7: Chapter 7 The Fall and Retribution of the Movie KingAs the white smoke dissipated, the forest returned to its deathly silence.
Hundreds of shadow clones vanished into nothingness in the same instant, and the emptiness brought about by their collective disappearance made the entire space feel heavy.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, accompanied by several ANBU members, appeared silently at the edge of a forest clearing.
What they saw was this bizarre scene.
Iruka stood frozen in place, his face filled with incomprehensible shock.
Naruto Uzumaki stood opposite him, the radiant smile that had once made his heart flutter gone, replaced by a pallor born of exhaustion.The boy swayed, then fell straight backward.
"Naruto!"
Iruka lunged forward and caught Naruto in his arms before he collapsed.The body in his arms was trembling, like a frightened little animal.
Dozens of meters away from them, on the trunk of a large tree that required two people to hug, Shui Mu was deeply embedded in a twisted position, bleeding from his mouth and nose, already unconscious, and turned into a puddle of mud.
A huge Fuma Shuriken fell to the spot where Naruto had just stood, its cold metal reflecting the moonlight.
Hiruzen Sarutobi shifted his gaze from Mizuki to the trembling blond boy in Iruka's arms.
He didn't go forward immediately, but just watched quietly.
"Mitsuki-sensei… he lied to me…" Naruto's broken murmurs escaped Iruka's arms, filled with the fear of surviving a close call."He said that as long as I stole the scroll and learned the ninjutsu on it, I could graduate… He also said… that I was the Nine-Tails…"
His voice grew softer and softer, tinged with sobs, each word striking Iruka's heart.
"He even tried to kill Iruka-sensei.I don't know.I don't know what happened." Naruto looked up, his blue eyes filled with confusion and lingering fear."My mind was a mess, and then.and then I learned that technique.By the time I realized what was happening, Mizuki-sensei was already."
He dared not look at the tragic state of Mizuki in the distance and buried his head deeply in Iruka's arms.
A perfect explanation.
The blame is placed on a boy who was deceived, shocked by the truth, and "lost control" in anger while trying to protect his teacher.
The effect of [Master of Acting LV1] was brought to its fullest potential at this moment.
Hearing this "truth," Iruka tightened his grip on Naruto's arm.A wave of overwhelming pity and self-reproach washed over him.It was his failure to protect the child that had subjected him to such a horrific night.
He completely believed every word Naruto said.
"Third Hokage." Kakashi appeared beside Hiruzen Sarutobi, his Sharingan in his left eye just closed, a trace of fatigue on his face."There was no trace of anyone else's chakra at the scene.Mizuki's chakra was completely shattered in an instant by the enormous physical impact."
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, walked slowly to Naruto, squatted down, and spoke in the gentlest tone possible: "Naruto, raise your head."
Naruto looked up in fear at the strongest ninja in the village.
"Why did Mizuki's Fuma Shuriken stop?" Hiruzen Sarutobi's question went straight to the heart of the matter.
The ability to create multiple shadow clones can be explained by "extraordinary talent" and "the rampage of the Nine-Tails' chakra".
But that "invisible wall" that defies the laws of physics is definitely not it.
Naruto's face showed even more intense confusion and bewilderment: "Stone?Stop?I.I don't know.My mind was blank at the time, I only wanted to protect Iruka-sensei.I don't remember anything."
This explanation attributes everything to "an unknown outburst under the emotional agitation of the Jinchūriki".
A perfect excuse.
Iruka immediately chimed in, "Third Hokage!Naruto must have been emotionally overwhelmed after learning the truth about his origins.You can't blame him!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Naruto a deep look.
On that young face, there was only pure bewilderment and fear.
But he didn't believe it.
He didn't believe a single word of it.
As a ninjutsu professor, he knew better than anyone that the "rule-level" power he had just seen in the crystal ball could not be explained by the Nine-Tails' chakra.It was something of a higher dimension, something incomprehensible.
His fear of Naruto Uzumaki reached its peak at this moment.
[Ding!You have received 5000 [Fear] from Hiruzen Sarutobi!]
