Unlocking the Spiritual Seal

After Naruto unsealed his heart, his consciousness entered the inner space of his mind.

Naruto did not see his two personas. Standing within the void, he addressed the darkness angrily: "Are you two not coming out? Are you ignoring my existence?"

"Heh, don't be so angry. You finally decided to let us out, so how could we dare to ignore you?" Good Naruto said with an innocent expression.

Seeing only one persona, Naruto asked: "Where is the other one?"

"I am right here." Dark Naruto appeared behind Naruto.

Naruto looked at both of them and said: "I have conditions for letting you out."

Dark Naruto replied coldly: "State your conditions."

Good Naruto interjected: "Don't always be so cold. You should be grateful that he's willing to let us out. You're such an unpleasant guy."

After saying this, he smiled at Naruto: "Go ahead, as long as it's something we can do, we will certainly help."

Naruto looked at the two and said: "I want to evolve the Rinnegan as quickly as possible. Tell me, what methods do you have?"

Dark Naruto replied coldly: "It's simple. You can evolve it by killing either Sasuke or Hinata."

Naruto immediately bristled: "What did you say? Do you believe I'll seal you away again right now?"

"Don't be so angry. He is suggesting the fastest way, but there is actually another method to evolve the Rinnegan, though it will be much slower." Seeing Naruto's anger, Good Naruto hurriedly explained.

Naruto asked suspiciously: "What method? Tell me. It doesn't matter if it's slow; I still have time."

Good Naruto smiled: "The method is to open up the circulation path between your chakra and your eyes. The original flow passes chakra through the brain before it reaches the eyes; this reduces and suppresses the strain on the eyes, but it also suppresses their evolution.

However, if you can open the acupoints connecting your eyes to your chakra dantian, you can let the chakra act directly upon your eyes, thereby evolving them into the Rinnegan. You won't have to kill the people you care about. How about it? This method isn't bad, right?"

Naruto replied: "The method is fine, but how do I do it?"

Good Naruto replied: "Heh, it's simple. Whenever you experience significant emotional fluctuations, just express them through your eyes. This guy and I will guide your emotions to open your acupoints. Over time, the acupoints will naturally open, though this method is quite slow.

Furthermore, you won't evolve into the Rinnegan all at once. Like the Uchiha Clan, you will first evolve into the Mangekyō Sharingan, and only then into the Rinnegan. It will take a considerable amount of time.

If you follow his method, you could become like the Sage of Six Paths and evolve directly into the Rinnegan. So, what is your choice?"

Naruto didn't even hesitate: "I choose the first one. Even though it's slower, it's acceptable."

Good Naruto smiled: "Actually, choosing the first one is fine too; you could just resurrect them later, couldn't you?"

"No. Although resurrection is possible, the conditions are too harsh. One mistake and it fails. Besides, even if it succeeds, it would cause them psychological trauma, and that kind of damage is the most fatal."

Good Naruto said indifferently: "Suit yourself, the choice is yours. Now, he and I will use the emotions you've accumulated during this time to shock the acupoints in your eyes."

Naruto asked in surprise: "My emotions from this period are still preserved?"

Good Naruto smiled: "Of course. For an ordinary person, emotions fade with the passage of time. But you are different.

You have the two of us; I am the embodiment of kind and beautiful emotions, and he is the embodiment of hateful and evil emotions. Every emotion you experience is captured and preserved by us. This is the guarantee that you can use this method to awaken the Rinnegan—something no one else could ever do."

After listening, Naruto nodded: "Then begin."

Good Naruto smiled: "A word of warning: these emotional shocks to your acupoints will cause you pain and emotional volatility. You must endure it."

Naruto said dismissively: "Fine, just start. Stop nagging."

After Naruto's consciousness returned to his body, the Nine-Tails asked: "How did the talk go? Did you succeed?"

Naruto nodded: "Yes, they agreed to help me."

The Nine-Tails sighed in relief: "That's good." Suddenly, Naruto clutched his head and let out a loud, miserable scream.

The Nine-Tails asked worriedly: "Naruto, what's wrong?"

Enduring the pain, Naruto gritted his teeth and replied: "N-nothing. Just a bit of pain."

"What exactly is happening to you?" the Nine-Tails asked nervously.

Naruto was now convulsing all over, covered in cold sweat, unable to answer the Nine-Tails. At the same time, he mentally cursed every female relative of that black-hearted persona.

In the end, Naruto could no longer bear it and passed out. In the moment he lost consciousness, his heart was filled with happiness.

I never knew that losing consciousness could be such a blessing, he thought.

He did not know how much time had passed, but when Naruto woke up, he saw a person with a very beautiful face. Seeing Naruto wake up, the person smiled and asked: "Little brother, why are you sleeping here?"

