Chapter 369

Although the aura on them is extremely dark, in truth the hearts of these Tailed Beasts are actually very simple!!!

Uzumaki Mito stepped forward and stroked the fur on Nine-Tails' head!!

"How many times have I told you, you're not allowed to pet me like that!!"

"This great lord is the strongest Tailed Beast, the Nine-Tailed Fox — you think I'm some little dog?!"

Although its words were fierce,

Nine-Tails actually lay its body down,

lowered its head,

and even let out a pleased little hum!!!

Within Nine-Tails' perception,

Uzumaki Mito held no malice toward it either.

Through these several battles,

Nine-Tails had even developed a special kind of feeling toward Uzumaki Mito!!

Just like the feeling these Tailed Beasts once had toward the Sage of Six Paths, Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo,

and this point,

even the current Hashirama Senju could not achieve!!

Although Nine-Tails also felt no obvious malice from Hashirama Senju,

and in fact Nine-Tails and the other Tailed Beasts were thoroughly enjoying their current life.

But Hashirama Senju's strength was simply too overwhelming,

and this person's rate of progress was also far too fast,

Nine-Tails could only sense a distant, unreachable feeling from Hashirama Senju!!!

It was precisely this sense of distance that made these Tailed Beasts both revere and fear Hashirama Senju,

completely unable to feel any closeness,

but the Uzumaki Mito before them was different,

Nine-Tails instinctively sensed from her a feeling that made it unable to resist drawing close (well said),

as for why, even it itself could not say!!!

Watching Nine-Tails speak so ferociously with its mouth,

yet honestly lower its body with its actions to let her stroke its head,

the smile at the corner of Uzumaki Mito's mouth grew richer.

"Nine-Tails… do you think the current me can defeat Hashirama?"

"Just how big is the gap between him and me? Can you tell me?"

Just as Nine-Tails was being petted by Uzumaki Mito to the point of nearly starting to snore,

Uzumaki Mito's voice suddenly rang out beside its ear.

Opening its enormous beast-pupils,

Nine-Tails fixed a serious gaze on Uzumaki Mito and slowly spoke.

"Mito… if your goal is to defeat Hashirama Senju…"

"Then I'd still advise you to give up that goal as soon as possible."

"In this world, there cannot possibly be anyone who is his opponent right now."

After hearing Nine-Tails' words,

not the slightest hint of disappointment or dejection appeared on Uzumaki Mito's face.

Because she knew Nine-Tails was speaking those words from the bottom of its heart.

Uzumaki Mito gently shook her head.

"But I feel my strength has already reached its limit; even if I keep fighting you, there's really no point anymore."

"I can feel that the gains in strength over these last few times have grown smaller and smaller, and basically there's no longer any major change."

"So I can only challenge Hashirama while I still haven't lost my courage."

"No matter what, wish me luck… Kurama…"

After saying that, Uzumaki Mito vanished from before Nine-Tails' eyes.

Feeling the lingering warmth still remaining on its forehead,

Nine-Tails let out a soft sigh and said nothing more.

Although Uzumaki Mito had not yet begun her battle with Hashirama Senju,

Nine-Tails had already foreseen the outcome of their fight.

……

"So… Hashirama Senju, when are you going to marry me?"

"If you can't answer my question."

"Then I'll let battle help you think of how to answer my question."

Uzumaki Mito said, fixing a serious stare at the Hashirama Senju before her.

162. The Pinnacle of the Uzumaki Clan: Uzumaki Mito's Strength!

Looking at the Uzumaki Mito before him,

a helpless, bitter smile slowly surfaced on Hashirama Senju's face.

Regarding the red-haired girl before him,

Hashirama Senju knew clearly in his heart,

He had at most a favorable impression.

But it was far from reaching the level of liking!!

But through repeated contact with him,

Uzumaki Mito seemed to have fallen for him.

So Hashirama Senju had never entertained the thought of courting Uzumaki Mito,

But Uzumaki Ashina and Senju Butsuma always seemed to want him to take Uzumaki Mito as his wife.

Now, in their observation,

among all the women Hashirama Senju had come into contact with,

Uzumaki Mito was the one most suited to be Hashirama's wife,

The Senju clan and the Uzumaki clan had been on friendly terms for generations,

and the two of them joining together

would be even more beneficial to the friendly development of both clans.

Before Hashirama Senju could figure out how to refuse Uzumaki Mito,

Uzumaki Mito first clenched her fist,

and said to him with a look of displeasure.

"Enough!! Hashirama Senju, stop running away!!"

"Every time I bring this up, you always find some way to dodge me!!"

"I won't give you any chance to avoid me anymore!!"

"Let's do it the way we first decided."

"As long as I win, you marry me right away…"

【Jiraiya: Sigh… Seeing the look on the First Hokage's face, I fully understand his troubles. A fine man like us always has to face this kind of helpless situation…】

【Minato Namikaze: Uh… Jiraiya-sensei… have you ever had this kind of trouble? How come I've never heard you mention it?】

【Orochimaru: Hehe… Jiraiya, I don't know whether you've had this kind of trouble, but from what I recall, you've always been the one pestering others.】

【Tsunade: Jiraiya, you old pervert, have you really forgotten what you look like??】

【Kakashi Hatake: Jiraiya-sama… if you have this kind of time, I think you'd be better off putting your mind into the creation of Icha Icha. It's been ages since the sequel was updated after the last publication. Wouldn't you consider speeding things up?】

【Kushina Uzumaki: Naruto! From now on you must stay far away from that old pervert Jiraiya, do you hear me? Don't let him influence you at all.】

【Naruto Uzumaki: I've read the pervy sage's Icha Icha too… I even had a hand in it. If I hadn't used my Sexy Jutsu, he wouldn't have had such an easy time writing all those later volumes.】

【Kushina Uzumaki: What?! Naruto, 513 you've already read Icha Icha at this age? Jiraiya, you old bastard, I'm not done with you!!!】

【Minato Namikaze: Ahem… Kushina, don't say it like that. I've read Jiraiya-sensei's Icha Icha too. It really is a rare masterpiece.】