Chapter 101

【Jiraiya: Sigh… old man… your actions over these years do indeed have some problems. After Minato returns this time, explain things to him properly…】

【Shimura Danzo: Hmph!! What's there to explain? I said long ago that I was the one most suited to succeed as Hokage. None of you can match my love for the village!!】

【Hiruzen Sarutobi: …I believe Minato will surely understand the difficulties I had back then. Everything I did was for the inheritance of the Will of Fire.】

【Hashirama Senju: Konoha has actually become like this? The son of a Hokage, treated like a monster??】

【Madara Uchiha: Hashirama, I told you long ago — the path you walk simply won't work… Perhaps the you from another world can walk a path completely different from yours!!!】

【Tsunade: Grandpa, if you had stayed alive, perhaps the Will of Fire you spoke of could have been carried through. But after you passed away, everything changed.】

……

After a flash of white light.

"Kakashi… it's been a long time…"

A tall man with pale blue eyes appeared before Naruto Uzumaki and Kakashi.

Naruto Uzumaki widened his eyes,

looking at the man before him whose hair color and eye color were both strikingly similar to his own,

and for a moment he didn't know what to say to express how he felt.

"You… you're…"

Tears filled Naruto Uzumaki's pupils,

and his whole body began to tremble violently.

"I'm sorry… Naruto. These past few years you've had to endure so much grievance."

"It's all my fault."

Minato Namikaze held his son tightly,

his face full of guilt.

Even he himself had never imagined

that after his death,

his son Naruto Uzumaki would suffer such painful things in Konoha.

The son of a Hokage,

not even as happy as an orphan in an orphanage.

"Why!! Why did you give birth to me back then?!"

"Why did I have to be the son of the Fourth Hokage?!"

"Why did no one ever tell me this?!"

"Who can tell me what on earth is going on?!"

Naruto Uzumaki held tightly onto his father Minato Namikaze,

afraid that if he let go,

all of this would turn out to be just a dream,

and he would become that orphan without parents again,

alone once more, mocked by everyone!!!

"Minato-sensei… I…"

"I'm sorry…"

After hearing Naruto Uzumaki's angry questioning,

Kakashi Hatake also lowered his head in guilt!!

He too had thought countless times about changing Naruto Uzumaki's life,

but was stopped by Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzo working together.

"It's alright, Kakashi. None of this is your fault."

"I know who truly caused all of this."

Minato Namikaze's face still wore that gentle smile,

but the coldness in his eyes made Kakashi's heart involuntarily shudder!!

He knew exactly what that expression on his teacher's face meant —

it meant he was truly angry!!

The world only knew that the Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze, was a Hokage of gentle temperament,

but Kakashi knew

that before becoming Hokage,

Minato Namikaze's fame had been paved with countless heads from the Third Ninja War!!!

His name had been forged from endless blood and corpses!!!

【Minato Namikaze: Thank you all for looking after my son over these years.】

【Minato Namikaze: The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, is already dead. What lives now is only a father. The grievances his son has suffered — of course a father will help him get justice!!】

【Hiruzen Sarutobi: …】

【Fourth Raikage: Hahahaha!!! Interesting!! Minato Namikaze!! If there's anything you need my help with, come find me at the Hidden Cloud Village — I'll do everything in my power to assist!!】

【Ohnoki: The Hidden Stone Village feels the same!! Just say the word, and we can help too!!】

【Terumi Mei: Hehe… our Hidden Mist Village is also willing to do you this favor.】

【Rasa: Just say the word, and the Hidden Sand Village will surely be your most loyal ally!!!】

……

Inside the Hokage's office,

"Crack—"

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, crushed the teacup in his hand to powder.

He had never imagined that after Minato Namikaze's resurrection,

he would dare to say such things publicly!!!

This made it clear he intended to settle old scores with him,

placing himself on the opposite side of Konoha!!

Hiruzen Sarutobi had assumed there was still room to ease the tension between himself and Minato Namikaze,

and although he was reluctant to part with the power in his hands,

Hiruzen Sarutobi himself knew

that he was getting older and older,

and his body was worse with each passing day.....

Rather than carry on like this,

it would be better to earn a good reputation,

and hand over the power in his grasp.

That way,

when Minato Namikaze returned, he could continue as the Fourth Hokage,

while he himself could step down from the position of Third Hokage,

and that would be a situation that left everyone happy.

But seeing Minato Namikaze as he was now,

he had no intention of coming back to serve as the Fourth Hokage!!!

"Minato... Minato..."

"Don't force my hand..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said, his face dark and vicious.

Where now was the kindly demeanor he wore before others in days past?

But at the same time, a deep sense of helplessness welled up within him.

If it had been ten years ago,

or even five years ago, he would not have felt this way.

But now, with one foot already in the grave,

he could feel more and more that