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

Chapter 311 Your Acquaintance, Asura
呲!
Almost at the same time as hearing the sound, Naruto's keen hearing also caught a faint whooshing sound.

Almost instinctively, without turning his head, he raised his right hand and grabbed the side of his face.

He held a wooden training kunai, its tip worn smooth, firmly in his hand.

Naruto turned around and looked in the direction of the sound.

Not far away, Uchiha Sasuke was standing there with a slight smile on his face.

Uchiha Shisui stood beside him, his eyes blindfolded with a black cloth. His face was calm, yet he seemed to be able to sense everything around him. He slightly turned his head and "looked" in Naruto's direction.

Sasuke first quickly made a coded gesture to Naruto, which he had learned in school, meaning "Wait for me," and then turned to Shisui beside him and whispered a few words.

Shisui nodded and patted Sasuke on the shoulder. Sasuke then jogged over to Naruto's side, and the two walked side by side with perfect understanding, heading towards the school building.

"Not bad." Sasuke smiled and glanced at the wooden kunai in Naruto's hand. "Looks like what happened that day really did make you a lot stronger?"

He was referring, of course, to the attack on the shelter.

Naruto was silent for a moment, and instead of answering the question about becoming stronger, he suddenly asked, "Sasuke, you actually knew my identity all along, didn't you?"

Upon hearing this, Sasuke did not show any surprise, but simply nodded: "Yes, I know."

Although at his current age, he shouldn't know about the existence of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

However, the fact that he awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan at such a young age shows that he was carefully groomed by the entire Uchiha clan, including Shisui and others like Uchiha Yakumi, as the future clan leader.

Some secrets concerning the village were naturally not hidden from him, and his identity as the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was one of them.

“If you want to know, I can…” Sasuke started to say.

"No need." Naruto shook his head, interrupting him, his tone unexpectedly calm. "I know some of the specifics myself."

"But aren't you afraid?"

afraid?
What are you afraid of?
Upon hearing this, Sasuke Uchiha paused for a moment, then seemed to understand what Naruto was referring to, and couldn't help but curl his lips into a sneer, letting out his habitual arrogant sneer.

But he quickly composed himself and put on a formulaic, gentle smile again.

Of course, this smile wasn't meant for Naruto, but for those fools who habitually judge a person's character by their appearance.

This is the effort one must make to become Hokage.

Sasuke vowed never to repeat the mistakes the Uchiha clan had made.

However, Sasuke knew he couldn't hide his true nature from Naruto, and he didn't care that Naruto saw through his proud nature beneath his gentle facade.

"It's just the power of a tailed beast. I believe you can control it," Sasuke said with a smile. "After all, you are a worthy opponent that I, Uchiha Sasuke, acknowledge, aren't you?"

"However, let me make it clear beforehand that you're not the only one who has improved. I've also learned Fire Release ninjutsu. If you want to beat me in actual combat, you're still a long way off..."

Listening to Sasuke's rambling, Naruto remained silent, but a slight warmth touched his heart.

Fortunately, there are still people who are willing to trust him, even if it's only a few.

But the rarer something is, the more precious it becomes.

Meanwhile, inside the sealed space within Naruto's body.

The Nine-Tails, which had been lazily lying on the beach, suddenly twitched its ears as it heard Sasuke Uchiha's words, "Mere tailed beast."

"Humph!"

It bared its full set of gleaming white fangs in annoyance, and said angrily, "That brat from the Uchiha clan has quite the nerve!"

"As expected, the Uchiha clan are all arrogant and conceited bastards!"

Snapped.

With a soft sound, before Nine-Tailed Fox could continue complaining, a hand seemingly casually patted its head.

An irresistible force came, and the Nine-Tails' enormous head was pressed directly into the sand beneath it.

"Silence."

The Otsutsuki Kumoshiki, sitting atop its head, slowly withdrew his hand, his tone calm yet carrying an undeniable authority: "Calm down, feel the chakra I am transmitting to you."

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey." Nine-Tails pulled its head out of the sand, shook it, and spat out the sand from its mouth. Although it looked annoyed, it still closed its fox eyes.

It began to concentrate, sensing the chilling aura continuously flowing into its body from the cloud-shaped palm above its head.

In fact, Kurama's talents go far beyond its massive chakra reserves.

In the original work, it mastered the Shadow Clone Technique and could even help Naruto refine natural energy, enabling him to instantly enter Sage Mode.

A moment later, the Nine-Tails suddenly opened its eyes and subconsciously looked at its hands.

