I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 410 Don't try to reason with emotionally charged people, because it's a waste of time.

"How is it?"

Seeing Kushina open her eyes, Minato quickly asked, "I...I was kicked out." Kushina shook her head blankly and said, "I...I was kicked out."

It sounds absurd, but she was expelled from her own mental world, which was clearly a space constructed with her spiritual will. The entire space was a part of her spirit.

But that bastard Sakamoto Tatsuma just kicked his own consciousness out like that, which is even worse than a cuckoo taking over a magpie's nest! A cuckoo has to choose a time when the magpie isn't home!

"Huh? Maybe he really has something important to do, like finding the Nine-Tails."

Looking at Tatsuma, Minato comforted him. Kushina realized that she was still bound by Tatsuma's Wood Release. She tried to break free, but Minato quickly stopped her, saying, "He's still in your mental world. The connection can't be broken."

"Hmph! If you enjoy chatting with Kurama so much, why did you refuse to become a Jinchūriki in the first place?!"

Kushina said indignantly, but she stopped resisting. She was just thinking that after Tatsuma and Kurama finished talking, she would definitely interrogate Kurama to see what secrets she, as a Jinchūriki, couldn't hear!

Within Kushina's spiritual world, Tatsuma watched as he sealed Kushina's physical form. He then looked up at the Nine-Tails, its face contorted in a grotesque grimace, saliva dripping from its mouth and teeth, and said:

"Let's talk."

Nine-Tails looked at this tiny human. This was the despicable guy who had treated him as food the last time he came here, devouring him alive. He would never forget the pain and humiliation he had suffered!

"I have nothing to say to you! Unless you're begging me to kill you!"

Hearing Kurama's irritable tone, Tatsuma frowned. Communication with such a person is very inefficient because no matter what you say, they won't take it seriously and will only want to express their emotions.

"Splash splash splash~"

Kurama suddenly heard the sound of chains. He instinctively thought it was unlikely, because the chains binding Kushina to him were already taut and couldn't possibly be making that sound anymore, unless...

"Sage Art! Adamantine Sealing Barrier!"

Several Vajra chains wrapped with vines burst forth from Chenma's body, lashing out at the Nine-Tailed Fox. The chain links, covered in sharp spikes, and the chain heads with ferocious barbs struck the Nine-Tailed Fox hard.

"roar!!!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox let out a beast-like roar, its two large eyes wide open, staring intently at Tatsuma. Its breathing became extremely rapid, and the muscles around its fangs twitched incessantly.

"Splash~"

Following Tatsuma's will, the Vajra Seal was swung again, striking Kurama once more.

The barbs tore through the Nine-Tails' flesh, and the flesh and blood formed from chakra were constantly pulled down. The Nine-Tails, which had been standing upright, could no longer stop its two hind legs from twitching and trembling as they landed on the ground.

"Splash~"

But Chenma didn't stop. The Vajra Chains were swung and fell again and again, and he seemed to have forgotten his original purpose of coming to talk business.

In the real world, Nine-Tails chakra suddenly emanated from Kushina's body. Minato immediately tensed up and asked, "Kushina, how are you feeling?"

"I"

Kushina looked at the tailed beast chakra covering her body, and watched as it was constantly being drawn away by the Bagua seal beneath her feet. But she said, "This is the Nine-Tails' chakra that the Nine-Tails cannot control."

This was a bit of a mouthful; if it were said to Kushina herself normally, she might not have understood it at first glance. But Minato grasped the meaning instantly, and as if remembering something, asked:

"Are you able to control this chakra?"

"Can."

Seeing the Nine-Tails' chakra constantly changing its form, Kushina's face lit up with surprise. She said, "Minato, could you... help me stop the Eight Trigrams Seal? I want to try to control this chakra."

The Eight Trigrams Seal continuously draws out this chakra, and Kushina can't even try to use it. Moreover, she is currently restrained by Wood Release and has no way to interrupt the sealing barrier underground.

Upon hearing Kushina's request, Minato frowned and began to think. Finally, he nodded and said, "Alright, I will use my chakra to replace the sealing barrier."

The Bagua seal can be stopped, but the sealing barrier cannot be stopped. Firstly, to prevent accidents from happening, and secondly, because once the sealing barrier is opened, this place will no longer be hidden.

Kushina's Nine-Tails chakra and Tatsuma's Wood Release both carry the risk of leakage, or rather, more than just a risk.

Once the Nine-Tails' chakra spreads, it will inevitably attract the attention of Konoha, and the one inside the Hokage Building will see the situation here immediately.

Kushina frowned upon hearing Minato's words and said, "This is such a large sealing barrier; with your chakra..."

It's not that Minato has too little chakra, but that the Nine-Tails has too much chakra. This is a sealing barrier powered by the Nine-Tails' chakra. Can Minato withstand it?

"Let's try it first. If it doesn't work, I'll recover and then ask Tsunade-sensei to come over."