Naruto shook his head and said: "I don't know. Perhaps I was just too exhausted from training. By the way, my name is Naruto Uzumaki."

Haku smiled: "Naruto, is it? Hello, my name is Yuki Haku."

Naruto smiled: "Yuki Haku? May I call you Sister Haku?"

Haku smiled: "You may, but not sister—brother. I am a man."

Naruto said in surprise: "You're so beautiful, yet you're a man? The world is truly mysterious." At the same time, Naruto thought to himself: I didn't expect Haku to actually be a man. How is he born looking so much like a woman?

Haku smiled: "Naruto, are you a ninja?"

Naruto gestured to the forehead protector on his arm and said: "Yes, I am a ninja of Konoha."

Haku asked curiously: "Then why do you train so diligently?"

Naruto smiled and replied: "Because I have many people to protect. Without powerful strength, it's impossible."

Haku smiled gently: "I see, Naruto. To protect those you cherish, your strength will continue to grow. Do not forget this original intention. I believe in you, Naruto; you will become very strong."

Naruto nodded with a smile and said, "I will, Brother Haku."

Haku smiled and said, "Alright, Naruto, I must be going." Naruto smiled back, "Okay, goodbye, Brother Haku." After saying this, Naruto stood up and helped the crouching Haku to his feet.

Without Haku knowing, he left a Flying Thunder God mark on him. "I'm off then, Naruto." Haku said, taking his herb basket and leaving, just brushing past Sasuke who had come looking for Naruto.

Sasuke frowned, feeling as though he had seen this person before but unable to recall where. He walked up to Naruto and asked, "Naruto, who was that just now?"

Naruto laughed, "Haha, his name is Yuki Haku, I just met him. What are you here for?"

Sasuke said, "Just checking if a big idiot like you had died yet. You've been out for two days, and you didn't even know to head back."

Hearing that two days had already passed, Naruto was speechless. He roared internally, You bastard, don't play dead, get out here! I promise I won't kill you, you turtle-egg!

Good Naruto laughed, "What's with the temper? Besides, if I'm a turtle-egg, what does that make you?"

Naruto retorted, "You jerk, I passed out for two days, and you told me it would only hurt a little? Does this look like 'a little' to you? You actually scammed me!"

Good Naruto smiled apologetically, "I didn't know either. I didn't think too much at the time and just dumped all the emotions you'd been bottling up at once. But the results are obvious, aren't they? Your Sharingan and your mental energy have both improved by a large margin."

Hearing Good Naruto say this, Naruto immediately checked his own condition. Sure enough, his chakra was flowing much faster, and he felt that activating his Sharingan was now much quicker and smoother.

Naruto was angry, but he couldn't bring himself to stay mad, so he could only say helplessly, "Be more careful next time."

Good Naruto laughed, "Haha, I will."

Seeing Naruto spacing out, Sasuke said, "What's wrong with you, big idiot? Are you alright?"

Naruto snapped back to reality and replied, "Oh, I'm fine. Let's go, let's head back. I'm hungry."

Sasuke asked suspiciously, "You haven't been sitting here for two days without eating, have you?"

Naruto laughed, "How could that be? Besides, I have Military Ration Pills." With that, he started walking toward Tazuna's house, and Sasuke didn't dwell on it, following him back.

After returning to Tazuna's house and finishing dinner, Kakashi smiled and said, "Naruto, training is important, but you must also remember to rest."

Naruto slumped over the table and laughed, "Haha, Kakashi-sensei, why are you acting like an old man, being so long-winded?"

At this moment, Tazuna spoke up, "Thank you all. Even though I lied about the difficulty of the mission, why are you still helping me so much?"

Kakashi smiled and replied, "To act when one sees what is right is the duty of a brave man. There are no weak soldiers under a strong general; that is the teaching of the previous Hokage."

Just then, Inari suddenly asked through tears, "Why?"

Naruto looked up, confused, and asked, "What?"

Inari slammed the table, stood up, and said, "Why work so hard to this extent? No matter how hard you try or how nice your words are, you still can't beat Gato's men. In front of true power, the weak are only destined to be defeated."

Naruto said impatiently, "How annoying. I am different from you."

Inari replied even more angrily, "Shut up! I get angry just looking at you. You don't understand this country at all, yet you love to show off and talk so sanctimoniously. You have no idea what suffering is. I am nothing like you."

Naruto said coldly, "So you should just keep acting like the protagonist of a tragedy, crying and whining every day? A fool like you might as well just cry every day. Crybaby."

After saying this, Naruto lifted his eyes, which had transformed into beastly pupils, and glared fiercely at Inari.

Sakura scolded from the side, "Naruto, that was too much." Naruto didn't reply; he simply shoved his hands into his pockets and walked out coldly.