On this day, Naruto's Observation Haki training lasted until the evening. Losing both his sight and hearing, Naruto endured a lot of suffering again.
After a day's hard training, Naruto was exhausted and covered in various wounds.
But he didn't rest long.
He got up to learn ninjutsu from Kakashi.
Until late at night.
He fell asleep.
Tonight.
Naruto once again entered the sealed space.
During the past few days of traveling, he had been bothering Kurama every single day without fail!
"Annoying brat, are you done yet?" Kurama rolled its eyes irritated: "I'm so sick of seeing your face that I feel like throwing up."
However.
Naruto didn't mind its harsh words.
"Big fox, why can I still dodge Dad's thrown rocks when my eyes are covered?"
"But..." Naruto was puzzled: "As soon as my eyes and ears are both blocked, I can't dodge at all."
"Dad said Observation Haki uses 'listening.'"
"But I can't use my ears to 'listen'..."
Naruto didn't mind the water beneath his feet; he sat down.
He propped his chin with one hand, his energetic little brain spinning.
Naruto was deep in thought.
"Big fox, you've lived for so long, you must be very knowledgeable and powerful, right? What do you think I'm missing?"
Naruto asked curiously.
"Hmph! I, the great Kurama, am not just knowledgeable, I'm extraordinary!"
Kurama proudly lifted its head.
It opened its eyes, looking at little Naruto's troubled expression, with a bit of gloating in its fox smile: "Stop thinking, brat! With your brain, you'll never figure it out in a lifetime!"
"That Whitebeard's Observation Haki is just a special kind of perception that works even when all your sensory organs are blocked."
Kurama had learned about Observation Haki while being inside Naruto.
"Is that so?" Naruto seemed half-understanding: "I didn't expect you to be so amazing!"
Kurama's smug smile grew bigger.
It spoke at length: "Whitebeard's training method isn't wrong. This special perception needs to be triggered in extremely critical moments to activate."
"Then, it's up to you to catch that feeling. Catching the sense of impending danger is what 'listening' means..."
As Kurama spoke, it felt something was off.
Wait!
Hold on!
Observation Haki, what's the principle behind this thing?
It suddenly woke up to a realization.
What Whitebeard wanted to teach Naruto, this "Observation Haki," didn't match with "ninjutsu theory" and conflicted with everything Kurama knew.
Blocking all sensory organs, yet still being able to perceive everything around in another way.
This "third eye" sounded incredibly unreliable!
Kurama remembered Whitebeard explaining what Observation Haki was.
But it hadn't thought deeply about it before. Now, thinking carefully...
——this doesn't fit any ninjutsu principles!!!!
This was Kurama's conclusion.
Kurama frowned.
It stopped boasting and started thinking.
It became curious.
For a fox, once curiosity arises, it cannot be contained.
Even though it was essentially a Tailed Beast, composed of chakra.
It still had consciousness.
It had emotions.
Kurama suddenly had an urge to understand what this thing was.
So.
It thoughtfully looked at Naruto.
"Brat!" Kurama's sinister smile turned even more malicious: "Do you really want to master this thing?"
"Dad's Observation Haki isn't just a thing!" Naruto corrected seriously.
"Just say if you want to learn it!" Kurama rolled its eyes.
Every time Kurama said something bad about Whitebeard.
This brat would always retort a few words.
"Yes!" Naruto nodded seriously.
But then he looked a bit down: "But I don't know how to do it. I asked Dad how long it would take me to awaken Observation Haki. Dad said I'm so young, it would take at least one or two years."
"What if, in a dream, your soul can also train?" Kurama's smile turned even more sinister: "Brat, I don't need you to break the seal, just come inside."
"Come, inside?!"
Naruto looked at the prison holding Kurama. The bars were wide enough for his small body to squeeze through.
"If I go in, you won't eat me, right?"
Naruto asked tentatively.
Kurama snorted: "The great Kurama isn't as despicable as you think. I wouldn't do such a thing, that sounds more like something that tanuki would do."
"Brat, don't you want to master Observation Haki? Don't you want to make your dad proud?"
Kurama's words hit Naruto's heart.
Indeed.
Hearing this, Naruto stopped hesitating: "Dad is so good to me, I won't disappoint him!"
He overcame his fear of the monstrous fox.
He actually stood up and walked to the prison.
He tested the width with his hand.
And squeezed in.
"Brat, you've got some guts!" Kurama pointed with its sharp claws to a corner of the sealed space: "Go over there, don't get close to me."
"Oh." Naruto obediently walked over.
"Now... close your eyes and block your hearing." Kurama said: "In the sealed space, you are a soul, or rather just a consciousness. You can do these things just by thinking about it."
"Alright!" Naruto complied.
Seeing the brat actually close his eyes.
And seemingly block his hearing too.
Kurama's sinister grin reached its ears, and its nine tails slowly moved: "Brat, don't break down too easily. Let the great Kurama enjoy this!"
With that said.
It unleashed a large amount of chakra threads, each ending in a fist.
Instantly!
A chakra fist struck Naruto's right cheek.
Giving him a solid right hook.
"Ah!!" Naruto stumbled, trying to "sense" where the next attack would come from.
But, he sensed nothing.
"Ugh!" The chakra fist hit his stomach, almost making him vomit.
"It hurts, why does it hurt in a dream?"
Naruto struggled to stand.
He gritted his teeth to endure.
He knew this was training arranged by the big fox, though he felt the big fox had bad intentions.
But such an opportunity...
Naruto didn't want to miss it.
"Hahaha! This is awesome! This is awesome!" Kurama laughed wildly: "Minato! Kushina! Can you see this? I'm beating up your kid! Hahaha!"
