Naruto: The Brightest Star

Konoha, shopping mall, Uchiha Star's exclusive office...

"Haori, what do you want to do with me? And, did you bump into me just now? How did you do that?!"

Uzumaki Kushina looked at Uchiha Hoshi with some excitement.

"We'll talk about this later."

Uchiha Xing rubbed his forehead helplessly at the focus that Uzumaki Kushina had caught that was a bit off-center.

As for why Uchiha Star can encounter spirits, there is a reason.

Perhaps it was because Uchiha Xing gradually mastered the Senbonzakura, and recently Uchiha Xing often drew skills related to the Kidō.

Thinking that he can now see souls, Uchiha Xing decided to start practicing the ghost way just in case.

With the help of Senbonzakura, Uchiha Xing has successfully controlled his spiritual power.

Now Uchiha Xing can control his own spiritual power, which means that Uchiha Xing can gradually encounter spirits.

Likewise, this also allowed Uchiha Xing to see the soul body more clearly.

For example, what Uchiha Xing saw of Uzumaki Kushina before was somewhat true. Now Uchiha Xing can see Uzumaki Kushina very clearly, including the broken chain of cause and effect on her chest and the gap that appeared.

"Sister Kushina... do you know what that mark on your chest is?"

Uchiha Xing changed the subject and looked at Uzumaki Kushina with a complicated expression.

"Chest?"

Uzumaki Kushina looked down at her chest.

"There's nothing else except this piece of chain?"

Uzumaki Kushina looked at Uchiha Hoshi in confusion.

"some."

Uchiha Xing walked towards Uzumaki Kushina and raised his hand to hook the empty hole on Uzumaki Kushina's chest.

"Well!"

Uzumaki Kushina felt a slight pain in her chest and then quickly stepped back.

"It hurts! What did you do, Haori?"

Uzumaki Kushina asked Uchiha Hoshi in confusion.

"Sister Kushina, your current situation is somewhat dangerous. You are now... hollowing."

Uchiha Xing said with a headache.

"Void?"

Uzumaki Kushina repeated it several times before tilting her head and looking at Uchiha Hoshi.

"what is that?"

"You can think of it as negative emotions such as hatred, sadness, and unwillingness arising in your heart, and those emotions corroding your body, causing you to gradually turn into an evil spirit."

Uchiha Xing thought for a moment and decided to translate in a language that she could understand.

"Oh, evil spirit."

Uzumaki Kushina didn't care about this matter at all.

No matter if it was an evil spirit or something else, he was already dead and couldn't do anything.

That's what Uzumaki Kushina thought.

"Just be a little nervous."

Uchiha Xing rubbed his hair, then said with a headache: "You are now in the process of becoming a hollow. When a complete hole appears in this place on your chest, you will become a hollow."

"What's that?"

Uzumaki Kushina became more and more confused about Uchiha Hoshi's words.

"Hollows can also be called evil spirits. Due to the lack of their chests, they will constantly devour living beings and attack humans to fill the gap in their chests. The first thing they eat is the soul of the person they loved most when they were alive. As hollows, they will only pursue their obsessions and will not care about anything else."

Uchiha Xing's words made Uzumaki Kushina stunned.

"You mean, if I become a hollow, I will eat Naruto!"

Uzumaki Kushina asked Uchiha Star in a daze.

"Yes."

Uchiha Xing said with a headache.

"If I become invisible, then no one will be able to kill me. No one will be able to see me, and no one will know the reason."

Uzumaki Kushina said in silence.

"No, I will kill you. But, if I can help it, I don't want to kill you."

Uchiha Star looked at Uzumaki Kushina calmly.

In the realm of consciousness...

"Senbonzakura, is there really no other way?"

Uchiha Star asked Senbonzakura.

Although Uchiha Xing had read "Realm of Realm", many years had passed and she had long forgotten most of its content.

I only remember the Zanpakutō and a few people who appeared frequently.

"I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do. I'm just a Zanpakutō, and there are many things I can't control. Now I can only try my best to prevent her from having more regrets, so that at least she won't continue to become a hollow."

Senbonzakura said with some regret.

"Then can I send her to the other world, or rather, Soul Society?"

Uchiha Xing didn't want to kill Uzumaki Kushina, after all, she still wanted to use Uzumaki Kushina...

"I'm afraid not. I can't sense the other world yet, so I can't send them there."

Senbonzakura shook her head, denying Uchiha Xing's idea.

"What if I let her become the god of death?"

Uchiha Xing once again proposed a scenario.

"I'm afraid not. There aren't enough spirit particles in this world for soul bodies to use, so it's destined that she won't be able to become a god of death."

"As for why you can use spiritual power, it's because your soul carries a layer of energy from another world. That energy provides you with a large amount of spiritual particles, which are then converted into spiritual power for you to use."

