"You want to save him? Don't be fooled by how he usually treats you the same as the other students.
In his heart, he hates you to death," Mizuki said with a smile.
"Do you know? You are the Demon Fox, the Demon Fox that caused massive losses to Konoha more than a decade ago.
You destroyed more than half the village and killed many people,
including Iruka's Father and Mother.
That's why he actually hates you to death. Do you still want to save him?"
Boom!
Demon Fox.
Naruto's mind exploded.
Thinking back on the past, some villagers really had called him that.
And because of it, he had been hated.
So he really was the Demon Fox.
"Iruka-sensei, was what Mizuki-sensei said true?" Naruto muttered darkly, his eyes dim.
Iruka fell silent, recalling his teacher's words: "That was how I once saw you too, but then I met a good teacher.
He told me not to hate a child who should never have had to bear such pressure because of certain things.
You are not the Demon Fox.
Your father was the Fourth Hokage. How could you possibly be the Demon Fox?
The people in the village hate you only because they are afraid—afraid that tragedy will happen again."
"What? My dad was the Fourth Hokage?" Naruto's emotions had just been rising and falling wildly, but at those words, they instantly exploded.
He remembered the Fourth's face carved onto Kage Rock.
It suddenly did look rather similar.
"Tch, since the soft approach didn't work, don't blame me for getting rough." Mizuki had not expected Iruka to keep obstructing his plans.
"That's great! My dad was the Fourth Hokage.
If that's the case, I can't disgrace him.
I'm going to beat you flat, Mizuki-sensei."
Naruto immediately beamed. Looking at