Konoha Village.
The various ninja clans were well aware of the recent series of changes.
The so-called fifth generation, Danzō Shimura, was someone the third generation had pushed out to take the blame.
After all, the death of a daimyo was no small matter, and ordinary people simply could not withstand such a thing.
Only that person could withstand the pressure from the entire ninja world.
Having understood all this, they surprisingly did not stand up to oppose Danzō's succession as Hokage.
Meanwhile, Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, finally returned to the village and found Naruto Uzumaki immediately.
He had already received a message from Hiruzen Sarutobi, instructing him to transfer the key to the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style into Naruto Uzumaki's body.
In this way, Naruto Uzumaki could actively open or close the Nine-Tails' seal.
"You must be Naruto."
When Jiraiya first met Naruto, although he was shocked by his strange appearance, he quickly calmed down and asked with a smile.
"Uncle, who are you?"
Naruto looked at Jiraiya with a puzzled expression. He had lived in the village for so many years and had never seen Jiraiya before.
"Ha ha—"
Upon hearing Naruto's words, Jiraiya burst into laughter. "Listen up! No matter east, west, south, or north, the invincible Sannin, the white-haired boy, the dashing and charming one who can stop children from crying at night, that is Jiraiya-sama!"
A perfect opening line and a dashing performance made Jiraiya feel very good about himself.
Unfortunately, Naruto Uzumaki did not react at all.
"Did you need something from me?" Naruto asked calmly.
Having experienced so much, he was no longer the Naruto Uzumaki who would overreact to the slightest thing.
"Didn't the third generation tell you? The key to the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style is on me."
Jiraiya put away his nonchalant expression and looked at Naruto Uzumaki.
"Key?"
Upon hearing this, Naruto's eyes lit up.
The day had finally come!
Once he got the key, he could freely open and close the seal on the Nine-Tails, and the hope of becoming a perfect Jinchūriki was within reach.
I was one step closer to completing the Eye of the Moon project.
"My grandfather told me that, so please give me the key quickly!"
Naruto's expectant gaze made Jiraiya somewhat worried.
What if he could not control the Nine-Tails' power?
"Before that, let me see if you can perfectly control the power of the Nine-Tails!"
Although Hiruzen Sarutobi had said that Naruto Uzumaki could control the Nine-Tails' chakra very well, Jiraiya, who had not seen it with his own eyes, simply did not believe it.
He wanted to see for himself the power of the Nine-Tails that Naruto Uzumaki controlled.
"Good."
Naruto Uzumaki nodded, and red Nine-Tails chakra began to appear on his body, with one tail after another appearing on his back.
Jiraiya initially took two steps back in fear, but upon seeing Naruto's incredibly clear-headed gaze...
He realized that Naruto had truly mastered the Nine-Tails' chakra.
"That's enough," Jiraiya called for a stop after six tails appeared behind Naruto and a white skeleton appeared on his body.
Immediately, Jiraiya opened the scroll behind him and explained, "Naruto, if you want the key to be stored away and to perfectly control the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style on your body, you must sign a summoning contract with Mount Myōboku..."
Jiraiya was there introducing Naruto to the events at Mount Myōboku, while Black Zetsu was spreading rumors and misinformation.
"Naruto, don't listen to this guy. Mount Myōboku is full of extremely evil toads."
"Even the Sage of Six Paths was bewitched by them and personally sealed away his mother who loved him dearly."
"If you sign a summoning contract with them, this world will be forever plunged into darkness, and no one will be able to bring light to the ninja world anymore."
If they were talking about the summoning grounds that Black Zetsu hated the most, it was undoubtedly Mount Myōboku.
If it were not for that damned toad bewitching that unfilial son, how could Mother have been sealed on the moon?
If his mother had not been sealed away, would not she have...?
It seemed that if the mother had not been sealed away, the child would not have been born.
In a sense, he should thank these toads.
However, that was not the point. The point was that they could not let Naruto Uzumaki get involved with Mount Myōboku.
What if that old toad summoned Naruto Uzumaki? Would that not expose him?
"I'm sorry, I don't want to sign a summoning contract with Mount Myōboku. Are there any other ways to break the seal?"
Naruto Uzumaki wholeheartedly agreed with Black Zetsu's words.
If something were to happen to him, who would bring light to the ninja world?
Even the Sage of Six Paths could be bewitched, so he did not think he was stronger than the Sage of Six Paths.
Therefore, he directly rejected Jiraiya.
"Hmm?" Jiraiya looked at Naruto with some surprise. "Naruto, Mount Myōboku is one of the three great summoning holy sites. Countless people in the ninja world want to form a contract with it but do not have the chance. Why did you refuse?"
Jiraiya assumed that Naruto was too young to understand the benefits of forming a contract with Mount Myōboku.
He was still explaining to him the power of Mount Myōboku, such as its ability to summon powerful toads to aid in battle.
Furthermore, one could learn Sage Mode, which greatly enhanced one's strength; he even cited the Fourth Hokage as an example.
His ability to become Hokage at such a young age was inseparable from the help of Mount Myōboku.
"How arrogant!" Black Zetsu once again spread his evil winds. "So-called Sage Mode is far inferior to Nine-Tails Chakra, and Nine-Tails knows this best."
"That's right, you have my chakra, so you don't need to learn any Sage Mode."
It was rare for Kurama to cooperate willingly, and in fact, he genuinely believed so.
How could mere Sage Chakra compare to my Kurama Chakra?
"As for that so-called summoning beast, once you become a perfect Jinchūriki, you can directly transform into a tailed beast and easily defeat the entire Mount Myōboku."
"Summoning those toads is beneath you. It not only makes you lose face, but I, Asura, and the Nine-Tailed Fox will also be ashamed to be associated with you."
Black Zetsu's words, coupled with Kurama's active cooperation, had an unexpectedly good effect, causing Naruto Uzumaki to lose interest in Mount Myōboku.
Kurama cooperated so readily because he disliked toads, and twelve years ago, he had been sat on by Gamabunta, which made him hate Mount Myōboku even more.
"Uncle, you don't need to say anything," Naruto Uzumaki said firmly. "I will not sign a summoning contract with Mount Myōboku. If you can break the seal, then break it for me. If you can't, I'll find a way for myself."
Black Zetsu and Kurama disliked Mount Myōboku, and both of them were currently inside his body.
If he really signed a spiritual contract with Mount Myōboku, would those two lords not turn the world upside down?
Whether for public or private reasons, he should join them in hating Mount Myōboku.
"You..." This was the first time Jiraiya had ever seen someone look down on Mount Myōboku. "Alright! If you don't form a contract, I can only have Gerotora break the seal for you from the outside."
"If anything goes wrong inside, I can't help you. Are you sure?"
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