Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too arrogant

"Red chakra? You mean Kurama's chakra?"

Kurama? Hearing this affectionate yet respectful address, Jiraiya's heart skipped a beat. 'Could it be that the old man was telling the truth? Has Naruto really formed a friendship with the ferocious beast within him, and can even use its power without any burden?'

Jiraiya had witnessed the devastating power of the Tailed Beasts on the battlefield. Now, Konoha possesses this power, and in such a... peaceful way?

When Jiraiya expressed his desire to witness the Nine-Tails' chakra firsthand, Naruto had no objections. He skillfully formed hand seals, and the next moment, a scorching, violent yet unusually gentle scarlet chakra began to slowly surge from his body like a living flame, enveloping him.

Jiraiya stared intently at Naruto's still relaxed expression, but inwardly he couldn't help but feel tense. After all, he had witnessed the terrible state of a Jinchuriki going out of control, and he secretly prepared to intervene at any moment to stop the rampage.

Within seconds, Naruto's tailed beast cloak rapidly transformed—from a chakra form with only one swaying tail at the beginning, it gradually condensed and finally transformed into a small Nine-Tails form with four materialized chakra tails, radiating a heart-palpitating aura!

However, Naruto, in his Four-Tails form, felt a pang of doubt. Although Kurama had impatiently yelled, "That's all the chakra I have! Take it or leave it!"

But Naruto clearly sensed that the vast, ocean-like chakra deep within the seal was still responding to his call, far from reaching its limit.

Well then... let's try again. Naruto decided to continue guiding him.

Gradually, he felt that a more solid substance seemed to be condensing on the tailed beast cloak covering his body—a dark red structure like bones, outlining the shape of a fox skull and a stronger limb skeleton on the surface of the chakra cloak.

He turned his head slightly and noticed that the number of tails swaying behind him had increased to six!

"As expected... that 'that' was just a tsundere statement, wasn't it?" Naruto thought to himself.

Under his continued guidance, the Nine-Tails' chakra continued to flow out, undergoing deeper transformations.

Unbeknownst to him, Jiraiya beside him was utterly dumbfounded. This miniature Nine-Tails was actually undergoing a transformation while maintaining a clear consciousness?! He even saw its skeletal claws forming hand seals?!

Finally, Naruto felt he had reached a critical point; the Eight Trigrams Seal seemed to have temporarily stopped supplying him with more chakra. He slowly opened his eyes and instinctively looked behind him first.

Not even a tail?

Jiraiya stared blankly at Naruto's bewildered expression, his mind almost blank. He had seen the complete tailed beast transformation before... but did the complete tailed beast transformation look like this?!

Naruto realized the abnormality of his own form. He quickly walked to the stream beside him and looked down at the mirror-like surface of the water.

What was reflected in the water was not the expected scarlet fox demon, but a figure shrouded in a dazzling golden chakra cloak, as radiant as sunlight.

Nine-Tails Chakra Mode?!

Looking at the dazzling golden figure reflected in the water, Naruto was momentarily incredulous. He cautiously separated a wisp of his consciousness and probed into the sealed space within his heart.

"Nine...Nine Lamas?"

Inside the sealed space, the Nine-Tails remained lazily lying on the lawn. Upon hearing the call, it merely lifted its eyelids slightly and glanced sideways at Naruto.

"What are you doing?"

"It's nothing..."

Feigning impatience but actually feeling somewhat guilty, Kurama turned its head away. It hadn't anticipated that over the past few years, the space inside the Eight Trigrams Seal had become more stable and comfortable thanks to Naruto's modifications. Consequently, the seal's binding force on chakra had also loosened considerably, allowing far more power to leak out than expected.

Its current attitude is simply a way of avoiding admitting that it actually condoned or even facilitated this change—wouldn't that make it seem like a hypocrite? How embarrassing!

Naruto instantly understood Kurama's arrogant behavior of trying to cover up his misunderstanding. He understood and wisely refrained from pressing the matter, simply keeping his gratitude in mind.

Since he can now mobilize such a huge amount of chakra and even condense it into this form... does that mean that if he breaks the seal, he can use the complete tailed beast chakra mode that is in sync with Kurama's mind?

The thought had barely formed when a strange unease suddenly swept over Naruto. He suddenly remembered something: when truly connected with Kurama and their chakra were fully linked, it seemed that both of them could see each other's deepest memories and true thoughts!

Then...wouldn't Kurama find out that the talk about "dreams" and "the child of prophecy" was actually a strategy used to gain his trust in order to communicate with him and establish a connection?

What will Nine-Tailed Fox think of me then? Will it think that all my kindness and efforts were built on the initial deception?

A wave of regret and worry washed over him. Because of a lack of love during his childhood, Naruto harbored an instinctive fear of losing important bonds. At this moment, he was inevitably overthinking things, and he also underestimated the genuine affection Kurama had developed for him over the years…

Jiraiya looked at the golden Naruto in front of him with a puzzled expression, not understanding why Naruto suddenly seemed a little down after mastering his new power.

"Hey, Naruto, what's up?" Jiraiya asked casually, trying to break the awkward silence. He adopted a nonchalant attitude, circling Naruto halfway around and looking him up and down. "Your new look... is quite unique! All glittery and golden. I wonder how strong you really are? Don't let it just be for show!"

His tone, which was clearly filled with intense curiosity yet forced to feign indifference, successfully pulled Naruto back to reality from his chaotic thoughts.

Seeing Jiraiya's forced composure, Naruto took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed his worries about the Nine-Tails.

"Forget it, let's deal with the immediate problem first." Naruto decided to himself. With his current strength, he should be able to handle most enemies except for those of Nagato's caliber.

I'll confront and apologize to Kurama when our relationship is stronger and I'm more confident...

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(Thanks to Dawei Zhongliang! The boss's expert certification! Thank you, boss!)

(Sorry it's a bit late today, I've been busy with work. There will be two more updates today.)