Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan

The white mask shattered, and a trickle of blood slowly dripped from his forehead, sliding into his eye socket, making him look even more ferocious.

"Do what you should do, and you might still have a chance, but if you run away..."

"If a chess piece isn't controlled, then the player will just throw it in the trash, won't they?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Uchiha Undu disappeared from sight.

Looking at the empty alternate dimension filled with nothing but a pile of cubic stones, Obito's eyes were bloodshot.

Drops of blood flowed from his forehead, the sound of them hitting the ground was soft yet incredibly clear.

This is a warning from the opponent, a warning to a disobedient piece...

Like a true god, with a single outstretched hand, he could crush him, leaving him powerless to resist.

This was another terrifying experience, second only to being crushed by the boulder. But at that moment, I felt at peace; even as I faced death, my heart remained at peace.

But now...

Obito's hands sank into his palms.

I still have unfulfilled ambitions!

I absolutely cannot die like this...

An opportunity... the opportunity that bastard was talking about!

He slightly raised his head, suppressing the power of his Rinnegan.

Since you want me to continue with my original plan, then so be it!

As a pawn, there is no room for resistance; only by having the possibility of becoming a player can one resist!

"You'll regret this... Uchiha Kumo!"

……

The ocean, Turtle Island.

With the help of Kushina's chakra, Naruto had already completed the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.

Furthermore, under Killer Bee's tutelage, and with the amplification of the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, he has also mastered this power.

However... the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode is not a perfect Jinchūriki; giving and helping are better than taking. That is beyond doubt.

Even though Killer Bee asked Gyuki to negotiate with Kurama, he didn't achieve his goal. Instead, Gyuki was kicked out by Kurama.

"Sasuke!!!"

Naruto's shouts rang out.

Sasuke, who was also training, looked over and asked, "Is it still not working?"

Naruto handed over the food box, shaking his head in frustration: "There's nothing I can do... It just won't listen to me, not even if I acknowledge it as my boss like Toad Boss does."

Sasuke took the food box: "Time is running out. Ever since that masked guy declared war, the five great ninja villages have started to unite. The formation of the Allied Shinobi Forces will definitely have its ups and downs, but judging by the time it takes, it should be almost done."

Naruto sighed, glanced at Sasuke, and said, "So I still dragged them down..."

After a moment of frustration, Naruto took a deep breath and came to his senses: "I'm going to try again today, Sasuke! I'm sure I'll succeed!"

Putting aside his emotions, Naruto said during the meal, "I just found out that Mom and your mom, Aunt Mikoto, used to be very good friends."

"When I talk about you, my mother sighs for a long time. If... perhaps we would have known each other since we were little?"

Sasuke smiled but didn't take up the conversation.

The phrase "alone" applies to both Naruto and himself.

Although he had many friends in Konoha, and also had Izumi-neechan and his teacher, family is irreplaceable.

"I remember Uncle Bi said that the Nine-Tails has the ability to sense malice, right?"

"Oh, yes."

Sasuke frowned in thought, and after a long while, he asked, "Naruto... I've always had a question."

Naruto lifted his face from the food box, and Sasuke brushed off a few grains of rice stuck to his face.

"What are you wondering about?"

Sasuke replied, "When you were little, you were ostracized by everyone in Konoha. You were pushed to the ground if you wanted to look at masks in a shop, and even if you touched a mask, the shop owner would think it was bad luck and throw it at you, just telling you not to stand in front of his door..."

"Given this situation, and now that you know your father was the Fourth Hokage, a hero who died protecting the village, the treatment you receive as the son of a hero is worlds apart from his..."

"You...don't you harbor any resentment?"

resentment?

Naruto scratched his head.

"It's not that it doesn't exist. Beneath the Fall of Truth, that dark side of me is all the hatred and resentment. But... that's not the real me, is it?"

"My father gained everyone's approval, which is why he became the Fourth Hokage. It wasn't that he gained everyone's approval because he became the Fourth Hokage."

"And I have a lot of friends. You, Shikamaru, Choji, Sakura, and even that annoying Sai."

"I want to protect them, protect the village, gain recognition from many people, become Hokage, and become someone who protects the village. That's what I want to do!"

Sasuke paused for a moment, then asked, "What about the Nine-Tails?"

Nine-tailed Fox?

