Sage of Six Paths: This Pigheaded Dumbass Is Minato Namikaze? Are You Fucking Kidding Me?

Naruto had to admit it: one mind fell short, but two minds went further.

Even a fox could offer a crucial word at a crucial moment.

Kurama's remark about fooling the Sage of Six Paths had truly awakened the dreamer with a single word, making everything click for him.

Right, things had happened that way, just like the One-Tail stealing the Offering Fruit and pinning it on the Four-Tails. The outcome was the same: the Sage of Six Paths discovered the fruit was gone. But had the Four-Tails eaten it, or the One-Tail?

That wasn't important. What mattered was that the fruit was gone.

By the same logic, they could change the entire course of history behind the scenes without changing how history looked on the surface.

"Dad... honestly, calling you that feels so awkward..."

Scratching his head, Naruto Uzumaki muttered that before eagerly continuing.

"If we want to change the past, it's simple. We can just not change the past."

Minato Namikaze visibly froze at those words.

But after thinking it over, he understood.

At the same time, he added another entry to his mental assessment of Naruto.

Besides being scatterbrained, rash, and rather dim, his ability to express himself was worrying too.

Yet despite how simple his words were, they carried an inexplicable warmth.

Once Minato understood what Naruto meant, he found himself trusting him, subconsciously feeling that it made perfect sense.

Use a false reality to fool the supposed course of history without changing what the public knew?

Steal the heavens and replace the sun, cross the sea under heaven's unsuspecting gaze?

Minato rubbed his chin, sinking into thought.

But then he shook his head again.

It sounded quite feasible, but...

"Speaking of which, Naruto, are you sure Sasuke was transported by the Dragon Vein too?"

Rather