Chapter 128: Chapter 128: Reverse Binding
[Konoha]
After Rengoku's scheme, more than half of the village's civilians already knew what tailed beasts and jinchuriki meant.
Many villagers who picked up the flyers were secretly passing them around.
Added to that was the public lecture Rengoku held in the ninja academy.
Which made the higher-ups of Konoha have no choice but to reveal Naruto's identity.
After finishing the high-level meeting early in the morning.
A new announcement appeared on Konoha's bulletin board.
The contents included several items, all of which were news people were just learning.
It explained what tailed beasts and jinchuriki were, and that Naruto, as a jinchuriki, should not be discriminated against.
It stated that the previous secrecy was to protect Naruto's safety, but it led to misunderstanding among the villagers, causing even bigger issues, so now it was made public.
It was revealed that Danzo had framed Orochimaru in the past and was still conducting cruel human experiments.
And that he was also raising a private armed force, attempting to control the Nine-Tails jinchuriki.
Orochimaru was now officially cleared of wrongdoing, and Danzo along with those involved were all thrown into prison.
The Hyuga clan received some job reassignments for their contributions in capturing Danzo.
In just a short time, the bulletin board had been updated for the fifth time.
Konoha's villagers gathered three layers deep around it.
Considering that some villagers were illiterate, someone was specially appointed to read out the contents posted on the bulletin board.
The villagers below were all engaged in heated discussion.
Back then, Orochimaru's defection caused a huge uproar.
It stirred a massive commotion in the village.
But in reality, it was just a tactic the Third Hokage used to drive Orochimaru away.
After all, Orochimaru got mixed up with Danzo, and that seriously affected his authority.
As for human experiments, the Second Hokage Tobirama did plenty of those.
Otherwise, where did so many forbidden jutsu come from?
It was just that back then, during frequent wars, there were plenty of death row inmates or enemy village personnel to use.
As a researcher, would Orochimaru really go capture people himself?
Of course not, Danzo did all the capturing.
When doing human experiments, there were no taboos. But this time, the test subjects were some civilian children.
In a world where ordinary people's lives were like grass, dying was just dying.
Cruel as it was, that was the reality.
This kind of thing could be blown up or downplayed. But anyone with a bit of brains knew this was just an excuse to attack Orochimaru.
Whether it happened or not depended entirely on what the higher-ups said.
Now that the higher-ups changed their tune, most people just went along with it.
After all, Danzo's image had always been that of a power-hungry schemer.
Dirty, dark, these negative words all suited him.
Everyone also easily accepted Orochimaru being cleared.
"Ah, I knew Lord Orochimaru must've been wronged."
"Lord Orochimaru is one of the Sannin, he's done great things for Konoha."
"That damn Danzo, how much evil did he do in the end?"
"Didn't expect Naruto to be a jinchuriki."
"Yeah, yeah, I thought he was the demon fox itself."
"So he's the cage that traps the demon fox, huh."
"Not a cage, more like a weapon of Konoha Village."
"The previous Nine-Tails rampage didn't really have much to do with this kid, did it?"
"Seems like I was wrong before."
"He really does have the Nine-Tails sealed in his body. My uncle was killed by the Nine-Tails."
"So what do you want? Naruto isn't the Nine-Tails."
"Yeah, I guess, then I'll just stay away from him."
Because of Naruto, the topic of discussion in the crowd was still very high.
Some people understood, others didn't.
But at least Naruto wouldn't be bullied while being hidden anymore.
If it were only all this, you could say Uchiha Rengoku had won a huge victory.
But the Third Hokage was no fool either.
So on the bulletin board appeared:
"...There is an Uchiha with Mangekyo Sharingan capable of controlling the Nine-Tails jinchuriki, the Nine-Tails jinchuriki will never rampage and hurt anyone, please rest assured, villagers..."
Words like these, any ninja with some experience had strange expressions.
This move by the Third Hokage was brilliant.
Since he couldn't stop the exposure of the Nine-Tails jinchuriki, he simply went with the flow and directly tied Naruto's rampage to the Uchiha.
As long as there were any rampage or injuries involving the Nine-Tails, it would all be the Uchiha's fault.
Don't underestimate these words.
In Konoha Village, most of the ninja population came from non-clan civilian ninjas.
Though most of them weren't very strong, they were the most important component of Konoha.
They were also the ones who most desired peace and least wanted war.
The Third Hokage sending this kind of message was to cut off the possibility of the Uchiha using the Nine-Tails to stage a coup by force.
And even, at critical moments, to turn the tables and frame the Uchiha.
If the Uchiha clan used the Nine-Tails to force a military coup, there would be a large number of opponents.
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[Naruto's Home]
After sleeping for a whole day, Naruto opened his eyes.
He sat up and stared blankly ahead. After a long time, Naruto's eyes finally regained focus.
He looked around and finally found the portrait he had crushed and wrinkled.
Naruto carefully hugged the portrait of his mother.
Even though he had collapsed in tears shouting that he hated his parents.
After waking up, he still wanted his mother.
'Uzumaki, do you know my mom?'
After waking up from his emotional breakdown, Naruto also thought of this point.
Uzumaki hadn't spoken, but Naruto knew for sure that she was there.
It was a kind of instinct.
After a long while, Uzumaki's voice came, ["Yes, I do. You don't blame your parents anymore?"
Naruto stared blankly at the picture, 'No matter what, Mom definitely loves me. She didn't mean for me to suffer.'
Naruto seemed to have grown a lot overnight.
His words made Kushina tear up instantly.
Kushina tried hard to control her emotions. After a while, she spoke, ["You don't have to worry about being bullied anymore."]
["Your jinchuriki identity has already been revealed."]
Naruto was a bit stunned, 'Why was it revealed now?'
He was still young and couldn't make sense of the logic, but instinctively felt wronged.
Kushina of course knew what Naruto was asking, ["Hiruzen Sarutobi had no choice."]
["Because your friend Sasuke and the Uchiha clan forcefully revealed it yesterday."]
["The situation is very complicated. You just need to know that Konoha has powerful enemies and needs the Uchiha's help."]
["The Uchiha revealed your identity, and Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't do anything about it."]
["In short, now the whole village knows you're the Nine-Tails jinchuriki."]
Naruto asked blankly, 'Then I won't be bullied anymore?'
Kushina paused for a moment, ["No, you won't."]
Naruto's eyes quickly filled with tears, and he burst into loud sobs.
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