Shikamaru nodded quietly.
He sat next to Naruto and scratched his head with an annoyed face.
"This is so troublesome… why am I still doing this kind of work? Aren't I just a kid?"
While speaking, he secretly passed a note to Naruto.
Naruto stretched and stood up from the grass.
"I'm leaving. This is boring," he said lazily, waving to Hinata and the others.
Then he looked at Karin and said:
"I'll come pick you up after school."
Karin smiled brightly.
Since childhood, she had never experienced such a peaceful life.
After everything that happened to her mother, Naruto felt like someone who came out of hell and saved her.
In her eyes, Naruto had already become the only light in her life.
Naruto glanced toward the classroom upstairs.
At the window, Might Guy in his green outfit made a strange gesture, showing that he was now 15 years old.
This year was Guy's first time becoming a Jonin instructor.
A taijutsu ninja who was never taken seriously… no one wanted to be his student before.
Next to him stood the white-haired Hatake Kakashi.
Naruto waved casually and walked toward the school exit.
He crushed the note into pieces after reading it.
Kakashi… a killer who had walked in darkness for years.
The Third Hokage made him a teacher to soften his personality.
At the same time, he was assigned to watch over the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki—Naruto.
When Jiraiya returned, Kakashi even admitted that one reason he trained Naruto…
was to suppress the Sharingan's influence on Tailed Beasts.
The note Shikamaru gave Naruto…
was information from the Nara clan.
It was about the barrier near the Uchiha area being triggered frequently.
"Obito… invited?" Naruto thought while walking.
Besides Orochimaru, only Obito with Kamui could enter and leave freely.
Calculating the time…
The night of the Uchiha massacre was getting closer.
The whole village felt tense.
The Uchiha, unable to hide their emotions, were suppressing themselves, but the atmosphere made civilians uneasy.
But in Naruto's eyes…
there was excitement.
He had been waiting for this day for too long.
Naruto did not return to the dorm or the Hyuga clan.
Instead, he walked toward the edge of Konoha.
The Uchiha district.
The first and strongest clan of Konoha.
The two ANBU following him were confused.
Why was he walking there like he belonged to the Uchiha?
When Naruto reached the entrance, one ANBU stepped forward to stop him, while the other rushed to report to the Hokage.
"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is heading to the Uchiha clan!?"
If the Uchiha could control the Nine-Tails…
their coup might actually succeed.
"Stop. You can't go any further," the ANBU said coldly.
Naruto smiled mockingly.
"Do you think you can stop me?"
The ANBU snorted and rushed forward.
But in the next second—
Naruto disappeared.
"Too slow," Naruto's voice came from behind.
A sharp pain hit the back of the ANBU's head—
and he collapsed instantly.
The Konoha guards watching nearby were shocked.
"So this is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki…?"
Several Uchiha rushed over immediately.
One of them smirked.
"Kid, you attacked an ANBU. Come with us."
Naruto looked at him coldly.
"If you touch me… your Uchiha clan will disappear."
Uchiha Yashiro's face turned angry.
"You're asking for death!"
He reached out to grab Naruto—
"Stop!"
A voice interrupted.
Everyone turned.
Uchiha Fugaku had arrived.
"Captain!"
The Uchiha members immediately showed respect.
Fugaku looked at Naruto seriously.
"What are you doing here?"
Naruto smiled.
"I came to see the clan leader."
Fugaku stared at him carefully… then said:
"Follow me."
Inside the clan compound
Fugaku's thoughts were racing.
This was a chance.
If the Uchiha could control the Nine-Tails…
the coup would succeed easily.
He had already imagined this scenario many times with his Mangekyō Sharingan.
The clan had reached a point of no return.
Even Shisui's sacrifice had become meaningless.
Soon… he planned to reveal everything to Itachi and use him to control Konoha from within.
Fugaku stopped walking and turned around.
Then—
his eyes widened.
In front of him…
Naruto's Mangekyō Sharingan glowed red.
Naruto smiled lightly and said:
"I came to inform you…"
"…of the destruction of the Uchiha clan."
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