[Summon Character: Edward Newgate (Old Age)
Nickname: Whitebeard
Honorary Titles: Yonko (Comprehensive Power Boost 5%), World's Strongest Man (Comprehensive Power Boost 10%)
Abilities: Tremor-Tremor Fruit (Awakening Sealed), Peak-Level Three Types of Haki
Weapon: Murakumogiri (One of the 12 Supreme Grade Swords, comparable to the sacred artifacts of the Naruto world)
Power Level: Peak Kage Level
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Looking at this luxurious status panel, Naruto couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.
'No wonder the system says I already have the strength to escape from Konoha. And this is only the elderly version of Whitebeard, whose physical attributes have long deteriorated. If it were the prime version of Whitebeard, he'd definitely be at the Super Kage level, possibly even advancing to Six Paths level. If that happens, it wouldn't be Guy Sensei kicking out the final boss, but Whitebeard's one punch…'
With Whitebeard's assistance and a new mission from the system, Naruto made up his mind in just a few seconds. His face flushed red, tears welled up in his eyes, and he looked up at Whitebeard, saying in a small, pitiful voice:
"Dad, I've been bullied."
That little expression, that soft voice...
It was so pitiful it could make anyone's heart ache.
"Gurararara~ Is that so? My newly acknowledged son has been bullied, huh? Well then, let this old man give you a welcoming gift! Gurararara~"
As Whitebeard let out a hearty laugh, he swung his fist, wrapped in a white halo, towards the shop behind Naruto.
**Tremor-Tremor Fruit, activate!**
The terrifying shockwave instantly reduced the entire shop, along with the shopkeeper who had just thrown rotten vegetables at Naruto, to dust. A breeze passed by, and there wasn't even a trace left. Where the shop once stood, now lay a bottomless pit.
"Amazing!" Naruto's eyes sparkled with excitement. Then, his eyes darted towards a tall building not far away, and he shouted joyfully:
"Dad, there's another one! The old man inside is super mean! He's taken all the inheritance my parents left for me and makes me eat expired food every day. He even lets his people spread rumors that I'm a demon fox, turning almost the entire village against me. Dad, you should teach him a lesson!"
"Gurararara~ To think he'd do such things to my beloved son, that old man is indeed vile! In that case…"
Whitebeard furrowed his brow, gripping Murakumogiri with both hands and raising it high towards the Hokage building. The white aura unique to the Tremor-Tremor Fruit quickly enveloped the entire blade, and even the slightest wisp of energy escaping caused the space around it to crackle with shattering sounds.
"Hah!"
With a mighty roar, Whitebeard slashed down. A white shockwave burst forth, obliterating everything in its path, reducing all to nothingness.
…
The scene shifted to the Hokage's office, at the top floor of the Hokage building.
The self-proclaimed strongest Hokage in history, ninja hero and scholar, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, was sitting there, peeking into the mist-shrouded women's bathhouse through his crystal ball with his Telescope Technique.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression was utterly perverted, and the two streaks of red emerging from his nostrils only made him look even more disgraceful.
If someone unfamiliar with him were to see this scene, they would never believe that this was the Hokage, revered by everyone in Konoha. They would more likely assume he was a dirty old pervert who had no respect for his age.
"Almost, almost… just a little lower…"
Just as Hiruzen reached the peak of his voyeuristic joy, suddenly—
Boom!
A violent tremor shook the office, nearly knocking the crystal ball off his desk. Hiruzen quickly grabbed the ball, and the Telescope Technique was immediately disrupted.
"What's going on? An earthquake?"
Before Hiruzen could figure out why the ground was shaking, a far stronger tremor followed, accompanied by a sense of danger that sent chills down his spine. Realizing the impending crisis, he quickly used a jutsu to escape the Hokage building.
The next moment, a white light shot into the sky. In Hiruzen's gaze, the entire Hokage building shattered, crumbled, and disintegrated into nothing, vanishing as if it had never existed.
Luckily, today was a rest day, and there weren't many people in the Hokage building. Most of the few who were inside had sensed the danger and managed to evacuate in time, so the casualties weren't too severe.
The white light didn't stop after destroying the Hokage building. Everything in its path met the same fate until it finally collided with the Hokage Rock, obliterating the statue in the center before dissipating.
'Why was it my statue that got destroyed?!' Sarutobi Hiruzen cursed inwardly, then turned to look in the direction from which the white light had come.
A giant holding a sword (Whitebeard's towering height of over six meters) and a child.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's brow furrowed deeply.
'Why can't I sense any chakra from that giant? And that child… Naruto?!'
As Hiruzen reeled in shock, an ANBU ninja finally arrived, sweating profusely, and knelt before him.
"Hokage-sama, an unknown giant wielding a sword suddenly appeared beside Uzumaki Naruto. His strength is terrifying—he destroyed a shop with just one attack… and also the Hokage building, along with everything in between, including the Hokage Rock."
'Heh, I already saw it, no need for your report, thank you very much~'
Sarutobi Hiruzen shot a cold glance at the kneeling ANBU ninja, whose sweat poured even more heavily under his gaze.
