Personality Correction: The First Round

Naruto Uzumaki carried a plastic bag filled with instant noodles, his feelings complicated.

After learning that Natsume was a yokai fox, Naruto still treated him normally. It was truly baffling.

Or rather, it was an extremely rare thing for him, so rare that he did not even know how to face it.

"Let's go."

Natsume held the box of instant noodles and spoke.

"Huh?"

Naruto Uzumaki came to his senses, looking completely bewildered.

What did he just say? I don't think I was paying attention.

"I'll take you to a store that can sell you things."

Natsume repeated himself.

"Is there really one?"

Naruto Uzumaki looked incredulous.

It was not that he could not buy things. He simply could not buy anything good.

Milk, for example.

He was always given milk that was about to expire.

In his previous life, Natsume's mother also liked buying milk that was about to expire because it was cheap.

As long as it was consumed before expiring, there would be no problem.

When Naruto Uzumaki went to buy it, he paid full price.

On top of that, he was a child and not very attentive. The milk would easily sit around for too long, so he had never drunk normal milk.

In the original story, he got diarrhea from drinking expired milk and thought the problem was with him.

It was clear that no one had ever taught him basic knowledge about life.

"Of course there is."

Natsume was actually talking about his casino.

After nearly three years of development, it had already opened a branch in Konoha.

As its chairman, having the owner of Gunma Casino look after Naruto Uzumaki was a trivial matter.

Even if Hiruzen Sarutobi found out, it would not matter much.

He was Tsunade's disciple.

He was neither Shimura Danzō's nor Orochimaru's disciple, and he did not have the surname Uchiha.

If Hiruzen Sarutobi tried to make a move against him, Tsunade would fight him to the death.

And Tsunade represented the Senju Clan. Once they fell out, his reputation would plummet.

As the strongest Hokage, he had filled every channel with propaganda, yet he would be attacking the descendants of Senju Clan founder Hashirama Senju and his own teacher, Tobirama Senju.

It would undoubtedly be a slap in the face and leave the other ninja clans disheartened.

No matter how foolish Hiruzen Sarutobi was, he would not do something like that.

"Hurry up."

Natsume reached the doorway and noticed that Naruto was still standing where he was, so he waved again.

Naruto Uzumaki looked at him, his eyes reddening, but no tears fell. He rubbed his eyes and shouted in reply, "Coming!"

The two of them arrived at Gunma Casino.

Naruto Uzumaki was somewhat dazed.

Although he did not know what gambling was, could someone like him really come to a place this lavish?

"We'll go through the back door."

Natsume glanced at the female servers in battle-worn kimonos standing before the main entrance, then pulled Naruto around to the back door.

He was too young to get naughty.

But then he remembered that Naruto Uzumaki did not seem very old when he developed the Sexy Jutsu either.

This guy must be a natural pervert.

"Boss, what brings you here?"

A middle-aged man saw Natsume and hurried over to greet him warmly.

"Masahiro, are you saying I can't come?"

Natsume smiled and asked in return.

"Of course not. You can come whenever you want."

Masahiro realized that he had misspoken and quickly showed an apologetic expression.

It could not be helped.

Ever since he became the manager of Gunma Casino's Konoha branch, his family had gone directly from merely having enough food and clothing to living in prosperity. It was practically an ascension.

Naturally, he held Natsume in the highest regard.

Naruto Uzumaki looked astonished.

The owner of such a huge and luxurious place was actually this big brother who looked only ten years old?

He was utterly stunned.

"Naruto, this is Masahiro."

Natsume turned around and said, "Whenever you want to buy something in the future, you can come to him."

Masahiro paused slightly. He had already recognized Naruto Uzumaki as the legendary fox, but he still smiled and said, "Little brother, don't worry. Whatever you want, we can provide it here."

His tone and attitude were both exceptionally kind.

In his eyes, no matter what kind of fox Naruto was, it could not compare to a single word from Natsume.

After all, Natsume was practically his second parent.

Naruto Uzumaki stood there for several seconds. He wanted to express his gratitude, but tears flowed out against his will.

"I'm sorry."

