Pirate: This Marine has two Rinnegan.

Five minutes...

Naruto lowered his head. He had finally seen his father, but they only had five minutes left to meet, which was incredibly cruel for him.

Minato sighed heavily, looking at Chiga with a pleading look in his eyes.

"Chika, after I disappear, could you please take care of Naruto? As his father, I owe him so much!"

In response to Minato's pleading, Chiga rolled her eyes.

"do not want!"

"I'm so grateful... What!?"

Minato stared at Chiga in disbelief. In his mind, given his relationship with Chiga, Chiga would at least help him take care of Naruto. But what was going on?

Chika glanced sideways at Minato and snorted coldly.

"Don't look at me like that. Take care of your own son!"

But I'm about to disappear!

"Just disappear and come back, isn't that enough?"

"Are you kidding me?! I'm already dead! Dead!"

“I know you’re dead, there’s no need to keep repeating it.”

"Chiga, I'm begging you! I won't feel at ease until I entrust Naruto to you!"

"What? You don't believe in your Konoha Village anymore? Is it because the Third Hokage is dead?"

"..."

It would have been better if the village hadn't been mentioned, because just mentioning it made Minato furious. He had just seen Naruto when he was a child, often going hungry and cold, and when he did get food, it was always expired!

Minato was the Fourth Hokage, after all! What happened to his legacy? Why didn't the Third Hokage and the others pass on their legacy to Naruto?

Furthermore, the villagers' constant beatings and verbal abuse of Naruto, and their forbidding other children from befriending him, only fueled Minato's fury.

Minato could barely understand that the Third Hokage and his group concealed Naruto's identity as the son of the Hokage in order to protect Naruto and prevent his enemies from targeting him.

But if you've hidden even this, why didn't you hide the fact that the Nine-Tails was sealed inside Naruto?! And what's with this "son of the demon fox" nonsense? Couldn't you at least explain to the villagers what a Jinchuriki is?

Minato became increasingly agitated as he thought about it, and his chakra began to fluctuate wildly.

He didn't have much chakra left to begin with, and this sudden depletion made it even faster; it looked like it was about to completely dissipate.

Naruto was also feeling bad, he murmured.

"dad....."

This time, Minato's father's words completely broke him down. Tears welled up in his eyes, and he dared not look at Naruto anymore, so he closed his eyes.

Chiga shook his head helplessly. He reached out and flicked Minato's forehead. Minato opened his eyes in pain and looked at Chiga in confusion.

Black ripples appeared in Chiga's eyes as he activated the Rinnegan.

Minato's eyes widened in shock when he saw Chiga's Rinnegan. He blinked several times to make sure he wasn't seeing things.

"This...this is the Rinnegan?!"

Seeing that Minato recognized those eyes, Chiga didn't say anything more. He closed the Rinnegan, turned around, and pressed down on Naruto's shoulder.

He didn't turn around to look at the water gate, but simply said,

"I told you, you should take care of your own child. You should reflect on your actions while you're still in the womb of death!"

After saying that, Chika and Naruto disappeared in front of Minato.

Minato silently gazed at the spot where Chiga and Naruto had disappeared, and said softly,

"Thank you, Chiga..."

In the real world, Naruto's eyes regained their clarity, and he immediately looked at Chiga, saying anxiously,

"Senior Chiga, my father..."

He has disappeared.

Although he already knew the outcome, Naruto still felt a pang of disappointment. He remained silent for a moment, then asked,

"Will I still have a chance to see him?"

Chika looked at Naruto's hopeful face, sighed softly, and said,

"Yes, you will definitely see him again."

Upon hearing this, Naruto was overwhelmed with excitement. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed deeply to Chiga.

"Thank you! Senpai Chika!"

With a casual wave of her hand, Chiga pulled Naruto up.

"Alright, I'm really fed up with you two, father and son. We'll express our gratitude when we meet your father!"

Yamato and Sakura were completely confused. According to Chiga, Naruto's father was the Fourth Hokage, but wasn't the Fourth Hokage already dead? How could Naruto possibly meet the Fourth Hokage?

Sakura nudged Naruto's arm and whispered...

