In the entire village of Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi's only desire was to die a heroic death for his village.
Nine-Tails' Attack, Hiruzen Sarutobi, along with Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, Torifu Akimichi, and other veteran heroes, bravely fought and sacrificed the lives of his lover Biwako and his friend Torifu Akimichi, finally suppressing the Nine-Tails.
After that, Hiruzen Sarutobi even began forming the seals for the Reaper Death Seal.
If Minato Namikaze hadn't forcibly interrupted him, and hadn't even created a Minato Namikaze to block Hiruzen...
Those three generations should have died as heroes in the Nine-Tails' Attack.
In the end... the Fourth Hokage still sacrificed himself, dying... a tragic love suicide that left Sarutobi with no choice.
It should at least be considered a form of suicide pact.
After the death of the Fourth Hokage, the Nara Akimichi Hyuga other ninja clans, no longer having Torifu Akimichi suppress them, decided to support a puppet ruler in order to improve their clans' fortunes.
Kakashi Hatake, who was only fourteen years old at the time, was chosen by them. The Nara clan chief said that he would recommend Kakashi Hatake, the fourth Hokage's successor and disciple, to become Hokage!
It is indeed good in name, but...
Kakashi Hatake was not even fifteen years old...
The Nara and other medium-sized ninja clans didn't even bother to hide their intentions.
That's how transparent the political game is, isn't it?
In the end, the Third Hokage, having lost everything, stepped forward to continue fulfilling his responsibilities as Hokage. Had the Third Hokage lived into Shippuden, he would likely have passed the Hokage position to Jiraiya's successor, Naruto.
As for Naruto...
This is one of the most criticized aspects of the Third Hokage's character.
It seems everyone thinks the Third Hokage was extremely harsh on Naruto...
And Gawain has now witnessed the most serious flaw in the third generation's portrayal of Gawain!
After leaving Konoha Village, Gawain went outside the village and leisurely mingled into a caravan of merchants.
As the largest, most prosperous, and most peaceful ninja village in the Shinobi World, Konoha has countless commercial activities driven by its system. Similar business teams come and go in Konoha every day, Gawain did not have to spend too much effort to infiltrate Konoha.
Even so, the Konoha ninja remained vigilant, and soon after Gawain left the merchant caravan, the Anbu took notice of him.
Gawain smiled slightly.
He sensed that someone was following him...
Let them follow me then. Gawain knows his current strength. After unlocking the limiter, let alone ordinary ninjas, even if the entire Otsutsuki family attacked, it would probably only be a matter of a few more punches for him.
After all, the limiter is designed to surpass Super Saiyan, making planet destruction a piece of cake...
This level of combat power would probably only pose a problem in worlds like Dragon Ball.
So, with the Anbu following him from afar, Gawain headed back towards the distant Hokage Rock.
Unlike before, Hokage Rock is now quite lively. You can see a little kid in an orange shirt busy at work there.
Meanwhile, Anbu who had always followed Naruto had already sent people to report to Hiruzen Sarutobi...
Hiruzen Sarutobi was also helpless after listening to the report from the Anbu.
In the Hokage's office, Hiruzen took a deep drag on his cigarette, then asked softly.
"Didn't I just give him my allowance for this week last night? So... it's all gone again?"
"Lord Hokage, not only have we used up all our money, but we also owe the paint shop owner more than 20,000 taels of silver."
After all, that's enough to paint the entire Hokage Rock...
The Nine-Tails- Tails Jinchuriki... his strength is truly remarkable..."
After saying that, the Anbu lowered his head helplessly.
This Anbu is Kakashi Hatake's old subordinate, and has been taking care of Naruto for about eight years.
Naruto is now twelve years old. For the past twelve years, Anbu have visited Naruto every week to deliver money and help Naruto tidy up his house.
As for Naruto, this kid isn't exactly well-behaved. Not only is he a complete mess when it comes to hygiene, but his personality is also a perfect inheritance from Kushina Uzumaki, making him a veritable little tyrant...
Seeing the Anbu' helplessness mixed with a hint of amusement in their eyes, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but laugh as well.
Naruto, you little rascal! Haha, is he up to his old tricks again—smearing portraits of past Hokage?
I really want to see how surprised he'll be when he finds out his true identity.
He's played a lot of pranks on the fourth generation's face; after all, that's his own father, haha.
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded while laughing.
"I understand. I'll go see him in a bit, and while I'm at it, I'll have the kid tidy up Hokage Rock himself."
This child's personality is exactly the same as Jiraiya, and in terms of being reckless, he is even more like Kushina Uzumaki.
Minato Namikaze was such a good kid, haha, he's been corrupted by his master and wife."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up, holding his pipe, and then decided to go check on Naruto.
