"Damn it, failed again! That guy is too strong!"

Naruto reopened his eyes from the boulder in the middle of the pool and returned to the real world again. Thinking back to the previous battle with his other self, a strong look of unwillingness suddenly appeared on his face.

He has fought against the opponent three times, and every time they fought, they ended up being evenly matched.

No matter what measures he takes, the opponent can always easily solve it and counterattack.

The same is true on his side, as if the battle between them is completely open and transparent, even if they don't have the same personality, there is no difference in other aspects.

Naruto had only seen such a weird and powerful opponent once in his life.

All the powerful enemies I have encountered in the past are incomparable to my other self.

This kind of battle is what makes Naruto feel most helpless and desperate.

"Idiot~~bastard~~ I'm too obsessed with winning, so I still haven't accomplished anything yet. You chose the wrong way to fight."

A strange accent sound sounded, which made Naruto feel familiar. He turned around in surprise and saw an extra person beside Samui and Tenzo, it was Kirabi.

"Hey, you are Uncle Yatsuo? Why are you here?"

Naruto cried out in surprise.

"Ahem, Naruto, be polite and don't make such a fuss."

Tenzo coughed and secretly reminded Naruto not to make Kirabi angry again.

"Uh... I'm really sorry for that day." Naruto jumped onto the shore and bowed sincerely to Kirabi to apologize, "That's all you said about your self-composed songs. I will reflect on it."

"Oh..." Kirabi stared at Naruto who bent down and bowed to apologize to him. Unexpectedly, the other person was a straightforward activist, and his expression became slightly more serious. "Today's attitude seems very similar to that."

.”

"Then uncle, are you willing to forgive me?"

Naruto looked up and asked expectantly.

"There is nothing to forgive or not to forgive. I never take such small things to heart. As a junior, you have to respect your seniors. But if you really feel sorry for it, then come to my concert next time and feel it.

Call it the power of song, it will definitely be remembered for a lifetime."

"..."

Sam Yi quietly took two steps back and turned his eyes to one side, as if he couldn't bear to see it.

"Yes, please let me participate!"

Naruto thought this was a great opportunity to get to know Kirabi, so he agreed without thinking.

And with Naruto's decisive agreement, Kirabi's attitude finally softened a lot.

"Then let's have a fist bump first."

Kirabi stretched out a fist and placed it in front of Naruto.

"Fist bump?"

Naruto didn't understand what he meant, but he still complied with Kirabi's request, stretched out his right fist, and gently touched Kirabi's fist.

"Um……"

After the fist bump with Naruto last night, Kirabi fell into deep thought.

"What's wrong, Uncle Yatsuo?"

Naruto saw Kirabi deep in thought, obviously thinking about something.

"Your mind is really messy and you are thinking about a lot of things, but it seems completely out of order. It is completely different from the Yumu people I taught in the past."

Kirabi retracted his fist and said this.

"Can Mr. Kirabi even see this?"

Tianzang on the side was surprised.

Samui replied: "It's probably a special feeling that exists only between jinchuriki. Although the jinchuriki belong to different villages, their experiences are basically the same, and they can empathize with each other."

"Naruto, right? From your chakra, I can feel that you always like to force yourself to do things that you can't do at all. This kind of behavior is very bad."

Kirabi said earnestly.

"But, just because it can't be done, shouldn't it be more important to work hard to complete it? If it is something that can be done easily, then it is meaningless."

Naruto responded to the question.

"How can it be meaningless? It is precisely because of your idea of ​​​​forcing yourself that you cannot beat the other self. However, I can also understand this mentality, because in the past, I was also like you, trying hard to make everyone

Recognized by everyone, respected by everyone, and changing everyone's view of me... However, in the end, I realized that this way of living made me too tired. Moreover, no matter how far I did it, people who didn't like me would

They will still hate me. So far, many people in the village still hold a grudge against me and even plan to get rid of me secretly."

