I'm going to take control of the Hidden Cloud Village. Who's for it, and who's against it?

A breeze stirred beneath the blazing midday sun.

A few Kumogakure ninja lay on their backs, hoping to enjoy a rare, quiet lunch break.

But

someone soon spotted a black speck in the sky.

Then

the speck came hurtling closer.

When it reached the sky above Kumogakure, everyone finally saw what it was.

"It's... it's Naruto Uzumaki!"

"That presence... there's no mistake. It's the God of Death."

"N-no! Naruto Uzumaki is back!"

"Enemy attack! Everyone, get to the underground shelters!"

"Damn it! Why is he here again? Is he going to do what he did last time?"

"No! We only just rebuilt the village. Please, don't let that happen again!"

"We finally had hope. Is it all going to be crushed? Heh... If we're going to die anyway, just destroy it all. I'm tired."

Naruto Uzumaki's arrival threw Kumogakure's ninja into immediate chaos.

Some ran straight for the underground shelters. Others searched frantically for their families. Still others dropped to their knees, despair written across their faces.

Their reactions varied, but not one of them dared draw a weapon and attack the man in the sky.

Naruto Uzumaki merely hovered there for a moment, and despair spread rapidly through the ninja below.

"Tch... Do they really have to react like this?"

Naruto Uzumaki watched the Kumogakure ninja run around like headless chickens, at a loss for words...

Seriously.

Was he really that scary?

"What's going on?"

Hearing the commotion outside, Mabui and the others hurried to the window. The streets were already in chaos.

"Lady Mabui, Naruto Uzumaki is back! What should we do?"

An Anbu ninja rushed in, knelt before Mabui, and spoke in a panic.

"Naruto is here?"

At the Anbu ninja's words, Mabui, Samui, and Yugito all stiffened.

They had learned from the diary that Naruto Uzumaki