"Lord Hokage, we've just received the latest news: the Raikage has been captured by the Sound Village, and they say they'll demand a ransom from the Cloud Village before he can return..."
A captain from the Anbu reported the latest news: this was already the umpteenth wave of reports about the situation in Otogakure since Kakashi and his group returned.
"Having captured the Raikage, is Orochimaru declaring war on the Land of Lightning?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi harbored resentment towards Orochimaru, and he particularly wanted to kick Orochimaru when he was down because of his suicidal behavior.
Unfortunately, the Hidden Cloud Village did not intend to start a war. After waiting for another half hour, another wave of new information came back, suggesting that the Hidden Cloud Village was already preparing a ransom.
boom!
"Bastard!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi slammed his fist on the table. He never expected that Orochimaru could actually get the Hidden Cloud Village to compromise.
That's the Hidden Cloud Village. Even if they don't admit it, the Hidden Cloud Village's fighting strength surpasses that of the Leaf Village.
Even with such strength, he was still being suppressed. He seemed to see Orochimaru leading his men into Konoha.
He no longer felt that Orochimaru would care about the master-disciple relationship; if he could kill his only remaining son, there was nothing Orochimaru wouldn't dare to do.
Therefore, he should also consider finding someone to deal with Orochimaru.
"Everyone, go and rest first. Tomorrow... tomorrow we'll prepare a cenotaph for Asuma..."
Hiruzen Sarutobi grew increasingly melancholic, and waved for everyone to leave, as he needed some time alone.
"Yes!"
The group slowly left; after all, there were still injured people, so they couldn't hurry.
Once everyone had left, Hiruzen Sarutobi no longer concealed his killing intent, and his uncontrolled chakra caused the tables and chairs to tremble.
"Go, inform Jiraiya that he should come back and check on things. Konoha is now in its most dangerous moment!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned his ANBU members and assigned them tasks. Now all he had to do was wait for Jiraiya's return, which would also help him guard against Orochimaru's attacks.
When he finally got home, he had someone guard him so that no one would approach before he put the videotape into the projector at home.
As scene after scene unfolded, almost everything around Hiruzen Sarutobi was destroyed, leaving only the spot where he was sitting.
There were many copies of this videotape. The ninjas from the other four major ninja villages took them back with them. They should have already seen the contents and learned these secrets that he never wanted anyone to know.
and...
"I didn't kill Kato Dan, nor did I kill Nawaki, I didn't..."
While resting in bed, Hiruzen Sarutobi kept repeating that he didn't intend to kill these people.
He simply watched them die; he didn't arrange the killings. Those were done by other ninja villages!
People die on the battlefield; didn't his two sons die too?
Why should his name be held responsible for those people's deaths? Why?!
"Master, Hiruzen Sarutobi's spirit is weakening."
A little girl dressed in gold with long silver hair floated in the air, looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi's distorted expression, shook her head, and showed a disappointed look.
She thought the Hokage must be something special, but it turns out he's just an ordinary person at heart.
It's such a small matter, why are you so scared? Her master only started it.
However, the consciousnesses that were thrown out when they appeared seemed to be no different from before.
"What you fear is what you boast about. Aside from that brainwashing propaganda, he really doesn't have anything to offer. A Hokage who never goes to the battlefield is claiming to be the strongest Hokage. But it's not entirely wrong, after all, he's the only one of the four Hokage who's still alive..."
Sasuke looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with utter disdain, even though Hiruzen's mental state had only slightly collapsed and he might recover later.
But he can't attack Hiruzen Sarutobi right now. After all, he's the Hokage, and he has to let the others die first.
Then, after being completely disgraced, he died at the hands of certain people.
Chapter 291 Reuniting with Naruto's Parents
"Lord Hokage, something has happened!"
Before dawn, a scream rang out, followed by the arrival of ANBU to awaken Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"what happened?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi walked out of the bedroom and looked at the Anbu kneeling on the ground. He was already worried that Orochimaru might open the Eight Gates and blow up Konoha.
"It's...it's Lord Mitokado Homura..."
Before the Anbu could finish speaking, Hiruzen Sarutobi had already run towards the Hokage Rock.
It was still early, and most people were still asleep, but the scream had woken the ninjas.
The ninjas who were awakened were all looking in the direction of the Hokage Rock. At this moment, on the Hokage Rock, besides the corpse in a familiar location, there was also a confession that was slowly appearing in the air and then being replaced by the next sentence.
This time, the confession appeared directly in the air; its contents could be seen even at the village gate.
Each time it appears, it's with a charge, almost identical to what happened to Koharu when she moved to another room.
Especially certain major events, such as the destruction of all the descendants of the Senju clan, including Tsunade's fiancé, were included in the story.
There are some more, listed in order of year.
When he saw some of the conspiracies that had taken place after the Fourth Hokage took power, such as the news that pregnancy could cause the Tailed Beasts to go berserk, a small blond boy in pajamas on a rooftop far away on the edge of the area suddenly unleashed red chakra.