Kirabi's tone was very relaxed, as if he was talking about a very small thing. Perhaps he didn't care about his own safety at all. He had something more important than the safety of his life.

This was the first time Naruto heard this statement, so he was stunned for a moment.

Samyi also fell silent, unable to refute Kirabi's words.

Even though he is the Raikage's younger brother, as long as he still has the identity of a Jinchuuriki, he will be discriminated against and treated as an alien by some people.

"But...Uncle Eight-Tails, aren't you a perfect Jinchuuriki? In that case, the tailed beasts would not go berserk at all. Shouldn't..."

"The prejudices in people's hearts will not change based on who you become. Even if you change a person, there will still be countless people secretly pointing fingers at you. All you have to do is accept it and then ignore them.

, let this prejudice become the nourishment for you to become stronger."

"accept?"

"That's right, the reason why you can't defeat the other self is not because you are not strong enough, but because you don't realize in your heart that he is not your enemy. The more you want to defeat him, the more you will be bruised and bruised.

, the more you want to change something, the more it will make things worse. In life, we will always encounter things that we are unable to change at all, and this cannot be changed by hard work."

Kirabi's words touched Naruto's heart.

A figure appeared in his mind, and the expression on his face couldn't help but darken.

"It seems you understand. So, let's go in again now. Don't stumble on this kind of thing again."

Kirabi cracked the corner of his mouth, showed an encouraging smile, and patted Naruto's shoulder solemnly.

"I understand, Uncle Yatsuo."

Naruto put away the disappointment in his heart and replied firmly.

Immediately, he jumped back onto the boulder in the center of the pool, looked at the water of the waterfall, and closed his eyes.

"Mr. Kirabi seems to know Naruto very well."

Tianzang said curiously at this time.

Kirabi nodded and responded: "The current Naruto is the same person I used to be. Although I have not read Naruto's information, I can imagine his childhood life in Konoha. There are some things in Konoha.

People's prejudice against him will not be weakened by the fact that he is the son of a hero. Just because he is the incarnation of the Kyuubi, this is enough for them to naturally be prejudiced in their hearts."

"……makes sense."

Tenzo nodded silently.

It seems that even the perfect Jinchuriki Eight-Tails, who is highly respected by Kumogakure ninjas, has an extremely rough life.

It's just that the other person has experienced more rich things than Naruto, so he has reached the state where he can't express his emotions and anger.

The endlessly funny self-created rap is not only his hobby, but also a way of expressing his joy in hardship and his love for life.

This is something special that only people with scarred hearts can possess.

"There is black and white in this world, and so do we humans. We are not just Jinchūriki. To eliminate darkness is actually to eliminate ourselves. How can we win by looking at the enemy and another self?"

Kirabi said this.

"True strength is not to eliminate the darkness in our own hearts or simply avoid it, but to not let the darkness wipe out the hope in our hearts even when we are shrouded in darkness. If we can do this, this will

The first hurdle is considered passed.”

"This kind of thing is very difficult for us adults to do."

Tianzang was a little worried.

People's general approach to dealing with the darkness in their hearts is to suppress it, treat it coldly, and accumulate it continuously instead of accepting it and letting the darkness become a part of themselves, let alone maintaining themselves under such negative energy.

If this kind of thing could really be accomplished so easily, a large number of people would not have suffered from psychological problems in previous ninja wars, and would have been imprisoned in torture cells for special treatment.

"Perhaps Naruto's experience is quite different from ours, but he is the most sensitive to pain and strange sights."

Compared to Tenzo, the leader of the team, Kirabi, who is also a jinchuriki with Naruto, has great confidence in Naruto.

Such a scene seemed strange to Samyi no matter how he looked at it.

…

"Here we go again, you are really persistent. I have said many times that you can't defeat me."

'Naruto' put his hands in his trouser pockets and looked at Naruto who appeared in front of him again with a mocking gesture.

"Ah, I finally understand this kind of thing now."
To be continued...