Naruto: The Fifth Hokage Is Naruto's Uncle

The venue become silent.

Dead silent.

Countless villagers looked shocked and in disbelief.

The demon fox is the son of the Fourth Hokage?

"Don't say nonsense! How is that possible?! The Fourth Hokage is the hero who saved the entire village. How can the demon fox be his son?"

"That's right! What a joke! How is that possible?"

"It must be a lie made up by this uncle of the demon fox! Even using the name of the dead Fourth Hokage-sama, this bastard!"

Noise echoed from around the Hokage Building.

The Fourth Hokage was a hero who sacrificed himself to save the village!

That night when the Nine-Tails rioted, it was he who was not afraid about his own life and used his own life to seal the Nine-Tails and saved countless lives.

How could such a great ninja be the father of the demon fox?

Some villagers looked at Hiruzen, hoping that this respected Third Hokage could expose Mirai's lies.

The demon fox is the son of the Fourth Hokage. How could this be true?

It must be a lie made up by that damned guy!

The purpose is to deceive these kind-hearted villagers!

However, a scene that shocked them appeared.

Hiruzen had a complicated expression, with a hint of indescribable emotion in his gray-brown eyes and remained silent.

Why didn't the Hokage-sama speak?

Isn't this the time to expose his lies?

The villagers began to panic.

Why did the Hokage-sama they always respected show such an expression?

The crowd started commotion again.

Soon, another shocking thing was discovered by them.

The Anbu around them who originally maintained order, all had fell silent, even they didn't say anything rather appeared guilty.

This abnormal scene finally jolted the minds of the frantic crowd...

"How could this happen? Could it be that the demon fox is really…"

As soon as this thought came up, they couldn't help but shudder!

What if…

What if the demon fox is really the son of the late Fourth Hokage, then what are they?

They owe their and their loved-ones' lives to Fourth Hokage and in return they harmed his son?

Mirai looked at Hiruzen indifferently.

"Hokage-sama, isn't it about time to confess everything?"

Such a large-scale commotion was caused today affecting most of the Konoha village.

If Naruto's true identity was not revealed today, there was no way it would end.

A dry smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. Hiruzen seemed to have aged more than ten years in an instant, his back was hunched and his voice was a little hoarse.

"Have you ever thought about the consequences of making all this public? Minato has made countless enemies in the Third Great Ninja War. If Naruto's identity is made public, how many enemies will come after him."

"Hokage! I think you are the one who still hasn't figured it out yet!"

There was a hint of sarcasm and threat in Mirai's tone.

He stared straight at Hiruzen.

Word by word.

"As long as I'm here, no one can threaten Naruto!"

Finally, Hiruzen sighed.

It seemed that he accepted this result.

"He is right, Naruto is the son of the Fourth Hokage."

The crowd exploded instantly.

An uproar that surpassed any previous one echoed in front of the Hokage Building.

Mirai's previous words only made them feel a little flustered.

But now, Hiruzen admitted it himself, the meaning was completely different!

Naruto, whom they have always spurned as the demon fox, was actually the son of the Fourth Hokage.

The son of the hero who sacrificed his life along with his wife to save the village and its people!

"But… But, why does everyone call him a demon fox?"

"Where did these rumors of him being the demon fox come from?"

"This is weird!"

Many villagers were still confused.

Since Naruto was the son of a hero, why was he treated like this?

As the son of the Fourth Hokage, shouldn't he enjoy the best benefits in the entire village and be raised as the son of a hero?

Why did it took the other way around completely?

And, most importantly...

Third Hokage didn't interfere at all in this process, which was also strange.

"It is because of the Nine-Tails."

Hiruzen's eyes were filled with bitterness.

At this point, he could only tell the whole truth.

Otherwise, these angry villagers might turn their fingers towards him.

"On the night of the Nine-Tails riot, the Fourth Hokage and his wife Kushina sacrificed their lives to seal the Nine-Tails into their new-born son, Naruto."

"This matter is of great concern. If it is leaked rashly, the consequences will be very serious. Therefore, I ordered all information related to this matter to be blocked. Unexpectedly, it turned into a rumor that Naruto is the demon fox had leaked from somewhere."

"If Minato knew about it in the underworld, he would definitely blame me…"

The whole truth was finally revealed.

