Seeing the five large characters on the robe, [Fourth Hokage], Naruto was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "You came at just the right time!"
The rest of the situation was easy to handle.
Under the brilliant attack of Minato Namikaze, the enemy ninja from another village, disguised by Orochimaru, died with hatred.
Minato's heroic rescue made Naruto feel for the first time what fatherly love was like, and most of the resentment he had towards Minato disappeared.
One could say that this fake battle perfectly achieved Minato's goal.
Truly, the Fourth Hokage was something else.
In a certain laboratory, under Naruto's witness, Orochimaru successfully resurrected Minato and Kushina.
When Kushina heard about Naruto's miserable childhood, as expected, she immediately exploded in anger.
"That old bastard, how dare he treat our son like this!"
Since they had just been resurrected, both Kushina and Minato were still physically weak and needed some time to recover before they could slowly regain their strength.
But Kushina didn't care about that.
She clearly remembered how Minato had entrusted Naruto to the care of the Third Hokage, and how the Third Hokage had promised to take good care of him.
But now, she was being told that Naruto's childhood had been so miserable?
This was truly too much.
Kushina's red hair flew in the air, and those who knew her well understood this as a sign that she was furious.
"Kushina, the Third Hokage must have his reasons," Minato said.
"Minato, don't say anything. If I don't put that old bastard in the hospital for a while, I'm not Uzumaki Kushina."
Minato was a noble man, and if he promised to calm Kushina down, he would do it.
But... this persuasion didn't seem to work very well. (laughs)
"Orochimaru, tell me where that old geezer is!"
A drop of cold sweat appeared on Orochimaru's forehead.
The fury from Kushina was so intense that even he was a little scared.
"At this time, the old man is either in the Hokage Building or at home."
"Alright, I'll go find him then."
After tightly hugging Naruto and giving his forehead a kiss, Kushina, filled with terrifying chakra, quickly headed toward the Hokage Building.
"Dad, is Mom really that scary?"
Clearly, Naruto was also frightened by Kushina's aura.
He was too scared to even say anything, not daring to ask his mother to spare the Third Hokage.
"She's fine when she's not angry. Kushina is very gentle and kind-hearted."
"Should we stop Mom?"
"We definitely should, but not right now."
Minato was, without a doubt, very angry about Naruto's childhood experiences.
However, his personality and position meant that he couldn't act out and physically confront the Third Hokage like Kushina did.
This was fine as it was.
Let Kushina handle it, teach the Third Hokage a lesson, and vent her frustration.
At the Hokage Office Building, Kushina stormed in, furious, and grabbed Nara Shikaku, who had just come out after delivering documents to the Fifth Hokage Jiraiya.
She angrily asked, "Is that old geezer, the Third Hokage, here?"
Nara Shikaku was completely bewildered.
He never expected to be grabbed by the collar and questioned right at the entrance of the Hokage Office Building.
As he was about to break free, he suddenly saw the sea of red hair.
The sense of déjà vu was overwhelming, and Shikaku immediately realized what was going on.
When he looked at her face again, he quickly gave up on trying to escape.
"The Third Hokage is inside, discussing matters with the Fifth Hokage."
"Very good!"
Releasing Nara Shikaku, Uzumaki Kushina quickly rushed toward the Hokage's office upstairs.
At the entrance of the building, watching Kushina rush toward the Hokage's office, Nara Shikaku couldn't help but mutter to himself, "The blood-red pepper from back then... has returned!"
As a fellow student at the ninja academy alongside Minato, Shikaku knew Kushina's temper very well.
If she's not careful, things can get out of hand.
"Wait a minute, if Kushina is here, then the Fourth Hokage..."
With Shikaku's sharp mind, he had noticed the recent changes in the village over the past few months.
During Orochimaru's plan to destroy Konoha, both Senju Tobirama and the younger Sarutobi Hiruzen had shown themselves publicly.
What's more, after traveling through time twice, aside from Tobirama wearing a mask, his disciples had not been hiding their identities.
If Shikaku couldn't figure something out from all this, it would be underestimating his intelligence.
"Looks like the ninja world's situation is about to change."
"Jiraiya, do you think we need to strengthen our ties with the other four major ninja villages and improve our relations? When the Akatsuki organization starts their plan to capture the tailed beasts, we could join forces with these four major villages to counterattack the Akatsuki."
"Of course, we need to make contact. With the relationship between Gaara of Sunagakure and Naruto, there's no problem there. But the other three—Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure, that old fox Onoki of Iwagakure, and the unknown situation in Kirigakure—those villages won't be so easy to deal with."
"Yes."
The Third Hokage sighed at the thought of Fourth Raikage A, Third Tsuchikage Onoki, and the mess that was Kirigakure.
"Well, let's set aside the Cloud and Stone villages for now. Let's first send a diplomatic team to Kirigakure to gather some information."
Jiraiya nodded in agreement with the Third Hokage's suggestion.
"But as for the people for this diplomatic team..."
Just as Jiraiya was about to discuss the candidates for the mission to Kirigakure, the closed Hokage office door was suddenly kicked open.
"Old Man Third, die!"
Third Hokage: Σ(⊙▽⊙"a
"Jiraiya, we'll discuss the candidate later!"
When he saw Kushina's hair flying in the air, at that moment, the Third Hokage abandoned the pitiful excuse that Orochimaru had given him. After quickly instructing Jiraiya, he smashed the window and ran swiftly toward a quieter area of the village.
He was afraid that if he didn't leave now, Kushina would beat him to death.
Moreover, even if he was beaten, he needed to find a place where there were no people.
As the Third Hokage, his face could not be lost!
Kushina: "Old man, don't run!"
Jiraiya: "Kushina, wait!"
Jiraiya raised his hand, intending to gently persuade Kushina, hoping she would go easy on him when she took action.
Jiraiya knew that if he didn't let Kushina vent her anger, she would definitely not let it go.
Unexpectedly, Kushina completely ignored him, glaring at him fiercely, which made him shiver in fear.
Kushina: "You damn Jiraiya, you're no better. After I deal with this old man, I'll come find you for a proper reckoning."
Jiraiya: "Uh..."
Looking at Kushina leaving, Jiraiya awkwardly smiled.
Kushina's words reminded him that he had neglected Naruto.
At least the Third Hokage occasionally visited Naruto. Though there were various calculations behind it, he did give Naruto a bit of warmth during his lonely childhood.
But him?
Because he disliked the atmosphere of the village and was too focused on searching for the child of destiny, he completely ignored Naruto, his own disciple's son.
Thinking of this, Jiraiya sighed.
He had already mentally prepared himself to be beaten up by Kushina later.
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