After hearing the ANBU report, Hiruzen Sarutobi's face darkened on the spot. He slammed his palm down on the table and rose to his feet.
"What did you say? That brat is a descendant of the Uzumaki Clan? And Mito wants to transfer the Nine-Tails into him?"
The ANBU lowered his head and answered honestly, "That is correct. Lady Mito said he is a genius from the Great Elder's branch, skilled in sealing techniques. Suppressing the Nine-Tails should not be difficult for him."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's face turned black with rage. "Didn't you say he was just a civilian before? He was wearing Uzumaki Clan clothes and strutted straight into the village, yet not one of you recognized him?"
The ANBU below grew awkward.
The Uzumaki Clan had been dead for years, and the village had deliberately been downplaying the traces they left behind. As for that clan crest, let alone them, there probably were not many people in all of Konoha who could recognize it.
By the time Naruto was born, no one knew that the clothes on his back belonged to the Uzumaki Clan.
The more Hiruzen Sarutobi thought about it, the more stifled he felt. To wait for a Jinchuriki capable of controlling the Nine-Tails, he had even gone so far as to destroy the Land of Whirlpools. Yet just when things were about to proceed according to his plan, a suddenly appearing Uzumaki descendant had forcibly snatched away the opportunity?
He ordered coldly, "Tell Danzo about this."
"Yes!"
Meanwhile, Naruto did not move into Minato's home under the identity of Kinmon Namikaze. During that time, he even happened upon a scene of a hero saving a beauty. Seeing that cowardly display, he had nearly failed to restrain himself from slapping the guy.
With Mito's invitation as well,