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The next day, at five in the morning.
Naruto woke up.
He felt that his physical exhaustion from the previous day had been restored through sleep.
But his mind was a bit foggy; he had spent the entire night getting "beaten" in a strange "dream."
The big fox inside him didn't hold back at all.
Naruto had lost count of how many heavy hits he took.
He only knew he screamed a lot in the dream.
The big fox's training was just like Dad Whitebeard's training. But somehow, Naruto felt like a surge of chakra that didn't belong to him was flowing in his mind.
"It's the big fox!!!"
His foggy mind began to clear.
Naruto was both surprised and delighted.
Even though Kurama was the reason he was seen as a "demon fox," Naruto knew he couldn't get rid of Kurama.
Instead, he might as well try to get along with the big fox.
After all, the power lent to him by the big fox was something Naruto found very tempting.
"Thank you, big fox!" Naruto sincerely thanked him in his mind, not knowing if his thoughts could be heard.
Kurama's cold snort suddenly echoed: "Don't flatter yourself, brat! I'm only interested in that Observation Haki."
That day.
Naruto's training involved weight training, starting from a few hundred pounds and now up to nearly five hundred pounds.
This meant he was carrying the weight of three to four adults every day, and he was just a five-year-old kid.
"Naruto seems tireless."
Kushina keenly noticed something was off.
"It's Kurama," Kakashi explained. "Kurama inside Naruto has lent him more chakra. Naruto told me he has been dreaming of Kurama lately."
Kakashi speculated: "He must have learned how to communicate with the Tailed Beast, and the beast is willing to communicate with him."
At this point.
Kakashi breathed a small sigh of relief.
If Kurama were a Tailed Beast that disliked communication, he'd be on edge every day, worried that the beast might lose control.
But if Kurama could communicate, it meant Naruto had the potential to become a perfect jinchuriki.
In this way.
The Tailed Beast inside Naruto wouldn't be a threat but a huge asset to him.
Suddenly.
A breeze blew, carrying a bit of moisture and a smell different from the usual wind.
"Gurararara!!!"
The familiar sea breeze made Whitebeard, walking ahead, laugh heartily: "Stupid sons and daughters! Your dad has smelled the sea! The sea is just ahead!"
"The sea?" Karin curiously looked ahead.
"Dad, it's so blue up ahead!" Even though young Karin wore glasses, she could still see the vast blue ocean in the distance!
Looking up slightly.
She could see seabirds circling above them, different from those in the forest.
"Such big white birds!"
Karin exclaimed.
She suddenly felt hungry and eager: "These big birds must taste good roasted, right?"
Spending time with Whitebeard, Karin had changed from the gloomy and introverted nature caused by the darkness of Kusagakure.
Dad, Naruto, Mom...
These people always gave her warmth like a family.
No, not like a family.
They...
...were family!
"Gurararara! These are seagulls!" Whitebeard ruffled Karin's hair, laughing joyfully: "A good man at sea doesn't eat seagulls lightly! When you're lost at sea, if you see a seagull, it means you can survive."
"Just follow the direction the seagull flies, and you'll find land. In short, any seabird is a sign of good luck for pirates!"
Whitebeard added nostalgically: "Some seabirds even carry a bundle. Inside are newspapers; give them money, and they'll give you the newspaper."
"Eh?" Naruto was also intrigued by Whitebeard's words.
"So amazing!" Naruto exclaimed: "A bird delivering newspapers?"
"Gurararara! They're called News Coo."
Whitebeard sighed: "They're from my homeland; I don't know if they exist in the ninja world."
Kakashi was holding a small book.
He bought it while passing through a town.
Kakashi blushed as he read.
And said: "As far as I know, there are no such birds in the ninja world. But if bird nin-beasts are trained, maybe... they could be trained to do this."
He knew that once they reached the coast of the Land of Fire, Whitebeard would take Naruto to the Land of Water.
Then they would go to the shipyard in the Land of Water.
To build that Moby Dick or whatever.
Even though he knew this was going to happen, what could he do?
Instead of worrying about it.
He might as well read his novel!
...
Meanwhile.
Elsewhere.
A group of Root ninjas wearing various masks, and an unmasked Konoha ninja, were moving quickly along the same road.
"Shisui, what were you looking back at? Is there something wrong?"
A Root ninja sharply noticed Shisui's small movement.
"No." Shisui Uchiha shook his head.
This group was Shisui and the Root ninjas.
"Hmph!" The Root ninja said coldly: "Don't forget your mission this time. A small mistake could ruin everything!"
Shisui nodded, speaking sparingly: "I know."
A while ago.
Shisui encountered Danzo on his way home.
Under the pretext of "orders from the Hokage," Danzo told him some things.
At the same time, he gave Shisui an order.
Use those special eyes to control Whitebeard!
Shisui remembered Danzo's important words clearly.
—"If the jinchuriki loses control, even if it's because of Whitebeard, the village will still suspect the Uchiha clan. Shisui, you don't want that, right?"
—"Your eyes are a gift of peace to Konoha from the ancestors. Used properly, the village and the Uchiha clan can have lasting peace."
—"Shisui, this isn't just my idea. It's also the view of the Third Hokage, Koharu, and Homura."
—"Whether Konoha can remain peaceful depends on how you use your eyes. You have three days to think about it!"
—"I hope you won't let Konoha fall into chaos."
Danzo's words hit Shisui hard.
Each word was a blow to Shisui.
But Shisui felt something was off.
Given Root's "reputation," it was a concern.
'Something seems wrong.'
Shisui frowned, thinking: 'I hope it's just a feeling.'
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