Chapter 149: Hello, Naruto-kun
"If you refuse to give up becoming a ninja, I will seal your abilities!" In the dim classroom, Kurenai warned Yakumo Kurama in this way.
Naruto rushed forward, trying to stop her…
But just then—"Bang! Bang! Bang!"—the thunderous sound of drums jolted Naruto awake from his dream.
"Sakura?"
Naruto froze for a moment, then hurried out of the hospital. "Now's not the time to talk about that."
However, Naruto had barely awakened when Kurenai subdued him with genjutsu on the road to Satomi no Aki Villa. Poor Naruto—just woke up, only to be knocked out again!
And at this moment…
"So it's begun, just as expected. Such a loyal clan!" Hidden within the dense forest, Li Jiexuan grinned. "Another family willing to destroy their own kin for Konoha's prosperity—the Kurama Clan…!"
Nearly ten Kurama genjutsu users stormed Satomi no Aki Villa, attempting to take Yakumo Kurama away and stop everything by killing her. However, they had clearly overestimated their own strength…
Whether it was Yakumo Kurama herself, or Might Guy and his team who came to rescue her, they were no match. In just a few exchanges, they were defeated!
"Let's go!" Naruto carried Yakumo Kurama on his back, intending to return to the village for treatment. What they didn't realize was that from the very moment Naruto tried to lift her, every single one of them had already fallen into genjutsu.
An enormous, multi-person illusion!
Thick mist shrouded the area, and the village lay in ruins, as though it had suffered a nuclear strike—completely devastated.
"No matter what, get them to the hospital first!" The injuries on Kurenai's body had to be treated immediately. After Haruno Sakura settled Kurenai and Yakumo Kurama down, she went to search for medicine.
Once they split up, Kiba Inuzuka and the others encountered a massive python…
Naruto and Kurama Unkai faced a blazing inferno. Sakura, upon opening a door, fell into an endless galaxy. With her terrifying Bloodline Limit, Yakumo Kurama was practically omnipotent!
The plot unfolded steadily, step by step…
But in Li Jiexuan's eyes, Naruto and the others were merely lying quietly on the grass. Only Kurenai was being guided into Yakumo Kurama's art studio!
Pushing open the wooden door, a bizarre world resembling Van Gogh's Starry Night appeared before Kurenai. Fragments of shattered flooring floated in the sky, while Yakumo Kurama calmly painted at her canvas.
"Kurenai-sensei, how does my painting look?"
Yakumo Kurama spoke evenly as she brushed over Kurenai's portrait on the canvas, erasing a small part of it. As if by magic, a corresponding part of Kurenai's body vanished along with the painting.
At that very moment, Naruto burst in using a Shadow Clone. Just as in the original events, he revealed Yakumo Kurama's truth completely. But unlike before, what now drove Yakumo Kurama toward self-destruction was—
Naruto smiling as he pulled out a syringe. "Big Sister Yakumo, with this syringe, you can extract your Bloodline Limit. Once that's done, you'll be safe!"
"Extract… my Bloodline Limit?"
You could do that?
Yakumo Kurama was completely stunned. Hesitantly, she took the syringe. Gritting her teeth, she was just about to stab herself when a demonic arm, as if crawling up from hell, burst out of her self-portrait and seized her wrist.
"Stop right there, Yakumo Kurama!" The monstrous demon crawled entirely out of the painting, snatching the syringe from her hand and demanding furiously, "Why are you trying to kill me? I've always been helping you!"
"Who are you?" Having been persuaded, Yakumo Kurama instantly entered her pure, innocent mode and questioned the creature before her.
"I am you, Yakumo Kurama!" The demon snarled as it grabbed Naruto. "I am the latent consciousness born from the depths of your heart. I am another you!"
"This is the no-self consciousness," Kurenai explained seriously. "The first time I discovered this monster was when—"
"Simply put, it's dissociative identity disorder," Li Jiexuan muttered disdainfully from a distance. "No need to dress it up so elaborately. It's just the story of a girl who split her personality."
Gifted with overwhelming genjutsu talent, Yakumo Kurama had developed a second consciousness under the pressure from her family—Evil Yakumo. Ido The evil persona was aware of the primary personality and had been lying in wait, biding its time until finally erupting completely!
Unfortunately, after a few rounds of Naruto and Kurenai's talk-no-jutsu, Yakumo Kurama's main personality regained clarity once more…
Brown sugar water, donkey-hide gelatin dates, endless warmth and concern—years of lowering one's pride couldn't compare to a single unforgettable word from the male lead!
"I'll kill you!" The green-hatted Evil Yakumo seized Naruto's throat, intent on crushing him—but before it could—
"Thud!"
The syringe pierced into flesh. Yakumo Kurama forcibly extracted her own Bloodline Limit.
"Ah! What have you done?!" Evil Yakumo's eyes widened in terror. But before it could react, an irresistible force dragged it straight into the syringe.
When everything faded, Kurenai's body returned to normal. The Van Gogh-like starry world reverted to a bright art studio. Even the gloomy paintings seemed to smile…
"How touching!"
Li Jiexuan suddenly emerged from the ground, snatched the syringe from Yakumo Kurama's hand, and grinned as he greeted Naruto:
"Hello, Naruto-kun!"