In Konoha, Naruto lies down

This is the reason why Naruto did not create the explosion but did not stay to explain the situation to the Anbu. The village is leaderless, and the issue of the jinchūriki becomes sensitive at this moment.

After the death of the Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu and Mito Kado En did not continue to hold Sunagakure accountable. Instead, they accepted Sunagakure's surrender and compensation, rectified the morale of the army, and immediately convened an election meeting for the Fifth Hokage.

This is enough to prove that their stance is exactly the same as that of the third generation: a moderate conservative faction. They lack trust in the younger generation and look down on Danzo, their old classmate who does the dirty work.

Simply put, the death of the Third Hokage broke the attitude of the Konoha high-level officials towards the Jinchūriki. Once something happened to Naruto, the high-level officials would have an excuse to hold a meeting and vote on Naruto.

The Third Hokage's opinion was that it was enough to have him, and that the development of his potential as a Jinchūriki should be stopped. The two senior advisors did not trust Naruto, but they also did not advocate handing the position over to someone as ambitious as Danzo.

"Is Lord Haiyi busy recently?" Naruto asked.

"That's right." Ino breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Naruto didn't bother about the maid costume. "Father was always very busy, and he became even busier after the village was destroyed."

"Ino will probably take over your father's job in the future, right?" Naruto asked casually, but slowly moved towards the living room door.

Ino, wrapped in a bathrobe, didn't notice anything unusual. She frowned and thought for a while before speaking.

"should be."

"Do you like this kind of work?" Naruto was barefoot, holding Ino steady while leaning against the wall with a sharp look in his eyes.

There seems to be something outside the door.

He picked up the knife and headed towards the bathroom.

Ino was the only one left in the living room, but she seemed a little distracted. She thought for a long time before she mustered up the courage to speak.

"It's not necessary to take over my father..."

She turned her head sharply, only to find that no one was in the living room. She was stunned for a long moment before she could call out to Naruto.

The bathroom door opened silently, and Naruto, wearing a thin casual short-sleeved shirt, held a knife in one hand and all her clothes in the other.

The black lace panties and the purple slit skirt were mixed together. It was obvious that she had acted in a hurry and had directly taken the underwear and skirt out of the dryer.

Ino's head was buzzing. The dryer didn't stop, it just moved to her brain.

Her face first turned crimson, then quickly puffed up, and before Ino could even speak, Naruto had already predicted what she was going to say next.

abnormal?

The offensive power of this sentence needs to be improved.

If it were any other time, Naruto would have had a quarrel with Ino, but now was not the right time.

Naruto made a hushing gesture with his knife, walked silently to the dazed Ino, pointed at her clothes and then at her body, and said something silently.

"Put it on."

Without even looking at Ino, he silently turned around with his back to Ino, holding the knife, and pointed it at the closed door.

Ino also realized that something was wrong and started to get dressed in the living room.

dong dong dong.

Knock scored twice.

There was no answer from the living room, and this time the knock on the door was very slow.

Naruto's apartment was quite old, and generally no one knocked on his door. It was still daytime, but the light outside was not much brighter than at night.

There is no peephole on the door, so if you want to know who is standing outside, you can only open the door.

Suddenly, a hand grasped Naruto's arm. Ino's profile came into Naruto's sight, a look of extreme worry on her face.

Naruto glanced at Ino, a serious look on his face that was completely different from his usual expression. He took Ino's hand in his own and squeezed it to calm her down.

The door was kicked open with a bang, and the dust on the wall fell off. The figures of Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame appeared at the door, their shadows stretching long in the living room.

"It looks like that brat Nine-Tailed Fox is not at home, Mr. Itachi." Hoshigaki Kisame's teasing voice sounded in the living room, and his gray face hidden under the hat was full of bloodthirsty emotions.

Uchiha Itachi said nothing and slowly walked towards the room.

Outside the balcony, Naruto and Ino leaned sideways onto a tiny raised stone on the outside of the wall, practically clinging to each other. The two were instantly drenched by the heavy rain, and exchanged nervous glances.

