Hawks from the Land of Light are calling me a dove and an undercover agent in the chat group.

"Well, this..." Naruto stammered, "Then let me help you fight Itachi, or maybe we shouldn't seek revenge at all. Revenge will only bring more hatred..."

“Well said.” Bruce nodded, picked up the kunai placed to the side, and was about to get up.

Naruto was bewildered: "Where are you going?"

"Is that even a question?" Bruce glanced at him. "Of course, it's to kill the person you like."

"What did you say?!"

boom!

Before he could even hear half of what was being said, Naruto Haki had already exploded in anger. His eyes were bloodshot, and he was gritting his teeth, ready to charge forward and attack. However, Super Alloy was too invincible. Even though he was fuming and his fur was standing on end, he couldn't take a step, and his arms weren't long enough to reach him.

"What are you doing?" Bruce looked completely innocent, his words full of guilelessness. "Didn't you say you could choose not to take revenge? Since Sasuke can choose not to take revenge on his clan, you can certainly choose not to take revenge on your lover, teacher, and friends."

After saying that, he waved his hand nonchalantly, "Don't worry, I'll let you go after I kill them all. Anyway, you won't seek revenge on me, right?"

Clang!

Upon hearing this, even the simple-minded Naruto finally realized that the other party wasn't really going to kill anyone, but rather wanted him to personally experience this state of mind, this state of mind that belonged to Sasuke!

Without experiencing or truly understanding this state of mind, it's ridiculous to presume to say that revenge only leads to a chain of hatred.

Naruto was stunned. He wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say. This cruel state of mind was completely different from his usual mindset, making him feel extremely uncomfortable. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find a reasonable solution.

"But... there are so many powerful people in the village. If Sasuke were to become their apprentice, maybe he could..."

“Then let me ask you another question,” Bruce immediately shattered Naruto’s idea as soon as he murmured it, “So many years have passed since the Uchiha massacre, has any strong ninja from Konoha ever gone out of their way to comfort and guide Sasuke?”

Naruto was still trying to defend himself, saying, "That was just..."

"On the night Sasuke defected, even though Konoha suffered a huge loss due to the collapse plan, they immediately sent so many people, including you, to bring him back. However, since Itachi Uchiha defected, has Konoha ever once taken the initiative to send people to hunt him down?"

Two consecutive interruptions, a heavy blow with the hammer, and Bruce's leisurely demeanor only resulted in Naruto's increasingly pale face.

There are many things that Naruto didn't think about, so he didn't know them. But if a master of logic and philosophy breaks these things down and explains them to him, even he would understand.

Naruto Uzumaki's face turned ashen.

First, he was forced to experience Sasuke's state of mind, and then he was proven in a very real way that Sasuke could not get the strength to take revenge in Konoha. The only thing he could barely refute was this.

"But we can't do that to the village..."

"What did he do to the village?" Bruce interrupted again. "In the two years since he defected, has Sasuke laid a hand on anyone in Konoha? As long as you don't hunt him down, why would he bother to harm Konoha? So why can't he defect? ​​Rather than defecting, it's simply a change of allegiance, is there a problem with that?"

Yes, it can.

According to Bruce's assessment, there was a high probability that the Konoha leadership was involved in the Uchiha clan massacre. In the end, once Sasuke learns the truth, he will indeed harm Konoha, but there is no need to confront them directly.

Hiding information is part of Batman's routine, so there's no need to elaborate.

"But Orochimaru..."

Snapped!

Naruto was still putting up a last-ditch effort, shifting his focus from Sasuke to Orochimaru. The next second, Bruce threw a stack of documents at him without a word, telling him to look at them himself. These were the contents of Orochimaru's cooperation with Danzo, and they were true and reliable, given to him by Orochimaru.

"Danzo, the leader of Root, still holds a high position in Konoha. The Third Hokage you trust already knew about his collaboration with Orochimaru back then, but he did not declare Danzo a rogue ninja."

So if you think the root of Sasuke's problem with following Orochimaru is that Orochimaru is a huge rogue ninja, then please, Naruto Uzumaki, treat everyone the same and also expel Danzo from Konoha and make him a rogue ninja.

Would Naruto do that?

The answer is that his mind was completely in a mess.

The Third Hokage was the Hokage of Konoha, and his decisions were Konoha's decisions, so the Third Hokage should be right. However, according to this information, if we say that doing so was right, then it goes against his long-standing values ​​and conduct.

