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Chapter 158: Kyuubi: The Innately Evil Uchiha!
Chapter 158: Kyuubi: The Innately Evil Uchiha!
"Heh, you're abducting someone right under my nose."
Among the group, the only non-Uchiha, Hagoromo Kei, heard Yamato's words and chuckled, crossing his arms.
Opposite him, Akahachi, who was doing his best not to make eye contact with Kei, hummed in question:
"Are you also an Uchiha?"
"I am not," Kei denied without hesitation, taking pride in his surname.
"That's good," Akahachi breathed a sigh of relief. He was uncomfortable with the lack of eye contact during their conversation, finding it impolite.
On the other side, upon hearing Kei's denial, Juzo Uchicha, whose wife was Kei's sister, quickly voiced his stance:
"Captain, you know my intentions."
Kei glanced at him and nodded casually.
After all, who would have thought that Itachi Uchiha, who put on a tough front outside, was actually henpecked?
Betrayal?
That was out of the question.
After listening to the exchange between Kei and Juzo, Yamato quickly pondered:
'This person is not of Uchiha descent; he must be a ninja from the Lock Front Village. But to be willingly addressed as "captain" by the Uchiha, his strength must be formidable. A small ninja village shouldn't produce such a talented individual unless he's from the Hagoromo clan!'
As the captain of this mission, Yamato had access to a wealth of intelligence gathered by the Joint Intelligence Division about the Lock Front Village.
One particularly crucial piece of information was the speculation that the Hagoromo clan, once renowned alongside the Senju and Uchiha clans, had settled in the Lock Front Village after mysteriously disappearing from the ninja world.
Now, it seemed highly likely to be true.
Additionally, judging by Juzo's attitude towards Kei, Yamato's proposal seemed impossible to realize.
He sighed inwardly.
The thought of the Hagoromo and Uchiha clans joining forces was daunting.
Moreover, the presence of the enigmatic Hagoromo Gengetsu as their leader only added to the headache.
As expected, Juzo's brother, Juichi Uchicha, who had been quiet until now, spoke up clearly, directly rejecting the idea:
"The Uchiha will never return to Konoha. We refuse to endure the suspicious glances of the villagers any longer, nor do we want to face another night of extermination by being branded as traitors."
'Hmm? There's an intriguing implication in those words!'
Kurotsuchi and the other Iwagakure ninjas perked up their ears, eager to hear some juicy gossip.
Even though they were currently working alongside Konoha, they hadn't forgotten their competitive relationship and were more than willing to listen to and spread any embarrassing stories about the village.
"Why?" Naruto interjected anxiously before Yamato could say anything else.
He had been happy to hear the captain's suggestion of the Uchiha returning to the village, as it meant Sasuke could come home too.
But now, Juichi was proactively refusing, and he couldn't understand why.
Why must they fight to the death?
They used to be family; why couldn't they reconcile now?
"Idiot," Sasuke muttered from the side.
He had thought that Naruto's strength and intellect had improved significantly over the past two years.
Yet, his way of thinking remained unchanged, still jumping to assumptions as always.
A shattered mirror could never be perfectly mended, no matter how well it was repaired on the surface; the invisible cracks would always remain.
After experiencing a night of extermination, the Uchiha clan would never entrust their fate to Konoha again.
Moreover, compared to Konoha, the Uchiha clan already had a more worthy object of loyalty.
Naruto fell silent.
But were the ways of adults always right?
Was it wrong to want to exchange one's true heart for another's?
There were things that others were unwilling to do, unable to do, and impossible to achieve, but he was willing to keep trying.
However, sometimes, no matter how willing he was, there would always be obstacles in his way.
"So, as Captain Yamato said, I must continue to grow and become strong enough that everyone has no choice but to acknowledge me?"
Naruto clenched his fists, his expression complicated.
Just then, threads of ominous red chakra began to leak out of his body uncontrollably.
"Disappointment, pain, and powerlessness. I sense such intense emotions!"
"Kid, do you want to stop everything in the outside world? Do you want everything to go your way? You need more power!"
Within the sealing space, the massive form of the Nine-Tails appeared from the darkness, its body looming behind the prison bars as it tempted the bewildered Naruto,
"Tear the seal above these bars, and I will grant you power. Power enough to change everything!"
"Power... I... need power..."
In his daze, Naruto subconsciously began to walk towards the bars.
In the real world, this was echoed by the emergence of a deep red Nine-Tails chakra, filled with an evil aura, on Naruto's body, gradually enveloping him.
"Naruto!"
Yamato, who had been fighting the enemy in front of him, was anxious to see Naruto's Bijuu chakra rampaging out of control.
Before he could use Wood Release to forcibly suppress the Bijuu chakra in Naruto, Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi, and Uchiha Izumi, who had also sensed something amiss, looked over, their Mangekyou Sharingan eyes fixing on Naruto.
The next moment—
Tick tock...
In the sealing space, damp and filled with puddles of water, the figures of Sasuke, Itachi, and Izumi appeared beside Naruto.
Sasuke looked up, his pupil narrowing slightly as he beheld the massive creature behind the golden bars, its true size still awe-inspiring:
"This is the Nine-Tails?"
Seeing is believing.
Before this, Sasuke could never have imagined that the beast sealed within Naruto's body would be like this.
"That nauseatingly familiar scent! It's... those damned Sharingan eyes!"
The Nine-Tails, in the midst of its temptation, noticed the unwelcome visitors and turned its head, only to be met by three pairs of eyes that it loathed.
Naruto, startled by the arrival of Sasuke and the others, snapped out of his trance and looked around, confused.
"Huh? How did I get here? And Sasuke, how are you guys here?"
Before Sasuke could answer, the stagnant water in front of them began to bubble, and one water bubble after another quickly piled up to form a massive fox head, its vertical pupils coldly staring at the intruders.
The innately evil Uchiha clan!
Just when it had finally lured Naruto in, these three had to interrupt.
Additionally, the Nine-Tails hadn't forgotten how it had been controlled by the Sharingan twice before, both times with tragic results.
Once, it had been brutally beaten by Hashirama Senju and subsequently sealed within a Jinchuuriki; the other time, it had been split into two, with only half of its power remaining in the real world.
The source of all this could be traced back to the Uchiha clan.
With a mix of old and new grudges, the Nine-Tails lowered its head with ill intentions, continuing its temptation.
(End of Chapter)
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