Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

As soon as Xia Zuo entered Naruto's inner world, he immediately discovered that the situation was different from what he remembered.

Naruto's mind is still in the sewer world, but the sewer is damp without standing water and is brightly lit, so it doesn't feel eerie or terrifying.

The environment was much better than I remembered the plot being portrayed.

If Xia Zuo hadn't known beforehand that this was a sewer, he would likely have assumed it was a passageway in a basement.

After walking a few steps along the sewer, Xia Zuo saw the Nine-Tails locked in a fence, and Naruto curled up and sleeping outside the fence.

The environment here has also changed a lot. It is not only dry, bright, warm and comfortable, but Naruto Uzumaki is curled up on a big bed, with a thick quilt wrapped around his chest.

Xia Zuo laughed: "It seems the 'mask' is quite effective, successfully keeping out the miserable and tragic life."

He walked quickly to the bedside, ignoring Kurama's gaze, and gently woke up Naruto Uzumaki.

Naruto woke up groggily, rubbing his eyes, and asked, "Brother Xia Zuo, is it time to get up?"

Xia Zuo replied, "Naruto, I am in your inner world. I've come to introduce you to your parents."

Naruto instantly snapped out of it, flipping himself over and leaping to his feet: "Brother Xia Zuo, can I see Mom and Dad now?"

Xia Zuo nodded: "Of course, this is a promise I made on the first day I met you, and today I'm here to fulfill that promise."

"And you'll be torn not only by your parents, but also by your companion, the Nine-Tails, with whom you'll never be able to escape in this lifetime."

Xia Zuo pointed behind Naruto, signaling him to turn around.

Naruto Uzumaki turned around and saw the nine-tailed fox, which was as big as a small mountain, and exclaimed "Wow!"

He jumped for joy, shouting, "What a big, handsome fox!"

The Nine-Tails, deliberately putting on a fierce expression: "?"

Although the training period was only two years and it failed, Xia Zuo still managed to clear Naruto's inferiority complex and the hatred he felt towards foxes that arose from that inferiority complex.

Naruto Uzumaki's love for fluffy animals was not suppressed. When he saw Kurama, he naturally ignored its fierce expression and showed his purest affection.

"Wow, such a big fox lives in my heart, and I'm amazed that I didn't die from overeating."

He shouted and jumped around, constantly trying to touch the nine-tailed fox's flame-like fur, especially its fluffiest tail.

Nine-Tails' expression collapsed; his cheeks twitched as he swung his tail to dodge the brat's claws.

"Stop it, you damned brat, stop it now!"

Nine-Tailed Fox glared warily at Xia Zuo: "You stop him for me, or I'll tear him to pieces!"

Xia Zuo chuckled and said, "If you can do it, you can give it a try."

Naruto Uzumaki chuckled and added, "Oh dear, you adorable big fox, you live in my heart, shouldn't you pay rent?"

"Hurry up and stick your tail out so I can hug you, and I won't charge you rent."

Nine-Tailed Fox was furious: "Damn it, it's not like I wanted to live here. To me, your heart is a prison! A prison!"

Xia Zuo said, "Who said prisons don't charge rent?"

"Not only do you not pay your chakra as rent, but you also cause trouble for the landlord, making Naruto's chakra flow chaotic, so he can only be a loser."

"Nine-Tails, you'll have to pay double the compensation."

Nine-Tailed Fox roared, "Bah! This kid's heart is narrow-minded! Dark! Damp! Stagnant water! He's suffocating me! Why should I pay rent?"

Xia Zuo spread his hands: "But that's not what I see now. This environment is so comfortable!"

Nine-Tailed Fox scoffed, "Ha, that only changed in the last two years."

"Besides, even if he could be happier and more cheerful, making my life more comfortable, so what? I'd still still be in prison, wouldn't I?"

"Pay the rent. If I get the chance, I'll eat him alive..."

Nine-Tailed Fox suddenly stopped talking.

It turned out that in its excitement, its tail accidentally peeked out from the gap in the railing. Xia Zuo and Naruto Uzumaki jumped up without hesitation and grabbed the fluffy fox tail.

That's right, Xia Zuo is also a plush toy lover and especially enjoys petting furry animals.

The two hugged the Nine-Tails' tail, intently enjoying the soft, warm fox tail, completely oblivious to what the Nine-Tails was saying.

Enraged, Kurama tried desperately to pull its tail back, only to find that Xia Zuo, dressed in black, was incredibly strong and couldn't budge it at all.

It suddenly unleashed a tremendous aura, roaring, "You bastard, listen carefully when I'm speaking!"

The Nine-Tails' chakra exploded like flames, unleashing a real firestorm that crashed wildly against the prison bars.

But as soon as the Nine-Tails' chakra burst out of the fence, it was blocked by an invisible barrier.

Minato Namikaze deliberately left gaps in the seal so that Kurama and Naruto could communicate and Naruto could use Kurama's chakra.

Therefore, the barrier that the seal manifests allows for dialogue and mutual visibility, and also allows benevolent chakra to pass through.

However, Minato Namikaze would never allow the Nine-Tails to harm Naruto, so the railings would resolutely prevent any chakra mixed with malice from passing through.

Therefore, the Nine-Tails' outburst did not cause any damage.

But its outburst startled the two from enjoying its tail.

Naruto muttered, pouting, "This fox looks cute, but it has a terrible temper."

Xia Zuo raised his head and glanced at the Nine-Tails indifferently, his eyes containing the burial divine technique of the Grim Reaper Xia Zuo.

Instantly, the Nine-Tails felt an indescribable, terrifying pressure, squeezing in from all directions and pinning it firmly to the ground, unable to move.

In the real world, Xia Zuo is a Kage-level ninja who can only fight back and forth using his Wood Release and the Nine-Tails.

But in Naruto's inner world, the soul becomes the only decisive force, and the spirit of the Grim Reaper can display a portion of the true divine power.

The Nine-Tails' soul is a man-made creation. Its power is based on an exaggerated scale accumulated over thousands of years, rather than its inherent quality. It has no ability to defend against the attacks of the Death Spirit.

Xia Zuo only needs to be careful not to exceed Naruto's mental limits and harm the kid.

Nine-Tails initially resisted and struggled desperately, but it soon discovered something even more terrifying.

Xia Zuo's attacks contained the essence of death, gradually eroding the Nine-Tails' chakra.

This wasn't the kind of damage Nine-Tails was used to—the kind that caused it to be scattered—but rather damage that could truly kill a tailed beast.

Tailed beasts are never afraid of getting hurt, because any injury is just a dispersion of chakra, which will soon reassemble and recover.

Even if a tailed beast is killed by a powerful ninja, its scattered chakra will reunite within a few years. The tailed beast will not only recover to its original state, but will even become stronger.

This is because the chakra that makes up the bodies of the tailed beasts is marked with the individual tailed beast's mark, making it the exclusive property of the tailed beast.

As long as the chakra itself is not destroyed, the tailed beasts will not suffer any real harm.

But now, Xia Zuo is erasing the Nine-Tails' mark from the chakra, restoring the chakra to its pure original state, and the Nine-Tails has truly been weakened.

If this continues, the Nine-Tails will degenerate back to the weak state it was in when it was first created by the Sage of Six Paths.

They might even be completely wiped out.

The Nine-Tailed Fox was scared.