Minato Namikaze: Only a Little Weaker Than Kanami? Naruto Was Otsutsuki Level Too!

"Because I couldn't tell you that you were the Fourth Hokage's son."

Hiruzen Sarutobi continued, "If I had said it, could you have guaranteed that when the companions around you excluded you, you would have held back from shouting that your father was the Fourth Hokage?"

Naruto fell silent upon hearing those words.

He knew that, given his personality, if those kids from his childhood had bullied him, he definitely would not have been able to stop himself from shouting that his father was the Hokage.

But he still felt that Hiruzen Sarutobi was wrong. He had the right to know.

Even if such a problem had arisen, so what?

"Third Hokage, stop instilling your twisted ideas into Naruto!"

Minato Namikaze looked coldly at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"So what if those villagers knew that the Nine-Tailed Fox Jinchuriki was my son? Even if some people would think there was something wrong with me because of it, even more would see Naruto as the son of a hero!"

"I only wanted Naruto to have some ability and live safely and peacefully."

"Sorry, Minato. I hadn't considered things thoroughly enough back then..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi lowered his head in shame.

"It wasn't that you hadn't considered it thoroughly enough. You thought that as long as none of you spoke of it, no one would ever know. This secret could follow you into the Underworld."

Minato Namikaze spoke coldly.

And that was indeed the truth.

Without the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu, Hiruzen Sarutobi would have taken this secret with him into the Underworld's Pure Land.

If Naruto wanted to know who his parents were, he could only rely on the restrictions placed on the Nine-Tails within his body.

Only when the Nine-Tails broke out at eight tails or nine tails would he have had the