Sometimes, most people had a certain habit.
When several facts before them contradicted one another, those involved and even those watching would sometimes rush to find a reasonable explanation in their minds, filling in the gaps until events fit a version they considered perfectly plausible.
Even if that was not what had actually happened.
This was what people commonly called "filling in the blanks."
For example, right now, Naruto could clearly sense that although the many Konoha Anbu had stopped attacking, their hostility remained.
Yet because he sensed no hostility from their leader—the person currently removing his Mask—his mind naturally concluded that this was merely a "misunderstanding" caused by his sudden appearance interrupting an Anbu mission, a meeting, or something of the sort.
Both the earlier attacks and the hostility the Anbu still harbored were simply because that misunderstanding had yet to be cleared up.
And so Naruto instinctively stopped the Flying Thunder God Formula he had been about to activate.
He waited for their leader to remove his Mask, expecting them to talk things over and release the misunderstanding.
After all, they were all comrades from Konoha...
"Naruto! Something's wrong!!"
But a furious roar exploded inside Naruto!
Never before had the Nine-Tails warned him with such urgency!
The instant the Nine-Tails roared, Naruto jolted and immediately realized what was wrong.
True, he could sense no malice from the man before him, but the man had been standing directly in front of the spot where his Flying Thunder God had brought him!
He could still sense the Flying Thunder God Mark, too. Was his Flying Thunder God Formula on this man?
"Sage..."
Mangekyo Sharingan: Kotoamatsukami!
But he was a moment too late. The mask had already fallen away, and on that deathly pale face, a Mangekyō Sharingan with four edges