Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too tsundere

The next second, the grip on his throat suddenly disappeared.

"Cough! Cough cough cough..."

Satsuki fell to the cold ground once again, coughing and gagging violently, greedily inhaling the frigid air. However, this time, the physical pain paled in comparison to the complete collapse of her mental defenses.

Twice in a row, she was easily subdued like an infant, powerless to resist, unable even to injure the slightest bit of her opponent... The despairing disparity in strength completely crushed and extinguished the faint fighting spirit and courage that had just ignited in her heart.

She looked up and gazed down at her sister, looking into her blood-red eyes, which were devoid of any emotion and as deep as a still pool.

The little bit of courage I had earlier had vanished, leaving only the most primal fear of death.

"No...don't kill me..."

Uchiha Itachi stared silently at his sister, who had fallen to the ground and was trembling with fear. There was only one last way to stain those eyes with the blood of hatred.

Her thoughts drifted back to a few years ago, to those peaceful times. At home, after training, at the dinner table, and even during bedtime chats, her younger sister would repeatedly mention, with an impressive frequency, only one name—Naruto.

"I won my taijutsu duel with Naruto again today. He's still clumsy, but he seems a little better than before..."

"Big sister, big sister, do you know that Naruto's favorite shop is Ichiraku Ramen? He took me there to eat, and it was pretty good. Let's go together next time."

"Naruto, he..."

From trivial daily matters to subtle expressions and gestures, everything about that blond boy became a topic of conversation for Satsuki. It was the first and only time Itachi had ever seen Satsuki show such intense attention, dependence, and even a clumsy yet pure admiration for someone outside her clan.

To get the plan back on track, to force those eyes to awaken, this was the only way... Itachi silently chanted in his heart, completely freezing that last bit of reluctance.

Itachi spoke up, "My foolish sister, you are not worth killing."

Having said that, Itachi Uchiha slowly raised the short sword in his hand. This time, the blade wasn't aimed at Sasuke, but rather, steadily and precisely—at the collapsed Naruto!

The blade was precisely positioned a few inches from the heart, enough to cause a horrifying but not fatal wound.

However, all these meticulous calculations were completely incomprehensible to the already broken Zuoyue.

In her field of vision, only one thing was clear and terrifying—Uchiha Itachi was going to completely destroy the last and most important light in her life right in front of her!

Satsuki's breath caught in her throat instantly, her pupils dilating to their maximum, "...No!!"

A scream, almost inhuman, burst from her throat. She lunged forward, but fear and helplessness prevented her from moving an inch; she could only futilely extend her trembling hand.

"I understand! I understand everything! Please! Let Naruto go! Don't hurt him!!"

"Kill me! Take my life for his! Please... Sister... Don't touch Naruto... Please..."

Chapter 95 Opening Eyes

Faced with Satsuki's cries and pleas, willing to give her own life for Naruto's safety, both of them were enduring immense torment.

Beneath Itachi's mask-like coldness, he forced his only sister to make such a desperate choice, a suffocating pain shooting through his heart. But the plan had to be carried out; there was no turning back on this blood-stained path.

She could only bury this pain deeper and arm herself with an even colder demeanor.

At this moment, the one whose heart was in turmoil and who was even feeling a sharp pain was Naruto, who seemed to have lost consciousness and was at the mercy of others.

Even though I'm the one about to get stabbed... hearing Satsuki's words... feels worse than being stabbed! That idiot!

A deep sense of guilt gripped Naruto's heart, suffocating him. Hearing Satsuki's tearful pleas, he regretted his "self-inflicted injury" decision for the first time with such profound regret.

To awaken those damn Sharingan eyes, I had to make Satsuki endure such immense pain and fear, even to make her say such things... I'm such a complete bastard!

Damn it! Why does the Uchiha's power have to awaken in such a cruel way?!

Just as Naruto was overwhelmed by overwhelming guilt and regret, Itachi's cruel voice rang out again.

"Remember this powerless weakness. If you want to kill me... hate me, despise me, and then... live on ugly, wretchedly."

"No...please...stop!"

