Naruto: Konoha’s Trickster, Starting as the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki Chapter 281: Chōmei Gets PUA’d

Damn, this curse really works.

Kazuyama Gekkō stared at the na and circle drawn on the ground, completely stunned.

As expected, never doubt anything that cos from the system. It might not sound reliable, but the results? Absolutely solid.

Another round of bird poop and broken bones—just imagining Madara Uchiha's withered face nearly made Kazuyama Gekkō burst out laughing.

Looks like he's got plenty to do over the next few days.

But just as he was about to use the "Draw a Circle to Curse You" technique again, a familiar system prompt chid in.

[Ding! Please note, host: the Curse Technique: Draw a Circle to Curse You has a three-day cooldown. The curse only brings misfortune and cannot cause death. Please rember this.]

Kazuyama Gekkō: …Dreams shattered!

Also, what's this about Tailed Beast Synchronization?

System? Co out and explain this.

[Ding! Tailed Beast Synchronization, as the na implies, allows the Seven-Tails, Chōi, within the host to manifest in an energy form alongside you!]

[After appearing, all of Chōi's abilities can be used. However, chakra will be split in half—both you and Seven-Tails Chōi will control half of the Tailed Beast's chakra!]

Terrifying! Absolutely terrifying! Isn't this basically allowing him and Chōi to fight side by side?

One plus one equals two? No! Him plus Chōi is one plus one equals ten! After all, humans and Tailed Beasts are different. Fighting separately makes them way more powerful!

Take him for example—if he doesn't use Half-Tailed Beast Mode, he can still fight with ninjutsu and his Kekkei Genkai. But once he enters Half-Tailed Beast Mode, he can't use ninjutsu. Now, with synchronization, that problem's solved. He just needs to wear the Tailed Beast Cloak and fight.

He can leave the full-scale Tailed Beast attacks to Chōi.

Still, there's a catch—since both of them share Chōi's chakra, if the fight drags on too long, the chakra consumption could get intense.

Soon enough, he was hugging himself and trembling. The battle was over, but things had settled down again.

But the weather? Definitely not calm. He was standing in the Land of Frost.

This place was covered in ice and snow. Cold. Really cold.

To avoid freezing to death, he coated his entire body with chakra and sprinted deeper into the Land of Frost.

Just like the Land of Birds, the Land of Frost was a peaceful country. But unlike many smaller nations, it had a large landmass.

Even though it was frozen year-round, its rich marine resources made it valuable. The Five Great Nations all maintained trade with the Land of Frost.

After freezing for an hour, he finally reached a town and imdiately bought himself a thick cotton coat.

As soon as he put it on, warmth returned.

While eating to replenish his energy, he started discussing things with Chōi.

"Chōi, I think we've been exposed..."

"No way! Kazuyama, don't scare like that! I don't want to end up locked back in that cave in Takigakure with you!"

Chōi was so startled, the ration in his mouth fell out—though he caught it just before it hit the ground.

Still, it showed how badly shaken he was.

Those rations were freshly delivered by Kazuyama, and Chōi hadn't even taken a bite yet. No way he'd waste them.

Kazuyama took a bite of at in the real world and sighed in his inner world.

"Chōi, you know about the Ten-Tails, right?"

"Or the God Tree..."

The ration Chōi had just popped into his mouth dropped again. He caught it, but this ti his expression was even more panicked.

"Kazuyama, how do you know about that?"

"Soone your age shouldn't even know about the Ten-Tails. No—no one should know right now."

"That's sothing that predates even us nine Tailed Beasts."

Kazuyama let out another sigh, completely speechless as he looked at Chōi. Was that really the issue right now?

The real question was what to do next, right?

"Chōi, don't worry about how I know. You know my abilities. Those hidden scrolls and files? They're like fairy tales to —I can read them anyti I want."

"Right now, we need to talk about Madara Uchiha and the Ten-Tails."

That was one slick bit of manipulation—and the kicker was, it ca straight from Kazuyama Gekkō's mouth, directed at his own partner, Chōi.

It felt... a little off.

Kazuyama: Is this pick-up artist stuff? Nah, I'm just helping Chōi focus on what really matters.

"You're right. With your Kekkei Genkai, the Transparent Release Technique, where can't you go?"

"You even talked into coming out—alright, keep going."

See? Successful PUA right there.

Kazuyama grinned and was just about to continue when the familiar system prompt sounded again.

[Ding! Host detected using PUA tactics on longti companion Seven-Tails Chōi. Inhumane! Shaful! As a special reward, chakra consumption for Tailed Beast Synchronization reduced by 10%!]

[Ding! Originally, Tailed Beast Synchronization would split Chōi's chakra in half. With this upgrade, chakra consumption is significantly reduced—up to a max of 50%!]

Nice! That was a seriously good reward! Kazuyama Gekkō almost wanted to keep PUA-ing Chōi on purpose.

But as a good guy who cared about his bro, he held back.

At least for now. PUA was best played long-term, after all!

Chōi: ...Are you even speaking human language?

Back to the topic—Kazuyama began his explanation.

"The nine Tailed Beasts were all split off from the Ten-Tails. And now Madara Uchiha has made his move against us."

"That spells big trouble."

"You've seen those Rinnegan eyes too."

"Based on my analysis, Madara Uchiha is trying to collect all nine Tailed Beasts to bring back the Ten-Tails and achieve so grand objective."

Chōi was already numb to being shocked at this point—he'd been through too many scares lately.

But when he heard about the Ten-Tails' return, he still shivered.

He knew exactly how terrifying the Ten-Tails was—even if it was sothing he only heard about from the Sage of Six Paths.

After all, the Sage had subdued the Ten-Tails, beca its jinchūriki, and then split its power into nine to create them—the nine Tailed Beasts.

And now that the Rinnegan had reappeared, it ant the Sage's power still existed in the world.

That made Kazuyama's words a lot more credible.

Seeing Chōi fall silent, Kazuyama continued his "performance."

"Madara Uchiha, a man who was supposed to be dead, has returned."

"And as an Uchiha, he's sohow gained the power of the Rinnegan. That proves he didn't die in his battle with the First Hokage. He might've lost—but he ca out of it even stronger."

"He's been lying low, biding his ti, waiting for the perfect mont..."