senju Tobirama: ...
Senju Tobirama: That's really boring.
Hashirama: Tobirama, is it just me, or have you been targeting Nine Tails a lot?
Senju Tobirama: This is called discipline and education.
Senju Tobirama: This beast has attacked Konoha twice. If we don't train it properly, it might continue repeating the offense.
Minato: Oh, so Nidaime is trying to prevent another Nine Tails incident.
Minato clapped his hands lightly. That's what he thought too.
And if that's the case, then he agrees.
It's a simple logic. Although the current Nine Tails has joined this group chat in soul form, its physical body is still sealed within Naruto.
So...
If the Nine Tails becomes more tame, wouldn't Naruto also be safer?
If Tobirama's intention is this, then Minato supports it.
Kurama: ...
Kurama: You say that, but I'm still innocent.
Kurama: I hit Konoha twice. The first time, I encountered Uchiha Madara. Once the genjutsu wore off, I saw Senju Hashirama about to fight me.
Kurama: And ten years ago, it was even worse.
Kurama: I was trapped in an illusion again. When I broke free, I saw Konoha ninjas swarming to kill me.
Kurama: That was self-defense.
Kurama: But Minato, you bastard, you cut me in half and then sealed me again.
Kurama: I've remembered that hatred.
Minato: ...
Minato: ...
Senju Tobirama: Tailed beasts seem to have low resistance to Mangekyo Sharingan.
Tobirama started analyzing the situation.
Senju Tobirama: If Uchiha Madara controlling the Nine Tails was a one-time accident, it wouldn't have happened a second time.
Senju Tobirama: Nine Tails, when you attacked Konoha, was the masked man Uchiha Madara?
Kurama: ...
Kurama: I don't know.
Senju Tobirama: Are you sure?
Kurama: Damn Uchiha's Mangekyo flared, and I blacked out. How should I know?
The Nine Tails looked genuinely annoyed.
It was humiliating for a tailed beast to say that.
At this moment, a new shift occurred outside the group chat.
"What do you think would happen if all the tailed beasts were gathered?" Kitahara Hitoshi asked, staring at the ninja rabbit nibbling carrot slices with both paws.
Minato: I feel like Kitahara-kun's words have hidden meaning.
Hashirama: Yes, gathering all the tailed beasts...
Hashirama: This would be the first time...
Hashirama: In the past, I never imagined such a model.
Minato: Could it be...
Minato: I understand now.
Kakashi: What is it, Mr. Minato?
Minato: Kakashi, you're here.
Minato: I think I get it. Kitahara-kun suspects that his rabbit is a tailed beast.
Senju Tobirama: A tailed beast? That's an interesting guess. It's plausible, but it wouldn't be one of the nine we know.
Tobirama's Record: Then maybe it's a mimic. Tailed beasts can alter their size.
Senju Tobirama: A mimic...
Senju Tobirama: Yes, how could a rabbit have the Byakugan? It's likely a disguised tailed beast.
Minato: Then we can rule out Nine Tails mimicry.
Minato: After all, Nine Tails is right here.
Kurama: ...
Nine Tails closed its eyes in silence.
Yet when it saw Kitahara Hitoshi's little white rabbit, a deep unease filled its heart. It had already guessed that this "tailed beast" had a unique origin.
So…
Their assumptions weren't entirely wrong.
But the truth also wasn't entirely right.
It was just... why did this tailed beast appear now...?
This confused the Nine Tails.
And then...
"Tsk—"
Kitahara Hitoshi made a sound of discomfort. The ninja rabbit bit him again.
Minato: Did it bite you again?
Kurama: Another bite?
Minato: Yes, the rabbit bit Kitahara-kun once before, and he awakened the Rinnegan.
Kurama: ...
Rinnegan.
So that's what happened that time?
The Nine Tails' seniority wasn't an exaggeration. It existed long before the modern shinobi world. Alongside the eight others, it once resided in the body of the Sage of Six Paths.
And the Sage...
His unique bloodline manifested in the Rinnegan.
The Rinnegan is a dojutsu that surpasses even the Mangekyo Sharingan of someone like Uchiha Madara.
That's why the Nine Tails had no resistance when Kitahara Hitoshi activated the Rinnegan.
But…
Kitahara's Rinnegan wasn't from his own lineage… it came from the ninja rabbit.
And if the rabbit's identity was guessed correctly… then it belonged to that existence.
Now it was here, still in this form... Could it be cultivating, preparing to use Kitahara Hitoshi's body to break its seal?
Minato: Nine Tails, did you figure something out?
Minato noticed the Nine Tails was deep in thought.
Kurama: ...
Kurama: I don't know. And even if I did, I wouldn't say.
Minato: ...
Well, at least you know something.
Senju Tobirama: So, last time Kitahara Hitoshi was bitten, he got the Rinnegan.
Senju Tobirama: What will appear this time?
Hashirama: Not sure, but it can't be Wood Style.
Just as Hashirama finished speaking, green chakra began to glow from Kitahara Hitoshi's body.
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