BlackStar_BH:
I have some good news for the readers of this fanfic on Webnovel.
Well, I listened to the advice and decided to speed up the story without affecting the core of the fanfic, which lies in the characters' reactions to the manga.
Starting from Chapter 100, you will notice a change in the speed of the narrative. Some events from the manga may be skipped, as that's part of what increasing the story's pace means.
In the advanced chapters on Patreon and Ko-fi, I've already begun the arc of Volume 6, where the Chunin Exam in the manga reaches its conclusion.
Greetings to all of you, and enjoy the chapter!
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[— Manga Scene —]
"I once had something very dear to me."
"My parents."
"I was born in a small, snowy village in the Country of Mist."
In the background, a small village surrounded by snowy mountains appeared, where a man and a woman stood, holding a newborn child.
"I was happy. My parents were very kind people."
"But when I grew up and began to understand how the world truly works… something happened."
"Something? What…?" Naruto asked.
"This blood…" Haku wiped the blood from his mouth.
"Blood? What do you mean!?"
"My father killed my mother. Then… he tried to kill me." Haku said, his eyes nearly lifeless.
"What…?" Naruto was stunned.
"The Country of Mist went through endless civil wars, and those who possessed advanced blood came to be hated."
"Bloodlines with special abilities… like mine."
"Because of these abilities, clans with such blood were used as weapons in countless battles. As a result, those clans were blamed for bringing misfortune and war upon the country."
Haku continued: "After the wars ended, these clans were forced to hide the truth about their own blood. For anyone whose secret was discovered… only death awaited."
[— End Scene —]
A suffocating silence fell over every Art Store, from Konoha to Kiri.
This time, the shock did not come from the destructive power of the Kyūbi, but from the bitter truth Haku revealed with calm, heart-shattering honesty.
Kirigakure:
Inside the mist-shrouded store, the atmosphere was unbearably heavy.
The shinobi who once took pride in their strength and blood-soaked history lowered their heads without realizing it.
The Third Mizukage, Mizuro, gripped the edge of the table so tightly it nearly cracked.
'Uzumaki Rubiro… damn you,' he was screaming internally.
'You've torn open a wound we tried to bury beneath thousands of corpses.'
Mizuro looked around and saw fear and suspicion reflected in the eyes of ordinary villagers as they glanced toward shinobi with Kekkei Genkai.
"This manga will reignite hatred… It reminds them that we used them as tools, then cast them away as cursed."
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Young Zabuza was trembling—not with fear, but rage.
"His father… his own father tried to kill him just because he possessed special blood?"
Bitterness flooded Zabuza's chest, a feeling he had never known before.
Now he understood why Haku clung so desperately to his counterpart in the manga.
In a world where a father kills his own child, 'Zabuza-san' becomes the entire world for a lost boy.
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Konohagakure:
In Konoha, Kushina stared silently at the scene—until she could no longer endure it.
"This is horrible… How can a man kill his wife and try to murder his own son just because they were born with special blood?"
Minato, who always viewed the world through a strategic lens, felt a sharp ache in his chest.
He glanced at Hiruzen, who had closed his eyes in pain, fully aware that Konoha too bore its share of discrimination—though far less bloody than Kiri's.
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Uchiha Hugaku's expression remained stone-cold, but inside, his thoughts boiled.
'Advanced bloodlines are used as weapons… then discarded?'
His mind turned to the precarious position of the Uchiha clan.
'Rob isn't drawing a children's story. This is political manga—exposing their filthiest secrets.'
His attention soon returned to the manga.
Haku continued, describing how he killed his father unintentionally while defending himself, and how he became Zabuza's tool—because Zabuza was the only one who needed him.
At that moment, Maito Dai cried out because of the sad story, tears streaming down his face:
"My God! This boy is broken! Naruto, don't kill him! This story can't end in blood!"
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Behind the counter, Rob watched calmly.
He knew this was the moment when the world would begin questioning the shinobi system itself.
Volume Four was not just about battles—it was a scream against injustice across the entire world.
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Iwagakure:
Ōnoki let out a deep sigh, setting the manga aside for a moment.
"Fear of the unknown is humanity's strongest driving force," he said to his subordinates.
"Haku didn't die from Naruto's blow. He died the day his father discovered his blood."
"Rob is showing us that the shinobi's greatest enemy isn't the ninja from another village—but the neighbor who fears difference."
And what about him?
He possessed something even more dangerous than a mere Kekkei Genkai—Dust Release, a Kekkei Tōta!
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Sunagakure:
Amid the scorching desert heat and heavy silence, the cool Art Store felt like paradise—yet no one felt relief.
They felt cold… from what they had read.
The Third Kazekage, Shazan, held Volume Four tightly, his eyes fixed on Haku's words about rejection.
"Kekkei Genkai… special abilities…" he murmured, glancing at Pakura nearby.
"In Kiri, they kill them. In other villages, they glorify them as weapons of war. But in the end… everyone sees them as tools, not people."
Pakura, wielder of the Scorch Release, felt a chill crawl through her body.
She stared at Haku's tear-stained face.
'Will I become like him someday?'
'A disposable tool, discarded when no longer needed?'
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Grandmother Chiyo shook her head sadly as she looked at her young grandson, Sasori.
"This is the world we live in, Sasori… a world that destroys beauty to forge weapons."
Sasori did not respond.
He stared at Haku's image, unmoving, as the idea of becoming an eternal tool began seeping into his darkening mind.
Beside them, Ebizo, Chiyo's brother, wiped sweat from his brow.
"This author… he's tampering with the minds of the youth! If shinobi begin questioning their loyalty, the entire system we built will collapse!"
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Kumogakure:
In the Village Hidden in the Clouds—where the wounds from Rob's confrontation were still fresh—the Third Raikage, his son A, and Killer B were left utterly stunned after reading Haku's past.
Killer B, who usually turned everything into rap, fell completely silent.
"This beat is sad… no rhythm, no rhyme—just cursed blood and pain."
He looked at the Raikage with rare seriousness.
"Father… are we tools too?"
The Third Raikage, always proud of his village's strength and unity, felt a heavy pressure in his chest.
"In Kumo, we value strength, Bee… but what Haku describes is hell itself."
He recalled how other villages hunted those with bloodlines—to steal or exterminate them.
"The author is telling us that power without true belonging is a curse. Haku found belonging in Zabuza… because he had no homeland willing to protect him."
Inside the Cloud's Art Store, Rob's Kumo Clone observed silently.
He watched as elite shinobi exchanged uneasy glances—some with special bloodlines, others without.
Haku's words had planted seeds of doubt in the fairness of the military system they worshipped.
Across every village, readers slowly turned the next page—hopeful, grieving—while a single question echoed in all their minds:
Will Naruto save this child from his fate…
Or will the shinobi world remain a graveyard for broken tools?
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Upcoming chapter titles (spoilers):
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Chapter 104: Hunting in the Mist… Kakashi's Fangs!
Chapter 105: Sacrifice!
Chapter 106: A Heartless Demon?
Chapter 107: A Tool Called "Shinobi."
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