A few minutes ago.
Inside Naruto, the Kyūbi space.
That hand grabbing Kaze's wrist was gentle but firm.
The red Chakra receded like a tide, revealing the owner of that hand.
The spiky blond hair remained dazzling even in the dim light of the seal space, and the azure blue eyes were a mixture of vigilance and exhaustion.
Namikaze Minato.
Even with only a wisp of a remnant Chakra soul left, this man still stood in front of the seal.
"Yondaime, are you going to stop me?"
Uchiha Kaze did not break free, only looking back calmly at those blue eyes.
"Uchiha Kaze, this seal concerns Naruto's life, and also concerns the safety of Konoha."
Minato's voice was as gentle as in memory, but it held a heaviness Kaze had never heard before.
"The safety of Konoha?"
"Does the Yondaime know, you gave your life for Konoha, but how did the village treat your son?"
Kaze laughed, that laughter sounding particularly piercing in the damp seal space.
"The Sandaime promised me he would take good care of Naruto."
Minato's brows furrowed slightly.
"Take care?"
Kaze suddenly exerted force to pull back his hand, pointing at the surroundings—this dark and damp seal space, the dark red accumulated water underfoot, and those hateful beast eyes in the cage in the distance.
"This is the result of their care! Your son, Uzumaki Naruto, the son of Konoha's hero, do you know what kind of life he has lived these past five years?!"
His voice suddenly rose, echoing in the space:
"He lives in the shabbiest house in the whole village, where even the wall paint is peeling off!"
"The money he receives every month is only enough to buy expired milk and hard bread. And because he bears all the village's malice, most of the time he can't buy anything even with money!"
"The children in the village throw stones at him, cursing him as the demon fox brat who killed the Yondaime!"
"Shop owners close their doors when they see him, and villagers avoid him like the plague!"
"The only place he can eat his fill is Ichiraku Ramen, because Uncle Teuchi won't drive him away!"
"He doesn't even know when his birthday is—because no one ever told him!"
With every sentence spoken, Minato's face paled a shade.
His golden figure began to fluctuate, like a candle in the wind.
Kaze did not use Genjutsu.
Because, at this moment, Namikaze Minato simply couldn't withstand the impact of the Mangekyō.
However, seeing Namikaze Minato's state at this time, his goal... had also been achieved.
"What exactly do you want to do?"
Although Minato's voice was still calm, it carried a pain that was difficult to erase.
"Descend with the power of the Kyūbi and announce Naruto's identity."
"Like us Uchiha, he should be a member of the village, and not a puppet bearing all the malice."
"Naturally, I can guarantee."
"Uzumaki Naruto, my Uchiha will protect!"
Kaze's promise was flamboyantly confident, plus a hint of madness.
Yet it made Namikaze Minato think of many years ago.
The act of entrusting his orphan on his deathbed...
Minato slowly closed his eyes.
In that instant, Kaze saw all of this man's struggles.
Responsibility to the village, love for his son, promise to his deceased wife, oath to the title of "Hokage"...
Finally, Minato opened his eyes. Something in those blue eyes had extinguished.
He stepped aside to clear the way.
"Remember your promise."
Minato's voice was so light it was almost inaudible.
As his voice fell, this Chakra of Minato also slowly dissipated...
Mangekyō Right Eye—Amenoshinra operating at full power!
Space began to distort. The wooden bars of the sealing cage deformed and shattered as if kneaded by invisible large hands. Runes extinguished one by one, chains snapped inch by inch.
"Roar—!!!"
The Kyūbi's roar shook the entire space, and red Chakra gushed out like a flood breaking a dike!
The Kyūbi's violent, evil vertical pupils.
After a few breaths, they transformed into a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan.
Real world.
The moment Kaze opened his eyes, Naruto's body on the bed suddenly arched!
"Boom—!"
Three tails of Chakra broke out of his body, directly flipping the roof of the entire dilapidated apartment.
