Naruto: Becoming Stronger by Pampering Your Sister

"Hmph, Danzo, you see? This is what you call doing it for the good of Konoha. Everything you've done has led to Konoha's current state of disintegration."

Before long, Tsunade emerged with Shizune, her face filled with worry. Looking down at the nearly torn crowd below, the words she wanted to say seemed stuck in her throat.

boom!

A sharp crack silenced everyone. Tsunade's forehead was pressed tightly against the railing, blood trickling down her face, her voice trembling.

"Everyone, I am truly sorry that I have kept everything Danzo did a secret from you for so long. Many heroes of Konoha have died because of Danzo's meticulous schemes, which has caused many people to be separated by death."

Chapter 142 The Great Three Generations?

"Looking back suddenly, I realized that all my efforts and the recognition I received from others were nothing more than taking advantage of the lives of those heroes and building my career on their corpses."

"The Leaf Village that I love, once stripped bare, turns out to be nothing more than an excuse to lure everyone in. After wandering around for a while, I finally realized that the path beneath my feet is lined with clearly visible corpses."

Tears streamed down Tsunade's cheeks. Her heart was filled with unease, and her tone was heavy, silencing everyone. In the early years, Konoha was at its zenith, producing many powerful figures. But what was the result?

Everything eventually returns to dust.

Konoha Sakumo Hatake is a typical example.

Whenever he thought of these things, Kakashi felt a pang of sadness. At this moment, his eyes dimmed slightly and he lowered his head a little, unwilling to recall them yet forced to.

"Keeping it from everyone for two and a half years was my dereliction of duty, simply because I was cowardly, weak, and worried that if I told everyone everything, Konoha would fall apart." Tsunade took a deep breath, looked up, and said, "But someone enlightened me: is the Hokage's and the village's reputation more important, or the grievances of those heroes?"

Of course they are more important.

"Thinking about it carefully, I was such a fool. He had told me long ago that a Hokage is someone who endures pain and walks ahead of others. Even if others have to step over his own corpse, he must never step over the corpse of his comrade."

Tsunade had a red mark on her forehead, looking utterly miserable, as if sighing or mocking herself, her eyes dim: "It's such a simple truth, but I always only realize it afterward."

Everyone instinctively turned their gaze to Neji.

Neji smiled bitterly to himself. Even he didn't know that he held such a high position in Tsunade's heart. To be honest, Tsunade was very beautiful, but it was a pity that she was too old.

Of course, if one were immortal, that would be a different story, but is that even possible?

Even so, he knew he should express his opinion.

"Let's leave it at that. Danzo bears the primary responsibility for Konoha's current state, but we can't put all the blame on one person."

Neji flung his sleeves and roared, "It was Danzo's suggestion to exterminate the Uchiha clan, but don't you bear any responsibility at all?"

"Leaving aside others, let's talk about the third generation. They kept saying they wanted to find a safe solution, but in the end, did they actually take any action?"

"Danzo started Sakumo Hatake's death, but don't you bear any responsibility at all? Is it possible for the mere Root organization to spread rumors and gossip?"

Neji originally intended to speak casually, but the more he talked, the more he recalled his past regrets, and gradually he became truly angry, pointing his finger at everyone and cursing them.

Then, as if struck by a sudden thought, he burst into a tirade: "Sakumo Hatake was cursed to death for saving a comrade, ha, how ridiculous! Oh, and I heard the comrade he saved even turned around and accused him, ha, I laughed..."

"Where is that senior now? Can he come out and let everyone recognize him?" Neji glanced at everyone and chuckled, "Since that senior doesn't want to live... then why don't you just die?! What's the point of you still being alive?!"

"Is this interesting?!" Neji unconsciously released his aura, and a wave of energy burst forth, as bright as the sun at its zenith, forcing everyone around him to retreat.

A large, dark crowd gathered below the Hokage's office building, staring intently at Neji. Initially filled with resentment and anger, they gradually fell silent, feeling guilty and unable to look up.

However, some people were still indignant and shouted, "The Third Hokage died for Konoha. You are not allowed to insult him and tarnish his good name."

"That's right, the third generation protected us."

"That's right, that's right."

"Oh?" Neji watched coldly until the voices gradually subsided before continuing, "Those who just spoke, step forward."

"Hmph, go ahead and come, we're not afraid of you."

Several ninjas walked out together. They knew Neji was powerful, but they had the guts that Neji wouldn't kill them on the spot.

"You think the Third Hokage is great?" Neji asked rhetorically.

"That's natural."

"Then I want to know, Third Hokage, the one you all revere, why didn't he step in and stop it? With his prestige, he could have easily stopped these things with a single call to action, right? But where was he? Why didn't he say a word? Did he just watch Konoha's new generation die? Ah!!"

"That's because Sakumo Hatake disobeyed the mission," the group said, still unconvinced.

"Mission, mission! It's because of people like you that Konoha has become so corrupt." Neji said coldly, "You say the Third Hokage protected Konoha, but when Sakumo Hatake, Minato Namikaze, Fugaku Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha, and Itachi protected Konoha, you weren't even born yet!"

"Alright, alright, even if Sakumo Hatake disobeyed the mission, the Uchiha clan didn't have a better way to deal with it. What about the Nine-Tails' rampage? He can use the Reaper Death Seal, so why didn't he seal the Nine-Tails?"

Minato Namikaze was superior to Hiruzen Sarutobi in every respect, so why did Hiruzen Sarutobi end up taking back political power?

"You..." The group of people were so angry that their faces turned red, but they didn't know what to say.

"What do you mean, oh, right, speaking of which, I have to mention something else." Neji looked at Naruto, and suddenly a large number of pythons flew out from his arm and pulled him over.

