Naruto felt his mood improving lately.
For Kurama, the most obvious perception was Naruto Uzumaki's increasingly growing malevolence.
Or rather... malevolence leaking into this world.
Compared to his initial pretense and feigned innocence, Naruto Uzumaki gradually began to reveal his demonic nature at many moments.
Power and authority make people inflate.
Naruto Uzumaki also didn't escape this law.
"Let go..."
Kurenai Yuhi squeezed out these two words from her red lips.
Naruto, of course, had no intention of complying.
Immense humiliation bloomed in her heart.
Her father's death, Shisui the Teleporter's rise, Asuma's departure, and her own defeat…
All of this caused Kurenai Yuhi's mental state to gradually collapse.
That's why she vented her anger on a child.
It's never the last straw that breaks the camel's back, but people often focus on the straw.
"You're a bit too anxious..."
The considerate Naruto perceived Kurenai Yuhi's problem.
The portrait of Shinku Yuhi, placed prominently in the living room, explained everything.
Naruto gazed at the beauty trampled under his feet.
The newly adult Kurenai Yuhi was slightly older than Yugao Uzuki.
This was precisely the age of shedding greenness and moving towards maturity.
White bandages were wrapped densely, circle after circle, uniformly covering her body.
This also further accentuated a certain... sensuality.
Above the pale bandages, sections of red clothing draped over her shoulders as an embellishment.
The ends of her black hair were slightly curled, and her red pupils gleamed with anger.
"You're under too much pressure... Kurenai."
Naruto considerately expressed, "I understand you."
"Asuma isn't here; you must feel quite lonely and helpless, right?"
"What do you understand?!" Kurenai Yuhi roared.
"I understand, of course I understand..."
Naruto nodded continuously, not intending to explain to Kurenai Yuhi.
"Well then, next, I'll help you relieve some of that emotion..."
With that, Naruto made a move.
What was he going to do?
Kurenai Yuhi was confused.
However, when she saw the blue light and flames ignited in Naruto's hand, her face suddenly changed color.
"Finger Engraving... Sealing..."
The name of the jutsu Kurenai Yuhi murmured was a standard general-purpose sealing jutsu.
Its rank was C.
The principle was to ignite burning sealing chakra light and flames on the fingers.
The intensity of this sealing jutsu could be freely adjusted to determine whether to burn flesh, wooden boards, or even... steel!
Yes, this was a sealing jutsu that could carve words onto steel!
Generally, it was used to leave information signals and the like.
So, what was this brat going to do?
"Have you heard of 'Fire Ironing Technique'?"
Naruto tilted his head, a wicked smile on his face.
Kurenai Yuhi: "Fire... Fire what?!"
Fire Ironing Technique, a traditional Chinese medicine therapy, is a part of intangible cultural heritage. Although it originated from moxibustion, it differs from moxibustion; fire ironing often combines points with areas on the body…
"You're under too much pressure; I'll help you with a treatment."
Naruto believed that Kurenai Yuhi had evil spirits invading her body, and it needed to be treated dialectically to get better.
"Wait..."
Kurenai Yuhi's eyes suddenly widened, watching the flickering flames on Naruto's five fingers turn black.
What kind of evil and ominous chakra was this…
"Don't worry, it's fine; this is my exclusive improved version... Uzumaki-style Fire Ironing Technique~."
Just like there's ordinary Eight Trigrams Palms and the Hyuga clan's Eight Trigrams Palms, why can't I, Naruto Uzumaki, modify and create an Uzumaki-style Fire Ironing Technique?
And so, Naruto, with his hand burning with the Finger Engraving Seal, decided to expel the evil spirits from Kurenai Yuhi's body.
He would use... the flickering flames between his fingers!
"Wait..."
Kurenai Yuhi lay on the ground.
In her horrified gaze, Naruto's hand swept over her hair, then past the back of her neck, her back, her waist... continuing to the place least likely to be injured and also where the body's fat was very dense.
Shhh!
Naruto's palm pressed down.
Kurenai Yuhi: "Ugh! Eeeeeeeeeeeeee~!"
The burning black flames, through direct skin contact, burned away the evil spirits within her body.
Wisps of smoke rose.
Kurenai Yuhi, with the evil spirits expelled from her body, immediately let out a painful shriek.
Her distorted voice confirmed the agony she was enduring.
The hot tears streaming down and her upturned red eyes further expressed her attitude toward this initial treatment.
It hurts, it hurts so much!
Not just physically, but mentally too.
Utterly humiliated, Kurenai Yuhi instinctively released a Water Release jutsu to neutralize the painful heat caused by the burning sealing jutsu.
Shhh!
Ch ch ch~!
However, the jutsu Kurenai Yuhi released did not extinguish the flames of the sealing jutsu.
The main reason was that, due to the intense pain, the direction of her Water Release was a bit off.
Thus, a miss by a hair's breadth led to a mile's deviation.
Just like that, in a short while, Naruto completed the expulsion of the evil spirits.
Of course, this was just the first course of treatment.
The specific recovery effect would depend on subsequent performance.
"All done."
Naruto happily removed his right foot, which had been trampling Kurenai Yuhi.
And Kurenai Yuhi, still lying on the ground, could only emit unconscious whimpers of sorrow.
"Well then... it's getting late, so I won't bother you, Kurenai. And I also have things to do myself. Goodbye~!"
Naruto waved, turned around, and left without a trace.
"Ugh~, ugh~..."
Kurenai Yuhi lay with her cheek turned, her eyes firmly rolled upwards, and tears spilled onto the floor…
Damn it, damn it.
I must... I must punish this brat, punish him...
Kurenai Yuhi, who still had some boundaries in her heart, instinctively considered Naruto's identity as the Fourth Hokage's son.
She didn't cry for a fight and murder like Izumi Uchiha.
She was just thinking that she must properly discipline Naruto later, punish him, and teach him how to behave.
Naruto had grown up without parental guidance.
In Kurenai Yuhi's view, he was uncultured.
She had originally intended to teach Naruto, but it turned out like this.
Coming from an old-fashioned family and having received conservative education no less strict than Fugaku Uchiha's family, how could she tolerate something as irritating as Naruto?
However, what Naruto had just done to her was beyond her acceptable limits.
To actually use the Finger Engraving Seal, this sealing jutsu, on her...
"Mmmph..."
Thinking this, Kurenai Yuhi's consciousness gradually plunged into darkness.
Theoretically, this shouldn't be possible.
However, Naruto's Finger Engraving Seal was not like the one Jiraiya released.
The "enhanced" Dark Finger Engraving Seal would have unpredictable effects.
And this... was also part of Naruto's experiment.