Heavens, the ANBU had rushed to report the giant's appearance the moment he showed up, but who could have known Whitebeard would be so strong, so fast, and so precise in his attacks?
"I understand. Go ring the alarm. An enemy has invaded. Summon all available Jonin in the village to face the threat. I'll go meet him myself."
Sarutobi Hiruzen stripped off his Hokage robes, revealing the black battle armor beneath.
"Yes, sir!"
…
Hiruzen activated the Body Flicker Technique, arriving in front of Naruto and Whitebeard in just a few breaths. After landing, he deliberately took a few steps back, placing his hands in front of him in a defensive stance, then spoke.
"Who are you? Sneaking into the village and publicly destroying the Hokage building—do you intend to make an enemy of Konoha?!"
"Gurararara~ You bullied my beloved son. I'm just helping him vent his anger."
'Son? Which little bastard offended such a powerful man's son while on a mission?! Since I took office, I've repeatedly emphasized that Konoha's ninjas must show restraint when outside the village, and not disrupt the precious peace we've worked so hard to build… Did you all think I was just spewing hot air?! If this continues, Konoha is doomed at your hands!'
Sarutobi Hiruzen cursed inwardly, but on the surface, he smiled amiably.
"As Hokage, I will launch an investigation. If Konoha's ninjas truly offended your son, I will see to it that they are severely punished. However, what you've done today cannot go unanswered. Konoha will not let you leave so easily. And you, a man of your stature, hiding behind a child—doesn't that seem a bit beneath you?"
As he spoke, Hiruzen gestured towards Naruto.
"Naruto, come over here to your Grandpa Third. Don't worry, with me here, he won't be able to hurt you."
Even now, Hiruzen still believed that Naruto was being coerced by Whitebeard.
Naruto himself couldn't help but feel exasperated at Hiruzen's lack of intelligence.
"Gurararara~ Old man, where do you want my beloved son to go?"
'Who are you calling old man?! I may be old, but you're not exactly young yourself!'
Hiruzen cursed silently, but quickly realized something, turning to Naruto with a look of disbelief.
He pointed a trembling finger at Naruto, then at Whitebeard.
"You… You're his son?!"
"Yup." Naruto fearlessly met Hiruzen's gaze.
"I just acknowledged him as my dad. What, is that a problem?!"
Naruto then turned to Whitebeard, patting his giant leg—well, his ankle.
"Dad, this is the old man I was telling you about, the one who took all my parents' inheritance!"
"Oh, it's him, is it? Don't worry, son. Watch how your dad handles it! Gurararara~"
In stark contrast to the warm interaction between Naruto and Whitebeard, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face was filled with horror.
"Do you… already know about your heritage?!"
Forcing himself to calm down, Hiruzen questioned in a deep voice, "Naruto, since you know the truth about your lineage, why incite your… this man you call father to destroy the village? You should know that your real father…"
Sarutobi Hiruzen hadn't even finished speaking when Naruto loudly interrupted him.
"He is him, and I am me. He was the brilliant flash of the shinobi world, Konoha's hero, the Fourth Hokage. But what about me?
Don't forget, old man—I'm the 'demon fox' that the people of Konoha love to hate, the one everyone here wants to chase away… the only outcast."
Naruto paused briefly, then continued, his voice softening.
"I'm sick of expired ramen and sour milk. Now, all I want is to leave Konoha and live a different life."
Naruto's voice, though still slightly youthful, carried words that made Sarutobi Hiruzen feel a faint twinge of guilt.
But when he heard Naruto utter the words "leave Konoha," that tiny bit of guilt was immediately cast aside.
"Naruto, are you planning to defect from the village?"
"If you say so."
Naruto casually brushed him off and signaled for Whitebeard to lift him onto his shoulder.
Several ANBU members had already arrived and were standing silently behind Sarutobi Hiruzen. Not far off, a large group of ninja was also rushing to the scene, and among them were a few familiar faces Naruto recognized.
"Uzumaki Naruto, as the Third Hokage, I ask you one more time… Are you truly defecting from the village?!"
Perhaps feeling more confident due to the growing number of allies by his side, Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice grew firmer.
Sitting comfortably atop Whitebeard's broad shoulder, Naruto looked down with disdain at the old monkey jumping around below.
'Hmm… It feels really good to look down on people.'
"I, Uzumaki Naruto, will leave Konoha today. Not even the Hokage can stop me. I said it!"
Uzumaki *Trash Talk Mode Activated* Naruto declared proudly.
"Fine, fine! If that's the case… Then, as Hokage, I hereby declare that Uzumaki Naruto is a traitor to the village! Everyone, follow me and take these two down!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen bit his finger, performing the summoning technique, and called forth a large, muscular monkey.
"Enma, I'll need your help."
Enma nodded slightly, and a cloud of smoke erupted around him. When the smoke cleared, Enma had transformed into the Adamantine Staff, tightly gripped in Sarutobi Hiruzen's hands.
