In Konoha, you call this a ninja tool?

Is this what you've done?

To have the Fourth Hokage's son reduced to this state.

Do you still want to show off your benevolence and righteousness in front of everyone?!

Your approach over the years

Even if Minato Namikaze were in the afterlife, he would feel a chill in his heart!

Chapter 120 The Truth of That Year

"Alright, then I'll tell you everything, Naruto."

Tenyu nodded, patted Naruto Uzumaki on the shoulder, and then said,

"Actually, your parents were not bad people, and they never did anything wrong. They were great heroes in the village. They sacrificed their lives for the whole village."

"what?!"

Naruto Uzumaki's azure pupils widened suddenly.

His eyes were filled with disbelief; this was an answer he had never dared to imagine.

"Brother Tianyu, you really aren't lying to me, are you?"

Naruto's voice trembled, which showed how much this news had impacted him.

"Of course I'm not lying to you. Your father is the Fourth Hokage of Konoha—Minato Namikaze, known as the Golden Flash of Konoha."

Your mother is a descendant of the Uzumaki clan and the previous Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

"All of this tragedy happened because on the day you were born, you were framed by the enemy, causing the Nine-Tails to go berserk inside Kushina Uzumaki during childbirth. Your parents sacrificed their lives to protect the village and to protect you, their newborn child, and sealed the Nine-Tails inside you," Tenyu explained truthfully.

When Tenyu was collecting Naruto Uzumaki's chakra earlier...

He had already explained to Naruto that his chakra was different from everyone else's.

Therefore, Naruto Uzumaki already knew that the Nine-Tailed Fox was sealed inside him, so understanding this matter was not difficult for him.

However, even so,

Naruto Uzumaki, having heard the whole truth,

He stood there stunned for a long time before he came to his senses.

With a hint of confusion in his eyes, he pressed Tianyu for an answer:

"Brother Tianyu, if my parents are both great heroes... why does everyone hate me so much?"

"Because in this village, there aren't many people left who know you're the son of the Fourth Hokage." Tenyu took a sip of his tea, and then, under Naruto's bewildered gaze, continued his explanation.

"After the Nine-Tails' Night, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, sealed off the news in the village that you were the son of the Fourth Hokage. This matter was classified as top secret, and no one was allowed to divulge it."

However, the fact that the Nine-Tails was sealed inside you was leaked from the upper echelons of Konoha, making it known to the villagers.

So that's why you were treated that way in the village before...

In fact, it could be said that it was entirely caused by the Konoha high-ranking officials, including Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The original work doesn't describe Naruto's childhood experiences in much detail.

Many of the secrets were only revealed after Tianyu entered the Dark Division, reviewed a large number of files, and deduced the truth of the matter.

And what Tianyu just said,

This had an even greater impact on Naruto's psyche.

An elder who was very close to him, or rather, the only person he admired since childhood besides his elder brother Tianyu...

Now he was actually told,

Was all the miserable treatment I received in my childhood caused by the Hokage?

"Brother Tianyu, you...you're saying all of this was caused by Grandpa Hokage? Grandpa Hokage...why would he do this?!"

Naruto stood up abruptly from the stool, his expression excited, and asked Tianyu loudly.

"Because they...are also afraid of the Nine-Tails' power."

"The power of the Nine-Tails?"

Naruto looked down at his stomach.

"Yes."

Tianyu nodded, then continued.

"Whether it's you, or your parents who sacrificed themselves,

In Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart, nothing mattered more than the safety of the entire village.

For the sake of Konoha's peace, Hiruzen Sarutobi is willing to sacrifice anyone, including, of course, your childhood happiness.

Naruto Uzumaki looked completely bewildered.

Tianyu could only continue to explain:

"Because of the power of the Tailed Beasts and the special nature of the Jinchūriki,"

Therefore, for any village, a Jinchuriki is a super weapon, a crucial weapon of mass destruction in war.

For the five villages, this is a very important matter.

The goal is to control the power of the Jinchūriki.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's method, however, was to play the emotional card.

"Playing the emotional card?"

Naruto Uzumaki scratched his head.

Now I feel like I can't understand anything at all.

"That's right. You've already lost your parents and become an orphan, so you're severely lacking in emotional support."

Only when the villagers all dislike you will it be difficult for you to build bonds with others, and only then will you have a greater desire for affection.

Only when you are lonely and helpless can you feel touched by the small acts of care that Hiruzen Sarutobi shows you, and thus obey his every word.

Naruto paused for a moment, then stammered,

"Brother Tianyu, do you mean to say..."

"The Hokage made everyone in the village treat me badly, and then he treated me well, just to make me obey him and control me?"

Tianyu nodded.

Naruto's expression immediately turned much uglier.

"Then, Brother Yu, how were you able to get close to me? And since the Hokage issued a gag order for these things... won't telling you this directly cause you any trouble?"

At this moment, after hearing Tianyu's words,

The benevolent image that Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, had built in Naruto's mind over the years crumbled instantly.

Naruto felt that the only person he could still trust was probably his older brother, Tenyu, standing right in front of him.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't wary of our interactions before because I'm actually only a year older than you. At the time, he didn't know my true strength, so he didn't take our interactions seriously."

"And now I'm telling you these truths from back then for two reasons,"

Firstly, I think you are mature enough that knowing the truth about what happened back then sooner would have alleviated a lot of your pain.

From now on, you no longer need to feel inferior because you are an orphan or because you are called a fox spirit.

Because you are the son of the Fourth Hokage.

They all sacrificed themselves to protect Konoha, and sealed the Nine-Tails inside you to protect Konoha.

You should feel incredibly proud of your existence.

"The second reason is that my current strength is already powerful enough."

Those high-ranking members of Konoha, including Hiruzen Sarutobi, no longer pose any threat to me.

"!!!"

Naruto's eyes widened in surprise, and he suddenly exclaimed.

"Brother Tianyu, you...you mean, your current strength is already stronger than the Hokage's?"

Chapter 121 New Mission

Faced with Naruto's question,

Tianyu simply smiled faintly, without giving a direct answer.

The meaning behind it is self-evident; Naruto understood it as well.

A brief silence fell over the air.

Naruto lowered his head, his expression somewhat complicated.

"Brother Tianyu, I'm leaving now. Hehe, I learned so much today, my brain is a bit overwhelmed. I need to take some time to digest all of this."

Naruto still tried to act like nothing was wrong, showing his usual carefree smile.

However, the expression on his face right now can hardly be described as pleasant.

It was just a forced smile.

Tianyu nodded.

Now that Naruto knows the whole truth,

It will definitely take some time to digest all this information.

In the days that followed,

Tenyu never saw Naruto again.

I heard that he was a member of Team 7 and went out of the village with Kakashi on a mission.

Tenmuro had already resolved the incident in the Land of Waves long ago.