After the Nine-Tails' Attack, Hiruzen lost his wife, his eldest son and daughter-in-law who died on the night of the Uchiha, and his second son Asuma who ran away from home.
All that was left of Hiruzen Sarutobi were Konohamaru and Naruto.
One was her own Sun Tzu whom she entrusted to her care when her eldest son and daughter-in-law died; the other was her Sun Tzu whom she entrusted to her care when her fourth generation died.
Hiruzen really put a lot of effort into these two children.
Many people like to use the fact that Naruto was disliked by the villagers or that Naruto drank expired milk to argue that the Third Hokage mistreated Naruto.
That's really a bit ridiculous.
Before Naruto was six years old, as the Nine-Tails- Tails' jinchūriki, Hiruzen Sarutobi really couldn't let Naruto easily interact with others.
If anything happens to the Nine-Tails, who knows what kind of crisis the village will face.
Therefore, before the age of six, Naruto was cared for by Hiruzen through his wet nurses. The wet nurses could not be used in isolation, but had to be rotated frequently to avoid forming a deep bond that would cause Naruto to go berserk if the enemy country discovered the news of the Jinchuriki and killed the wet nurses.
After turning six, Naruto went to the Ninja Academy, where Naruto made quite a few friends.
Although he seems to be disliked by the villagers, most of the Jonin in the village know that Naruto is the Nine-Tails- Tails Jinchuriki.
The story about the demon fox is mostly fabricated by ordinary Jonin who were worried that their children might be accidentally harmed by a Jinchuriki going berserk. So they made it up to scare their children, but the news then reached the ears of ordinary people, making most of them afraid to approach Naruto.
Don't people know what kind of people parents are? Blood in cartoons can't be red, smokers have to become lollipop smokers, Crayon Shin-chan's bar has become a regular eye mask, and if someone gets bitten by a dog, they have to kill all the stray dogs in China.
Even dogs wouldn't let children near them, let alone the Jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails Fox?
Although he seems afraid to approach Naruto actually gets along very well with his classmates.
The nine students in the same grade among the twelve "Little Strongmen" seemed to have a close relationship from the very beginning.
Inuzuka Nara and others skipped school and went out to play with Naruto a long time ago...
The Hyuga even allowed Hinata and Naruto to get close in various ways. Even a fool could see through Hinata Hyuga's little schemes, yet Hiashi Hyuga did the same, letting things run their course.
On the surface, Naruto is disliked, but in reality, it is the various ninja clans that monopolize the positions of Naruto's friends.
The more the common people disliked Naruto, the closer the ninja clan's successors became to Naruto.
Naruto has had the support of the Hyuga Clan since childhood, as well as the friendly relationship with the Ino–Shika–Chō. This kind of storyline is practically a prince's script, isn't it?
So this is considered abuse?
As for expired milk...
To reiterate, Naruto's house wasn't dilapidated; in fact, it was quite large. It was the residence assigned to the Jonin team leader before the Fourth Hokage married Kushina Uzumaki.
Before Naruto was six years old, he was cared for by a dedicated person. After he turned six, the person removed the supervision and care from him, and Naruto was given his own living expenses.
When Naruto was a child, he treated Nara Akimichi to barbecue, and he could easily afford to paint a mountain of things or hang toilet paper all over the roof of the ninja academy.
It's clear that Naruto's living expenses might not be as high as those of the Celestial Dragon, but they were enough to support Naruto pranks.
So how does Hiruzen raise Naruto?
Should they be raised like the Celestial Dragon?
Are they going to use propaganda to make the entire village love Naruto, then build a palace for Naruto and provide him with a whole host of eunuchs and maids?
Naruto's teacher after graduation was Kakashi Hatake, a disciple of the Fourth Hokage and a true Hokage.
The next master to pass on the torch was the Fourth Hokage's master. Before the Konoha Crush, the Third Hokage had already brought Jiraiya over to tutor the Naruto.
The person Hiruzen arranged to teach Konohamaru was merely a special Jonin named Ebisu.
However, Naruto was given a pure elite Jonin teacher from the Hokage system.
Look back in a few decades, will the Third Hokage have treated Naruto badly?
The expired milk was clearly Naruto's fault for not being good at managing money; he bought too much and it just went bad by the time he got home...
Even the Book of Formation says it this way...
So prejudice is like a mountain; when more and more people think something is bad, then everything about it becomes bad.
The saying "prejudice is like a mountain" resonates with many people.
But no matter how much they understand, people still tend to react with their own preconceived notions when faced with problems.
Haha, humans are such foolish creatures, always making the same mistakes.
