Konoha: The Female Ninja Fell Apart After the Diary Was Exposed

[Hmph!]

[Just wait, you old fossil. You won't be around much longer.]

[You care about your reputation more than anything, don't you? I'll make sure it's ruined.]

[Once you're dead, Shimura Danzō, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura won't escape either!]

[If it weren't for you lot, Konoha wouldn't have gone from the strongest ninja village to the sorry mess it is now.]

At that moment,

all the women reading the diary went pale.

What was going on?

The Third Hokage was going to be killed?

Well, well...

Who could possibly be strong enough to kill the man called the strongest Hokage in Konoha's history?

Was the Shinobi World

really about to be turned upside down?

The women were desperate to learn the truth,

but unfortunately,

the diary stopped updating.

The suspense was killing them.

Honestly, Naruto!

He always stopped halfway through a story, leaving everyone hanging. Didn't he know how frustrating that was?

Hiruzen Sarutobi knew nothing about the diary.

At that moment,

Naruto Uzumaki's words had captured his full attention.

"Kurama?"

"That's the Nine-Tails."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression changed at Naruto Uzumaki's answer.

"Naruto, tell me everything."

"What's going on between you and the Nine-Tails?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi had lived through the Night of the Nine-Tails. He knew all too well how powerful the Nine-Tails was.

It could wipe out a ninja village with ease.

He had to get to the bottom of this.

Otherwise,

if the Nine-Tails went berserk again,

no one would be willing to sacrifice their life to stop him.

"Well... it's a long story. Basically, ever since I started at the Ninja Academy, I've told Kurama about the Will of Fire every day."

"After a while, he decided to be my friend."

Naruto Uzumaki made it all up.

"Huh?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at him in disbelief.

You told the Nine-Tails about the Will of Fire?

Are you kidding me?

"Naruto, this isn't something you can make up."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice turned cold.

The Nine-Tails, a vicious Tailed Beast, listened to lectures about the Will of Fire?

There's a limit to how far you can take a joke!

"Lord Hokage, I'm not making it up."

"If you don't believe me, I'll call Kurama out. You can ask him yourself."

Naruto Uzumaki spoke calmly.

Then,

with a thought,

Chakra steeped in negative energy surged from his body.

You Regret It, I Take the Hokage's Seat

"See? This is Kurama."

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the miniature Nine-Tails perched on Naruto Uzumaki's shoulder. For a moment, his entire understanding of the world seemed to collapse.

"Hokage, I remember you."

"You were the one who hit me with that big staff that night, weren't you?"

Kurama glared at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"You... you can talk?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi cried out when he heard the Nine-Tails speak.

He truly hadn't known Tailed Beasts could talk.

"Hmph!"

"Not only can I talk, I can curse you out too."

"You shameless bastard! Look at the state of you. How dare you call yourself the strongest Hokage?"

"Forget Hashirama Senju. Could you even measure up to that kid Tobirama Senju?"

"If Naruto and I didn't get along so well, I'd kill you myself!"

As Kurama spoke, the negative energy pouring off him grew stronger.

An intensely dangerous aura spread through the room.

"Um... Naruto, hurry and send the Nine-Tails back."

Hiruzen Sarutobi panicked at the sight of the Nine-Tails seemingly on the verge of going berserk.

"Okay."

"Kurama, stop yelling at him."

"Hmph!"

"Shameless old bastard!"

"..."

As the Nine-Tails Chakra vanished, Hiruzen Sarutobi wiped the cold sweat from his brow.

For a moment,

he had thought the Nine-Tails was about to break through the seal.

"Lord Hokage, Kurama isn't usually like that. He's normally very polite to people."

Naruto Uzumaki offered an explanation with a smile.

"Enough. Don't say any more."

Hiruzen Sarutobi cut Naruto off, embarrassed.

What did he mean, polite to people?

Wasn't I a person?

Still,

seeing how readily the Nine-Tails obeyed Naruto Uzumaki put Hiruzen Sarutobi at ease.

Naruto had brought the situation under control when the Nine-Tails had nearly gone berserk. Perhaps there was no need to worry about it happening again.

"Naruto, if you and the Nine-Tails are on such good terms, I can rest easy."

"Now that you have this much power, what do you plan to do with it?"

After collecting himself, Hiruzen Sarutobi fixed Naruto Uzumaki with a grave look.

The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki held far too much power. He had to find out what Naruto intended to do.

"Become Hokage and protect the village, of course!"

Naruto Uzumaki answered at once.

"Where the leaves dance, the fire burns on."

"I really like that saying."

The textbook answer.

"Good!"

"Naruto, that's all I needed to hear."

"I believe you'll earn everyone's recognition one day!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi said happily.

All those little talks he had given Naruto every few days hadn't been for nothing.

It seemed

his efforts had paid off.

As long as Naruto believed in the Will of Fire,

Hiruzen would never have to worry about him becoming a threat.

After Naruto Uzumaki left, Shimura Danzō came in.

"Hiruzen, Naruto has made peace with the Nine-Tails. He's become a Perfect Jinchuriki."

"He's too dangerous. You should hand him over to me so I can keep him under control."

Shimura Danzō's voice was cold.

He still possessed one of Shisui Uchiha's eyes.

If he used Kotoamatsukami to control Naruto Uzumaki, a Perfect Jinchuriki,

his power would rise to a whole new level.

"No."

"Root is too dark."

"Naruto has inherited the Will of Fire. He doesn't belong with you."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice turned cold.

"Hiruzen, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki must be kept under control! You're gambling with the entire village!"

"If anything goes wrong, the responsibility will be yours!"

Shimura Danzō raised his voice.

"Danzo, don't try your little schemes on me."

"Remember, I'm the Hokage."