Chapter 808

The waiting was unbearable—she worried something might happen to Sasuke, and fretted over whether Lin Cheng might do something with Sasuke, after all that guy Sasuke was….

She didn't know why, but she suddenly felt Sasuke had been acting strangely these past two days.

"That guy won't be more clingy than you. Although his personality isn't great either, he wouldn't do something like privately getting someone first. Your compatibility with the Nine-Tails is still too weak right now—when you're outside in the future, you can find an empty place to practice more."

Senju Hashirama reached out and lifted the Nine-Tails into his arms, his fingers gently pinching the Nine-Tails' ear once.

Then he sighed inwardly, somewhat understanding why Naruto liked this fox so much—the feel was nice, and seeing it pitifully widen its eyes somehow put him in a good mood.

"It's only half of the Nine-Tails, are you sure you don't take back the other half?"

Regarding Naruto, Senju Hashirama wanted to take extra care of him, but now that the Nine-Tails was only half, the power was certainly much weaker.

"No need, this is pretty good too. I can borrow power from Kurama, and Dad can too, and Mom can use part of it too—our whole family can use the Nine-Tails' power."

Naruto reached out and took back the Nine-Tails, which had thrown her a pitiful look, and only after holding it in her arms did she answer Senju Hashirama's question.

Because she was the previous generation's Nine-Tails jinchūriki, even though she no longer had a tailed beast now, Kushina could still use part of the power, roughly enough to display the power level of three tails.

This also gave Kushina a few more layers of safety, plus the half Nine-Tails with Minato—in Naruto's view, this was the best arrangement.

"Indeed it's not bad. The Nine-Tails ultimately isn't your own power. If you're strong enough yourself, having the Nine-Tails just be a pet is pretty good too."

Senju Hashirama glanced at the cowering Nine-Tails—why was this fox so afraid when it saw him?

Seems like he had hurt it badly back then?

"Naruto, what's so good about that kid Lin Cheng, that you'd change so much for him?"

Suddenly remembering he had never asked, Senju Hashirama directly shifted the topic to Lin Cheng.

As expected, he still wanted to know how that guy had charmed Naruto.

"Lin Cheng? Actually you can't really put it that way. The reason I like him is my own feelings. The child was my request too, so it wasn't for him, but for me—so he had no choice but to accept a me who had a boy's memories."

Naruto was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst out laughing.

She truly didn't believe all her changes were for Lin Cheng.

Although that guy did have some intentions in that regard, everything she herself wanted—how could that be said to be for someone?

That kind of thing, probably only someone who couldn't face themselves squarely would put everything onto another person.

"That guy won't mind whether you used to be a boy, he…."

Senju Hashirama stared at Naruto for a while, then suddenly laughed.

He seemed to understand!

As expected, some things still needed to be discussed with this junior of his.

What one wants for oneself, why must it be hung on another's name? It seemed that having lived all these extra years, he had actually lost to a junior—this was truly a bit embarrassing!

"Naruto, you took the Nine-Tails out to play again!"

After waking up, Sasuke hurriedly got dressed and went downstairs. Before he could even report his safety to his family, he nearly got the Nine-Tails pounced onto his face.

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His originally good mood instantly interrupted, he grabbed the Nine-Tails with both hands and set off to settle the score with Naruto.

That guy letting the Nine-Tails out was one thing, but he actually let it loose to run around?

Doesn't he know how dangerous it would be if this fox went berserk?

"It's fine, Sasuke, look how obedient it is. Kurama just wanted to come out and play for a bit."

Naruto reached out and took the Nine-Tails back from Sasuke's hands, and while holding it in her arms, she didn't forget to pat the fox's head twice as comfort.

This action and expression of worrying the Nine-Tails might be startled successfully made Sasuke curl his lip in disgust and walk away. He didn't want to get too close to that idiot Naruto—if idiocy was contagious, that would be terrible.

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"Sasuke, you're alright now, right?"

Uchiha Itachi saw his little brother come out and came over worriedly wanting to ask what happened, but stopped the words at his mouth—he couldn't let people know that his brother had previously turned into a girl.

"I'm fine, I was just too tired, resting for a few days will be fine. Brother, don't worry, I'm really fine!"

Sasuke looked up and met Uchiha Itachi's eyes. He didn't know how to explain the matter of having been a girl before, and it seemed that here, apart from his dad, mom, and brother, everyone else already knew.

But because he didn't say anything, everyone was helping to keep it hidden now, truly….

"Right, regarding the matter of the Uchiha clan's clan head, Sasuke, do you have any plans for changes now? The village side needs to record it in the archives. If you want to make changes, I'll mention it to them when I go back."

Senju Tobirama had always felt Sasuke was a bit strange, especially the matter of this boy turning into a girl, but it wasn't his place to say much about someone else's affairs.