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Chapter 254: Because You Didn't Show Up, Naruto
Chapter 254: Because You Didn't Show Up, Naruto
"Yuyi Xuan Yue, did you come to Mount Myoboku because of me?" Naruto asked, his voice trembling slightly.
Yuyi Xuan Yue turned to look at him, a quizzical smile playing on his lips. "I thought your first question would be about Sasuke."
Naruto was in no mood for Yuyi Xuan Yue's banter. He clenched his jaw and, with heightened intensity, repeated his question. "Did you come to Mount Myoboku because of me?"
Yuyi Xuan Yue understood what Naruto wanted to know. He glanced at the state of Mount Myoboku and nodded calmly. "Of course. You should be aware of your own value."
"The Nine-Tails?" Naruto lowered his gaze and reached for his stomach.
Then, he suddenly lifted his head. "Why?"
Naruto's eyes, burning with anger, fixed on Yuyi Xuan Yue as he demanded, "Why turn Mount Myoboku into this? Why hurt so many toads? Isn't your target me?"
"Why?"
"That's a good question."
Yuyi Xuan Yue was not in the habit of explaining himself. But seeing Naruto's bewildered expression, he decided to enlighten him.
"Because you didn't show up, Naruto." Yuyi Xuan Yue replied flatly. "If you had come to me sooner, none of this would have happened. Mount Myoboku wouldn't be in ruins, and the toads here wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses. But you didn't come."
"Whether it was your intention or not, you placed Mount Myoboku in our way."
"In order to find you, I had to raze this mountain."
"In order to find me, he had to raze this mountain." Yuyi Xuan Yue's words echoed in Naruto's ears.
It was as if a sharp blade had pierced his heart, and Naruto's eyes glazed over in shock.
Finally, he mumbled to himself in a daze, "So, Mount Myoboku was destroyed, and everyone suffered heavy casualties because of me?"
It had all started with him. If he had gone there sooner, Mount Myoboku wouldn't be in ruins, and Yuyi Xuan Yue wouldn't have unleashed his wrath.
The only target was himself. There had been no need to involve Mount Myoboku from the start.
It was all because of him!
Naruto's face contorted with intense self-reproach, pain, and regret as he realized this.
The ominous Nine-Tails chakra continued to leak out of him.
However, Naruto did not lose control.
Within the seal space, the Nine-Tails, which was carefully monitoring Yuyi Xuan Yue's influence on Naruto through their emotional connection, did not take advantage of Naruto's momentary lapse to exert further influence.
Acutely aware of Yuyi Xuan Yue's threat, the Nine-Tails, for once, chose to offer a rare reminder, "Kid! Are you an idiot? Don't let words like that get to you!"
"I—"
Naruto was startled, about to retort.
Just then, Fukasaku and Shima jumped down and landed on Naruto's shoulders.
"Little Naruto, don't listen to that young man's nonsense. We forced you to leave," Shima hastily explained.
Fukasaku added, "It was the Great Elder's wish and the will of Mount Myoboku. You don't need to blame yourself. We all did it willingly! Naruto, what you need to do now is not let down the toads who were willing to sacrifice themselves for you! Pull yourself together! The real culprit behind the destruction of Mount Myoboku, Yuyi Xuan Yue, is right in front of you!"
Naruto took a deep breath.
With the Nine-Tails and the two sages urging him on, he finally regained his resolve.
"I understand!" Naruto declared.
As his words fell, the turbulent Nine-Tails chakra that had been boiling on Naruto's body stilled, but instead of retreating back into his body as usual, it remained outside, forming a chakra cloak that enhanced his power.
However, as Shenzuo Xianren had said, the culprit responsible for all of this, Yuyi Xuan Yue, was right before their eyes!
Naruto looked at Yuyi Xuan Yue and said solemnly, "I do bear responsibility for the state of Mount Myoboku. But, Yuyi Xuan Yue, your crimes are even greater!"
"Although I don't know what you plan to do with the Nine-Tails inside me, the fact that Great Elder Toad and everyone on Mount Myoboku are trying to stop you must mean that you're up to no good! So..."
"So?" Yuyi Xuan Yue raised an eyebrow, inquiring calmly.
"So! I will defeat you here and now! Then, I will make up for my mistakes!" Naruto clenched his fists and struck them against his chest, declaring with utmost seriousness, "I always keep my promises!"
After all this time, everything had come full circle.
Seeing Naruto making this vow, his posture as standard as any protagonist's, Yuyi Xuan Yue let out a soft laugh, feeling no disappointment.
He had never expected to outdo Naruto at his own game of words.
However, being able to plant a tiny thorn in the heart of a master of words like Naruto, who always remained so positive, was not bad at all.
Yuyi Xuan Yue waved at Naruto and said, "The culprit is right here. If you want to avenge Mount Myoboku, come at me."
"You..."
Seeing Yuyi Xuan Yue's nonchalant attitude, as if nothing had happened, Naruto's anger knew no bounds.
Naruto was about to charge forward like he usually did, not heeding any attempts to stop him.
Yuyi Xuan Yue, who had deliberately goaded Naruto into this state, was already prepared to knock him out and tie him up as quickly as possible.
However, something unexpected happened.
Naruto was about to form the hand seals for his Multi-Shadow Clone Technique, when he shouted and rushed forward.
During the exchange between Naruto and Yuyi Xuan Yue, the Great Toad Sage, who had remained silent, suddenly made a move.
"Huh? What's happening to me?"
Bathed in a sudden burst of pale purple light, Naruto found himself unable to move.
Not only that, but in the blink of an eye, when he looked at Yuyi Xuan Yue again, he realized that he had been moved above him.
No, that wasn't it.
It wasn't that Yuyi Xuan Yue had moved below him.
He had been transported upward.
"Hey, hey, hey? What's going on? Great Elder Toad, let me out of here!" Naruto cried out, filled with urgency and confusion.
The change had happened too fast.
Before Yuyi Xuan Yue could react, Naruto had disappeared from his sight, enveloped by the light.
When he looked up, he saw that within the center of the Great Toad Sage's string of prayer beads, there was a huge cat's eye stone with a pale purple surface inscribed with the character "oil." The vanished Naruto was trapped inside, unable to escape no matter how he struggled.
"Old fox," Yuyi Xuan Yue muttered, frowning at the Great Toad Sage.
That old thing hadn't given him any opportunity at all.
Of course, it had also pushed itself into a desperate situation.
"Isn't it better to keep living?"
Yuyi Xuan Yue's fingers twitched, and he asked faintly, "Why choose this path?"
The Great Toad Sage smiled and replied, "I've lived long enough, young descendant of Yuyi."
(End of Chapter)
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