The Last Words [3]

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki ultimately left the room.

Outside the Golden House, the door shut automatically. Kushina Uzumaki leaned against Minato Namikaze, sobbing uncontrollably.

Seeing his mother like this, Naruto felt rather miserable.

But when he thought of how the Third Hokage Grandpa, beloved by everyone in the village, was going to die today in a manner no one could have imagined—suicide...

Naruto suddenly felt his chest tighten as well.

Minato Namikaze remained very calm. He looked at Asuma Sarutobi and Shikaku Nara beside him. "You're next."

Asuma Sarutobi and Shikaku Nara nodded. Then, taking Shimura Isshin with them, the two pushed open the golden door and entered.

Naruto walked over to Shikamaru Nara and asked, "Aren't you going in?"

Shikamaru Nara shook his head. "None of us can go in. Only those three... who can represent the majority of the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Nara Clans can enter."

Naruto nodded, only half understanding.

Hinata Hyuga's gaze beside him was dim.

Farther back, on the outermost edges where Naruto and the others stood, Boruto, Sarada, the class rep, Shikadai, and even Kawaki, who had yet to become cs, were also there.

The class rep, Sumire Kakei, looked at the golden door in the distance, clasped her hands before her chest, and prayed. Then, with a pained look, she asked Boruto, "Boruto, do you think... the Third Hokage Grandpa really has to die today?"

Boruto scratched his head irritably. "How would I know? Something like this... something like this..."

Mitsuki, the child created by Orochimaru, looked at Boruto, then at the golden door in the distance.

Perhaps because he had been artificially created, Mitsuki's emotions were actually quite faint.

But...

No matter how faint they were, Mitsuki had always believed that Orochimaru, who had created him, was someone he should strive