Its claws, which were originally covered with orange fur, were now covered with a hard, thick bone exoskeleton that gleamed with a pale luster!
It scratched its cheek with its paw, feeling a slight itch on its face, as if something was stirring beneath its skin, wanting to burst out.

"This feeling..." Kurama murmured softly, "is it the power of those so-called 'Hollows'?"

So that's how it is. Is it a deeper level of spiritual energy utilization?

No wonder...

It seemed to have figured something out and asked, "Are those 'voids' your creations?" "Yes," Yun replied crisply, without any intention of denial.

"You really are a dangerous guy." Nine-Tails' voice deepened.

"Do you think Hagoromo Otsutsuki hasn't done something similar?" Yun Shi's tone remained calm. "Isn't the 'Pure Land' he created the same?"

"It's the same realm of interfering with the soul, playing with the boundaries of life and death; he did it to deal with his mother's clan."

Yun Shi lowered her head slightly, looking down at Nine-Tailed Fox: "I just chose a different path from him, and went further than him."

Nine-Tails opened its mouth, but found itself unable to refute, so it could only ask, "Why did you teach me to master this power?"

"Because I need you and Naruto to inherit and master the two powers I developed," Yun Shi bluntly stated. "I need you to become Naruto's assistant in the future."

Upon hearing this, Kurama's doubts deepened.

Is this old guy planning to leave?
"Are you so sure I'll help this brat?"

It probed, "I only intervened last time because I didn't want to die with this brat. If I could, I'd rather get rid of these damned humans."

It sensed that Yunshi seemed to be in a good mood today, so it became a bit bolder.

Normally, it would never dare to say such a thing.

"You have no choice."

Yun's answer was cold and realistic: "Do you think you could have escaped from the Akatsuki leader who had the Rinnegan last time if he had gone all out?"

"You should know very well what the Rinnegan means."

Nine-Tails' heart sank suddenly.

The Rinnegan—those are the old man's eyes; they truly belong to the realm of "gods."

The appearance of the Rinnegan means that the Gedo Mazo has fallen into the hands of the Akatsuki organization.

Before the Gedo Mazo and the Rinnegan, the tailed beasts were practically lambs to the slaughter, with barely any room to struggle.

"You should have already noticed that most of your mental connections with the other tailed beasts have been severed or become extremely weak, right?"

Yun continued, "I can tell you definitively that there are far more people watching you than just them."

"The secrets of this world are far beyond your imagination."

"If you're alone out there, you'll only die, truly die."

Upon hearing this, the Nine-Tails fell into a long silence, its last shred of hope shattered.

It truly could no longer sense Shukaku's presence.

Nine-Tailed Fox didn't ask Yun Shi's purpose. It knew very well that even if it got the answer, it might not be the truth, or even if it was the truth, it wouldn't dare to believe it.

This old man, who has lived for who knows how long and is so cunning, definitely has some ulterior motive.

It changed to a more practical question, asking, "What power do you intend for this brat to inherit?"

Yun Shi did not answer immediately, but slowly raised one hand and gently wiped it in front of her.

hum.

Within the sealed space, the background that had originally simulated a blue sky and carried a somewhat false warmth gradually disappeared with Yun Shi's light touch.

Instead, there was a deep and boundless night sky.

However, the night sky was not filled with stars and the moon.

On the seemingly endless screen, countless thin ribbons of light flowed and intertwined slowly, filling the entire field of vision!
These light bands exhibit two distinct shades of blue: a deep, ocean-like blue and a clear, azure blue like a sunny sky.

The two blue light bands are not clearly distinct, but rather blend together, forming a mirror image similar to the aurora, illuminating the dark beach and waves in a magnificent and mysterious way.

"What is this?" The Nine-Tailed Fox's massive body suddenly straightened, sensing an aura that was both familiar and somewhat strange from the interwoven bands of light.

The azure light within it, Kurama knew, was Naruto's chakra, manifested in this way by the Cloud Style.

However, the other, even more immense chakra is...

“Your acquaintance”.

A calm, Yun-style voice came through, clearly uttering that name.

"Asura".

Upon hearing this, Nine-Tails' breath hitched.

Asura?
The old man's second son?

This vast, star-like sea of ​​chakra... it's Ashura's chakra?!
Why does it appear here?
"What do you want to do?" With too many questions in her mind, Nine-Tails blurted out the question subconsciously.

"Use his chakra to forge a sword for Naruto."

Yun Shi said calmly, "Zanpakuto."

(End of this chapter)