Konoha: The Innately Evil Uchiha

After tidying himself up, Naruto took a deep breath to calm his slightly agitated emotions and headed towards his office.

dong dong dong-

A slow, deliberate knocking sounded on the door.

The gentle voice of the water gate came from the office:

"Please come in!"

"Yes—" Naruto pushed open the door, then turned around and closed it, looking at Minato sitting behind the desk reviewing documents, his gaze falling on the other's golden hair, which was the same color as his own.

"These are the documents sent from the mission team, Hokage-sama!" Naruto respectfully placed the documents on the desk. Minato suddenly looked up, glanced at Naruto, and seemed about to say something when there was another knock on the door.

dong dong dong-

Minato looked up at the gate. "Please come in!"

As the gate opened.

Minato and Naruto were surprised to find that the person who arrived was Kushina, who was heavily pregnant. Apart from her large belly, Kushina was no different from the future Kushina; she was just as beautiful and energetic, with striking long red hair.

Behind Kushina came Kakashi, the boy who had come to escort her. Upon learning that his teacher's wife was coming, Kakashi secretly escorted her to her office.

"You haven't gone home this late, you probably haven't eaten yet. Hey, try my seafood sushi!"

Kushina, with one hand stroking her stomach and the other carrying a food box, slowly walked towards the office.

Kakashi followed closely, fearing that something might happen to his teacher's wife.

"I'm sorry, I've been too busy today." Minato hurriedly got up, put down the scroll in his hand, walked towards Kushina, and helped her to sit in the Hokage's seat.

Kakashi stared at Kotetsu, who was standing to the side, frozen as he handed over the documents, and his expression changed slightly.

The two were classmates, but they rarely spoke to each other at the Ninja Academy. Kakashi, Might Guy, Asuma, and Kurenai got along better with them, while Kouko, Tetsugami, Tsukigumo, Hatsumi Shiranui, Genma, Yamashiro, and Aoba got along better with them.

Kakashi was on high alert at this moment.

Kushina looked at everyone present, then smiled at the frozen Kotetsu and the wary Kakashi, "Alright, alright, it's well past closing time. Relax a bit. Here, I've prepared a lot of sushi. Minato can't finish it all by himself, so help him out!"

Kakashi's icy expression vanished almost entirely because of Kushina's words.

Naruto's eyes suddenly turned red.

He probably knows.

On quiet nights like this, my mother would prepare plenty of food for my father, and also for others.

This is why Mother had a very good reputation among the ninjas of her generation.

"Alright, since Lady Kushina has spoken, let's all give her face." Minato said cheerfully, pushing all the scrolls on his desk aside and opening the food box. The aroma of seafood and the fragrance of rice balls and seaweed filled the office.

"Mmm!" Naruto, transformed into Kogure, laughed heartily, "It smells delicious!"

Kakashi nodded, then skillfully took out three chairs from the side, clearly not the first time he had done this kind of work.

Led by Minato, the three of them began to sample the sushi laid out on the desk.

The group of people were just eating.

At this moment, Gang Zitie's lips were upturned, his eyes were red and two tear tracks were running down his face. He was laughing and crying at the same time, which made him look particularly contradictory.

"Mmm, so delicious!" Naruto exclaimed with a wry smile when he noticed everyone staring at him. After finishing his piece, he picked up another and stuffed it into his mouth.

As if afraid that Minato and Kakashi would take it from her, Kushina looked confused, glancing at Minato, then at the crying Kotetsu, "Minato, working under you, doesn't he ever get enough to eat?"

Minato, both amused and exasperated, said, "How could that be?"

"I have to make sure everyone eats every day!" Kushina said with the air of a head of the household. "They can only work if they're well-fed!"

Just then, Kakashi leaned over and whispered something in Minato's ear.

Upon hearing this, Minato's expression remained unchanged, clearly indicating that what he had heard was not anything important.

Minato glanced at his wife, then at Kakashi, and at Kotetsu, who was crying while eating sushi. To his surprise, Kotetsu, whose face showed a conflicted expression, was also staring at him.

"Gulp—" Kotetsu swallowed the chewed sushi, looked at Minato who was staring at him, and smiled, "It's really...delicious!"

Dimensional space.

Kakashi's expression hardened, and he sighed, "Naruto has been exposed..."

It was clearly the boy himself who betrayed him.

After saying this...

He sighed.

