"Naruto, today was the day you graduated from the Ninja Academy. You did very well. I never expected someone as hopeless as you were back then to grow this much."
It was still that chubby, plump little silkworm. Perched atop Naruto Uzumaki's head, he spoke in an old-fashioned tone.
"Yeah, it's been over three years since I met you and Meruem. Three years ago, he left you by my side. And thanks to you, these have been the happiest three years of my life. Without you, there wouldn't be a me like this today." He wore a white long-sleeved robe draped over his shoulders, very similar to the Divine Robe once worn by the Fourth Hokage.
Combined with his long hair, completely unlike the spiky flat-top from the original story, and those blue eyes, anyone not paying close attention could easily mistake him for the original Fourth Hokage.
The only differences were the three whisker-like marks on both cheeks and skin much darker than the Fourth Hokage's.
Yet he looked even more composed and handsome. If he grew a little stubble on his face, he would practically become the ultimate heartthrob for girls with a thing for older men. Of course, that was assuming Naruto grew taller and his face became a little more weathered.
Naruto had actually dressed this way deliberately. Ever since learning that his father had been the Fourth Hokage, he had constantly wanted to prove to those ignorant villagers that he was the Son of the Fourth. At the same time, he wanted to use it to needle the Third Hokage and his father's former subordinates.
He was no longer as weak as he had been three years ago. The explosive power filling his entire body and muscles as tough as stone both spoke of Naruto's