Chapter 9: Anyone Who Dares to Hurt Me Must Die
"Come with me to the office! I'm giving you extra lessons. If you don't finish them, you're not getting anything to eat!"
Iruka grabbed the back of Naruto's collar and dragged him straight out of the classroom.
He swore he would never be soft on this little brat again. The next time Naruto slept in class, he'd make him stand in the corner as punishment!
"Iruka-sensei… my neck! I can't breathe!"
Naruto's pitiful cries echoed down the hallway while laughter erupted from inside the classroom.
Watching a classmate get scolded by the teacher was one of the special joys of school life…
"It's already dark…"
Naruto had slacked off during class and then spent half the day in Iruka's office doing makeup lessons. By the time he finally got home, the sky was completely black.
There would be no ramen tonight. Iruka's salary wasn't high, and he was apparently trying to save money to get married — even though the current Iruka didn't even have a girlfriend yet.
Back home, Naruto drank a carton of expired milk, lay down on his bed, and closed his eyes.
His soul left his body. Once the targets were locked on, he could track them directly.
He had that outsider to thank for this ability. Without it, Naruto would never have known about these special powers hidden in his soul.
Or perhaps… he had already been assimilated by that System and the outsider. The once pure and innocent young soul had long since turned dark and twisted.
Ignoring the Anbu watching his apartment, Naruto's soul slipped out and instantly appeared beside the two boys.
The pair were neighbors and extremely close. After seeing Naruto back at school that day, they had stayed together again after dinner.
"Jiro, that demon fox is back at school. Do you think he'll come looking for trouble with us?"
One of them looked worried about revenge. He sat on the edge of the bed and whispered, hoping to feel safer.
"No way. My mom and dad said the demon fox was sealed by the Fourth Hokage, so he can't hurt us. Look, we almost beat him to death last time and nothing happened!"
The other boy laughed proudly, treating the incident where he had hit Naruto in the head with a rock hard enough to send him to the hospital as some great achievement.
But his laughter didn't last long.
Both boys' eyes suddenly went blank. Two strands of black-red soul fire entered through their foreheads and began burning their young souls — souls that still planned to harm Naruto again.
"How interesting. Since your parents taught you this way, it would be a waste not to return the favor…"
After devouring part of their memories, Naruto took control of the two boys' bodies like puppets. He made them leave the room and go find their families, then followed silently behind as a formless soul.
Children didn't have much strength, but when no one was on guard, it was surprisingly easy to kill a few ordinary civilians.
After finishing with the first family, the two boys moved on to the neighboring house under the cover of night — the home of another child's parents…
Once everything was done, Naruto withdrew his soul fire. Before dawn, he returned to his own body and fell into a deep, hazy sleep.
Anyone who had ever bullied him… not a single one would be spared!
'Even with these special powers, my body is still way too weak!'
The next morning, while Iruka was dragging him out of bed and helping him change clothes, Naruto was still quietly complaining to himself…
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