“…… Ahh......h

Almost at the moment when Shikamaru's words fell, the eyes of Asma and the others, under the influence of Shikamaru's more and more determined words, focused on "Naruto". So much so that no matter how thick-skinned Naruto was, he would inevitably become extremely weak under the silent questioning of everyone out of kindness. After a short pause, he raised his hands and put on a helpless gesture of disarming and surrendering, and at the same time, he gave Shikamaru an affirmative reply in disguise in a half-joking and half-serious tone.

"I said Shikamaru, the truth that people can't be dismantled, don't you know? Now that you've seen through it, why do you want to say it? ”

That is to say...... Your true nature is really on the verge of a nervous breakdown?! ”

Of course, although Naruto's disarming and surrender allowed Shikamaru to verify his conjecture, the look on Shikamaru's face did not show the slightest joy and pride for this, but instead clenched his fists and became more and more ugly. Immediately, with his high IQ, he knew that Naruto had left a certain degree of hidden danger even in the actions of Sand Hidden Village. But if it weren't for the rush to rescue his group, he would obviously be able to get enough rest and recovery, and he wouldn't need to spend extra energy, let alone fall into this embarrassing and dangerous situation, and Naruto, who was smiling all the time and trying to bear the consequences alone, felt guilty and guilty. While squeezing the speed of his brain to the limit with all his might, he turned his head and commanded Inono with a flash of inspiration in his mind.

"Hey. Ino! Your chakra should have recovered almost with the help of 'Naruto' just now, right? Use the Heart Turn Jutsu on Naruto, now, immediately, immediately! ”

"Huh? Recovery is recovery, but why should I turn around with my heart to Naruto......"

Not long ago, he was immersed in the joy of everyone surviving safe and sound because of Naruto's timely assistance, but now he was told by Shikamaru that Naruto could fall into a mental breakdown at any time due to excessive overdraft of mental power, and even die on the spot, which made Ino's brain suddenly fall into a blank state. So much so that when he heard Shikamaru's words, Ino, who had not yet understood Shikamaru's intentions, raised his eyebrows and frowned slightly, and instinctively asked out loud.

"Ahh I understand! I'll do it! ”

Fortunately, as the daughter of the patriarch of the Yamanaka clan, Ino can be regarded as a thorough understanding of the effect of the heart turning technique. So much so that before the questioning words that instinctively came to his lips, before he could finish speaking, Ino realized that Shikamaru wanted to use his heart to turn around, control Naruto's body at the same time, and replace the mentally weak Naruto to bear the mental power consumption brought by the release of the shadow clone! And at the same time as the conversation changed, like Shikamaru, Ino, who didn't want Naruto to have any accidents at all, didn't think about whether he could withstand this pressure, so he excitedly put on the starting pose of the heart turning technique, ready to teleport his consciousness into Naruto's body!

"It's useless, little girl, stop it......"

It's a pity that before Ino had time to launch the family secret technique, an instinctive and astonishing sense of oppression that made people feel dangerous quickly spread from Naruto's body. Immediately, everyone shifted their gaze again to look at Naruto's figure, interrupting Ino's movements. "Naruto", who has always been very arrogant, said unhurriedly in a rather old-fashioned tone.

"If you take over the control of your body, you can replace that stinky boy and bear this side effect, then the old man would have done it a long time ago, why wait for you to come?"

"This feeling...... Are you, Nine-Tails?! ”

Compared with Naruto on weekdays, it was obvious that the temperament of the two had changed, so that everyone was only slightly stunned for a moment, and then quickly realized that most of the "Naruto" in front of him had been taken over by the Nine-Tails. Immediately, with a serious expression, while putting on a fighting posture and surrounding the Nine Lamas in the center, Asma, who had personally experienced the Nine-Tails Rebellion and was quite jealous of the Nine-Tails, took the lead in questioning.