[Ding!You have received 2000 [Doubt] from Kakashi Hatake!]
Shadow Points +7000.
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up, his gentle expression unchanged, but his words carried an undeniable command: "Take Mizuki back to the Anbu for interrogation and seal off all information.Tonight's events are classified as S-class secret."
"yes!"
Two ANBU members instantly appeared beside Mizuki, "pushed" him out of the tree trunk, and carried him on their shoulders.
Mizuki slowly awoke.He saw the Anbu and the Third Hokage around him, and then he saw Naruto being protected in Iruka's arms not far away.His mind instantly collapsed, and he began to scream madly: "It's him!It's that monster!He knows demonic arts!A kind of demonic arts that can suck people in!He's not human!He's a demon!"
However, his incoherent words were seen by everyone as nothing more than the ravings of a madman who had lost his mind after the defeat.
No one believed the nonsense of a rogue ninja.
He was quickly gagged and taken away from the scene.
The enemy has been completely neutralized, and can no longer reveal any truths that should not be revealed.
Silence returned to the forest.
Hiruzen Sarutobi took one last look at Naruto, then said to Iruka, "Iruka, Naruto Uzumaki passed the test.He protected the village's forbidden scroll, and he also protected your comrade."
Iruka was overwhelmed with excitement.
He carefully helped Naruto stand up, then solemnly removed his Konoha headband.He personally put it on Naruto.
The cold metal pressed against my forehead.
Naruto reached out and gently touched the Konoha symbol that represented approval.
Two lines of "excited" tears slid down his cheeks.
From an angle unseen by anyone, the numbers on his system panel were refreshing rapidly.
[Ding!You have received 5000 units of ultimate [Trust] from Iruka Umino!]
[Ding!You have received 5000 Ultimate [Guardian] items from Umino Iruka!]
[Glory Points increased by 10,000!]
Tonight, he made a fortune.
Back in that dilapidated apartment, Naruto closed the door, and the excitement and tears on his face vanished instantly, leaving only a calm as still as an ice lake.
He brought up the system panel.
Shadow Points: 22640
Glory Points: 20550
An unprecedented huge sum of money.
He started spending money without hesitation.
"Consume Shadow Points to upgrade [No Limits Spell] from 'Beginner' to 'Proficient'."
[Confirmed consumption of 10,000 Shadow Points?]
"confirm."
boom!
A vaster and more profound torrent of spatial concepts, even more so than during the last exchange, surged into his soul.If the beginner level allowed him to "possess" infinity, then the proficient level allowed him to begin to "understand" infinity.
He gained more complete control over the power of "stopping," and at the same time, the conceptual outlines of two other applications began to emerge.
The power of attraction [Azure].
Repulsive force [He].
Although he cannot yet use it directly, he is already able to manipulate space more precisely, creating miniature attraction and repulsion effects.
"Exchange for [Anti-Reconnaissance Barrier LV1]".
[Confirmed consumption of 2000 Shadow Points?This barrier can isolate all detection-type ninjutsu and sensory abilities below LV3.]
"confirm."
An invisible wave emanated from him, enveloping the entire small apartment.From that moment on, this place became the safest "lawless zone" in Konoha Village.
After doing all this, Naruto laid out the bedding and lay down.
The external problems have been temporarily resolved.
Now, it's time to deal with the biggest "emotional energy" within us, which is also the biggest "hidden danger."
He closed his eyes and consciously sank his consciousness into the deepest sealed space within his body.
The view suddenly changed.
It was dark, damp, and the sound of dripping water echoed in the empty corridor.A huge iron gate stood before him, with a talisman bearing the character "封" (seal) pasted on it.
Beyond the fence lay a bottomless darkness.
As soon as Naruto stepped into this space, an overwhelming malice, as if it were tangible and had been accumulating for twelve years, transformed into a tsunami and rushed straight towards his soul.
The malice was mixed with pure hatred, a murderous intent to destroy everything, and an endless, imprisoned rage.
[Ding!Extremely high concentration of [Hatred] x100,000 detected from the Nine-Tails!]
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