If You Can Eat Bitterness, Then Eat Bitterness Forever

"You... you actually did something so insane..."

Hearing Kazeka's words, Naruto was so scared he immediately clenched his legs, but soon, his sense of justice dispelled his fear.

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After all, with the protagonist's halo, once he solidified his belief, Naruto's body stopped shaking and his heart was no longer lost.

A trace of orange-yellow, which could greatly enhance combat power, even surged on his skin – the Nine-Tails Chakra!

"Kazeka, put down Mizuki and surrender obediently. I'll block you with my life!"

"Tsk, I knew you'd say that..."

Seeing Naruto's reaction, Kazeka put down Mizuki but had no intention of surrendering.

Instead, he snapped his fingers and, in a puff of white smoke, pulled the Scroll of Seals from behind him:

"Naruto, when you were looking at the Scroll of Seals, you must have had some questions, right?

Besides the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, you found everything else hard to understand. I just took a quick look and found that besides the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, all the other ninjutsu here are fake!

I've always said shortcuts don't work. It's a shame Mizuki, that idiot, was still so pleased with himself, thinking he'd devised a flawless plan..."

Kazeka shook his head, looking at the nervous Naruto, and spoke again:

"However, even if this only records one ninjutsu, it's still something extremely important. I imagine you'd have a big headache if it were destroyed..."

Kazeka threw the Scroll of Seals onto the ground. A prominent black seal appeared on its surface:

"I've placed a seal on it. This thing will self-destruct if it's not delivered to the Hokage's office soon.

Moreover, even though Iruka-sensei was given a sleeping agent, he'll be in mortal danger if he's left unattended for too long.

Will you stop me and save Mizuki, or will you promptly return the important scroll to the Hokage's office and treat Iruka-sensei? Naruto, such a simple multiple-choice question..."

Kazeka looked at Naruto:

"You know how to choose, right?"

"Uh, this..."

Kazeka had said a lot, making Naruto's head spin, but he still understood the main point.

However, Naruto had always been the type to want "all of it."

He wanted to save both Iruka and the Scroll of Seals, and he also wanted to save Mizuki. He was completely torn.

Fortunately, at this moment, an Anbu with a mask and white hedgehog-like hair arrived. It was the Third Hokage, who had been watching remotely and couldn't stand it any longer, sending reinforcements.

Seeing the reinforcements arrive, Naruto finally breathed a sigh of relief:

"Kazeka, surrender! With help, I'll save both Iruka-sensei and the Scroll of Seals, and Mizuki too!"

"Iruka and the Scroll of Seals can indeed be saved..."

The arriving Anbu wasn't as excited as Naruto. He observed Kazeka, who was standing still, for a few seconds before suddenly attacking. A kunai instantly pierced Kazeka's forehead!

Seeing this, Naruto wasn't terrified, just incredulous:

"Could this guy also be a clone!"

The sudden burst of white smoke confirmed Naruto's suspicion. Seeing this, Naruto could only let out a roar of frustration.

At this moment, he suddenly understood. Given Kazeka's personality, he had long calculated Naruto's indecisive nature.

In that situation, they could only stalemate. Naruto didn't dare to waste time, and Kazeka was even less willing to.

Rather than that, while Naruto was distracted, Kazeka had long ago created a clone to keep him busy, and his true body had already taken Mizuki and fled!

"Reporting to Hokage-sama, I was ordered to pursue Hyuga Kazeka.

When I arrived at the scene, I discovered that the Kazeka left behind was just a clone, used to stall Naruto.

Therefore, I used a Summoning Jutsu to search for Hyuga Kazeka's whereabouts.

After expending considerable effort, I finally discovered Hyuga Kazeka and the rogue ninja Mizuki in a seemingly abandoned laboratory that Kazeka had modified..."

In the Hokage's office, an Anbu with white hedgehog hair, a cat-faced mask, and a pug wearing a Konoha headband on his head was reporting his work to the Hokage:

"When I discovered him, Hyuga Kazeka used numerous diversionary tactics, but they were all primarily for containment.

After I broke through them one by one, Hyuga Kazeka cooperated fully and surrendered directly.

He even handed over his experimental subject—Mizuki. He offered no resistance throughout the entire process, but..."

The Anbu truthfully described the mission:

"Mizuki seemed to have undergone extremely brutal experiments. When I found him, he was in a state of extreme terror.

Although examinations at the Konoha Hospital showed his physical condition to be intact.

However, judging by the amount of blood I saw on the operating table and the floor at the time, his body appears to have undergone many surgeries!"

"Hmm, you sent away the other ninjas, and the time it took you to find him wasn't long, yet Kazeka managed to conduct so many experiments on Mizuki..."

The Third Hokage took a puff from his pipe and rubbed his temples with a headache.

"This guy's skills are truly strong, but his mindset and reckless brain are a real headache. Kakashi..."

There was no one else in the room, and the Third Hokage directly called out the Anbu's real name:

"For tomorrow's team assignments, how about I assign this kid to your care?"

Kakashi: "..."

Kakashi didn't reply immediately. Instead, his body seemed to stiffen for a moment before he began to respond:

"Hokage-sama, one is Naruto Uzumaki, the seal of the Nine-Tails Fox, and the other is Sasuke Uchiha, the last of the Uchiha clan.

Managing these two alone will already consume all my energy.

If you add an even more troublesome Kazeka, I truly won't have the mental capacity to manage him!"

"That's true..."

The Third Hokage didn't scold Kakashi for his response. Instead, he nodded in agreement.

He then asked again:

"Then what do you think of Asuma?"

"I absolutely think not!"

Seeing the Hokage's inquiring gaze, Kakashi spoke again:

"On one hand, it's best not to easily split up Asuma's Ino-Shika-Cho team.

On the other hand, Asuma's personality is upright.

Precisely because he's too upright, it's easy for someone like Kazeka to lead him astray without him realizing it.

Hokage-sama, you wouldn't want your son to end up siding with Kazeka and constantly bothering you, would you?"

"Hiss!"

The thought of what Kakashi described made the Third Hokage feel terrible.

Having Kazeka torment him had already cost him half his life. If his own son were added to the mix, Konoha might not have him as Hokage anymore!

"You can't do it, and Asuma can't do it, then the only one left is Kurenai..."

The figure of Kurenai Yuhi appeared in the Third Hokage's mind:

"Speaking of which, Kurenai's personality is outwardly soft but inwardly strong. She's also taught many troublesome ninja before. This time, I'll have to trouble her a bit more!"