"Dad, let's charge through! But unless absolutely necessary, please try not to kill anyone. Also…"
Naruto frowned slightly, leaning close to Whitebeard's ear and whispering, "If you get the chance, could you break that old man's staff for me?"
'What kind of second-rate weapon dares to call itself the Adamantine Staff? What, trying to plagiarize the mythology's Sun Wukong, huh?! And that Four-Tails... Someday I'll catch him and give him a good beating! Seems like any monkey nowadays thinks they can imitate greatness, huh?!'
"Gurararara~ Leave it to me!"
Since Naruto had requested no killing, Whitebeard didn't even bother using Murakumogiri, simply planting it in the ground. Facing the Konoha ninja rushing toward him like hungry tigers, Whitebeard's fists, enveloped in a radiant white light, began to whirl through the air with unstoppable force.
As for the Konoha ninja who dared approach Whitebeard's fists, those struck were immediately heavily injured, collapsing to the ground. Even those who merely brushed against him spat up blood nonstop!
Even the ninjas who hadn't been hit directly but were circling around, seeking an opening to attack, felt their internal organs being stirred by some mysterious force. They were struggling to unleash even four or five-tenths of their full strength.
"This giant is strange! Don't engage him in close combat; back off and use ninjutsu to attack!"
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
"Earth Style: Earth Flow Swamp!"
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
For a moment, various ninjutsu techniques were hurled at Whitebeard's enormous figure. But before they could even land, the terrifying vibrations surrounding Whitebeard dispersed them all.
Seeing this, Naruto sighed in relief.
He had been worried that, as a Devil Fruit user, Whitebeard might struggle against ninjutsu attacks. But to his surprise, Whitebeard effortlessly neutralized every attack, and he hadn't even used his Haki yet.
'As expected of one of the Four Emperors, known as the world's strongest man—Edward Newgate is indeed ridiculously powerful. This is just… too cool!'
"Gurararara~ The flames you conjured together reminded me a little of another son of mine… But only a little, and just his shadow at that. The temperature of your fire… is still far too weak! Gurararara~"
Whitebeard laughed heartily, and his fists, glowing with white light, suddenly collided with each other.
"Quake!"
With one strike, the space around Whitebeard rapidly shattered. A powerful shockwave radiated from him, sending nearly ninety percent of the surrounding ninja flying far away.
"Adamantine Staff, extend!"
From within the cloud of dust stirred by the shockwave, a hoarse voice suddenly roared. In the next instant, the massive Adamantine Staff, thick enough that it would take three men to wrap their arms around it, burst through the smoke, hurtling toward Whitebeard's chest at a speed too fast to react.
"Got him!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen smirked triumphantly, confident that if this attack landed, Whitebeard would be gravely injured, if not killed. Once that happened, Hiruzen could easily capture him and slowly extract the secrets of his terrifying techniques. Despite not having any chakra, this giant's abilities were formidable. If Sarutobi Hiruzen could master such techniques for himself, he would truly become the strongest Hokage!
Hiruzen's grin widened, but in the next second, it was replaced by a look of sheer terror.
His Adamantine Staff had collided with the giant's chest, but… it wasn't budging?!
The scene shifted to Whitebeard, whose chest had been struck by the staff. His chest, as well as his hands, which were firmly gripping the staff, were now black, gleaming with a metallic sheen.
This was Armament Haki, one of the three forms of Haki, being unleashed for the first time in the world of Naruto!
"Gurararara~ I was just wondering how to grab hold of this staff, but you went ahead and handed it to me… Well, I won't be polite, especially since my son asked for it. Gurararara~"
"Ahh!"
With a mighty tug, Whitebeard's fingers sank into the staff as if they were steel spikes, causing the transformed Enma to let out a howl of agony.
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With another powerful yank, Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly felt the staff slip from his grasp.
"W-wait!"
"No, don't!"
*Crack!*
Whitebeard didn't give Hiruzen a chance to cancel the summoning technique or revert the staff back to Enma. He simply broke the enormous staff in two right before everyone's eyes.
"What? You want this back? Then here you go!"
Whitebeard, looking at the still-dazed Sarutobi Hiruzen, tossed the two pieces of the staff toward him.
*Boom!*
"Uwaaah~"
The first piece struck Hiruzen squarely in the chest, knocking him unconscious instantly. His final thought before blacking out was:
'So this is what it feels like to get hit by my own staff… It's awful.'
The second piece landed right between Hiruzen's legs after he collapsed, causing the onlookers to wince as they felt a sense of visual discomfort due to the sheer size of the staff.
With Hiruzen out cold, the Konoha ninja hesitated, fearing the terrifying power of Whitebeard. They all stopped attacking, unsure of what to do next.
Seeing the lull in the battle, Naruto noticed that most of the two-hour time limit the system had given him had already passed. He immediately turned to Whitebeard.
"Let's go, Dad."
"Gurararara~ Then let's be off."
Fate or coincidence, Naruto and Whitebeard chose to exit the village in the direction of the Uchiha district.
As Naruto thought of a certain emo kid, who was likely sulking at home, trying to look cool, he patted Whitebeard's shoulder.
"Dad, do you want another son?"
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