"I have a question. What happened to our inheritance?"
After confirming what kind of food and living conditions his son had endured, Minato's mood had already sunk to the bottom.
Most of Naruto's meals had basically been expired food. How was a child supposed to grow up properly like that?
Fortunately, Minato currently had an Edo Tensei body. Otherwise, his expression would definitely have turned frighteningly dark.
When he was alive, he had completed who knew how many missions, and the rewards he earned had not been a small amount. He and Kushina had not been extravagant spenders either, so they had saved up quite a lot of money.
Even if Naruto was very good at spending, that money should still have been enough to support him until he was capable of earning money on his own.
The only question was whether Naruto truly had no money, or whether he simply bought things without checking the expiration dates.
"You should ask the Third Hokage about that. Your assets were all under his management. Every month, he only gave Uzumaki Naruto a certain amount for living expenses—just enough to make sure he wouldn't starve to death."
Koji spread his hands.
As for Minato's assets, they had probably long since been used by Sarutobi Hiruzen on his own clan or on other matters.
Koji was too lazy to investigate that kind of thing. He might as well explain it according to the conspiracy-theory version.
"That stinking old man, Sarutobi Hiruzen!"
Kushina's eyes seemed to spit fire. Her blood-red hair once again began to move without wind.
You are not my and Minato's son. What right did you have to use our assets?
"The Third, huh…"
Minato let out a long sigh.
He felt as though everything had changed.
Everything felt so unfamiliar.
"Let me tell you something that should make you happy. There is a girl who likes your son," Koji said with a smile.
At this point in time, Hinata had already met Naruto.
Naruto had left a very deep impression in Hinata's heart.
"Really?"
When the couple heard this, they were both gossipy and happy.
Their son had been treated as a demon fox by the villagers, yet there was actually someone who liked him. That was truly astonishing.
Originally, they had stopped even considering such matters.
But now, it seemed there was still a turn for the better.
"Hinata Hyuga. The daughter of the head of the Hyuga clan," Koji said directly.
"The Hyuga?"
Minato frowned.
No wonder.
The people from those major clans definitely knew what Naruto's true background was. Only ordinary civilians were unaware of the truth.
As for why no one came forward to clarify that Uzumaki Naruto was the orphaned son of the Fourth Hokage, that was very easy to understand.
After all, the Hokage was the Third.
No one wanted to invite trouble upon themselves for the sake of an orphan with no relatives.
With all those rigid rules in the Hyuga family, it would probably not be easy for the two of them to end up together.
Not to mention, Hinata was the eldest daughter of the clan head.
"Hehe. The eldest young lady of the Hyuga family. Not bad, not bad."
Kushina showed a satisfied smile.
A young lady from a major clan should certainly have no problems in terms of personality and character.
"How did they meet?"
Kushina pulled over a chair, sat down, and asked curiously.
She still wanted to hear more.
The negative emotions from earlier were temporarily thrown aside by her.
When asked this, Koji and Ci, the two people who knew the truth, both developed strange expressions and looked toward Minato and Kushina.
"How should I put it? Uzumaki Naruto really did inherit that from you, Yondaime. Hinata Hyuga was being bullied, and he appeared to save the day," Koji said.
"Ah, this…"
Minato scratched his head.
A hero saving a beauty.
Although it was an old-fashioned development, it was very effective.
"So they also showed signs of puppy love when they were only a few years old?" Eula said in surprise.
Wasn't that a little too precocious?
They were only a few years old. How could they already understand that kind of thing?
"What about Naruto?" Kushina asked curiously, wanting to know Naruto's thoughts.
"He didn't notice Hinata Hyuga's feelings. Instead, he liked another classmate. She was a civilian student without any clan background, and that girl liked another boy," Koji said.
He did not know whether Uzumaki Naruto was simply too dense, or whether his entire heart had been placed on Haruno Sakura.
Minato: "…"
Kushina: "…"
The two of them felt somewhat numb.
A love triangle had appeared as well.
They suddenly felt extremely tired.
Neither of them had ever experienced anything like a love triangle.
Minato had been an outstanding student, while Kushina had a very strong background and an extremely fiery temper.
"That girl doesn't have even the slightest favorable impression of Naruto, does she?" Minato asked while rubbing his brow.
"Right. She is boy-crazy, and the one she likes is an Uchiha," Koji said.
Minato was no longer surprised.
Although Uchiha personalities were a bit strange, their looks were indeed very good.
Even the most ordinary-looking Uchiha could still be considered attractive.
"So what if he's an Uchiha? Is my son ugly or something?" Kushina said unhappily.
Neither she nor Minato had poor looks.
Uzumaki Naruto had inherited both of their bloodlines.
Even if he was not so handsome that flowers rained from the sky, he should still have been quite good-looking.
"How should I put it? It's a matter of outward image. Eating too much expired food made Uzumaki Naruto malnourished, and the clothes he wears also have quite an impact on his appearance," Koji said.
Uzumaki Naruto had changed clothes far too few times.
By the end of Shippuden, how many times had he changed outfits in total?
The Uchiha were at least a major clan.
Meanwhile, Uzumaki Naruto had nothing.
Naturally, no one would care about his outward image even more.
"Isn't Jiraiya-sensei in Konoha?" Minato asked.
As Naruto's grandmaster, if Jiraiya made a move, he should definitely be able to improve Naruto's situation somewhat.
"Jiraiya has basically been outside all this time. He almost never came back."
Jiraiya knew too much, but he had chosen to escape.
He knew that he could not change things, so all he could do was guide the child of prophecy mentioned by that toad of Mount Myoboku toward Konoha.
Although he did have personal charm, that kind of evasive behavior seemed somewhat weak.
"I see…"
Minato sighed softly.
His teacher saw things very clearly.
Konoha was no longer the Konoha it had been at the beginning.
Minato had wanted to change it, but in the end, he had died young.
"If Naruto comes into contact with that perverted old Jiraiya, he'll definitely turn into a pervert too," Kushina said, deeply disdainful of Jiraiya's lechery.
As a mother, she definitely did not want to see Naruto become like that.
Minato gave a bitter smile.
When it came to lechery, he truly had no way to defend Jiraiya.
After Jiraiya accepted him as a disciple, Jiraiya had even wanted to take him to peep at bathhouses.
When Minato thought of his own son becoming like that, he silently shook his head.
"Naruto knows a ninjutsu called the Sexy Jutsu," Koji said with a smile.
"Sexy? Don't tell me…"
The couple's expressions changed.
Just hearing the name made it sound very improper.
"After using the Sexy Jutsu, the caster can transform into a naked woman," Koji said.
The corner of Eula's mouth twitched.
What a Sexy Jutsu.
Whoever came up with that ninjutsu was truly a "genius."
Minato and Kushina's expressions completely broke.
They had never heard of this kind of ninjutsu before.
In other words, it was very possible that their son had invented it.
Perhaps it was an improvement based on the Transformation Jutsu, but transforming into a naked woman was far too improper.
Was that kind of technique really useful?
It had absolutely no killing power.
Ahhh, the thing they had worried about most back then had still happened.
(End of Chapter)
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