Chapter 590: Forgive Me, Dad
Naruto's move of 'Watch me throw the Flying Thunder God kunai into the septic tank and screw Dad over' successfully earned the approval of the audience watching outside.
It had to be said that Naruto's growth in using dirty tricks was incredibly fast.
He didn't even know any space-time ninjutsu himself, yet just from watching Kakashi and Obito fight several times, he had grasped the essence of how to deal with space-time techniques.
Naruto really was a genius.
Thinking about it carefully, although Naruto himself couldn't use space-time ninjutsu, several of the enemies he had fought could.
For example, Ōtsutsuki Urashiki had a technique that could rewind time.
Although Urashiki ended up being instantly taken down by Jiraiya's toad poison before Naruto personally fought him, Naruto had at least witnessed it firsthand.
Perhaps that was when the seed of countering space-time ninjutsu had first been planted in his mind.
Later, during his "gamble match" with Shiromo, while facing Shiromo's Time Erasure ability, Naruto had brilliantly developed a similar countermeasure—he continuously entered Sage Mode, and the moment his perception suddenly changed, he knew Shiromo had activated Time Erasure.
Although Naruto still lost in the end, failure was the mother of success.
The battles between Obito and Kakashi, especially Obito's shameless Kamui escapes, had inspired Naruto tremendously.
Kakashi-sensei had once explained to him how Obito had been captured.
One part of that story stood out in particular.
With Mutual Multiplying Explosive Tags in front of him and Izanami behind him, Obito had brilliantly come up with the idea of covering his entire body in shit, making Uchiha Naori unwilling to touch him and thus preventing the conditions for Izanami from being fulfilled.
Back then, Naruto had secretly regretted not thinking of that himself.
If he had, perhaps he could have gained a slight advantage against Shiromo.
Unfortunately...
There were no "what ifs."
Besides, thinking about it carefully, Naruto was also afraid that if he ever used such a shameless tactic against Shiromo, it would backfire horribly.
After all, he had personally witnessed—and even helped—Shiromo use Crazy Diamond on Konoha's septic tank.
The result had been countless people in Konoha, including Kakashi-sensei, suffering an unspeakably horrifying experience that very day.
Naruto certainly didn't want that happening to himself.
Naturally, he never dared use such clever tricks against Shiromo.
As a result, his heroic strategy had never found a chance to shine.
Today...
It was finally his time!
'Come on, Dad! Let me see just how broad-minded you really are!'
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That evening.
Kushina returned home with a dark expression.
The moment she entered, she punched Apron Minato straight into the wall.
The house repairman living next door heard the impact and silently began packing his tools, preparing to come over and fix the wall after everything settled down.
"Were you the one who spread those rumors outside?"
"What rumors?"
Minato, embedded in the wall, looked utterly confused.
"I figured you wouldn't have the guts. Looks like that brat Naruto has really grown some nerve."
Kushina walked over to the window, opened it, and clapped twice.
An ANBU instantly appeared, reporting Naruto's visit to the archives as well as everything that had happened that morning.
"So it really was that brat... along with those filthy commoners."
Kushina clenched her fist.
"I'll deal with Naruto. As for those filthy commoners, you handle them."
She gave the order.
Kushina knew that against villagers possessing the Will of Bullying, death threats and violence were useless.
Kindness and persuasion were equally useless.
Since neither approach worked...
Why not just use violence?
At least it would let her vent her anger and make her feel better.
"You have five minutes to bring Naruto back. Otherwise, you're dead."
"..."
Minato Namikaze shivered.
Ignoring the several broken ribs he had just suffered, he instantly disappeared with Flying Thunder God.
Flying Thunder God could actually sense the surrounding environment in advance.
Mainly through chakra detection.
That was how Minato had dominated the battlefield.
It was also why Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder could precisely teleport Tailed Beast Bombs to empty locations before they exploded.
But that was its limit.
Sensing chakra was already the technique's maximum capability.
The core function of Flying Thunder God was teleportation.
It couldn't magically provide vision like some kind of clairvoyance.
Besides, Minato was desperately trying to find Naruto and had absolutely no suspicion toward him.
So he activated the technique without hesitation.
Teleporting directly beside the Flying Thunder God kunai.
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After arriving beside the kunai, Minato didn't immediately realize where he was.
The surroundings were warm, completely enveloping him.
His first thought was that Naruto must be soaking in a hot spring.
But then...
The smell hit him.
Only then did Minato realize exactly where he had arrived.
He let out a silent scream of despair.
Don't ask why it was silent.
Because the moment he opened his mouth...
Fortunately, the next second, Minato pushed Flying Thunder God to its limit and instantly teleported to another Flying Thunder God marker he had left outside the village.
Then he dropped to his knees in despair, tears streaming down his face.
His position in the family was already low enough.
Now even Naruto was bullying him.
Thank goodness they didn't own a dog.
Otherwise, his status was probably lower than the dog's.
An inexplicable rage suddenly welled up inside Minato.
Being abused by Kushina was one thing.
But what right did Naruto have to bully him like this?
He had to catch Naruto and drag him back so Kushina could punish him properly!
Minato spat out what had gotten into his mouth, stripped off his filthy clothes, and steeled his resolve.
"Naruto! You can't escape!"
Minato activated Flying Thunder God once more.
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Of course, Naruto knew a septic tank alone wouldn't be enough to discourage his father's pursuit.
That was why he had used the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Minato teleported all over the village searching for Naruto.
In reality, he didn't even need to rush around.
If he simply walked a few steps, he could already see two or three Narutos.
Shadow Clones.
It was a technique even Ōtsutsuki Isshiki and Ōtsutsuki Kaguya couldn't see through.
Naturally, Minato couldn't distinguish the original either.
His only option was to check each one individually.
"Naruto, are you the original? Hurry and come home with me!"
Minato asked one of the Narutos.
"Oh? If it isn't our Green Flash? It's okay. Hokage-sama may not want you anymore, but we do—"
"Ptooey! What the hell is that smell?! What did you do? Get the hell away from us!"
Several Konoha villagers noticed Minato, who had been forced to remove his filthy outer clothes after falling into the septic tank, leaving only his inner clothing.
They had originally intended to tease him.
But the moment they got close enough to smell him, their expressions changed dramatically.
Cursing in disgust, they frantically backed away.
Watching from outside, Kakashi's eyes suddenly lit up.
'Could it be...'
'The Will of Bullying, which isn't afraid of death... is actually afraid of shit?'
"Dad... forgive me. This is the last time."
Facing Minato, Naruto stood up with a deliberately solemn expression.
He poked Minato's forehead with a finger.
Then, with his other hand, he shoved a balloon filled with shit toward him.
It was the exact same move Naruto had used against Kiba and Akamaru during the Chunin Exams!
"Rasengan!"
Splat.
Bang!
(End of this chapter)