Naruto:The avenger of the uzumaki clan

Chapter

63: Self-examination and Determination

After seeing Menma's cold attitude,

Tazuna couldn't help but feel nervous. He quickly stepped sideways to stand

between his grandson and Menma, just as he was about to say something.

"Menma!" Kakashi-sensei

noticed Menma's abnormal mood changes and frowned, shouting in a deep voice.

It was as if he was awakened by

Kakashi-sensei's words. "Sorry, I'm rude. I just thought of something

unpleasant," Menma said, taking a deep breath to calm down his emotions

and restrain his murderous aura.

But at this moment, Inari no longer

had the courage to yell as he had before. His whole body was shaking

uncontrollably, as if he had lost all his strength. He collapsed in his

mother's arms, hugging her tightly, with his head buried deep, not daring to look

at Menma again. Tsunami also held her son tightly, glancing at Menma with a

hint of fear. Initially, Tsunami had thought these little ninjas were still

children, but now she didn't think so. A ninja is a ninja, after all. Tazuna

always felt like he was about to collapse.

At that moment, Tazuna was genuinely

afraid that Menma would take action against his grandson. Naruto, Sakura, and

Sasuke all looked at Menma with varying degrees of strangeness. This sudden

outburst was very inconsistent with Menma's previous personality.

Menma himself seemed to realize

this. "How stupid!" he muttered in a low voice, not knowing whether

it was directed at Inari or himself. He put his head in his hands and walked

towards the corridor outside the living room.

Watching Menma leave, Naruto wanted

to say something but chose to give up. Honestly, at that moment, Naruto had the

urge to scold Inari. Although Naruto in this life did not have the same

experience as in the original story, his personality could not accept the cries

of a timid person. Team 7 comprised three young members, who had even become

orphans earlier. Despite Naruto's positive and optimistic demeanor, he

privately longed for his parents' care but never showed it outside. This was

Naruto's own insistence. Inari was very small, but who hasn't come from

childhood? Naruto felt he could somewhat understand Menma's mood.

Sasuke, in the farthest position,

also looked deeply at the departing figure with a numb face, a different kind

of luster faintly showing in his pupils. 'You and I are the same...'

Sakura was the only one who couldn't

understand Menma, feeling he was a little too harsh. In her opinion, Inari was

just a child who had lost his father. Some inappropriate remarks should be

tolerated. How could Menma treat Inari like that? Sakura felt Menma was wrong

and disliked him even more. She completely ignored that she was the only one in

the team with both parents or maybe never thought about this aspect and always

focused on herself.

Kakashi-sensei held a similar view

to Naruto. He felt that Menma's childhood experiences had left a deep imprint,

causing him to explode when stimulated by Inari. Their guess couldn't be said

to be wrong but was not comprehensive enough.

Menma, who had already left, could

not know what Kakashi-sensei and Naruto were thinking. After arriving at the

high point of the sea cliff, the cold sea breeze helped calm his mind. A look

of self-deprecation appeared on his face.

'I'm still not mature enough. I'm

just a strange kid. Why should I compete with him? Really, what on earth am I

doing? When did I become so stupid?' Menma slapped his cheeks harder.

"Snap!" He murmured in a

low voice, feeling very annoyed.

Inari was a kid destined to have no

interaction with him, not even an ordinary supporting character in this world.

Why should he care? Just because of his experience in this life? Because of a

sense of déjà vu from a previous event in another life?

Menma did not deny that at that

moment, his heart was full of the urge to rush up and beat Inari, similar to

when Naruto insisted on continuing to perform the mission. This made Menma feel

very annoyed. But thinking about it now, did this make sense? No! This was just

a disgusting venting of personal emotions. It had no meaning to himself or the

current reality. This was all a manifestation of Menma's own immaturity and

personality change.

Including the inexplicable concern

for Naruto before, and even getting angry because of Naruto's attitude and

character. So what if he is his younger brother? Do they have any experience

living together? No! Is there any real brotherhood? No! Just because of blood

relations? Because Naruto has a very similar personality to his brother from

his previous life?

Okay, maybe these are reasons, but

do I have the qualifications and room to consider these now? There must be a

limit to fooling around. Pretentiousness must be stopped immediately. Stupidity

is not allowed. What is your goal? What is your plan? Can't you see yourself

clearly? Can't you make up your mind? If that's the case, then you might as

well die!

Humans indeed have seven emotions

and six desires and are prone to making mistakes. But after making mistakes,

they must learn to introspect and correct themselves! Menma felt disgusted

thinking about his previous hypocrisy and affectation. He had clearly said he

would be a thorough egoist. In the end, he still cared about this and that?

Is something wrong with his brain?

Is he a split personality!? In this mission, Menma really examined his heart.

What exactly does he want! That is to live! Live as freely and unrestrainedly

as possible, and do things that make his mind clear! In this life, he wants to

live transparently!

Menma looked at the calm and deep

sea level, and a resolute and sharp look appeared in his pupils. 'No one can

stop me, no matter who wants to stop me. I will not hesitate any more!'

At this moment, in this Land of

Waves, Menma made his own decision.

After blowing in the cold wind on

the cliff for a while and calming himself down completely, Menma returned to

the house. Some things seemed to have never happened. Menma also returned to

his previous calm appearance.

Menma's state of mind had undergone

a real transformation. Under the seemingly calm and even gentle attitude, there

was a more unfamiliar alienation. But it was different from the immature period

in the past. Now Menma could perfectly put on a hypocritical mask that others

were willing to see.

People need setbacks and need to

grow. No one is born mature and rational. Now Menma had taken the most critical

step.