Being a rogue ninja is worse than being Hokage.

At this moment, within the consciousness space sealed by the Eight Trigrams, the Nine-Tailed Fox, just like its counterpart in the outside world, was suppressed and unable to move by several thick, glowing chains.

These chains that restrain the Nine-Tails in the space of consciousness all originated from Naruto's abdomen.

The sealing technique on Naruto's abdomen, the chain technique surrounding the Bagua seal, turned into real chains.

These chains are the Vajra Lock!

Vajra Seal.

This is what Naruto calls this sealing technique.

The principle is similar to that of Kushina Uzumaki's chakra being stored in the Eight Trigrams Seal.

Karin infused her chakra into the area around Naruto's Eight Trigrams Seal and applied a sealing technique to the Adamantine Sealing Technique to create a new sealing formula.

The advantages are obvious: Naruto can control the Adamantine Seal with his own will, not only to suppress the Nine-Tails, but also to break the seal and summon Karin's Adamantine Seal during battles.

However, this Vajra Seal also has its drawbacks.

Naruto himself did not truly master the Adamantine Sealing Technique, a sealing technique of the Uzumaki clan. The Adamantine Sealing Technique is the same as the chakra of Kushina Uzumaki that was previously hidden in the Eight Trigrams Sealing Technique.

Essentially, it is something that "loves" Naruto, but it is not an external thing that belongs to Naruto.

Once Karin's chakra is depleted, Naruto will be unable to replenish his chakra and use the Adamantine Sealing Technique again.

At this point, Karin needs to re-infuse Naruto with her own chakra within the seemingly ineffective Adamantine Sealing Seal to restore its effectiveness.

"It's the Vajra Lockdown again! Kid, are you still alive and well, Uzumaki clan?!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox, lying in the space of consciousness, opened its blood-red maw, revealing the terror of its enormous fox face.

Nine-Tailed Fox's tone was full of resentment.

Mito Uzumaki and Kushina Uzumaki—the first and second Nine-Tails Jinchuriki from the Uzumaki clan—possessed powerful chakra and, combined with unique sealing techniques, could freely seize and use the Nine-Tails' power without needing to be "of one mind" with it.

I thought this kid wouldn't be able to use the Adamantine Sealing Technique, but somehow he found a member of the Uzumaki clan who had been lost in the ninja world!

"Hey! Kid! Don't ignore what I'm saying!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox was still roaring loudly.

Naruto ignored Kurama.

Over the past three years, after Karin's use of the Adamantine Sealing Chains became more powerful and sophisticated, Naruto and Kurama's encounters in the consciousness space have all been like this.

Naruto's current experience is completely different from the original story; his current life shows him no "goodwill" towards Kurama.

He can set an example to wash away the resentment and dissatisfaction of the Nine-Tails for being sealed away for many years and used as a weapon for humans to fight and kill.

Defection, exploitation of others... Naruto's actions have only reinforced Kurama's prejudice that humanity's true nature is dark.

Therefore, Naruto never thought he could gain understanding from Kurama through conversation.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that with Karin's help, Naruto was able to suppress Kurama with his power, placing Naruto in a superior position and Kurama in a subordinate one.

Why waste words and go to the trouble of making Kurama's status equal to Naruto's, putting Kurama in the same position?

The so-called "heart-to-heart" communication with the tailed beasts is essentially nothing more than a "gentle" means of suppression.

The essence of power is violence.

Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage who longed for peace in the ninja world, was only "qualified" to become a "peaceful" person who could talk about achieving peace through words rather than violence after he unleashed absolute violence that could defeat Madara Uchiha.

Hashirama Senju's fantasy of peace through non-violence resulted in the ninja world never truly being at peace.

After Hashirama Senju, who possessed absolute power, passed away, the Second Hokage was killed by Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who coveted Konoha's powerful position.

Hashirama Senju, who abandoned violence and pursued only dialogue;

Madara Uchiha abandoned conversation and only knew how to control people's hearts with the fear of violence.

Naruto believed that the two men's extreme beliefs were all wrong.

To suppress things that cannot be spoken of with violence, and to use words to manipulate the power that can be controlled for one's own use.

Only by combining the two can one be said to have initially grasped the essence of power.

That's exactly what Naruto did.

He used the "bond" to win over Karin, and then used Karin's Adamantine Lock to violently suppress the Nine-Tails, which was unable to be won over and controlled by the "bond" at this moment.

In contrast to the noisy Nine-Tails, Naruto silently raised his hand in the space of consciousness and twisted and tightened the Four Symbols Seal again.

The power of the Eight Trigrams Seal once again affected the Nine-Tails.

The Vajra Seal also pulled out a massive amount of Nine-Tails chakra without its own consciousness from the Nine-Tails' body and stored it in Naruto's own body.

The continuous experiments to control the Nine-Tails over the past three years have finally succeeded at this moment.

Looking at the Nine-Tails, now imprisoned again in the cage of consciousness space, and feeling the Nine-Tails chakra within his body that he could control at will.

Naruto, however, did not rush to leave the consciousness space.

