"You've brought them in, haven't you?"
"Enough with the nonsense. When I take action, it's a piece of cake."
While in a nightmare, Naruto vaguely heard a voice that was both familiar and unfamiliar, a voice that was irritable but also slightly cowardly.
Where is this place?
Looking at the dark world before him, Naruto couldn't help but feel panicked.
"Hey, Nine-Tails! Control your chakra!"
The voice of an adult man came from behind Naruto, and Naruto turned around to look.
Help!
Grandpa Dean, help! There's a monster here!
Naruto froze, his azure eyes filled with fear.
But then a large hand gently landed on Naruto's head, and words of comfort came out.
"Hey, Naruto, don't be afraid."
Naruto turned his gaze to the man.
Uh... he looks familiar, I think I've seen him before.
Who are you?
Naruto's tone was a little shy, but he was also afraid of the big monster in the cage in the distance.
"I am Senju Hasi, the hot mom! The First Hokage of Konoha!"
Hashirama struck a cool pose, the most impactful one he had ever experimented with in his class.
"How lame..."
Naruto was taken aback by Hashirama's strange appearance, but he quickly recovered.
"The First Hokage? Is that the Hokage that Grandpa Headmaster always talked about, the one who protected everyone and was recognized by everyone?"
Seeing the gleam in Naruto's eyes, Hashirama decisively ignored the very quiet remark he had just made and nodded in satisfaction.
"Naruto, do you want to become Hokage?"
Hashirama knew about Naruto's background entirely thanks to the information provided by Kurama (the Nine-Tails) through "friendship".
Hashirama was unsure whether he should tell the child about his past, since the monkey's current idea was to hide Naruto's true identity.
However, the monkey did go a bit too far, leaving a three-year-old child to live alone, especially since this was the fourth generation's child.
"think!"
For a moment, Naruto forgot his fear of Kurama, stood up straight with his chest out, and his round face was incredibly cute.
Blue-eyed?
Kurama glanced at Naruto's deep blue eyes without making a sound.
Who knows?
"Alright, from now on I will teach you how to become an excellent Hokage."
Hashirama was delighted, never expecting his junior to possess such lofty ambitions at such a young age.
"From today onwards, I will be your teacher."
Thus, the reincarnations of two generations of Asuras forged a master-disciple contract here, and a connection from a higher level was formed between the two.
Naruto jumped up happily, but then saw Kurama's terrifying gaze and shrank back down.
"Teacher, what is that monster? Why is it locked up?"
"Oh dear, I forgot to introduce you."
"It's called Nine-Tails, a tailed beast with terrifying power."
Hashirama suddenly remembered that he hadn't introduced the Nine-Tails to Naruto yet, so he pointed at the Nine-Tails and said...
"Hey! I'm not called Nine-Tailed Fox!"
Nine-Tails roared angrily, its nine orange-red tails waving wildly behind it.
"I have a name!"
In the past, those humans who were too weak were not worthy of knowing its name, while those who were too strong did not take it seriously (here, I strongly criticize Red-Eyed Disease, Vajra Lock, and Big Wooden Door).
Moreover, over the long years, Kurama has witnessed the evil of humanity and has gradually lost interest in communicating with humans.
However, the child before them is most likely the prophesied child the old man spoke of.
The old man reluctantly told him his name.
"Listen up! My name is Kurama!"
Hashirama froze, staring in disbelief at Kurama... no, Kurama.
"You...you actually have a name!"
Hashirama's finger trembled as he pointed at Kurama. My God, it's been so long, and I didn't even know Kurama had a name.
Mito never said that back then!
"hehe."
Nine Lama ignored the two and lay down to continue sleeping.
At this moment, Naruto's mind had lingered here for an extremely long time, and a feeling of impending awakening was swirling wildly in Naruto's mind.
"Naruto, we'll meet again tomorrow night. I'll teach you how to refine chakra then."
Hashirama watched Naruto gradually disappear, his face full of smiles.
At that moment, Naruto sprang to his feet and woke up.
He stared blankly at his hands. The First Generation, Kurama, was it a dream?
Never mind, let's find something to eat first.
She hopped and skipped to the refrigerator and took out fresh milk and instant noodles.
Hashirama frowned slightly; eating instant noodles so early in the morning wasn't a good idea.
Pale green, vibrant chakra flowed from Naruto's stomach, and a fruit grew on the potted plant in the small apartment.
!
What's going on?!
Naruto couldn't believe his eyes!
A faint sound came from my mind.
"Naruto, eat this, it's healthier."
This location is very particular; it's invisible to those outside the Dark Side, and the Third Hokage isn't using the telescope technique to see Naruto yet.
After happily eating the fruit, Naruto left the small apartment and began his aimless wanderings for the day.
Today was the first time he had left the vicinity of the welfare home and entered a completely new environment.
After wandering around for a while, Naruto got tired and found a shady spot to lie down, staring blankly at the sky, his mind still on last night's dream.
In the distance, a pink-haired little girl and a blonde-haired little girl walked together, laughing and playing.
So cute!
Pink hair.
However, Naruto wasn't as bold as he would be later; he only dared to look at the girl from afar.
Meanwhile, the Third Hokage arrives at Naruto's apartment.
"Little Naruto, Grandpa's here to give you money."
The Third Hokage walked into Naruto's apartment carrying a thin envelope and some basic children's educational books.
Unfortunately, we didn't see Naruto.
"Xiyan?"
The Third Hokage called out the window, and a figure jumped into Naruto's apartment.
"Third generation sir."
Where did Naruto go?
The third generation's tone was quite amiable, but a cold glint flashed in his narrowed eyes.
"He went to stroll around East Street, and the fox followed him."
"I see."
The third generation nodded, rubbed his eyes, and sighed.
"Then just leave the things here. When Naruto comes back, just pretend to be a passerby and tell him."
The three generations gave a brief assignment and then turned and left.
He still has a lot to do. The Ninja World War has only ended two years ago, and he still has many political affairs to handle.
And with his old friend Danzo around, he started to get restless again.