Boom—
Pure Land World.
Kushina stood frozen in place.
Her mind was completely blank.
Mikoto opened her mouth, wanting to comfort her best friend.
But seeing her best friend's appearance, she quickly backed away.
That beautiful red hair stood up without any wind.
This was a sign of losing control!
Clank clank clank—
And at this moment.
Golden light appeared behind Kushina.
The thick iron chains slowly emerged.
Adamantine Sealing Chains!
Was it strong?
Just ask the Nine-Tailed and you would know.
The moment she saw the Adamantine Sealing Chains.
Her best friend, Mikoto, turned and ran.
Kushina was clearly about to lose control.
Even if Kushina didn't intend to harm her, the Adamantine Sealing Chains would bind her tightly.
['Just as Mom was feeling despair.']
['That man arrived.']
['The three Hidden Cloud Village Ninja who managed to infiltrate the Village and abduct Mom didn't notice him at all.']
['Two were knocked out by a sneak attack, and the last Hidden Cloud Village Ninja was silently defeated.']
['Ultimately, Minato Namikaze, who had also just graduated to become a Genin, saved Mom.']
[Naruto fell silent.]
[Perhaps this was just a probe by Hidden Cloud Village, and the Ninja sent were indeed not strong.]
[However, if they weren't strong, and didn't possess special skills, how did they infiltrate Konoha? How did they infiltrate the Senju Clan territory?]
[Unless... the Old Thing serving as Hokage allowed them passage.]
[Unless... those Hidden Cloud Village Ninja could fly, otherwise, it means all the Ninja in Konoha Village pretended not to notice.]
['Tsunade was absent, the Senju Clan territory was empty, and Uzumaki Mito was advanced in age.']
['In the notes, Aunt Mikoto said Mom wasn't initially welcomed by Konoha... So, is it like the Old Thing wanting to brainwash me with the Will of Fire, making me deeply love Konoha? Including that Uchiha Itachi who used special Genjutsu, trying to change my will...']
[After pondering for a moment, Naruto sneered, "Rotten Village."]
['Fourth Hokage, yellow flash.']
['I guess we still have to wait many years.']
['The Old Thing, the Third, has been sitting in the Hokage position for a long time, hasn't he?']
['Wait, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, all three of them could serve as the Fourth Hokage.']
['There is also Konohas White Fang, Hatake Sakumo, who has extremely high prestige during this period.']
['There's no reason to keep letting that Old Thing serve as the Third, is there? Where are his contributions? Maintaining stability? Maintaining what?']
['Also, it couldn't be... that Minato Namikaze also profoundly understood the Will of Fire?']
[His wife is a weapon of war, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki... yellow flash... Heh heh, why does it feel like Kato Dan successfully gained power?]
[Naruto's mindset underwent a significant change.]
Minato Namikaze: Kushina...
Uzumaki Kushina: "Did you know?"
Minato Namikaze: I guessed later...
Minato Namikaze: But! Kushina, these things weren't something I could control... Also, my love for you was never fake!
Inside the chat room, everyone else quietly watched the drama unfold.
However, after Kushina spoke just one sentence, she fell silent.
Listening to Minato's heartfelt declaration, and his statement about reforming and no longer believing in the Will of Fire.
Konoha's side felt a mixture of complicated emotions.
Even the two Senju brothers sighed silently.
In the Pure Land World, Kushina completely lost control.
At this moment, she resembled the Nine-Tailed more than the Nine-Tailed itself.
Without any surprise, Uchiha Mikoto was accidentally injured.
Plastic best friends.
Fortunately, she was only tied up like a dumpling and didn't suffer secondary harm.
Otherwise, Uchiha Mikoto's subsequent statements would once again lack quotation marks.
At the same time.
Kakashi also grew nervous.
Black-Framed Naruto repeatedly mentioned Konohas White Fang, which made Kakashi's nerves constantly tense up.
Sometimes, after an event has passed, even if one later realizes they might have been wrong, they continuously try to romanticize their past self.
When he also believed it was Konohas White Fang's fault.
