My Sign-in System in Naruto

"Lord First Hokage?!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi lay half-collapsed on the ground, his eyes wide with shock.

The long black hair flowing in the wind, the red armor it was unmistakably Hashirama Senju, the man who had built everything.

But in the next moment, Hiruzen's vision blurred. He rubbed his eyes hard, only to find that the First Hokage had vanished before him, replaced by someone he knew all too well.

Haru!

"Who is that?"

Inoichi, Shikaku, and Choza stood frozen. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed that the young man before them had just stopped the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Bomb.

"It's Haru!"

Hizashi, having confirmed the newcomer's identity with his Byakugan, couldn't help but exclaim.

What Haru had done at the Hyuga compound was still fresh in his mind.

If it was him...

Perhaps he could stop the Nine-Tails.

However, Hiashi, standing behind Hizashi, shook his head. He too was observing Haru with his Byakugan.

Although Haru's entrance had been spectacular, and his chakra far exceeded that of an elite jonin, the enemy he was facing wasn't just any ninja.

It was the Nine-Tails!

Even Minato Namikaze had to sacrifice himself to seal it.

"We must..."

But just as Hiashi was about to call for the Hyuga clan to assist, the veins around his temples bulged.

Haru's chakra was expanding at a visible rate.

"How is this possible?!"

In fact, it wasn't just Hiashi. Every ninja present with sensing abilities gasped in shock.

They had never seen such an immense amount of chakra outside of a tailed beast.

"Haru, you..."

Hiruzen swallowed nervously, his face filled with astonishment.

He recalled the day he had first met Haru, when Haru had unleashed his chakra in front of him.

But the Haru before him now was worlds apart from that day.

"Is this his limit..."

Suddenly, Hiruzen remembered what Haru had said back then.

"This is my limit."

At the time, Hiruzen had thought Haru was referring to the limit of his chakra extraction.

But given what he was seeing now, Hiruzen couldn't help but think of another possibility.

Perhaps Haru had been referring to a different kind of limit...

The limit of precisely controlling his chakra, of hiding his true strength.

But was that possible?

No...

It wasn't a question of possibility. It was a matter of fact.

In just a few breaths, the chakra Haru was emitting had multiplied dozens of times over.

A purple chakra cloak even formed around Haru's body, covering him entirely.

Before this, Hiruzen had only seen jinchūriki achieve such a feat.

Just how terrifying was Haru's chakra?

This wasn't just Hiruzen's question. It was the question on every ninja's mind.

Who was this guy? How did he possess such an absurd amount of chakra?

Most importantly...

From Haru's stance, it was clear he intended to face the rampaging Nine-Tails alone.

"Nine-Tails, your power is too great!"

Haru's voice was low as he clasped his hands together, forming the iconic Snake seal.

"Wood Release: Wood Human Technique!"

As Haru poured all his chakra into the technique, the ground began to tremble violently.

A massive tree, seemingly connecting heaven and earth, grew at an unprecedented rate beneath Haru's feet, transforming into a giant wooden humanoid.

Hiruzen, Inoichi, Shikaku, Choza, Hiashi, Hizashi, and every ninja and villager who could see this scene stared in stunned silence.

They didn't even realize it.

The fear that had once been instilled by the Nine-Tails.

The despair that had once been imposed by the Nine-Tails.

All of it vanished in that moment.

Even the rampaging Nine-Tails fell silent, its eyes wide, its mouth hanging open.

A bad memory began to surface in the Nine-Tails' mind.

The giant wooden humanoid reminded it of a terrifying name.

The God of Shinobi.

Hashirama Senju.

Haru stood atop the wooden humanoid's head, his gaze encompassing the entire Leaf Village.

To humans, the Nine-Tails was enormous. But to the wooden humanoid, it was no larger than a single fist.

Without hesitation, Haru controlled the giant wooden humanoid, reaching out to grab the Nine-Tails.

The Nine-Tails, overwhelmed by a sense of oppression, stood frozen, as if it had forgotten why it had transformed in the first place.

"Roar!"

Only when the wooden humanoid's hand closed around the Nine-Tails did it snap back to reality, howling in protest.

But to Hiruzen, the other ninjas, and the villagers, this wasn't a battle between Haru and the Nine-Tails for the sake of the village.

To them, it looked more like Haru was catching a misbehaving pet.

"Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees."

Haru naturally paid no attention to what others thought.

As the strongest of the tailed beasts, the Nine-Tails' destructive power was unmatched.

To prevent it from destroying the Leaf, Haru had to reseal it.

The Advent of a World of Flowering Trees was the technique Hashirama had used to suppress the Nine-Tails.

As a derivative of Wood Release, Haru could use it freely.

The character for "seat" appeared on the wooden humanoid's palm, and chakra began to flow into the Nine-Tails.

Despite the Nine-Tails' desperate struggles, it couldn't break free from the wooden humanoid's grip.

As intense pain washed over it, the Nine-Tails' chakra began to be suppressed.

Its massive size shrank visibly until it returned to Naruto's form.

Seeing this, Haru leaped down from the wooden humanoid's head, landing beside Hiruzen.

Truly, the Nine-Tails, nurtured by the Sage of Six Paths, was the strongest of the tailed beasts.

"The Nine-Tails' power is truly immense," Haru couldn't help but remark.

"Right," Hiruzen nodded instinctively. Although the Leaf's crisis had been averted, he felt he could understand Haru's sentiment. After all, the Nine-Tails was the strongest of all the tailed beasts.

It wasn't surprising that Haru would feel this way.

However, this thought only lasted until Haru spoke his next sentence.

"I almost couldn't hold him with one hand."

Hiruzen: "???"

Inoichi: "???"

Choza: "???"

Shikaku: "???"

Hiashi, Hizashi: "???"

Every other ninja: "???"