Chapter 122
Late at night.
All was silent.
Uchiha Izumi's slender figure dashed through the night.
After precisely striking the tool Yūgao Uzuki with Mangekyo genjutsu and pinpointing Naruto's route, she learned where Naruto was headed tonight… the Orphanage.
Why was Naruto going to the Orphanage?
Because the woman named Yakushi Nonou had deceived him… Yūgao had said so.
Uchiha Izumi quickly arrived at the foster care location in the dead of night.
The children had naturally fallen asleep, and the Orphanage was quiet.
However, in one of the rooms, a faint light still flickered.
"Naruto… he's in there…"
With her Mangekyo activated, Izumi clearly saw three Chakra burning.
One was Naruto's, one was Yūgao Uzuki's.
And the other… was naturally Yakushi Nonou's.
She slipped into the shadows and soon overheard their conversation.
"Hey… Headmistress, why did you deceive me…?"
Naruto questioned Yakushi Nonou in a low, somber voice.
"I've been waiting for you for a while, and you're just getting back… Returning so late, who did you go to deceive this time?"
"…"
Izumi listened to all of this silently.
In fact, by prying open Yūgao Uzuki's mind, she had learned many things about Naruto.
Coupled with the Monsters incident a few days ago.
What Naruto did to the priestess made Izumi see everything clearly.
The Anbu female Ninja Yūgao Uzuki, the Hyugamaid… the priestess, this woman named Yakushi Nonou, and even the Hyuga Clan's main house matriarch Hyuga Hazuki… all were, or were about to be, or had already been harmed by Naruto to varying degrees.
Of course, this wasn't Naruto's fault.
Because the Nine-Tailed lurking within him was incredibly powerful.
Last time, she mistakenly believed she had killed it, but in the Monsters incident, she rediscovered the Nine-Tailed's survival.
This filled Uchiha Izumi with extreme rage.
Tonight… might very well be the best time to confirm whether the Nine-Tailed was truly not dead.
"Come on… hurry up!" Uchiha Izumi urged in her mind, her face twisted in a dark, corrupted expression.
"Naruto…"
The nun Yakushi Nonou, with her lower-body physique, looked sorrowful, her eyes full of apology.
"I didn't mean to deceive you…"
"That's what all bad people say, Headmistress… I've heard those words too many times…"
Naruto lowered his head, preventing Yakushi Nonou from seeing his expression.
Considering how many incidents Naruto had been through, surviving at the hands of one villain after another, Yakushi Nonou knew he must have experienced being deceived and manipulated many times.
"Headmistress, you… betrayed my trust!"
Naruto suddenly looked up sharply, his face clearly showing anger and sadness.
"Answer me, Headmistress, who did you go to deceive this time?!"
"…"
Yakushi Nonou shook her head, not daring to meet Naruto's gaze.
Under Naruto's relentless pressure, she slowly retreated, until finally… Thud!
Her back hit the wall, her S-shaped back curve and body fat providing a cushion.
Cornered, Yakushi Nonou faced the aggressive Naruto with a look of bitter sorrow.
In this prolonged struggle,
Yakushi Nonou finally said, "Waaah~, I… I just went to the Uchiha's…"
Uchiha?
Naruto narrowed his eyes, immediately sensing something important.
Uchiha Shisui was about to kick the bucket.
The Uchiha Clan's Massacre Night was also imminent.
Before that, it was a race against time between him and the old geezer Danzo.
As Danzo's subordinate, Yakushi Nonou naturally knew countless pieces of information, and perhaps… there would be a breakthrough on the Uchiha side.
Now it seemed, indeed!
"Elaborate…"
Naruto's suddenly cold tone made Yakushi Nonouslightly puzzled, but given the circumstances, she didn't suspect much.
Although there was a significant height difference between them,
Yakushi Nonou felt like she was the one being looked down upon.
"I…"
Soon, Yakushi Nonou haltingly recounted what she had encountered.
It turned out that after she took Naruto to Danzo, she was assigned a new mission.
That was… to infiltrate the Uchiha.
The Root members had waited for many years for an opportunity.
They had chosen an Uchiha Ninja named "Kahara Uchiha."
Kahara Uchiha was a Genin.
He was indecisive, mediocre, hadn't awakened his Sharingan, was an orphan, single… and spent his days loafing around in the Police Force, responsible for guarding the nearby supply gate.
All these conditions made him a prime candidate for replacement.
In Kahara's home,
The Root members secretly harmed Kahara Uchiha, cleaned up the traces, and had Yakushi Nonou take his place.
The problem was,
Kahara Uchiha was a man.
Yakushi Nonou was a woman.
Their body types were vastly different.
How did she disguise herself?
"The… Dead Demon Consuming Seal…"
Yakushi Nonou said with a sad expression, revealing the method of disguise.
"Huh?!"
Naruto sensed something important, and his face immediately became serious.
The Dead Demon Consuming Seal was a jutsu invented by Orochimaru.
It involved literally tearing off a person's face and then using the jutsu to turn it into one's own "face."
One could disguise oneself from head to toe.
For specific details, refer to the original work where Orochimaru took over a certain woman and later, after Genyumaru, revealed his true form.
By covering oneself with a layer of "skin," in the manner of a painted skin, one could perfectly disguise oneself as the "original person."
"I see…"
And every Uchiha Ninja would participate in Uchiha gatherings, thereby learning about the Uchiha Clan's… coup d'état plan.
Therefore,
Yakushi Nonou, as a spy, infiltrated the Uchiha.
Danzo constantly kept track of the Uchiha's movements.
The Uchiha, whose strength and power were both expanding, did not know they were being tightly monitored by Danzo.
The entire Konoha leadership was aware of every move the Uchiha made.
"Keep talking…"
Naruto pressed.
However, Yakushi Nonou did not intend to let Naruto know about the Village's darkness.
Seeing Yakushi Nonou hesitate, Naruto frowned slightly.
The next moment, Naruto reached out and suddenly grabbed Yakushi Nonou.
Then he fiercely squeezed her "upper body frontal armor" she was wearing.
Yakushi Nonou, whose "armor" on one side was squeezed, immediately let out a shrill cry of pain.
Slap!
She covered her mouth, preventing the sound from escaping.
Because everyone in the Orphanage would surely be woken up.
And because of Naruto's grab, Yakushi Nonouimmediately lost her balance and plopped down onto a nearby sofa.
"Waaah~!"
Yakushi Nonou, still whimpering with her mouth covered, was because Naruto was still tightly squeezing her "armor."
Afterward, Yakushi Nonou saw Naruto's cold face.
"Speak…"
Naruto urged.
And only at this moment did Yakushi Nonou realize how much influence she had on this child.
The reason this child had become like this was all due to her own mistakes… Yakushi Nonou, mistakenly believing Naruto's blackening was due to her, began to pray for divine forgiveness in her heart… And everything happening here.
Was seen clearly by Izumi, whose eyes were wide and expression terrifying.
Chapter 66. Izumi wants to kill Naruto? A great life crisis!
"I, I'll tell you~."
Cold tears streamed down her cheeks.
Looking at Naruto before her, Yakushi Nonou, tormented by her conscience, could only tell Naruto the whole truth.