Naruto: Set a goal, conquer the universe.

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"The Nine-Tails' chakra occupies half of Naruto's body." Guy kept his voice down so that it was only loud enough for the three of them.

The expressions of the Third Hokage and Hiashi Hyuga froze.

Chapter 80 The tug-of-war between humanity and bestiality

Deep in Naruto's heart.

There is no color here, only black and white.

He returned to his childhood, before he met Kai and began training.

At this time, he was still all alone.

The surrounding area was full of villagers whose faces were obscured.

Their eyes were bloodshot as they pointed at young Naruto and uttered all sorts of curses and vicious words.

"Yes, it's because of him that the village suffered such a disaster."

"Get out of my way! You wicked fox spirit who brings disaster!"

"It's because of you that my family died that night! Die!"

"Monsters should stay in their cages, why are they wandering around the village!"

"What are you looking at! Get away from us with that disgusting look!"

"The Third Generation Lord is truly foolish; why would he protect such a jinx!"

"Mom and Dad say you're a man-eating monster... Waaah... Go away!"

"Get out of Konoha! You're not welcome here!"

"It's better that this fox demon is dead after all."

Countless distorted and hateful voices crashed against Naruto's mind like a tangible tide.

These words were no longer simple rejections, but contained the purest malice and curses, precisely piercing his deepest painful memories.

Catalyzed by Kurama's negative emotions, these fragments of memory were magnified and distorted infinitely, forming an impenetrable web of hatred that tightly bound Naruto.

He felt his world gradually darken, and the black and white scenes began to be eroded by a viscous crimson.

"Why, why does everyone reject me so much!" Little Naruto clutched his head.

He slowly raised his head, a bewitching red glint appearing in his pupils: "Indeed, destruction is the best course of action. If I destroy everything and kill everyone, no one will say such things about me."

"Since you say I am a fox demon, then I should show you what a fox demon really looks like."

He clutched his head tightly: "No, I'm not some demon fox, I'm human, I'm Naruto Uzumaki!"

Only wild animals act on emotions, but humans do not!

He wanted to be a human being, not a wild beast.

"Don't even think about turning me into a wild beast, you bastard!" Young Naruto gritted his teeth, stood up, and ran away.

He pushed through the crowd and charged forward headfirst. At that moment, he had lost all his strength in reality and all his invincible heroic spirit.

But in this world, only black and white remained; he couldn't see a single color. The villagers with bloodshot eyes seemed to be everywhere, and their vicious curses reached Naruto's ears every moment.

It tempted him to fall into the abyss.

Naruto struggled to stay afloat, but he couldn't escape this predicament; the negative emotions were too overwhelming.

A person can go crazy under the impact of a large amount of negative emotions.

"Naruto's condition isn't good." Sasuke frowned as he watched the crimson chakra, which had initially occupied only half of Naruto's body, begin to slowly invade the other half.

"Then what should we do?" Hinata bit her lip. She was panicking. Naruto's sudden accident left her at a loss. She didn't know how to help Naruto.

“Let’s go inside Naruto’s heart and pull him out!” Sasuke said.

"How do we get in?" Hinata asked Sasuke.

"With my eye technique!" Sasuke's eyes were no longer the three-tomoe Sharingan, but had become the six-star Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Sasuke-kun, are those eyes of yours the Mangekyou Sharingan?" Hinata finally noticed the change in Sasuke's eyes.

“Ah, that’s right. With my newly awakened eye technique: Mind Reflection, let’s enter the depths of Naruto’s heart together,” Sasuke nodded and said.

"Okay!" Hinata nodded without any hesitation.

Sasuke placed his hands on Naruto and Hinata's shoulders, the six-pointed star in his left eye spinning wildly, and a tear of blood trickling down from the corner of his eye.

Nine-Tailed Fox lay on the ground, silently watching everything.

No one knows what it's thinking.

Deep in Naruto's heart.

He was still running aimlessly, but this body seemed exactly the same as his body when he was young. His steps became heavier and heavier, and his strength gradually ran out.

But he dared not stop, because if he did, the ever-present villagers would swarm around him.

All sorts of vicious words will slowly corrupt his mind.

"Should we keep running?" Suddenly, a clear voice came from his ear.

Naruto paused for a moment and turned to look to the side.

A head identical to his emerged from his shoulder, except that its eyes were scarlet.

"What are you?" Naruto asked warily.

"Me? Aren't I you?" Naruto, with his scarlet eyes, smiled at him, and his body slowly struggled out of Naruto's body.

"Why do you keep running away? Why can't you face your emotions properly!" Dark Naruto said, standing in front of Naruto.

“These are just the negative emotions emanating from Kurama. I can’t let them corrupt me,” Naruto said, frowning.

“What a ridiculous idea,” Dark Naruto said with a wicked smile. “Look closely, this is your true emotion!”

"I am the emotion you've been suppressing deep inside!"

Naruto was stunned; he stared blankly at the dark Naruto.

"No one really ignored what they said, it's just that you're strong inside and suppressed everything."

"But why suppress it? Why not let it all out? Why not do something that makes you feel good!"

Dark Naruto placed his left hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"Look closely, my existence proves that all of this reflects your true emotions and thoughts."

“Kill them all, and we’ll stop having these feelings. Once we’ve vented our emotions, they won’t be able to curse us anymore.”

A wicked smile appeared on Dark Naruto's face, which was exactly the same as Naruto's, and his scarlet eyes gleamed with seductive light.

