Chapter 136 Take the Initiative to Face It (Subscription Required)

Orochimaru used some words to seduce and ignite Naruto's heart, causing him to lose control of the power of the tailed beast.

In this way, it makes sense.

At dinner time, there were almost no people in the park.

Ryosuke sat alone on a long wooden chair, and next to him was a street lamp that had been turned on.

Under the faint fluorescent light, he fell silent after hearing Naruto's words.

If Naruto can control the power of the tailed beast, he will be a good fighting force and can keep the battle in a relatively balanced state.

Then Naruto, who is running wild, will directly break this balance. He will lose his mind and turn the original 4:1 situation into 3:1:1, increasing the pressure on Kakashi's team facing Orochimaru.

"I know it's not convenient for you to participate in this matter, and I understand. After all, Hinata is behind you, and you have a lot of concerns."

Through the mental communication channel built by Ryosuke, Naruto's voice was extremely complicated, with hatred and a little indifference, "Ryosuke, teach me, what do you think I should do now?"

He was almost unable to restrain himself.

Orochimaru's words, Sasuke's past experiences, and many other things were lingering in his heart. The problems that he had always been unbelievable and evasive in his heart finally surfaced.

First of all, the first question that Naruto thought of was, why is the third generation so good to me?

The relationship between the tailed beast and the container, he had fully understood the moment he knew that he was a Jinchūriki.

At that time, he did not realize what these meant, but recently, after becoming a ninja and performing tasks for such a long time, he began to slowly realize that the third generation had no need to be so good to him.

Wouldn't it be better to train him into a war machine without life consciousness and common sense cognition than a container with emotions and consciousness that cannot be controlled?

Naruto didn't believe that even he could think of things, as the head of a village, the third generation Hokage who led the village through three ninja world wars would not think of these.

Then there is only one possibility, that is, the third generation Hokage has other intentions for him, just like Mizuki has been training him because he was spying on Sasuke's Sharingan.

They are all the same, a group of hypocritical hypocrites.

A group of guys who wore kind masks on the surface, but secretly wanted to squeeze out all his value and make him live in the beautiful dream they wove.

In Ryosuke's perception, Naruto in the ward was lying quietly on the bed, not attracting the attention of the surveillance personnel outside.

But through the spiritual communication channel, he could easily feel Naruto's inner unrest.

"Yes, that's right, he wants me to become his puppet like my father, and a puppet that controls the power of the tailed beast."

"Sarutobi Rin, Uesugi, huh, I should have thought of it earlier, they are sent by Sarutobi Hiruzen to monitor me! Maybe even Kakashi teacher!"

"Liar! They are all liars!"

Naruto's intermittent voice sounded, with madness and deep obsession.

He was not panicked by the environment he was in, nor was he afraid of the threat to his life.

The "truth" that was getting closer and closer had made him forget many weak emotions, and what remained in his mind was only to move forward bravely and recklessly.

"When Orochimaru told me about this, they all heard it."

"I guess this matter has been passed on to the Third Hokage by Uesugi... The Third Hokage's ears, Ryosuke, how do you think he will treat me next? Maybe he will kill me? And then replace me with a new Nine-Tails Jinchūriki who is easier for him to control."

"If my identity is spread, not only will his position be unstable, but his reputation will also be greatly reduced. It is very likely that he will be forced to die to apologize like Kakashi's father."

This Naruto is very smart. When he is willing to face all this and when he can think from a darker direction, he will figure out a lot of things at once.

Including what might happen next.

But soon, Naruto's side became quiet again.

This made Ryosuke, who was sitting in the park far away from him, think that he was restraining his emotions, so he didn't speak.

For a long time, the two seemed to have disconnected their spiritual communication.

"I'm sorry... Ryosuke."

Suddenly, Naruto's voice reappeared in Ryosuke's mind, but the words made him stunned, "I shouldn't tell you this, you still have Hinata and a family, sorry, I shouldn't involve you..."

Ryosuke hadn't replied just now, which made Naruto a little flustered.

As the only light in his "false" first half of life, he cherished Ryosuke as a friend even more.

"Maybe you should ask him."

Ryosuke also realized that he had misunderstood something, and explained, "I was just waiting for you to calm down. I can feel that your mental state is not stable."

"Ask him? Do you mean... Sarutobi Hiruzen?"

Naruto seemed not to hear what Ryosuke said, and repeated it again in disbelief.

"Yes, go ask him."

Ryosuke repeated what he just said seriously.

After a pause, before Naruto could speak, he explained: "Although you always said that I taught you a lot of things, in fact, I have never admitted what I taught you, but now I want to admit it and tell you something again."

His serious tone dispersed Naruto's irritable heart in the ward.

"That is calmness."

Ryosuke slowly spoke and said what he thought a person should have most in life.

"You have thought a lot, but your judgment is not enough to support all your thoughts, which only makes you like a cow being led by the nose."

"Naruto, a person's life should be decided by himself. You asked me what I think you should do now. If I give you the answer, will you start to learn to rely on me?"

"And if you always listen to me, then you will become my puppet, and live your life under my interference."

"But you are my friend."

Naruto said hurriedly, "Ryosuke, you are my only friend. The fact that you are telling me this now shows that you really want to help me. You are a Good guy, I believe you too."

"Good guy?"

Ryosuke couldn't help laughing, "I'm not a good guy, you're a little naive, you actually use words like good guy and bad guy to describe others."

"To be honest, this gives me the feeling of watching a drama as a child, while watching it, I naively asked my elders whether this person is a good guy or a bad guy."

"It's not easy to distinguish between good and bad people."

