Mizuki looked at Iruka, who wanted to explain everything, and sneered.
“Naruto, let me tell you the truth about what happened!”
Hearing this, Iruka became furious and shouted at him, “Don’t!
Don’t say it!
Shut up!”
Mizuki ignored Iruka and slowly said to Naruto, “After that incident twelve years ago, the village established a certain rule.”
Naruto repeated, “A rule?”
Seeing the puzzled expression on Naruto’s face, Mizuki continued, “That’s right, Naruto.
But you’re the only one who isn’t allowed to know what that rule is!”
Naruto murmured, “Only me?
What kind of rule is it?”
By now, Iruka had realized how serious the situation was and hurriedly tried to stop him.
“Don’t!
Mizuki!”
Mizuki ignored him and coldly spat out, “The rule is that no one is ever allowed to tell you, Naruto, that you are the Nine-Tailed Fox!”
Naruto’s eyes widened in disbelief!
Mizuki paid no attention to Iruka’s miserable expression and continued, “In other words, you are the Nine-Tailed Fox that killed Iruka’s parents twelve years ago and destroyed the entire village!”
Iruka could no longer endure Mizuki exposing the truth and shouted, “Don’t!”
Mizuki ignored his former friend.
He felt that the Iruka who could only rage helplessly now was no longer capable of understanding him.
He continued, “You’ve been kept in the dark all this time.
Everyone hates you.
Don’t you find that strange?”
Seeing this scene from his memories in person, Naruto knew that it was time to show off his acting skills again.
He desperately blinked his eyes as tears unconsciously flowed from the corners.
He shouted loudly, “Damn it!
Damn it!”
As Naruto struggled, chakra began to swirl around him, forming a whirlwind of chakra.
Seeing Naruto’s reaction, Mizuki believed that his goal was almost within reach, so he continued, “No one will ever accept you!
Even Iruka hates you!”
After hearing Mizuki’s words, Iruka, who was clutching his right leg, once again recalled his conversation with the Third Hokage.
“Iruka, Naruto is lonely too.
He has never received the love of his parents.”
“The people in the village have continued to hate him because of what happened twelve years ago, so all he could do was constantly play pranks.
He has always tried his best to make his existence known in front of others so that he could attract their attention.”
“Although he seems strong on the outside, his heart is actually suffering terribly!”
While Iruka was still lost in his memories, Mizuki, seeing that the two had fallen silent because of his words, quietly began spinning the giant Fūma Shuriken before throwing it.
Die, Naruto!
Mizuki silently thought.
Naruto, who had been watching Mizuki the entire time, quietly surveyed his surroundings for a suitable place to land, then stumbled forward several steps.
“Naruto!
Get down!”
As expected, at this critical moment, Iruka still hurriedly used the Body Flicker Technique just as he had in the original story, instinctively rushing toward a position where he could block the Fūma Shuriken.
As expected, only the world of anime could have someone this pure…
Naruto sighed inwardly before dropping down at the spot he had calculated beforehand.
His eyes narrowed slightly as he surveyed his surroundings, while the chakra inside his body rapidly accumulated in case anything unexpected happened!
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Iruka successfully positioned himself behind Naruto and shielded him with his body!
The Fūma Shuriken thrown by Mizuki embedded itself in Iruka’s back!
Seeing the shadow in front of him, Naruto turned around in feigned shock and saw Iruka with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.
Even Mizuki found the scene difficult to understand.
Iruka!
That’s your enemy!
Thinking this, Mizuki gritted his teeth and hardened his heart.
“Iruka-sensei!” Naruto called out.
“Why…
why?”
Although Naruto, the one who knew everything, had already anticipated this scene and had even rehearsed it for a long time, after sixteen years of schooling and three years of harsh lessons from the real world in his previous life, he still found it difficult to understand Iruka’s sacrifice.
Perhaps this was the charm of the anime world.
Even someone who had only been here for one or two months could not help being moved by it.
Iruka spoke softly.
“Because we’re the same.
Ever since my parents died, no one has ever praised me or encouraged me!
I could only pretend to be foolish, hoping to get other people’s attention.”
As he said this, Iruka glanced at Naruto.
“Because I didn’t know how to attract other people’s attention, I could only keep acting foolish.
Those days were truly painful!”
Although Iruka’s simple words moved him somewhat, the Naruto of today was no longer the original twelve-year-old boy.
He was an adult who had received sixteen years of education and three years of hard lessons from society.
At this point in time, it was better to continue his performance.
He pretended to be deeply moved as he looked at Iruka, who was crying in front of him, while the goggles on his head had already concealed his eyes.
“Naruto!
You’re the same, aren’t you?
It must have been very hard for you.
You must have suffered a lot, right?” Iruka said emotionally.
“I’m sorry, Naruto.
If I had done a better job, you wouldn’t have had to feel this way!”
Naruto clenched his teeth as he looked at Iruka, as though he too had been deeply moved.
Iruka had only just finished speaking when Mizuki sneered disdainfully from a distance.
“What boring words!
Stop making me laugh, Naruto!
Iruka has always held a grudge against you, the Nine-Tailed Fox who killed his parents!
What he’s saying now is nothing more than a way to make you lower your guard so he can take the scroll from you!”
After Mizuki finished speaking, Naruto recalled the plot and felt that the time had come.
It was time to run.
He then acted as though he couldn’t take the shock any longer.
After glancing at the tearful Iruka behind him, he turned around and ran, completely ignoring Iruka calling his name from behind.
Mizuki jumped down from the tree and crouched beside Iruka.
“As far as I know, Naruto isn’t someone who changes his mind easily.”
He then straightened up and gave a cold laugh.
“He’s probably planning to use that sealed scroll to take revenge on the villagers!
After all, you know what he’s been through all these years!
Did you see his expression just now?
It was exactly like the Nine-Tailed Fox back then!”
Iruka ignored his words.
With his right hand, he pulled the Fūma Shuriken from his back and supported himself with his left hand.
“That’s not the kind of person Naruto is!”
He then casually threw the shuriken toward Mizuki.
Mizuki dodged it by turning sideways and said, “Once I kill Naruto and get that scroll, you’ll be next!”
Without paying any further attention to Iruka, Mizuki turned around and used the Body Flicker Technique to rapidly pursue Naruto.
Inside the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi watched everything that had just happened through the Crystal Ball Technique.
He hadn’t expected Mizuki to dare say absolutely anything, even revealing to Naruto that he was the Nine-Tailed Fox.
He secretly felt fortunate that Naruto’s seal was strong enough and wouldn’t behave like the tailed beasts in other villages, constantly coming out to make their presence known.
He then shifted the Crystal Ball’s view toward Naruto Uzumaki, who was running in a peculiar posture.
“Right now, Naruto is extremely uneasy.
Perhaps the sealed power will be released.
Although Naruto is carrying the Scroll of Seals, the possibility of him undoing the seal and transforming into the Nine-Tailed Fox is only one in ten thousand.
Still, let’s test it.
At that time…”
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