Several diametrically opposed ideas bombarded his mind, and he couldn't decide which would prevail. Naruto didn't want to think that the Third Hokage was wrong, but he was also powerless to refute the truth that Bruce had given him.

He could only open his mouth, but he was speechless. During this time, Naruto's expression changed constantly, but overall he was increasingly leaning towards Konoha and the Third Hokage.

Bruce's eyes flickered, realizing that the medication wasn't enough, and he interrupted Bruce's thoughts, saying, "Do you know about the Will of Fire?"

"Huh?" Naruto was taken aback. A whole bunch of illogical but self-justifying attempts to exonerate Konoha and the Third Hokage suddenly appeared in his mind, but his attention was diverted, and he subconsciously began to recite, "Where the leaves dance, the fire is also rekindled..."

"Looks like you're quite skilled," Bruce chuckled. "So, do you know what that means?"

"of course!"

Naruto stood tall and proud, determined not to allow anyone to question his unwavering understanding of the Will of Fire. "The Third Hokage said it!"

"Konoha is the Village of Fire, like a flame that never dies out. It burns in our hearts. Wherever leaves dance, fire will burn. The shadow of fire will illuminate the village and cause new leaves to sprout. The firelight will continue to illuminate the village and cause new leaves to sprout!"

"Well said."

Bruce nodded, clapped his hands, and looked at the smug Naruto with a smile, then asked, "Did your Third Hokage keep his word?"

"Of course!" Naruto frowned. Although he didn't want to recall the death of his grandfather, the Third Hokage, he had to say it now. "In the Konoha Crush plan, the Third Hokage sacrificed himself to protect everyone in Konoha by using the Reaper Death Seal. Everyone knows that!"

Snapped!

As he finished speaking, Bruce tossed a pile of new documents onto the table in front of Naruto and said indifferently, "Look at them yourself."

Naruto shuddered almost violently, already showing initial signs of psychological trauma.

Every time the inherently evil Batman throws something out, it's irrefutable evidence that precisely hits the nail on the head regarding his views.

If he could, Naruto really didn't want to look at those new materials, but unfortunately he couldn't. His curiosity and pursuit of morality drove him to pick up those materials and read them again.

"In the 47th year of Konoha, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, in order to protect Konoha from the Nine-Tailed Fox, publicly used the Reaper Death Seal to perish together with the Nine-Tailed Fox. Almost everyone in Konoha was present at the time, except for the Uchiha clan, including the Third Hokage."

Boom!

The short message was like a bolt of lightning, instantly splitting Naruto in two!

Batman's slow and deliberate questioning successfully led to Naruto's understanding of the most crucial logic. No further explanation was needed; Naruto had already grasped the essence of the matter.

The Will of Fire is about protecting the young. The Third Hokage was far superior to the Fourth Hokage. The Konoha Crush plan also shows that the Third Hokage himself knew the Reaper Death Seal. So why was it the young Fourth Hokage who sacrificed himself on the night of the Nine-Tails, instead of the Third Hokage who defended the Will of Fire and perished with the Nine-Tails?

The Third Hokage's actions were completely contrary to the Will of Fire!

Even the originator of the praise of the Will of Fire actively violated the Will of Fire. Can this Will of Fire be called correct? Or if the Will of Fire is correct, then the problem lies with the Third Hokage, or even the entire Hidden Leaf Village!

No, I can't think about it anymore...

Naruto gritted his teeth. He made up his mind that no matter what the other side said, he would not listen to it or think about it. The Third Hokage could not be wrong, he could not be a bad person, and Konoha and the village would not do anything for him!

"By the way, the Fourth Hokage is your father."

- Swish!

The most nonchalant tone delivered the most overwhelming blow; Naruto, who had just made up his mind a second ago, broke his vow the next second, rambling incoherently.

"Me? My dad? My father? You, you, you mean the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, is my father, and I am his child?!"

Seeing Naruto's ears ringing as if he was overwhelmed by the information, Bruce remained silent and continued to throw out more photos, some of which were of Minato Namikaze, some of which were of Kushina Uzumaki, and some of their perfect match.

These photos were obviously photoshopped using high technology, but the appearances weren't faked. With Orochimaru, a living fossil of Konoha, replicating the original appearances of Minato and Namikaze would be too easy.

Furthermore, the blood relationship was a completely natural and genuine fact. With a true relationship and a true appearance, under the peculiar pull of blood ties, Naruto Uzumaki burst into tears almost instantly, realizing that these were indeed his parents.

