Compared to Naruto, who was busy trying to suppress his laughter so as not to laugh out loud on the spot, compared to single-mindedness. Mizuki, who thought he was in control of everything, began to feel impatient as time passed minute by minute.

After all, according to Mizuki's original plan, after working tirelessly to inform the whole village, the culprit who stole the Book of Seals was the reincarnation of the nine-tailed demon fox that everyone hated - Naruto Uzumaki. All Mizuki has to do is to kill Naruto and Iruka, who know the inside story, with their own hands. Then, while hiding the corpse, he used the basic camouflage effect of the transformation technique to transform into Naruto's image, and then fled from the Konoha Ninja Village with the book of seals snatched from Naruto's body!

In this way, under Mizuki's conjecture...... Even after the incident is over, when you think about it, some people will vaguely notice that something is wrong. But no matter how you guess and ponder, the identity of the main culprit will definitely fall on Naruto's head! Even in order to lead all the dirty water and black cauldron to Naruto as much as possible, even let himself wash away all the suspicions on his body. Mizuki was even more ready, and while killing Naruto and fleeing as Naruto, he faked an accident - that is, he disappeared without a trace, but in fact, in this incident, Naruto, who was so emotional that he exposed the nature of the demon fox, was killed by his own hands! And after the event is over, it will be logical that Mizuki, who doesn't have much presence on weekdays, will disappear from now on, and study and practice all kinds of forbidden ninjutsu recorded in the Book of Seals with peace of mind!

Because of this, whether Mizuki can completely solve Naruto and Iruka, who know the truth, on the spot before the others arrive, has become the most important key link in this interlocking plan. So much so that Mizuki, who seems to be like a cat and mouse, has become restless in his heart at this moment, but in the face of this situation of racing against time, as if he has been climbed and eaten by thousands of ants. Even the hypocritical smile that he tried to maintain on his face was replaced by a cold appearance with a bit of disgust and hatred as his true nature gradually revealed in the passage of this minute and second.

"There was no movement...... Naruto, do you think I'm deliberately lying to you, just like Iruka said? ”

The sooner you get the Book of Seals, the sooner you can let go of your hands and feet and solve these two hidden dangers in front of you...... Driven by this thought, Mizuki, who had not been able to get Naruto's response for a long time, had no patience to continue waiting. Then, after rolling his eyes a few times, he pretended to spread his hands generously while staring at Iruka's frightened and angry gaze, and without waiting for Iruka to speak, he said in a strange voice with a good old man who thought about Naruto.

"Hmph, that's it...... In order to show my sincerity, I will make an exception and tell you the content of this truth in advance......"

"Say no more! Bastard! I'm telling you to shut up——! ”

At the same time, when Naruto took the initiative to bury his face in his back, Iruka did not look back in time, and he could clearly feel the subtle movements that Naruto revealed in this silence. So much so that when Naruto's body trembled with hard work due to his efforts to hold back his laughter, and mistook Naruto's vague guess of the truth, his emotions were about to go completely out of control, and when he faced Mizuki's dissuasion and insisted on telling the "truth", although his throat had become much hoarse under the continuous roar, he still roared with all his might, trying to interrupt and cover up the words that Mizuki spat out as much as possible.

You must know that most of the people in the village are misled by the rumors deliberately spread by Danzang, and they only know that Naruto is the reincarnation of the nine-tailed demon fox, but they don't know at all that Naruto has actually been forced to become the new human pillar of the Nine Lamas since the day he was born, which hides the truth...... It seems to be unremarkable, and even both parents died at the hands of the Nine Lamas, but it is one of the few in the entire Konoha Ninja Village that has completely accepted Naruto's existence!

After all, in the case of having a similar childhood between Iruka and Naruto, let the three generations of Hokage judge that even if Iruka is not like Fugaku and others, who fully know Naruto's background, he will definitely gradually understand and accept Naruto's existence in the process of getting along with Naruto. And then before the start of the school class, Iruka was specially arranged to go to the freshman class, and the three generations of Hokage, who served as Naruto's homeroom teacher, asked Iruka in advance to take good care of Naruto in the form of vaccination.

Because of this, Iruka did not have any contact with Naruto like the others, and everyone hated and disgusted Naruto. And in the process of getting along day by day, the "demon fox monster" who is sure that everyone is afraid of is actually just an ordinary child who is silent in the class and likes to be naughty at the same time, and because of Naruto's recent attempt to attract the attention of others through pranks, this deliberately playing the clown to please others, evoking the resonance of his childhood memories, it is no longer because of the orders of the three generations of Hokage, but completely driven by personal will, and wholeheartedly cares for and cares for Naruto.

In other words, for Iruka, who in a sense, can almost be counted as playing the important role of Naruto's father...... Naruto couldn't bear the blow brought by the exposure of the "truth", and he had a nervous breakdown, and even went down the wrong path completely, which was a picture he didn't want to see no matter what!

"No matter who it is, you are never allowed to mention it in front of you, you are the demon fox who was sealed by the four generations of Hokage in that heroic story...... And this is an order that everyone in the village must obey, but you alone do not know! ”

"Naruto! Cover your ears and don't listen to that guy's nonsense! ”

In this perennial relationship, driven by the instinctive desire to protect, Iruka saw that he could not stop Mizuki at all, so he clenched his teeth and restored his hoarse voice to its previous gentle and kind appearance as much as possible. While facing Naruto, who had not spoken for a long time behind him, he comforted and admonished him word by word.

"All he did was to get the Book of Seals in your hand...... So, no matter what he says, don't take it to heart! He ......"

