"This..."
Nara Shikaku stared at the doorway, dumbfounded.
What the hell!?
Five blood-red tails and four glittering golden chains had extended out like ghosts...
Could it be...
Shimura Danzō had been blasted away by those things!?
"Five tails..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen stared blankly at the five blood-red tails.
Five-Tailed Uzumaki Naruto!!!
He had only had four tails before...
Not only could he control the tails, he could even suppress himself from transforming into a Tailed Beast form...
"Gulp!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen could not help swallowing, staring solemnly at the door as if some primordial beast lurked within the dark room.
"Lord Hokage, what do we do now!?"
Nara Shikaku looked toward Sarutobi Hiruzen for an answer, and Sarutobi Hiruzen felt the urge to curse.
What could he do?
What was he supposed to do?
Even Shimura Danzō had been blasted away. Was Shikaku expecting him to go in!?
With his old bones, if he took even one hit, he would be crippled even if it did not kill him...
"Rumble..."
The sound of falling rubble rang out.
The two stopped talking and turned toward the sound, just in time to see Shimura Danzō shove away the bricks pinning him down, his face dark with rage.
"Damn it!!!"
"Hiruzen, I told you, Uzumaki Naruto should be..."
Before Shimura Danzō could finish, five blood-red tails and four golden chains shot out from the doorway like meteors.
"What, again!?"
Shimura Danzō's expression changed drastically. He instinctively tried to dodge, but whether he looked to the sky or the ground, everything was covered by Golden Chains.
It was like a world of gold.
Or perhaps a golden birdcage that had locked down every corner of the courtyard.
"Rumble!!!"
Five blood-red tails and four glittering golden chains slammed viciously into Shimura Danzō's chest.
The attacks came one after another.
They were so fast that they left behind streaks of afterimages.
"Argh..."
Just as Shimura Danzō was about to roar, a golden chain stabbed directly into his mouth.
The blood-red tails and golden chains whipped about like lashes.
Shimura Danzō's face twisted in agony. Unable to endure such humiliation any longer, one three-tomoe Sharingan on the arm beneath his bandages gradually closed.
A hazy white mist rose.
An uninjured Shimura Danzō appeared some distance away, clenching his fists as he stared darkly at the shadowy room.
"It actually... forced me to use Izanagi once..."
Though he was furious beyond measure, Shimura Danzō did not dare curse any further. Even his movements became extremely gentle.
There was no point in arguing with a rampaging Jinchuriki.
"What do we do, Hiruzen!?"
Shimura Danzō said gravely, "Uzumaki Naruto now has Nine-Tails Chakra and Adamantine Chains. It is practically unlimited chakra and unlimited firepower. Are we supposed to go in now!?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned deeply.
Danzō did not dare go in, so did that mean he did?
What if entering the room provoked Uzumaki Naruto and caused the Nine-Tailed Fox to completely go berserk?
Suddenly.
Footsteps sounded from within the room.
All three men's pupils shrank as they abruptly turned to look toward the entrance.
"He's coming out..."
Footsteps echoed continuously through the dark room. A moment later, Uzumaki Naruto, his eyes scarlet, appeared in the doorway.
Uzumaki Naruto held the door with his right hand, his blood-red eyes sweeping coldly over the people in the courtyard.
"So it's Lord Hokage and Shikamaru's dad..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen let out a breath of relief. It seemed Uzumaki Naruto was still conscious. Just as he was about to speak—
He heard Uzumaki Naruto ask coldly:
"Who was yelling and making all that noise just now? It was so damn loud. Don't you know Hinata and I were sleeping!?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression changed.
Uzumaki Naruto's tone... was so cold...
Shimura Danzō's face turned livid. He stepped forward and looked at Uzumaki Naruto gloomily. "Uzumaki Naruto, do you know what you have done!?"
"You broke into the Hyuga Clan. Are you planning to defect from Konoha?"
Uzumaki Naruto tilted his head slightly. Rather than answering Shimura Danzō, he said coldly:
"I already said someone is sleeping inside. You're being too loud..."
"Adamantine Chains!"
Uzumaki Naruto raised his hand slightly, and four golden chains, as if receiving an order, suddenly shot toward Shimura Danzō.
Shimura Danzō's expression changed drastically, and without another word, he rapidly retreated.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere!!!"
A mass of highly compressed cold wind shot from Shimura Danzō's mouth, but without exception, it was all crushed apart by the Golden Chains.
"Damn it..."
Shimura Danzō cursed.
The Body Flicker Technique flashed repeatedly. Every time, at the very last instant, he managed to evade the pursuit of the Golden Chains.
Before Shimura Danzō could breathe a sigh of relief.
More than a dozen blood-red claws suddenly sprang from behind Uzumaki Naruto, like the claws of the Nine-Tailed Fox, and smashed viciously toward Shimura Danzō.
"Nine-Tails Chakra..."
"He can actually control it to this extent..."
Cold sweat streamed down Shimura Danzō's face. Gritting his teeth, he simply gave up resisting and allowed the Golden Chains to blast him away.
"Boom!!!"
After a tremendous crash, Shimura Danzō's body flew backward like a cannonball and slammed fiercely into the net formed by the Golden Chains.
"Puh!"
Shimura Danzō spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body turned into thick mist once more before vanishing from the courtyard.
"Izanagi!?"
Uzumaki Naruto coldly watched the place where Shimura Danzō had disappeared.
What a bug-like ability.
It could turn everything disadvantageous that happened to the user during a period of time into something that had never happened, while making only beneficial events reality.
There were at least four more Sharingan on Shimura Danzō's arm. That meant he could activate Izanagi at least four more times...
Sure enough, he could not be killed yet...
Withdrawing his gaze, Uzumaki Naruto said blandly, "Little Hinata and I are resting. Don't come bother us."
"Bang!"
The door shut.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression shifted constantly.
But in the end, he did not choose to force his way in. Instead, he said in a low voice, "Let's wait and see."
That wait lasted an entire day and night.
At noon the next day, Little Hinata finally opened her eyes. Still groggy, she stretched out her arm and wrapped it around Uzumaki Naruto beside her.
Seemingly treating Uzumaki Naruto as a body pillow, Little Hinata rubbed herself against him twice.
Uzumaki Naruto smiled, gently pinched Little Hinata's little nose, and whispered into her ear:
"Little lazybones, the sun's already shining on your butt."
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