Naruto: Naraku Grows Stronger as a Beautiful, Tragic Side Character

Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Catch up on the second part; watch the seventh episode

The teacher for the afternoon theory class was an elderly Ninja, and although he was experienced, his teaching style was incredibly boring, making everyone drowsy.

Naraku had already learned all of this, so he took the opportunity to open a video streaming site and continue watching his show.

The plot at the beginning of the second part of ”naruto” was Senju Tobirama inheriting the position of Hokage.

The God of Ninja, Senju Hashirama, had died, and the other four Great Ninja Villages could no longer suppress their greedy ambitions, starting to make trouble for Konoha in various ways, attempting to find an excuse to wage war and bite off a piece from the Land of Fire, which was rich beyond measure.

Soon, the First Great Ninja War broke out, and Senju Tobirama led Konoha to resist the foreign enemies.

Hidden Mist Village and Iwagakure had always been at odds. As soon as the war began, the Second Tsuchikage Mu and the Second Mizukage Gengetsu died together in a battle. The Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki and the Third Mizukage took over. Ōnoki was the first to propose peace, and so the two sides ceased fighting.

The Second Raikage wanted to ambush Konoha, but Tobirama was no ordinary Ninja. He led the younger generation, headed by Hiruzen Sarutobi, in a desperate counterattack, directly pushing back the Kumagakure forces. It was also in this battle that Tobirama earned the title of ”Ninja World’s Fastest” with his Flying Thunder God Technique.

The Second Raikage, Ai, could only choose to negotiate peace, inviting Tobirama to Hidden Cloud Village to discuss related matters.

However, during the peace talks, the radical Kinkaku and Ginkaku assassinated Ai and led their elite troops to pursue Tobirama.

Seeing no hope of escape, Tobirama decided to stay behind as a decoy and asked the question that Danzo would regret for the rest of his life:

”Who will stay behind?”

While Danzo hesitated, Hiruzen Sarutobi unhesitatingly volunteered. Tobirama then appointed Hiruzen Sarutobi as the Third Hokage, ordered the few members of the escort team to retreat immediately, and stayed behind to cover their escape. He ultimately sacrificed himself heroically in this battle, along with Uchiha Kagami.

Not long after Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to Konoha to inherit the position of Hokage, the First Great Ninja War came to an end.

As the plot reached this point, everyone was deeply saddened by the heroic sacrifice of Tobirama and Kagami, and the bullet comments were filled with cries of grief.

The story continued to progress. Hiruzen Sarutobi took Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya as his apprentices, Danzo established Root, Akimichi Torifu retired, and Utatane Koharu and Homura Mitokado took up positions as Advisor Elders.

The good times didn’t last long; the Ninja World was only stable for a little over a decade before the Second Great War arrived.

This time, the situation was even more severe than the First Great War. The Four Great Ninja Villages successively joined the battle, ganging up on Konoha. Konoha was at one point forced to fight on three or even four fronts, and the situation was precarious.

During this period, Konoha, Sunagakure, and Iwagakure forces engaged in a chaotic battle near Hidden Rain Village. Hanzou, with his powerful strength and poisons, brazenly declared war on the three great nations.

Ultimately, Hanzou and Konoha were the last ones standing in this battle, and Hanzou bestowed the title of ”Konoha’s Three Sannin” upon Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya.

The Third Kazekage originally intended to take advantage of Konoha’s current vulnerability and send the First Kazekage’s son and daughter-in-law to ambush Konoha. However, Konoha still had a trump card: Sakumo Hatake went to meet them in battle, killing the two Sunagakure ambushers, and was known throughout the Ninja World as the ”white fang of konoha.”

This battle was incredibly stimulating, with lightning and sword light merging into one, and the puppet jutsu was both dazzling and eerie, making the audience’s adrenaline surge.

No wonder when Kakashi appeared earlier, some people mentioned Sakumo with such excitement; it was probably this part that garnered him fans.

The Konoha’s Three Sannin retreated from the Amegakure battlefield and discovered three orphaned children—Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan—in the Land of Rain.

Jiraiya noticed that Nagato possessed red hair and the Rinnegan, firmly believing him to be the legendary Child of Prophecy, and voluntarily stayed to look after the three children.