Minato wasn't entirely confident either. He could take over the energy source of the sealing barrier, but how long his chakra could sustain it was uncertain.

Before Kushina could reconsider, Minato had already formed hand seals and pressed them to the ground. The Bagua Seal slowly stopped operating, and the nodes connecting to the Bagua Seal were also connected to himself using a technique.

"Phew~"

Minato's vision went black for a moment, as if he were suffering from low blood sugar. It took him several seconds to adjust before his eyes regained their clarity. He regulated his breathing and spoke in as calm a tone as possible:

"It doesn't seem as serious as I thought, Xiao Jiu, you don't need to worry about me."

"Alright then, Minato, don't push yourself."

After Kushina finished speaking, she focused on controlling the Nine-Tails chakra that was constantly dissipating from her body, but not at the same speed as before, and began to circulate it within her meridians.

The Nine-Tails' chakra is extremely violent. Although Tatsuma denied this, the fact is that few people can withstand the Nine-Tails' chakra, and even contact with it can result in burns.

However, there are exceptions. There are also milder Nine-Tails chakra, such as those refined by Mito. Without Mito's cleansing, the young Tatsuma at that time would not have been able to bear the Nine-Tails' chakra.

Mito also taught Kushina the method of washing and purifying the Nine-Tails' chakra. However, before that, she couldn't even use the tailed beast's chakra, let alone take possession of it and process it herself.

Now that she finally had the Nine-Tails' chakra that was no longer controlled by the Nine-Tails, Kushina naturally began to try out the knowledge that Kushina had taught her, constantly trying to learn.

Within the realm of the spirit, the Nine-Tailed Fox, now blood red and thinner, its wet fur plastered to its skin, roared and bit down on a Vajra chain that was whipping towards it once more.

With a flick of its head, Nine-Tails flung the chains away, glaring angrily at Tatsuma, and said, "Sakamoto Tatsuma! Don't go too far! What exactly do you want to do?!"

"I told you, I want to talk to you."

Chenma crossed his arms, raised a finger, and the relentlessly whipping Vajra Chains stopped. He looked at the disheveled Nine-Tails, waiting for his reply.

Talk? Are you kidding me!

Kurama glared at Tatsuma, feeling the pain and unbearable agony, his heart filled with grief and indignation. What did he mean by "let's talk"? Did he have some misunderstanding about human culture? Was this what "let's talk" meant?!

Never before has any human being dared to humiliate him like this!

He roared, "I have nothing to talk to you about!"

"I thought so too, so I'm going to let you calm down first."

Tatsuma raised his clasped fingers again, and the Vajra Chains rose once more. The spears and barbs at the chain ends resembled the forked tongue and fangs of a venomous snake. Watching the Nine-Tails struggle in vain, Tatsuma said:

"I don't have any friends from the Inuzuka clan because their ninja dogs tremble and bark wildly whenever they see me. I think the reason is that my dog ​​training philosophy differs from that of the Inuzuka clan."

I won't try to win them over with love and companionship. After all, I don't need to get the same love and companionship from a dog. Some people say that dogs are man's best friend, but before they become man's friend, they are man's tools.

Tools must be handy; if they're not handy, then they should be repaired and improved!

"Splash~"

The Adamantine Lock continued to fall, and the Nine-Tails, which had just caught its breath, was once again subjected to this treatment that was completely inhumane.

The Nine-Tails, which had been able to stand upright, was forced to lie down and curl up as Tatsuma's Vajra Chains continued to lash it. However, its scarlet eyes were still fixed on Tatsuma.

"You want me to wag my tail and beg?! Absolutely not!"

"Splash~"

As his stubborn words fell to the ground, he was met with even more intense, torrential lashes, like a sudden storm. The continuous pain numbed the Nine-Tails' will, and the fierce light in its eyes gradually dimmed.

Seeing the pitiful state of the Nine-Tails, Tatsuma snorted, but he did not stop immediately; instead, he increased his intensity.

Having the same talent for sensing malice as the Nine-Tails, he knew that the Nine-Tails was merely in disguise. He feared that if he stopped and got even a little closer to the Nine-Tails, the beast would attack him without hesitation.

Even the Vajra Chains began to strike at the Nine-Tails' head. To avoid injuring its eyes, the Nine-Tails lowered its head and even used its claws to cover its face.

Tatsuma only stopped when the nine tails retracted into their paw pads, the constantly waving tails were hidden beneath its body, and its chest and abdomen, which outlined the shape of its ribs, began to tremble and even whimper.

"Splash~"

The Vajra Chains, stained with the Nine-Tails' flesh and blood, returned to Tatsuma's body. However, the wisps of Nine-Tails' chakra formed from that flesh and blood had no effect on Tatsuma. He looked at the Nine-Tails and said:

"Now, let's talk."

"There's nothing to talk about between us!"

Kurama's voice was thick with nasal tone and trembling. Tatsuma ignored Kurama's stubbornness and said, "Uchiha Madara is still alive."

(End of this chapter)