Naruto, your uncle is going to be Hokage!

His eyes were somewhat red.

"Didn't the Third Hokage intervene at all? Why did he just stand by and watch Naruto suffer so much..."

While feeling heartbroken and guilty, I also felt a bit angry.

He sealed the Nine-Tails inside Naruto in the hope that one day Naruto would be able to control this power and become a hero of the village.

But it seems that things have completely reversed.

Naruto's childhood was quite miserable.

"I am okay."

Naruto very considerately wiped away the tears from Minato's eyes.

But the more this happened, the deeper Minato's self-blame became.

He couldn't understand why Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, was so inactive.

Namikaze Mirai slightly raised her eyelids to look at Naruto, hesitated for a moment, and then sighed.

"Minato, they swallowed up the legacy you left behind, leaving nothing for Naruto."

Silence. Minato remained silent.

But the fingers resting on Naruto were trembling slightly.

"Naruto, do you hate me?"

Because of his selfishness, he sealed the Nine-Tails inside Naruto, which caused Naruto to suffer so much in his childhood.

Just listening to Namikaze Mirai's description, he felt a suffocating pain.

These experiences would be difficult for even an adult to bear.

Besides, Naruto was only three years old.

He was wrong!

I feel like I'm terribly wrong!

No, I don't hate.

Naruto shook his head.

"At first, I didn't understand why my parents would do such a cruel thing as sealing the fox demon inside my belly."

"But now I understand, they must have wanted their son to become a hero like them!"

Minato, tears streaming down his face, embraced Naruto once more.

A silly smile appeared on Naruto's lips.

Is this what the embrace of a loved one feels like?

So warm.

The two embraced for a long time before reluctantly parting.

"Future, thank you. If you hadn't come back, I don't know how I would have faced Naruto."

Minato's voice was tinged with apology.

He felt deeply indebted to Naruto.

"No, it's because I came back too late."

Namikaze Mirai shook her head.

He's the one who should apologize.

"By the way, you seem to be stronger now than you were three years ago, right?"

Minato chuckled and playfully punched him in the chest.

He sensed the battle between Mirai Namikaze and Kurama in the sealed space.

Although Kurama underestimated Kurama, the fact that he was able to beat Kurama to such a state is enough to prove his strength.

"Yes, although there were some unexpected events, my abilities have indeed improved considerably compared to three years ago."

"That's it..."

Minato's eyes were filled with emotion.

Has my younger brother already surpassed me?

"With you here, I can finally feel at ease."

Namikaze Mirai's eyes turned serious, and she said in a deep voice.

What exactly happened that night?

He had investigated the Nine-Tails Night many times and obtained a lot of information from Kakashi and the Uchiha clan.

But, it's not enough.

As the most important eyewitness, Minato was naturally the one who knew the inside story of that night best.

"That night..."

Perhaps because his inner wounds were touched, Minato's eyes turned cold.

"I was guarding Kushina as she gave birth when I was suddenly attacked. My attacker was wearing a tiger-striped mask and his mastery of space-time techniques was no less than mine..."

So it really is spacetime?

Namikaze Mirai's eyes were solemn.

Just as he had guessed, only those with space-time abilities could have made Minato so disheveled.

"The enemy is very strong. Taking advantage of my fear of Naruto, they kidnapped Kushina, who had just given birth..."

Minato gave a detailed account, trying his best to cover all the key points.

His body can only be preserved for a very limited time.

I can only focus on the key points.

A mysterious masked man, harboring hatred for Konoha, claiming to be Madara Uchiha, and possessing the Mangekyou Sharingan, a space-time eye technique...

As Minato recounted the events, Mirai Namikaze's profile of the enemy that night became increasingly clear.

In a daze, it seemed as if a man wearing a tiger-striped mask appeared before my eyes.

The crimson Sharingan behind the mask revealed a sinister smile.

Namikaze Mirai's eyes were cold.

no doubt.

The masked man who did this will be his greatest enemy in the future!

No matter who the other party is, he will not let him go!

"The future is approaching."

Minato's gentle voice interrupted his thoughts.

The body, formed from chakra, was slowly enveloped in white light.

"So fast?"

Namikaze Mirai's eyes dimmed.

Time passed faster than he had imagined.

"Naruto is in your hands now."

Minato smiled slightly.

"This is the last time I'm begging you, even though I'm such an incompetent brother."

hum!

His gradually fading body dissipated, turning into countless white specks of light that flew towards the deep, dark sky above the sealed space.

"father!"

Naruto missed his target; the light pierced through his body.

He was crying his eyes out.

"Why so fast? There are so many things I want to say. Why didn't you wait for me to finish? Why..."

Namikaze Mirai crouched down and gently stroked his golden hair.

"Don't worry, Naruto, you'll meet again someday!"

"Really, really?"

Naruto wiped away his tears.

"But Dad and Mom are already..."

"Silly boy, who told you that the dead can't come back to life!"

Namikaze Mirai flicked her forehead with a crisp sound, her eyes crinkling into crescent shapes as she smiled.