Repay Kindness with Resentment, with What Then Is One Repaid?

"Where the leaves dance, the fire burns. The firelight will continue to illuminate the village, and let the new leaves sprout."

This sentence is the core content of the Will of Fire.

It speaks of abandoning the prejudices of family and clan, protecting the compatriots of the village, and the selfless dedication to ignite oneself like Konoha to take care of future generations. It pursues peace and a beautiful future where everyone in the village loves each other.

This spirit, called the Will of Fire, is inherited from Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village.

Naruto understood that Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, hoped that he could also possess this spirit.

Naruto, who had always been taken care of by the Third Hokage, also hoped that he could possess such a spirit and love everyone in the village.

However, reality does not allow it.

Naruto asked himself, he had done nothing wrong, but he was treated coldly by almost all the villagers, and even shouted to kill him.

If it weren't for the Third Hokage's protection, Naruto might already be dead.

Even with the Third Hokage's protection, his normal life was affected. Even if he had money in his hand, no one was willing to sell him anything, and he was ignored by everyone.

Under such circumstances, Naruto had no way to agree with the so-called Will of Fire.

Repay kindness with resentment, with what then is one repaid?

Naruto strongly agreed with this saying from the Analects.

Requite resentment with justice, and kindness with kindness, is the way of a gentleman.

At this moment, Naruto didn't know what attitude he should take towards those villagers who treated him coldly in the future.

But to love them as described by the Will of Fire, Naruto definitely couldn't do it.

After putting aside the book Will of Fire, Naruto flipped through the other books one by one, all of which were of great interest to him.

Compared to those historical stories that happened in another world, the history and geography of the world he was in were more attractive to Naruto.

However, what made Naruto even more interested was the content of the books Chakra Refinement Detailed Explanation, Three Body Technique, Basic Body Technique Training Methods, and Shuriken Throwing from Beginner to Mastery.

These books contain knowledge on how to become a ninja.

In the environment he lived in, there were ninjas everywhere, and the games that children usually played were also ninja games, so Naruto inevitably yearned to become a ninja.

"Although I don't know what I will do in the future, becoming a ninja and having enough power to survive is the foundation of all dreams. The Third Hokage said that he will no longer give me living expenses after I graduate from the Ninja Academy."

With this thought in mind, Naruto opened Chakra Refinement Detailed Explanation.

Although he had never entered the Ninja Academy, Naruto still knew that Chakra was the foundation of becoming a ninja.

"Chakra is a powerful energy extracted from the 130 trillion cells in the human body, mixed with physical energy and mental energy. It is the foundation of all ninjutsu and taijutsu. The refinement method is..."

Opening the book, it clearly stated the essence of Chakra.

There were also practical contents such as meridians, acupoints, the essence of cells, and the general direction of how to improve Chakra. Finally, it described some specific methods of refining and applying Chakra.

As he continued to absorb this knowledge, Naruto felt as if a door to a new world had been opened before his eyes.

Causing him to be unknowingly immersed in it.

By the time he finished reading, it was already evening.

Unprecedentedly, Naruto didn't go out in the evening. After quickly solving his dinner, he picked up Chakra Refinement Detailed Explanation and continued reading.

Soon, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and Naruto finally finished reading this Chakra Refinement Detailed Explanation.

"Okay, I'll try to refine Chakra for the first time, and go to sleep whether I succeed or not."

After washing up, Naruto sat cross-legged on the bed, cheered himself up, then closed his eyes and sat in meditation, entering a state of concentration according to the method recorded in the book, and began the first process of refining Chakra.

Then, he fell asleep...

His body curled up into the quilt unconsciously, the expression on his face became peaceful, and his breathing gradually became even.

The Anbu responsible for monitoring and protecting Naruto shook their heads when they saw this, and thought to themselves: "After all, he is just a child. Quietly refining Chakra is still too difficult for a Jinchuriki of this age."

However, when no one noticed, earth-shaking changes were taking place in Naruto's body.

Strands of blue energy gathered and generated in Naruto's Meridians, and then began to flow rapidly throughout his body, and soon it had grown from faint to a stream.

Moreover, it is still increasing...

"Where is this?"

Naruto, who had just fallen asleep, found that he did not appear in the place he named "Naruto Uzumaki's Exclusive Study and Entertainment Space," referred to as the study space, but in a dark and humid space.

At this moment, Naruto was standing in front of a huge barred iron gate with a seal character note pasted on it, and there was a pool of water under his feet.

The surrounding light was very dim, and Naruto could barely see that behind the iron gate was a huge beast outline as tall as a mountain.

At this moment, this beast exuded a cold and hateful aura all over its body.

Seemingly feeling Naruto's arrival, the cold aura surged, passed through the iron gate, and surrounded Naruto, causing him to shiver involuntarily, and a surge of unbearable experiences during this period of time suddenly emerged in his heart.

Then, Naruto could clearly feel that killing intent was emerging from the depths of his heart, and a desire to destroy everything began to be born.

However, this feeling came quickly and went quickly.

The killing intent in his heart was quickly suppressed by Naruto, or rather, the killing intent still existed, but it could no longer affect Naruto's sanity.

The beast hidden in the darkness let out a soft sigh when it saw this.

It didn't expect that its Jinchuriki, Naruto, who was just over four years old, could resist the negative effects of its Chakra and not immediately become violent.

Logically speaking, although it can't penetrate much of the Chakra from the seal, it's not something a four-year-old child can resist.

However, it did not give up.

"Little brat, don't you hate it? Don't you want to destroy those who treat you coldly?"

"Come on, don't resist, I can feel the darkness in your heart, accept my power, kill them all, and make them regret everything they did to you."

A thick voice echoed in the space, with a strong bewitching tone.

Along with the words, a huge fox with orange fur, nine tails flying behind it, and bared teeth stepped out of the darkness and appeared in front of Naruto.

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