This conversation also made 5-year-old Naruto Uzumaki know that he had such a bizarre life experience. However, although Fugaku and his wife were not his real parents, Naruto still felt their love.
That night, he didn't cry or make trouble. He just kept his eyes open and looked at the ceiling until dawn.
It turns out that he was not abandoned.
His parents are the heroes of the village.
My father also worked as Hokage?
It turned out that it was Senju Lord Chen who sent him to the clan leader's mansion.
Then countless questions grew crazily in his heart like weeds.
So what kind of people are my parents?
Since this Senju Lord Chen sent himself to the patriarch's mansion, he must be very familiar with his biological parents!
Senju Lord Chen, why should you send me to the Uchiha Clan? Instead of raising me by yourself?
He didn't dare to ask Clan Head Fugaku or Mama Mikoto these questions. He was afraid that they would think that he was a bad boy who was ungrateful.
Therefore, when he saw Senju Chen again today, he could no longer restrain his inner impulse and followed him by accident.
He didn't know what he wanted to ask, but he had an instinctive impulse that drove him to get closer to this man, the only person connected to his past.
After listening to Naruto's narration mixed with sobs, Senju Chen sighed softly in his heart.
'He's still a child after all...'
He reached out his hand and gently rubbed Naruto's messy blond hair. The touch felt as good as ever.
"That's right."
He answered in the affirmative without any concealment.
"Clan Head Fugaku and Lady Mikoto are your adoptive parents. They gave you a home and a happy childhood. You must be forever grateful to them."
Naruto nodded vigorously, tears falling down his cheeks. "I know! Mama Mikoto is very good to me! Although the patriarch is very strict, he is also very good to me. Big Brother Itachi is also very good to me. Sasuke...Sasuke only talks bad, but he is actually very good to me!"
"But..." He raised his head, his blue eyes full of confusion and prayer, "Lord Chen, my parents... they... are they really heroes? You... do you know them?"
"Knowing." A look of reminiscence appeared on Senju Chen's face. It was not a disguise, but a yearning from the bottom of his heart.
"Your father, Minato Namikaze. He is the gentlest and most powerful ninja I have ever seen, just like the sunset on the horizon, warm and dazzling. Everyone in the village likes him and admires him."
"Your mother, Kushina Uzumaki, is my sister and my teacher. She has long red hair just like you, no, more beautiful than you. She has a fiery personality, like a flame that never goes out, but her heart is softer than anyone else."
Senju Chen's voice is deep and magnetic, as if telling a distant and beautiful legend.
"They are a match made in heaven and the people I love most. Of course, they... love you very, very much."
"Then... then why..." Naruto summoned up the greatest courage and asked the question that had been bothering him, "Why did you send me to Clan Head Fugaku's house? Why... don't you raise me by yourself?"
In his subconscious mind, since Lord Chen is a relative of his parents, shouldn't he be the closest person to him?
Why do the people closest to you give yourself to others?
This question is very sharp and hurtful.
Senju Chen looked at Naruto's eyes full of anxiety and confusion, and understood.
He did not answer directly, but asked instead, "Naruto, what do you think is the most important thing about a home?"
Naruto was stunned for a moment and answered subconsciously, "Yes... are they dad and mom?"
"That's right." Senju Chen nodded, his eyes becoming extremely soft, "A home needs a gentle mother who can cook for you, wash your clothes, and hold you when you cry."
"A family also needs a strict father who will teach you principles and be strong. When you make a mistake... he will scold you, but he will point you in the right direction."
"I don't know if you can understand the next words, but that's the truth." He looked at Naruto and said word by word, "Five years ago, I was just a teenager. I can't give you maternal love, nor can I play the role of a father. All I can give you is a cold room and endless waiting."
"I don't want you to grow up with no mother, only an 'brother' who is busy with tasks all day long and doesn't even know when he will die in the task. That would be so unfair to you."
"Your parents have protected the village with their lives. As their only child, you are qualified and must have a complete and happy childhood. I look around the entire Konoha, and only the tenderness of Lady Mikoto can replace your mother's love; only the majesty of Clan Head Fugaku can make you grow into an upright man."
"And they can also give you the best "protection"."
"And..." Senju Chen's lips curved into a smirk, "I also gave you a 'gift'."
"Gift?" Naruto was a little dizzy.
"Sasuke." Senju Chen said matter-of-factly, "Look, when I sent you there, you not only got a father and a mother, but you also got a brother for free. A brother who can quarrel with you, play with you, grow up with you, and never make you feel lonely. Isn't this the greatest gift in the world?"
Naruto was completely stunned.
He had never thought about the problem from this perspective.
It turns out... it turns out that Lord Chen sent herself away not because she didn't like herself, but... in order to give herself a better home?
To keep yourself from being alone?
An unprecedented warmth surged from the depths of his heart, instantly overwhelming all his uneasiness and grievances. The man in front of him not only did not abandon him, but instead protected him in a deeper way that he could not understand.
"Wow--"
Naruto couldn't bear it anymore and threw herself into Senju Chen's arms and burst into tears.
This time, it was not because of grievance, but because of emotion and relief.
Senju Chen let him hold him and patted his back gently, just like he held that little baby five years ago.
After a long time, Naruto's crying gradually stopped.
He raised his head from Senju Chen's arms, his eyes were red and swollen from crying, like two walnuts, but those blue eyes were brighter than ever.
"Lord Chen, can you tell me more about my parents..."