Chapter 73

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Sorry for the mistake. I posted chapter 73 in English, but before publishing it, it was automatically translated with Google Translate and published in Spanish. It's now fixed. Enjoy the chapter.

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Naruto walked among the crowd in the stands as they greeted and congratulated him. His face, however, remained completely expressionless.

One man even dared to pat him on the shoulder.

The moment Naruto felt the contact, he didn't hesitate.

"W-what the hell are you doing?! LET GO OF ME!" the man screamed as Naruto twisted his wrist and pushed him a few seconds later, making him fall back onto his seat.

The cheers and congratulations ceased instantly. Silence took over the arena after that gesture.

"Don't touch me," was all Naruto said before sitting down beside his mother, Karin, and Konohamaru.

The same man who had congratulated him was the one who, years ago, when Naruto was just a child, had kicked him out of his shop.

All just for getting too close to the masks he was selling without having money to buy one.

Naruto wasn't going to be tolerant of that kind of scum.

A group of girls sitting behind them let out some giggles upon hearing him.

"He's so cold…" one girl whispered to her friend sitting next to her. "I think I'm starting to like Naruto…"

"Now that I look at him closely, he's actually pretty handsome, don't you think?"

"But who's the older woman sitting next to him? Her hair is weird…"

"And the little girl too. They both look like tomatoes… Must be mother and daughter."

Naruto glared at them while Kushina held Karin back, stopping her from jumping on them.

His mother, already used to situations like that, just laughed it off, treating it as childish nonsense.

She knew better than anyone how cruel children could be.

But Naruto knew that deep down, his mother was furious. She was just trying to act like a role model for him.

Naruto had noticed it.

Had Kushina already realized his contempt for the people of Konoha… and the village itself?

Kushina seemed like she didn't want him to take it out on them.

Meanwhile, Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi were jumping around him in excitement, congratulating him on his match.

"Boss, that was amazing! You have to teach me that attack you used at the end!" shouted Konohamaru, referring to the Rasenringu.

"That's impossible. You have to be a Jinchūriki to use it," Naruto replied, crushing Konohamaru's dreams.

He had no problem teaching him the Rasengan, but the Rasenringu required the Nine-Tails' chakra. It just wasn't a technique Konohamaru could access.

"Then I'll become a Jinchūriki! Just wait, boss, you'll see!"

Naruto smiled, amused by the comment.

"I hope to see that day."

And he wasn't lying. He was genuinely curious about the idea of seeing Konohamaru become a Jinchūriki.

Maybe he should help him achieve it?

After all, Konoha would lose its current Jinchūriki — him — in the not-too-distant future.

"I want to be a Jinchūriki too!" exclaimed Moegi, jumping excitedly.

"M-me too…" added Udon, though with less enthusiasm than the other two.

Naruto looked at them blankly.

He wasn't about to gift Konoha with a whole squad of Jinchūriki.

He was already being generous just by considering helping Konohamaru.

…

Time passed, and Sasuke Uchiha still hadn't shown up for her match.

The audience in the stands was growing impatient with the delay. The complaints grew louder until the crowd started shouting and throwing objects into the arena.

Kakashi appeared beside Naruto, placing a hand on his shoulder.

Naruto had already sensed him approaching, so he didn't even flinch. His gaze remained fixed on the arena.

"The Hokage has summoned you."

Naruto looked at him coldly and frowned.

"If the old man wants to talk, he can come to me. I'm not moving."

He had no intention of getting up to respond to Hiruzen's summons — a man whose days were already numbered.

Kakashi frowned at his response.

"It's an order from the Hokage."

Naruto swatted his hand away, ignoring him completely.

Just as Kakashi was about to insist, something happened in the arena.

Contrary to Naruto's expectations, the proctor, Hayate, didn't postpone the match.

Shikamaru and Temari were supposed to be next, but…

Sasuke finally appeared.

"Ahem. Ladies and gentlemen, the match will begin shortly," Hayate announced to the crowd.

Sasuke suddenly appeared in the center of the arena, with Izuna Uchiha by her side. The two stood back-to-back, as if protecting each other.

Naruto smiled upon seeing Sasuke wearing a sword at her waist.

It was clear that Izuna had trained her in Kenjutsu… among other things.

But what really caught his attention was that Sasuke wasn't using the Transformation Technique.

Sasuke approached Hayate and whispered something to him that Naruto couldn't hear, but he did notice how the examiner's eyes widened in surprise.

"Ahem… Sasuke Uchiha has chosen to fight under the name…" Hayate paused, looking at her again, as if to confirm. "Reika Uchiha!"

Silence fell over the arena.

Sakura blinked in confusion, staring at the girl who had just introduced herself as Sasuke's substitute.

It never even crossed her mind that Sasuke and Reika were the same person.

Even though she knew Sasuke was the last Uchiha in the village, she figured there must be some other explanation.

Shikamaru, on the other hand, who was nearby, looked at the arena with boredom.

He had known for a long time.

"Sasuke has finally shown her true self…"

Next to him, Ino stared in shock.

Unlike Sakura, Ino immediately understood what was happening.

"YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!! WHERE IS MY BELOVED SASUKE?!"

Her voice echoed throughout the arena.

But she wasn't the only one.

"THAT'S MY DAUGHTER! THAT'S MY DAUGHTER! I'M HER MOTHER!" Mikoto stood up from her seat and shouted, eyes brimming with emotion.

Fugaku, beside her, shook his head, slightly amused.

Sasuke —or rather, Reika, a name Naruto had never heard until that moment— looked at her mother, visibly embarrassed.

She averted her gaze just slightly… and there he was: her father, Fugaku.

Reika's eyes lit up with happiness upon seeing him alive.

Fugaku didn't stand up. He remained seated, arms crossed.

But when their eyes met, Reika saw a faint smile on his face.

And that… was more than she had ever received from her father in her entire life.

Moved, she gripped the hilt of her sword tightly.

Fugaku returned the gesture with a subtle nod.

Reika swore to herself that she would defeat Gaara and dedicate the victory to her parents.

She would make them proud.

Reika didn't know her parents were already proud of her — of the woman she had become in their absence.

And no one was prouder than Fugaku, who considered her the future and pride of the Uchiha Clan after discovering she would awaken the legendary Rinnegan, the eyes of the Sage of the Six Paths.

"Look a bit to the right, Reika…" Izuna said suddenly in a low voice.

Reika obeyed her mentor, slightly shifting her gaze to the right.

And then she saw them: Shisui and Izumi.

They had come back to life too?!

A wave of joy swept over her. She had to hold back tears to keep up her strong facade.

Shisui had been like a second brother to her before his death.

As for Izumi… she had always seen her as a sister and believed she would one day become her brother Itachi's wife.

Until that fateful day, of course.

Reika's heart pounded.

In the span of a single day, her family was whole again.

Or almost.

Reika truly believed her family was now complete.

Because she had stopped considering Itachi part of it long ago.

Traitors don't deserve a family.

And he would still die by her hand… sooner or later.

No matter what her parents said to stop her.