"Huang, before the competition, I want to ask you a question."

Naruto Uzumaki, who did not receive a response, did not show any signs of anger.

While suppressing his own emotions, he looked into the other person's eyes and continued speaking.

His voice trembled noticeably, as if he was trying hard to restrain himself.

"explain."

Huang was sparing with words, but more than that, he didn't want to have anything to do with this guy anymore.

Because they were destined to be different, all the bonds that existed between them were severed a month ago.

Upon hearing this, Naruto Uzumaki took a deep breath, presumably to further stabilize his emotions.

Then, looking at this most familiar stranger in his field of vision, he asked:

"Did my father and mother really die because of the Uchiha clan, just as Grandpa Hokage said?"

Chapter 525 I will also feed poor kittens I see on the road.

Naruto's words were filled with suppressed emotions, and his voice wasn't loud, but it was enough for his opponent to hear.

Not only Ara, but even the chief examiner, Genma Shiranui, who was standing guard nearby, heard it clearly.

In an instant, a huge question and a sudden panic arose in the latter's mind, and even the senbon he was holding in his mouth fell out of his mouth without him noticing.

[The truth behind Naruto Uzumaki's parents' deaths?]

[Does this refer to the truth behind the Fourth Hokage's death?]

Why did the Third Hokage tell Naruto about this at this time?

[Didn't we agree that it was far from time to go public?]

As a trusted bodyguard of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, Genma Shiranui knew more secrets than ordinary Konoha ninjas.

Of course, this also includes Naruto Uzumaki's true identity, and what exactly the monster residing within him is.

【wrong,】

【no,】

There's a problem!

The sudden surge of reason in his mind made him want to cancel the competition and separate the two immediately.

After all, this Chunin Exams was not only a grand event, but also a turbulent time hiding cholera.

The fact that Moonlight Hayate, who belonged to the Dark Division, died in a mission a few days ago is a very clear signal!

It's important to know that the incident occurred near Konoha!

Those thieves with ulterior motives have gone to such a crazy extent.

【so,】

Stop! It must stop.

He instinctively looked at the Hokage in the main stands, wanting to request that the match be stopped immediately.

But at that moment, the response that reached his ears made him freeze in shock.

"Oh, so that's what that old man told you?"

Upon hearing Naruto's question, a meaningful, sarcastic smile suddenly appeared on Ara's calm face.

However, such an answer cannot be dismissed.

The person who disrupted Kushina's childbirth and unleashed the Nine-Tails, which wreaked havoc on Konoha, was indeed a guy surnamed Uchiha.

Therefore, it is not wrong to say that the deaths of the Fourth Hokage and his wife were inextricably linked to the Uchiha clan.

He simply hadn't expected that old fox Hiruzen Sarutobi would respond with such a response.

Is he trying to incite the former's anger in order to unleash the Nine-Tails and kill him?

Given the weakening of the Eight Trigrams Seal, it is indeed possible for Naruto Uzumaki to borrow, or even obtain, the power influenced by the Nine-Tails, and directly go berserk, transforming into a half-tailed beast state.

But do you think you can eliminate yourself with such power?

Naive.

"Uchiha Ara, please behave yourself."

"You must not be disrespectful to the Third Hokage."

As he was answering the questions, Ara suddenly heard the stern rebuke of the examiner, Genma Shiranui, in a suppressed voice.

Clearly, the other party did not want such disrespect and family scandal to be heard or known by all the guests.

I don't want to be taken advantage of by people with ulterior motives.

But is such a reprimand useful?

useless.

He completely ignored the other person, his eyes filled with disdain.

Disdain for that old fox's tricks.

Having come this far, he still dares to try to resolve his own problems through others, truly disgracing the reputation of Renxiong.

What's more, the person they're using is a little guy who's ostracized by the village.

Such methods are extremely ironic.

Didn't that old man know that rashly activating the Nine-Tails' power could bring unimaginable, even fatal, consequences to a Jinchūriki?

After arriving in that world, will he truly be able to face the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and his wife, Kushina, with equanimity?

A nameless unease filled Huang's heart.

He wanted to say something.

However, this idea was quickly overturned.

Because, on this day of reckoning, he no longer wanted any ties to the village.

All that has passed will be severed and returned on this day.

"So, this is your answer to me?"

So, you don't deny this?

Naruto Uzumaki looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar person in front of him, still feeling unwilling, and his eyes still trembled with complex emotions.

This is the first person I've silently considered a friend!

But now he answers his own questions with silence.

After all, the absence of denial implies affirmation.

Just as the Hokage said, the death of his parents was related to the Uchiha clan.

However, he still wanted the other party's tacit acknowledgment. Only in this way could he truly accept it and vent all the pain and hatred that had been building up in his heart!

"What are you dawdling about? What are you even doing standing here for?"

"Small talk?"

"It's pointless to dwell on the past."

"Hurry up and make your move."

"I don't want to waste any more time with a weakling like you."

Ara still didn't directly answer the Nine-Tails' question.

The cold words built a wall separating the two, and at the same time directly plunged Naruto's mood into despair.

"Is it just a waste of time?"

He murmured these particularly jarring words, the bitterness surging forth like a flood.

"So, everything you did for me before was just out of pity, out of guilt?"

After taking a deep breath and suppressing his emotions, Naruto Uzumaki looked intently at the person he had once considered a friend. He wanted to find any flaw on the other person's face that could overturn this conclusion, and in his mind, he repeatedly denied the answer for the former.

but,

"Guilty?"

Why should I feel guilty?

"Aren't you being a little too arrogant?"

"Don't define other people's behavior casually."

Huang's answer remained cold and heartless.

"As for why they did those things."

"I also feed poor kittens I see on the street."

These words shattered the last vestige of hope in Naruto's heart.

Even the chief examiner, Genma Shiranui, who was standing to one side, couldn't help but frown. What Ara Uchiha said was indeed hurtful, especially since he knew Naruto Uzumaki's true identity.

However, this thought only lasted for a short while.

He suddenly realized that he and other knowledgeable elders in the village had done things that were not as good as what the other party had done.

"What's going on down there?"

"Why hasn't the competition started yet?"

"If you're going to admit defeat, then do it now!"

The prolonged stalemate between the two has begun to provoke dissatisfaction among some impatient viewers.

After all, this was the competition they were most looking forward to, and such a dragging out was simply a waste of their time.

"Really."

"So that's it."

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