Naruto: Between Good and Evil
Chapter 44

Emotion Amplifier

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At this moment, Kurama said, "What is wrong with you? You are very strange today. You have never been this irritable before. Sense your surroundings and see what you look like right now."

Naruto sensed the situation around him and was immediately shocked by his own behavior. In his perception, he saw the fear and terror his friends felt toward him. Recalling the battle with Orochimaru just now, he suddenly felt panicked.

Naruto murmured with lingering fear, "It seems I have lost control of my emotions. What is going on? I almost hurt Hinata, Shikamaru, and the others. What has happened to me?"

Kurama snorted coldly, "Hmph, so you finally realize what you just did? You really are an idiot."

At this time, the voice of Good Naruto echoed in Naruto's mind, saying, "You've finally woken up."

Naruto immediately entered his Mental Space and asked, "You know why I lost control of my emotions, don't you?"

Good Naruto said to Naruto, "That's right, I know, and you should also know why."

Naruto seemed to think of something and said, "Could it be... that my emotional instability has something to do with you two?"

Good Naruto nodded and said, "Exactly. Because your desires and emotions are now complete, your judgment can be affected by your momentary moods."

Naruto replied, "Then why didn't this happen before?"

Good Naruto looked at Naruto with a look of disdain and said, "Are you stupid? Before, you had me and this guy sealed away, so your seven emotions and six desires were incomplete. Now that we have emerged, your seven emotions and six desires are whole, so naturally, things will be different."

Dark Naruto said flatly, "Idiot." Naruto was looked at by both of them as if he were a fool, and he felt a massive amount of damage. However, he couldn't do anything to them; on the contrary, Naruto had to rely on them to resolve this issue of his emotional instability.

He could only swallow his pride and ask, "Is there any way to solve this?"

Dark Naruto said, "Why solve it? Isn't it better to be your true self? Why suppress your emotions?"

Naruto automatically ignored Dark Naruto's words, thinking to himself, This guy is just itching for me to lose control. Ignore him, ignore him.

He looked at Good Naruto with pleading eyes. Good Naruto smiled and said, "There is no way to 'solve' it. We can only try our best to help you control your emotions, but the key still depends on you."

Naruto asked in confusion, "Depend on myself? How? Tell me."

Good Naruto replied, "It means you must control your own emotions and try your best not to be swayed by them. Just as the I Ching from your past life says: 'As heaven maintains vigor through movement, a gentleman should unremittingly practice self-improvement; as the earth's condition is receptive devotion, a gentleman should hold the outer world with broad virtue.' Therefore, everything still depends on you." Naruto realized that everything truly rested on his own shoulders.

Naruto said to Good Naruto, "I understand. I will try my best, and I would appreciate it if you could help me as much as possible."

Good Naruto smiled, "We will. You should go now; I think your friends are already very worried about you." After Naruto nodded, he exited the Mental Space.

At this time, Dark Naruto said to Good Naruto, "If he wants to evolve his Sharingan, he must be swayed by his emotions to reach the Rinnegan faster. Why did you tell him to control his emotions? Don't you want him to possess the Rinnegan?"

Good Naruto smiled, "Of course I want him to possess the Rinnegan as soon as possible, but we cannot let him sink into becoming a demon."

Dark Naruto asked, puzzled, "Sinking into a demon? What is that supposed to mean?"

Good Naruto replied, "Although we are his personalities, we are also the embodiments of his emotions. However, we cannot control his thoughts. Once he loses control, even you and I might be devoured by his darkness."

Dark Naruto was shocked, "Devour us? How is that possible?"

Good Naruto replied calmly, "Have you forgotten? He only managed to reincarnate because he devoured the souls of Otsutsuki Koshiki and Asura."

Dark Naruto was stunned, "Could it be... is he..."

Good Naruto answered, "That's right, it is exactly what you are thinking, only he doesn't know it himself. That is why you cannot drag him into your feelings of hatred."

Dark Naruto said helplessly, "But he is the one who wants to enter; what can I do about it?"

Good Naruto replied, "That is why we must try our best to help him control his emotions."

Dark Naruto said impatiently, "Fine, fine, I'll listen to you. I'm leaving."

Seeing Dark Naruto disappear, Good Naruto sighed, "What a hassle." After saying this, he also vanished.

Kurama saw Naruto staring blankly in the middle of a sentence and knew he had entered the depths of his mind. That was a place even Kurama could not enter, so Kurama could only wait for Naruto to wake up.

Fortunately, it was only for an instant. Kurama did not wait long before Naruto came to his senses and said to Kurama, "Kurama, I know why I lost control of my emotions. It is because of my two personalities."

Kurama was surprised, "It was because of those two? What exactly is going on? Explain it to me clearly."

After Naruto told Kurama about his conversation with Good Naruto, Kurama said, "So you mean that after you broke their seals, your emotions were amplified?"

