Orochimaru looked completely unconcerned.
"Why shouldn't I say it? This is something the boy has every right to know."
"Back then, the Fourth Hokage sealed the Nine-Tails inside Naruto… probably hoping the village would treat his son as the child of a hero."
"But I wonder if he ever imagined… that after his death, instead of being respected, his son would be shunned and rejected everywhere he went…"
"Unable to make a single friend, drinking expired milk, eating stale instant noodles… even a bowl of ramen became a luxury…"
As Orochimaru continued his cold narration, Shinju glanced anxiously at Naruto beside him.
At this moment, a crimson cloak of chakra was already forming around Naruto's body.
It was the Nine-Tails' chakra!
Rage was slowly taking control of him.
Yet Shinju made no move to stop it.
He had only just learned that Naruto was actually the Fourth Hokage's son — the son of a hero.
And yet, this child… not only received no respect in the village, but endured years of cold stares and silent rejection.
Everyone kept their distance from him, looking at him as though he were some kind of disgusting insect.
Why?
Wrapped in the Nine-Tails' chakra, Naruto muttered under his breath, "Why…?"
He lifted his head, his eyes transforming into blood-red, slit pupils like the Nine-Tails itself.
"Why did you keep this from me all these years?!"
"Fwoooosh—!"
A violent whirlpool of chakra exploded around him!
The raging torrent of energy tore apart the surrounding walls!
"Fwoooosh—!"
The chakra lamps in the interrogation room shattered and went dark!
In the pitch-black room, Naruto's silhouette, cloaked in the Nine-Tails' chakra, darted like a ghost.
...
Elsewhere—
Shinju had already left the interrogation room and now stood atop Konoha's high tower, overlooking the entire village.
His expression was deeply conflicted.
He did feel some sense of belonging to this place… but not much.
Now, after learning the truth about Naruto's past, he couldn't help but wonder…
Was this "cold" shinobi village really worth staying in?
Naruto's tragic childhood… the Hyūga clan's suffering… the Uchiha clan massacre…
None of it was separate from Konoha's upper echelons.
Below, the interrogation room had completely collapsed under Naruto's rampage.
Panicked civilians scattered in all directions.
Shinju spotted Iruka-sensei rushing out of the academy, Shikamaru and Neji leading a confused group of shinobi…
Finally, just as Naruto's attacks were about to reach Ichiraku Ramen, Shinju appeared.
"Bang!!"
Shinju caught Naruto's frenzied claws with his bare hand.
By now, Naruto had already grown a fourth tail. His entire body was covered in a demonic, crimson chakra cloak — he barely looked human anymore.
Knocked back by Shinju's strike, Naruto opened his mouth wide, gathering chakra in his throat!
Shinju instantly sensed it — this boy was about to fire off a Tailed Beast Bomb!
Judging by the sheer volume of chakra Naruto had gathered, this blast would destroy several blocks at the very least.
And while Konoha's leadership had indeed done some cold-blooded things…
Shinju didn't want people like Iruka, Ino, or old man Teuchi at Ichiraku to get caught in the destruction.
So, grabbing Naruto by the collar, he vanished with Flying Thunder God, teleporting them out of the village.
...
Back in Konoha.
Tsunade stared blankly at the spot where Shinju had disappeared, a question weighing heavily on her heart.
Would they… come back?
She turned around, only to realize Orochimaru was gone.
"That bastard deliberately provoked Naruto into losing control… just so he could escape?!"
"Damn it!"
Gritting her teeth, Tsunade quickly noticed something else — the Third Hokage was gone too.
One of the informed shinobi explained, "During the chaos, I saw Third Hokage-sama chasing after Orochimaru…"
...
On a desolate field outside Konoha.
Naruto unleashed his long-prepared Tailed Beast Bomb!
"BOOOOOOM!!!"
The overwhelming blast of chakra obliterated half a mountainside in an instant!
Right after Naruto fired, Shinju appeared behind him and lightly patted his back.
The berserk Naruto turned around, the chakra around him condensing into the form of the Nine-Tailed Fox itself!
"ROOOOAR!!"
The chakra beast let out a thunderous roar, challenging Shinju directly!
Shinju frowned slightly.
Yeah… this was going to take a fight.
Without hesitation, his consciousness dove straight into Naruto's inner world — the sealed space.
...
Inside the sealed space.
Shinju stood on a surface of still water. In front of him loomed an enormous iron gate, hundreds of meters high, with sealing tags plastered across its surface.
The moment Shinju appeared, the Nine-Tails opened its blood-red eyes behind the bars, staring at him through the gaps.
"Well, well, not bad, kid," the beast rumbled, its voice dripping with sarcasm. "You can invade the seal space directly with your mind… looks like your sealing arts aren't half bad either."
"Naruto's losing control because of your chakra. Pull it back and calm him down," Shinju said flatly.
When Naruto was wrapped in the chakra cloak, his body was being corroded — his very skin burning away.
But the Nine-Tails simply snorted in disdain.
"Brat, so what if you've got Wood Release? Don't think that gives you the right to order me around!"
"Who the hell do you think you are?! (ꐦ ಠ 皿 ಠ)"
Shinju had come here with the simple intention of getting the Nine-Tails to withdraw its chakra so Naruto could return to normal.
He honestly didn't want a fight.
But if this fox was going to act cocky… then he'd just have to teach it how cruel the world could be.
"Swoosh!"
Sage markings instantly spread across Shinju's face!
He slammed his hands together.
"Sage Art — Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands!!"
A colossal wooden Buddha, hundreds of meters tall, erupted into existence!
The Nine-Tails stared up at it from behind the gate.
(σ;Д)σ
Even after all these years, Wood Release still terrified the living daylights out of tailed beasts.
Of course, since Naruto shared his senses with the Nine-Tails, the fox already knew Shinju had Wood Release — so it wasn't too surprised.
Determined to maintain its pride, it lay back lazily behind the bars and scoffed,
"Trying to scare me? Hah! Get that oversized Buddha past the gate first if you want to impress me!"
High atop the Buddha's head, Shinju's lips curled into a grin.
"Sure."
The next moment—
RUMBLEEEEE—
The giant Buddha tore itself free from its base, stepping forward toward the iron gate.
The Nine-Tails' eyes widened in panic.
o((⊙﹏⊙))o.
"Wait—wait, don't come over here!!!"
But the fox still had one last sliver of hope — surely the Buddha couldn't pass through the seal, right?
Unfortunately for it, the Buddha's massive body walked straight through the gate without resistance!
Shinju calmly explained, "Besides Wood Release, I'm quite skilled with forbidden techniques. Opening a tiny gap in the Fourth's seal and patching it up afterward… is child's play."
And as for whether the Nine-Tails could escape through that gap? Shinju wasn't worried at all.
Let it run five hundred meters — his wooden hands would still drag it right back.
The Buddha's massive hand reached out, grabbed the Nine-Tails by the head, and slammed it into the ground.
Then came the grinding.
Over.
And over.
And over again!
Outside, Naruto's crimson chakra cloak dispersed, and he collapsed to the ground, utterly exhausted.
After thoroughly pummeling the fox, Shinju finally stopped, deciding he'd made his point.
"Nine-Tails… so, have you learned your lesson yet?"
At this point, the defeated beast lay limp, lifeless.
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