"Uncle, where are we going?"
On the streets of Konoha, Naruto held Mirai's hand and huddled alongside him nervously.
He didn't know why his uncle wanted to take him out all of a sudden.
'Obviously the villagers...'
His sapphire-like blue eyes dimmed in an instant thinking of this.
Mirai rubbed Naruto's hair with some distress, his voice was gentle as ever.
"My dear nephew, you are not a demon fox. Uncle will prove it to you."
"Really, really uncle?"
Naruto raised his head, a glimmer of hope flashing in his dimmed eyes.
Ever since he was conscious, the title "Demon Fox" seemed to have been etched on him.
No matter where he goes, people called him a demon fox and accused him of killing the Fourth Hokage and his wife along with others.
But he didn't know about this people at all.
He had never seen the Fourth Hokage or his wife, nor does know how he killed them.
Now, his uncle said he would prove that he was not a demon fox.
'How will he prove it...?'
Naruto thought timidly in his heart.
Among the pedestrians on the street, some recognized Naruto and raised their fingers to point at him angrily.
"It's the demon fox!"
The moment this phrases sounded, the surrounding villagers immediately turned their attention.
Their face suddenly turned into a disgusted look.
"It's indeed the demon fox. I didn't expect him to dare to come out!"
"Humph! He was the one who killed the Fourth Hokage-sama, his wife, and so many villagers!"
Naruto listened to the voices filled with hate and malice of the surrounding villagers, and his eyes that had just brightened dimmed again in an instant.
'Did I really kill so many people?'
'Am I the one to blame for all this?'
'Maybe I shouldn't live at all...'
The inner pain and self-blame within him surged up like a tide, swallowing up Naruto's fragile heart in an instant.
Suddenly, a gentle force came from his shoulders.
"Naruto, don't listen to those people, you are not a demon fox."
Naruto raised his head and saw Mirai's gentle smiling face. In the eyes of that smiling face, he saw love and kindness that he had never seen before.
"Yes, uncle."
He nodded, feeling strong again in his heart.
Mirai turned around and glanced around at the disgusted villagers with cold eyes.
"If I hear the word demon fox again, don't blame me for my next actions."
His voice was not loud, but the oppression it contained was like a heavy mountain, covering these villagers in an instant.
It was not just simple coercion using chakra, but also using electromagnetic force to control air attraction and compress air density.
All of this made the pressure become even more terrifying!
The people almost couldn't breathe!
Cold sweat broke out on their foreheads, and their adam's apple twitched. The villagers made way by themselves, allowing Mirai to lead Naruto through the middle.
No one dared to speak anymore, and the place was dead silent.
Naruto held Mirai's hand and followed him through the street quietly.
It wasn't until they left that the oppressive feeling lingering in the atmosphere disappeared.
"That guy is really arrogant! Do he still has the village in his eyes?"
"Exactly, we must not allow such a guy to harm the village. We must report it to Hokage-sama!"
"Yes! Let's go and find Third Hokage! There are so many of us, why should we be afraid of him?"
"We must drive the demon fox out of the village!"
The bustling and noisy crowd thought of their cowering look just now, and it made them feel ashamed and angry.
This anger was also imposed on Naruto.
They wanted to find the Hokage and drive Naruto out of Konoha!
In the beginning, it was just this street.
Later, the huge crowd affected other villagers.
More and more villagers joined them.
They shouted slogans indignantly.
"Demon fox! Get out of Konoha!"
"Demon fox! Get out of Konoha!"
The momentum of the crowd was huge.
The gathered curses reached the ears of Naruto in front.
He paused, tears in his eyes.
"Uncle..."
All the villagers in Konoha wanted him to leave the village.
Mirai knelt down and rubbed Naruto's blond hair.
"Don't worry, you are not a demon fox, just follow me."
"Um."
Naruto nodded.
But the loud voice behind him still affected him.
He pursed his lips, trying not to let the tears fall from his eyes.
'Uncle said that a good child should not just cry.'
'He should have the courage to face everything.'
…
"Danzo-sama, there is a problem in the village!"
In a dark alley, Danzo narrowed his one eye slightly when he heard the report from his subordinates.
"What happened?"
"It's about the Jinchūriki. The development of the matter is a bit unexpected. Now the villagers are in highly-agitated-state. They have all united to protest at the Hokage Building to appeal the Third Hokage to drive the demon fox out of Konoha."
"What?!"
Danzo's heart trembled.
How did things develop to this point?
'If all the villagers get into this, things will not end well!'
Those villagers might not know it, but he knows it very well.
Naruto was not a demon fox at all, but the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki.
He is Konoha's most important weapon of war!
For such an important resource, Hiruzen could never drive him out of the village.
If ninjas from other villages find out, they might take Naruto away at all costs.
"Damn! What's going on? Wasn't it planned to just lead public opinion to suppress him emotionally? Why did it turn into a parade?"
Danzo gritted his teeth.
He punched the wall next to him unwillingly.
If the matter becomes such a big deal, if Hiruzen really had to take the blame for such a gaffe.
It wouldn't end well for him either!
"Danzo-sama! It must be Namikaze Mirai...!"
There was a tremor in the voice of the Root member.
"He walked around the village with the Jinchūriki, and it seemed that he was deliberately stimulating the emotions among the villagers."
"Namikaze Mirai! It's you again!"
Danzo's eyes almost turned red for a moment!
…
Konoha Security Department.
Uchiha Police Force.
*Bang*
*Bang*
*Slap*
"Continue to beat them! Until they spill the beans about the mastermind!"
"Please! Don't hit me anymore!"
The few villagers who were brought back were so frightened after they were beaten by the Uchiha members, they all spoke out instantly.
That the group of masked ninjas who appeared during their arrest found them.
How much money was given and what lines they were asked to shout.
They kept no reservations and told everything.
"Sure enough, I guessed it right."
Setsuna's eyes narrowed slightly.
This storm of public opinion came so strangely that even if he found out no one was behind it, he wouldn't believe it.
'The White Fang incident more than ten years ago seems to be the same...'
Just as he was thinking.
"Setsuna-sama, something happened!"
An Uchiha came in to report.
"What's up?"
"All the villagers are marching towards the Hokage Building and want to make the Hokage to expel Uzumaki Naruto from the village."
"What?!"
…
"Drive away the demon fox!!"
"Demon fox! Get out of Konoha!"
"Drive away the demon fox!!"
The parade of villagers grew stronger and louder, and the sound became louder and louder.
When Kakashi on the branch saw this scene, he felt like his head was getting banged by something.
He felt a splitting headache.
"Why did it become like this? We must inform Hokage-sama immediately!"
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