Naruto: Orochimaru Gives Birth, and the Higher-Ups Persecute the Orphan

A newborn baby is snatched away by a strange man, his whole body covered in explosive talismans, while even the sealed tailed beast furiously batters its prison. The Fourth Hokage chooses to sacrifice himself to save the village, leaving the other half of the seal to his only son. Yet the hero's bloodline earns the child nothing but fear and cold indifference from the higher-ups.

Just as everyone believes the disaster has passed, the leader known as the "Director" secretly begins putting a plan into motion, using the talisman seals left behind. Under the guise of "doing what's best for the greater good," he locks the orphan away in a lightless chamber and proposes stripping him of his surname and concealing his origins. Every step serves one purpose: to make sure the child can never grow up.

But the seal cannot lie. The power deliberately suppressed will eventually awaken, and a deeper conspiracy has already spread through Konoha. As outside enemies draw near once more and the tailed beast's presence begins to leak out again, the final talisman seal left behind by the hero may be the key to destroying the lies. How will a boy whom the entire village regards as a "curse" tear through the darkness beneath that watchful gaze?

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.