Feast of the Mortal World, a Meeting of Minds!

"..." Naruto sighed and said to Sakura, "Sakura... get up first."

Sakura shook her head. "No. If you don't agree, I'm not getting up!"

"Sasuke is my friend," Naruto said. "A friend is lost and could do something foolish at any moment. How could I just stand by and do nothing?"

Sakura's eyes lit up. "So you'll agree?"

Naruto nodded. "Yeah... leave it to me. Go back to Sasuke first. I need to prepare what I'm going to say."

"Okay!" Sakura got up and left.

Naruto pushed open the window and watched the clouds roll across the sky, his expression deeply conflicted.

He was the Fourth Hokage's son. There was no way he could have remained unaware of the truth behind the Uchiha Clan massacre... He had heard about it from his parents long ago.

Of course, Sakura had as well...

After all, the Uchiha had indeed shown signs of rebellion back then. The truth behind their massacre was hardly some secret!

Naruto was thinking about one question right now: Why did Sasuke believe that his brother Itachi had slaughtered the Uchiha Clan? Didn't Uncle Shadow tell him? Wait...

He then recalled the Ninja Kingdom's previous ban: no one was allowed to mention the truth behind the Uchiha Clan massacre!

His small hand unconsciously clenched around the window frame. "The ban was issued right when Sasuke fell unconscious after fighting Itachi. That can't be such a coincidence..."

After becoming a city lord, Naruto's mind had matured rapidly. Piecing things together, he had managed to infer most of what had happened!

"Maybe... there are things Uncle Shadow doesn't want Sasuke to know."

"But because of Sakura's appearance, word leaked out by accident. Even Uncle Shadow probably never expected that..."

"So what am I supposed to do?" Naruto clenched his hand. "Should