This was the so-called butterfly effect: a minute change triggering a shift in major events to come.
In the original story, the struggle between Konoha's higher-ups and the Uchiha Clan had lasted for a very long time, but it truly reached a boiling point when Sasuke was seven. Most people knew the final outcome: the once-prosperous Uchiha Clan was completely erased from the stage of history.
Only a few clan members survived, including Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke, and Obito Uchiha, who had lurked behind the scenes.
Originally, there had still been two years before that tragedy occurred. But here, Naruto's rebirth—and his beating Sasuke up—had aroused Uchiha Fugaku's suspicions.
The conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha's higher-ups had been completely ignited by this seemingly insignificant incident.
Of course, this change also showed that the Uchiha and Konoha's higher-ups had already been stretched taut from the beginning. Naruto's unintentional act had merely happened to sever that string.
As for how things would develop in the end, no one could predict it.
After all, the tragedy in the original story involved far too many uncontrollable factors, and Konoha's Hokage now was Minato Namikaze.
As the fuse that had set this whole affair off, Naruto remained utterly unaware of it. For someone as "wisely foolish" as him, what even were politics and higher-ups? Could they be eaten?
Of course, as someone reborn, he knew that Sasuke's Uchiha Clan would be exterminated two years later. He even knew every detail and hidden scheme involved. But that was still two years away. It was far too early to worry about it now, wasn't it?
Before he knew it, June had arrived, and the new school enrollment season had begun once more. Whether they were children of great clans or commoners, everyone would send the next