What Does Stealing the Scroll Have to Do with Me?

After leaving the classroom, Yeyu arrived at the Training Ground.

The Third Hokage stood on the stage, giving a speech to the graduates.

Yeyu stood among the crowd, seeming rather inconspicuous.

Yeyu had completely concealed his presence, to the point that even the Third Hokage couldn't detect him.

While everyone gathered below the stage 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 enormous Nine-Tails Chakra inside him had been sealed by the Eight Trigrams Seal,

Yeyu could still sense it clearly, because his Observation Haki was top-tier.

He could even tell exactly where Naruto was at that moment without turning to look.

Just then, Mizuki went over to Naruto and told him about the Scroll of Seals.

He also told Naruto that if he learned the techniques in the Scroll of Seals, Iruka-sensei would let him graduate.

Naruto, who was completely off guard around Mizuki, believed him without question.

As for stealing the Scroll of Seals, Naruto didn't think it would be difficult.

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 Mizuki's trying to trick Naruto."

"He probably does. It feels like this was all planned. The whole thing is too strange."

"The Third Hokage probably planned for Naruto to learn the Shadow Clone Technique."

Thinking back to how Naruto had stolen the Scroll of Seals, Yeyu found it hard not to believe that the Third Hokage had deliberately let Naruto take it.

"But it has nothing to do with me."

"Besides, Naruto and I don't have any real connection."

Scenes from the memories played out before his eyes, and Yeyu found them rather novel.

He had no desire to get involved.

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

All the students who had passed the graduation exam had gone home, too.

They had graduated from the Ninja Academy, and for them, it was definitely something worth celebrating.

Many parents left with their children.

Like Naruto, Yeyu had lost his parents at an early age.

In this world, Yeyu's parents had been ordinary people, not even shinobi.

He walked along the bustling main street. The shinobi world was mostly at peace at the moment,

so there was no shadow of war hanging over the people.

They were all living happily.

Yeyu made his way through the noisy streets, walking in silence. The commotion had nothing to do with him.

After walking for a long time, he had left the bustling district and reached the outskirts of Konoha.

There was a wooden cabin in a patch of forest.

It was Yeyu's home.

It had been left to him by his parents in this world.

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

Trees nearly a meter in diameter surrounded it, their dense canopies blocking out the sky and shading the cabin below.

When he got home, he found that the cabin wasn't very spacious and had little furniture, but everything was tidy.

That night, Yeyu lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

Everything that had happened that day felt like a dream.

He raised his hand and clenched his fist.

"Crack, crack..."

His knuckles crackled, and the air around his fist visibly warped.

"This is how strong I am now. Incredible."

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

After watching for a while, Yeyu slowly closed his eyes. He was tired.

Deep into the night,

Yeyu was fast asleep when he suddenly opened his eyes.

He immediately activated his Observation Haki.

After sensing what was happening outside, Yeyu frowned.

"What a pain. Why did they have to pick here?"

Outside the cabin,

Naruto landed beside it with a huge scroll strapped to his back.

He sat on the ground and unrolled the scroll. The first technique listed was the Multi Shadow Clone Technique.

Yeyu didn't feel like going outside just then.

"Hope they don't drag me into this."

"The fight coming up is just between two Chunin and one Genin. It shouldn't reach my house."

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

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

"I finally learned it. That was so hard."

Just then, Iruka, who had been chasing Naruto the whole time, found him there.

Looking at Naruto, he said, "Naruto, hand over the Scroll of Seals right away. It's very important."

But when Naruto saw Iruka, he wasn't afraid. Instead, he said excitedly, "Iruka-sensei, I've learned the Clone Technique. Let me graduate!"

Looking at Naruto's disheveled appearance and the state of the ground around him, Iruka thought, Did he really just want to learn the Clone Technique so he could graduate?

Iruka had chased him there because Mizuki had told him that Naruto had stolen the Scroll of Seals.

Worried that Naruto might get himself into serious trouble, Iruka had hurried after him.

He hadn't expected Naruto to only want to learn the Clone Technique and graduate.

"He really seems to have worked hard."

Iruka walked up to Naruto and looked at his upturned face and smile, his clothes covered in dust. His feelings conflicted, he reached out to pat Naruto on the head.

Suddenly, dozens of shuriken and kunai flew out of the woods.

"Whirr—"

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

Dozens of shuriken and kunai pinned Iruka, who hadn't managed to dodge in time, to the cabin wall.

Inside the room, Yeyu heard the noise outside and the corner of his mouth twitched. "If I don't do anything, are they going to tear my house apart?"

"They probably won't. They're only two Chunin. How big can their fight get?"

"I'm not getting involved."

Yeyu went back to sleep.

He ignored all the sounds of fighting coming from outside.

Iruka was pinned to the cabin wall by kunai and shuriken, with several wounds on his body and blood streaming from them.

Naruto was stunned when he saw this. "Iruka-sensei!"

Mizuki appeared on a tree branch, looking down at Iruka and Naruto.

The moment Iruka saw Mizuki, he understood what had happened.

When Naruto saw Mizuki appear and noticed Iruka's clothes stained with blood,

he shouted up at Mizuki, "Mizuki-sensei, you said that if I learned the techniques in the Scroll of Seals, Iruka-sensei would let me graduate!"

"Why did you attack Iruka-sensei?"

Standing on the tree branch, Mizuki was bathed in moonlight.

He looked down at Naruto with scorn. "Naruto, give me the Scroll of Seals."

Iruka shouted anxiously, "Naruto, don't give it to him! That scroll contains dangerous techniques!"

Naruto looked at Iruka and saw his bleeding wounds. He chose to side with Iruka and shouted up at Mizuki, "Mizuki-sensei, why did you attack Iruka-sensei? Why?"

Seeing that Naruto still wouldn't hand over the scroll, Mizuki's expression turned cold.

He muttered to himself, "Damn Demon Fox. You're asking for it."

Hearing Mizuki call him a Demon Fox again and again,

Naruto frowned. "Mizuki-sensei, why do you keep calling me a Demon Fox? Is that why everyone in the village refuses to get close to me?"