Walls collapsed, debris flew, and smoke soared into the sky.
Kaze had already used Body Flicker to retreat to a distant rooftop, watching all this calmly.
Wrapped in red Chakra, Naruto floated in mid-air. His five-year-old body appeared particularly small under the Kyūbi cloak, but those three wildly waving tails radiated heart-palpitating power.
[Ding, host controlled the release of Kyūbi, reward: Bijū Resonance.]
[Bijū Resonance: Can adapt to all Bijū Chakra, and use Mangekyō as a medium to forcibly plunder Bijū Chakra.]
The system's reward sounded along with it.
At the same time, speeding figures had already landed around the ruins—the Anbu arrived.
Six squads, over thirty people, surrounded from all directions.
Leading them was an Anbu sub-captain wearing a fox mask.
Seeing the Kyūbi-fied Naruto, the face under the mask changed drastically.
"Sealing Team! Immediately set up the barrier!"
"Others cover, absolutely cannot let the Jinchūriki leave this area!"
He ordered sternly.
"Yes!"
The Anbu ninjas quickly dispersed. Eight Sealing Team members began forming seals, Chakra threads shooting from their hands, attempting to weave a binding barrier.
But it was too late.
Naruto in mid-air... or rather, Naruto under the dual influence of Kyūbi Chakra and Kaze, slowly raised his hands.
Black and red Chakra gathered, compressed, and rotated in his palm, forming a pitch-black sphere the size of a fist.
Although small, the destructive energy emitted from that sphere made the hairs of all Anbu members stand on end.
"That is... Bijū Bomb?!"
"Impossible! The Jinchūriki is only five years old, how could he possibly..."
The Fox Mask Captain's voice changed tune.
"Boom—!"
The shrunk Bijū Bomb was fired.
Not at the Anbu, nor at the surrounding buildings.
But at the cliff in the distance—those four Hokage Rock statues overlooking Konoha!
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Everyone who saw this scene.
Anbu, ordinary ninjas who had just arrived, even villagers being evacuated in the distance...
All looked up, staring blankly at that small black ball streaking across the night sky, dragging a scarlet tail flame, and accurately crashing into the Hokage Rock.
First, deathly silence.
Then...
"Rumble!!!"
An explosion louder than thunder shook the entire Konoha!
The statue of the Shodai Hokage Senju Hashirama crumbled first, then the Nidaime Senju Tobirama, then the Sandaime Sarutobi Hiruzen...
Huge rock blocks rolled down from the hundred-meter-high cliff, smashing the buildings below, raising dust that covered the sky and sun.
The symbol of Konoha, under one strike, turned into ruins.
"Hokage... Hokage Rock..."
"Destroyed..."
"Demon fox! That demon fox did it!"
After brief shock came monstrous anger and fear.
Villagers screamed and fled in all directions, while ninjas' eyes turned red.
And just as this chaos reached its peak, the Uchiha's fangs finally fully revealed themselves.
"Do it!"
Uchiha Yashiro, lurking in the shadows, gave an order. The Uchiha ninjas, who had been prepared for a long time, appeared like ghosts.
"Sharingan · Genjutsu Binding!"
"Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique)!"
"Raiton: Raiga (Lightning Release: Lightning Fang)!"
No warning, no nonsense.
The Uchiha attacked with killing moves instantly.
A Sealing Team member maintaining the barrier didn't even react before his throat was pierced by a kunai.
He stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the rotating Three Tomoe Sharingan in front of him.
"Uchi... ha..."
The corpse fell.
"Enemy attack! The Uchiha have rebelled!"
"Abandon the barrier, prioritize killing the traitors!"
The Anbu Captain shouted hoarsely.
But it was too late.
The Uchiha's attack was precise and deadly.
They specifically targeted the Sealing Team and command personnel, coordinating every move with the insight and Genjutsu interference of the Sharingan.
In just a few dozen seconds, the Anbu lost over ten people.