The underground part of the leaf, the root.
A middle-aged man with bandages wrapped around his body and his right eye also wrapped in bandages sat in a chair just like the one in the Hokage's office.
A gloomy atmosphere filled the large room.
"Is that so? Hiruzen made the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki move out to live."
That's right, this is the legendary Nagakage—Shimura Danzo!
In Naruto, whenever there's a scapegoat to blame, they can throw it at him, making him the undisputed king of scapegoating.
In the future, there will also be a great feat of sealing a great bridge by one person, and having no way to insert Susanoo.
However, he is not yet fully capable.
"A, the plan can begin."
The boy kneeling below, wearing a fox mask, hesitated for a moment before nodding.
"yes!"
A, or rather, Tenzo, was puzzled by Danzo's order, but due to the rules of the Root, he obeyed Danzo's command.
Xuejian...
The image of a girl flashed through Tianzang's mind, followed by Kakashi, the current captain of the Dark Guard.
I am merely a root in the shadows of Konoha; all I need to do is obey Lord Danzo's orders.
Tianzang said this to himself, but his hesitant behavior betrayed his wavering heart.
On the east street of Konoha Village, several villagers who had never appeared before and several villagers who had only moved there a month or two ago set up small stools at the crossroads and began spreading rumors.
"Hey, did you hear? The Nine-Tailed Fox didn't die; it just turned into a child."
"Yes, yes, I heard about it. It's said that it did this on purpose to gain sympathy from others, so that it could come out one day and kill us all."
"Oh dear, that damned nine-tailed fox! You should know that my grandparents' unborn son died at its hands."
There was a moment of silence.
"Oh dear, how pitiful! It's all that wretched fox demon's fault."
"That's right, why doesn't it just die? It killed so many people and still wants to live. It will definitely continue to harm people in the future."
"It's all the Hokage's fault. In my opinion, the Third Hokage is already old and was fooled by the appearance of the Nine-Tailed Fox."
Danzo, hiding in the shadows, remembered the name of this Root member and decided to give this clever person a little promotion.
"So what does that nine-tailed fox look like now?"
"Hey, hey, hey, let me tell you, it has now transformed into a little boy, male, with yellow hair and a beard that foxes have on its face!"
"Oh! This is terrifying! I need to tell my husband and children right away that they must stay away from this monster."
"..."
The rumors spread among the crowd.
When Sakura returned home in the evening, she saw her chattering parents and sat down at the dining table.
"Sakura, let me tell you, that nine-tailed fox is still alive."
Sakura's mother, with a serious expression, told Sakura at the dinner table about this important matter that she had just learned through a rumor.
"What!"
Sakura's father's hand holding the wine glass trembled instantly, and the glass fell onto the table.
"Really?"
Little Sakura was a little scared, after all, her mother had been scaring her with the story of the nine-tailed fox ever since she was born.
For example, if you don't go to sleep, the nine-tailed fox will eat you up in the night.
"Really? That fox spirit even transformed into a child to try and gain people's sympathy."
"It's absolutely outrageous!"
Sakura's father slammed his hand on the table. The nine-tailed fox spirit who had destroyed his workplace was still alive and had even transformed into a child to deceive others and gain their sympathy.
Absolutely unforgivable!
"Sakura, if you see a blond boy with fox whiskers on his face, you must stay away from him."
Sakura nodded solemnly, and at the same time, she remembered a little boy with yellow hair she had seen on East Street earlier that day.
At the time, Ino said he kept looking at me. Could he be the nine-tailed fox?
That's absolutely terrifying.
Sakura tucked her head back under the covers and fell asleep in fear.
And what about Naruto, the Nine-Tailed Fox, at this time?
"Rock, paper, scissors!"
"Haha, I won again!"
Naruto burst into laughter.
He defeated Hashirama and Kurama in one fell swoop.
"Quickly, quickly, Nine-Ra, let me touch you."
Because Naruto was so bored, and had even learned how to refine chakra, Hashirama thought of taking Naruto out for some fun.
There were no dice here, and Naruto didn't know how to make them, so they pulled Kurama into playing rock-paper-scissors.
"Wait! Why would I play this kind of game with you!"
Kurama suddenly realized that he seemed to have been led into a pit by Hashirama without even realizing it.
"Hey, Kurama, are you a sore loser?!"
Hashirama looked at Kurama with a disdainful gaze, while Naruto, hiding behind Hashirama, poked his little head out and nodded repeatedly.
"How could I possibly do that!"
Nine-Tailed Buddha hesitated. Although he could directly breach the contract, but...
It can be seen by everyone as the embodiment of evil, but it should never be despised by someone like Hashirama Senju!
A tiny nine-tailed fox peeked out from a corner of the seal.
"I knew you'd kept quite a bit."
Hashirama immediately recognized that this was actually something Kurama had infiltrated earlier.
The great nine-tailed tiger in the cage stopped talking, but the little nine-tailed tiger started speaking.
"Oh..."
Holy crap, a boy's voice!
Hashirama's gaze towards Kurama changed. Was this guy trying to steal Naruto's affections from him?
Naruto's eyes lit up and he pounced on the Nine-Tails.
Please, the Nine-Tails was absolutely adorable when it was little!
Otherwise, the Six Paths Elder wouldn't have given 8 portions of chakra to the other eight tailed beasts, leaving 92 portions for Kurama.
Just kidding, but the Six Paths Elder did give the Nine-Tails the most chakra.
"Hey, that's enough."
The mature voice of the Nine-Tails came from inside the cage, and then the little Nine-Tails' body shrank back into the seal, looking plump and fresh.
"Hehe, so cute."
Three-year-old Naruto said it felt great and he wanted to keep touching it.
"Really."
Nine Lama sighed helplessly.
However, I seem to have fewer negative emotions now.
Is he the child of prophecy?
Of course, that's not the case. It's entirely because the reincarnations of the two Ashuras are here, and they have an innate affinity for the tailed beasts.
Moreover, with Hashirama acting as a powerful figure, Kurama could only open his heart and communicate with Naruto.
Otherwise, he might be suppressed by more than a dozen Myojin Gates and become a heartless chakra provider for Naruto.
"Waaaaah, Naruto doesn't want me anymore."
Hashirama covered his face and shamelessly pretended to cry.
"Oh dear, teacher, don't cry! I need you!"
Naruto panicked. No one had ever taught a three-year-old how to comfort a forty or fifty-year-old man-child.
"Really?"
Hashirama peered at Naruto through the gap in his hand.
"real!"
Naruto said with great conviction.
"I don't believe you! Unless you say that you like your teacher the most."
Hashirama, like a big bad wolf, was luring Naruto.
The Nine-Tailed Fox silently covered its eyes with its tail.
unbelievable.
"Naruto loves Hashirama-sensei the most!"
Wuhu!
"Hahaha, I knew it! How could little Kurama possibly steal my place in Naruto's heart?"
Hashirama happily picked up Naruto, very pleased with his trickery.
Nine-Tailed Fox won't comment much on this. Surely no adult fox would actually get angry with a child?
Although that's what Kurama thought, its other eight tails were flailing around in a bit of annoyance.
"Little Naruto, go to bed early."
As the time drew near, Naruto left the sealed space and drifted off to sleep.