Naruto Uzumaki Is a Rogue Ninja

"Strengthen your own power. I don't think it will be long before they start to act."

Naruto looked at the Nine-Tails seriously. "Honestly, I don't know the other Tailed Beasts. They're just strangers to me. I only want to protect you, that's all."

"Just like me. As we promised at the beginning..."

Naruto reached out to the Nine-Tails, her azure eyes sincere and without any pretense.

"Naruto, I didn't expect you to say such sentimental things."

The Nine-Tails grinned, its ferocious smile looking surprisingly gentle. It extended a claw and touched Naruto's small hand.

"However, Naruto, if you can, if you can help the other Tailed Beasts, I hope you will help them."

"If it's your request, Nine-Tails, I'll try my best, but I can't guarantee anything. I'm too weak right now. If I face any of them, it'll be a death sentence."

"I just said to help them a little. If there's danger, then your life is naturally the most important thing, Naruto! You're my Jinchuriki, don't die easily for other Tailed Beasts!"

The Nine-Tails flicked Naruto's forehead. As expected, Naruto bounced around the cage like a rubber ball, her eyes spinning before falling to the ground.

"Nine-Tails! You're too much!"

Naruto stomped fiercely on the Nine-Tails' tail.

"Hm?"

Naruto suddenly stopped playing with the Nine-Tails. She had a very uncomfortable feeling.

"Naruto, this Chakra..." The Nine-Tails sensed the cold, dark Chakra.

"Nine-Tails, something seems to have happened outside!"

Naruto said, leaving her inner world. A cold, dark, ominous aura continuously emanated from that direction. Naruto immediately ran towards it.

Mikoto Uchiha suddenly saw Naruto run in that direction and followed her.

By the river, a bamboo section filled with water fell to the ground. Yakushi Nonō was being choked and lifted by a hand covered in black Curse Marks.

"Where is Naruto Uzumaki?! Tell me!" The person's face was contorted with rage, their hospital gown stained with blood. Their Byakugan was filled with red veins. It was Haruki Hyuga, seeking revenge on Naruto.

Haruki Hyuga threw Yakushi Nonō into the air and struck her with a palm.

"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!"

"Bang—!"

Yakushi Nonō slammed heavily into a tree trunk, her body indenting. The Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm, empowered by Haruki's Curse Mark-enhanced Chakra, had severely injured Yakushi Nonō with a single blow.

"Cough—!"

A surge of blood rose to her throat. Yakushi Nonō spat out a mouthful of blood. She struggled to raise her hand. An Explosive Tag under Haruki's foot ignited. Before he could react, there was a "boom" as it exploded.

"Hehehe~!"

A strange laugh echoed from the smoke produced by the explosion. A long, slender tail, shimmering with a crystal glow, pierced out from the smoke at lightning speed. Yakushi Nonō only saw a streak of light flash by before a long, slender tail pierced her chest.

As the smoke dissipated, Haruki had completely transformed into a monster. He had clearly entered Curse Mark State 2. However, without the stabilizing medicine, Haruki's Curse Mark State 2 was unstable, causing his already chaotic consciousness to become even more frantic.

Haruki's body was covered in dense scales. On these scales were tiny pores that were difficult to see with the naked eye. With every breath, Chakra surged out from them, forming an aura that burned outside his body, similar to what happened when Super Saiyan transformed in Dragon Ball. On the scales on his head, his left eye, with its black sclera, was revealed.

"Hehehe~! This is my power!"

The tail was pulled from Yakushi Nonō's chest, tearing off a large chunk of flesh.

Yakushi Nonō fell to the ground in pain. Before she lost consciousness, she saw Naruto's golden hair.

"Mikoto, go check on Nonō's condition. I'll handle him." Seeing the distinctive Byakugan, Naruto immediately knew who this monster was.

"Be careful."

Mikoto Uchiha gave a word of caution and ran towards Yakushi Nonō, who lay in a pool of blood.

Chapter 33: Wind Release: Nine-Tails Orb (1/2)

"Naruto Uzumaki!!!"

The moment he saw Naruto, Haruki's last shred of rationality evaporated with the surge of anger and hatred in his heart. His tail turned into an arc and lunged towards Mikoto Uchiha, who was running past.

"The Curse Mark on your body..." So it was Orochimaru, that old toad, who bit him. Why would he bite him for no reason?

Naruto, wrapped in the Tailed Beast Cloak, was faster. She grabbed Haruki's tail but felt her hand grasp empty air. A sharp pain shot through her as Haruki's tail cut her hand open.

Under the effect of the Tailed Beast Cloak, the wound healed rapidly.

Curse Mark State 2, shouldn't it require that stabilizing medicine? Naruto looked at the healing wound on her palm and pointed at Haruki.

"Wind Release: Finger Gun!"

The bullet of compressed wind struck Haruki's body but was blocked by the layer of scales. The power of the Finger Gun only pushed him back two steps. The blade-like storm generated by the diffusion of the Finger Gun cut at his body, making a clanging sound.

Mikoto Uchiha arrived beside Yakushi Nonō and provided emergency treatment, stopping the bleeding.

The power of the Finger Gun alone couldn't penetrate his scales!

"You persistent pest! I shouldn't have let you live back then!"

Naruto crossed her arms, firing compressed chakra bullets of Wind Release from her fingertips in rapid succession.

"Wind Release: Finger Bullet Barrage!"

A tornado composed of countless tiny wind blades engulfed Haruki Hyuga, slicing him hundreds of millions of times in mere seconds!

Haruki Hyuga, sensing the danger, activated Rotation even while unconscious.

Chakra, amplified by the Curse Mark, erupted from the pressure points on his rapidly spinning body, forming a dark purple sphere that shattered the tornado.

Haruki Hyuga roared, immense chakra surging through him. The cold, grim chakra enveloped his body, causing him to spin like a top, firing needle-like chakra from the small holes in his scales.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!"

Using a jutsu that clashed with her chakra nature would greatly reduce its power, but facing the overwhelming rain of chakra needles, Mikoto Uchiha had no other choice.