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Chapter 3 - Shiro's Journey: The Nine-Tails' Path

Year 53: The old man passed away. Before he died, he hoped that you all would find your own way of life.

You bid farewell to the other Tailed Beasts and embarked on a journey.

Due to your immense strength, no one dared to provoke you, and you wandered aimlessly across the ninja world.

Year 60: You met a madman who loved making others dance.

He used his Mangekyō Sharingan to control you, forcing you to wreak havoc in Konoha Village.

Shiro smirked. Uchiha Madara had arrived. Wasn't that the prelude to the iconic scene?

The simulation continued.

Later, a goofy-looking man with long black hair appeared, controlling a wooden mech that crashed through Konoha Village.

He slammed you to the ground with one hand, and with the remaining 999 hands, he began pounding you.

"The Nine-Tails is too powerful. You must be sealed."

That was the last thing you heard before losing consciousness. In your mind, millions of curses flooded your thoughts.

Hiss~

Seriously, all talk, no action. A punch here, a punch there, and you're finished!

"Powerful? What a load of crap!"

Shiro couldn't stop himself from sarcastically commenting.

When you regained consciousness, you realized you were sealed inside Kushina Uzumaki's body.

Staring at the metal sealing door in front of you, your hand instinctively reached for it.

Click!

The sealing door opened, and you excitedly rushed out. But as soon as you poked your head out, you locked eyes with the same goofy man who had previously beaten you.

He pressed you back inside, reinforcing the seal once again.

You repeatedly found opportunities to break the seal and escape, but every time, that same goofy man would catch you, beat you up, and strengthen the seal again.

If it weren't for Kushina pleading on your behalf, you would've suspected you might be beaten to death.

After dozens of failed escapes, you swore to the heavens:

"I won't leave until this idiot dies!"

Eventually, Hashirama Senju, the same goofy man who had repeatedly beaten you, realized that your escape wouldn't result in Kushina's death. He no longer forced you to stay inside her, but he still forbade you from leaving Konoha.

Year 61: Hashirama captured the other eight Tailed Beasts and brought them to Konoha. You couldn't help but show off when you saw them nailed to the cross-like structures.

The other eight Tailed Beasts cursed you out, and the noise woke most of the villagers from their sleep.

Once again, you were beaten by Hashirama, who arrived in a hurry.

Year 63: Hashirama Senju passed away, but during these three years, you and your Jinchūriki, Kushina Uzumaki, developed a deep bond, and you decided to stay in Konoha to accompany her.

Year 69: Kushina passed away.

After her death, you refused to be sealed into another Jinchūriki, and the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, acknowledged that the seal on you was practically useless. He agreed to let you stay in Konoha in your true Tailed Beast form.

Meanwhile, the second Jinchūriki, Kushina's daughter, Mikoto Uzumaki, took care of your daily needs.

Year 73: Mikoto Uzumaki, in a happy mood, came to tell you that she was getting married to the "Yellow Flash," Minato Namikaze.

Year 75: Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage, and Kushina Uzumaki was about to give birth to his first child.

On the night she went into labor, a mysterious man with a single-eyed mask found you and introduced himself as Uchiha Madara.

Uchiha Madara?!

That name was something you would never forget—he was the same madman who enjoyed making others dance.

But you knew that the person standing before you was not Uchiha Madara; he was far different from him.

The mysterious man revealed his Mangekyō Sharingan, intending to force you under his control.

You were caught, but suddenly, a locked door appeared in your mind. After unlocking it, you walked through it.

The mysterious man was baffled as he realized he couldn't control you anymore.

"You call yourself Uchiha Madara?" he muttered in confusion.

Taking advantage of his momentary distraction, you fired a Tailed Beast Bomb straight at his face. However, he easily dodged it.

The man ran away.

You were shocked to learn that this escaping mysterious man had attacked Kushina, who was giving birth.

Though you rushed to her aid, you arrived too late.

Kushina lay dying, and Minato was severely wounded.

Before she died, Kushina asked you to look after her son, Naruto Uzumaki.

You promised to take Naruto as your apprentice and signed a contract with him to become his summoning beast.

With a smile, Kushina passed away.

At least the story was back on track. Fortunately, Minato wasn't dead, and you had only become Naruto's summoning beast instead of being sealed inside him.

What would happen next?

Shiro continued reading.

Year 76: Minato Namikaze fully recovered from his injuries, resigned from his Hokage position, and entrusted the young Naruto to you. He set off alone to find the person who had killed his wife.

The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, resumed his role as the Hokage.

Because many of the village's ninjas were loyal to Minato, Sarutobi repeatedly visited you, demanding that you hand over Naruto so that he could raise him.

You flatly refused.

Year 78: Over the next two years, Minato's loyal ninjas mysteriously began dying or disappearing.

It wasn't long before rumors spread that you were the "Demon Fox," and Naruto was being referred to as the "Demon Fox's son."

The villagers stopped daring to provoke you but started pointing at young Naruto and even threw rotten eggs and vegetables at him.

"Leave, Demon Fox's son. The village doesn't want you!"

Shiro's fury ignited.

He turned to little Naruto and asked, "Do you still want to stay in this village?"

As soon as Naruto said "No," Shiro would immediately take him and leave Konoha behind.

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