"Do you know his identity?" Neji asked, pulling Naruto along. "The Nine-Tailed Fox you see, do you know his true identity?"

"Spirit Spell!"

A loud shout came from above, and a huge black shadow descended from the sky. It was Gamabunta, who stuck out his long tongue to snatch Neji away.

"Neji, you can't say it," Jiraiya called out from on his back.

Neji glanced at it indifferently, then slammed his hands on the ground and shouted, "Summoning Jutsu!"

In an instant, the second-generation Manda and a giant slug appeared before everyone, their long tails sweeping across and unleashing a sticky acid attack, instantly sending Gamabunta flying.

"Although I don't understand why you won't tell Naruto about his background, Naruto should know."

He looked around at everyone, especially at the people in front of him, and, holding up the bewildered Naruto, announced loudly, "Naruto is the son of the Fourth Hokage!!"

Call ~

A gust of wind blew by, highlighting the boundless silence. Except for a few individuals, everyone's eyes were wide open, staring at Naruto in disbelief.

"What a joke! He's just a fox spirit, how could he possibly be the son of the Fourth Hokage?"

"Hmph, you fox demon, you don't believe me, do you? Then I'll show you enough."

Chapter 143 Fourth Hokage, the Konoha you protected...

Neji's eyes gleamed as he looked at the seal on Naruto's stomach.

"Neji, what are you doing?" Tsunade snapped out of her tears and saw Neji's gaze, instantly having a bad feeling.

"Tsunade, as you can see, since they don't believe me, I'll let the Fourth Hokage see the miserable days Naruto will have after he's gone."

"What do you mean by 'Let the Fourth Hokage go'? You're not going to release the Nine-Tails again, are you?" Tsunade asked seriously, staring intently at Neji. But in an instant, she gave in.

"Release!" Neji's words seemed to contain a strange magical power, instantly causing some changes to the seal on the Nine-Tails.

This is the power of words. Although it cannot directly break the seal, it can be easily altered.

Moreover, Neji originally did not want to break the seal on the Nine-Tails.

Then, he changed his hand gesture and slapped Naruto's stomach, who was already disheveled. Instantly, a terrifying surge of chakra erupted, and a crimson aura filled the air.

"Tsunade, stop him! What are you doing?" Jiraiya shouted hoarsely when he saw this.

But at this moment, Neji suddenly stopped what he was doing. After slightly altering the seal, Kurama was able to release a considerable amount of chakra. Naturally, it could also feel the chakra within Neji's body that made the tailed beasts feel close to him, just like Shukaku and the others.

"Nine-Tails, you should know what I want to do, right?" Neji said indifferently to Naruto. "To tell you the truth, the Fourth Hokage still has one more seal. It would be quite interesting to let him see what Naruto went through in his early years."

In reality, he was communicating with Kurama through Naruto.

A moment later, everyone, including Jiraiya and Tsunade, entered an iron cell with water under their feet and a giant fox behind the iron door.

"Where is this?" This is the question on many people's minds.

"Hmph, without a doubt, this is inside Naruto's body. The fox in front of him should be the Nine-Tails. As for why..."

"Stop, Shino." Shikamaru asked, "Neji, what are you doing here?"

"I didn't bring you here, but I suggested it. As for the reason," Neji glanced coldly at the people who had shouted earlier and said disdainfully, "it's so you can meet Naruto's father, the deceased Fourth Hokage."

"what?!"

Everyone was shocked; they could see the Fourth Hokage here.

Ignoring them, Neji patted the unconscious Naruto to wake him up, patiently explained to him, and said, "That's it. Tear off that piece of paper, and you'll understand everything."

"Is that so..." Naruto murmured, then slowly walked towards the iron gate, while Neji released a huge pressure that suppressed all those who dared to make a move.

"That's right, that's it. Come on, kid, tear off this paper and let me see how regretful the Fourth Hokage looks." Kurama laughed heartily, but was also stunned by Neji.

This horrified the Nine-Tailed Fox.

Neji grinned. He couldn't control the fully unleashed Nine-Tails, but he could handle it in this state.

Tear!

To everyone's astonishment, Naruto ripped off the talisman. Then, he tried to unlock the door, but an arm suddenly appeared and stopped him.

"Naruto, you're so grown up now, huh? You don't seem to be being controlled, so why are you thinking about breaking the seal?" A handsome young man with blond hair, just like Naruto, pondered.

The moment they saw this person, everyone's jaw dropped so high it was almost dislocated.

"Water water water water... Minato!"

"The Fourth Hokage!"

"Hmm?" Minato turned his head slightly and saw a large group of people looking at him from not far away. He first smiled and greeted them, then suddenly froze, and finally countless question marks appeared above his head.

"Strange, why are there so many people here?"

"Let me, no, let Kurama explain this," Neji stepped forward, looking at Kurama with "kind" eyes.

"You bastard!" Kurama was startled. Not many people knew his name. Coupled with that chakra, a thought suddenly came to his mind: Could this kid be the reincarnation of the old man?

"Hey, so your name is Kurama?" Minato said with a smile, scratching his head.

He looks exactly like Naruto.

At this moment, Neji sneered, "Fourth Hokage, I really hope you can remain this calm after seeing what Naruto went through."

"Ahem, Fourth Hokage, take a look at this." Kurama waved his hand and played a slideshow of Naruto's life from childhood to adulthood.

An orphan, almost 99% of the villagers despise him, point fingers at him, and regard him as a jinx, a fox demon; his peers hardly play with him, and the care from his elders is only occasional greetings.

When I'm bullied by other kids; when adults point fingers at me; when I walk home alone in the evening; when I eat instant noodles, expired food, or go hungry at night...

As dusk fell, all the other children were picked up from their parents' homes, chatting and laughing, while he swung alone on the swing.