"When the seal on the eighth tail of the Nine-Tails is also released, the chakra of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, will appear."

This is information that Minato Namikaze personally told us in the original work.

Three years ago, perhaps because of Kotoamatsukami, Kushina Uzumaki, who helped Naruto control the Nine-Tails, appeared in Naruto's consciousness space.

Minato Namikaze's chakra still exists within the sealing technique.

This time, Naruto's "preparations" were not just about using Karin's Adamantine Sealing Technique to completely control the Nine-Tails' chakra.

This was also to force Minato Namikaze's chakra out of his consciousness space.

"Without the key stored with the toad, you still managed to find another way to suppress the Nine-Tails... Naruto, you truly are worthy of being Kushina's child."

She is the same as Kushina Uzumaki who appeared in Naruto's consciousness space three years ago.

Naruto's consciousness space turned golden.

The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, with his yellow hair and Hokage cloak.

He appeared in front of Naruto and smiled at him.

Chapter 27 Chakra Synchronization

"Although I don't know the full extent of your experience, I've seen what roughly happened through the sealing technique... I also know that Kushina helped you stabilize the Bagua Seal three years ago."

The chakra of Minato Namikaze, preserved within the Eight Trigrams Sealing Technique, allows him to observe Naruto's experiences through the outside world.

The same was true of Kushina Uzumaki's chakra three years ago.

It was because she witnessed Konoha attacking Naruto that Kushina felt pain and her feelings of indebtedness towards Naruto became even stronger.

"Naruto, thank you for accepting Kushina's hug."

Compared to the emotional Kushina Uzumaki, Minato Namikaze's chakra was more rational.

He didn't care what Naruto thought of him, and he knew he had no right to demand how Naruto should view him.

Minato Namikaze was simply grateful to Naruto for softening Naruto's attitude towards Kushina three years prior, when Kushina was about to disappear.

Naruto simply stared expressionlessly at Minato Namikaze, who was talking to himself.

"Don't worry, Naruto, the chakra I left in your body isn't as much as Kushina, so I can't 'fight' with you... Of course, I have no intention of 'fighting' with you either."

When Minato Namikaze appeared in Naruto's consciousness space, he was met with the same cold indifference from Naruto as he had been with Kushina three years prior.

Unlike the sorrowful Kushina, Minato Namikaze spoke up to explain to Naruto.

As he said this, Minato Namikaze turned around and showed Naruto the words "Fourth Hokage" emblazoned on his cloak:

"...Even though I am the 'Hokage' of Konoha, you are now a 'rogue ninja' of Konoha."

Naruto still did not respond to Minato's words.

Naruto had no doubt that Minato Namikaze didn't have much chakra left in the Eight Trigrams Seal.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki had already consumed a large amount of chakra before they died.

Kushina Uzumaki, from the Uzumaki clan, is known for her enormous chakra reserves and sealing techniques. Even if her chakra is "insufficient," it's only based on her own perception.

In the original story, after Kushina Uzumaki used the Adamantine Sealing Chains to suppress the Nine-Tails, she still had enough chakra left to tell Naruto the details of the Nine-Tails' rampage.

It's impossible to compare Kushina's "insufficient chakra" with that of an ordinary ninja.

However, Minato Namikaze's remaining chakra was only enough to reinforce Naruto's Eight Trigrams Seal.

In the original story, he also used chakra to reinforce the seal and then immediately disappeared.

If Naruto wanted to reliably dissipate the chakra that Minato Namikaze had left in the Eight Trigrams Seal, he could simply stage a scene where he "failed to steal the Nine-Tails' chakra."

This caused Minato Namikaze to deplete his already limited chakra.

But Naruto didn't intend to "waste" Minato's chakra like that.

Naruto drew out Minato Namikaze's chakra not to deplete his own, but to seal it.

After suppressing the Nine-Tails with the Adamantine Sealing Seal, Naruto did not completely use up Karin's chakra within the seal.

If we activate the Adamantine Sealing Seal once more to seal Minato Namikaze's chakra...

"It seems you only like Mom and not Dad..."

Just as Naruto was about to activate the Adamantine Sealing Technique in his abdomen again.

Minato Namikaze's initiative to speak temporarily interrupted Naruto's plans.

"The chakra I left in the Eight Trigrams Seal was originally meant to prevent you from being completely lured out of the seal by the Nine-Tails when it reveals all its tails, and to reinforce the Eight Trigrams Seal for you again—"

"—But now it seems you no longer need my preparations."

Minato Namikaze looked at Naruto and stated his decision: "Naruto, try to control this chakra of mine!"

Naruto squinted at Minato Namikaze, surprised that his thoughts were subtly in sync with his own.

"Control your chakra? What does that mean?"

Naruto finally spoke, probing the meaning behind Minato Namikaze's words.

Minato Namikaze's smile deepened as he finally received a response from Naruto.

"Naruto, your Flying Thunder God Technique was really cool!"

"It is precisely because you can use the Flying Thunder God Technique that my idea has the possibility of being realized."