Chapter 85
"How about… I just leave Konoha altogether!"
Uzumaki Naruto pursed his lips: "My life in Konoha isn't happy at all."
"Everyone hates me, they always say cold and mean things. The girl I like got taken away by someone else. No one cares about me at all."
"Instead of this, it's better to just leave."
Uzumaki Naruto was right—since he now had enough strength, why should he keep suffering in Konoha?
Naruto reminded Uzumaki Naruto: "Don't forget about the Nine-Tails. The moment you step outside the village, it will take over your body. Then you won't be you anymore—your body will belong to the Nine-Tails."
Nine-Tails: "Um… this old one… er… I won't take over Uzumaki Naruto's body."
Naruto: "I already warned you!"
Uzumaki Naruto & Nine-Tails: "Uh…"
Uzumaki Naruto got angry. Naruto kept interrupting the Nine-Tails and ignoring its words—he must have some ulterior motive.
Uzumaki Naruto suddenly pointed at Naruto and shouted: "Anyway, I don't even want to live anymore—do you think I'm scared of you?!"
"If you've got something to say, just say it! This is my ninja way!"
"I can tell—you just want me to stay in Konoha so you can achieve some shady goal."
"Otherwise, why would you force the Nine-Tails and stop it from speaking?!"
Naruto's eye twitched: "Good grief, looks like you need a beating."
"You should know—there are things in this world worse than death. Want to experience them?"
Uzumaki Naruto froze. He immediately lowered his head and apologized without any sincerity: "I was wrong, big bro!"
On the other side of the sealed gate, the Nine-Tails covered its face with one claw, unable to watch.
Why was this generation's Asura reincarnation so spineless?!
Naruto saw this and shook his head slightly, not bothering to comment.
After thinking for a moment, Naruto continued speaking to Uzumaki Naruto: "Then let's just expose your true identity."
"That way, everyone's attitude toward you will change."
Uzumaki Naruto—who had just been extremely cowardly—lifted his head and looked at Naruto like he was an idiot: "You think that's possible?"
"Do you think anyone will believe it? Do you think that old dog Third Hokage will allow it?"
"You… uh… big bro, I was wrong!"
Naruto: "…"
…
Not far from the Uchiha compound, at Konoha's outer wall, Naruto and Uzumaki Naruto both woke up at the same time.
In the distance, Kakashi finally arrived with his ANBU squad.
Seeing this, Naruto raised his hand without a word, ready to slap again.
"Wait!"
Kakashi said frantically to Naruto: "We believe you! We all believe you!"
"Tch~ Bullying the weak and fearing the strong. You weren't using that tone when you were dealing with me earlier!"
Uzumaki Naruto looked at Kakashi with disdain, as if ashamed of his behavior.
After saying that, Uzumaki Naruto turned back with a cheeky grin toward Naruto: "Right, Naruto big bro~?"
Naruto glanced at the shamelessly cheeky Uzumaki Naruto and said to Kakashi: "Take me to see the Hokage."
Uzumaki Naruto panicked: "What? I have to go too?"
Naruto nodded: "Of course. You're the main character."
Uzumaki Naruto said timidly: "Um… can I not go?"
Naruto replied coldly: "Request denied."
Uzumaki Naruto: "…"
"Naruto big bro, listen to me—that old Third guy is extremely cunning! He's seriously cunning!"
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