For these villagers who learned the truth, they found it difficult to accept this reality.

They kept cursing that the demon fox who killed the Fourth Hokage and his wife was their own son.

They've been bullying the hero's son for years now.

"I am... the son of the Fourth Hokage..."

Naruto froze in place.

It turned out that his biological parents, whom he had never met, were actually the heroes who saved the entire village?

The last one carved on Hokage Rock, the Fourth Hokage who was regarded as a hero by the village!

He was really not a demon fox!

But the son of a hero!

His eyes were filled with tears for a moment, and Naruto pursed his lips, trying his best not to cry.

Uncle said that one should not cry easily.

But, but... big tear-drops rolled down from his eyes one after another.

Mirai knelt down and gently wiped the tears from his eyes.

"Don't resent your parents. They are the people who loves you the most in the world. It was only because of the crisis that they had to make that choice."

"No, I don't resent them."

Naruto wiped the tears from his face.

"I'm happy. I'm not the bastard like everyone calls me. I have parents who are heroes who saved the village. I just, just want to meet them."

"I really, really want to meet them..."

The crowd fell into silence.

Someone silently wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes.

Some people clenched their fists in self-blame.

Mirai stood up, turned his head, and stared at Hiruzen.

"Third Hokage, how should we judge the guilt of allowing the son of a hero to be bullied by the village?"

Guilt?

Hiruzen's expression suddenly turned ugly.

What's the meaning of this sentence?

Is Mirai directly targeting him?

"As the son of a hero, Naruto should have received the best education, the best living environment and the best treatment, but he didn't get any of these! Instead, he has been suffering unwarranted malice, both physical and psychological!"

"You, the Third Hokage, don't you intend to take responsibility for this?!"

The moment Mirai's voice fell, noisy discussions immediately sounded around.

"Hokage-sama does need to bear some responsibility for this matter."

"Yes! If Hokage-sama had announced that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage's son from the beginning, how could we have treated him like that?"

The villagers who had previously began to blame themselves due to their feelings of self-blame for knowing Naruto's identity seemed to find an outlet.

Hiruzen's teeth trembled when he heard this, and the Anbu around him also looked at each other with shock.

"How do you want me to make up for it?"

He took a deep breath.

The situation was overwhelming and it was no longer within his power to make any choices.

Mirai smiled lightly, "I remember that the inheritance left by Minato seems to have been misappropriated by you. That part of the property is barely worth a billion ryō!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Hiruzen immediately became anxious.

"How can there be so much property left by Minato? Don't talk nonsense just because of the situation! It was not worth that much!"

Mirai's face turned cold, "So my brother's inheritance was really swallowed up by you?"

Hiruzen came back to his senses, noticed the strange looks in the surrounding villagers' eyes, and felt a thump in his heart.

He was baited.

"The property Minato left behind was used to rebuild the village and compensate the families of the ninjas who died that night. Not a single ryō went into my pocket, and it was definitely not as much as a billion."

Sarutobi's tone softened, and his calm tone made it impossible for others to see any flaws.

He was worthy of being a politician, and his rhetoric was watertight.

Mirai had a sneer on his lips.

"Five-hundred million ryō, it would be compensation for Naruto."

Hiruzen looked ugly.

"Mirai, do you know how much Five-hundred million ryō will be? How can I come up with such a large amount of money?"

The entire annual budget of Konoha was only about one billion. Mirai wanted half of it in one sentence?

"Could it be possible that the pain Naruto suffered and the Minato and Kushina's inheritance are not even worth that much?"

"Even if you can't take it out, can't the Sarutobi clan behind you take it out?"

Clenching his teeth slightly, Hiruzen looked at Mirai, and there seemed to be fire rising in his eyes.

He remembered Mirai's declaration in the Hokage room when he first returned to the village, 'I will reclaim every ryō of Minato's inheritance, starting with the house! If you insist on resisting, you will bear the consequences!'

If the Sarutobi clan really paid five-hundred million ryō to compensate Naruto, many clan members would have to live in a pinch.

But the current situation was no longer favorable for him.

"I will send someone to deliver the compensation. Remember, this is for Naruto!"

He took a deep breath, and although his tone was calm, there was a hint of threat in his eyes.

But Mirai's eyes were quite dull.

As if to say, this was just the beginning.

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