Even though Naruto didn't reply, Sasuke glanced at Naruto's abdomen out of the corner of his eye and continued, "The Nine-Tails' rampage, because of its appearance, led to the sacrifice of your parents. And because of its existence, you weren't accepted by everyone when you were young, and were even bullied, weren't you?"

Naruto's eyes widened, and he fell silent.

Memories from his childhood kept surfacing in his mind. Back then, everyone avoided him like the plague, and the shadow of the Nine-Tailed Fox beneath his feet was like a constant companion, making him hate it more than once.

why?

Why am I considered a nine-tailed fox spirit?

This thought came to him more than once, and more than once he tried to wash away the sealed pattern on his abdomen with a brush in the dead of night.

but……

According to my father, it was a masked guy who controlled the Nine-Tails with his eye technique.

Why is the Nine-Tailed Fox called a demon fox?

Through the octopus uncle in Kumogakure, he had seen the Eight-Tailed Gyūki, who was also a tailed beast. It seems that tailed beasts are not inherently evil.

No... No one, or even a tailed beast, is born evil.

"Sasuke..."

"Ok?"

"Do you think that the Nine-Tailed Fox was a nine-tailed demon fox from the very beginning?"

"Heh... So you think all Uchiha are evil Uchiha?"

Sasuke countered with a light laugh, "Kumogakure has two perfect Jinchuriki. In my opinion, the evil of the Tailed Beasts comes from humans. Do you know why Jinchuriki were created?"

Naruto replied in a low voice, "Weapons of war, ultimate weapons. So, I just thought that perhaps it is humans who are evil."

"On the day my parents died, the Nine-Tails was controlled by that masked man, causing widespread destruction that everyone believed was the Nine-Tails' own doing. But in fact, it was the human who was controlling it."

At this point, Naruto stood up: "I understand! I understand what Uncle Octopus was saying. Only when there is a true connection between hearts can one become a perfect Jinchuriki."

"Those who truly understand each other should never be enemies, but rather friends, ties, and people who trust each other!"

"I need everyone's approval, including the Nine-Tails' approval. I shouldn't see it as a source of power, but as a true friend, to understand its past, and to bear its hatred!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Naruto waved and ran off.

Just now, Sasuke also clearly felt the powerful chakra fluctuations within Naruto's body.

That was the Nine-Tails, the Nine-Tails that had been sealed inside Naruto since birth. It knew about his existence better than anyone else.

Perhaps this time, we will succeed.

After all, even he himself had accepted this bond because of that one time, when this guy risked his life to help him leave.

It doesn't come from all of Indra's chakra, but from one's own heart, from the inner acceptance.

"Shh."

Killer Bee appeared beside Sasuke, watching Naruto's departing figure: "Can this brat really bear the Nine-Tails' hatred?"

Sasuke replied, "There's no one more suitable than him. His actions are always unpredictable. And... the current situation is the best insurance."

"I've seen that big fox. Even without its enormous chakra, it still has the nature of an animal. Tailed beasts have incredibly long lifespans, but they don't have the same innate talent for scheming and plotting as humans do."

The bull demon's voice rang out: "The Nine-Tailed Fox... is indeed quite arrogant. Apart from the old man, it doesn't seem to have ever acknowledged anyone."

As the demon spoke, he used Killer Bee's body to look at Sasuke: "But you brat, you're not as simple-minded as you think..."

Isn't that simple? Hehe...

Sasuke smiled.

Using formal coercion was already within his consideration.

He had already read all the stone tablets at the foot of the Uchiha Naga Shrine.

The masked man announced the Fourth Shinobi World War, stating that the activation of the Infinite Tsukuyomi required the resurrection of the Ten-Tails, which in turn needed to devour the chakra of the nine tailed beasts.

Under normal circumstances, tailed beasts are not truly killed. But if they are devoured by the Ten-Tails, can the nine tailed beasts be resurrected? Absolutely not!

This is what is called form, and for the tailed beasts, it is also the form of life and death.

That arrogant fox needs a way out, and it also needs someone who understands it and can bear all its negative emotions.

And Naruto is that kind of person.

Faced with life and death, and with a guy like Naruto, as long as Kurama still has its senses and isn't a mindless beast, it will surely know what to do.

The steps have been taken, and the best option has been offered.

Having lived for thousands of years, is the Nine-Tailed Fox a wild beast?

"He will succeed, because even I, who bear the burden of the entire Uchiha clan, have been changed by him."

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