Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan

"Shh!"

However, a giant wooden hand appeared out of nowhere and slapped it back. The Giant Rasengan was also shattered.

"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki..."

Amidst the murmurs, a figure suddenly made a move, reaching out to grab Naruto.

"Boom..."

Black flames ignited, passing right through Naruto's hand without him being able to grasp them, but the Amaterasu flames also fell down, unable to be absorbed and burned.

"Shh!"

The blue giant spread its wings and swept past, and Naruto appeared above the Susanoo.

"Sasuke?!"

After the exclamation of surprise, Naruto quickly asked, "That androgynous guy doesn't look like a good person at all. You mustn't be fooled by him."

Sasuke nodded: "I know. But as one of their targets, you shouldn't be here."

Naruto clenched his fists: "No matter what, I can't convince myself to just watch you fight like this."

Sasuke gave Naruto a deep look and smiled.

At this moment, Orochimaru, who had not yet made a move, also gave Naruto a deep look before turning his gaze to Sasuke.

"As the son of the Fourth Hokage, his parents died protecting the village, but the child he left behind did not receive the treatment he deserved. He was even cursed and isolated by everyone."

"The person who survived because of the Fourth Hokage left his orphaned son with nothing but hatred. Such a decaying village no longer has any reason to exist."

"So tell me your answer, Uchiha Sasuke."

Sasuke looked at Orochimaru: "So... were you scared by Brother Yun?"

Orochimaru was stunned, but he did not immediately refute it.

Someone as arrogant as him can't deny certain things. Even the reanimated First Hokage, possessing such power at this moment, still lacks the confidence to contend with that person.

"Immortality..."

Sasuke murmured, "If the price of living a long life is like this, then I think there's no point in living at all. Naruto is right, neither male nor female, or perhaps no longer human at all."

The wooden figure moved as soon as the words were spoken.

Susanoo wielded his long sword, but each strike was blocked by tree branches, and he almost had the blade grabbed again.

In an instant, Susanoo and the Wood Golem Technique, two giants as tall as gods, sank the circular pit in Konoha to the bottom once again.

The blue longsword was wielded, and every punch from the opponent was a burden on Sasuke's eye power.

Despite the sudden and drastic changes, he was guided and nurtured by Uchiha Izumi and Uchiha Hazuki.

Nearly four years ago, Sasuke was told the truth about the massacre of his clan by Uchiha Yun. With completely different values, Sasuke made drastically different choices.

Susanoo spread its wings, and a giant tree rose from its feet and spread upwards, but ultimately failed to catch up.

"Naruto."

"Huh? Sasuke, why did you stop fighting?"

"I need your help."

"What? I... how can I help you?"

Stunned, Naruto saw Sasuke's Mangekyou Sharingan looking at him, and in an instant, he realized that the illusion around him had changed.

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The sealed land.

Sasuke didn't delay; the power of his Mangekyou Sharingan was directly reflected in the eyes of Kurama, who had just been watching the show.

In an instant, Kurama's pupils transformed into Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Naruto, I'm going to temporarily break the seal and use my Mangekyou Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails and borrow its power to defeat the enemy."

"no problem!"

"Listen to me first!"

Sasuke rubbed his temples: "You are not a perfect Jinchuriki, so the overflow of Nine-Tails chakra will harm you. You are temporarily unable to filter out the negative effects from Nine-Tails chakra."

"So... I need to control this time. If we fail to defeat the enemy within a long time, then you might be completely possessed by the Nine-Tails."

"This isn't like the Chunin Exams, so the choice is yours. Whether you agree or not doesn't matter..."

After saying that, Naruto tilted his head and thought for a moment before nodding and saying, "No problem, I believe in you, Sasuke!"

"Besides... Sasuke is also doing this to protect Konoha, isn't he? Kakashi-sensei, Sakura, and the thick-browed ninja are all doing their best to protect the village."

"They were willing to die to protect the village, so could I, right? My father and mother made the right choice back then, just like me..."

Sasuke was taken aback by this answer: "Just now... you heard what Orochimaru said, right?"

Naruto smiled and nodded: "You can't forget his weird voice, can you? But so what? Father became Hokage because he was recognized by everyone."

Naruto then looked at Kurama and said, "He...they...maybe they want me to have the power to survive in this world? They're entrusting their hopes to me...aren't they?"

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Chapter 419: Konoha Saved by the Uchiha

Sasuke looked into Naruto's eyes.

