"With you graduating dead last, you still dream of becoming Hokage?" Neji Hyuga struck a righteous pose and said, "It's useless. All your efforts are in vain. A dead last will always be a dead last. The fate decided from birth cannot possibly become an elite."
"My dad was the Fourth Hokage!" Naruto dropped this shocking revelation in a casual tone, as if he were stating something utterly ordinary.
"Naruto?" Hinata, standing beside Naruto, looked at him in confusion.
Naruto continued, "According to your theory that birth determines fate, if I don't become Hokage, then who will?"
Neji Hyuga's mouth fell open in shock, his pale pupils trembling slightly. He simply could not believe it. With a broad sweep of his hand, he said, "Impossible—you're talking nonsense—"
"It's true!" Naruto scratched his cheek with one finger and continued, "My teacher is Jiraiya, one of the Three Ninja. Jiraiya's teacher was the Third Hokage."
"The Third Hokage's teacher was the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. The Second Hokage's older brother was the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju. Every Hokage has more or less been connected to me."
Hinata covered her mouth with both hands in shock. She trusted Naruto deeply, but this was simply too much information. Anyone would have found it hard to process.
Neji Hyuga shouted, "I've never heard of any of this! Everyone in the village hates you, and no one wants to get close to you. How could you possibly be the son of Konoha's hero, the Fourth Hokage?"
Neji Hyuga clenched his teeth. What Naruto said was far too outrageous—how could he believe it? Neji could only assume Naruto was rambling nonsense.
"I don't understand that part either." Naruto flashed a brilliant smile. "But sooner or later, I'll get to the bottom of it."
Naruto thought, *Something unknown