Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 558 Naruto's Talk-no-Jutsu

Within Naruto's mental world.

This virtual Konoha Village, constructed from spirit, has been ravaged by the battle between the two.

Streets, houses, and shops were all completely destroyed, with flames and thick smoke billowing from the ruins.

Naruto knelt on one knee, panting heavily. His orange coat was torn in several places, his face was covered in wounds, and sweat streamed down his cheeks.

He struggled to lift his head, and the darkened boy opposite him, who looked exactly like him, was staring blankly at him.

The corrupted Naruto also wields the power of the Tailed Beasts, and can even transform into a complete Jinchuriki with nine tails. However, the chakra surrounding him is layered with pitch-black chakra, making him look like a demon against the backdrop of ruins.

Naruto, on the other hand, only had a half-tailed beast form with a mere six tails, which put him at a significant disadvantage in terms of power.

But as they fought, Naruto discovered that even in his nine-tailed form, his opponent wasn't much stronger than him.

Whether it's his Shadow Clone Technique or the Rasengan, both can inflict some damage on the opponent; the gap between them isn't so large as to be insurmountable.

"Give up! Our powers originate from the same source, and I know the evil in humanity. I am the personality most compatible with the Nine-Tails!" Nine black fox tails swayed behind the corrupted Naruto as he roared at him, "You can never defeat me!"

Then, the corrupted Naruto swung his fist, which was enveloped in black chakra.

Naruto countered sharply, clashing his fist, which was enveloped in pale red tailed beast chakra, with the other's.

boom!

The two fists collided, producing a deafening roar.

The shockwave spread outwards, lifting up the scattered rubble and debris on the ground as if swept by a gale.

Naruto slid backward for more than ten meters, his feet leaving two deep furrows in the ground.

After he regained his balance, he looked up at the opposite side and saw that the corrupted Naruto had only taken three steps back.

"Yosh! I got it!" Naruto looked at the scene, his azure eyes filled with a knowing glint.

"Your power is always the limit of my current physical and mental capabilities, so the strength you've displayed hasn't exceeded my physical limits at all," Naruto said confidently to himself.

"So, as long as I break through my own limitations and master the limits of my body, I can defeat you!" Naruto's eyes were full of fighting spirit.

"What?" Darkened Naruto looked puzzled.

He couldn't understand why the person opposite him was always so energetic, without fatigue or the internal struggle of self-doubt. No matter how he used his persuasive skills to explain the viciousness of the villagers, the other person never developed any murderous intent or resentment.

"You idiot!" the corrupted Naruto couldn't help but curse, shouting, "Do you really think that just because you've become stronger, those Konoha scoundrels will realize their mistakes and repent for the many heinous crimes they committed against you in the past?"

"Of course it's not just that!" Naruto shook his head.

He straightened up, patted his chest, and said loudly, "I really didn't understand why they hated me before."

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"But after Menma's explanation, I also learned that many villagers lost their loved ones on the night of the Nine-Tails, so I understand that kind of pain!" Naruto looked at the bewildered, darkened Naruto across from him with a determined gaze.

He continued loudly, "Even if they blame me for all their grievances, it's just their ignorance, or perhaps they've been manipulated by others!"

"What I want to do is not only to make myself a hero, but also to let these deceived and ignorant people know the truth and the mistakes they resent!"

Darkened Naruto stared blankly at the other person.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Idiots! Humans are completely incapable of understanding each other! And they will never admit their mistakes! Even if they know it's wrong, they will never admit it!"

"This is the wickedness of the human heart!" As Naruto's emotions surged, his beard grew even longer, and the blood-red fox pupils in his eyes widened in fury.

His entire black chakra cloak began to stir restlessly.

"That's how humans are; their hearts are darker than the deepest abyss! Their desires are deeper than the ocean!"

Their actions were all for their own selfish desires!

"What do you think you can change?"

"Wrong! Utterly wrong!"

"Those Konoha scoundrels didn't realize their mistakes because of your changes. They only fawned over you and played their so-called hero games with you because you became stronger and more untouchable!"

With a sudden swing of his right hand, which had grown long fingernails, the corrupted Naruto sliced ​​a newly formed Konoha building in two with his chakra blade.

The upper half of the building slowly slid down and collapsed with a roar, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"I know everything you've said." Naruto said seriously as he slowly walked towards the other side.

"They are ignorant, they are blinded, they have done many wrong things, but that doesn't mean I can't forgive them, or that I have to kill them." Naruto slowly walked up to the corrupted Naruto and began to speak his profound truths amidst the other's astonished gaze.

"Correcting their mistakes was my own choice, and forgiving them for the many things they did to me was also my own choice."

"Whether they genuinely realize their mistakes or fear and fawn over me because I've become powerful—"

"At least they won't be as ignorant and easily taken advantage of as before, so I can make them, and their descendants, realize that they made mistakes and how they should behave in the future."

"The peaceful, mutually understanding world I envision must begin with me!"

Naruto raised his right hand, touching his heart, and said sincerely, "The fact that they bullied me doesn't contradict my forgiveness of them!"

Darkened Naruto gritted his teeth: "Damn it! You forgive them after being bullied, you bastard—"

"Moreover, I haven't lived in such a vicious environment all these years. I still have many friends who care about me—" Naruto was lost in his memories.

"Menma-san, Hinata, Third Hokage, Iruka-sensei, Tetsuya-san, Ayame-nee, Sasuke, Shikamaru—" Naruto read out his friends' names one by one, a smile gradually spreading across his lips.

It seemed as if she was recalling a series of fun times with her friends.

"So, hatred and killing are not the only keys to unlocking hatred." Naruto opened his arms, looking intently at the increasingly distressed, darkened Naruto, and said loudly, "You must be lonely too, so let me be your first friend!"

"The blackened Naruto felt the hairs on his body stand on end."

"You arrogant bastard!" The corrupted Naruto raised his right hand again, this time a black Rasengan condensed in his palm.

"You have no idea what pain I've been through!" The corrupted Naruto raised the black Rasengan and charged at Naruto.

However, Naruto neither dodged nor flinched, but stood there blankly.

The black Rasengan, though menacing, dissipated like smoke when it touched Naruto's body.

Black chakra fragments drifted in the air like withered petals.

The corrupted Naruto rushed up to Naruto in a daze, only to be met with a bear hug from Naruto.

Amidst the astonished look on Naruto's face, Naruto earnestly said, "How could I not know? Because I am you."

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"You are the personality I've developed from the pain and loneliness I've never had the courage to face all these years, and you're also my family!"

The corrupted Naruto trembled, his hands hanging in mid-air, unsure of where to put them.

"Family?!" A tear slowly rolled down his reddened eye.

Then, Naruto's bloodshot eyes returned to their normal color.

But the tears in his eyes lingered, sliding down his cheeks and dripping onto the ruins of Konoha.

His arm, which had been frozen in mid-air, slowly reached out and hugged Naruto's back.

At this moment, the dark side of him was persuaded by Naruto.

In the realm of the mind, the gloomy sky begins to clear.

The dark clouds dispersed, and sunlight shone through the clouds, illuminating two boys embracing tightly on the ruins of Konoha.

Meanwhile, Naruto's corrupted body gradually turned into black fragments that floated into the air.