When Orochimaru finished speaking, everyone's jaws dropped.
Then,
as if the same thought had struck them, many turned sharply toward Naruto Uzumaki.
The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. His surname was Uzumaki...
This child
was the Fourth Hokage's orphaned son!
"C-could Naruto Uzumaki be the Fourth Hokage's son?"
"He has to be. There's no other explanation."
"Damn it! Why did no one ever tell me?"
"The Demon Fox I kept cursing was the child of the hero who gave his life to protect the village?"
"That boy is Lord Minato's son? How could this..."
With Orochimaru's hint, Naruto Uzumaki's identity became obvious.
Everyone understood.
The child they called the "Demon Fox," the one they had hated and scorned for years, was the son of Minato and his wife, who had sacrificed themselves to protect them!
Even at the very end,
the Fourth Hokage had thought of the village.
He had even
made his newborn son the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Compared to that,
they deserved to die for what they had done!
When Konoha's ninja learned Naruto Uzumaki's identity, guilt filled their faces.
They had done
so many terrible things to Naruto.
"I remember Naruto coming to my shop once. I threw him out."
"I told my children to stay away from him too..."
"I always thought Naruto was the Demon Fox incarnate. Every time I saw him, I glared at him."
"What the hell were we doing? Just thinking about it makes me feel like I deserve to die!"
"Lord Fourth once saved my life on the battlefield. I can't believe I treated his son that way."
"What would Lord Fourth think if he knew?"
"Why... why didn't anyone tell us who Naruto was? We never would've treated him like that!"
Many Konoha villagers' eyes reddened when they learned Naruto Uzumaki's identity.
Tears of