Naruto, whose body was covered in a Nine-Tailed Chakra One-Tailed Cloak, had not fully recovered.
He could only let Uchiha Izumi, enduring the pain in her chest, hold him and flee.
"You'll be fine… I'll hide you in a bit. Don't make a sound, I'll lure it away!"
Izumi's voice was very weak, but full of determination.
Her life had already begun its countdown.
'Great Fox, save her!' Naruto quickly shouted in his mental world.
However, just at this moment...
The crow caught up.
Caw—caw—
The moment she heard the crow's cry...
Uchiha Izumi's pupils suddenly constricted.
Immediately after, she felt the boy in her arms tremble all over.
No!!!
Uchiha Izumi looked back.
The crow that had previously discovered them hiding under the bed had somehow caught up behind them.
Under the Gekko...
Izumi saw the Mangekyo Sharingan in the crow's left eye.
Izumi felt the changes in Naruto in her arms.
At this moment, the Mangekyo Sharingan of the crow behind her also began to rotate its Mangekyo pattern.
Kotoamatsukami!
Uchiha Izumi seemed to sense it.
She only felt a suffocating tightness in her chest!
Instantly, the blood overflowing from the wound behind her became more torrential.
Caw—
The amplitude of her heartbeat became increasingly small.
Uchiha Izumi could already clearly feel the breath of death.
When she looked back again, she saw Naruto's eyes were vacant.
No!!!
Uchiha Izumi's pupils constricted sharply.
It was all because of her… If she had insisted on staying then… No, if she hadn't gone to Naruto's house, none of this would have happened.
Sensing Naruto's Chakra becoming chaotic...
Uchiha Izumi's eyes turned crimson, and her Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun wildly.
At this moment, she only felt dizzy, and her breathing became difficult.
No! I can't fall yet!
With a push of her feet, Uchiha Izumi's speed increased significantly.
She didn't notice that the Nine-Tailed Chakra Cloak on Naruto's body was slowly covering the knife wound on her back with Chakra.
And just at this moment...
Uchiha Izumi, on the verge of collapse from guilt and self-blame, heard Naruto's faint and urgent voice.
"Put me down… You hurry to Konoha Hospital… There might still be a glimmer of hope… Hurry! I'll be fine… Stay away from me…"
As his voice fell, the crow behind them, Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan, slowly devolved back into a Sharingan.
Whoosh—!!!
Naruto suddenly widened his eyes, his pupils continuously dilating.
Strange sounds suddenly appeared in his mind, as if they possessed magic, constantly eroding his brain.
'Protect Konoha… Be absolutely loyal to Konoha…'
'Protect Konoha! Be absolutely loyal to Konoha!'
'Protect Konoha!! Be absolutely loyal to Konoha!!'
'…'
This voice grew louder and louder.
Naruto only felt his head heavy.
The world before his eyes turned dark, and the whistling wind and Uchiha Izumi's voice gradually faded away.
Only that constantly resounding, magical voice remained.
Gradually, Naruto felt that he should act according to the content of this voice.
That was the right thing to do.
Uchiha Izuna: This is bad!
Uchiha Izuna: This Kotoamatsukami… I'm afraid it's a genjutsu like Izanami!
Senju Tobirama: Damn it, the inherently evil Uchiha!
Uchiha Izuna: Shut up!
Senju Hashirama: No, that child Black-Framed Naruto won't be so easily controlled by Kotoamatsukami.
Orochimaru: "Indeed!"
Orochimaru: "Black-framed Naruto-kun has his own way of dealing with this kind of whisper-like ability, just watch."
Orochimaru clenched her fists, her palms sweating with tension.
But she still looked at Naruto in the black-framed big screen with firm resolve.
Caw—
Uchiha Izumi's psychological defense completely collapsed.
She suddenly felt that Naruto in her arms had become somewhat unfamiliar.
It was all because of her… If it weren't for her… This child would definitely grow up strong and not be exposed.
The next instant...
Uchiha Izumi's head felt as if it had been hit hard.
Buzz—
The Gekko shone down, and Uchiha Izumi slightly raised her face.
Her Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly.
Then, the three tomoe smoothly connected.
Mangekyo Sharingan!
As if sensing something, Uchiha Izumi pressed her forehead against Naruto's.
The patterns in her eyes were still spinning wildly.
Uchiha Izumi gazed into Naruto's vacant eyes and whispered, "Naruto, wake up."
And at this moment...
Naruto was still in his mental world.
"Impossible!"
"Genjutsu… No, this is a power more overbearing than genjutsu… Forced brainwashing!"
Because he had resisted the whispers in his mind, Naruto had a certain resistance.
That's right!
whisper!
As the thought arose...
Suddenly, a familiar whisper echoed in Naruto's ears.
'Have great love… No matter what those villagers did to you, forgive them, treat those villagers like family.'
Long-lost, the whisper appeared.
Naruto's heart filled with joy.
Using the whisper to counter this forced brainwashing genjutsu seemed to be effective!
Wait!
'Have great love!! No matter what those villagers did to you, forgive them!! Treat those villagers like family!!!'
'Protect Konoha!!! Be absolutely loyal to Konoha!!!'
The two voices 'fought'!
Naruto only felt a splitting headache.
He clutched his head, grabbing it tightly.
The two voices grew louder and louder, as if they would pierce his eardrums.
Buzz—
Finally, only the sound of ringing in his ears remained for Naruto.
His vision blurred.
Suddenly...
He noticed his fingernails growing longer and longer.
But he couldn't see his own eyes.
At this moment, his eyes had transformed into fox-like vertical pupils again.
"Brat!"
"Stupid brat!!"
"What kind of genjutsu is this?"
"Brat! Wake up!!"
In the Sealing Space, the Nine-Tailed was frantically pacing.
It could sense that Naruto seemed to be undergoing a battle of cognition and spirit.
It must be related to that crow.
But the Nine-Tailed couldn't think of how to help Naruto, so it had no choice but to continue providing Chakra, after all, it had nothing else in abundance but Chakra.
Great Fox?
Naruto was stunned.
His heart was a little moved.
The Great Fox had helped him several times today.
Since that was the case, he should all the more not lose!
With this thought, Naruto began to try to control the whisper.
It didn't take long for him to sense that special Chakra in his mind.
At the same time, he also discovered another Chakra.
That Chakra was very unfamiliar.
Naruto knew that it was the Chakra that was attempting to forcefully brainwash him.
He unhesitatingly controlled the whisper to attack it.
However, to Naruto's surprise, the forced brainwashing Chakra, which had been very powerful just moments ago, suddenly became weak.