Senbonzakura explained to Uchiha Xing.

The energy from that other world... Maybe it's because I died twice before.

Uchiha Xing sighed silently.

I'm afraid that now all I can do is persuade Kushina to control herself.

In this world...

"Haori... who are you..."

Uzumaki Kushina looked at Uchiha Xing with a complicated expression.

Although I am a little bit insensitive sometimes, it doesn't mean I am a fool.

Uzumaki Kushina could feel that the teenage boy in front of her did not seem to be an ordinary person.

"I am who I am, but why are you feeling hatred?"

Uchiha Xing changed the subject.

Uzumaki Kushina looked at Uchiha Xing for a long time, then said, "Nothing, I just feel angry because of Naruto's current situation."

Forget it, if she doesn’t want to say it, then don’t tell her. Even if I knew, I can’t help Konoha.

"Oh~ Is that so? Indeed, as a mother, who wants to see their children suffer?"

Uchiha Xing sighed, then said: "But, for Naruto's sake, in order to spend more time with him, you'd better reduce your hatred."

Uchiha Star persuaded Uzumaki Kushina.

"I know……"

Uzumaki Kushina smiled at Uchiha Xing and then left.

"Host, I don't understand. This is the time when Uzumaki Kushina hates Konoha the most. Why don't you just win her over instead of trying to persuade her?"

The system's voice sounded in Uchiha Xing's mind.

"Oh? So it's possible? I forgot!"

Uchiha Xing replied to the system as if he had suddenly realized something.

system:……

"Host, can't you just be serious and perfunctory with me? Although I am not a human, I am not a fool."

The system looked at Uchiha Xing's exaggerated performance and raised the middle finger.

"I didn't treat you lightly."

Uchiha Xing refused to admit it.

"Come on, host. Has anyone ever told you that you are contradictory? You clearly love salted fish, but now you have done the most troublesome thing. You clearly say that profit is paramount, but you are always soft-hearted. You clearly only need a push, but you always hesitate at the critical moment."

"Host, you are the most contradictory person among all my hosts. You should know that if you continue like this, sooner or later, you will be killed by your contradictions."

The system said this very seriously.

"Contradiction? Hehehe~ That's what the person said before I died. It's because of my contradiction that I met you here."

Uchiha Xing laughed softly.

"Perhaps this is my biggest shortcoming."

"Host, since you know it, why don't you correct it?"

The system asked strangely.

"Hmm~ maybe it's to prove that I mean it."

Uchiha Xing tilted his head and thought seriously.

"The host had a plan in mind, so why would he turn me on? Host, you are really weird."

The system is becoming increasingly confused about Uchiha Xing.

"I think so too."

Uchiha Xing nodded in approval.

"Wait a little longer, until Naruto is older, and until Karin and the others are more stable. I will abduct Kushina... ahem! Please go to the Land of Rain."

"But host, don't forget that Uzumaki Kushina is now showing signs of becoming a hollow. She may not be able to hold on to the end."

The system reminded Uchiha Xing.

"That's true, so I'll be busy from now on."

Uchiha Xing said as he began to rummage through things in the system space.

"busy?"

The system is a little confused.

"Hmm! I remember I drew a note about soul experiments some time ago. Maybe I can find something related on it."

"If I'm lucky, I might be able to use my spiritual power to help her transform. If not, she can be restored to her original state. You know, she just has this sign, and if we maintain it, she doesn't have to become a hollow."

Uchiha Xing said as he found the notebook.

Fortunately, Uchiha Xing followed Senju Tobirama to do a lot of experiments, and he could understand most of the things in it, and the rest was just practice.

……

"Hmm~ It looks like it's no longer expanding, and there seem to be some signs of healing."

Uchiha Hoshi said as he examined the crack on Uzumaki Kushina's chest.

"Hehe~ It's mainly because of you, Yuori~ If it weren't for you taking care of Naruto over the past two years, I might have gone crazy."

Uzumaki Kushina said with some relief.

Seeing that Uzumaki Naruto was well taken care of by Uchiha Hoshi, Uzumaki Kushina's hatred gradually disappeared, but she still had some resentment towards Konoha, especially Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"it's nothing."

Uchiha Xing waved his hand.

"But speaking of which, why do I feel like the atmosphere in Konoha is a little weird lately?"

Uchiha Xing looked out the window and said something strange.

"Indeed, I've noticed recently that there are too many Uchiha clan members patrolling the streets."

Uzumaki Kushina supported her chin and looked out the window with Uchiha Xing.

"Yes, normally there should be three people in a team, patrolling every three hours. Why are there five people in a team every hour now?"

Uchiha Xing's brows couldn't help but frown.

Something is wrong, very wrong.

Why would Sarutobi Hiruzen and his men let the guards patrol so frequently?