The next day, early morning.
The first thing Naruto did after waking up was to grab the tablet by his bed and start checking on Obito's movements.
Obito had woken up early. After getting up, Obito exercised for a while, then headed towards the Rain Ninja Village.
Seeing this, Naruto knew that he and Nagato had not yet met!
Just then, a knock came from Naruto's room door, followed by Kushina's voice, "Naruto, get up and eat breakfast!"
"Coming!"
Naruto responded, then put on his clothes and went into the bathroom to wash up.
Downstairs in the dining room.
Kushina and Minato were chatting while eating breakfast.
"Naruto, come and try the pan-fried buns I made. How do they taste?"
"Mm!" Naruto nodded and sat down, beginning to taste the pan-fried buns.
"How do they taste?" Kushina asked with an expectant look.
"Very delicious."
Naruto praised, giving a thumbs up.
"If it's delicious, eat more!"
Breakfast quickly ended. Kushina went to clear the table and wash the dishes, while Minato looked at Naruto and asked, "Naruto, are you going to the Ninja Academy today or going out?"
Naruto thought for a moment. He felt that he probably wasn't needed at the base, and Itachi should be returning to the base today.
The only place he might be needed was for the construction of the new base.
Building a new base wasn't too much trouble; with Grey Wolf, it was all child's play.
But moving, on the other hand, would be quite time-consuming!
Thinking of this, Naruto replied, "I'll go to the Ninja Academy!"
"Alright! Let's go together then! I haven't taken you to the Ninja Academy before!"
Minato said with a smile.
"Mm."
Just as the two were about to leave, Kushina, who had finished washing the dishes, also hurried out, "I want to take Naruto to the Ninja Academy too... And I also want to see my future daughter-in-law!"
And so, the family of three walked down the street.
Now, the people in the Village no longer looked at Naruto with disgust.
Some villagers looked at Naruto with a hint of guilt, while others were indifferent or dared not look at Naruto.
Naruto didn't look at those villagers; he just walked confidently down the street, with his father and mother behind him.
The three quickly arrived at the entrance of the Ninja Academy.
At this time, there were already many parents sending their children off at the entrance. Seeing Minato's arrival, everyone made way for Minato to pass.
Looking at the Ninja Academy, which hadn't changed much in decades, Kushina couldn't help but exclaim, "It really brings back memories!"
As she spoke, Kushina glanced at Minato, who was walking beside her, and continued, "Minato and I met right here!"
"Indeed! It certainly brings back memories!"
Minato also echoed with a smile.
Just then, Hinata also arrived at the Ninja Academy, led by a servant.
Seeing Hinata, Kushina's eyes lit up.
"That's Hinata! She's much cuter than in the anime!"
"Mom, don't mess around! We don't have any relationship yet. If you mess things up and make my future daughter-in-law disappear, I'll come out!"
"Hmm? You're coming out? With whom? With Sasuke?"
Naruto: ...
Naruto forgot that his mother had fujoshi tendencies.
Seeing this, Minato interjected, "Kushina, let's go! We're about to be completely surrounded!"
After speaking, Minato gestured for Kushina to look around.
At this moment, many student parents had already turned their gaze towards Minato and his wife.
After all, Minato was the Fourth Hokage who had saved Konoha twice, so being surrounded like this was normal.
Therefore, Kushina said helplessly, "Next time, I'll just take Naruto myself!"
With that, she and Minato left.
Seeing his parents leave, Naruto went to find Hinata by himself.
This time, the servant behind Hinata did not stop Naruto from approaching their young lady.
Because they knew that this boy was the son of the Fourth Hokage, and his status was no longer the same as before!
"Na-Naruto, long time no see!"
Hinata said, her face slightly flushed, upon seeing Naruto.
"It hasn't been that long! It's only been a little over a month!"
Hearing Naruto's teasing, Hinata's face turned even redder!
Then the two walked side by side towards the classroom.
During class, Iruka, the homeroom teacher, was also a little surprised to see that Naruto had actually come to class.
Actually, Iruka had thought that the reason Naruto wasn't coming to class was because of the Fourth Hokage.
After all, suddenly having a father, and a hero of Konoha at that, anyone would get carried away, let alone a child like Naruto who had always been disliked by the villagers.
But seeing Naruto getting along well with his classmates, Iruka knew he had overthought things.
During class, Naruto still chose not to pay attention.
Naturally, he also wouldn't enter the virtual world to play games.
Now the Ninja Academy had a new rule: virtual helmets were not allowed during theoretical classes; to be precise, one could not wear a virtual helmet to the Ninja Academy.
But laptops could still be brought!
Now, the Konoha Genin still chose to play League of Legends or single-player games to pass the time during class.
Only Sasuke was still diligently studying, and the knowledge he was learning was not Ninja knowledge, but red ideology.
After deciding to bring Sasuke into the base, Itachi had given Sasuke a lot of homework.
All of it was about red ideology.
To avoid disappointing his brother, Sasuke was also very diligently memorizing the knowledge in the books.
Seeing Sasuke's hard work, Naruto no longer slacked off.
He took out his tablet and began to check Obito's status.
At this time, Obito had already returned to the Rain Ninja Village.
As soon as he returned to the Rain Ninja Village, Konan called him over.
This time, Obito met not Pain, but Nagato himself!
Nagato looked down at Obito and asked in a deep voice, "Madara, is the ultimate weapon you spoke of controllable?"
Nagato's words made Obito tremble.
"Why... why do you ask? Didn't I say from the beginning? Everything is controllable!"
"Then what about the Ten-Tails?"
Hearing the word 'Ten-Tails' from Nagato's mouth, Obito was completely thrown off!
He began to brainstorm, wondering how Nagato knew about the Ten-Tails!
"Could Black Zetsu have told him?"
"It must be him! Currently, only I and Black Zetsu know about the Ten-Tails!"
"Why would Black Zetsu do this?"
After thinking carefully, Obito had the answer. The reason was simple: he had completely broken free from Madara's control!
Who was Black Zetsu? He was Madara's will. Breaking free from Madara's control was equivalent to breaking free from Black Zetsu's control.