Naruto Uzumaki is a Rogue Ninja

"Kimura, he kicked you out too, didn't he!"

"No, how could that be? It's just that the captain isn't in a good mood..." Kimura said with an awkward smile, defending Haruki Hyuga.

"Stop calling him captain! The mission failed, the team is disbanded! There's no need for you to respect someone like him!" Hearing Haruki Hyuga's angry roar, they couldn't help but understand, and they all tried to persuade Kimura.

"How pathetic!"

"Kimura," with a sarcastic smile, returned and came into the hospital room, looking at Haruki Hyuga with pity.

"Kimura, don't push it too far!"

Veins bulged on Haruki Hyuga's face. He swung his palm towards "Kimura," but "Kimura" easily caught it.

"Is this your current strength? If you want revenge, this weak power won't be enough."

"Kimura's" eyes instantly turned golden snake eyes.

He opened his mouth wide and bit down on Haruki Hyuga's neck.

"Ughhhhhhh—!"

Accompanied by intense pain, a curse mark appeared on Haruki Hyuga's chest. The curse mark spread outwards rapidly, covering his entire body like flames, finally forming black patterns on him.

"I'll use you as a test subject... I look forward to you unleashing the full potential of the curse mark..." "Kimura," wearing a sinister smile, disappeared.

After experiencing a pain akin to death, Haruki Hyuga found his body filled with immense power, even though that power felt inherently evil.

"Hahahaha! This is power! The power to get revenge! Naruto Uzumaki! I will definitely kill you!!!" Haruki Hyuga, laughing maniacally, punched the wall. His palm-shaped chakra, mixed with the power of the curse mark, shot out with an eerie color.

"Boom—!"

"Hokage-sama! Haruki Hyuga injured the gate guards and escaped Konoha!"

"What?!"

Hearing the news, the Third Hokage's heart sank. He immediately sensed that something had happened without his knowledge.

"Take me to see the injured ninja!"

At the hospital, the gate ninja lying on the hospital bed saw the Hokage arrive and tried to force himself up, but the Third Hokage stopped him.

"Tell me while you're lying down. What was Haruki Hyuga's condition when you saw him?"

"He had a strange curse mark on him, and he was shouting about getting revenge on Naruto Uzumaki. When we tried to stop him, he hit us..."

"Curse mark?"

"It was a curse mark that covered his entire body, giving off a cold, evil feeling."

"Alright, I understand. Rest well and recover."

The Third Hokage pulled down his hat, his gaze grave.

Orochimaru, you must have done something to Haruki Hyuga, haven't you?

Even though you left Konoha, you're still doing things like this...

"Why do I have to wear a skirt! Didn't I tell you not to spend money so carelessly!"

Naruto looked at the skirt she was wearing and then at the exquisitely carved girl in the mirror. Mikoto Uchiha had neatly trimmed her messy golden hair, making Naruto look less like a tomboyish wild child and more like a noble girl, beautiful and cute like a doll.

"Ah~! Naruto is so cute~! I've always wanted a daughter!" Mikoto Uchiha hugged Naruto happily. When she was pregnant with Sasuke, she had wished for a daughter, but ended up having a son. In a way, Naruto fulfilled her regret.

In her inner world, the Nine-Tails, upon seeing Naruto, immediately adopted a defensive stance.

"Who are you?!"

"Huh? Nine-Tails, you're going too far! I'm Naruto!"

The Nine-Tails' eyes widened at Naruto's appearance. It thought that a different Jinchuriki had somehow replaced Naruto without its knowledge.

"Is it really Naruto?"

Her messy hair had become neat and smooth, she was wearing a cute dress, and her face was delicate and rosy. The Nine-Tails sniffed Naruto's scent before daring to believe that this cute girl was Naruto.

Seeing the Nine-Tails' reaction, Naruto, heartbroken, covered her face and squatted on the ground, letting out sobs.

"This is too much! You don't recognize me just because I changed my clothes and dressed up a little, Nine-Tails!"

"Hahaha..." The Nine-Tails chuckled dryly. "Come to think of it, besides you, no one else can come here."

"That outfit really suits you, Naruto!"

The Nine-Tails extended its tail, coiled around the squatting Naruto, and placed her on its head.

Chapter Thirty: The Black Market (1/2)

Walking down the street, Naruto reluctantly tugged at her skirt, her face full of displeasure.

"Wearing a skirt is too troublesome and restricts my movement. Mikoto, let's go back and change into pants before we go out again... I don't want to wear a skirt!"

"But, Naruto looks so cute in a skirt!"

Mikoto Uchiha looked at Naruto with a gentle smile.

"Being cute doesn't fill your stomach."

Naruto Uzumaki gave Mikoto Uchiha a blank look. A skewer of dumplings was offered to her, and Naruto Uzumaki looked up. Seeing Yakushi Nonō, who had gone to gather information, she reached out and took the dumplings Yakushi Nonō offered.

"Naruto Uzumaki, that outfit suits you very well, it's so cute~!" Yakushi Nonō patted Naruto Uzumaki's head.

"So, do you have any news?" Naruto Uzumaki stared at the dumplings in her hand, thinking that she'd tolerate her patting her head in exchange for the dumplings.

"The hottest topic these past two days is that a rogue ninja has appeared from the Konoha Village Hyuga Clan," Yakushi Nonō said with a mysterious smile, intentionally leaving her sentence unfinished, as if deliberately teasing Naruto Uzumaki.

"It's strange that a rogue ninja would appear from the Hyuga Clan~!" Naruto Uzumaki said with a gloating smile, taking a bite of a dumpling. The slightly cool, chewy rice dumpling paired with the sweet sauce was simply delicious.

"The Third Hokage old man is probably going to have a headache~!"

Thinking of the Third Hokage rubbing his balding head with a headache, Naruto Uzumaki's smile widened.

"Oh right, what's the name of that Hyuga Clan ninja who defected?"