"Do you mean...... The crisis Naruto is facing now is actually a ghost you deliberately did in order to break free from the seal and snatch his body?! ”

Between the words, because Naruto is the pillar force of the Nine-Tails, although in the hearts of everyone, it has long been a secret. But Naruto had already reached a consensus with the Nine Lamas since he was a child, and he no longer had to worry about the internal strife between the tailed beast and the human pillar force, which was purely a waste of his own strength, but he still didn't know anything about it. At most, he just thinks that Naruto, with his outstanding talent, has always had the Nine Lamas who perfectly suppressed the seal in his body, resulting in the Nine Lamas not having the opportunity to make trouble from beginning to end!

In this way, even if it is just a shadow clone of Naruto, but in the case of suddenly taking over the control of "Naruto's" body without making a sound, and blocking Ino from "saving" Naruto, everyone in Asma's team will regard the Nine Lamas as enemies and subconsciously surround them, which has become an understandable thing.

Fortunately, in addition to the people of Asma's team, it is Naruto's partner who will not hesitate to risk his life and work hard to save him, so that the Nine Lamas, under the influence of Aiwu and Wu's thoughts, will not attack them because of a misunderstanding, in addition to the existence of this extremely important "death-free gold medal". For the Nine Lamas, who are the head of the Nine Tails, the strength of Asma and the others has not been valued by him since the beginning. Even being questioned by everyone is just like a human being facing a provocation by ants, and there will be no emotional fluctuations at all.

"The principle of this move is much more complicated than you think...... The simplest example is that even if there is an external force that takes over Naruto's body, the fatigue accumulated when he dissolves the shadow clone will still act on his own mental power. ”

In this case, even if he was faced with the situation of being regarded as an enemy by everyone, and he was surrounded by a group, the Nine Lamas were still in a booth with both hands, like a nobody, directly ignoring the hostility emanating from everyone. After sorting out the wording a little, he continued to speak out on his own.

"What's more, even this stinky boy can't bear the mental power consumption...... How long do you think you can hold on with your strength? Little girl? ”

"This ......"

After hearing the Nine Lamas' rhetorical question, Ino, who had originally planned to look for an opportunity to forcibly perform the Heart Turning Technique, couldn't help but become hesitant in the face of the fact that his spiritual power was indeed far less powerful than Naruto's. Immediately, in this overwhelmed situation, he instinctively turned his head a little and cast a look of help at Asma, who was the leading teacher.

"That's true, but how do we know that you didn't say that on purpose to snatch Naruto's body?"

Compared to Ino, who was easily shaken by the rhetorical words of the Nine Lamas, Asma, who had seen the terrible things about the Nine-Tails as early as his youth, would not easily believe that the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, who was enough to destroy the entire Konoha Ninja Village with his own strength, would be a kind-hearted kind. So much so that after perceiving Ino's pleading gaze, Asma took over the conversation without hesitation, and questioned coldly without giving an inch.

"After all, how you destroyed the village in the first place, I remember it very well even today, Nine-Tails ......"

"If you're really doing it for Naruto's good, get out of the way now......"

Of course, doubts are doubts, but in the current situation, being able to avoid conflict with the Nine-Tails is obviously the development that everyone is most happy to see. So much so that as soon as Asma's words fell, the nine lamas, who frowned slightly, had time to refute something. Shikamaru, who has a high emotional intelligence, naturally took over the conversation in that worried tone, and sang with a red face.

"Anyway, it's better to have someone to help than to let Naruto suffer alone, right?"

"I'm really sorry, even if I let you pass, the result will not be much better than now, but it will only make you take unnecessary risks like that stinky boy. So, I'm not going to let you pass. ”

It's a pity that even if Asma and Shikamaru sing and harmonize, they have already paved the way for the Nine Lamas to step down. But the Nine Lamas, who took over the body of the shadow clone and appeared in front of Asma and the others, knew very well that with Naruto's character, even if he really died, I am afraid that he would never allow this person who had finally escaped his old fate and completely escaped the danger of his life to take a risk for him. So much so that although the Nine Lamas could see that the people in front of them should be the same as Naruto, they really wanted to save each other's lives, even if they gambled their own lives, they were willing to do so, and Aiya and Wudi slightly recognized the existence of this group of "ants". But he still moved his body and stopped everyone on the way.

