"Yeah, I respect my dad's decision. Besides, all these years have already passed, haven't they?"
Naruto's way of answering was extremely noncommittal!
It sounded like he had said everything, but in reality, it was nothing but empty words.
His goal was to make the Third Hokage and Kakashi think that he already knew everything.
As for what decision of his father's he respected?
Naruto had no idea!
He was simply bluffing the Third Hokage and Kakashi.
He even clasped his hands behind his head and put on a relaxed expression after saying that, lest they see through his possible guilty conscience.
That only made the Third Hokage and Kakashi more convinced that Naruto already knew about Minato.
Unable to help themselves, the two felt a sense of guilt, and thus overlooked the faint unnaturalness in Naruto's expression.
After all, they both knew the truth, yet had kept it from Naruto for so many years. Now that Naruto had uncovered the truth himself, how could they not feel bad about it?
This only proved that Naruto's tricks were not only deep, but effective!
"Sigh, Naruto, you can't really blame your father for this either. I was the one who arranged your life. Your father didn't object after faking his death, so we kept it from you until today."
As the Third Hokage spoke, guilt showed on his face.
"No! Naruto, you can't blame the Third Lord alone for this either. As someone who knew the truth, I agreed to it back then as well.
There were also some other Konoha higher-ups. After discussing it together, we decided to give you the identity of a war orphan.
We just never expected that your parents would deliberately fake their deaths for certain reasons."
The moment the Third Hokage finished speaking, Kakashi immediately took