If Naruto knew that he had coldly controlled the body of Mitomon Souji, a fellow villager, a year ago, and died with the Fourth Raikage regardless of life and death, he might not think of him as a good guy.

"I know..."

Ryosuke's sudden interruption gave Naruto, who was a little breathless in this tense atmosphere, a breath. "But from my point of view, Ryosuke, you are a good person."

"From your point of view, am I a good person?"

This statement was more acceptable to Ryosuke. He nodded, but soon spoke again, "Then considering your identity, the Sandaime may not be a bad person."

"Of course, I am not judging for you here. After all, I am not Sarutobi Hiruzen, and I don't know what he is thinking in his heart."

"But if I were Sarutobi Hiruzen, when I learned that you might understand some of my puppet plans, then I would undoubtedly control and supervise you strictly, and would not even give you time to wake up, and would keep you in a coma or other unconscious state."

"Such a result will obviously make it easier for me to remove the Nine-Tails from your body and transfer the container."

Ryosuke's words made Naruto stunned again.

"But from the current point of view, Sarutobi Hiruzen still gives you relative freedom, he just monitors you, and these people who monitor you should still be the same as before, for the reason of monitoring the tailed beast."

"There are many possible results, but there are three with higher accuracy. One is that he has no choice but to hide your identity. Sarutobi Hiruzen is not as... dark as you think, so he will not control you."

"Another possibility is that Sarutobi Hiruzen feels that even if you know his plan, he can still control you, or he can't find a more suitable tailed beast container."

"And the last one is that he believes in you, just like Just like you believe that I am a good person to you, he thinks that after you calm down, you will not believe the words of Orochimaru, a traitor. "

From an objective point of view, Ryosuke simply analyzed four possibilities in front of Naruto, "Of course, in addition to these three, there may be other possibilities, you can think about them yourself."

"But again, the most important thing is your own judgment."

"But...but why did he hide it from me, and why did my father seal the Nine-Tails in me, isn't it because he is a puppet pushed out by the third generation?"

Naruto was not satisfied with Ryosuke's answer. This statement made his already confused mind even more entangled.

"I don't know about that. I've said before, I'm not Sarutobi Hiruzen, I don't know what he's thinking."

Ryosuke spread his hands and stood up from the bench, "It's late, I promised Hinata to go home on time."

"In short, if you are so... entangled about this question, then you might as well ask him yourself. Anyway, in your current situation, you don't have the opportunity to secretly investigate."

"Ryo..."

The long-awaited meeting was so short, Naruto had too many things in his mind that he wanted to ask Ryosuke.

But when it came to his mouth, he didn't know where to start.

"Let's stop here. You should face your life yourself."

Ryosuke interrupted him, "But... as your friend, if something really happens to you, I will try my best to help you leave this village."

"But if you are unlucky and die without my knowledge, I will also avenge you. This is my promise to you as your friend within my limited ability."

As he said this, he slowly left the park.

After the distance was pulled away, the spiritual communication was naturally disconnected.

Ryosuke's face was a little heavy for Naruto's experience and things.

But he is not the kind of pure heroism who will cover all the people around him under his protection.

Compared to taking everything on himself, he hopes that the people around him can have the ability and will to stand up and face the problems themselves, which means that they may be hurt in the process of growing up.

But how can you see the rainbow without going through the wind and rain?

Facing Ryosuke who was disconnected from the spiritual connection, Naruto suddenly felt a little melancholy.

Just like before, even though he has become a ninja now and has participated in many missions, every time he chats with Ryosuke, he can always gain a lot of things and feel Ryosuke's unfathomable depth.

However, Ryosuke is right. He has been accumulating negative emotions recently, and Orochimaru's words directly ignited him, which led to some inconsiderateness.

If the Third Hokage really intended to harm him, he would not be lying in this ward now.

But no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't understand why the Third Hokage concealed his life experience.

Even if he is a Jinchūriki, this should not conflict with his identity as the son of the Fourth Hokage. It seems that there is no need to hide all this from him and from other people in the village, right?

Even if it is for the purpose of protection, why is he still known to the villagers as a Jinchūriki?

And his father is just a civilian. Does he really have the opportunity to become a Hokage instead of a puppet pushed out?

Naruto lay flat on the bed, and there was only a silent world in his ears.

In the night sky outside, the stars illuminated a corner of the room along the window.

But soon, the light in this corner gradually faded as time passed.

Then, the room became bright again under the light of the rising sun.

Naruto stayed up all night, thinking about various possibilities over and over in his mind, but he still couldn't make the judgment that Ryosuke said.

He thought a lot and mixed. In addition to the four possibilities mentioned by Ryosuke, he also thought about a lot of directions, but he couldn't find a satisfactory answer from those ideas.

Swish——

The door of the ward was carefully opened.

The nurse on the morning shift walked into the room tremblingly.

After putting the patient meal aside with a nervous look on her face, she hurried away.

The whole process was like Naruto had some plague on him.

And Naruto had long been accustomed to this.

He got up from the bed, washed up in the separate bathroom, and began to enjoy his breakfast.

He seemed very silent and calm throughout the whole process.

It was not until the end of the meal, after washing the dishes and putting them on the table, that he slowly walked to the window of the ward, "Please inform me, I want to see the third generation."

In one night, he did not figure out why the third generation concealed him, nor did he figure out whether his father was a puppet.

But he was ready to face the truth.

Just as Ryosuke said, he could no longer escape and could only face it openly.

"I'm very sorry, Naruto."

Soon, a black shadow wearing an animal mask flashed in front of him, "The Hokage has ordered that he is very busy during this period and may not have time to see you."

"He will explain everything to you after... he finishes his own business."

Thanks to the group member Melancholy Bone for the reward and support.