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Chapter 43 - Chapter 42 Wrath of the Jinchūriki

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"Move. Now."

Naruto withdrew his fist, sparing only a cold glance at the Hyūga gatekeeper who lay crumpled on the ground, coughing up blood. Then, without hesitation, he lifted his leg and kicked the massive wooden gate.

BOOM!

The thick wooden doors, each weighing hundreds of pounds, blasted open, soaring over ten meters before crashing onto the ground in a heap of splintered debris.

Not far away, the watching genin felt their scalps tingle.

Holy…

That was a reinforced wooden gate, built to withstand brute force. Yet Naruto had kicked it away as if it were a toy.

"Naruto… That's insane."

The words came out almost as a whisper, laced with disbelief.

Inside the Hyūga compound, the second gatekeeper finally snapped out of his daze. Ignoring his injured comrade, he fumbled for the emergency signal flare.

With a sharp pull—

BOOM!

A crimson light exploded into the sky.

"INTRUDER! UZUMAKI NARUTO HAS INVADED THE HYŪGA COMPOUND! ALL SHINOBI, LEVEL ONE ALERT!"

Instantly, the compound stirred to life.

Across the estate, Hyūga shinobi halted their training, meetings, and meals, their heads snapping toward the sky. The urgent red glow was unmistakable.

"An emergency alert!?"

"Who would dare attack the Hyūga clan?"

"Could it be Cloud-nin again?! Those bastards still coveting our Byakugan?"

The murmurs of speculation and outrage filled the air. But when the name of the intruder reached their ears, their anger only intensified.

"Tch, so it's that little fox brat?"

"He dares invade the Hyūga estate? Arrogant fool!"

"What does he think he can accomplish here?!"

"Coming for Lady Hinata? Ridiculous. He's not even worth standing in her shadow!"

"Let's teach him a lesson he won't forget."

As the resentment spread, more and more Hyūga shinobi—chūnin, jōnin, and branch family members—gathered in formation, waiting for their so-called "guest."

They had no idea what they were about to face.

Naruto kept walking, his pace unhurried yet utterly unyielding.

Then, he stopped.

Before him, a mass of Hyūga shinobi stood in his way, their white eyes glaring at him with disdain and hostility.

He met their stares with a slow, calculating gaze. His crimson eyes, tinged with an eerie glow, flickered with barely restrained fury.

"...You all want to die?"

A simple question.

Spoken softly.

Yet, in that moment, the Hyūga shinobi felt an inexplicable chill crawl down their spines.

Hyūga Clan Main House – Chief's Office

"Lord Hiashi, there's trouble! Uzumaki Naruto has broken in! He's using Nine-Tails' chakra!"

The panicked cries of the clan's shinobi echoed in the spacious office. Hyūga Hiashi, head of the clan, calmly set down the document he had been reading.

"Calm yourselves," he said, his voice steady. "It's only chakra. There's no need for concern."

"But, Lord Hiashi—"

"Let the elite jōnin handle him," Hiashi interrupted, his tone absolute. "The Gentle Fist can suppress chakra flow. Even if he wields the Nine-Tails' power, sealing his tenketsu will render him harmless. Knock him out and throw him out of the compound."

The gathered shinobi hesitated, but his authority was absolute.

"Understood, Lord Hiashi."

But another voice rose, hesitant.

"Lord Hiashi… Should we really treat this matter so lightly?"

Hiashi's gaze sharpened.

"Uzumaki Naruto is the village's Jinchūriki," the man continued. "And Lady Hinata… well, they're both just children. Isn't it a bit much to separate them so forcefully? What if, when they grow older, they—"

"No."

Hiashi's cold denial was immediate.

"Hinata is stubborn. If she has chosen something, she will not change her mind easily." His voice darkened. "That is precisely why I must put an end to this now."

The Hyūga leader narrowed his eyes.

"You tell me—throughout history, how many Jinchūriki have lived peaceful, long lives?"

The room fell silent.

None.

The fate of Jinchūriki was grim.

Even Uzumaki Kushina, the most perfectly sealed Jinchūriki in history, had perished the moment something went wrong.

Hiashi's fingers tapped against the desk. "Naruto is still a child. But as he grows older, who can guarantee he will not lose control?"

The argument was sound, and yet—

"Lord Hiashi, even so, he has entered the Three-Tails state… Should we truly not worry?"

Hiashi exhaled, a hint of irritation flickering across his face.

"Do not overestimate a Jinchūriki," he said dismissively. "A child like Naruto, even using Three-Tails, would barely match a chūnin. The jōnin assigned should—"

BANG!

The office doors slammed open, cutting Hiashi off.

A bloodied Hyūga shinobi stumbled in, his face pale and stricken with terror.

Hiashi immediately stood. "Riha! What happened?!"

The wounded shinobi collapsed onto one knee, coughing blood.

"Lord… Hiashi…" He gasped for air. "Naruto… he… he… wiped them all out…"

The room froze.

Hiashi's pupils shrank.

"...What did you say?"

Riha choked on his own breath before managing to rasp, "All the jōnin who confronted him… He took them down. Every single one of them…"

And with that, Riha collapsed.

Hiashi felt a strange coldness seep into his bones. He placed the injured shinobi down gently before stepping past the office doors.

His eyes narrowed as he walked toward the training fields.

"This must be a mistake," he muttered to himself.

Even if Naruto had the Three-Tails cloak, he should not have been able to overpower the Hyūga elite. They were seasoned jōnin, skilled in the Gentle Fist, capable of sealing chakra and dismantling an opponent's body with a few precise strikes.

"Impossible," Hiashi said under his breath. "Even if he's strong, he couldn't have…"

But then he turned the corner—

And his breath caught.

It was a battlefield.

Blood-stained the training grounds.

Hyūga shinobi lay sprawled across the field—some were hanging from trees, others half-buried in the dirt, their bodies twisted unnaturally. Some were even floating facedown in the river, their limbs slack.

Jōnin. Chūnin. Branch family members.

They had been crushed.

Decimated.

Hiashi felt a weight settle in his chest.

His Byakugan activated, scanning the field—every single Hyūga he looked at had suffered internal damage from brutal, unrelenting force.

This… This wasn't just the work of a Jinchūriki relying on the Nine-Tails' chakra.

No—

This was a rampage.

A one-sided slaughter.

And at the center of it all, standing alone amidst the devastation, was a single figure.

Uzumaki Naruto.

Wrapped in a shroud of fiery, burning chakra.

His crimson eyes, devoid of warmth, lifted to meet Hiashi's.

And in that moment, Hiashi Hyūga realized something—

This was no ordinary child.

This… was a monster.

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