The image in the sky has temporarily ended, and the content of today has been quite exciting.
It exposed Naruto's strength and ambition.
Shinigami, Hollow.
These two terms have entered the view of the entire ninja world.
Humanity and souls, two completely different developments, yet they can spawn different powers.
"Which one is stronger, Shinigami or ninja?" This became one of the hottest topics.
Of course, another topic was the level of animosity Naruto holds towards Konoha.
Except for Leaf Village ninja, almost all other ninjas hoped Naruto would defect directly during the Chunin Exams and stab a dagger into Leaf Village's back.
Walking on the streets, Naruto could feel the change in people's gazes.
The sense of disgust returned.
"It's him, Naruto Uzumaki. He's no longer human, is he?"
"He's the son of the Fourth Hokage and his wife. If they knew he abandoned his human identity, they might rise from their graves and die again."
"He's too dangerous. If Leaf doesn't do something, it will be destroyed sooner or later."
"But actually, the connection between the footage and our world isn't significant, right? Didn't the Third Hokage refute that before?"
"It's all Naruto Uzumaki. How could there not be a significant connection? Are you stupid? The Uchiha incident was the same. Everyone said, if not for the footage, our Uchiha here would have been wiped out like in the footage."
"So, the characters inside are quite interconnected. The current Naruto Uzumaki probably hides, choosing the foolish side."
"Hard to imagine. The Fourth Hokage's son turned out to be this deeply cunning."
Hearing these rather loud "whispers," Naruto's heart felt extremely sad.
But he chose to ignore it all.
In the following days, the Third Hokage strictly forbade villagers from discussing Naruto Uzumaki.
The son of the former hero quickly became transparent.
Although the voices speculating conspiracies disappeared, those eyes of disdain became more intense.
Initially, the villagers felt guilty about Naruto Uzumaki.
They believed they misunderstood the hero's son in the past and hurt him with words. During that time, they treated Naruto exceptionally well, trying hard to alleviate their inner guilt.
Even after a casual stroll, Naruto could collect a pile of gifts.
But with the revelation of the footage, everything changed.
The villagers' gazes reverted to disdain, with an added tinge of fear.
They saw Naruto as a venomous snake that could bite them at any time.
"Leaving aside past misunderstandings, Leaf Village raised you after all, harboring resentment isn't good."
All of this made Naruto's life unfortunate, fostering different emotions in his heart.
More and more Naruto Uzumaki decided to abandon Asura's chakra.
And with the disappearance of Asura's chakra, their personalities finally took the right path.
As the villagers said, they truly began to be secretive, burying their hatred deep inside.
There were a few developments in parallel worlds that were more exaggerated, where Naruto Uzumaki, unable to suppress his inner self under the Nine-Tails' provocation, completely went berserk.
Finally, Leaf Village suppressed him completely.
In several parallel worlds, there were Naruto Uzumaki who, after obtaining spiritual pressure, chose to go berserk.
The terror of Nine-Tails' chakra + spiritual pressure almost destroyed Leaf Village.
With one Tailed Beast Bomb, thousands died, and the entire Leaf Village was engulfed in flames.
Leaf Village ninjas poured out, and even Danzo's Root wasn't spared.
But could these ninjas really stop Naruto?
Although Naruto went berserk completely, he didn't.
His body reached a strange state, covered in a red, irritable cloak of chakra, still maintaining a human form, with eyes completely red.
A bit like a perfect Jinchuriki, but even more powerful.
The spiritual pressure inside his body had a marvelous chemical effect, allowing him to use any Ghost Path at that moment.
Naruto Uzumaki began a frenzy of slaughter, fully embracing his inner hatred.
In that battle, Leaf Village suffered heavy losses, the Third Hokage directly fell, numerous high-ranking ninjas were killed, and finally, Naruto was captured, and the Nine-Tails was resealed.
Other ninja villages moved upon hearing this and declared war on Leaf.
Of course, for these Naruto Uzumaki who gained Asura's chakra, this final outcome had nothing to do with Naruto.
Everyone needs to take responsibility for their own choices.
After these days of footage, Naruto's Asura's chakra in his body strengthened a lot, but the gap compared to spiritual pressure was still too significant.
