"Waaah!!!"
Hyuga Hiashi crashed down through the ceiling, slammed into a beam, spat out a mouthful of blood, and hit the floor heavily.
After painfully and weakly dragging himself back up, Hyuga Hiashi glanced at his injuries.
"Four broken ribs, a cracked leg bone, and a fractured arm... Urgh..."
The intense pain flooding his brain made Hyuga Hiashi suck in a sharp breath.
"It hurts!"
"I'm completely outmatched..."
At that moment.
A Hyuga Clan jonin with broken arms and legs was sent flying by the golden chains with a thunderous crash, smashing into the house.
After crawling out with a wail, the Hyuga Clan jonin happened to see Hyuga Hiashi and said in disbelief, "Clan Head, even you weren't a match for him?"
Hyuga Hiashi shook his head bitterly.
"He's too strong!"
"Uzumaki Naruto is far too strong!"
"I'm not just talking about the Nine-Tails' power. Uzumaki Naruto himself is incredibly strong."
"He rampaged into a four-tail state. The chakra around his body had already turned blood-red, and its brutality and darkness were close to making him completely lose control. Yet Uzumaki Naruto... he was actually still able to maintain his human form."
The Hyuga Clan jonin drew in a cold breath and struggled to prop himself up as he looked out the window.
Sure enough.
Uzumaki Naruto, with four blood-red tails behind him, had not lost his mind. Instead, his eyes were utterly cold.
Hyuga Hiashi said bitterly:
"Logically speaking, if any Jinchuriki wielded such terrifying chakra, they would lose their minds and rampage into a Tailed Beast form, wouldn't they?"
"But Uzumaki Naruto suppressed all of it through sheer willpower. Just how powerful are that boy's willpower and strength!?"
The Hyuga Clan jonin could not help swallowing.
"A powerful body, powerful willpower, the power to suppress Nine-Tails Chakra, along with the supreme sealing technique, Adamantine Chains... Uzumaki Naruto's strength is practically no weaker than that of an ordinary jonin.
How old was Uzumaki Naruto?
Six and a half!?
Seven!?
"With that kind of strength... Clan Head, you made a mistake..."
The Hyuga Clan jonin was overcome with grief and indignation.
Hyuga Hiashi nodded bitterly. "I regret it too..."
The Nine-Tailed Fox had gone through three Jinchuriki in total.
The first Jinchuriki was Uzumaki Mito.
The second Jinchuriki was Uzumaki Kushina.
Although those two could control the Nine-Tails' chakra as well, they had relied on Adamantine Chains to forcefully restrain it. They could not be considered Perfect Jinchuriki.
But Uzumaki Naruto was different.
He could control his consciousness even in a four-tail state. Perhaps he really could become the first Perfect Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in history.
And now, this had happened.
Uzumaki Naruto had retained his consciousness while rampaging in a four-tail state, yet his enemies were the Hyuga Clan.
"Sigh!"
Hyuga Hiashi regretted it so deeply his guts had turned green. He wished he could slap his past self twice across the face. Struggling to his feet, he asked, "What did you do to make Uzumaki Naruto so angry!?"
The Hyuga Clan jonin froze.
"Clan Head, what are you talking about? We merely came to stop Uzumaki Naruto."
Hyuga Hiashi: "..."
Uzumaki Naruto maintained his four-tail state, allowing the golden chains to coil around him as he walked into the depths of the Hyuga Clan compound with cold eyes.
As he neared Little Hinata's house, Uzumaki Naruto paused.
He could hear it.
He could hear the sound of someone striking a wooden post.
"Boom!!!"
Uzumaki Naruto kicked the door open and swept his gaze across the room, immediately spotting Hyuga Setsuna striking Little Hinata's arms with a wooden stick.
Ignoring Hyuga Setsuna's stunned gaze, Uzumaki Naruto drew in his savage Nine-Tails Chakra and walked straight toward the swaying Little Hinata.
Looking at Little Hinata's unsteady body and her red, swollen hands, Uzumaki Naruto clenched his fists. He pulled her into his arms and said softly:
"Hinata, I came too late."
He really had come too late.
He should have known. He was not that powerful Sage Naruto from the original story, just a brat everyone called a monster.
Without displaying his strength, how could the Hyuga Clan possibly allow Little Hinata to become too close to him?
"Naruto-kun..."
Little Hinata's face turned red as she murmured groggily, "I-Is this a dream...?"
Uzumaki Naruto shook his head and gently stroked Little Hinata's cheek. "No, it isn't a dream. I came to take you away. From now on, I won't let anyone bully you."
"Now that I'm here, Hinata, get some proper rest."
Little Hinata revealed a sweet smile, then fell deeply asleep in Uzumaki Naruto's arms.
Uzumaki Naruto silently held Little Hinata like that as bits and pieces of their past surfaced in his mind.
Whenever people called him a monster, only Little Hinata had run over to comfort him.
Whenever he was hungry, Little Hinata had brought him a massive lunchbox.
Whenever he was down, Little Hinata had waved her tiny fists to encourage him.
Hyuga Setsuna was dumbfounded.
He stared wide-eyed at Uzumaki Naruto, who acted as though no one else existed.
He recognized the chakra tails on Uzumaki Naruto's body, yet he was also uncertain. Could the Nine-Tails' chakra... really be this calm!?
"It probably isn't Nine-Tails Chakra..."
Hyuga Setsuna muttered to himself. His face turned cold again as he snapped, "Uzumaki Naruto, who allowed you to come in?"
"Get out now. The Hyuga Clan's eldest young lady is not someone you can covet. She still needs to train and has no time to keep you company here..."
Uzumaki Naruto's blood-red eyes glanced at Hyuga Setsuna. Instantly, Hyuga Setsuna staggered back two or three steps in fright.
Uzumaki Naruto stood, carried Little Hinata into the room, gently laid her on the bed, tucked her beneath the covers, and kissed her forehead.
After doing all that, Uzumaki Naruto closed the door.
The next second.
Uzumaki Naruto's aura underwent a heaven-shaking transformation.
"Boom!!!"
The increasingly calm Nine-Tails Chakra revealed the violence and evil that had always belonged to it, gradually turning blood-red.
The blood-red chakra around Uzumaki Naruto boiled. Four tails lashed about, while four golden chains extended outward.
Hyuga Setsuna collapsed onto the ground in terror, staring at the blond boy before him as though he were a demon that had crawled out of hell.
"The Nine-Tails... It really is the Nine-Tails' chakra..."
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