Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Obito stared intently at Naruto, faces heavy with different thoughts.
Uchiha Itachi, with the mentality of a Hokage, was pondering why someone as young as Naruto, as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, possessed such astonishing strength yet kept it hidden...
What does this kid want? Not following the village's arrangements obediently? He must have some unspeakable purpose, most likely losing his mind under the seduction of the Tailed Beast, aiming to overthrow the Will of Fire!
Uchiha Itachi was racking his brain — thinking about how to capture the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki smoothly under the interference of Uchiha Obito on the premise of accomplishing the night of the clan massacre...
Meanwhile, Uchiha Obito, though with a different starting point than Uchiha Itachi, was also increasingly wary of Naruto.
Ever since the failure of the night of the Nine-tails.
Uchiha Obito no longer had the blind confidence in Kamui he had just after acquiring it and had been honing his combat skills for years.
Just so he wouldn't be taught a lesson again by an enemy like Namikaze Minato as in the past...
But at the moment of clashing with Naruto just now.
Uchiha Obito recalled Naruto's speed in making hand seals and releasing jutsu, ordinary actions yet extremely efficient, so much so that even the Mangekyo didn't react...
The combination of Darkness Path and Water Release was so perfect that in just that moment when his vision was obscured, Naruto seized the opportunity to launch an attack with swift and nimble Water Release.
"Luckily he's just a kid... if he were a bit older, that Water Release just now might have taken my life... Seems I've underestimated the bloodline of my teacher..."
"I can't drag this on any longer. At seven years old, he can already hurt me —something even Namikaze Minato at his peak only managed to do when I was young!"
"If Naruto grows any older, with such terrifying talent and strength, he will surely cause great damage to the Eye of the Moon Plan!"
"Moreover, he even hid his strength so well that he fooled Zetsu who monitored him day and night, with a depth of thought far more terrifying than adult ninjas..."
"I can't let this threat grow any longer, today I must nip it in the bud!"
The half of Uchiha Obito's body that was Zetsu burst with extraordinarily strong regenerative power, healing the penetrating wounds caused by the water needle swiftly, the killing intent in his lone eye growing more intense.
In his view, Naruto most likely suffered from a lack of Chakra... otherwise, if the Water Release hidden under the Darkness Path Jutsu were even more powerful, it would end the battle!
At the very least, it would force out his Izanagi, instead of him still being able to recover using Zetsu.
Uchiha Obito glanced at Uchiha Itachi, whose face was calm but whose mind was burning with thoughts, and coldly sneered at the corner of his mouth.
Mortal body, with battle strength greatly diminished after one attack, unlike the high tolerance of his Zetsu body?
"Itachi, don't get in my way... you'd better think of how to kill those Uchiha, otherwise your little brother won't be able to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan!"
Uchiha Obito said sinisterly: "The Silence Barrier won't be maintained during the upcoming battle; have you thought it through? Are you going to interfere with me taking the Nine-Tails, or give up on your dream of the Eternal Mangekyo..."
Uchiha Itachi's heart sank.
He was not doing this for the Eternal Mangekyo... but just as Uchiha Obito mentioned, if the massacre isn't thorough enough, then Sasuke won't be the only Uchiha nurtured by hatred...
Those clansmen with demonic allure in their bloodline will surely target his brother Sasuke! How can a seven-year-old Sasuke resist a group of deranged Uchiha?
On the way to school, after school at night, even when alone in the dead of night like him... there might be extreme Uchihas who, transferring the crimes of killing the clan onto Sasuke!
Something must happen to Sasuke!
Torn with internal strife, Uchiha Itachi suddenly turned around, bore his blade, and charged towards the clan grounds...
He made up his mind.
He would first kill off the Uchiha Clan! After all, Naruto's strength was hard to gauge, and Uchiha Obito most likely could not capture him for a while...
In that case, slaughtering the clan would allow him to watch the tigers fight, and maybe catch a break when the two of them wear each other out!
"Why, Aomi brother, why does he hate his clansmen so much?"
Naruto, seeing Uchiha Itachi going off to continue the massacre, was filled with big doubts in his little head, speaking with a mixture of fear and relief:
"In this hellish Ninja World, there are too many extreme ninjas! Thank goodness, Aomi brother, you showed me this scene, so I could realize the importance of strength..."
"I must train; I must train until no demons can ever harm me again!"
Uchiha Itachi's obsession with the massacre truly opened Naruto's eyes and laid an incredibly firm foundation for his heart of determination in a rather abnormal way.
Aomi glanced at Naruto and lightly chuckled.
Poor little Naruto, he seemed a bit paranoid because of Uchiha Itachi... But it's also a good thing, as in the Ninja World, it's far better to be overly prepared than to be unprepared.
"Aomi sir, do you need my Chakra?"
Compared to Naruto, the insightful Nine-tails pointed out the discrepancy: "Your Water Release technique's speed and skillfulness are unmatched, but your Chakra quantity seems just like the kid's..."
The Nine-tails felt a bit concerned.
Could there be something wrong with Aomi's condition? After all, just like him, Aomi exists as a spirit body within Naruto, not as a physical entity...