Chapter 37: Your Apology is Pointless
The last time he saw Naruto, he was still a baby who fell to the ground and cried. In the blink of an eye, he had grown up.
The current him was elegant and gentle like he was back then.
Minato looked at Naruto seriously with tears in his eyes.
Before he died, he had many things to say to Naruto.
He had thought that maybe in the future, he would meet Naruto. Naruto would be the son of Konoha's hero. At that time, he might have grown up as handsome as himself, married, and had children.
But no matter what, he must be a handsome man like himself.
Now he had finally realized what he had been fantasizing about.
He looked at Naruto, who had a gentle smile like him, and felt gratified.
With the identity of the son of a hero, Naruto's life must be perfect.
Now Naruto has dressed appropriately, elegant, gentle, and handsome. The blue eyes hidden under the glasses are full of wisdom, which ultimately inherits their advantages.
Although the ordinary glasses covered the beautiful eyes that inherited from him.
But as a boy, it was good to hide a little bit of sharpness.
It seemed that Sandaime fulfilled his promise and took good care of Naruto.
Thinking of this, Minato smiled and grabbed Naruto's hand intimately. He smiled and said,
"Naruto, this should be the first time you see me."
But what surprised him was that Naruto withdrew his hand and took a step back. His expression was still gentle, but his tone was unfamiliar. "Yondaime Hokage, you are the one who sealed Kyubi, right?"
The expected touching reunion of father and son had not arrived. Minato was somewhat at a loss. "Naruto, I am your father, Namikaze Minato."
He seemed to have thought of something and turned to look at Kyubi. His eyes became sharp. "Kyubi, could it be that you did it?"
Before he could finish, he heard Kyubi's ridicule. "Yondaime, do you know how hard Naruto has been all these years? The villagers regard him as a monster, and everyone shouts and beats him. If not for me, he might have died."
Minato: "?"
"That's impossible." Minato suddenly lost his voice, his eyes full of suspicion. "I asked Sandaime." Before he finished speaking, his expression froze, and then a flash of realization flashed through his eyes.
After he became the eye of Yondaime, he naturally came into contact with the dark side of Konoha.
In addition to Hokage's organization, there was also Root, who specialized in 'cleaning'.
Shimura Danzo controlled root, and he had done a lot of dirty and dirty deeds behind his back.
Shimura Danzo was highly suspicious, cautious, and eager to get the position of Hokage.
He loved Konoha, even to the point of madness.
For Konoha, he could do anything against ethics and morality.
But he was an extremist.
He could even be described as a madman.
How could Danzo let Kyubi Jinchuriki live as the son of a hero?
After a simple thought, Minato roughly guessed why Naruto's identity was hidden.
After his and Kushina's death, Konoha's Kage class strength was reduced. If Kyubi went berserk next time, Konoha would pay an unimaginable price.
In this case, Konoha's higher-ups wanted to control Naruto completely.
That was why spreading rumors caused Naruto's childhood to fall into darkness. This way, they would be able to save Naruto.
Minato looked at Naruto. The latter's expression was still gentle, but the alienation in his expression was so obvious.
He felt bitter in his heart.
Sure enough, he had overlooked it.
He was still wrong to believe in the human heart too much and believe too much in the 'kindness' of those conspirators.
His face was full of pain, his lips moved, and he said with a trembling voice, "I'm sorry Naruto."
Even if he had words full of longing, at this moment, it could only be turned into a late apology.
"Is there any point in apologizing now?" However, he saw that there was no blame on Naruto's face.
He just smiled warmly.
At this time, he was unusually calm.
"I didn't allow you to show up to listen to your apology."
"To apologize for the past, this kind of behavior is meaningless."
"That's right, Yondaime, you are wrong this time." Kyubi proudly echoed from the side.
All along, Yondaime Hokage had always been a successful person. A commoner with outstanding talent had successfully married a rich and beautiful woman and had even become the number one Yondaime Hokage, walking to the peak of his life.
Kyubi, trapped in Kushina's body, saw all this and was unhappy.
