"Cheer up, that fox demon is rising!"
Upon seeing this, the secret agents who had been monitoring from the outside quickly spoke to the people around them.
"What is he doing in the middle of the night?"
"I don't know. I didn't sense any Nine-Tails chakra. Judging from his appearance, he seems more like he's sleepwalking."
"Sleepwalking? I've never heard of this fox spirit having a habit of sleepwalking?"
"In any case, we can't let our guard down. If that thing inside him goes berserk, the village will be in danger. Go and inform the Hokage. I'll keep an eye on him here."
The two ANBU members exchanged a few words and assigned tasks: one went to the Hokage Building to inform Hiruzen Sarutobi, while the other continued to monitor Naruto Uzumaki.
Sensing that someone had left, Black Zetsu knew his time was running out.
Therefore, after leaving the room, he directly used the Five Elements Seal Release to remove the seal placed by Hiruzen Sarutobi.
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Outside, the moon was bright and the stars were few, with a gentle breeze blowing.
It was another perfect day for the Nine-Tailed Fox to run rampant.
"Hehehe—"
"Starting today, let Konoha feel pain!"
Seeing such beautiful weather, Black Zetsu couldn't resist the urge to unleash a Tailed Beast Bomb in the village to celebrate.
You must choose a good location to place the Tailed Beast Bomb.
He aimed to draw the attention of the entire village with a single blow, and then let everyone know that the one resisting the rice in Konoha was none other than Naruto Uzumaki.
As for what would happen to Naruto Uzumaki afterward, that wasn't his concern.
In any case, Konoha would definitely not kill Naruto Uzumaki; at most, they would keep him under surveillance.
In this way, Naruto Uzumaki would become a useless person and would no longer pose a threat to his mother in the future.
This plan was absolutely perfect!
Alright, I choose you, Hokage Building!
We must make sure the Hokage Building was ablaze with the most beautiful fireworks.
With that thought in mind, Black Zetsu quietly dug a hole in the ground.
Then, following the hole, he moved behind the ANBU ninja.
"What is that?"
This ANBU member truly lived up to his reputation as the Hokage's personal bodyguard; he definitely had some skills.
The moment the darkest part of his body broke through the ground, he sensed a change.
But that was the end of it. He realized it, but he was powerless to dodge it.
Black Zetsu had already used the secret technique of Yin Release: Spirit Possession to control part of the ANBU ninja's body.
"This... could this be the Nara family's Shadow Imitation Technique?"
When the ANBU ninja saw that half of his body had turned black and he had lost his ability to move, his first thought was of the Nara family's Shadow Imitation Technique.
However, he quickly rejected this idea.
It was because, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Naruto Uzumaki, whose body was also half black.
"Is it that fox demon? Does he want to kill me?"
The ANBU ninja felt a chill run down his spine, and involuntarily thought of the legend that had been circulating within the ANBU.
Once upon a time, when this fox spirit was still an infant, two colleagues were assigned to look after him.
But they were gone forever and never returned.
The Sandaime's answer was that the two men went to carry out a secret mission outside the village and unfortunately died.
As fellow members of the ANBU, they knew very well that everyone was busy rebuilding the village at that time and there were no missions at all.
Black Zetsu ignored the inner thoughts of the ANBU ninja.
He wanted to control Naruto Uzumaki and force him into Tailed Beast Cloak Mode.
Despite being sealed away, Kurama's chakra could not be extracted in large quantities.
However, over the past three years, Black Zetsu had secretly collected almost all of the chakra that the Nine-Tails had leaked out.
This was why Naruto Uzumaki was so well-behaved.
Otherwise, how could Hiruzen Sarutobi's mere Five Elements Seal possibly suppress the Nine-Tails?
All of this was thanks to Black Zetsu.
At that moment, as Black Zetsu released the Nine-Tails' chakra, a red Nine-Tails chakra cloak appeared on Naruto's body.
However, he remained fast asleep, which was intentional on Black Zetsu's part.
Let Black Zetsu do the things that make people hate him. Naruto only needed to bear the villagers' accusations and insults, and let his resentment and dissatisfaction grow in his heart, slowly nurturing darkness.
After all, this was the reincarnation of his second nephew's chakra, so how could Black Zetsu, as his third uncle, not consider his well-being?
He may have been unfilial, but he could not lose the demeanor of an elder.
Boom!
As the Nine-Tails' chakra erupted, the lines of Naruto's beard became clearer, and his two fangs became sharper and longer, revealing their true shape.
His hands transformed into the claws of a demon fox, unleashing a terrifying storm of chakra that swept rapidly outwards.
Behind it, tails appeared one after another.
The fox's cloak also changed from red to dark red, and finally, it stabilized on its four tails. The violent chakra gradually calmed down and stopped surging.
Don't ask why he could withstand the chakra of four tails at the age of three; the answer was that he was possessed by Black Zetsu and received a buff.
"Roar!"
Unlike a human's growl, it instantly resounded throughout the entire Hidden Leaf Village.
The civilians and ninjas, still asleep, rushed to the windows to look out.
"Oh no, it's the Nine-Tails' chakra!"
"Damn it, why is the Nine-Tails going berserk at a time like this?"
"Can't we wait a few more days?"
Some high-ranking ninjas who knew about the Nine-Tails' situation looked increasingly grim.
Although the commoner ninjas did not know the specifics, when they saw the ninja masters leaping across rooftops and gathering in a certain direction, they all realized that something had happened.
They remembered that the last time they gathered on such a large scale was during the Nine-Tailed Fox's rampage.
Could it be that...
A horrifying thought crossed their minds.
"Could it be that the fox demon has reappeared?"
"That fox demon should have been killed long ago. If it weren't for the benevolence of Lord Sandaime, we wouldn't be living in fear every day."
"If only Lord Danzo were Hokage, he would never have allowed this to happen."
Who is Lord Danzo?
"You don't even know Lord Danzo? He was the Second Hokage's most valued disciple, a ninja even stronger than the Third Hokage. He has been secretly and selflessly protecting Konoha..."
"Then why wasn't the position of Third Hokage passed to him?"
"This... Lord Danzo's ambitions lie elsewhere. He only wants to protect Konoha in silence and doesn't care about these empty titles at all."
By this time, most of the common people had guessed what had happened, and some of them even had people planted by Danzo stirring up trouble.
He spoke to everyone about Lord Danzo's wisdom, bravery, and selfless dedication, and never forgot to prepare him for becoming Hokage.
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Hokage Building.
"Lord Hokage, something terrible has happened! Naruto Uzumaki suddenly wandered out of his residence as if in a trance. I'm worried something might happen, so I've come to report this," the other member of the ANBU responsible for monitoring Naruto Uzumaki said urgently upon arriving at the Hokage's office.
"Huh? Naruto suddenly left his place?"
Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi had no choice but to take out the crystal ball he had secretly hidden under his desk again, ready to see what was going on.
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