Later, Tsunade’s younger brother Nawaki was killed by an exploding tag, and her lover Kato Dan sacrificed himself, leading her to develop severe hemophobia.

Orochimaru, on the other hand, felt the fragility of life when his apprentice sacrificed himself and decided to begin researching biotechnology.

The Second Great Ninja War ended, and the series gradually drew to a close.

Unlike the hot-blooded, dual-protagonist tone of the first part, ”naruto” Part Two was more like an ensemble drama showcasing the myriad aspects of life. Important characters were as numerous as the stars, each having their moments of glory and screen time befitting their status.

Perhaps because the entire story depicted war, the tone felt heavier than the first part. Chains of hatred bound everyone, dragging the entire world into a quagmire.

However, overall, hot-blooded and exciting battles still predominated, with countless iconic scenes that brought in a massive following. It was also during this period that it was exported overseas, officially becoming a world-class work.

”Black Zetsu and Madara didn’t appear,” Naraku thought silently.

Across hundreds of episodes in both anime parts, neither Black Zetsu appeared before or after Uchiha Madara’s faked death, nor did Uchiha Madara make an appearance, not even a fleeting shot.

Presumably, the animators wanted to find a suitable moment to slowly reveal the schemes of the filial Black Zetsu and Uchiha Madara’s headlong rush down the wrong path.

Naraku had a rough idea... Another busy day passed. Naraku showered and lay on his bed in his room, staring at the ceiling, but in reality, he was accessing the system to go online.

The anime had finally updated with two more episodes. Less than half an hour had passed since their release, and bullet comments and reviews were already flying everywhere.

Clicking on episode seven, the first half showed Minato Namikaze receiving another important mission, scheduled to depart in about a day. At this point, his relationship with Kushina was getting better and better, and they were preparing the equipment needed for the mission together, chatting and laughing as they strolled through the shopping district.

As they passed the Ninja Academy, the two also reminisced about their past together in the same class.

The camera shifted to a classroom in the Academy, where Kakashi was resting his left hand on his chin, occasionally glancing at an empty seat, visibly restless.

”That guy hasn’t come all day. Is he okay?”

[He’s not okay, he’s not okay!]

[It’s over, Naraku can’t even get up for school today.]

[This might be the heaviest Uchiha Shinji has ever hit.]

[Even if it’s to force Naraku to awaken his eyes, that guy is too much.]

The next scene showed dismissal from school. Kakashi left the Academy and headed towards the Uchiha Clan Compound, but then thought that as an outsider, he might not be able to enter. He coincidentally met his homeroom teacher, Teacher Hoshino Akira, who invited him to go on a home visit together, and so the two walked together.

[Teacher Hoshino, you are my god! I’ll never say your battle arrangements are **** again!]

[This is what a responsible teacher is like.]

[So realistic, students skipping class without reason still get home visits.]

[I hope Teacher Hoshino beats up Uchiha Shinji!]

[Not likely, they’re probably evenly matched.]

Hoshino Akira and Kakashi quickly arrived at Naraku’s doorstep. There was no response to their calls, so they cautiously slipped inside.

The entire house was silent, as if no one was home.

Kakashi saw scattered hair in the living room. He turned on the light, and in a messy corner, a thin figure lay slumped.

Naraku, who seemed to have been unconscious for a long time, had disheveled hair, and the bandages from yesterday had come undone. Specks of blood were scattered around him.

The two who had broken in rushed over and were shocked when they saw his injuries. Hoshino, as his homeroom teacher, was even more heartbroken. Without daring to delay, he carried Naraku and hurried to the Hospital.

Upon arriving at the Hospital, he was scolded by a Medical Ninja. Listening to the diagnosis, Hoshino’s face grew darker and darker. His usual kind expression completely vanished, replaced by shock and disgust.

Kakashi had originally thought Naraku was often injured because he was bullied by Clan Member, but reality told him that not everyone deserved to be a father.

[Ah ah ah ah ah Naraku ah ah ah ah QAQ]

[Teacher Hoshino is heartbroken.]

[Not refuting even when being scolded, Hoshino is truly anxious.]

[Kakashi probably can’t even imagine someone would abuse their own child like this.]

[Sakumo was a good father, but Scum Shinji isn’t.]