"Sasuke really is the clan leader's child! He killed that old dog Danzo with his own hands!"
"Haha, good riddance! Those ten Three-Tomoe Sharingan on his arm might all have been taken from us after we died."
"So Itachi really was acting on orders from the village leadership on the Night of the Massacre! Damn them!"
Listening to their discussion, Naruto stepped forward and spoke in a clear voice.
"A lot has happened over these eight years, and Sasuke has avenged you himself."
Naruto's voice grew low as he swept his gaze over the crowd.
"Konoha has now been destroyed, and the last peace in the Shinobi World has been shattered. Will you choose to remain in my world, raise your families, and recuperate, or leave this place for the Shinobi World, where conflict and war never end?"
At Naruto's words, everyone, including Uchiha Fugaku, asked, "Just who are you, anyway? Why did you bring us back?"
Naruto smiled, walked up to Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto, and affectionately took their hands.
"Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, your son-in-law, Naruto Uzumaki, pays his respects."
The couple had initially been somewhat reserved before such a powerful young man.
After all, anyone who could bring back three thousand Uchiha had to possess tremendous power.
Moreover, Uchiha Fugaku had considered the possibility that this man had brought back the dead Uchiha to use them for some purpose.
Yet when he heard "Father-in-law," "Mother-in-law," and the name Naruto Uzumaki, he was dumbstruck.
His mother-in-law, Mikoto, reacted more quickly. They had been dead for years, and their child had grown up.
Having a son-in-law had once seemed so distant, but now they had to face reality.
Seeing that her son-in-law was about to kneel on one knee to pay his respects, Mikoto caught Naruto's arm and held him