" Senju Kenya."
Kenya even turn his head; he simply waved his hand casually.
"Remember this, kid. If anyone bullies you in the future, just say my name."
"I bet no one in Konoha dares to disrespect me."
These extremely arrogant words echoed through the streets at sunset.
Naruto hugged the giant senbei, repeatedly chewing on the name.
Senju Kenya.
What Haki name!
Just like that uncle's fist, which is harder than steel!
Naruto hastily wiped away his tears.
Then, like a little tail, he followed behind Kenya.
Kenya walked ahead, a white jade pipe dangling from his lips, his pace neither hurried nor slow.
But his Observation Haki, comparable to radar, had already detected the little tail following behind him.
He didn't stop him, but the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.
That blond-haired kid actually has some charm.
Naruto jogged alongside Kenya.
He nibbled on the local specialty rice cracker like a little Nezumi.
They were reluctant to eat it all, fearing that once it was gone, there would be none left.
He looked at her with those sparkling eyes, filled with extreme admiration.
He stared intently at Kenya's exposed, thick, dark-gold-colored arms.
"So big! So hard!"
Naruto stared inwardly at the biceps that bulged high with every step he took.
The lines of those muscles were so perfect, it was like a sculpture!
No wonder the old man could crush that Kumogakure's armor with a single kick.
If only I had such powerful fists.
Those people in the village who bullied him will definitely be scared away!
Just as Naruto was immersed in his boundless reverie about power.
"Bang."
Kenya suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Naruto wasn't paying attention and crashed straight into an "iron wall".
"Ouch!"
Naruto rubbed his nose, which had been hurt from the impact, and looked up.
He then realized that he had bumped into Kenya's thigh.
"You little rascal, why are you following me around like a shadow?"
Kenya turned around and looked down at Naruto.
"I've given you the rice crackers, and I've already given you the name, so why are you still following me?"
"I... I..."
Naruto swallowed nervously, clutching the remaining half of the senbei tightly in his hand.
"Uncle, your fists look really reliable..."
Naruto mustered his courage and shouted.
"I... I want to become as strong as you!"
Upon hearing this, Kenya raised an eyebrow.
"As strong as me?"
He stretched out his large, dark gold hand.
With a "snap".
Without any hesitation, he slapped Naruto on the forehead.
"Kid, getting stronger isn't something you can just talk about."
This seemingly casual slap.
For Naruto, however, it felt like an immense weight.
However.
The moment his palm touched Naruto's forehead.
Kenya's eyes narrowed slightly.
His Observation Haki allowed him to keenly sense the immense, extremely volatile Chakra within Naruto's body, filled with negative emotions.
The power of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
This force is constantly eroding Naruto's meridians, leaving his body in a state of tension and exhaustion.
"No wonder this little brat is so skinny; it's this fox causing trouble."
Kenya thought to himself.
He did not pull his hand back.
Rather, it was a thought.
A trace of extremely faint, yet incredibly pure Armament Haki.
It flowed silently into Naruto's body through his palm.
Armament Haki is a magical power that can capture physical objects and even touch the physical bodies of Logia Fruit users.
The moment this Haki entered Naruto's body.
It completely ignored the obstruction of the Eight Trigrams Seal.
Like autumn winds sweeping away fallen leaves.
It struck precisely the raging Nine-Tails Chakra that was wreaking havoc in Naruto's meridians.
"Buzz--"
It was just a minor tremor.
That violent Chakra that caused Naruto so much pain was like Nezumi encountering its natural enemy.
It shrank instantly, forced back to the deepest part of the seal!
Naruto felt a warm sensation on his forehead.
Immediately afterwards.
An unprecedented and indescribable sense of ease instantly swept through my entire body!
That heavy feeling that had been weighing on his heart for years, making it hard for him to breathe.
That was a constant, dull ache that tormented his meridians.
At that moment, they all vanished without a trace!
Naruto's eyes lit up instantly, like two dazzling blue sapphires.
He stretched his arms and legs and felt as light as a bird.
He even feels like he could run a hundred laps around Konoha right now!
"Uncle! What... what did you do to me?"
Naruto was so excited he was incoherent.
"I feel full of energy! I'm not tired at all!"
He grabbed the hem of Kenya's flashy beach shorts, tilted his head back, and looked up with eyes full of fervor and longing.
"Uncle! Please take me as your apprentice!"
Teach me boxing!
Naruto shouted loudly, his voice echoing through the street.
"I want to be like you, able to punch a door open!"
"I'll punch all those annoying bastards flat!"
Looking at Naruto's overly excited expression.
Kenya rolled his eyes in exasperation and yanked him off his trouser leg.
"Teach you boxing? With your skinny arms and legs, could you even withstand one punch from me?"
Kenya curled his lip.
"Want to be my apprentice? Sure."
He pointed at Naruto.
"Starting tomorrow, run 100 laps around Konoha every day, do 500 push-ups, and 500 sit-ups."
"Come find me again when your muscles can burst through your clothes."
After saying that.
Kenya ignored Naruto, pipe in mouth, and Earth Flow into the gate of the Senju mansion.
"Bang."
The door closed.
Naruto stood outside the door, holding the remaining senbei in his hands.
Not only was he not discouraged by Kenya's rejection, but he was also not discouraged.
Instead, she clenched her little fists excitedly, as if she had been injected with adrenaline.
"One hundred laps, right? Five hundred push-ups, right?"
"You wait, old man! I, Naruto Uzumaki, keep my word. I'll definitely make you take me as your apprentice!"
Naruto turned around with high spirits and ran home like the wind, ready to begin his special training.
At this time.
Inside the complex Eight Trigrams Seal on Naruto's stomach.
In a vast, dark space, like an abyss.
Inside the water dungeon.
A crimson fox spirit, as large as a mountain, with nine tails.
He was resting with his eyes closed.
Sudden.
It suddenly opened its enormous, blood- Red Eye.
A flicker of human-like astonishment and deep bewilderment flashed in his vertical pupils.
Through the cracks in the seal, the Nine-Tails stared intently at the outside world.
Or rather...
It was savoring the strange power that had just invaded the sealed space and forcibly repelled its Chakra.