After all, the appearance of the footage was just a few days ago. For Naruto Uzumaki, more time was needed for contemplation.
After once again gaining a series of Asura's chakra, Naruto awakened a new skill.
Dimensional Gate.
The so-called Dimensional Gate is the ability to briefly open a gate within a target's body, which can prompt a character from another world to enter that target's body.
As long as this ability continues to improve, it might even open a dimensional gate to another world.
It could be understood as the basic ability of the Dimensional Gate.
Or it could be understood as adding a character into Naruto Uzumaki's body, similar to the feeling when Aizen suddenly appeared inside Naruto's body.
For Naruto, this was undoubtedly great news. This way, he could create countless other-dimensional characters as Jinchuriki inside himself.
This would allow him to glimpse the mysteries of other worlds, laying a good foundation for his future journey to other worlds.
The next day.
The image in the sky appeared.
[Leaf Village Collapse Plan officially begins, Naruto Uzumaki takes action.]
"Waited so long, and finally it's here!" All ninjas watched with anticipation.
For them, the highlight of the entire collapse plan was undoubtedly Naruto Uzumaki.
Judging from the footage, Naruto was evidently the protagonist.
Most of the content revolved around Naruto.
And Naruto's potential and performance made them deeply curious about him.
Other ninja villages were even more excited, thinking about pulling Naruto Uzumaki to their side.
However, due to Leaf's information blockade, they didn't know the significant differences between their world's Naruto Uzumaki and the one in the footage.
In the footage from the previous days, Naruto's abilities were displayed vividly.
Different from ninjutsu, but an even more comprehensive Ghost Path.
Limitless potential, a Hollow transformation so powerful it's fearsome.
Naturally, there were also eerie and incredibly effective Zanpakuto, "Kazeshini" and "Sakanade."
The footage showcased Naruto's abilities comprehensively.
Naturally, the other villages became interested in Naruto's spiritual pressure.
Some even wanted to become Shinigami themselves.
Just like Oonoki once thought.
"If we could assemble a Shinigami army, they would be unstoppable on the battlefield."
The footage quickly played some events between Naruto and Gaara.
Roughly, Naruto healed Gaara, turning him into a loyal follower.
[Naruto stated his goal: To surpass everything and stand at the top.]
[Naruto expressed his view on Leaf: For me, Leaf is just a passerby. The villagers indeed caused me a lot of harm, but from another perspective, without them, there wouldn't be the current Naruto Uzumaki.]
"My goal is simple, to surpass everything, become the strongest, then change this corrupt world. I hope this world can be full of peace and love."
"Love!!! Because we've endured pain, are we so eager for love? Although Naruto has always hidden his true self, I think we've misunderstood him. His heart is much softer than we thought." These contents from the footage moved countless ninjas.
"Naruto Uzumaki's ambitions have surpassed everyone's. He wants to surpass the ninja villages, no, even the entire ninja world. Does he want to create a new nation?" The Third Hokage frowned, contemplating.
"Naruto Uzumaki has the same kindness as Hashirama." Jiraiya couldn't help but admire as he saw this, his eyes filled with appreciation.
"It should be said that, worthy of being Hashirama's son. No matter what he's been through, his kindness will always exist. Even if this kind of Naruto Uzumaki leaves Leaf, it won't cause any harm to Leaf, right?"
There was a sense of guilt in the heart toward Hashirama, and Jiraiya started to consider what choices he'd make if Naruto left Leaf in the future.
[Leaf Collapse Plan: Orochimaru and Danzo conspire together. Orochimaru plans to assassinate the Third Hokage in advance and disguise himself as the Third Hokage during the Chunin Exams, using ninjutsu to hypnotize ninja and initiate the collapse plan.]
[Main Members of the Plan: Orochimaru, Gaara (Jinchuriki of One-Tail).]
[Purpose: Kill the Third Hokage, letting Danzo take over Leaf's authority.]
The situation exploded, causing a stir throughout the entire ninja world.
Who the heck is Danzo, collaborating with rogue ninjas to mess with Leaf? Ridiculous, it's way out of bounds.
"Impossible, this must be fake. Elder Danzo collaborating like that?" This side of Leaf went into an uproar directly.
"I've seen Elder Danzo, he looks amiable, doesn't seem like such a devious person."