Naruto nodded and said, "Yes, they are like emotional amplifiers. They can magnify my feelings, making it impossible for me to control myself."

Kurama replied, "Is there any way to solve this?"

Naruto said helplessly, "No, I can only rely on myself to try my best to control my emotions. But it is really difficult."

Kurama replied with empathy, "It is difficult. I often cannot control myself either, but I believe you can do it. Because you are the person the Old Man spoke of, you must have confidence in yourself."

Naruto replied confidently, "That goes without saying. I will definitely be able to do it, and I will bring peace to this world. I believe I can."

Kurama replied, "Hmm, I believe in you. Now, go check on Sasuke."

Naruto nodded, deactivated his Nine-Tails Mode, and walked up to his friends, saying, "I'm sorry for dragging you all into this. It's my fault; I couldn't control myself for a moment."

Shikamaru smiled, "It's fine. Everyone has moments where they lose control, and besides, you were doing it for your friends. Just don't do it again next time. If it happens again, I don't know if I'll be able to survive it."

Naruto said apologetically, "I promise, I will try my best to control my emotions from now on." The others also smiled and forgave Naruto.

At this moment, Gaara walked over and said excitedly, "Why do you have friends? Why do you have friends? How can people like us have friends?"

Naruto looked at Gaara and said, "Why can't we have friends? As long as we use our hearts, we can have friends just like anyone else. I can have them, and so can you."

Gaara remembered Yashamaru and said painfully, "That's not true. We are both monsters; we won't have friends. Ah..." Gaara clutched his head and howled in agony.

Temari and Kankuro were very worried on the side, fearing that Gaara would go berserk, and they were very tense. As for the other young ninja, except for Neji's team and Shikamaru, they all looked at Gaara with great fear.

Gaara said crazily, "Impossible, impossible! I must kill you! I must kill you! You just wait!" After saying this, he left in a frenzy. Temari and Kankuro hurriedly followed after him.

Naruto watched Gaara leave and shook his head helplessly. At this moment, Hinata tugged at Naruto's hand and said, "Naruto-kun, please don't go near him. That person is terrifying."

Naruto looked at Hinata in confusion and asked, "Hinata, what's wrong? You seem so scared. What's wrong with Gaara?"

Kiba spoke up then, saying, "Naruto, we discovered him as soon as we entered the Forest of Death. That guy is a monster; he kills everyone he encounters, and his methods are incredibly cruel."

After learning the reason, Naruto smiled at Hinata and said, "It's alright, Hinata. He can't hurt me. Actually, he's quite pitiful. If I hadn't known you and Sasuke since I was little, I might have ended up just like him."

Hinata said nervously, "That's not true. Naruto-kun is so gentle; how could you ever become like him?"

Naruto laughed and gave Hinata a hug, kissing her on the forehead before saying, "Alright, I need to check on Sasuke." Embarrassed by being kissed in front of so many people, Hinata lowered her head and began fiddling with her fingers.

Naruto walked over to Sakura and said, "Sakura, let me see how Sasuke is doing."

Sakura looked at Naruto with sorrow and said, "Naruto, you have to save him."

Naruto smiled, "I will. Sasuke is going to be fine; he's my best friend, so don't you worry."

Naruto looked at the Cursed Seal on Sasuke's neck and asked Kurama, "Kurama, is there any way to undo the Cursed Seal on Sasuke?"

Kurama sensed Sasuke's Cursed Seal and said, "This is a type of senjutsu chakra, but it's different from normal senjutsu chakra. It is filled with darkness. Furthermore, I can sense a consciousness within this seal; it should belong to that guy named Orochimaru."

Naruto replied, "Then how do we undo it?"

Kurama said, "Don't rush. I'll pull that consciousness out of Sasuke first. Naruto, switch with me."

Naruto replied, "Alright."

At this moment, Sakura asked, "Naruto, is there a way?" The others also looked at Naruto with concern.

After Kurama and Naruto swapped control of the body, he said, "I'll pull that consciousness out of Sasuke's body first."

The group was shocked by the change in Naruto, but only Hinata said, "You are Kurama."

The others asked in confusion, "Kurama?"

Hinata explained, "It's the Nine-Tails sealed inside Naruto-kun." Only then did the others realize that the person before them was not Naruto, but the Nine-Tails.

Kurama said to Hinata, "Little girl of the Hyuga clan, you are very clever. No wonder that big idiot Naruto likes you." Hearing this from Kurama, Hinata lowered her head again, shyly fiddling with her fingers.

At this moment, Kurama placed his hand on Sasuke's Cursed Seal. After his chakra invaded Sasuke's body, Sasuke let out a scream shortly thereafter.

Everyone nervously stepped forward to see how Sasuke was doing. Then, they saw Kurama's hand pull away from Sasuke's neck, though his chakra remained connected to Sasuke's body. As Kurama pulled, a small white snake was dragged out by his chakra.

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