Fifth Hokage's Iron Decree: Anyone Who Calls Him a Demon Fox Again Will Be Executed Without Pardon!

Uchiha Yao looked down below.

The entire square was deathly silent.

Everyone was kneeling on the ground, welcoming the arrival of a new era in the humblest posture possible.

"Just now, I abolished an old rule."

"Now, I will expose a lie that has been hidden for twelve years."

A faint commotion arose among the kneeling crowd below.

A lie?

What lie could be more shocking than the rejection of the "Will of Fire" just now?

Ignoring their confusion, Uchiha Yao raised a hand and pointed from afar at the orange-clad figure.

"That child."

His voice was solemn.

"Many of you call him... the Demon Fox."

Naruto Uzumaki's entire body trembled. He instinctively shrank his neck, habitual fear and inferiority appearing on his face.

Countless gazes immediately converged upon Naruto.

There was disgust, there was fear, but above all, there was suppressed emotion that no one dared reveal beneath Hokage-sama's absolute authority.

"How laughable, and how tragic."

Uchiha Yao's voice carried undisguised mockery.

"A bunch of fools who have been deceived, venting their hatred on an innocent child while believing yourselves to be protecting the village."

Uchiha Yao paused, and his voice abruptly rose.

"Today, I will tell you the truth!"

"He is the only son of the hero who saved Konoha, the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, and the princess from the Land of Whirlpools, Kushina Uzumaki...!"

Boom—!!!!

The entire square instantly erupted!

What?!

The Demon Fox... was the Fourth Hokage's son?!

How was that possible?!

Most of those who had not known the truth went blank, their faces filled with disbelief.

Kakashi Hatake, standing amid the crowd, suddenly stiffened.

The Fifth Hokage... how could he dare...

How could he dare reveal this to the public just like that?!

"No! Impossible! How could the Fourth Hokage-sama's son be the Demon