"What's more, I just made it very clear that the side effects of lifting the shadow clone are only borne by Naruto's stinky boy. Don't say it's you, even I can't help him...... Unless, is there any way you can make Naruto's mental power quickly return to its full state. ”

"You're ......!"

In the face of the attitude of the Nine Lamas, even Shikamaru, who was in charge of singing the red face, almost burst out with a foul word under the stimulation of the impatience and worry suppressed in his heart. Immediately, he clearly knew that if the Nine Lamas in front of him really wanted to control Naruto's body and not let his group get close, he could take advantage of Naruto's lack of time to take care of him and directly start a war against his group, without explaining anything at all. So much so that in this situation, where there was obviously no more choice, Shikamaru had to bite his fingers anxiously, and at the same time, in the muttering to himself, racking his brains to think about whether the various fields of knowledge he came into contact with were in line with the type that the Nine Lamas said.

"Damn...... If it is to restore the chakra, there are many ways. But to recover mental strength or something, where can I find this......"

"Method...... Restore mental strength ......"

At the same time, perhaps it was a coincidence, or Naruto's aura as the protagonist, which did have a certain impact in this darkness, making the Nine Lamas' words, which obviously did not want to be the enemy of everyone, not only temporarily relieved everyone's hostility, but also made Ino, who had been at a loss before, completely stunned in place. Immediately, as he muttered to himself, the look of his beautiful eyes turned around, and Ino, who became more and more excited, responded cautiously to the Nine Lamas as if he suddenly remembered something.

"That, Nine-Tails...... Mr? I...... I seem to ...... There is a way for Naruto to recover his mental strength quickly......"

"Ah, of course I know you don't, after all, the way to recover your mental power is too rare......"

After hearing Ino's words, he had already decided that the people who joined hands in front of him might not be able to beat Naruto, and there was no way to help Naruto's nine lamas, so he responded with his own voice between those two hands. It wasn't until the persuasive words on his lips were already halfway through the story that the Nine Lamas realized what Ino had just said. Immediately, without waiting for Asma and the others to react, the nine lamas, who were originally separated from each other by a certain distance, appeared in front of Ino in an instant like ghosts. Then, while his eyes widened, he stretched out his hands, grabbed Ino's shoulders tightly, and couldn't wait to ask questions for confirmation as he instinctively shook hard.

"Wait...... Wait, little girl...... Did you just say that you have a way?! ”

"Shhh...... Hurt...... There is a way, but you can ...... Can...... Let go of my ...... first? ”

"Uh...... Ahem, sorry, sorry, I was so excited just now, and I accidentally used a little more force......"

"Actually, I'm not sure how much this method can help Naruto. But theoretically, it should allow Naruto to recover some of his mental power. ”

Because he witnessed it with his own eyes, it was confirmed that when the Nine Lamas said by themselves that there was a way to restore Naruto's mental strength, he completely exposed his inner anxiety and worry, and there was no arrogance and cold image shown under the previous astonishing sense of oppression, which was obviously the same as his own group, because he was worried about Naruto from the bottom of his heart, so that although Ino instinctively cried out in pain, he no longer felt afraid of the monster Nine-Tails, which was almost equivalent to the evil incarnation in the description circulated by the villagers. So much so that the Nine Lamas couldn't wait to know how the method that Ino said would be carried out. Still like a good baby, after honestly letting go of the hands that were clenching Ino's shoulders, Ino hurriedly raised his hand, signaling to everyone who mistakenly thought that the Nine Lamas wanted to kill people and completely cut off Naruto's hope of survival, and that they were safe and sound. While sorting out his thoughts a little, he asked out loud word by word.

"Before we get started, though, I'd like to ask ......"

"Naruto's own chakra, how much is left?"