“Yes, stop suppressing it! Admit it, those curses and hatred are part of you.” Dark Naruto’s left hand gripped Naruto’s shoulder tightly, his voice almost a whisper.

"It's not so bad to let loose and become a beast. If we wipe out all those people, the world will be at peace. We're strong enough; you didn't need to endure this suffering."

Naruto was breathing heavily, and a bewitching red light flickered in and out of his eyes.

His trembling hand almost reached out, the villagers' curses echoing in his mind.

"Get out of Konoha!"

"Die, monster!"

These words, fueled by negative emotions, became exceptionally true.

Naruto knew that Dark Naruto wasn't lying; this was the resentment he had suppressed deepest within him.

"I...maybe I really should do this..." Naruto muttered to himself, his body wrapped in crimson chakra threads, as if they were about to tear his reason apart.

The world's black and white boundaries are being rapidly swallowed up by a viscous crimson.

He was torn between his humanity and his animalistic instincts.

Chapter 81 I am Naruto Uzumaki

Dark Naruto's words seem to make sense; as long as one gives up insisting, all hatred will end.

Just as Naruto was about to reach out and accept the darkness, two figures suddenly tore open this gray world, like a crack in the light.

It's Sasuke and Hinata as children!

"Naruto!" Young Sasuke shouted upon seeing this scene.

"Naruto, don't agree to what he said!" Hinata quickly added.

Naruto snapped back to reality, looking at the two in surprise: "Sasuke? Hinata? What are you doing here?"

Dark Naruto let out a low growl, his crimson light blazing brightly: "Shut up! This is our inner world, don't disturb it!"

But young Hinata glared at Dark Naruto instead. She quickly approached Naruto and gently took his hand in hers: "Naruto, don't let negative emotions affect your heart. In my heart, Naruto, you are always positive, persistent, youthful, and hardworking—that's your true nature."

These words flowed into Naruto's silent heart like a warm spring.

Dark Naruto's face twisted in horror at the sight: "Don't listen to them! Release it and destroy everything!"

As a child, Sasuke stared directly at Naruto: "You big idiot, didn't you always say you wanted to be Hokage? Hokage isn't something a wild beast can do! This malice is just a shadow of the past. We'll face it together. Come back."

"Do we really think the shadows of the past are just that—the past? It's our job to settle scores with them!" Dark Naruto said angrily to Naruto.

"If people are forever stuck in the past, how can there be a future!" Hinata glared fiercely at Dark Naruto.

"Naruto may have faced unwarranted criticism when he was young, but in my heart, Naruto has always been so positive and optimistic, and it is this spirit that has inspired me."

"No, it's not just me. I believe others feel the same way. Sasuke, Shikamaru, Choji—they are all Naruto's good friends and brothers. Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, Guy-sensei—they all care about Naruto. He's definitely not alone!" She spoke her heart out loud.

“That’s right, Naruto. Originally, after the massacre of my clan, I should have been completely plunged into darkness. But because you pulled me out of the darkness, I am still in the light. So, are you going to plunge into darkness yourself now?” Sasuke said to Naruto.

Naruto stood there, stunned, his wavering thoughts instantly snapped back to reality.

Hinata's words and Sasuke's trust began to overshadow the black and white scenes in his memory, making the colorful reality of the past seem real.

Behind him, it was no longer just Hinata and Sasuke; other figures slowly began to appear.

Shikamaru, Choji, Kakashi, Guy, Jiraiya, the Third Hokage...

They stood silently behind Naruto, as if offering him unspoken support.

“Yeah, I’m not without beautiful things too,” Naruto murmured to himself. The red in his eyes gradually faded, and color began to appear in the half of the world behind him.

Meanwhile, Dark Naruto's side was still completely black and white.

"Only beasts act on impulse, but I am Naruto Uzumaki, I am a living, breathing human being!" Naruto regained his original energetic self.

Dark Naruto let out a defiant roar as his body began to dissipate: "You can't escape it, negative emotions will always exist..."

"Thank you so much, Sasuke, Hinata. If it weren't for you, I might have really been dragged into darkness." Naruto turned around and gave Sasuke and Hinata a gentle smile.

"Hmph, you idiot, you're just a worrywart," Sasuke said, pursing his lips.

"Naruto is definitely cutest like this," Hinata said, covering her mouth with a smile.

"Cute, huh!!!" Naruto scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

"Alright, let's go out," Naruto said.

Sasuke and Hinata nodded, and the three of them disappeared.

A number of people had already gathered in Naruto's room.

Kakashi, Guy, the Third Hokage, Hiashi Hyuga, and Jiraiya all waited with serious expressions on their faces.

With their knowledge, they naturally knew that Sasuke and Hinata had entered Naruto's consciousness space together.

"What exactly happened? Why was Naruto suddenly invaded by the Nine-Tails' chakra?" Hiashi Hyuga asked with a furrowed brow.

“Given Naruto’s strength, he should have already seen the Nine-Tails, right?” Jiraiya said, looking at the Third Hokage.

The Third Hokage nodded.

"Then, it's possible that the seal inside Naruto has loosened, causing a large amount of Kurama's chakra to leak out, which is why this happened?" Jiraiya offered a guess.

“Naruto himself has started practicing sealing techniques. If there are any problems with the sealing, then Naruto should know.” Kakashi immediately said after hearing this.

"That means Kurama must have used some method to bewitch Naruto!" Jiraiya guessed.

No one could have guessed that Naruto was invaded by Kurama's negative emotions because he planned to cooperate with Kurama to become the perfect Jinchūriki.