005. Confronting the Nine Tails Demon Fox

Naruto suddenly understood the moment he saw the huge fox waving nine tails.

"Why, those people would call me Nine Tails," he thought.

"Why, those people would say that I killed the Fourth Hokage."

"Why, those people would hate me so much, a kid who didn't make any mistakes."

"It's really ugly," sarcasm involuntarily appeared on Naruto's small face.

"What do you seem to understand?" the Nine-Tails demon fox asked, lowering his head to look down at the little demon standing in front of the iron gate.

"Um," Naruto nodded, then looked up, staring directly into the eyes of the huge fox in front of him, without fear. He asked calmly, "Are you a Nine-Tails demon fox? Did you kill the Fourth Hokage?"

Without hesitation, Nine Tails admitted, "Yes, I am Nine Tails. The Fourth Hokage died because of me. He sealed me inside your body before he died. That's why the villagers targeted you.

Do you hate them? Do you hate the Fourth Hokage for sealing me inside you?

Do you hate them? Do you hate those villagers who mistreated you?

Come, accept my power. You did nothing wrong, but they were wrong. Use the power I gave you to deal with all these people and cleanse the hatred in your heart."

After their conversation, Nine Tails seemed even more intrigued.

It could sense that the darkness in this little devil's heart was expanding, and the murderous aura within him was becoming more intense.

Correspondingly, Nine Tails' Chakra responded to the darkness, flowing out of the sealed gate and sinking more into Naruto's body.

This Chakra was dozens of times stronger than before.

It was foreseeable that in a short time, this killing intent would break through Naruto's sanity and let him be completely consumed by the desire for destruction brought by the killing intent.

At this moment, Naruto felt like he had returned to that day.

He was allowed to go out for the first time, wanting to find his long-awaited friends to play, but was denounced by everyone as a demon fox, capable of eating people, and being the culprit behind the Fourth Hokage's death.

He tried to explain, but was ignored repeatedly.

They even wanted to kill him.

He knew he had done nothing wrong.

It was the adults who were wrong.

Why were they treating him this way?

"Kill all these people and wash away the hatred in my heart," Nine Tails' words echoed in his ear, like a devil, tempting Naruto to release the emotions in his heart and destroy everything that made him unhappy.

"No, I can't let Grandpa Third Hokage down. He is so good to me; he has done everything to protect the village. I can't deny the world because of some people's mistakes."

Just like when he was previously affected by Nine Tails' Chakra's negative emotions, Naruto offered this reason to comfort himself.

However, this time, it didn't help him maintain his sanity like the last time.

His body began to fill with bleeding red power; this was the Chakra of Nine Tails.

This force wrapped around Naruto, causing the killing intent in his heart to continue to permeate and become more turbulent.

"Come on, accept even more power and destroy everything."

Seeing this, the corners of Nine Tails's mouth opened, and a smile bloomed on her face as she sent more Chakra to Naruto.

When Naruto felt that his sanity had reached its limit, an Analects that he had recently read came to mind.

"Think twice before acting before you can make a decision and then move forward."

At this moment, Naruto thought a lot.

Gradually, Naruto calmed down.

(T/N: Seriously. I wanted some action, anywho the fanfic would have ended here if he unleashed Kurama here.)

With no intent to kill, the blood-red Chakra gradually faded.

At this moment, Nine Tails looked incredulous.

It didn't understand how the kid who was about to lose control regained his sanity at the most critical moment.

Even, in its perception at this moment, the darkness in this kid seemed to have disappeared, and no matter how much it urged Chakra, it couldn't affect him.

"Impossible, kid, how did you control yourself?"

The mountain-like behemoth was shaken, and it couldn't help taking a step back, questioning Naruto.

When looking at the little figure standing in front of the iron gate, its eyes no longer held contempt but became a little dignified.

Only it knew how corrosive its Chakra was.

Even a figure like the Hokage couldn't ignore it, let alone a Jinchūriki kid who had just learned to refine Chakra and was only four years old.

(T/N: Protagonist's luck)

At this moment, this mountain-like behemoth pondered a lot in its heart. It thought of its own childhood and the old man who gave it life and always spoke of love.

Is it love that allows this kid to restrain himself?

Naruto was panting, sweating profusely, as if he had just been pulled out of water.

He stared at the mountain-like behemoth, but at this moment, he had an aura that didn't lose to the other party, and a stubborn smile appeared on his face. "Are you very confused?" he asked.

After a pause, Naruto didn't wait for Nine Tails to answer and continued, "Your offer is indeed very tempting. To kill those ugly people, wash away the hatred in your heart, and be happy."

"But have you ever thought about the consequences?"

"You are locked here, inside my body, which shows that your strength is not invincible. Even if there is no strong person in the village who can match you, there must be ways to restrain you."

"Even if I accept all your power, what can I do?"

"A big killing? Or can't even do that? I could only destroy some insignificant buildings, and then be subdued by them. As a beast, you've had enough of an effect. Of course, others can't help you."

"But what about me?"

"My existence should be like a cage for your beast? Since the cage is broken or has a safety hazard, then the safest way is to change the cage. What happens to me? I made such a big mistake. I might be executed."

"Or, maybe they don't have another cage to replace it. They can only pinch their noses and accept this loss. I won't be executed, but the best result would be to be completely restrained and lose all freedom, right?"

"I don't want to bet. I want to have freedom, become a ninja, a powerful ninja, and then do everything I want to do, not to harm the villagers."

"Those people are indeed very ugly, but the fault is not with me. If I use their mistakes to punish myself and die with them, that would be the most foolish behavior, and I would become a scumbag."

"One day, I will let them feel my pain and understand their mistakes."

"But the time to do this is not now, not with your power."

(T/N: Well, he showed more maturity than Naruto in his whole series)