Chapter 3

At the playground, there were a bunch of kids playing, some unfamiliar but some familiar.

A kid with a pineapple hair-cut, a chubby kid with squinted eyes eating potato chips, and a platinum blond girl with an irritated expression.

"Shikamaru, Choji, Ino." She muttered the names of the three kids.

Since they are here then it means that naruto should be nearby, after all, the trio is the first friends naruto will have.

Scanning the playground with her eyes, Ophis tried to find the whereabouts of naruto.

She can't start her revenge plan without him…well, with her power, she could, but it wouldn't be as fun.

After a while of searching with her eyeballs, her eyes finally set on a blond haired kid with whisker marks on his cheeks.

'Gotcha!'

Wasting no time, she quickly arrived in front of naruto and without much change in her expression, she calmly said.

"Naruto Uzumaki. An orphan boy born in Konoha. Having done nothing, he is hated by everyone in the village, but he one daydreams of gaining the recognition of everyone."

When hearing someone actually speaking to him instead of just staring at him with hatred or malice, he instantly turned his head to see who that person is.

His eyes first landed at the flat underdeveloped chest of the loli. With an AA cup at this age, her future is quite promising.

When his eyes moved from the chest to the face, he was shocked. Shocked at the cuteness of this speaker.

The cuteness of Ophis is unmatched in the anime-verse, she could even compete with Kanna in the cuteness scale.

Although there is a saying somewhere in the internet that cuteness is worthless in front of sexy, but it is completely false.

Cuteness is accepted by the general audience while Sexy only affects most men and a few women.

Don't underestimate the lethality of cuteness.

So when naruto saw the goddess-level cuteness, his heart skipped a beat and his innocent mind only captures the expressionless cute face of Ophis.

A faint blush dyed his wheat-colored skin red as he looked at the ultra-cute girl.

But then he thought of something.

He is the demon fox, who would be willing to speak to him?

Anxiety nibbled at his heart, fearing what Ophis said was just a creation of his imagination, he nervously asked, "A-Are you talking to me?"

Ophis stared at naruto, her deep black eyes showed no emotional fluctuations, only pure tranquility like a calm lake. Facing the clear blue eyes of naruto filled with uneasiness, she seemed to be able to see through him.

"Is there anyone else here? No. Then who else would I be talking to other than you?"

"I--" naruto tried to say something while fidgeting his fingers but Ophis immediately interrupted him.

"Okay, you don't need to explain yourself." Ophis said and then continued. "Follow me, naruto. I want to talk to you, privately."

She emphasized the word "privately" and went to the woods where she thought was secluded.

Seeing her leave, Naruto hesitated for a moment but in the end, he still followed right after her.

He didn't know why this loli asked him to follow her, all he knows is that this loli is no malicious and he had a feeling that something good might happen if he did.

"A rather innocent and cute girl" was his first impression of her.

An innocent girl isn't going to cheat him, right? Especially one that is cute.

The two arrived at a secluded area of the forest.

Under the almighty perception of Ophis, she could feel that in a 100m radius, there is no Anbu ninjas patrolling or following. And Hiruzen just so happens to be reading the second edition of the Make-out paradise book.

Separating the space where She and Naruto stood from the outside world, she created a small little pocket dimension so whatever she says to naruto will not be picked up by any method of eavesdropping.

With the preparations in place, Ophis turned her attention to naruto and said to him, "What do you think of the village, Naruto? What do you think of the village's attitude to you?"

Although naruto didn't understand why Ophis asked him this, but he said what he really thought in his mind.

Without a moment of hesitation, he resolutely said, "This village, although I don't know why they hate me but…I want to protect the village. If not for the villagers, then for Grandpa Hiruzen!"

(Que in the sad music)

"Grandpa Hiruzen…has been kind to me, taking care of me. Without him…I wouldn't even live till now."

"He…is my only family member!"

(Sad music ends)

Ah, a very heartwarming moment in the naruto world. Even the entire world made an exception and played the sad hokage music in her ears.

Ophis, being the heartless bastard, ignored this sad music and focused on naruto's words.

If…If she destroys naruto's faith in the third hokage, Hiruzen, then…wouldn't her plan be smooth sailing from there?

With this thought in mind, Ophis thought of various ways to break naruto's faith in Hiruzen but nothing final yet.

She thought to try the easiest way by saying bad stuff for the village. Isn't that very easy?

Let's start by cutting off naruto's dream. Unless naruto is retarded then he would be able to understand what she says.

Her lips curved upward slightly, revealing the simplest smile she could make, simple yet pretty. But the words uttered next weren't so beautiful.

"Naruto, you want to become hokage to gain their recognition, right?"

"That's right. Grandpa Hiruzen said that if I become hokage, I will gain the recognition of everyone. Why, is there something wrong?" Naruto said as if it was a matter of fact and was confused as to why Ophis said that.

"Well…it is not completely wrong but he is lying to you about one thing and one thing only naruto."

A question mark seemed to pop on top of naruto's head as he titled his head, more confused. Grandpa Hiruzen is a very kind grandpa, why would he lie?

"That one thing is…you were not an orphan. You are actually the son of the fourth hokage, the hero of this village. That makes you, the son of a hero. You should've been enjoying the praises of all villagers, the luxury of your parent's bank account and have a good life the moment you were born. Your parents…entrusted you to the third hokage, that is hiruzen."

Hearing what Ophis said, Naruto was stunned. He didn't doubt that this is a lie, mostly because there is no reason why Ophis would lie to him.

He was stunned because the hero of Konoha, Minato Namikaze, is actually his father. He has heard many things about this hero.

Even though he is 6 years old, he was lucky enough to read a newspaper about this hero, there was even a festival celebrating the hero's glory.

Tears slid down his cheeks and before he knows it, he's crying.

"W-Why…Why did grandpa Hiruzen lie to me..?"

Seeing naruto crying, Ophis knew her plan is working, this is a sign that his faith has shaken.

The slight smile on her face became brighter, though she immediately suppressed it, returning to her original slight smiling face.

"Because you are the jinchuriki of the nine tails…you are the ultimate weapon of Konoha. To control this weapon, he must make himself your only reliant. Only this will make you Konoha's strongest shield."

"Just because…I am the jinchuriki…? Why…?" Naruto muttered, confused as to what's going on. Falling to the ground on his knees, he didn't understand what to do anymore.

Looking at naruto, who has a sense of lost and confusion, Ophis then placed the final nail in the coffin.

"Because you are more useful if you willingly protect the village instead of unwillingly protecting the village."

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(A/N Fuck Logic, I don't care about logic anymore, use irrationality to complete this chapter!)