Minato Namikaze shook his head. If he were not the Hokage, he could have selfishly and resolutely chosen Kushina and Naruto Uzumaki. But he was the Hokage, and besides Kushina and Naruto Uzumaki, he also had Konoha's villagers to consider.
If he chose to abandon them and flee with Kushina and Naruto Uzumaki when danger came, then even Kushina and Naruto Uzumaki would look down on him.
Fortunately, after joining the Chat Group, he no longer needed to make such a choice. Even if he truly encountered an enemy they could not handle, the group members would help him deal with it.
And with the highest level of combat power currently displayed by the Naruto World, there was no enemy that the Chat Group could not resolve.
That was the luckiest thing for him.
As for Fugaku, if not for what Loki and Marquis Voban had said, he might never have noticed that Fugaku's upbringing of Itachi had become so extreme.
Thinking back on it now, many signs had long been apparent.
Back then, after the disaster, Itachi had nearly been crushed by a house. Yet Uchiha Fugaku showed no concern at all and merely said calmly, "I knew you would be fine."
Although it was recognition and trust in Itachi, he had only been five years old at the time. No matter how gifted he was, he still needed his parents' love and concern.
Perhaps Fugaku saw those words as affirmation, but they concealed a harsh expectation: It was only natural that you could do this. You accomplishing this was not worth his surprise or praise, but if you failed to do it, then you should not have failed. It would be disappointing.
This alone was enough to show how deeply Uchiha Fugaku had neglected Itachi's emotional needs, and