Chapter 25: The Hidden Truth
"Ah......h The sunset at dusk is red all over the coast, and the burning clouds are reflected in the sparkling sea. On the white coastline, a row of herringbone geese flew farther and farther away.
Inari, who was next to him, continued to bury his head between his knees and weep, ignoring Kakashi's arrival, as if he didn't exist. Kakashi didn't care either, and said softly, "First of all, I apologize to you for that guy's impulsive behavior just now. Actually, that guy is worse than you, he lost his parents from about an hour after he was born. He grew up alone all these years. So if you want to say who understands your mood the most, he is the most appropriate one."
"Doesn't he have a father anymore?" Inari finally lifted her teary eyes.
"yes, don't look at him about the same height as me, he's only twelve years old. In other words, he hasn't seen his parents when he's grown up, and he may not even know his father's appearance" Kakashi didn't know that Naruto knew everything, so he analyzed.
"That guy is really pathetic"
"Yes, but as he said, your father always loved you no matter what. Isn't it? So a strong man should stand up and protect those around him like your father did. And you have a mom and grandpa who love you too, and that guy doesn't have any of these things compared to you."
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High on the roof, Naruto sat on the roof of the house and remembered his past. I don't know why, in Naruto's heart, although the two figures in his previous life are still thinking about it, but what he thinks about now has been replaced by his parents in this world.
Because I think about it, I always feel empty in my heart, and the twelve years of life seem to have a blank in my life that I shouldn't have.
"Phew......," Naruto suddenly shouted into the sea not far away, "Ah...... I'm Naruto Uzumaki...... I'm Naruto Uzumaki......"
"Naruto" Kakashi appeared next to Naruto like a ghost, "If you shout like this, aren't you afraid that the ninjas of the other ninja villages will hear it?" Kakashi asked, remembering Naruto's identity as a pillar force. But there was no displeasure on his face.
"Oh, it's nothing, I just want to express my feelings, it's much better now"
"That's good," Kakashi said, "Actually, don't you have relatives now?" Let him pass in the past, as you said, cherish the people in front of you."
"yes, I already have Tsunade," Naruto said unabashedly. Thinking back to the days since he met Tsunade at the age of six, Naruto had a happy smile on his face, and the lotus flower in the center of his brow radiated a radiant glow, setting off the blue and purple petals even more bewitchingly. And Tsunade, who was far away in Konoha Village, was sitting at the dining table, and somehow, he suddenly reached out and touched the pink lotus flower in the center of his eyebrows with a warm smile, and he couldn't explain it when he saw the nine-tails and mute who were eating.
Kakashi was sweating profusely as he listened to Naruto's swearing-like words, and although he had accepted it, he still couldn't imagine how these two people, who were supposed to be far away from heaven and earth, got to everything.
Naruto's mood recovered, and although his cultivation did not improve, his understanding of the Chaos Decision deepened a little, and he also learned that the inner space had expanded a lot from the clone who had comprehended the Chaos Yuan Jue. The whole person suddenly became comfortable.
Naruto smiled at Kakashi next to him and said kindly, "Kakashi-sensei, how about I give you a reward right now to thank you for the reminder just now?" Ay! As my father's apprentice, your cultivation is too good."
"Huh? You already know," Kakashi looked weird. However, thinking of his own strength, he also knew his reasons, and his eyes suddenly became a little dim and helpless.
"It's nothing, I have the chakra my dad left in me, so I already knew everything," Naruto said in order to hide his other identity.
"It turned out to be the teacher's backhand"
"Then let's talk about your problem now, I think you should have started to solidify your strength after you got this writing wheel eye" Naruto said unceremoniously: "Although it is a bit of a blow to you, I can only say that if you continue to choose this eye, it will be difficult for you to surpass the early stage of the shadow level even if you open the kaleidoscope in this life, unless there are some big opportunities." Have you ever thought about removing this eye? ”
"Could it be your strength," Kakashi guessed with some disbelief when he heard Naruto's words.
Naruto didn't hide it, looking at the sunset in the distance, he said in a serious tone, "Yes, my strength has surpassed the shadow level six years ago. Otherwise, why do you think Tuanzang and the three generations wanted to get rid of me so much in the first place? Thinking of this, Naruto smiled disdainfully, "But with those idiots they sent, hehe, I couldn't even catch a single move at the time." Later, if I hadn't met Tsunade, I think I would almost never have returned to Konoha in my life. Tsunade's affection for Konoha is too deep, even if it is thousands of miles away, he regards it as his home. So when she was going home, I made it my home, and when she decided to stay and guard it, I chose to stay."
"I see, no wonder you don't like the three generations very well. It's just that what I can't figure out is that the words of that crazy guy in Tuanzang are reasonable, but I didn't expect the three generations to also "Kakashi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat in his vest, it seems that after so many years, he still can't see the dirty politics in the village clearly."
"Hey! Kakashi-sensei, you're thinking too much about everything. If Konoha Eight Colors didn't have the acquiescence of the three generations or the use of Tuanzang as a tool to dispose of some people, how do you think that with the roots that Tuanzang didn't have at that time, how could it be easy to make these shadow-level powerhouses who were in the limelight die inexplicably one by one. Forget one or two, the key is that these guys who were at the peak of their strength back then, just take out one at random and be able to make other ninja villages drink a pot, but one after another, as if they were not afraid of drowning in the water, they jumped into the sea. Do you think it was all an accident? ”
Kakashi heard these moments of silence and remembered the inexplicable death of his father, one of the eight colors of Konoha, and he probably felt a lot of emotion in his heart.
"And there's one thing that I'm always thinking about. When the Nine-Tails Rebellion began, I don't know why I always remember that scene. Maybe it's because all my loved ones died that day. At that time, I remember that the masked man snatched me and then released the Nine-Tails, and I clearly saw that the third generation was not far away at that time. Originally, he was supposed to help my mother, who had just given birth and didn't have much power, to deal with the Nine-Tails, and my father happened to be dealing with the masked man. But the old man actually stood on the roof not far away under the pretext of protecting the villagers, watching my father recapture me in infancy, and then took turns fighting with the masked man and the nine-tails. I thought that if the guy who still had some patience at that time helped my mother and suppressed the Nine-Tails directly when it first appeared, maybe the village would not have suffered so many casualties, and my parents would not have died because of it. In that case, maybe I'm still growing up quietly in my mother's arms."
"How so?" Kakashi thought of the knot in his heart for so many years, and suddenly wiped a complicated look towards his eyes. Once upon a time, he considered his father an unacknowledgeable being. After listening to Naruto's words, he realized that he had thought too much about that peaceful village. Yes, it's okay for Konoha Hachise to die one or two, but he can't walk into the same tomb in a daze, and the ending is so similar. As the last of the eight colors, maybe my father also saw his end. "Although the dirty side of the village is chilling, ordinary people are always doing well"
"Do you know these Tsunade-sama you're talking about?"
"What do you say?" Naruto looked at Kakashi with a smirk, "Do you think Sanshinobi is so willing to leave Konoha as much?" The reason why Tsunade dared to come back was just because Konoha didn't threaten her existence"
Naruto calmed down, "The ordinary people in the village under the governance of three generations are really doing well. Otherwise, I wouldn't have left Konoha in the first place, but beheaded three generations and the entire group of elders."
"Oh, I almost forgot about it after all that. I can let you break through the shadow level smoothly."