If I were in Naruto's shoes, I probably wouldn't have done as well as Naruto!

Yin Yue nodded and said, "He knows how to handle this situation. Trust him!"

Kakashi nodded in agreement, gazing outwards.

As Minato moved slightly, Naruto stood up and took a deep look at Kushina, who was sitting in the Hokage's seat, and Minato beside her.

Clang—

Kakashi's expression turned cold, and his right hand was already on the hilt of the White Fang Blade at his waist.

If Gang Zitie makes any unusual move, he is confident that he can kill him instantly with his swordsmanship without his master having to intervene.

Of course, it was also because their master, the Yellow Flash of Konoha, was present that they felt so fearless.

In the entire ninja world, who else is faster than his master?

Young Kakashi's mind was in turmoil.

Naruto took a deep breath, raised his hand to wipe away the tears on his face, and said reluctantly, "I'm sorry, I really wanted to spend more time with you guys, but the timing and time allowed it. I'm sorry."

After saying that, he glanced at Nagato and Kakashi, his gaze instantly turning serious. Without any hesitation, he released the transformation jutsu, braced himself on the desk with one hand, and leaped towards Kushina.

Young Kakashi was stunned. Clearly, the speed Naruto unleashed was beyond his imagination.

fast!

too fast!

He was simply the fastest guy Kakashi had ever seen, second only to his master.

Is this still steel?

Obviously not!

"..."

Minato's expression hardened, but he didn't throw the Flying Thunder God Kunai. By the time Naruto passed by Kushina, he had already arrived in front of her.

Clearly, he had already marked Kushina with the Flying Thunder God mark, allowing her to teleport without kunai.

However, Minato had expected the blond-haired youth with fox whiskers to attack Kushina, but the youth simply passed by him and Kushina.

Even as they brushed past each other, Minato could sense the reluctance and longing in the other's eyes out of the corner of his eye.

"..."

Minato looked puzzled, but for some reason, he couldn't bring himself to attack the young man.

Even if it means keeping him.

"..."

Kushina also read complex emotions in Naruto's blue eyes. For some reason, she suddenly felt a pang of pain in her heart, as if she was about to part with the person she was closest to.

Naruto withdrew his gaze from his parents, suddenly feeling much more relaxed. He took a deep breath, calmed himself, regained his confidence, and crashed into the glass window behind the Hokage's office without hesitation, his speed as fast as lightning.

"Master!!" Kakashi saw that Minato did not make a move, and assumed that the other party had controlled his master using special methods. He immediately took a step forward and drew the White Fang Blade from his waist.

But by the time Kakashi made his move, Naruto had already jumped out through the crack in the window.

In order not to cause trouble for Yinyue and Shuimen, he didn't even break the window.

pat-

But Kakashi, always eager for speed, ignored all that and crashed into the glass window, soaring into the night sky to follow Naruto's figure.

Under the moonlight, Naruto looked back in mid-air at the boy Kakashi chasing after him through the broken window. A smirk played on his lips. "Kakashi, huh? You're famous in Konoha, huh? What good is fame then? Let's have a race and see who's faster!"

After hearing these words, young Kakashi...

His expression hardened slightly; he wasn't angry, but he was even more determined to hold onto the other person's heart.

A moment later, Kakashi plummeted downwards, landing steadily on a tree. His feet treaded on branches, and his body shot through the forest like a kunai, chasing after Naruto's figure ahead.

The two engaged in a high-speed chase through the forest, their figures leaving two straight arcs in the moonlight, sometimes changing direction, sometimes making sharp turns, their speed astonishing. However, despite Kakashi's best efforts, he still couldn't catch up with Naruto.

Furthermore, Kakashi even had the feeling that his opponent was deliberately slowing down, giving him the illusion that he could catch up with him.

...

In the Hokage's office.

Minato and Kushina exchanged glances, looking out at the commotion in the forest, both lost in thought.

Kushina suddenly raised her hand to her heart, her face filled with sorrow, and whispered, "Minato, I suddenly feel so sad, my heart aches so much!"

Minato came to Kushina's side, took her hand, and comforted her, "It's alright, it's alright, I'm here, and our child is here too."

He thought Kushina probably had prenatal depression and was overthinking things.

Kushina looked down at her pregnant belly and gently stroked it, but her heart was still pounding with unease, anxiety, and restlessness.

"Minato, who was that person just now?"

Kushina gazed out the window.

"have no idea."

