Naruto, your uncle is going to be Hokage!

His body trembled suddenly, and Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed to have aged even more, his wrinkled face almost drooping down in decay.

Finally, he sighed.

It seems they have accepted the result.

"He's right, Naruto is the son of the Fourth Hokage."

The crowd erupted instantly.

An uproar, greater than ever before, resounded in the Hokage Building.

The previous words of Namikaze Mirai had only caused a slight ripple in their hearts.

But now that Hiruzen Sarutobi has personally admitted it, the meaning is completely different!

Naruto, whom they had always called the Demon Fox, was actually the son of the Fourth Hokage!

The son of the hero who sacrificed his life to save this village!

Is the fox spirit the son of a hero?

"But why does everyone call him the fox demon?"

Where did these rumors come from?

"This is so weird!"

Many villagers remain confused.

Since Naruto is the son of a hero, why is he being treated this way?

As the son of the Fourth Hokage, shouldn't he enjoy the best benefits in the entire village and be raised as the son of a hero?

Why is Naruto completely the opposite?

And, most importantly...

It's very strange that the Third Hokage didn't interfere at all during this process!

"Because... the Nine-Tails."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes held an unprecedented bitterness.

Since things had come to this point, he had no choice but to tell the whole truth.

Otherwise, these angry villagers might turn their anger on him instead.

"On the night of the Nine-Tails' rampage, Minato and Kushina sacrificed their lives to seal the Nine-Tails into their son, Naruto."

"This matter is of great importance. If it were leaked rashly, the consequences would be very serious. So I ordered all information related to this matter to be blocked. But I never expected that it would turn into a rumor that Naruto is the demon fox."

"If Minato knew this from underground, he would definitely blame me!"

Of course!

An uproar!

The truth has finally come out!

The villagers, upon learning the truth, found it difficult to accept this reality.

They kept cursing that the fox spirit who killed the Fourth Generation Couple was their only son!

For so many years, they have been bullying the son of a hero!

"I am... the son of the Fourth Hokage..."

Naruto stood there, dumbfounded.

It turns out that his biological parents, whom he had never met, were actually the heroes who saved the entire village?

The last one carved on Hokage Rock, the Fourth Hokage, revered as a hero by the village!

He was never some kind of fox spirit!

He is the son of a hero!

Naruto's eyes instantly filled with tears, and he pursed his lips, trying his best not to cry.

My uncle once said that a real man shouldn't cry.

But, but...

Large tears rolled down his cheeks one after another, and he almost cried himself into a sobbing mess.

Namikaze Mirai knelt down and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Don't resent your parents. They are the people who love you the most in the world. They just had to make that choice because of the crisis at the time."

"No, I don't resent them."

Naruto wiped the tears from his face.

“I’m happy. I’m not the bastard they’re talking about. I have parents, the heroes who saved the village. I just, just want to see them.”

"I really, really want to see them..."

The crowd fell silent.

Someone silently wiped away tears from the corners of their eyes.

Some people clenched their fists in self-reproach.

Namikaze Mirai stood up, turned her head, and stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"The third generation leader caused the hero's son to suffer village bullying. How should this crime be judged?"

Guilt?

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression suddenly turned ugly.

What's the meaning? ? ?

Did Namikaze Mirai directly target him?

"As the son of a hero, Naruto should have received the best education and the best treatment, but he received none of that! Instead, he has been subjected to unwarranted bullying!"

"You, the Third Hokage, don't you intend to take responsibility for this?"

The moment Miku Namikaze's voice fell, a cacophony of discussion erupted around her.

"The Hokage does indeed bear some responsibility for Naruto's situation."

"Yes! We're all human. If the Hokage had announced from the beginning that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage's son, how could we have treated him like that?"

The villagers started shifting blame to each other, and their feelings of guilt for knowing Naruto's identity seemed to have found an outlet.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's teeth chattered as he listened, and the Anbu members around him exchanged bewildered glances, their resolve wavering.

"How do you want to make up for it?"

He took a deep breath.

The situation was overwhelming, and he had no choice in the matter.

Namikaze Mirai smiled faintly: "I remember that you misappropriated all the inheritance left by my brother Minato. That portion of the property is barely worth 5 million taels!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hiruzen Sarutobi became anxious.

"How could the assets left behind by Watergate possibly amount to that much? Don't try to make an exorbitant demand!"

Namikaze Mirai's face turned cold: "So you really swallowed up my brother's inheritance?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi snapped out of his daze and noticed the strange looks from the villagers around him; his heart skipped a beat.

He fell for it.

"The portion of Minato's assets was used to rebuild the village and compensate the families of the ninjas who died that night. Not a single penny went into my pocket, and it was definitely not as much as 5 million ryo."

Hiruzen Sarutobi barely suppressed his anger.

"It's 10 billion taels now!"

Namikaze Mirai smirked coldly.

"The future, is yours!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi clenched his teeth, his blood pressure soaring!

"Is the suffering Naruto endured, and the inheritance of Minato and his wife, not even worth 10 billion ryo?"

"If you can't produce it, can't the Sarutobi clan produce it?"

As Hiruzen Sarutobi gazed at Mirai Namikaze, a flame seemed to rise in his eyes.

He recalled the declaration made by Namikaze Mirai in the Hokage's room when she first returned to the village: "I will take back every single penny of Minato's legacy."

If the Sarutobi clan really offers 10 billion ryo to compensate Naruto, many clan members will probably have to live a life of extreme poverty.

But the current situation is no longer something he can choose.

"I will send someone to deliver the compensation. Remember, this is for Naruto."

He took a deep breath, his tone calm, but a hint of fire flickered in his eyes.

But Namikaze Mirai's eyes were quite indifferent.

It's as if to say, this is just the beginning.