"Huh? Hey, is that really good? Iruka...... I'm not lying, I'm telling the truth. ”

It's a pity that before Iruka could finish his words, Mizuki interrupted Iruka's follow-up words with a cold snort. Then, under Iruka's tearful glare, he shrugged his shoulders towards Iruka as if he was sorry, and the smile that appeared on the corner of his mouth became more and more unscrupulous, and at the same time, he coldly mocked that he was trying to protect Naruto's Iruka from beginning to end.

"Besides, you know that, Iruka...... The imp you're protecting now destroyed our village in the first place...... The demon fox monster who killed your parents! ”

"No...... It's not ......"

"What? Iruka...... The enemy who killed your parents is right next to you. But do you have to choose to forget this uncommon hatred and protect this monster that everyone hates to the bone? ”

"Shut up...... I'm telling you to shut up! Mizuki! ”

"Then again...... Naruto, Naruto, you're really sluggish enough. Aren't you surprised that everyone in the village hates you so much? ”

"Don't listen to his nonsense, Naruto!"

Seeing that Mizuki insisted on telling Naruto the "truth" that Naruto was the reincarnation of the demon fox to Naruto in person, despite any dissuasion, the worry and uneasiness brewing in Iruka's heart suddenly became more and more vigorous. Then, after confirming that Mizuki could do anything to get the Book of Seals, he decisively gave up the useless idea of continuing to preach to people, and began to sort out the logic of his speech, turning his head to calm Naruto's emotions.

"You're ...... Oops——! ”

"Uhhh——!h

It's a pity that before Iruka could finish the words that came to his lips, he keenly sensed that something was wrong from Naruto's strange appearance with his little head drooping. And then at the moment when Iruka's secret path was not good, Naruto, who had always been silent, instantly erupted with an extremely domineering and cold orange-red chakra on a huge scale visible to the naked eye! Immediately when he suddenly raised his head, Naruto, whose eyes were scarlet, let out a deafening roar like a wounded beast! So much so that all of a sudden, when this roar spread out, this forest, which should have been in a comfortable and silent atmosphere, suddenly became a chicken and a dog jumping!

And in this chakra, whether it is the cold and uneasy feeling that gives people, or the violent aura that can be vaguely felt like a beast, it is exactly the same as the nine-tailed demon fox that Iruka saw with his own eyes when he was a child! So much so that Iruka can be completely sure that the current Naruto is definitely because he can't stand the blow of this "truth", so he is too emotional, and unconsciously collides with the seal forged by the four generations of Hokage, and falls into a dangerous state that is about to completely go out of control!

"Hahaha——! See, Iruka! The eyes of that little ghost are the eyes of the demon fox monster that raged in the village back then! ”

Of course, compared to Iruka, who had a more and more nervous expression on his face after seeing Naruto's violent tendencies. Mizuki, who was watching from afar, laughed out loud while secretly breathing a sigh of relief. Immediately, with the yin and yang strange words on the side, he continued to stimulate and mock Iruka. On the one hand, because he thinks that when Naruto's emotions are out of control, Iruka's attention is attracted by Naruto, it is definitely the best time to solve the two! And silently moved his palm slightly, slowly covering the Wind Demon shuriken bound on his back.

"Sober up, Iruka! No matter how much you protect that little imp...... No matter how much he disguises himself, in the end, he is still the monster who is easy to get out of control after all! ”

"Shut up...... I'm telling you to shut up! Mizuki! ”

Facing Naruto's long roar in the sky, the bursts of monstrous anger mixed with it made Iruka can't help but feel more and more sorry for Naruto, and at the same time, he secretly hated his powerlessness. And under Mizuki's cold mockery, almost without thinking about it, he turned his head and retorted unceremoniously in a cold voice.

"If it weren't for you bastard talking, how would Naruto be ...... Dangerous ——! ”

It was precisely because of this subconscious move that Iruka hurriedly saw some despicable little actions made by Mizuki at this critical juncture. And in the case of the alarm bell in his heart, Iruka didn't have time to think about whether Naruto, who was emotionally out of control, would really transform into the nine-tailed demon fox of the year to hurt himself. Driven by the instinct to protect Naruto, he suddenly shouted in his mouth while reflexively flying towards Naruto in desperation!

Obviously, knowing his own strength, Iruka soon realized that he would never be able to beat Mizuki without being armed. In addition, in this hurry, due to the emptiness of the terrain, there was no time to find cover to hide, so Iruka immediately thought of using his own flesh and blood to act as a solid and reliable shield for Naruto after knocking Naruto down!

"Humph! It's all dying, and you're still trying to protect that monster...... It's okay that I won't have to spend time dealing with you after I get rid of that stinky little ghost. ”

At the same time, after seeing Iruka's actions, instead of showing a look of annoyance, Mizuki raised the corners of his mouth slightly, making the rotation speed of the Wind Demon Shuriken in his hand speed up a few points again. Then, when he wielded this huge iron weapon vigorously, he took off his hand in the direction where Iruka and Naruto were, so that this huge wind demon shuriken, while driving a sound of breaking the air, flew straight towards Iruka mercilessly with strong impact and cutting force!

"Take your ignorance and ignorance with you, and go to another world to regret it, Iruka!"

"Tsk, is that the end of it...... I'm so sorry, Naruto, for letting you be such a useless teacher as me......"

Perhaps it is because when people are dying, they will stimulate more potential, so that Iruka can clearly feel the rapid approach of the Wind Demon Shuriken in this lightning and flint, even if he does not look back. And at the same time that the corners of his mouth showed a wry smile, he subconsciously lowered his head a little and looked at Naruto, who was firmly protected by himself under the fluttering action.

"I hope my body can withstand this attack......

"At the very least, let Naruto ...... It's good to survive unharmed! ”

(End of chapter)