"He...looks just like you!"

"Really? A little."

"What exactly happened?"

Kushina asked, puzzled.

Minato sighed, "Before Kakashi arrived, he found Kotetsu himself sleeping in the corridor."

Kushina's eyes widened. "But, when he came to the office disguised as Kotetsu, he didn't attack me or you. He just kept eating sushi."

Minato suddenly had a nonsensical thought: "Maybe it's because the sushi you made was so delicious that it moved him to tears."

Kushina rolled her eyes at Minato: "Do you think that's possible?"

Minato chuckled awkwardly, "Of course..."

"Hmph, Minato, you've started lying now, huh? Looks like you've been corrupted by Jiraiya-sensei!"

"Haha, no way!" Minato said, both laughing and crying.

Fortunately, young Kakashi returned at this moment, panting heavily and out of breath. Minato quickly handed Kakashi a glass of water.

Kakashi finished his water in one gulp, then panted, "They got away! They're so fast, we can't catch them at all!"

Minato pondered, "Is Kotetsu alright?"

Kakashi shook his head: "It's nothing, I was just knocked unconscious by that guy, it's nothing serious."

"That's very strange," Minato said, puzzled. "What is his motive?"

...

...

Inside the portal.

After running around Konoha at full speed for a few laps and giving young Kakashi a run for his life, Naruto was exhausted.

Fortunately, Yin Yue's storage space had everything he needed, and he casually grabbed a bottle of beverage from the space and handed it to Naruto.

Naruto drank it all in one gulp, exhaled, looked up, and found Kakashi looking at him strangely from behind.

Naruto felt a chill run down his spine, scratched his head awkwardly, and said, "Kakashi-sensei, what are you still doing here?!"

He thought his father should have sent Kakashi-sensei to the past world as well, so he thought of teasing young Kakashi.

Unexpectedly, Kakashi had seen all of his provocations.

That's awkward.

Kakashi glanced at Yin Yue beside him, took a deep breath, and stared at Naruto: "Don't do that again next time. Learn to give your teacher face!"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes!" Naruto scratched his head and laughed awkwardly.

"How are you feeling?" Kakashi asked with a smile. "Feeling better now?"

Naruto nodded and said, "I don't know why, but I was very sad at first, but after seeing them, I'm not so sad anymore."

"That's good!" Kakashi nodded.

Naruto looked at Yin Yue and said frankly, "I know they lived such good lives before, as if they were here forever. They also experienced their own lives. Although the ending was not good, the process left behind a lot of beautiful memories."

"It's good that you figured it out!" Yin Yue then looked at Kakashi, "Let's go. What about you? Which point in time are you planning to go to?"

Kakashi lost both his parents, and his master, friends, and relatives all left him one by one, some even being killed by him. These tragic past experiences could even make him the most tragic ninja in the ninja world.

In the original work, young Sasuke could tell anyone that he didn't understand the pain of carrying hatred, but he couldn't tell Kakashi.

From another perspective.

It's a miracle that Kakashi didn't turn to the dark side.

After listening to Yin Yue's question.

Kakashi was caught in a dilemma.

If he really wanted to go back to a point in the past, Kakashi would actually like to go back to the night his father committed suicide and then do his best to modify that timeline.

But he knew it was impossible.

Kakashi suddenly asked, "Lord Yinyue, is it really possible to change the timeline at will?"

He confirmed it again.

Yin Yue nodded and said, "Of course, but after you change the timeline and we return to the real world, I will fix them."

Upon hearing this, Naruto exclaimed, "If I had known, I would have gone and reunited with them!"

Yin Yue shook her head and said, "When you appeared, the timeline had actually been modified, it's just a matter of whether it was a larger or smaller timeline."

"Then... sir, please take me to the night my father committed suicide!"

Kakashi took a deep breath to calm his agitated emotions and gazed at the moon in front of him.

"Okay—" As soon as Yin Yue finished speaking, the scene in front of the three of them changed.

However, outside it was still Konoha, and a full moon hung in the sky, only the timeline had changed.

The Hatake family.

quack--

Crows swept across the night sky.

Inside the wooden house.

Sakumo Hatake knelt on the ground, his eyes as pale as the moonlight spilling onto the wooden planks beside the bed. Numbly, he drew a short blade from behind his back, mechanically swinging it at his abdomen, when suddenly his forearm jerked, stopped by someone from behind. (End of Chapter)