"Naruto, did you just see the Fourth Hokage?"

"Ah."

"Such a thing is true? Is he really your father?"

"Yes."

Naruto's mind was filled with thoughts of his father, Minato, and he no longer showed the same enthusiasm towards Sakura. Sakura couldn't help but feel annoyed, and she raised her hand as if to punch Naruto.

However, her hand was grabbed tightly as soon as it reached halfway out.

Chiga appeared before Sakura without her noticing, his Mangekyou Sharingan radiating a chilling coldness.

"what are you up to?"

Stared at by the Mangekyou Sharingan, Sakura felt a fear that went straight to her soul. She swallowed hard, her eyes pleadingly fixed on Naruto...

Chapter 299 Sasuke

Seeing this, Naruto immediately wanted to speak up and dissuade him, but Chiga saw through his thoughts and glared at him.

"Naruto, do you know what a 'simp' means?"

Naruto was taken aback. Although it was the first time he had heard this word, he still vaguely understood its meaning.

Chiga continued,

"Being a simp isn't necessarily a bad thing. Your father was quite the simp when he was pursuing your mother."

Naruto immediately became interested upon hearing this and hurriedly asked,

"Really? Daddy too..."

"Hmph, I'm telling you this just to tell you that being a simp is fine, but you need to consider who you're simping on and whether they're worth it. Otherwise, you'll only end up with nothing!"

In Chiga's eyes, Sakura was definitely not someone Naruto should fawn over. In terms of status, Naruto was the son of the Fourth Hokage, and once announced, he would be a prominent prince in Konoha, while Sakura was just a ninja from an ordinary family.

It wasn't that Chiga looked down on Sakura's status as a commoner ninja; what bothered him was that Sakura had brought up Naruto's orphan status more than once, saying things like, "Look, doesn't he have no parents?"

Furthermore, the phrase "If there's trouble, then give me more; if there's no trouble, then give me whatever I want" truly made Chiga feel no liking for Sakura whatsoever.

After saying that, Chiga shook off Sakura's hand and said coldly,

"If I see you doing something like this again, you'll lose this hand."

Under the watchful gaze of the kaleidoscope, Sakura could only nod frantically, while Yamato stepped in to smooth things over.

"Senior Chiga, Sakura and Naruto have always had a good relationship. She didn't mean it just now. Please forgive her!"

Chiga shook her head indifferently, turned off the kaleidoscope, and turned to walk in one direction.

Naruto thought Chiga was leaving. Although he hadn't spent much time with Chiga, he could tell that Chiga was really good to him, and Chiga was also Minato's friend. He really didn't want Chiga to leave.

So he called out to Chiga's retreating figure.

"Chiga-senpai! Where are you going?"

Chiga paused, then said without turning her head,

"Go check on that Sasuke. What? You want to go?"

Upon hearing that he was going to see Sasuke, Naruto immediately became excited and asked,

"Senior Chiga, may I come with you?"

A barely perceptible smile appeared on Chika's lips as she spoke softly.

"Your legs are your own body, why are you telling me where you're going?"

Upon hearing this, Naruto was overjoyed. He scurried over to Chika and said with a shameless grin,

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Senpai Chiga!"

Chiga rolled her eyes and continued walking forward.

Sakura and Yamato exchanged a glance, then Sakura silently followed.

Kabuto rushed back after Orochimaru's defeat, accompanied by Sai.

Sai's mission this time is first to deliver Danzo's letter to Orochimaru and gain his trust.

Now that Orochimaru has been subdued by Senga, he has lost his mission objective and can only continue with the next mission, which is to assassinate Sasuke.

Danzo, the sixth son of the Uchiha clan, maintained his consistent attitude towards the clan: he considered them all bastards and a potential threat to Konoha, and believed they should be eliminated before Sasuke fully matured.

So Sai went to Orochimaru's lair first, intending to assassinate Sasuke.

Inside Orochimaru's lair,

In the dark passage, Sasuke stared coldly at Sai opposite him and asked,

"who are you?"

Sai, with a professional fake smile on his face, said,

"My name is Sai, I just joined Team 7. You must be Uchiha Sasuke?"