This Naruto is a player

The magatama intertwine and deform, eventually coalescing into a four-cornered shuriken pattern exuding a profound and sinister aura.

Kaleidoscope Sharingan!

It appeared as expected!

Minato's breathing suddenly stopped; his intensely focused gaze almost suffocated him.

He would never be mistaken; this was the forbidden and powerful force recorded in the Second Hokage's files—the Mangekyou Sharingan.

It actually awakened in Naruto!

However, in the research of the second generation, the price to open these eyes is often a profound loss!

“Naruto,” Minato’s voice was filled with barely concealed worry, “Have any of your close friends passed away?”

"A close friend has passed away?"

Naruto looked completely bewildered. Why was he suddenly asking this?

Hmm. Wait a minute.

Could it be because of the conditions for activating the kaleidoscope?

The intense emotional fluctuations seem to make sense given the death of a close friend.

This old man actually knows a lot about kaleidoscopes?

Immediately, Naruto became more wary.

Now, I can't keep making things up.

"No close friend has passed away."

Naruto spoke with certainty, slowly recounting his fabrication: "I remember back then, my friends praised my grilled fish for being incredibly delicious, and I was overjoyed! When I got home that night and looked in the mirror, hey! I discovered these even cooler eyes had appeared!"

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Upon hearing this, Minato was once again stunned into silence.

The Mangekyou Sharingan, is it really that simple?

Or are you happy?

Is it just happiness?

Why is it different from what the second generation researched?

However, staring into Naruto's eyes at those strange Mangekyou Sharingan, Minato became even more determined in his decision.

"I've heard that these eyes are a unique mark of the Uchiha clan. Why... do I also possess the Sharingan?"

Naruto had already quietly withdrawn his Mangekyou Sharingan. At this moment, he opened his clear, innocent blue eyes, his face sparkling with the innocent foolishness of a college student—no, confusion.

“My classmate Sasuke Uchiha has a pair of Sharingan with three tomoe.”

He tentatively asked, "Your surname is Namikaze, while mine is Uzumaki, yet I also possess the Sharingan. Could it be that... I should actually be surnamed Uchiha?"

"So, my name should be Uchiha Naruto?"

Uchiha Naruto?

Do not!

This shouldn't be happening!

Seeing Naruto's confused and slightly aggrieved expression, Minato felt a strong sense of responsibility.

We must get to the root of the problem!

Although he sensed that his chakra was about to run out and time was running out, he still had to calm Naruto down!

"Naloo!"

Minato's voice was gentle yet powerful, carrying a reassuring calmness that interrupted Naruto's reverie.

He reached out his warm, large hand and gently covered Naruto's brilliant blond hair, as if soothing a restless little animal, and gently rubbed it.

"Don't panic, I have a guess, and it's highly likely!"

"possibility?"

"Yes." Minato nodded firmly, his eyes gleaming with wisdom.

"That's basically true. I believe that our ancestors in the Namikaze clan may have had blood interbreeding with the Uchiha clan, thus possessing a faint trace of Uchiha blood!"

Due to the passage of time and the dilution of bloodlines, the Sharingan had never appeared until your birth! Your exceptional talent, far surpassing that of your ancestors, has successfully awakened this dormant power, resulting in a 'reversion' phenomenon.

Minato was absolutely convinced of this conjecture.

As for why I didn't revert to my ancestral ways?

It must be because they lack talent!

Even though he was the Fourth Hokage at a young age, he still seemed far inferior to a genius like Naruto!

"Atavism?"

Naruto repeated the word, his face showing a look of half-understanding, but inside he was overjoyed!

Atavism?

This explanation is absolutely perfect!

However, the ancestry he returned to should not be from his father's lineage.

Rather, it's from the lineage of her mother, Kushina Uzumaki.

After all, Naruto had previously speculated that all innate bloodline limits should originate from the Sage of Six Paths.

Whether it's the Uzumaki, Uchiha, or Hyuga clans, they all originated from the same ancestor.

Therefore, if I, Naruto, were to revert to my ancestral lineage, I should be reverting to the progenitor of the Uzumaki lineage.

That is, the Sage of Six Paths!

Naruto nodded to himself. Very good, he had found the reason.

It perfectly matches his 'identity' as the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths.

Even if the Sage of Six Paths is known in the world for his Rinnegan, surely he also possessed the Sharingan at some point?

No?

That's fine!

Perfect timing! I, Naruto Uzumaki, also have the Rinnegan!

"really?"

Naruto looked up, his gaze passing over Minato's arm, and looking into Minato's expectant blue eyes, his eyes seeking confirmation.

"Of course it's true!"

Minato's smile was kind and resolute, carrying an undeniable certainty.

In an instant, with a hint of barely perceptible regret, he said, "Naruto! My chakra is almost depleted, I have to go."

"However, I have always believed in you, believed that you are the child of prophecy that Jiraiya-sensei spoke of. This belief has never wavered since the moment you were born!"

Now, I trust this even more! The future peace of the ninja world rests in your hands!

Before he finished speaking, Minato's golden figure began to gradually become transparent, and it looked as if it was about to completely dissipate into this space!

"Wait. I have something else I'd like to show you. Like, do you think these contact lenses I'm wearing look good?"

Naruto shouted eagerly, he hadn't finished showing off in front of his father yet!

Just as Minato's figure was about to completely disappear, the azure blue pupils in Naruto's eyes suddenly faded.

Instead, it wasn't the scarlet Sharingan that Minato had envisioned.

Instead, they were a pair of mysterious eyes that shone with a deep, eerie purple light, with layers of circles in their pupils, like the cycle of heaven and earth.

"This is!"

Minato's last remaining illusory image jolted violently. "The Rinnegan?"

The gasp of shock and disbelief still echoed in my ears.

Suddenly, Minato's figure completely transformed into specks of golden light and vanished without a trace.

It happened quite suddenly.

Looking at the empty space in front of him, Naruto knew that his father had disappeared.

As for the final surprise, let him ponder it in the Pure Land.

Isn't it all a case of atavism?

Whoever gets the refund, it's still a refund, isn't it?

However, looking at his missing father, Naruto couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.

I never imagined that the Nine-Tails would be the only legacy left to me by my biological father whom I had never met.

It evokes quite a few emotions.

Fatherly love is silent, yet it weighs as heavy as a thousand pounds!

Indeed heavy

He suppressed himself for a full twelve years.

Oh well!

On the bright side, if it weren't for this seal, I wouldn't have made a friend like Kurama, would I?

Upon thinking of this, Naruto's melancholy quietly dissipated.

So, as a future father, Naruto began to think about what he could leave for the next generation.

When I get back, I will write down nearly a thousand powerful S-rank and A-rank ninjutsu on scrolls.

Keep it as a family heirloom!

Other than that,

Aren't all these diverse bloodline limits on his body a form of wealth?