The chamber of the Konoha High Council had never been so silent.
The doors had barely closed behind the courier from Iwagakure when Shikamaru dropped the scroll on the table with a heavy sigh.
"Yeah," he muttered. "It says exactly what you think it does."
Tsunade, seated at the head of the chamber in her Hokage robes — barely able to suppress a sneer — opened the seal and began to read aloud.
"To the esteemed Hokage and honored council of Konoha:
Following the confirmed pregnancy within your village by Naruto Uzumaki, bearer of high-value lineage and host to the Nine-Tails,
We request formal discussion and recognition of the Fox Clause — a chakra-bonded Breeding Accord,
Allowing sanctioned unions between the Host and approved kunoichi from all Five Great Nations,
In the interest of peace through bloodline unification."
The silence that followed was thunderous.
Shikamaru pinched the bridge of his nose. "They're basically asking us to turn Naruto into a rotating womb-filler."
Hiashi Hyuuga scoffed. "They violated his body once already. Now they want a treaty for it?"
Tsunade's knuckles were white around the scroll.
"They want permission to line up their kunoichi and collect Uzumaki seed in the name of peace."
And then came the last words on the scroll — handwritten, elegant, arrogant:
Naruto Uzumaki's potency is no longer a private asset.It is now an international one.
The council erupted.
Arguments. Shouts. Demands for retaliation.
But through it all…
Naruto stood silently.
Present.
Dressed in ceremonial black.
A golden Uzumaki crest on his shoulder.
And on his neck, still faintly glowing, the chakra-seal collar gifted by his harem — not a restraint anymore, but a symbol.
Finally, he stepped forward.
Cleared his throat.
And said one thing:
"I'm not a tool."
He looked at the scroll.
Then at Tsunade.
At the council.
At the open window, where the wind rolled in from the direction of the Harem Seal House.
"I'll make peace," he said. "I'll give life."
His eyes hardened.
"But I choose where it goes."
Tsunade nodded.
"Then let's make that choice official."