Hikari noticed Naruto's gaze and met his eyes.
Through the fox mask, Hikari saw a pair of azure-blue pupils.
Hikari immediately recognized him—this was Naruto.
Hikari was also very interested in Naruto, not only because Naruto was Boruto's father, but also because Naruto's childhood had not been smooth sailing.
To some extent, both Hikari and Naruto had been treated as War Weapons.
Hikari had been treated by the Uchiha Clan as a war weapon against the Senju Clan, while Naruto had been treated by Leaf Village as a Nine-Tails weapon.
The difference was that no one in the Uchiha Clan had been willing to give Hikari even a sliver of light.
Naruto had many people protecting him.
That was right!
Naruto had been luckier than Hikari. Many people had been willing to protect him.
It was Danzo who had exposed the secret that Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
The Third Hokage had strictly forbidden the villagers from calling Naruto the Demon Fox incarnate, and had even dispatched Anbu to protect Naruto in secret.
Without the Third Hokage, Naruto would have been captured by Danzo and taken to Root, where he would have been raised into a Jinchuriki weapon with no will of his own.
Granted, the Third Hokage had not handled some things well, but when it came to Naruto, no one could fault him.
The Third Hokage simply could not change the bullying Naruto suffered from the villagers and children his own age.
Because it was hardwired into the Leaf Village villagers.
Even if Naruto had not been the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, he would still have been bullied for being an orphan.
Compared to that, Hikari had suffered far more.
What did it mean to be treated as a weapon by the Uchiha?
It was like raising a vicious dog,