He wiped his tears and said, "Big brother is the second person to treat me this well. I'm happy, but I don't know why I suddenly started crying."

Natsume sighed.

He really has it rough.

Even an adult would find it hard to endure being subjected to cold words every day.

Even online abuse from people they never met was difficult for many to bear.

Naruto Uzumaki was only three years old and suffered abuse face-to-face, yet he could still remain optimistic. That was already incredibly impressive.

Perhaps this was the answer Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted.

The stability of a vessel and weapon.

The most outrageous part was that he was not the only one doing this.

Gaara, the One-Tail Jinchuriki from the neighboring Sunagakure, was practically Naruto Uzumaki's brother in suffering, and was even more miserable.

Even a dog would shed tears after hearing about it.

Training a dog was not this cruel.

Natsume gave Masahiro a meaningful look, and Masahiro understood and left.

"Who was the first? Why didn't he buy things for you?"

After a moment, Natsume pretended to ask casually.

"It was an old man. I don't know who he is."

Naruto Uzumaki wiped away his tears and said, "He treats me very well. He comes to see me regularly and gives me money."

"What does he look like? I might know him. Then you can come to him whenever you want."

Natsume's words made Naruto Uzumaki's eyes light up.

Whenever he was treated coldly, the first person he thought of was always the old man and how kind he had been to him.

Unfortunately, Naruto did not know where he lived, so there was no way to find him.

"Let me think. He isn't particularly tall. His beard and hair are both white, and he sometimes smokes a pipe."

Naruto Uzumaki's description was extremely vague. An ordinary person would not be able to identify him at all.

Natsume already knew the answer, of course. He was asking only to keep Naruto from becoming suspicious.

"Hmm, he sounds a little familiar."

He pretended to ponder.

Naruto Uzumaki looked at him expectantly.

After a moment, Natsume suddenly understood and said, "Come with me."

He brought Naruto Uzumaki to the street and pointed at the third face carved into Hokage Rock. "Take a look. Does he look like that?"

"Huh? He really does look like him."

Naruto Uzumaki could hardly believe it.

Although he was only three years old, he knew about Hokage Rock.

It had the faces of the four Hokage carved into it.

In other words, the person who often came to see him was the Third Hokage?

At that thought, he suddenly felt deeply moved.

My wish to become Hokage really was the right one.

Hokage Grandpa is so kind!

Seeing the change in his expression, Natsume could more or less guess what he was thinking.

He had to admit that Hiruzen Sarutobi's methods were truly effective.

How could a child withstand this kind of manipulation?

The so-called child of destiny was merely someone whose destiny had been manipulated by others.

Aside from his personality, Naruto was genuinely lacking in other respects.

For example, when he had used talk-no-jutsu on Nagato, he had promised to change Amegakure, but Amegakure had only grown worse and worse.

If Nagato found out, he would probably be so angry that he would rise from his coffin.

"He really is Third Grandpa!"

Naruto Uzumaki said excitedly.

The only person who treated him well was actually the Hokage.

He suddenly felt that the attitudes of everyone else did not seem so important anymore.

"So he's the Hokage?"

Natsume put on a puzzled expression and asked, "Since he's the Hokage, that's strange. Why doesn't he stop the other people from treating you that way?"

Naruto Uzumaki's smile instantly froze.

That was right.

The Hokage was Konoha's leader.

Everyone had to listen to him.

If he spoke up, Naruto would no longer have to endure the villagers' disgusted looks and foul mouths.

Since he treated Naruto so well, why did he not stop them?

"Maybe Third Grandpa is too busy and hasn't noticed."

Naruto Uzumaki quickly thought of a reasonable explanation.

"Then you can remind him the next time you see him."

Natsume did not say anything more. He stopped after making his point.

He knew very well that Hiruzen Sarutobi's intervention would be useless.

The villagers would simply change from speaking coldly to treating Naruto indifferently.

In a sense, that would be even more painful.

It was impossible to change Naruto Uzumaki's opinion with a single conversation.

At any rate, Naruto would now regularly buy things at Gunma Casino, so the chances of them meeting in the future would increase greatly.

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