Naruto Uzumaki Sees Through Everything

"Because the demon fox's rampage was connected to the Uchiha Clan!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Naruto Uzumaki's puzzled gaze, his tone carrying both regret and a trace of disappointment.

As though...

He had been helpless to stop the demon fox's rampage.

"The demon fox's rampage was connected to the Uchiha Clan?" Naruto spoke quietly, but he still asked in surprise, "How is that possible? You said the demon fox was so powerful. How could the Uchiha Clan make it go berserk?"

Naruto voiced his own doubts.

He knew Sarutobi Hiruzen was trying to drive a wedge between him and Xuan Yu, but he also wanted to hear why Hiruzen would say such a thing.

"Naruto, do you know what a Summoning Beast is?" Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Naruto Uzumaki, who was still somewhat ignorant, sighed, and asked again. Naturally, he also needed to fill Naruto in on some knowledge of the Shinobi World.

"A Summoning Beast? Like the ninja dogs Kakashi summons?" Naruto Uzumaki blinked, seemingly trying to grasp the concept of a Summoning Beast.

Kakashi's ninja dogs should be Summoning Dogs.

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded and said to Naruto Uzumaki, "That's right, those are Summoning Beasts... But Summoning Beasts aren't limited to ninja dogs. They come in all kinds of forms. As long as you sign a contract, you can summon them!"

Next, Sarutobi Hiruzen briefly explained Summoning Beasts to Naruto Uzumaki!

Naruto nodded seriously. "As long as you sign a contract, you can summon them?"

What an incredible ability.

"However, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox was once the Uchiha Clan's Summoning Beast! Back then, while your mother was giving birth, an Uchiha clansman took advantage of the weakened seal and summoned the Nine-Tails. Then he used the Sharingan to control it and wreak havoc in Konoha!!"

After saying this, Sarutobi