Chapter 6 Malice from the Villagers
Oh! My beard is gone!
Naruto panicked a little; it was his own beard!
My beard, which I've had since I was a child, suddenly disappeared! How could that be?!
"Hey, Naruto, it's okay."
Hashirama's voice came from the sealed space.
Since Naruto extracted chakra, his physical strength has actually increased.
It's exactly like me back then!
Hashirama was very satisfied with his disciple; at least he was much easier to teach than the monkeys.
"Really?"
Naruto touched his fair and tender face, where his beard had been completely gone.
"I'm still finding it a little difficult to get used to."
Although they were very sad, life had to go on. With the First Hokage's powerful Wood Release, a small fruit tree was able to grow out of the pot.
"Red fruit, white fruit, green fruit."
Many fruits grew in this way.
"Eat up, I'm cutting off contact now. Call me when you miss your teacher."
Hashirama finished his conversation with his disciple in a good mood, and when he looked up, he saw Kurama's eyes filled with disdain mixed with a hint of envy.
"What are you looking at? You don't have Wood Release."
Kurama was angered by Hashirama's mockery, so it lashed out in a fit of rage.
Seeing Kurama lying down again and no longer speaking, Hashirama tilted his head and thought for a moment.
"Yoshi."
With a clap of his hands, a huge fruit tree rose into the sky.
Kurama kept his eyes closed, trying to conceal the First Hokage who had no sense of boundaries.
What are you doing?
However, a large object was thrown by Hashirama into Kurama's face, forcing Kurama to open its eyes.
"Here, some fruit for you."
Hashirama nodded in satisfaction; his strength was as good as ever.
You should know that back then, Madara really loved eating his own fruit.
Seriously, oh.
"snort."
Kurama turned his head away, but after a while, he still ate the large fruit while Hashirama was resting.
Surprisingly delicious.
Although tailed beasts do not need to eat, the Six Paths Elder still gave them the sense of taste when he gave birth to them.
However, due to their enormous size, the taste of many foods is not noticeable in their mouths.
This fruit, however, gave him a unique flavor.
It tastes a bit like the fruit Ashura fed me when I was a child and I played with him.
They ate lavishly.
"La la la, la la la, I'm a running expert."
Last night, my teacher told me that I can now exercise by running for a while every day.
As a good student, Naruto diligently carried out his teacher's requirements.
He started from his home and ran towards East Street.
Early in the morning, many old women squatted at the intersection, exchanging their information in a lively chatter.
Then, as expected, Naruto was caught by a few aunties.
"That's right! Yellow hair, a kid!"
"Yes, yes, that's him. I saw him here yesterday."
The one-meter-tall Naruto was surrounded by four elderly women who were each one and a half meters tall.
"Tell me, are you a nine-tailed fox demon?"
"Do we even need to ask him? Just by looking at him, we can tell he definitely is."
"But he doesn't have a beard."
"So what happened?"
The four women fell silent for a moment.
"My beard mysteriously disappeared this morning."
When Naruto heard their words, he thought they had come to play with him, so he explained the disappearance of his beard.
"It really was him!"
"Come quick, everyone! This is the Nine-Tailed Fox!"
"It even trimmed its whiskers!"
The sound caused a huge stir, and everyone around rushed over, looking at Naruto as if he were a monster.
"W-what's wrong?"
"I'm not the Nine-Tailed Fox, I'm Naruto Uzumaki!"
Naruto is unaware that the Nine-Tailed Fox is Kurama, the baby in his belly, but he is feeling very uncomfortable being stared at by everyone with ill intentions.
Why are you staring at me like that?
Then a rotten egg flew over.
"Quick, kill it before its accomplices arrive!"
A civilian man with a fierce expression threw the rotten egg he was about to throw away directly at Naruto in the center of the crowd.
"Yes, yes, everyone, let's go together!"
Naruto dodged the rotten egg by sidestepping it, and then a handful of rotten cabbage was thrown at his face.
What are you doing?!
"Did I do something wrong?"
Naruto threw away the rotten cabbage that smelled bad and was crawling with bugs, feeling angry, anxious, and scared.
Why are they throwing things at me?
"Heh, you dare to kill but not admit it?"
"If you ask me, a fox spirit like you should just die already."
"Don't be afraid, everyone, just get started!"
Several adult men squeezed to the front, looking at Naruto in front of them. Although they weren't quite sure, the atmosphere at the scene was already quite tense.
"ah!"
A man punched Naruto's small body.
Naruto was sent flying, and the crowd parted to let him fall to the ground.
The fox in the tree watched the farce unfold on the ground, failing to protect Naruto as the Third Hokage had instructed.
"Lord Danzo's orders are absolute."
A cold glint flashed in his eyes beneath the mask as he stared expressionlessly at Naruto, who was being ganged up on below.
"stop!"
At the crucial moment, Uzuki Yugao arrived at the scene.
"What are you doing!"
Upon seeing the masked Uzuki Yugao jump in front of Naruto, the surrounding villagers instantly scattered and went home.
Only the first few didn't have time to escape and were surrounded by a group of secret agents who arrived next.
"Oh dear, the Anbu are attacking someone!!!"
Desperate, the man had a sudden inspiration and shouted to those around him.
As a result, the villagers who were originally watching the play from a distance ran even further away after hearing this.
"You are suspected of disseminating classified information and assaulting children. Come with us."
Several ANBU officers escorted these leaders to the Uchiha's security detail.
"No, sir! It's not a child, it's a monster! It's a nine-tailed fox demon that eats people without mercy!"
"Don't be fooled by its disguise."
Naruto slowly got up from the ground. His injuries had long since healed, but he was still in a lot of pain.
Why did you hit him?
Why?
I am not a nine-tailed fox.
Teacher, why?
Hashirama, sitting inside the sealed space, had a terrifyingly dark expression on his face.
However, the Nine Lamas then made a sarcastic remark.
"Quickly, check on your villagers, how are they?"
Hashirama didn't know how to refute why information about Jinchuriki would be leaked.
Why do villagers regard the Jinchūriki as a Tailed Beast?
He, who was usually carefree, fell silent at this moment.
"Which road towing service is better? Let's go first, okay?"
Hashirama tried his best to suppress his anger and spoke to Naruto in a gentle tone.
Naruto wiped away his tears of grievance and walked towards the mountain.
"Little Naruto."
Looking at Naruto crying, Uzuki Yugao felt a pang of sadness.
How could she not know the difference between a Jinchuriki and a Tailed Beast?
She knew, but she was powerless to do anything about it.
The rumors have already spread, and the best solution now is to quickly stop them.
End of this chapter...