In the days that followed, Naruto told the Nine Tails the story of Journey to the West night after night. Unknowingly, the relationship between the two grew much closer. At least Naruto could slap the iron gate in front of the Nine Tails without getting beaten up.
Of course, he also told Minato and Kushina some important information from the original plot. During this time, the two experienced shock, sadness, anger, and a variety of other emotions.
As for what actions Minato would take after learning this information, Naruto didn't know. Judging from Kushina's reaction, she couldn't wait to catch Obito and hang him up to beat him half to death. After beating him, she would consider whether to sympathize with him or forgive him.
Unfortunately, thinking about it, that kid was definitely hiding very well. Even the Akatsuki hadn't reached the level they were in the story yet.
For example, Itachi was still a child and was said to be preparing to participate in the Chunin Exams. Deidara should still be Ōnoki's disciple, playing with mud in Iwagakure. Kisame was still in Kirigakure and hadn't obtained Samehada...
In short, Minato solemnly instructed Naruto not to talk about these things with anyone else, saying that he would do his best to eliminate the danger and would never let Konoha suffer the kind of destruction crisis that occurred in the story.
And the most urgent task was... to clear the Exploding Tags hidden within Konoha Village and capture Gennō.
Gennō was originally a ninja from the Kagerō Ninja Village in the Mountain Country. More than twenty years ago, he was ordered to infiltrate Konoha, disguise himself as a craftsman, and take advantage of construction to hide Exploding Tags in every corner of Konoha Village. All the Exploding Tags were connected, densely packed like a huge net, enough to destroy the entire Konoha.
The original plan was to detonate them when the two villages were at war, but unexpectedly, Konoha preemptively raided the Kagerō Village's home. Then the two villages made peace, and Gennō never received orders for the next action. Later, the Kagerō Village was gone, and no one could give him orders at all. These Exploding Tags had been hidden in place ever since.
However, Naruto always felt that this matter was quite absurd. Over the years, how many people from the Hyuga Clan had been training with the Byakugan open, and no one had discovered them? How many members of the Inuzuka Clan had been letting their ninja dogs run wild throughout the village, and they hadn't discovered anything either?
Perhaps the will of the great universe prevented them from noticing...
But now that Minato knew about this, there was no need to worry at all. Just gather the ninjas to search and remove them. Anyway, eleven Genin solved this matter in the anime.
This time, they might even make a small profit. The Exploding Tags, with an explosion range covering the entire village, were quite valuable.
The Exploding Tag crisis was resolved so lightly, and the disaster-ridden Konoha was lucky enough to survive once again.
Naruto didn't participate in this matter and continued his training missions day after day. He was severely suppressed when sparring with Kimimaro every day and could only occasionally bully Sasuke to relieve his depression.
This kind of life continued until the end of the year. The New Year's party that Naruto had proposed earlier eventually turned into a Konoha-style celebration.
That scene, with gongs and drums, firecrackers, red flags, and a sea of people... was impossible. However, with lanterns hanging high, fireworks blooming, and people coming and going in great excitement, it was indeed a festive scene throughout the village.
Minato and Kushina each held Kimimaro and Naruto's hands, and the family happily wandered around.
Naruto followed his parents with great interest, experiencing the exotic festival celebrations. And Kimimaro, who was usually serious and rarely smiled, occasionally showed a happy smile. This child had probably completely adapted and genuinely liked his current life.
As a huge firework rose and bloomed in the sky above Konoha, Konoha Year 52 was completely written into history, and that beautiful light belonging to Konoha Year 53 shone into the hearts of every Konoha person.
...
In February of Konoha Year 53, Kimimaro had been in Konoha for more than half a year. For the past six months, he had been studying basic knowledge at home, and now he was officially going to school. Of course, 8-year-old Kimimaro directly entered the third grade.
On the day of enrollment, the whole family sent Kimimaro to the Ninja Academy. After entering the third-grade classroom, as expected, it caused a sensation.
"Is that the Fourth Hokage? So handsome!"
"I must become a Hokage in the future!"
"The Fourth Hokage's wife is so beautiful!"
...
And when Kimimaro followed the teacher to the podium to introduce himself, the girls' emotions were a little out of control:
"The new transfer student is so handsome!"
"Ah~ Lord Kimimaro~"
Kushina stood at the classroom door and said with a smile, "Ara, looks like you're quite popular. Get along well with your classmates, Kimimaro."
"Yes, Mother," Kimimaro nodded.
The three of them waved goodbye to Kimimaro.
Minato said, "Next, I'm going to attend the first-year entrance ceremony. Do you want to come and see?"
Naruto shook his head, "No, I'll watch it when I go to school." He really didn't want to listen to the principal's speech.
Kushina followed up, "Then I'll wait and watch it together when I send Naruto to school."
Minato smiled helplessly, "Alright, see you later then."
Kushina waved, "Bye-bye, Minato, good luck!"
...
The mother and son walked out of the school, and as soon as they left, they saw Chang Wei beating someone... they saw three brats bullying a little loli.
"You're so ugly, you Byakugan monster!"
"Monster!"
"Monster!"
"Waaah..." The little loli squatted on the ground, covering her face and crying.
"Let go of that girl!" Naruto's voice of righteous indignation rang out.
The three brats turned around, "Tch, there's an adult here, let's go!"
"Okay!" *2
The three brats scurried away.
"Huh?" This isn't how the script should go. Shouldn't I, your father, use my two years of kung fu to slap faces and be a hero to save the beauty? Naruto had even thought of the title for the story he would tell the big fox in the future: 'Naruto the Constable Beats Up the Brats'. Why isn't this following the script?
According to the first law of Naruto, no matter how many thoughts you have, they don't take up any time. That's why people can review their entire lives in the second before they die, imagine the future, and even come up with a 'what if' scenario. So, one second can play out several episodes for you.
Naruto walked over and gently helped the little girl up, asking, "Are you okay?"
The little girl finally stopped crying, "Th... thank you."
Kushina walked over and touched the little girl's head, "You're a child of the Hyuga Clan, right?"
"Yes," the little girl fidgeted with her fingers, "My name is Hinata Hyuga."
Kushina took Hinata's little hand and said with a smile, "Let's take you home."
Hinata followed Kushina very obediently. Naruto didn't add any drama for himself, just observed that four-year-old Hinata was quite cute, and then his thoughts drifted away. Now that the plot has deviated so much, who knows who his future wife will be. Let nature take its course.
As they walked, Kushina was still talking about her own deeds, "When I was little, there were also punks who laughed at my hair, saying it was red like a tomato, and then I beat them all up one by one.
Hahaha, and then no one dared to laugh at me to my face again! Little Hinata, you have to be brave!"
Hinata looked at Kushina with admiration in her big eyes, So amazing!
Naruto watched Hinata's reaction and thought to himself, if Kushina were to teach Hinata, I'm afraid she would teach a sassy version of Hinata from the Infinite Tsukuyomi!
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