Chapter 75 If I Were Eighteen (Please Read)

Naruto could feel Ino's hot breath hitting his neck, and a strong wind mixed with heavy rain was blowing.

The two looked at each other, listening to the footsteps in the living room, their bodies soaked by the heavy rain, their hearts beating wildly as they clung to each other.

Itachi Uchiha's voice was low and full of oppression.

"Kisame, go to the balcony and take a look."

"Okay." Hoshigaki Kisame seemed to be deliberately making a thudding sound as he walked, approaching the balcony step by step.

Naruto's apartment had been renovated, with a wooden balcony floor and a thick glass door separating it from the living room. With a loud bang, the door was yanked open, shattering glass all over the floor.

The sound of heavy rain suddenly became louder, and raindrops rushed into the living room from the balcony, and the grass-green curtains fluttered in the wind.

Hearing the noise, Naruto guessed what kind of mess the glass door had become. He felt distressed for a second but dared not say a word. He was soaked by the heavy rain, cold and heavy, and in his hand he held a knife instead of an umbrella.

Ino was even more frightened by Uchiha Itachi's words. Even though she didn't know who the two people outside were, the heavy feeling of oppression was enough to make her breathless.

A terrifying face that looked neither human nor inhuman appeared outside the balcony. Hoshigaki Kisame's sinister eyes swept around and found that there was no one outside the balcony.

"It seems that the kid ran away again." Hoshigaki Kisame said, retracting his head.

"You can't run far." Uchiha Itachi said expressionlessly, "Don't provoke too many Anbu. Stop before Jiraiya arrives."

"Got it." Hoshigaki Kisame bared his fangs and asked, carrying the large sword Samehada, "There seems to be a woman next to him. Should we kill her?"

"Yeah." Uchiha Itachi left the living room, "I have something to do, I need to leave for a while."

"Mr. Itachi, I'm enough on my own."

"it is good."

........

Downstairs, Naruto was running wildly in the narrow alley with Ino in tow, the heavy rain hitting his face painfully.

There is a complex network of wires overhead, and old electric poles stand obliquely beside the alley wall.

The two of them ran wildly in the rain, their trouser legs had already been soaked. The road in the alley was broken and there were puddles of mud and water everywhere. Ino panted and wiped the rain off her face.

"Naruto, who are those two?"

"Traitor, you're a psychopath!"

"Why...why are you here?"

"The world is so big, it's normal that there are always people who covet my body." Naruto said as he ran.

"But...someone is chasing us."

"Don't worry about him, he chases his own way and we run ours."

"What the hell is that?!"

Naruto pulled Ino and took a quick glance back while running, and saw Hoshigaki Kisame.

"Merceman!!"

"What?" Ino didn't understand, and her strength was rapidly decreasing as she ran.

"Don't worry, he can't catch up!"

"Naruto, I can't...run anymore. You go first! Leave me alone!"

"Damn it!! Then stop talking! Run for your life!!"

Ino was breathing heavily, and she was a little breathless when she spoke.

"Last time you gave me flowers... I was very... happy. That was... the first time I received flowers!"

"It's okay. My grave will grow more in the future. You can pick as many as you like!"

As he spoke, Naruto flung Ino out and slammed his right foot into a puddle, splashing rainwater a meter high. With his back to Ino, he stopped Hoshigaki Kisame from pursuing him.

"Naruto!!" Ino climbed out of the puddle, her face covered with scars.

"Don't come over here!" Naruto shouted with his back to her, "Hide well and stay alive! The Anbu will be here soon!!"

Hoshigaki Kisame slowly approached, carrying Samehada's large sword. His fangs were exposed in the rain, and a teasing expression appeared on his face. Samehada swung the large sword horizontally and chopped it directly.

Naruto subconsciously wanted to dodge, but he moved his eyes back slightly, gritted his teeth and roared as he took the knife.

Uchiha Itachi didn't come!! Please don't let Uchiha Itachi chase me!!

Then you can still live, you can still live.

"Hey." A smile appeared on Hoshigaki Kisame's terrifying face. "Are you planning on doing this for real? Aren't you quite a good runner?"

