The Death of Naruto?

Hearing this news, Naruto froze for a moment.

After a long time, he burst out laughing, "Hahaha, Granny Tsunade, are you joking? What on earth did you call me here for?"

Yet as soon as he finished speaking, both Tsunade and Kakashi wore heavy expressions.

This appearance and the oppressive atmosphere around them instantly made Naruto feel that something was wrong.

"Hey hey hey, it's not like someone actually says I'm going to die, and I'll just die, right?!"

Although Naruto was not afraid of death, being told he was going to die so inexplicably and suddenly made his whole body itch and feel very uneasy just thinking about it.

"You need to know that the person who said you are going to die is the shrine maiden of the Land of Demons. Her prophecies over all these years have never been wrong; once a prophecy is made, it ultimately comes to pass."

Tsunade said in a very serious tone.

This startled Naruto right away.

"I... Kakashi-sensei, you two really aren't teaming up to fool around with me, are you?"

He looked at Kakashi with expectant eyes.

Kakashi scratched the back of his head, "Well, I'd like to tell you it's fake, but this time it's real."

"It's over! Even Kakashi-sensei says so!"

Uzumaki Naruto pressed his whole body against the wall, looking completely devoid of hope.

"Alright, there is still a mission to assign to you."

"What mission?"

Naruto was puzzled; since he had already been prophesied to die, shouldn't he be handling his final affairs properly—no, shouldn't he be staying safely in the village?

"Go to the Land of Demons to protect the shrine maiden Shion."

"What? I'm protecting her?"

Naruto's eyes widened, "Isn't the one who's going to die me? I'm going to die anyway, and you