Danzo's Plot, Naruto Kidnapped

Jiraiya was racing back to Naruto's home at top speed, with Senya close behind.

Just over an hour earlier.

Danzo had received word that Jiraiya had left Naruto's side.

He brought Root's Sealing Force to Naruto's home.

The Root shinobi surrounded Naruto's house.

They set up the Four Violet Flames Formation, cutting off all connection to Chakra from the outside.

Sensing the commotion outside, Jiraiya's Shadow Clone was about to dispel the Shadow Clone Jutsu and relay the information to the original.

Then Danzo suddenly appeared behind Jiraiya with the Body Flicker Technique.

His left hand landed on Jiraiya's Shadow Clone's shoulder.

"Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal!"

Dense black runes immediately wrapped around Jiraiya's Shadow Clone, restraining the flow of Chakra within it and immobilizing it.

"Jiraiya, you're too late. With only the Chakra inside a Shadow Clone, you cannot resist this old man's Curse Mark Technique!"

At that moment, Jiraiya's Shadow Clone could not even say "Damn it" before it was bound by the curse mark.

Naruto, who had already fallen asleep on the bed, was awakened by Danzo and Jiraiya's movements.

"Uncle Toad, what's going on? It's so noisy..."

Naruto rubbed his eyes and looked up.

Jiraiya was bound all over by black, tadpole-like runes, standing there completely motionless.

Behind him stood a terrifying old man with a gloomy expression, glaring at Naruto like a tiger eyeing its prey.

Fear welled up in his heart.

Just then, a dark, seductive voice suddenly echoed within Naruto's inner world.

"Naruto... do you want power..."

"Naruto... do you want to save your teacher Jiraiya..."

Naruto opened his eyes and found himself suddenly inside an underground sewer, the voice coming from its depths.

His heart was filled with panic, but when he thought of Uncle Toad outside, his master now in danger.

He still gathered his courage and stepped through the pooled water beneath his feet, heading deeper down the corridor toward the voice.

At the end, a massive cage gate stood before him.

A talisman bearing the character "Seal" was attached to the center of the gate.

Suddenly!

A huge white claw shot out through the iron gate! Naruto jumped in fright.

Naruto was so startled that he fell backward, collapsing onto the water-covered ground.

"Who are you?! Why are you inside my body?!"

Naruto instinctively demanded.

Orange-red Chakra bubbles continuously seeped from between the cage's iron bars, slowly enveloping Naruto.

A massive crimson eye with a vertical pupil appeared behind the bars. Its mouth bared sharp fangs as it mocked Naruto and continued tempting him.

"Brat! I'll let you have a taste this time... a little taste of sweetness first!"

The Naruto within his consciousness was gradually swallowed by the Chakra bubbles and lost consciousness.

In the outside world, Naruto suddenly snapped his eyes open!

His pupils had changed from their original azure blue to the Nine-Tails Fox's crimson red. His pupils narrowed vertically, the whisker marks on his face stretched and thickened, the corners of his mouth widened, and his teeth began to sharpen.

The nails on his hands grew outward, becoming pointed.

Orange-red Chakra seeped from his navel and wrapped around Naruto.

Pain flooded Naruto's entire body. Violent, murderous, hateful negative emotions began spreading endlessly through his heart.

The lonely darkness of his childhood drowned him, and just as Naruto was about to lose consciousness.

"Ha ha ha, brat, how could I possibly be scared of you? I'm the legendary white-haired Toad Sage from Mount Myōboku! Jiraiya, one of the Three Sannin! How could I be frightened by a little brat like you? The mustard just got in my eyes, that's all."

"Brother Teuchi, bring this brat another extra-large deluxe bowl of char siu ramen. I'll treat him to one too."

"Naruto, the noodles are still hot. Eat slowly. If it isn't enough, you can have another bowl."

"How about this? Become my disciple, and I'll teach you how to train. In return, I'll live at your place from now on. What do you think?"

The moments he had shared with Jiraiya pulled Naruto back from the brink, restoring the last shred of his sanity.

"Roar!"

An angry roar burst from Naruto's mouth!

"Don't! Don't hurt Uncle Toad!!"

Naruto sprang up and slashed a claw at Danzo behind Jiraiya.

Danzo immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to evade.

As he looked at the berserk Naruto before him, his eyes were filled with greed and desire.

"That's right, this is the power! Just a little of the Nine-Tails' Chakra leaking from the seal has such tremendous power!"

"Ha ha ha! Hiruzen! The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is mine!"

"Sealing Force! Move!"

At Danzo's command, twelve members of the Sealing Force appeared around the house.

"Sealing Technique—Seal Binding Formation!"

The scrolls in the twelve men's hands unfurled and wrapped around Naruto's limbs and neck!

In the blink of an eye, Naruto was bound and suspended by the scrolls! Only his head remained exposed.

The Chakra the Nine-Tails had leaked through the crack in the seal was immediately sealed away again.

Amid waves of pain, Naruto reverted to his original appearance.

Yet he continued shouting loudly.

"Someone, come save Uncle Toad! Save my master!"

Jiraiya's Shadow Clone, sealed by the Curse Mark Technique, also desperately struggled against Danzo's Self-Exerting Curse Binding Seal.

However, with only a Shadow Clone's Chakra, it could not break free and could only make muffled whimpering sounds.

Danzo formed hand seals with one hand. The five types of Chakra—wind, lightning, earth, fire, and water—appeared on the five fingers of his left hand.

"Five Elements Seal!"

He slammed his left hand directly onto Naruto's abdomen!

A burning sensation instantly swept from Naruto's abdomen through his entire body. The sudden pain in his stomach made Naruto pass out immediately.

Danzo grabbed Naruto and carried him away.

"Go!"

Outside the house, the Root shinobi dispelled the Four Violet Flames Formation and left alongside Danzo.

Half an hour later, Jiraiya and Senya finally arrived at Naruto's home.

They looked at the wreckage filling the room.

The walls had been torn apart by the leaking Nine-Tails Chakra. The bricks exposed beneath the plaster were cracked, and the reddish-brown wooden boards had been ripped apart...

The Shadow Clone stared anxiously at Jiraiya's original body, struggling frantically.

Jiraiya stabbed the Shadow Clone bound inside the house with a kunai, causing it to burst into a cloud of smoke and vanish.

Its memories flowed into Jiraiya's mind along with its Chakra.

Jiraiya's expression instantly turned furious!

"Danzo! You damned old bastard! You actually dared lay a hand on Naruto!"

"No! I need to find the old man and get to the bottom of this! What the hell is going on?! Where did Danzo get the nerve to do something like this?! Naruto was entrusted to my care by the old man himself!"

"It's useless. I already destroyed Root's base. Danzo kidnapped Naruto, so he will definitely go into hiding. I'm afraid that the next time we see Naruto will be when Danzo makes his move against us Uchiha."

Jiraiya turned and saw the heavy expression on Senya's face, and guilt rose in his heart.

"You're right. There's no use finding the old man now. With Danzo's personality, he will definitely hide."

"I'm sorry. I failed to protect Naruto and let him fall into Danzo's hands. I dragged you Uchiha into this as well."

Senya shook his head.

"No, this isn't your fault. I never expected Danzo to dare lay a hand on a Jinchuriki just to deal with us Uchiha! You did nothing wrong. Danzo is the one at fault."

Looking at the guilt on Jiraiya's face, Senya also felt somewhat indebted. After all, it was his plan that had put Jiraiya in this position.

He had already decided how to compensate Jiraiya in the future: I used you this time. To make it up to you, I'll find you a wife and make sure you don't die.

That could be considered repayment for what he owed Jiraiya this time...

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