"Danzo looks amiable? Buddy, you might as well donate your eyes."
"I always thought Danzo looked very sinister, didn't expect he would directly plot against the Third Hokage."
"Why is our Leaf so troubled? During the times of the Second and First Hokage, it was relatively united internally. Why has it split like this now?"
"First, mistreating the hero's son Naruto Uzumaki, and then it's the elder seizing power." Someone with understanding raised questions, but soon, they were invited for a talk over tea.
If things went wrong, they might not see the sun for the rest of their lives.
The entire top of Leaf was in disarray.
Especially Danzo and the Third, both looking at each other with suspicious eyes.
Danzo felt somewhat guilty because he indeed had dirty dealings with Orochimaru all along, even involved in planning the Leaf Collapse Plan.
For the Third, it was more about disbelief and anger.
He understood Danzo's desire for the Hokage position, but he also believed their friendship wouldn't push things to an irreconcilable state.
But unexpectedly, he had underestimated Danzo's ambitions. In order to obtain the Hokage position, Danzo directly cooperated to initiate the Leaf Collapse Plan.
Letting the Jinchuriki go berserk in Leaf, even leading to a direct war between Sand and Leaf.
One could imagine, Leaf would suffer massive losses in that battle.
Doesn't Danzo love Leaf? How can he do this?
"Danzo, give an explanation." The Third said coldly, and ANBU ninjas immediately surrounded Danzo.
"Monkey, you know me, I'm definitely not that kind of person." Danzo put on a forced smile, attempting to explain himself.
"I believe you also know, the two worlds are different, so..."
[Extra: Danzo's Ambitions and Conclusion.]
The subtitles overflowed, and Danzo's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
Internally, he was spewing curses at the footage.
What a footage! This might expose everything about himself.
His ambition for the Hokage, even the Sharingan on his hand, might get exposed.
Once exposed, there's no way Leaf would tolerate him.
Seeing the subtitles, the Third withdrew his gaze, his eyes profound. "Look at the contents of the footage. I also hope you're not the Danzo in that footage."
The Third had already made a decision.
Regardless of what kind of conspiracy Danzo had in the footage, after the influence ended, they had to swiftly control Danzo.
They needed to give the villagers an explanation.
Recently, Leaf had already endured too much.
The footage began.
[Danzo, Itachi Uchiha, and the Third were all apprenticed by the Second Hokage.]
They were all enthusiastic about Leaf, but the experienced Second Hokage saw through Danzo's dark side at a glance.
This happened to be the perfect foundation for Leaf's dark side.
During the Ninja World War, when faced with a mission of certain death, Danzo hesitated. That was the moment when the Third stepped forward, passed the Second's test, and successfully became the Third Hokage.
The ambitious Danzo, after becoming an elder, had been making various moves. Especially after establishing Root, he completely transformed into Leaf's darkness.
Various terrifying and bloody scenes continuously emerged in the footage.
Root not only had the best intelligence system in the entire ninja world but also had fiercely loyal ninjas.
For the success of missions, these ninjas spared no means.
All those dirty tasks that couldn't be public were handed over to Root.
It could be said that Leaf's current prosperity couldn't be separated from Root.
Such a leader of Root made people love and hate him at the same time.
When the dark side of Leaf was exposed, the residents wore expressions of disbelief.
In their minds, Leaf was full of light.
As the Third Hokage said, where leaves dance, fire will always continue burning.
The main theme of Leaf should be fire and light, not darkness.
But the fact proved that even Leaf had its darkness.
Their darkness might even exceed that of other ninja villages.
"No ninja village is truly bright. Darkness is everywhere in politics." Other high-level ninjas deeply understood the helplessness of it all.
And in their eyes, Naruto's aspirations seemed foolish and naive.
Where would there be true love? As long as people exist, there will be greed.
There will be death and fear.
Everything Danzo did might seem cruel in the eyes of others.
But in reality, it was quite normal.
[Naruto's appearance made Danzo feel the impulse to take him as an apprentice for the first time. He was moved by Naruto Uzumaki.]
In the footage, Naruto Uzumaki became Danzo's disciple, and after witnessing the darkness of Root, he said something that made everyone contemplate deeply.
"There's no such thing as peaceful times, there's only someone carrying burdens for you."