Chapter 569 Structure
Chapter 569 Structure
How about it, Nine-Lama, do you want to give it a try?
After Naruto finished, his consciousness sank into his inner world. Standing on the vast grassland, he asked the question to the huge figure lying not far away.
"……snort."
His response was a cold snort, squeezed out from his nose, carrying a distinctly awkward tone.
The giant fox lay on the grassland, its nine-tailed eyes half-open and half-closed.
"I am strong enough. I don't need that kind of thing."
Its gaze shifted from Naruto back to the book open in front of it, pretending that it had no interest in the guy's suggestion at all.
The area where the Nine-Tailed Fox was lying was surrounded by all sorts of things.
Books, from thick hardcovers to thin comic books, from ninjutsu theory to historical biographies to fantasy novels whose content is completely incomprehensible, are piled together in a chaotic mess.
Several pairs of headphones, some over-ear and some in-ear, were tangled together in a mess. Various electronic products, of different sizes and numbers of buttons, some lit up and some dimmed, were scattered around the Nine-Tailed Fox's claws.
There was even a PS5, its white body standing out among the mess, next to a small mountain of game discs.
These things were all fabricated by Naruto as he gradually mastered the power of the Star Eye.
No materials, tools, or prerequisites are required.
He wanted Kurama to have something to pass the time, so books appeared; he wanted Kurama to listen to music to change its mood, so headphones appeared; he wanted Kurama to find some fun in this vast, empty place, so game consoles and CDs appeared.
One by one, slowly and unconsciously, they piled up a small mountain around the Nine-Tails.
Unfortunately, the Nine-Tails is a chakra aggregate. It doesn't have the physiological needs of humans, nor does it have the desire for companionship and interaction with the opposite sex.
Naruto wouldn't mind creating a Daji for it.
Anyway, it was just a matter of thinking about it for him, but after thinking about it, he felt that Kurama probably wouldn't like that kind of art style.
And to be honest, he didn't know what the Nine-Tailed Fox's aesthetic sense was like. If he sculpted something that didn't suit its taste, that would be awkward.
For Kurama, life was wonderful.
Naruto's inner world, from some unknown point in time, gradually expanded and extended, gradually becoming a vast expanse where the Nine-Tails would never reach its end without deliberate effort.
Even when the Nine-Tailed Fox was still wild, in the era when it roamed freely among the mountains and rivers, this kind of space was considered top-notch.
Most importantly, no malicious humans bother it. There are no ones who use it as a weapon, a tool, or a source of power, but never as a living being.
The Nine-Tails does not need to eat. Tailed beasts do not need to eat or drink; they do not need food to sustain life like ordinary creatures.
But Naruto made it into a tablecloth and named it "Food Tablecloth." Inspired by Doraemon, it can conjure up any food you want to eat just by saying what you want.
Any dish you can think of, just by mentioning its name, will appear on that tablecloth, steaming and fragrant, as if it were just brought out of the kitchen.
Therefore, in order to enjoy delicious food, the Nine-Tails will conjure up a bunch of tasty things to please itself.
So, this is what Nine-Tails' life is like now—it enjoys modern entertainment, reading novels and comics it has never seen before, listening to music it has never heard before, and playing video games it has never seen before.
It can enjoy all the world's delicacies at will; it only needs to think of something, and the food it wants will appear on the tablecloth.
It has the most expansive living space, so vast that it could run for three days and three nights and still not reach the end. And—the Nine-Tailed Fox is not alone.
Because of the Chunin Exams, Kurama (the Nine-Tails) can visit Gaara's inner world at any time. Or rather, he can visit Shukaku (the One-Tailed Beast).
The "visiting" of the Nine-Tailed Fingers means fighting with the opponent, enjoying the crushing victory, and finally achieving triumph.
It will suddenly appear in Shukaku's mental space, swat at it with its claws without saying a word, then laugh loudly amidst Shukaku's furious roars, pin it to the ground and beat it up, then pat its butt and leave, leaving Shukaku alone there jumping up and down cursing.
The next time they meet, Shukaku will put on a "I'm going to win this time" attitude, and then get beaten up even more badly.
This is the Nine-Tails' social life. It doesn't feel lonely, it doesn't feel bored, and it doesn't think there's anything wrong with this kind of life.
It can be said that the treatment Naruto gave Kurama was the best he could possibly do for it.
He gave it everything he could think of—freedom, space, entertainment, food, and companionship.
Indeed, Kurama (the Nine-Tails) did its best to control itself and not completely succumb to pleasure.
It felt it should maintain some dignity as a tailed beast, should stand up from time to time, run around the grassland, and should play games, read comics, and eat cake less often.
However—it doesn't dislike Naruto's doting affection.
It's not unpleasant to have someone think about what you like, need, and want. In fact, it's quite enjoyable.
The only annoying thing is the consciousness of Urashiki Otsutsuki, who is imprisoned here.
That guy was like a rat, popping up every now and then to steal things, especially various electronic products and books.
It would chase after the thing and snatch it back whenever it found it, and beat the guy up as well. But Otsutsuki Urashiki's consciousness was like an unkillable cockroach, and it would reappear after a few days, never giving up its thieving desires and never learning its lesson.
Where the mind leads, all things appear. Actions follow the heart, without constraint or hindrance.
This is what Naruto can do now. A true, complete, rule-based ability without any limitations or costs.
What you think, you become. What you desire, you will appear. There is no price to pay, no logic to follow, and no need to consider any physical laws or causal principles.
Where the mind goes, all things appear.
These eight words are the most accurate description of his abilities.
Although, Naruto is sometimes a little scared.
If I were to use this ability, with a single thought, I could encompass all superclusters, observable universes, universes above this one, multiverses, parallel universes, dimensional levels, narrative levels…
What would happen if they all turned into tomatoes?
He mentally predicted the consequences of this idea and carefully and meticulously inquired about the possible outcomes from Star Eye.
Then he got the answer.
Superclusters are like dust, and the observable universe is but a tiny fraction. This universe, the multiverse, and parallel worlds are layered upon each other, like a stack of papers scattered by the wind, each page filled with countless stories, countless lives, and countless joys and sorrows.
Dimensional ladders, narrative levels, all laws and concepts—time, space, causality, logic, existence itself, consciousness itself, all that is defined and undefined, all that can be imagined and unimaginable—all collapse, condense, and converge into one place.
(If someone of this level of power were to be betrayed in Boruto, the author should go to the Yellow River, put on a Chinese-style Poké Ball, and cosplay as Gyarados.)
In the end, it was just a tomato.
An ordinary, bright red tomato, quietly suspended in the void.
There was no sound, no light, nothing superfluous.
Naruto didn't know whether he should feel shocked, absurd, or that his thought was so terrifying that he should forget it immediately and never think about it again.
Therefore, what Naruto does with his Star Eyes is like—lighting a cigarette with a controlled gamma-ray burst, boiling water with the merger of supermassive black holes, and blowing out a candle with cosmic inflation.
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