"No good. My chakra flow is being disrupted…"
The blond boy sat by the tree stump, hands in a seal position, but his brows furrowed as he slowly opened his eyes.
Whenever he tried to circulate chakra, a sliver of red chakra would interfere from within his body.
It wasn't much in quantity—but its presence was pure malice and rage. And it always surfaced at the worst moment, throwing everything off.
"…Kurama, huh?"
Naruto's eyes flashed coldly. He closed them again and spoke inwardly:
"Kurama, I've tried to communicate with you for the past five years. I even promised to give you freedom someday."
"You've never replied, not even once—but I believe you've been listening."
"My offer still stands. I don't need your help. All I ask is that you stop interfering. In return, I will give you your freedom."
After saying that, Naruto began circulating chakra again, forming hand seals, attempting to activate one of the forbidden techniques from the Scroll of Seals.
But—the red chakra still interfered.
Naruto's expression turned completely cold. He had officially lost patience with the Nine-Tails.
For five years, he had pleaded with it, cursed at it, even made sincere promises. He thought he'd done more than enough.
And yet this fox never once acknowledged him.
"I'm not the Naruto from the original story. I'm not some master of talk-no-jutsu…" Naruto muttered, rising to his feet.
"But if you think this will stop me, you're dead wrong."
He summoned a surge of chakra, flooding it through his meridians with explosive force, completely ignoring the disruptive red sliver.
At the same time, his hands rapidly weaved through hand seals.
As the final seal was formed, he shouted decisively:
"Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" (Multi Shadow Clone Technique)
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
A series of loud explosions rang out. White smoke burst into the air.
Clone after clone—identical to Naruto—stepped out from the smoke, looking at one another with gleaming eyes.
Seeing the growing crowd of clones, Naruto couldn't help but smile.
"Just as I thought—when it comes to chakra-heavy jutsu like this, your little sliver of chakra, Kurama, is useless."
The Multi Shadow Clone Technique was a forbidden jutsu precisely because it could create hundreds of clones at once.
And the chakra cost was massive.
That tiny bit of red chakra? Like trying to stop a tidal wave with a leaf.
It seemed Kurama heard that comment—because a cold snort echoed through Naruto's consciousness.
"You arrogant brat… don't get cocky!"
The Kyūbi's deep voice rumbled. Clearly, Naruto's success had angered it.
But that was the only thing it said.
No matter how much Naruto tried to engage it afterward, Kurama didn't say another word.
"Such a petty fox…" Naruto shook his head, not bothered at all, and turned his attention back to his shadow clones.
He had created over a hundred of them this time.
He could feel himself controlling them all—as if he had suddenly gained dozens of extra bodies.
He couldn't share vision or thoughts in real time—
But with a snap of his fingers—
BOOM!
One of the clones vanished in a puff of smoke.
Instantly, a brief memory and sensation returned to his mind.
"No real-time syncing… but when the clone disperses, all its experiences come back to the original…"
Naruto nodded with satisfaction.
That tiny flaw didn't matter. What mattered was the cheat-like utility of this jutsu.
With over a hundred clones, it was like having a hundred versions of himself training in parallel.
An absurd boost to his growth.
"No wonder this technique was labeled forbidden. Who wouldn't want a shortcut like this?"
Naruto couldn't help but marvel.
Only someone with his Uzumaki bloodline and status as a Jinchūriki could possibly train this jutsu.
Anyone else—without enormous chakra reserves and extreme recovery—would drop dead from the strain.
Even if they didn't die from exhaustion, the memory overload alone might kill them.
A few minutes passed.
Naruto sat down to refine more chakra.
Meanwhile, his clones scattered across the area—some practicing taijutsu, some rehearsing hand seals, others studying the Scroll of Seals…
Everything was falling into place.
Until—
Naruto frowned, suddenly looking toward the distant shoreline.
He could hear shouting from that direction.
…
"You monster! Where'd you steal that stuff from!?"
"Did you take my family's BBQ, huh? Speak up, thief!"
"Let's teach it a lesson!"
At the edge of the beach, four brats stood in a row, making stupid faces as they jeered at Robin, who was washing dishes nearby.
Robin ignored them and continued scrubbing the tray quietly.
One of the kids picked up a tomato and chucked it straight at her head.
Smack!
The tomato burst against her temple, red juice splattering down her cheek.
"Ow…"
Robin turned toward them.
But instead of backing down, the boys laughed proudly:
"Got her!"
"Monster!"
"Monster!"
"Monster!"
Robin's hands trembled with anger as she raised one to respond with her Devil Fruit ability.
But before she could act—
A door suddenly opened in midair behind the bullies.
"No matter what world it is, there's always some little punks."
The sudden voice startled the kids. They whipped around in fear.
And there—stepping out of the air door—was the blond boy.
Seeing Naruto, they stumbled backward in shock, pointing with trembling fingers.
"M-Monster! Another monster!!"
"Nope," Naruto shook his head with a smirk and raised his right hand at them. "Not a monster…"
"I'm a beast."
"Revolving Door!"
With a flick of his finger, he slid it across the kids' eyes.
Instantly, the sockets and heads of three boys spun like revolving doors, rotating around and around.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!"
They screamed in terror, dizzy beyond belief.
Trying to run, they fell all over themselves. With their vision spinning wildly, they couldn't even stand straight.
They crashed into trees, stumbled into each other, tumbling like drunken clowns.
Watching the absurd scene unfold, the previously frustrated Robin couldn't hold it in anymore.
She covered her mouth, and a laugh slipped out:
"You're all such… silly little idiots…"
(End of Chapter)
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