Сhapter 45

Consciousness returned to me with a roar… It's like I've never passed out. Just one moment of darkness and my eyes open again… But I was in no hurry to move, staring blindly at the ceiling and not having any strength or even the desire to move. There was a ringing emptiness in my head, through which thoughts and memories of what had happened were somehow frankly sluggish. Memories that gave off unpleasant bitterness in my mouth, but which I, with some kind of even emotionless determination, began to analyze.

I wanted to understand exactly when I lost myself, starting to give in to unusual and so alien emotions for me… Anger, rage, and some completely irrational desire to kill, which I did not feel at all right now. And I have never experienced it before, even taking into account the experience of a past life ... Hah, but I was still very recently, a few moments ago, to be more specific, I was following these emotions, weakly aware of what was happening at all.

"I'm going to kill that bastard." I whispered softly into the void, after a few minutes of deathly silence, which I needed to analyze my own memory and realize a rather simple fact ... something clicked in my mind exactly at the moment when I woke up after the first day of the race. Just like that, and together with a light wave of cheerfulness, I began to feel so cool, and the blood literally boiled in the whole body. Emotions at that moment just went berserk… But I didn't pay much attention to it, taking it for granted and blaming everything on fatigue, stress and the teacher pressing us…

Not too typical behavior for me… It's as if all my critical thinking has been beaten off at once. And even if I am unlikely to be able to prove anything, or even just understand exactly how the anbushnik affected me… But I just have to take revenge for this. He acted too brazenly on my mind, which I simply could not forgive, even though I was, in a sense, even glad to learn that there are ways of such influence at all…

Useful information, no matter how you look at it, even if I don't know what to do with it yet… There are no distinct and clear thoughts in my head at all. And in general, I feel as if someone forcibly injected me with drugs, taking advantage of my trust in myself. Which, however, may well turn out to be more than just a feeling. It's not easy to storm me so emotionally.…

Maaa, now I want even more to bury my "teacher" somewhere under the nearest tree. And I don't give a damn about his motives and other nonsense… I feel betrayed and used too clearly. Moreover, in my case, such a cheat was not required. I would most likely have been able to kill a person myself... now I understand this quite clearly, without feeling any remorse about the recent massacre. Those sick bastards killed people and raped women, which means they don't deserve my pity either…

Well, it's not the point, I'm definitely not going to ask myself such philosophical questions right now. I have already decided everything for myself too long ago and resigned myself to the fact that for the sake of my own well-being I will have to shed someone else's blood at some point... And even if the recent experience was quite difficult to digest… But strange sensations from outside at some point still caught up with me, forcing me to distract myself from my own experiences and still focus on the situation around me…

A very strange situation, to be honest... a stone corridor painfully reminds me of some kind of sewer, which could well be true because of a thin layer of water on a smooth stone, or the dungeons of the same ANBU ... Well, at least that's how I imagined a hidden base under Konoha, where they live agents of the special unit. However... there was one catch – I ... clearly felt the space around me.

On some intuitive level, I understood what was over there, around that bend, and where I needed to go to get out of this... maze, thereby leaving the seal. Or, on the contrary, how to overtake the very center of the maze, from which there was something ... bad. It was as if I felt all this, even if I could not fully understand my feelings. Strange feelings, but some thoughts on this matter have already begun to appear in my mind, and a short-term immersion in meditation has generally put all the dots over E…

- I didn't think that I would find myself in the space of my own seal so soon… But it's not bad. I chuckled softly out loud, thereby trying to calm down and tune in to the right mood. Fortunately, the storm of emotions in me has finally subsided, and the recent events have already been... digested by me. Not completely, but I have already managed to calm down, having promised myself to take revenge on my own teacher as soon as I have a good opportunity for this…

Well, or when my strength is enough for his personal murder, which is also possible, especially since a man is unlikely to expect an attack from his student ... Ahem, I'm not thinking about that… You need to focus and clear your mind before meeting the demon fox. And I'm certainly not going to avoid this meeting. Despite the suddenness of the opportunity, I will not miss my chance. Too long ago I started thinking about meeting the demon fox.

- Phew ... - Finishing the "breathing" gymnastics and calming the emotions that had risen in my head again, I exhaled. Although, it is somewhat incorrect to call this feeling breathing. My body is not here now, only my mind and chakra, which calmly supports my existence in this space. I suspect that even the wounds in this place will not be a special problem for me… Well, the usual wounds. I didn't know how the burning chakra of Kuby could affect my mind and me as a whole.

And I didn't want to find out, to be honest. Fortunately, the canon was observed at this moment, and the fox himself, to whom I went out after a couple of minutes of a leisurely step through the catacombs, was locked in a truly monumental cage, whose bars looked more like thin columns. At the same time, the gaps between them were quite sufficient for even the most voluminous person to pass through them calmly… However, I couldn't really see anything behind the cage itself. But even so, I clearly felt someone else's attention from the side that was creeping me up to the very hamstrings.

"I can feel your fear, boy. - A deafening voice rang out on the other side of the bars, making me jump nervously and snarl all over my body… Scary! I can't understand why exactly, but fear literally covered me in waves! And when the figure of... a monster gradually began to loom in the darkness of the cage, this feeling only intensified, forcing me to freeze with my whole body in anticipation… Death.

Yes, death. Even though I understood with my mind that the demon would not be able to break out of prison, but something in me literally screamed about imminent death… Probably, it was my instincts that screamed at me that I didn't have a single chance against such a monster. Just a sneeze from this creature will be enough to end my life, and I'm unlikely to be able to do anything about this fact. The difference in strength is too colossal… The power that I, most likely thanks to the seal, felt quite well, even if I didn't want it.

- Why are you here? Have you come to part with your life, stupid boy? - The monster spoke again, pulling me out of my own thoughts and ... forcing me to collect my thoughts. The fact that I'm still alive, and the beast can only scoff, speaks for itself. He's just a prisoner of my seal, and if I don't decide to release him myself, everything will remain that way… So, my feelings are lying! I have nothing to be afraid of... especially since the fox, it seems, is not averse to chatting with me himself.

- No. - I answered as firmly as I could, while not even trying to hide my true emotions from the demon. Even if I wasn't sure that he could feel them, but in this case I had nothing to hide... Yes, in the first moments, feeling someone else's power and evil chakra, I was scared. But after all, initially I was coming here without evil intentions, I was coming here to talk and talk to a demon. - I came here to get acquainted, fox. I added decisively, seeming to finally cope with the inner tremor and raising my eyes up, straight at the demon.

- HAHAHAHAHAHA! - After a few seconds of silence, wild, barking laughter rang out, from which my "bones" began to vibrate, but I still did not lower my gaze... After the recent "closure" of consciousness, strong emotions were somehow rejected by me. And the fear of the fox had somehow subsided, because of which I could still control myself. - Well, let's get acquainted, boy! - The fox rumbled through his laughter... - Open my cage! And we'll get to know you properly! - The beast roared, rushing up in its cage, and showering me with warm air from the other side…

Well, just like a mad dog, who had a fresh stand twisted in front of his nose, but was never given a taste of it ... Funny.

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Chapter 55 has already been added to busti…

Well, nothing will change for the rest. Chapters will be laid out at the same pace – 5-6 chapters a week. Everything is as usual.