Chapter 6: Goodbye (Revised)

  Jiǔ Yuè looked at the strange child who was originally apologizing and saying "it's okay", but unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, it became so serious. Hurriedly putting down the strange child, he exclaimed "don't die!" and also patted the strange child's back, hoping to make him feel a bit better...

  But...

  I fell to my knees, and another mouthful of blood spurted out. Although in the depths of my soul, coughing up blood wasn't really coughing up blood, but here the harm was mainly directly affecting my soul and spirit, so it should be even more severe than real coughing up blood?

  That... be gentler! Honestly, doesn't he think about his own strength at all? If my spiritual power hadn't barely held on, I would have really died at his hands.

  The nine-tailed demon fox's movements were quickly withdrawn this time, presumably because it was guilty.

  Don't worry, I won't die and neither will you. I struggled to stand up and declared it with a very affirmative tone, but accompanied by the blood all over my face, my weak body, and pale complexion, all I saw was Katsuragi's golden eyes revealing a thick "Liar!" implication.

  "Hmph! I'm not afraid you'll kill me, no... I'm not saying I'm not afraid of you, either... Anyway, it's not what I mean, and don't bother figuring out what I do mean. The point is, your body and soul are both severely damaged right now, and you can't stay here unless you want to die or kill me! Get out, fast! Kujaku, with over a thousand years of experience, says the only thing that would be threatening to this symbiote at the moment... using his own death as leverage. It's not like he hasn't threatened people before, but using his own demise as a bargaining chip is a first... or maybe there will be one more time, but it won't be the same."

  In fact, after seeing the strange child's situation, Jiǔ Yuè roughly understood what kind of situation the strange child was in now based on his many years of experience.

  Firstly, the main soul of that strange kid will run to this place, indicating that his spirit or body has undergone intense fluctuations, and most of them refer to a state near death.

  Secondly, staying in a spiritual state for too long can have very negative consequences on the physical body.

  Especially in the case of the first point, if you're lucky, you can escape from this seal and occupy this body. However, that strange child will...; if you're unlucky, this body becomes a vegetable, and you'll probably be fine, because those humans won't let a tail beast stay in a body that can't become a fighter for too long. Once you leave this body, without enough energy to support it, the body will naturally wither away and die quickly; if you're even more unlucky, you and this symbiote will both die together. In short, as long as this symbiote continues to stay here, the probability of still being alive is infinitely close to zero.

  But for now, I don't want this symbiote to die, so the only option is to drive it away, and it must be voluntary on the part of the symbiote, otherwise its soul will be further hurt.

  In the depths of one's soul, the use of spiritual power is either extremely difficult and completely unable to be mobilized, or it is another kind that is unusually... easy, whether used to harm others or self-mutilate.

  Is this strange child the latter? So easily changing his state of mind to a deeper level... Simple? Pure?

  Although Jiǔ Yuè's tone wasn't very good, I could feel the care behind it. This was my first time feeling such pure kindness and also the second life that truly treated me well.

  Ah! Thank you, Jiǔ Yuè! I revealed a faint smile, one of the few most genuine smiles in my lifetime in this world.

  Don't thank me, kid. I'm only saving you because I'm afraid you'll get me killed... and that's why I want to drive you away! Jiuyue seemed like he had never received kindness from others before, his speech was a bit stuttered. Yeah, I don't want to see you again, so don't appear in front of me again! Did you hear me, kid? Or else I'll eat you up! After saying that, he revealed a crooked toothy grin.

  I couldn't help but snort, yeah, I "heard" it! Trying to scare me? No way, I only said I heard it, didn't respond, just kept doing what I was doing. But this body seems like it's really about to collapse, it's really time to go, if I don't want this meeting to be the last one.

  Scram!... This is for you, don't let me see you again! Jiuyue stretched out a claw and gently placed it on my head. Then, a warm life energy unlike that of a beast flowed from the point where we touched.

  Life energy, also known as Chakra!

  A transparent Chakra slowly warmed up my limbs, as if the extreme pain that had been spreading deep within my body also eased up because of it...

  That was different from the violent red nine-tailed chakra known in comics, this chakra felt special, unfortunately, didn't give me much time to observe.

  My consciousness is fading away, the only thing I can do is to say one sentence, thank you! Jiǔ Yuè... I'll come back next time to tell Jiǔ Xiǎo my name! Goodbye. I deliberately dragged it until the last moment when my consciousness dissipated, and then quickly said the two sentences afterwards.

  Oh, good... Huh! Kyuubi responded sluggishly at first, but after hearing the last two sentences, he couldn't help but curse again. What a despicable little brat! Weren't you told not to come back?! You completely ignored me! Kyuubi continued to scold, but couldn't resist the faint smile that spread in his heart. What an idiot! ...Looking forward to seeing you again..., my cohabitant.

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  Cough, hehe, the overall plot of these chapters won't change, actually the original purpose of revising was to make it smoother, as for why some previous chapters had so many words... ...this is truly a mysterious question!

  Speaking of which, every time I revise a draft, the mental effort spent is no less than when writing it, as each and every word needs to be carefully considered.

  The next chapter is about to appear, and I will start revising immediately.