But even at this moment, Bruce didn't give Naruto a moment to catch his breath, continuing on his own:

"Due to the characteristics of the Uzumaki clan, your mother was naturally forced to take on the task of being a Jinchuriki. However, on the night you were born, a masked man attacked your mother, resulting in her death and the release of the Nine-Tails."

"In order to protect Konoha from the Nine-Tails, your father had to perish together with it, sealing the Nine-Tails into your body—of course, the Third Hokage, who also knew the Reaper Death Seal, could only watch your father sacrifice himself."

"At the moment of his death, Minato Namikaze wanted you to grow up healthily in Konoha as a hero and the son of a hero. But you know what happened afterward. The whole village knew that you were a Jinchūriki, but your identity as the son of the Third Hokage was deliberately kept secret."

"Your father sacrificed himself for the greater good and the village, but in return, the entire village loathed and rejected you. Under these circumstances, the fourth generation only came over occasionally to chat with you, telling you that even if others bullied you, you should uphold the Will of Fire and that you should love them."

Every word, every word is heartbreaking.

Fabricating lies can only be part of a conspiracy, and Batman is a master of using conspiracies. But this time, he doesn't need to lay any lies at all. He just needs to tell the truth about everything that has happened in Konoha Village so far in order.

This is the first time in all these years that I've encountered such a simple order.

Bruce himself was shocked. In fact, when he was gathering information about Konoha, he never expected that this place could be so hypocritical.

Of course, Konoha wasn't the only hypocrite. According to reports from the shadow clones scattered across the land, the entire ninja world was in this terrible state—it was simply unbelievable.

In this respect, it's even darker than Gotham City. At least in Gotham City, most villains won't bully you without restraint under the guise of "doing it for your own good." Most of them know they're bad guys and won't pretend to be good people.

In this environment, Sasuke is only somewhat obsessive, and he's already good-looking enough.

So, after learning these cruel truths, what choice will Naruto Uzumaki make?

Or, to put it another way, could something deep within his soul, which had been influencing him, forcefully brainwash Naruto?

Bruce's gaze sharpened!

Chapter 243 Naruto and Sasuke Unite: Our Enemy is the Entire Shinobi World!

Suddenly confronted with so much information that contradicted his own understanding, Naruto was forced to use his brain. Amidst the shifting blank expressions on his face, he surprisingly found some arguments that could be refuted.

"No! My third grandfather wasn't necessarily afraid of death, confirming my father's sacrifice. It's possible that he didn't know how to use the Corpse Demon Sealing Technique at the time, and only learned it after my father's death to prevent such a thing from happening again!"

That's not impossible.

The information Bruce gleaned from Orochimaru was that Orochimaru himself didn't know whether the Third Hokage would use the Reaper Death Seal during the Nine-Tails Night, and the specific circumstances at the time were unrelated to Orochimaru. Therefore, the Third Hokage might have had to watch the Fourth Hokage sacrifice himself due to some other reason.

However, in this matter, there are indeed possibilities of good and bad. Naruto Uzumaki chose the former without hesitation, which is enough to prove how benevolent and righteous Naruto is.

Looking at Naruto, who was trying to clear the Third Hokage's name, Bruce remained silent, but then suddenly pulled out another batch of documents.

This story revolves around the events leading up to the peace talks between Konoha and Kumogakure, during which Kumogakure's envoy attempted to abduct Hinata Hyuga. When this was discovered, the Third Hokage ordered the Hyuga clan to send a member of sufficient standing to Kumogakure to commit suicide as an apology.

"Hinata—?!"

Naruto's voice, which was trying to defend the Third Hokage, suddenly stopped. He had no idea that Hinata had experienced such a thing when she was a child.

Most importantly, this incident is different from his father's death. There is a lot of room for interpretation and rebuttal when the third generation survives while the fourth generation dies, but anyone who sees this kidnapping incident will know that it is the fault of the Hidden Cloud Village.

It was clearly the Hidden Cloud Village's fault, yet the Third Hokage apologized to the Hidden Cloud Village in such a weak and oppressive way. There is no other way to describe this except as shameful and laughable.

"Oh, right, I'll show you something else good." Bruce took out a video he had secretly recorded earlier, pressed play, and the video showed some of the Konoha Twelve's daily chats and rants.

These chat logs and complaints only involve one person: Hinata Hyuga.

"When will Naruto finally realize that Hinata has a crush on him? He's so dense."

"Rather than being a blockhead, he's practically a fool in this respect."

"Poor Hinata, she's so shy, who knows when Naruto will finally understand her?"

"They're binding Sakura way too tightly!"

"Naruto-kun..."