"Uzumaki Naruto!?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked somewhat astonished.
The Root ninja thought for a moment, then nodded with certainty. "That's right. The only person who suddenly approached the Uchiha Clan recently was Uzumaki Naruto."
"He went to the Uchiha Clan one evening not long ago. They said he was there to collect a debt, and he stayed for around several dozen minutes."
Sarutobi Hiruzen's face darkened. "Are you trying to tell me that a seven-year-old brat could be involved in a plan like this!?"
Although youths in the Ninja World matured early, seven was still far too exaggerated.
Shaking his head, Sarutobi Hiruzen waved the overly imaginative Anbu ninja away and slowly pondered the matter alone in the room.
Namikaze Menma!?
Namikaze!?
Uzumaki Naruto!?
Sarutobi Hiruzen was uncertain. Could the two really be connected somehow?
But he could not be sure. Namikaze was an extremely common surname in the Ninja World. He could not suspect Uzumaki Naruto based on a single character in a name.
"Have the Anbu watch him for a while first."
Sarutobi Hiruzen muttered to himself.
The next morning.
As Uzumaki Naruto washed up, his expression shifted slightly. He could clearly sense that three more ninja had been assigned to watch him.
"Heh, have they finally started suspecting me!?"
"What a shame. I've already decided to lie low for a while."
Uzumaki Naruto muttered before smiling and calling toward the kitchen, "Little Hinata, how about we go eat barbecue today!?"
Meanwhile.
In the Land of Water, aboard a battered old ship.
Uchiha Shisui, his black eyes visible, looked painfully at his clansmen.
The former greatest clan in the Ninja World had been reduced to fewer than a hundred people after the Night of the Blood Moon, and nearly all of them were children.
"You're... Uchiha Shisui!?"
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