Leaving aside Hiruzen Sarutobi's aggrieved past, at this moment, Gawain stood smiling at the Hokage Rock, waving to Naruto was freely painting on the mountaintop.
"Hey kid, are you Uzumaki Naruto?"
"Huh?"
Naruto was hanging from a rope and applying paint to Tobirama's nose when he was suddenly startled by the sound.
In the midst of his frantic efforts, Naruto spun around with the rope and finally managed to clamp Tobirama's nose Tobirama, securing himself in place.
Who's calling me?!
Why?
"An uncle I don't recognize?"
As he spoke, Uzumaki Naruto slid rapidly down the rope.
A moment later.
Thump?
Naruto landed on his butt in a "sand-sand-goose" style, right in front of Gawain.
"Aaaaaah!!!"
With a scream, Naruto clutched his buttocks and wailed in pain.
At the same time...
The Anbu had been hiding in the shadows and tracking Gawain and Naruto couldn't stand it anymore!
Brush!
Body Flicker Technique!
Several Anbu suddenly appeared in front of Naruto.
"Uzumaki Naruto, the Hokage wants to see you! Go to the Hokage Tower now!"
"Hey, why does Grandpa Hokage suddenly want to see me?"
Damn it, someone must have snitched! My doodle isn't finished yet!
You damn traitor! Wait a minute, I'll go see the Hokage after I finish drawing!
"By the way, sir over there, do you know me?"
"Don't talk to strangers! Get to the Hokage Tower right now!!!"
The Anbu interrupted Naruto menacingly, causing Naruto to involuntarily shrink back.
At the same time, the Anbu service was also terrified.
He truly hadn't expected that this guy, suspected of being a spy from an enemy country, would actually seem to know some of Naruto's information!
Since the suspected spy only frequented the most bustling areas of Konoha Village after entering the village, the Anbu did not rush to deal with him, but instead wanted to follow the trail.
Who would have thought that the Nine-Tails- Tails Jinchuriki would be near the most bustling Hokage Rock!
And this spy even called out his name right away!!!
Right now, the Anbu just wants to get rid of Naruto as soon as possible, and then deal with this spy and interrogate him properly!
And Gawain.
Just as Naruto turned to walk towards the Hokage Tower, Gawain instantly teleported to Naruto's side.
He gently rubbed the celebrity's head, then raised his hand to stroke Naruto's fox whiskers.
Gawain couldn't help but chuckle.
Feeling Gawain's actions, Naruto was stunned in surprise. Naruto had never experienced being treated like this by an adult before!
Only the Hokage would often pat his head; aside from the Hokage, all the other adults would just watch him from afar...
Many people still look at him with disgust, worry, and fear...
With these feelings in mind, Naruto stopped in his tracks, feeling lost.
"Uncle, do you recognize me? I don't know you."
"Haha, of course I know you, after all, you're my good Sun Tzu ~~~."
As Gawain spoke with a smile, he kept telling Naruto to pick him up and put him around his neck.
Naruto is, after all, the reincarnation of Ashura, who is the youngest son of Ashura, who is the Gawain son of Hagoromo shares chakra and bloodline inheritance.
So, this mischievous kid in front of us is none other than Gawain's beloved grandson!
Upon hearing this, Naruto was completely stunned. He froze, pressing Gawain's hair, and stared wide-eyed in disbelief as he asked in return.
"Grandfather?!!"
"Hey, your little Sun Tzu has quite a way with words, he's already calling me that so quickly, haha."
The first time I met you, Grandpa arrived a little late and didn't prepare any gifts.
So, do you like frogs?
How about I give you a shiny golden toad plush toy?
As he spoke, Gawain casually waved his hand, and the various gold ornaments on his clothes flew out and gathered together, gradually forming a golden, endearing toad statue.
In the distance, the Anbu, who were already too shocked to move, could no longer hide their astonishment upon seeing this scene!
"Quickly inform the Hokage! Sand Village spies have attacked the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!!!"
"Who did the Sand Shinobi send? He actually knows Magnet Release!!!"
In an instant, one of the Anbu vanished like the wind, fearing that if he was too slow, he would be killed by Magnet Release.
Whether it's the Anbu patrolling the village daily or the Anbu protecting Naruto, they're just slightly better Chunin.
Faced with an enemy who possessed at least Jonin-level skill in Magnet Release, they were terrified that if they were even a little slow, they would miss their chance!
Gawain was too lazy to pay attention to the movements of the Anbu. Right now, he just wanted to play with his eldest Sun Tzu for a while and then figure out what exactly happened during the thousand years he disappeared.
Has Kaguya fallen out with her sons again?
Has Hagoromo's lover been killed by Kaguya?