Inside the Sealing Space.
The Third Hokage stared blankly at the two people in front of him.
He was very familiar with both of them: one was his grand-disciple, Minato Namikaze, and the other was the previous Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, Kushina Uzumaki.
Besides them, behind the two stood a massive creature, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, which had left a deep impression on him.
In the distance, there were also a few figures eating watermelon and cracking melon seeds.
These figures were Zephyr, Kurapika, and King Grey Wolf.
"What do you think that old man will be beaten into?"
Grey Wolf took a bite of watermelon and asked with a smile.
"Hehehe, why doesn't he choose to escape? The Third Hokage should be capable of that."
This time, it was Kurapika who spoke.
What Kurapika said was not wrong; as the Ninjutsu Professor, it would be easy for the Third Hokage to make his spirit leave the Sealing Space.
At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi's state was equivalent to being subjected to a Genjutsu; he only needed to forcefully break free from Kushina Uzumaki's control with his Chakra to leave this place.
Hearing Kurapika's words, Zephyr shook his head and said, "He won't leave. To be precise, if he has any brains, he won't choose to leave, but rather choose to let Kushina Uzumaki beat him up to vent her anger."
"As the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi is naturally not brainless. Seeing Minato and Kushina, he should be able to imagine many things, and of course... the unsealed Kurama!"
Things were exactly as Zephyr had said.
At this moment, the Third Hokage, after seeing the two people and one Tailed Beast, began a frantic storm of imagination.
Why did Naruto create so many strange things, like computers, virtual helmets, and even those training equipment that he admired?
And where did Naruto get so much information?
And why did Naruto, at such a young age, know to go on a hunger strike to make the Village take him seriously?
Hiruzen Sarutobi understood children's temperaments; no child could resist hunger.
But at that time, when Naruto was so young, even if he fainted, he wouldn't choose to go downstairs to buy food, but instead had takeout delivered to him.
All of this, when Hiruzen Sarutobi saw Minato Namikaze and his wife, he finally had the answers.
Looking at Kushina Uzumaki, who was glaring at him, Hiruzen Sarutobi lowered his head slightly and said, "Minato, Kushina, I am very sorry about Naruto's matter..."
Before the Third Hokage could finish speaking, a fist wrapped in pitch-black Armament Haki smashed into the Third Hokage's face.
This punch directly sent the Third Hokage flying more than ten meters away.
Before the Third Hokage could continue flying further, Kushina Uzumaki grabbed the Adamantine Sealing Chains wrapped around the Third Hokage and yanked him back, pulling him back in.
Then, Kushina Uzumaki wrapped both of her fists in Armament Haki and unleashed another fierce barrage of punches.
"My goodness... Kushina has even learned Armament Haki entanglement?"
Kurapika looked in disbelief at Kushina Uzumaki, who was relentlessly punching the Third Hokage.
Zephyr nodded upon hearing this. "Yes! Kushina's aptitude is very good; I only taught her for a few days, and she has already initially mastered Armament Haki."
"It's probably because she saw the Third Hokage, and her emotions erupted, causing her to subconsciously use Armament Haki."
"Tsk tsk... How much does Kushina hate the Third Hokage?"
"What? Kurapika, are you actually sympathizing with that old geezer, the Third Hokage?"
Hearing Kurapika's words, Grey Wolf said with some displeasure, "If my son, Xiao Hui Hui, had gone through the same experience as Naruto, I would definitely send all the culprits into space!"
In reality, Naruto in the real world wasn't that miserable; everyone in the Sealing Space was completely projecting the Naruto from Naruto onto him.
On the other side.
After a barrage of punches on the Third Hokage, Kushina Uzumaki finally vented her inner anger.
"Old man Third Hokage, this is just the Sealing Space. No matter how badly I beat you, nothing will happen to you; at most, you'll just be mentally drained."
"But rest assured... when I'm resurrected, I will definitely come find you and beat you up severely again!"
The Third Hokage, who had been beaten up, climbed to his feet from the ground.
He first glanced at Minato Namikaze, who had been observing the whole time, then said with some apology, "I promised you both back then that I would take good care of Naruto, make him the pride of the Village, the hero of the Village. I failed to do so, and it is my fault."
"Kushina, no matter how you treat me, I will have no complaints."
With that, the Third Hokage looked at the silent Minato Namikaze and continued, "Minato... If you can be resurrected, I hope you can forgive me, forgive Konoha, and return to Konoha to be the Hokage again!"
"Don't worry... This time, before I step down, I will reclaim all the power, including Danzo's..."
Hearing the Third Hokage say this, Minato Namikaze was about to refuse when he froze in place. After a few seconds, he finally said,
"As for becoming Hokage, let's talk about it later!"
Hearing Minato say this, the Third Hokage knew that the matter of Minato and his wife being resurrected was likely true.
"As expected of Minato. It seems he had already planned a contingency when he sealed the Nine-Tailed with his life back then!" the Third Hokage thought to himself.
Thinking of sealing the Nine-Tailed, the Third Hokage's expression suddenly became solemn.
"Minato, what exactly happened that year! Was it really someone from the Uchiha Clan who released the Nine-Tailed?"
Hearing the Third Hokage's question, Minato shook his head and then nodded.
Seeing this, the Third Hokage became even more puzzled.
Before he could ask further, Minato explained, "It was indeed someone from the Uchiha Clan, but they *used* to be!"
"However, this matter doesn't need to be dealt with for now. The most important thing is to manage Konoha Village well. Konoha cannot continue to pressure the Uchiha; if it continues, there will be internal unrest in Konoha."
"If there are problems within Konoha, then problems will certainly arise externally as well."
"Alas, I understand. As expected, it's the era of young people now. I'm old and can no longer continue to serve as Hokage."
At this moment, the Third Hokage had decided that after he returned, he would find a way to reclaim the power from the current elderly Konoha higher-ups, awaiting Minato Namikaze's return.
Minato Namikaze, who had discerned the Third Hokage's thoughts, gave Kushina a look.
Kushina nodded upon seeing this, then with a flick of her Adamantine Sealing Chains, she kicked the Third Hokage out of the Sealing Space.