The chakra appeared only for a moment, and before it could even break through the surrounding protective layer, it disappeared without a trace once again.
"Mom, if I hadn't come along, you wouldn't have died, right?"
Naruto asked in a low voice.
"You are Mommy's precious child. Even knowing they might use your existence to plot against you won't diminish Mommy's love for you..."
The red-haired figure crouched down and hugged Naruto.
Her son wasn't a burden; it's just that she and Minato were too naive back then and didn't know about these people's schemes.
"Kushina, Naruto, I...I'm back."
When Minato Namikaze was thrown away from Hiruzen Sarutobi, he knew that the man had returned.
Since they no longer controlled him, he looked for a way and ran here to find his wife and son.
As for the words in the air, he was busy on his way and didn't notice them for the time being.
"Minato, you...you saw it? Those secrets have been revealed. Our son might not have to be bullied anymore for long..."
Kushina stood up and put her arm around Naruto.
Seeing that Minato Namikaze didn't understand at all, she pointed in the direction of the Hokage Rock and told the idiot to go and see for himself.
"This information doesn't seem right. Even if they wanted to deal with us, they wouldn't risk the entire Hidden Leaf Village. This charge must be false..."
Minato Namikaze looked at the messages. Some of the information about him was indeed true, but the idea of releasing the Nine-Tails to wreak havoc on Konoha was clearly impossible.
If he and Kushina hadn't risked their lives to stop it back then, Konoha might have been destroyed.
"Minato, why do you care how much of their stuff is true? As long as they've tried to harm us, that's enough. Why bother reasoning with them? Are you planning to tell Naruto to learn the Will of Fire?"
Kushina Uzumaki wasn't going to put up with Minato Namikaze. She grabbed his collar and glared at him angrily, her eyes blazing with fury.
He exuded an aura that said, "If you dare to suggest that Naruto learn the Will of Fire, I'll crush you right here and now."
Now she has to protect her son and teach him what it means to rebel. If he dares to hold her back, even if he is the father of her child, he will not be allowed to do so!
"No, no... I just wanted my son to know that some things can be believed, but not entirely..."
Minato Namikaze raised his hands. He was already dead; he just wanted a wisp of his consciousness to stay with his son and wife. He wouldn't care about the Will of Fire.
"Shut up and stay put, or I'll really beat you up!"
Kushina Uzumaki, not wanting Naruto to be led astray, glared at Minato Namikaze again before quietly watching the ongoing confessions with Naruto.
Some of the information here may be false, but if it appears too often, the public's trust will crumble.
She could guess who did it, but she couldn't think of any other purpose besides destroying Hiruzen Sarutobi and other high-ranking Konoha officials.
"I saw Kakashi today. Sarutobi Asuma was killed, and Kakashi seemed very depressed. I wonder what exactly happened..."
After the text finally faded away, Minato Namikaze, along with his family of three, returned to Naruto's room and began to recount the information he had seen and heard at the Hokage Building that day.
Actually, he had been trapped next to Hiruzen Sarutobi for a long time, but it wasn't that he couldn't see Naruto and Kushina at all.
After all, the Third Hokage would send Naruto living expenses every month, and occasionally he would observe Naruto up close, which was when they could meet.
He suddenly felt a little sad when Kakashi was mentioned this time.
Based on what he had learned during this period, Hiruzen Sarutobi might, after things calmed down, make Kakashi pay a certain price for Asuma Sarutobi's death as revenge.
After all, the Ino-Shika-Cho trio are difficult to move; if one moves, all of them have to move, which is too troublesome.
But Kakashi is different. Apart from Might Guy, who is also alone, as a friend, few people would care if Kakashi died.
Hiruzen Sarutobi could not bear the pain of losing his son forever.
"If you care about your students, wouldn't it be better to care about your son as much?"
The atmosphere, which had just eased, turned cold again.
Kushina Uzumaki stared coldly at Minato Namikaze, wondering if she could reassemble him if she shattered him with a single punch.
She once cared about Minato's disciples, but what was the result?
Rin died, and her death was quite tragic; she could only perish by crashing into Kakashi's Lightning Blade.
But the other two...
She didn't know before, but now she knows for sure that the masked man was Uchiha Obito. She used to treat those two boys like family.
But in the end, one of them came and took their lives, and the other...
Others might not know, but how could Kakashi not know that Naruto was their son...?
She was inside the seal, but she could see everything outside clearly. Even if Kakashi occasionally passed by Naruto, he would never give him a second glance.
That kind of ignoring wasn't because they didn't know; it was because they were deliberately ignoring Naruto!
Even that kid Itachi Uchiha would secretly take a second look at Naruto when they encountered him on a mission.
Although a single glance can't make a difference, there's no need for the couple to pay any more attention to someone who should be concerned but isn't even given a glance.
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