The next moment—*pfft!*

A completely unexpected, extremely sharp and profound pain suddenly exploded from Naruto's body! The cold metal pierced through his muscles and tissues without any resistance, bringing a terrifying, tearing sensation.

Ouch—! That hurts! This guy! Is he serious?! He's really going all out!

The intense pain almost made Naruto lose his ability to maintain his feigned unconsciousness. He frantically mobilized all his willpower and chakra control skills to suppress his body's instinctive spasms and resistance.

He was doing his best to maintain the stability of the chakra controlling all the [Menma] shadow clones within his body, and he absolutely could not allow all the clones to dissipate due to severe injury.

He must continue to "play" a mindless "hostage" who is being cruelly harmed.

However, all this inner roar and suppressed pain appeared as a completely different scene in the eyes of another person—Uchiha Satsuki.

All she saw was that, without hesitation and with precision, the gleaming short sword was plunged fiercely into Naruto's body!

Warm, bright red blood gushed from the wound instantly, quickly staining Naruto's shirt.

All the sounds around her were instantly sucked away, even the sound of her own heart pounding wildly... All of these things she didn't want to hear or know turned into the sharpest awls, forcibly striking her eardrums and pouring into her already overburdened brain.

So painful.

Disgusting.

Something extremely dark and violent was swelling and surging wildly inside my chest, roaring as it tried to burst out!

anger

sad

憎恶

亲爱

Extreme emotions surged wildly within her, violently assaulting her last line of rational defense, propelling her already shattered spirit toward some abyss—

Om-!

A searing pain, so intense it felt like my eyeballs were melting, suddenly exploded from the depths of my eyes!

The next moment, her black eyes, completely soaked with tears, suddenly turned an ominous crimson color, formed from blood and curses, under the catalysis of extreme emotions.

The power of the Sharingan, reflecting the eye of the mind.

Uchiha Itachi stared intently at those crimson eyes that had finally surfaced, eyes she had longed for.

But in Satsuki's world, everything is different.

The field of vision became clearer than ever before, even able to capture the fine dust in the air and the texture of distant leaves, but the whole world was shrouded in a blood-red filter.

All the confusion, fear, and pleas were utterly burned away in that moment, leaving only an incredibly clear and unwavering thought, deeply imprinted into her soul like a red-hot branding iron—

The policy has been decided.

I know there are things I absolutely must do.

We absolutely must kill Uchiha Itachi.

Kill her! Kill her! Kill her to death! Crush her completely! Burn every single cell that makes up her body with flames! The existence of "Uchiha Itachi" must be completely wiped out of this world!

If I don't do this... I can't avenge the blood feud of my parents and clan, I can't repay the death that Naruto suffered, and I can't quell the hatred in my heart that is enough to burn everything!

Thoughts were completely tainted by a thick, dark hatred.

After killing that guy—let my own filthy body, burdened with too much pain and sin, die too.

A frenzied killing intent intertwined with a self-destructive tendency, and consciousness began to become unstable under extreme strain, with piercing noises starting to intrude into the thought process.

In those ominous scarlet eyes, three jet-black tomoe spun wildly, faster and faster, almost turning into three blurry black shadows.

The surging hatred is like an invisible whip, forcing it to break through a certain limit and transform into a deeper and more powerful form!

Spin! And spin again! It almost completely pulled and merged the three magatama, outlining the prototype of an even more complex and dangerous pattern—

However, at the very last moment before the pattern was fully formed!

"—!"

Her body protested most fiercely! Intense throbbing pain instantly spread throughout her body, and every cell was screaming and disintegrating! Uchiha Satsuki, with her still immature body and far from mature chakra, was simply unable to withstand this terrifying power from the depths of her bloodline that had suddenly awakened and was trying to go even further.

Her vision suddenly went black, all her strength receded like a tide, and a strong sense of dizziness and exhaustion instantly overwhelmed her.

In the last second before her consciousness completely sank into darkness, her Sharingan, which was gradually blurring due to the backlash of power, captured one last image—

On that cold, twisted face that she had sworn to kill at all costs, a crystal-clear tear seemed to be quietly sliding down Itachi's eye.

This was the last thing Satsuki saw before losing consciousness, something she couldn't understand.

