"Shut up!"
Naruto's lowered head snapped up.
Anger burned in his blue eyes.
Although Kurama had indeed attacked the village, someone else had controlled him and made him do it.
He had made up his mind to clear Kurama's name!
How dare he, how dare he say that.
"I can't be bothered to reason with you. You don't deserve to hear it!"
Blue chakra gathered in Naruto's left hand, and a ripple of air spread out a moment later.
An extremely ominous premonition rose in Mizuki's heart.
Something's wrong!
Mizuki immediately hurled his Fūma Shuriken, acting entirely on instincts left over from the battlefield.
Although a long time had passed, that reflex still saved Mizuki's life.
He had not even considered whether the Fūma Shuriken he threw would kill the Jinchūriki and cause the Nine-Tails to rampage.
But he had no time to think about that, either.
The sound of shattering steel rang through the forest, followed by a tremendous rush of wind as fragments of the Fūma Shuriken shot into the ground.
Demon fox!
Only then did Mizuki realize that Naruto had shattered his Fūma Shuriken with nothing but his fist.
"Hey, Naruto, you all right?"
Kurama's voice came from the Sealing Space.
"Want my power?"
Drops of blood dripped from Naruto's left hand, and the scent of blood spread across the ground.
"Thanks, but I want to do this myself this time."
Naruto spoke to Kurama.
After all, this was a promise between him and Kurama.
"Don't worry. I'll definitely become Hokage, then tell everyone in the village that Kurama is a good big fox!"
Naruto shook the blood off his left hand. It had already stopped bleeding, and the new skin looked rather tender.
"Damn demon fox!!!"
Mizuki leaped into a tree, then flung several shuriken toward