That was the final straw that broke the White Fang's back.
After all, he was a scarecrow.
[Truly wonderful.]
[Naruto felt a pang of heartache.]
[He then forced himself to look down, diverting his attention first.]
[Konoha Year 45, the White Fang committed suicide.]
[After reading it, Naruto let out a cold laugh.]
[Those who blamed him were Konoha comrades, and the very companions he saved; even his son, Kakashi Hatake, eventually believed his father had done wrong.]
['Konohas White Fang, whose prestige was higher than the Sannin at the time, and who was almost the Fourth Hokage, ended up suffering this incident.']
['Why does it feel so similar to when I was first chased out of the Sarutobi Clan territory?']
['That's right, those foolish people love nothing more than spreading rumors.']
['Who started it?']
['Orochimaru? No, Nawaki's death was a great blow to him. Jiraiya? No, he seems to constantly be finding excuses to run outside the Village... Gathering material? Heh... Forget it, it's not important... Wait, in the notes, this guy seems to have taken Minato Namikaze as a disciple? Considering the Village's relationships, I didn't expect Minato Namikaze to actually apprentice under such a person.']
['Kato Dan is dead... and someone can control the Village's public opinion, heh, the Third? Or the other three?']
['The White Fang broke the rules for the sake of his comrades, but his comrades then slandered the White Fang because he broke the rules, causing the Village severe losses?']
['The Will of Fire... treating Villagers as family, everything for the Village... Ridiculous.']
[Naruto didn't analyze too much here, because the answer was already obvious.]
['He must have been desperate when his son also thought he was wrong, but perhaps the White Fang discovered the intentions of those people, and his suicide might have also been to protect his son.']
['The White Fang's actions, truthfully speaking, were challenging Konoha's rules, yet they didn't conflict with the rule of the Will of Fire.']
['But the rules were set by that Old Thing; failing to faithfully dedicate oneself to the Village is breaking the rules, and failing to faithfully dedicate oneself to the Old Thing means being targeted and ultimately destroyed. The Uchiha are also a good example.']
['This action damaged the Village's interests, yet it fought for the personal interests of every Konoha Ninja, preventing them from foolishly and blindly believing in the weapon that is the Will of Fire, sacrificing everything for the Village's benefit, only for the ultimate recipient of that benefit to remain unknown.']
['Those who carry firewood for the masses must not be allowed to freeze to death in the snow.']
On Konoha's side, many people lowered their heads.
Kakashi, meanwhile, froze in place.
Might Guy, standing beside him, didn't know what to say for a moment.
They had all heard about what happened back then.
Kakashi's personality changed drastically because of it.
Everything became mission-focused.
And he eventually paid the price for that.
When Konohas White Fang, once famous and renowned, was mentioned again.
Everyone couldn't help but feel sorrowful.
All Five Great Ninja Villages are dark.
This is a normal occurrence.
But Konoha is truly dark.
[Konoha Year 47.]
[The White Fang's death, to a certain extent, made the Ninja World restless again.]
[The proclaimed strongest Third Kazekage?]
[He died.]
['Why does he feel just like the Old Thing?']
[Internal strife began, and to prevent being targeted, Hidden Sand Village began launching wars against the small countries and Villages around them, attempting to destabilize the Ninja World.]
[The Third Great Ninja War erupted.]
[Konoha Year 49, on the battlefield between the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire.]
[Minato Namikaze and the Hidden Cloud Village newcomer A-B combination clashed multiple times.]
[From this point, the fame of the yellow flash resounded throughout the Ninja World.]
['yellow flash... No, he won't be the next White Fang.']
['Aside from his identity, there is one more thing... He must profoundly understand the Will of Fire.']
Seeing this, Minato felt immense heartache and began to regret.
Why?
It wasn't just because of Kushina.
There was also this point.
Naruto in the black frame world, from the moment he learned of him until now.
Even though he knew his identity long ago.
He had never once called him 'father' internally.
Conversely, shortly after the name Uzumaki Kushina appeared in the historical documents, Naruto in the black frame world immediately called her 'Mom'.
Why?