Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 277 Nine-Tailed Fox: It's instinct!
"Brother Yunchuan!"

A call filled with surprise and dependence suddenly pierced the suffocating silence, and Hyuga Kumokawa turned his head to look in the direction of the sound.

Suddenly, Naruto broke free from Iruka's still-shocked embrace and, like a fledgling returning to its nest, ran over without hesitation.

He plunged headlong into the area filled with the stench of blood and grabbed Hinata Kumokawa's leg tightly.

"Naruto?" Hyuga Kumokawa lowered his head, his gaze falling on Naruto's face, which was filled with worry and joy.

The icy indifference and sharpness in his eyes seemed to melt away rapidly, like spring snow meeting the warm sun.

The face that had just been filled with coldness and ferocity instantly transformed back into the gentle expression everyone was familiar with.

"Phew..." Hinata Kumokawa exhaled, revealing a genuine and warm smile. He reached out and gently ruffled Naruto's blond hair. "Thank goodness you're alright."

This natural shift, this change in expression and tone, made it seem as if the person who had just ruthlessly and decisively executed a powerful enemy was someone else entirely.

Hinata Kumokawa raised his head, his gaze sweeping over everyone in the shelter. With just the right amount of concern on his face, he asked in a gentle tone, "Everyone, are you all alright?"

"Senior Shizune, how are the injured? Do they need any help?"

The familiar tone and attitude dispelled everyone's fear, and they suddenly came to their senses.

"No, it's okay!"

"Lord Yun Chuan! We're all alright!"

Responses rang out, but the tone was inevitably reserved.

Their gazes remained fixed on Hinata Kumokawa, but the emotions in their eyes had subtly shifted.

If in the past it was respect and affection.

Now, in addition to the existing respect, there is an added awe and fervor for power.

A person who is renowned yet gentle and kind is certainly likable.

However, only a truly powerful individual, capable of eliminating all threats, can provide them with the most solid and unshakable sense of security.

A person who is as cold and ruthless as winter to enemies, but as gentle as spring breeze to comrades, is the most perfect leader in the eyes of most people.

The character played by Hinata Kumokawa today undoubtedly fits this perfectly.

"Yun Chuan".

Shizune also recovered from her shock, looking at Hinata Kumokawa with a complex expression, but mostly with relief and relief at surviving a disaster, and said, "Medicines and equipment are severely lacking."

"Okay." Hinata Kumokawa nodded. "Take stock of the number of people and the shortage of supplies, and I'll figure something out."

His gaze swept across the entire area once more, landing on the wounded, civilians, and ninjas who were staring intently at him.

"Everyone," Hinata Kumokawa's voice rose slightly.

"The crisis is not completely over yet, but please believe that as long as we stand here, we will never let the enemy harm us..."

Before he could finish speaking, a burst of laughter suddenly rang out.

“Heh…heh…”

The expressions of everyone present changed instantly, and all eyes turned sharply to the cracked rock wall and to the "corpse" that was embedded in the wall and was almost unrecognizable as a human!
Miyajo En's body was folded at an extremely twisted angle, exhaling more than inhaling, his breathing so weak it was almost imperceptible, and blood was constantly gushing out.

However, he was not completely dead yet; faint, hoarse laughter, like a leaky bellows, came intermittently from his mouth.

"You think it's over?"

He struggled to lift his head, and his already tattered sunglasses finally slipped off and fell to the ground, revealing a thin, black rod running through his nose.

The black rod was emitting an extremely faint chakra fluctuation.

The fluctuation seemed to be conveying some kind of message. Miyajo En called for a bombardment.

"None of you can escape."

A twisted, crazed smile spread across his face. His lips moved, and with his last ounce of strength, he uttered a curse: "They will all be buried with him..."

The moment his words fell, it was as if to confirm his vicious curse.

Seemingly sensing something, everyone, including Hyuga Kumokawa and Uzumaki Naruto, suddenly raised their heads and looked up at the dome above the shelter!
Almost at the same time they looked up.

boom! !

A terrifyingly loud explosion ripped open from above the shelter!
A thick, blazing white beam of energy, large enough to cover the entire shelter, violently tore through the thick rock layers and plunged into the underground space like a spear descended by a god!
The light instantly engulfed everything!
In Naruto's azure pupils, there was only white that filled his entire field of vision, swallowing up all colors and shapes.

He didn't even have time to hear any sound; he only felt a scorching torrent, hot enough to melt steel and evaporate weakened energy, rushing towards him like a tsunami!

The shadow of death, cold and real, gripped my throat!
Just as the pure white light was about to completely engulf him, Hyuga Kumokawa suddenly turned around, hugged the stunned Naruto Uzumaki in his arms, and stood between him and the blazing light.

"Do not……"

Naruto's eyes widened suddenly, his pupils contracted, and blood vessels spread across his eyeballs. An unprecedented sense of powerlessness and fear surged through him, almost overwhelming him.

Why am I so weak?

Why do I need someone else to protect me?
Why is it that I can't do anything when faced with such an enemy?
In an instant, a memory suddenly crashed into Naruto's mind.

That was during a practical training session at the Ninja Academy, after he was defeated by Sasuke Uchiha once again.

He sat on the ground, watching Sasuke's back, his fists clenched so tightly that his nails dug into his palms.

"Teacher," he asked in his heart, "what do I need to do to gain power equal to Sasuke's?"

However, the voice in his mind did not answer him directly.

Instead, an even more impatient voice emerged.

That was the voice of the Nine-Tailed Fox.

“It’s instinct,” Nine-Tails said without hesitation.

"instinct?"

“That’s right, instinct!” Nine-Tails continued, “The instinct to utterly crush, kill, bite, and chew the enemy!”

“I don’t see those deep-seated, primal, and pure desires for killing and survival in you.”

"You always fight with reason, but reason is useless in the face of pure power."

"You clearly crave the power to command me, yet you are filled with fear, binding me with chains, layer upon layer."

"How could someone like you possibly control my power?"

Memories recede like the tide.

Naruto's ever-tightened string of rationality finally snapped.

boom! !

From the depths of those bloodshot eyes, a violent crimson light surged forth, and the Nine-Tails' chakra erupted from his body!

Along with the Nine-Tails Chakra, golden chains that bind "instinct" also burst forth.

(I went to bed too late last night and accidentally fell asleep while I was typing QAQ)

(End of this chapter)