What Does Stealing the Scroll Have to Do With Me?

After leaving the classroom, he arrived at the training grounds.

The Third Hokage stood on the platform, delivering a speech to the graduates.

Yeyu stood among the crowd, appearing entirely unremarkable.

Having completely suppressed his presence, even the Third Hokage could not detect him.

While the crowd gathered below the platform to listen to the Third Hokage's speech, Naruto, who had failed the graduation exam, sat dejectedly on a swing.

Yeyu had already sensed Naruto's presence; even though the massive Nine-Tails chakra within him was suppressed by the Eight Trigrams Seal.

Yeyu could still perceive it clearly, for his Observation Haki was top-tier.

He could even pinpoint Naruto's exact location without needing to turn around and look.

At this moment, Mizuki walked up to Naruto and told him about the Scroll of Seals.

He further told him that as long as he learned a ninjutsu from the Scroll of Seals, Iruka would let him graduate.

Naruto, having no defenses against Mizuki, believed him completely.

As for stealing the Scroll of Seals, Naruto did not think it would be a difficult task.

After all, the Scroll of Seals was kept at the Third Hokage's home.

Yeyu could even hear their conversation clearly.

I wonder if the Third Hokage knows that Mizuki is manipulating Naruto.

He probably does; it feels like it was all planned out. The whole process is too strange.

It must be that the Third Hokage designed this so Naruto would learn the Shadow Clone Technique.

Recalling the process of Naruto stealing the Scroll of Seals, it was hard for Yeyu to believe that the Third Hokage hadn't intentionally let Naruto take it.

But it has nothing to do with me.

Naruto and I never had any connection to begin with.

As scenes from his memories flashed before his eyes, Yeyu only felt a sense of novelty.

He had no intention of getting involved.

After the Third Hokage finished his speech, Naruto had already left.

The students who passed the graduation exam had all returned home as well.

They had graduated from the Ninja Academy, which was certainly a cause for celebration for them.

Many parents took their children and left.

Yeyu was much like Naruto; his parents had passed away long ago.

In this world, Yeyu's parents were just ordinary people, not even ninjas.

Walking along the bustling streets, the ninja world was currently in a period of relative peace.

Therefore, there was no shadow of war hanging over the people.

Everyone was living happily.

Yeyu wove through the noisy streets, walking silently; the clamor had nothing to do with him.

After walking for a long time, he left the bustling area and reached the edge of Konoha.

In the middle of a forest stood a wooden cabin.

This was Yeyu's residence.

It was left to him by his parents in this world.

Because venturing deep into the forest was dangerous, the cabin was only a few dozen meters inside.

The area was surrounded by massive trees nearly a meter in diameter, blocking out the sky and shrouding the cabin below.

Returning home, the cabin was small and sparsely furnished, but it was kept very clean.

At night, lying in bed and staring at the ceiling, Yeyu could not fall asleep for a long time.

The events of today felt like a dream.

He raised his hand and clenched his fist.

"Crack, crack, crack~"

A cracking sound came from his fist, and the surrounding air even showed visible distortion.

"This is the power I possess now; it is so immense."

"I could kill a hundred of my former selves in an instant."

After watching for a while, Yeyu slowly closed his eyes; he was sleepy.

Late at night.

While Yeyu was fast asleep, he suddenly opened his eyes.

He instantly unleashed his Observation Haki.

Noticing what was happening outside, Yeyu frowned.

"What a pain. Why choose this place?"

Outside the cabin at this moment, Naruto was carrying a massive scroll as he landed beside the wooden structure.

He sat on the ground and opened the scroll; the very first jutsu listed was the Multi Shadow Clone Technique.

Yeyu had no desire to go outside.

"I hope this doesn't spill over to me."

"The fight coming up is just between two chunin and a genin; it shouldn't affect my house."

With that thought, Yeyu closed his eyes again, unwilling to pay any mind to the commotion outside.

After a while, Naruto sat cross-legged in front of the scroll, panting heavily.

"Finally learned it. That was way too hard."

Just then, Iruka, who had been chasing Naruto, tracked him down to this spot.

Looking at Naruto, he said, "Naruto, hand over the Scroll of Seals quickly. This is a very important item."

Yet, upon seeing Iruka, Naruto felt no fear; instead, he said excitedly, "Iruka-sensei, I've already learned the Clone Technique. Let me graduate."

Iruka looked at Naruto's disheveled appearance and the state of the ground around him, thinking, Could it be that he really just wanted to learn the Clone Technique to graduate?

The reason Iruka had chased him here was because Mizuki told him that Naruto had stolen the Scroll of Seals.

Worried that Naruto might cause a major disaster, Iruka had pursued him.

He hadn't expected that Naruto only wanted to learn a jutsu to graduate.

"He certainly looks like he's been working hard."

Iruka walked over to Naruto, who was looking up with a smile, his clothes covered in dust. With complex emotions, Iruka reached out, intending to pat his head.

Suddenly, dozens of shuriken and kunai shot out from the woods.

"Whir~"

Iruka instantly shoved Naruto aside. "Naruto, look out!"

The dozens of shuriken and kunai pinned Iruka, who couldn't dodge in time, against the wall of the cabin.

Inside the room, Yeyu listened to the sounds from outside, his mouth twitching. "If I don't intervene, are they going to tear my house down?"

"Probably not. It's just two chunin; how big can the scale of the fight be?"

"Ignore it."

Yeyu went back to sleep.

He paid no attention to the sounds of fighting coming from outside.

Iruka was pinned to the cabin wall by the kunai and shuriken, his body covered in several wounds, blood flowing freely.

Naruto was stunned at the sight. "Iruka-sensei!"

Mizuki appeared on a tree trunk, looking down at Iruka and Naruto from above.

When Iruka saw Mizuki, he instantly understood what was going on.

Naruto saw Mizuki appear and then looked at Iruka's blood-stained clothes.

He shouted at Mizuki, "Mizuki-sensei, didn't you say that as long as I learned the jutsu on the Scroll of Seals, Iruka-sensei would let me graduate?"

"Why would you attack Iruka-sensei?"

Standing on the tree trunk with moonlight shining upon him, Mizuki looked at Naruto with a sneer. "Naruto, give me the Scroll of Seals."

Iruka shouted nervously, "Naruto, don't give it to him! This scroll contains very dangerous jutsu."

Naruto looked at Iruka and saw his bleeding wounds. Choosing to stand by Iruka's side, he yelled at Mizuki in the tree, "Mizuki-sensei, why did you attack Iruka-sensei? Why?"

Seeing that Naruto refused to hand over the scroll, Mizuki's expression turned cold.

He muttered to himself, "Damn Demon Fox, you're really asking for death."

Hearing Mizuki call him a Demon Fox time and again, Naruto frowned. "Mizuki-sensei, why do you keep calling me a Demon Fox? Is that the reason why the people in the village don't want to get close to me?"