Mizuki Seemed to Have a Split Personality as He Tricked Naruto into Stealing the Scroll of Seals

In a corner of the Ninja Academy's training grounds in Konoha.

"Damn you, Iruka. I've already been living as humbly as I can in Konoha. Why did you have to mess with me?!" Mizuki muttered through gritted teeth, his face twisted with rage.

"I really wanted to be a good person." As Mizuki spoke, he grew despondent again. "I wanted to be a good man, too, and spend a quiet, ordinary life with Tsubaki."

"Bastard! If you wanted to stir shit up, why the fuck did you have to pick me? You've forced me to put my long-abandoned plan into action."

Malice and resolve glinted in Mizuki's eyes, as though his long-suppressed rage was about to erupt.

"It was you. You forced me into this."

"It's all your fault. I didn't want this. I didn't want this... It's all your fault..." Mizuki was starting to lose it.

"Hehe (ꄱੈˍꄱੈ)... Maybe I should thank you, Iruka, for helping me make up my mind..." Mizuki began laughing again.

The guy was acting like a lunatic.

His expressions and emotions kept shifting back and forth, rising and falling.

Quite some time passed.

Eventually, he gradually calmed down.

Mizuki stood quietly in the corner, watching the students training on the grounds with a sinister gaze while he worked out a bold and dangerous plan.

He muttered to himself, "Hmph, that Scroll of Seals in the Hokage's office contains countless powerful ninjutsu. If I can get my hands on it,

"I'll gain unparalleled power, and then I won't have to put up with anyone's shit in Konoha anymore."

Mizuki's thoughts drifted further and further.

He imagined all the possibilities his future held.

He gloated inwardly. *Haha, whether I offer the Scroll of Seals to Lord Orochimaru as a valuable introductory gift or practice its forbidden