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(Sorry, I've found that I tend to write too much about extreme emotions, but the overall style of the book is still light and won't change.)

Chapter 96 Unexpected Variables

Within the sealed space.

The Nine-Tails was lying listlessly on a soft and expansive green lawn. Ever since that brat Naruto used the Eight Trigrams Seal to "improve" its living environment, its cell had changed from a cold and damp water prison to this vast grassland where it could occasionally feel a gentle breeze.

Although it scoffed at the idea, deep down it had to admit that life was much more comfortable now than under the control of those two volatile women, Mito Uzumaki and Kushina Uzumaki.

At least it won't be bound like a dumpling by golden chains all the time. Naruto, that brat, will come in every night and chatter on and on about trivial things, even though its entertainment options are so limited that all it has left is reading the novels that brat writes himself...

But compared to his long and hateful prison life in the past, his current life can only be described as "comfortable".

Just as it yawned, wondering when Naruto would come over to chat with it tonight—

A sudden change occurred!

Woo——!

The once peaceful and serene grassland was suddenly swept by a fierce wind! The illusory sky darkened abruptly, the lush green grass turned yellow at a visible speed, and the scene constructed by Naruto's chakra began to fluctuate violently.

"Um?!"

Nine-Tailed Fox suddenly stood up. What happened? What's wrong with this kid?!

Its gaze suddenly turned to the space directly ahead—the massive iron gate representing the seal. At that moment, the gate was shaking violently, the runes on its panels flickering erratically! This level of tremor meant… the jinchūriki outside was experiencing an extremely intense mental or physical impact, causing the seal to weaken!

In the past, this would have been a golden opportunity that it had longed for! It would have unhesitatingly spread its massive negative emotions and hatred-filled chakra like a plague, frantically bewitching, whispering, and enticing the Jinchuriki to lose their minds in pain and despair, and to tear open this damned seal with their own hands!

But now... worry... a strange and anxious feeling instantly gripped this strongest tailed beast.

Naruto...is he in danger?! Who is it?!

Kurama immediately and cautiously extended a wisp of its chakra, attempting to connect with the outside world through the vibrating sealing gate and sense Naruto's current condition and what he was seeing.

The next moment, an extremely cold and dark chakra fluctuation was clearly transmitted back through the link!

That chakra...?!

The Nine-Tailed Fox's massive body stiffened abruptly, its pupils revealing an expression of extreme disgust, or even... a deep-seated hatred!

This feeling… it was absolutely certain! It was Uchiha! But it wasn't the unpleasant chakra of ordinary Uchiha clan members… this feeling was colder, more sinister, more… familiar!

Damn!

The nine-tailed fox's fangs scraped against the air, emitting a low growl.

It's similar to that bastard Madara Uchiha... the nauseating aura of the Mangekyou Sharingan!

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On the ground, Naruto endured the excruciating pain, desperately pressing his hand against the piercing wound from which warm liquid was seeping. He could feel Itachi Uchiha's gaze still fixed on him, which made him extremely uneasy.

This guy... hasn't he already achieved his goal? Zuo Yue has already opened her eyes and fainted, why hasn't she left yet?

A strong urge made him want to jump up immediately and smash the spiral wheel hard into the other person's expressionless face.

But reason prevailed, suppressing the impulse. To maintain the stability of all the [Menma] shadow clones, he had to expend a significant amount of his mental energy and chakra to suppress the violent fluctuations caused by the severe injury to this "body".

Damn it… the power of [Crazy Diamond] just won't work on me, and what about [Gold Experience]? Create something to stop the bleeding or…

Just as he was enduring the excruciating pain and trying to mobilize the power that created life, an extremely strange yet incredibly warm feeling surged up from the depths of his body without warning!

The feeling wasn't the gentle healing sensation of medical ninjutsu; it was more like an extremely hot torrent, yet carefully restrained by some powerful will, precisely and gently covering his hideous wound.

The next moment, Naruto's eyes widened in astonishment.

He could clearly feel that the burning pain in his wound was rapidly subsiding, being replaced by an indescribable numbness and warmth!

This is……?

Before he could figure out the source of this power, a deep and impatient voice boomed directly into his mind.

"Naruto! Naruto!"