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Inside the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage's pen stilled as the panicked echoes of Uzumaki Naruto's voice tore through the corridor. He immediately rose, a flicker of doubt and acute worry clouding his features.
What has happened? he wondered. Naruto had never been a child to make such a public scene.
As he pulled open the heavy doors, he found Naruto standing in the hallway like a cornered fawn. The boy's face was deathly pale, his cerulean eyes swimming with a mixture of terror and absolute helplessness. The moment Hiruzen appeared, Naruto lunged forward, pouncing on him and burying his face in the hem of the Hokage's ceremonial robes. His small body trembled with a violence that was impossible to fake.
"Grandpa Third! It's so scary! Make it stop!" Naruto's voice was a choked, jagged mess of syllables.
Hiruzen led the boy into the office, his expression hardening into one of grim realization as Naruto described the symptoms: a sudden, overwhelming "buzzing" in his head, a flood of "bad, annoying feelings" from people he couldn't even see, and a crushing sense of malice that felt like it was drowning him.
The "Professor" of Shinobi understood immediately. Kagura Shingun—The Kagura Mind's Eye.
This was the legendary sensory hallmark of the Uzumaki. That ultra-wide-range perception and the keen, instinctive insight into the "malice" of others matched Naruto's description perfectly.
He has awakened his mother's bloodline trait on his own? At this age?
The matter was no longer a domestic concern; it was a state secret. Hiruzen turned to the Anbu standing in the shadows of the room, his voice dropping into the unquestionable, icy register of a military commander.
"Issue an order: everything that transpired here is classified as Top Secret. Any leak regarding Naruto's status will be treated as high treason. Dismissed!"
Once the office was sealed, Hiruzen squatted down, placing his hands on Naruto's trembling shoulders. He looked at the child with a gaze that was a heavy mixture of grandfatherly kindness and the soul-deep guilt of a leader who had allowed a hero's son to suffer.
"Naruto, look at me," Hiruzen said softly. "Don't be afraid. Those 'malicious' feelings you sensed... they aren't directed at you."
He deliberated for a moment, weighing how much of the truth to reveal. Ultimately, he chose a curated narrative—a story of tragedy and sacrifice. He spoke of the Nine-Tails' attack years ago and the destruction it wrought.
"Because you were an Uzumaki—a clan of special blood and unparalleled sealing talent—the decision was made to seal the demon fox inside you to protect the village. The people... they don't hate you, Naruto. They are simply afraid of what you carry. And this ability you've found? It is the pride of your clan. The Kagura Mind's Eye."
Hiruzen carefully omitted the fact that Minato Namikaze was Naruto's father. He even went as far as to take the "blame" for the sealing himself, hoping to shield Naruto from resenting the Fourth Hokage. In his mind, it was better for Naruto to learn the truth when he was older and more steeped in the Will of Fire.
But as he looked at the boy, Hiruzen saw something that made his own heart ache. Naruto had gone silent, his head drooping as he whispered the words back to himself: "I am the vessel... the one who holds the monster."
The Sandaime reached out to offer a comforting word, to tell him he was a hero. But before he could speak, Naruto snapped his head up. His eyes were still brimming with tears, but the terror had been burned away by an incandescent, terrifyingly pure resolve.
"That's great!" Naruto shouted, wiping his eyes with a ferocity that reddened his skin. "If I'm the one holding it back, then the people in the village won't be hurt anymore! Everyone... everyone can be safe!"
He gripped Hiruzen's sleeve with a white-knuckled intensity. "Grandpa Third! Please! I want to learn Sealing Techniques! I want to learn the most powerful seals in the world! I have to strengthen the lock on the fox inside me. That way, even if I die, he'll never get out to hurt anyone again! Please, teach me!"
The declaration, dripping with self-sacrifice and devotion, struck Hiruzen like a physical blow. It was the most perfect manifestation of the Will of Fire he had ever witnessed in a child.
Naruto... you truly are a saintly child, Hiruzen thought, his eyes misting over. Might Guy, you've done it. You've cultivated a soul that is purer than the sunlight itself.
The Hokage took a steadying breath, his decision final. "Very well, Naruto. If that is your wish, I will open the archives to you. You shall learn the arts of your people."
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