"Shunned and cursed at by the villagers, unable to buy even basic food?"
"Living on instant noodles and expired milk every day?"
"No friends, bullied and beaten by children his own age..."
As Shinichi embellished his account, everyone's expression changed except Orochimaru's.
Minato and Kushina, his parents, were particularly shaken. Hearing firsthand that their only child had led such a miserable life all these years, they could barely suppress the urge to kill someone.
"That wretched old bastard, the Third Hokage!"
Kushina clenched her fists, her expression as grim as it could possibly be.
No mother could remain calm after hearing something like that.
Although Minato said nothing, his heavy expression spoke volumes.
After all, both of them had sacrificed themselves for the village. They had even made their only child the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to safeguard the village's peace.
It was no exaggeration to say that all three members of their family were Konoha's heroes.
Yet this was how heroes were treated?
Disillusionment! Regret! Grief! Rage...
Those were Minato and Kushina's truest feelings at that moment.
Minato, especially, had eyes full of guilt and regret. It was his rash decision that had turned Naruto into the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. He knew he had single-handedly ruined Naruto's life.
Even as the child of an ordinary family, Naruto could have enjoyed a happy childhood!
Their child had suffered far too much!
"Damn it! What the hell has that Monkey been doing?!"
Tobirama's expression was thunderous as well.
It was obvious that he was in no better spirits.
Especially after learning that the parents in this story were the Fourth Hokage and his wife standing before him, he wanted nothing more than to crawl into a hole. He could not bear to meet their eyes.
After all, Hiruzen Sarutobi was the successor he had