Under the watchful eye of the Eternal Eye, not a trace of insincerity was detected.

The son of the Fourth Hokage, he was orphaned after his parents sacrificed themselves to save the village, but he received no blessings from them. Instead, for various reasons, everyone regarded him as the incarnation of the Nine-Tailed Fox.

Putting himself in Sasuke's shoes, he felt that even he would never give up so easily. Instead, he would make gaining everyone's recognition his dream and engrave it deep in his bones.

Losing something you've already gained is incredibly painful, and this pain even caused him to awaken his Mangekyou Sharingan.

And yet, I've never gained anything, only lost everything, always been isolated, always alone...

In such an environment, the personality that was born out of repression has become what it is today, which is something Sasuke cannot understand.

"Let's begin, Sasuke!"

Naruto clenched his fists, his resolute smile showing no sign of worry about the possibility of his death.

Sasuke reached out and touched it, and the two of them connected their chakra in the next moment.

"Although I can't understand it, I still admire your mindset. With the chakra connection, I will keep an eye on your condition at all times."

"Don't worry... I'm already accepting as much help as I can from someone who's a loser. I won't let you die."

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outside world.

"Roar!!"

Naruto lay on all fours atop Susanoo's head, crimson chakra surging from its body and forming tails that swung behind it.

Soon, Naruto's body was no longer visible, and even his face was reduced to a mere outline.

"Roar!!"

A roar resounded as six tails formed from the Nine-Tails' chakra lashed out, and streams of chakra, almost tangible, filled the entire battlefield.

On the wooden dummy, Orochimaru showed no fear, but rather his face was full of excitement.

Beside him, the mindless Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, had already been sealed away with the help of Guy opening the Seventh Gate and Kakashi, without sacrificing a large number of Anbu.

The Flying Thunder God Technique's mobility was not fully utilized due to Orochimaru's multitasking.

But no one felt at ease at this moment; the wooden figure, which resembled a god, was pressing down on everyone's nerves.

"Huhuhu..."

After closing the Gate of Shock, Might Guy immediately collapsed onto Kakashi.

However, Kakashi, who was also on the verge of death from exhaustion, could not withstand the force at all. The two of them fell to the ground with a thud, but still tilted their heads back, looking at the situation in the distance.

"I was all ready to unleash the last of my youth, but I was saved in the end."

Kai looked at Kakashi and said, "This kid, wasn't he your student before?"

Kakashi lay on the ground, head tilted back: "I'll control the Nine-Tails with my Sharingan, and then release its chakra through Naruto. But that would... put Naruto in danger."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone who was still alive looked over.

No one spoke up, because it was the best way.

Sacrificing a ninja who has mastered the Eight Gates to its peak, and a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, seems like there's no need to choose at all.

As a weapon of war, Jinchuriki are needed by the higher-ups of ninja villages, but what ordinary people fear even more is the sudden loss of control over the weapon.

During the Nine-Tails' rampage, none of the Jonin present had experienced that bloody battle.

Upon seeing the overflowing Nine-Tails chakra, the fear hidden deep within his heart, stemming from the level of life itself, resurfaced.

"Cough cough!"

The Fourth Raikage lay sprawled on the ground, blood gushing from his abdomen. Four slugs clung to the wound, barely managing to stop the bleeding.

The battle with the Reanimated Second Hokage just now, without his outburst, might have resulted in even greater losses.

"Sealing the tailed beasts into one's body to form a jinchūriki is the strongest power to deter other villages."

"As a weapon, it is not necessary for the higher-ups to have emotions. Creating public opinion, isolating, a dark childhood... all of this is seen by them as a way to make the Jinchuriki's mentality stronger, strong enough to control this power."

"But in fact... a perfect Jinchuriki requires the Jinchuriki to confront their own darkness and bear the negative emotions of the Tailed Beast with their own light."

"Finally... after gaining recognition, the Jinchuriki and the Tailed Beast's chakra connect, and once their minds are in sync, they become the perfect Jinchuriki."

The Fourth Raikage coughed up another mouthful of blood, his gaze fixed on the distance.

Is it an entanglement between Indra and Asura?

If Sasuke's guess is correct, then it's understandable that Naruto Uzumaki, who inherited Ashura's chakra, has been able to maintain his character to this day.

But similarly... this would make it impossible to recruit them into Kumogakure.

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