Now that he saw the culprit who had sealed him suffer a setback, Kyubi felt indescribably carefree in his heart, and his excellent impression of Naruto immediately surged.
"I'll let you see what happened to me first."
Naruto stretched out his fingers, feeling a little empty.
A screen of light suddenly appeared in front of Minato. It began to play Naruto's childhood experience.
From the evil deeds of the nanny to the vicious curses of Konoha Village.
"You monster, why don't you die!"
"It's too disgusting. Go to hell."
"I want to kill him."
In the picture, Naruto walks on the street in a small and helpless manner. Even the adults who listened to him would curse wildly. Their weak bodies even had to withstand the beating of rotten vegetables and fruits.
The helpless Naruto could only constantly bow to the surroundings and repeat, "I'm sorry. I understand the damage Kyubi brought you, but now I am Uzumaki Naruto. I am not Kyubi. I'm sorry."
He was not wrong, but he kept apologizing.
When he got home, Naruto washed his body.
The stench lingered on his body. Even if he used the clear water to wash it away, the pain brought by the malice would never be washed away.
No matter how strong Naruto was, it was inevitable that he would shed tears at night.
But he would wipe it off immediately and tell himself to be strong. A man should not cry.
Minato's lips trembled, and his eyes were red.
He had never thought that his child would live such a life.
If he knew all of this, he would never have let Naruto become Kyubi, Jinchuriki!
The scene changed, and then it was the scene of Naruto being bullied by a Delinquent.
The little leaves Minato regarded as Konoha's future were kicking Naruto with all their strength, saying harsh words they had learned from their parents.
Naruto's injuries would recover to their original state even after a night, and his body had always been bruised.
Minato's pupils trembled, his eyes filled with disbelief and anger.
He could not believe that the villagers who were usually respectful to him had such a terrifying side to them.
He could not believe that the villagers he had always been protecting were hurting his flesh and blood.
Even more, he could not believe that the Sandaime he had trusted was so cruel!
His master, Sandaime Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, had failed to live up to the entrustment of a junior and had even let down the expectations of the young Hokage.
At this moment, Minato's world collapsed.
He even began to doubt the so-called Will of Fire.
This Will of Fire, which had carried out his entire life, was so ridiculous at this moment.
Will of Fire, originally a symbol of beauty, became a tool for politicians to play with people's hearts.
In comparison, he, Yondaime, was as simple as a fool.
Sandaime's various purposeful visits followed the scene.
To survive, Naruto pretended to be optimistic, became elegant and gentle, and even began to read "Will of Fire", shaping himself into a person who loved Konoha.
The more Minato looked, the more his heart ached, and his heart was boiling with killing intent.
He was a man who had killed his way out of the Shinobi world's battlefield, and his hands were already stained with blood.
Perhaps because he had been gentle for too long, the others had forgotten his decisiveness when he killed.
Those who had been to the battlefield did not have any so-called gentleness!
Minato took a deep breath and suppressed his killing intent towards Sandaime. He looked at Naruto and said,
"I know there is no point in saying anything now, but I will think of a way to compensate you."
"Compensation? What compensation do you have?" A trace of disdain appeared on Naruto's face.
"That's right. Compensate me with a hammer. You are an awl." Kyubi echoed triumphantly from the side.
"Yes, I am already dead. What else can I do?" Yondaime lowered his head in despair. The yellow flash that made people tremble with fear on the battlefield was like a defeated soldier at this moment, revealing an incomparably fragile side.
"Then what do you want to do next?" Yondaime's tone was a little humble, unlike the majestic Yondaime Hokage, but like a father begging for forgiveness.
From the bottom of his heart, he did not want Naruto to be enemies of Konoha.
This was because Konoha was still Shinobi's world First Ninja Village.
If Naruto wanted to go against him, it would be like throwing an egg against a rock.
"Don't worry. I'm not that group of short-sighted frogs in a well." However, Naruto shook his head.
"Standing in different dimensions is naturally different. I want to obtain the highest power and transcend everything."
"I want to stand in the sky."
"But if Konoha blocks my way in the future, I will destroy it."
"That's all."