"Bah!" Naruto didn't say anything, but spat at Hoshigaki Kisame.

Unfortunately, the rain was too heavy and the saliva was knocked to the ground before it could even fly halfway.

Hoshigaki Kisame was not angry but looked extremely enjoying it. His fangs were exposed and the bandage wrapped around Samehada was instantly untied, revealing the sharp barbs.

With a sudden pull back, the katana in Naruto's hand suddenly burst, and his wrist could no longer hold it, and the broken katana was shaken and flew into the air.

Naruto gasped and took out the Flying Thunder God Kunai.

In the distance, Hoshigaki Kisame looked down at the kunai in Naruto's hand. His tall body covered half of the alley, and he spoke in the rain.

"Itachi-san said that everyone has weaknesses."

“To catch a clever mouse, you should catch what it cares about.”

Naruto's heart beat rapidly when he heard this, and his pupils dilated slightly as if he realized something. Without even thinking, he threw the Flying Thunder God Kunai in Ino's direction.

The next second, Hoshigaki Kisame rose from the puddle and appeared in front of Ino, who had no time to escape. Without any fluctuation in his eyes, he raised his big sword Samehada and slashed at Ino.

From the time Naruto and Hoshigaki Kisame fought each other to the time Hoshigaki Kisame used water jutsu to suddenly appear in front of Ino, only half a minute had passed.

"Ahhhhh!!"

Ino had not yet completed her hand seals, and her body was unable to move in the face of the sudden and huge murderous aura. She could only watch as the big sword Samehada chopped down.

The narrow alley was like a ditch, with heavy rain pouring into it madly.

Naruto hunched over slightly, his muscles tensed, his face twisted with rage. The chakra that instantly surged through his body turned the rainwater on his body into steam.

Thirty meters from Naruto, above a puddle, Hoshigaki Kisame, his gaze stern, raised his massive sword, Samehada, ready to strike. Ino sat down in the wet mud, one hand braced against the dirt, the other instinctively held out in front of her.

A Flying Thunder God Kunai pierced through the rainstorm and hovered between Hoshigaki Kisame and Ino.

Two days ago, even when faced with the capture of Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame, Naruto still did not use the power of the Nine-Tails. He did not inform the Anbu because he did not want to hand the initiative to the higher-ups at this sensitive moment.

Danzo still owes him an explanation, and the matter of the Root Ninja is not over yet.

He wanted to wait a little longer, as the future was still long and he only needed to give him time. Naruto could become even stronger, strong enough to refuse any request from the village and strong enough to peel off the Nine-Tails without any injury.

It is not impossible to surpass the sealing technique.

But he never expected that Ino would come. He had been living alone for a few days, waiting for Uchiha Itachi. He even figured out the escape route and arranged the Flying Thunder God.

The Flying Thunder God in his hand, which is not at the maximum level, can only carry him to change positions within a limited distance. Naruto is not a player who can reach the late stage of Yong Dai Mei as soon as he touches Flying Thunder God.

【Flying Thunder God. Second Stage】

In an instant, Naruto used the Flying Thunder God Kunai to change positions, hugged Ino tightly, and completely exposed his back to the chopping sword Samehada.

His eyes turned into blood-red vertical pupils, emitting a cold red light. His voice became hoarse and he roared desperately in the rain.

"Nine! La! Ma!!"

Chapter 76 Sasuke: Me too

The rainstorm seemed to have stopped at this moment, and the surface of the bean-sized raindrops was as smooth and clear as a mirror.

In the dimly lit sealed space.

The small DVD player emitted white noise, and the mountain-sized Ninetales was drowsy. The screen flickered with light illuminating its smooth orange fur.

A roar from Kurama caused Kyuubi to suddenly open his eyes.

It watched in disbelief as the Four Symbols Seal on the door opened inch by inch. It looked down at the pile of DVDs, and then at the sealed door that was about to open.

The Nine-Tailed Fox had a ferocious expression, baring its sharp fangs. It suddenly raised its paw and placed it on top of the DVD player, a hint of hesitation flashing in its large eyes.

"It would be a shame to step on it."