LRAB Chapter 161 Ignoring
Chapter 161 Ignoring
Chapter 161 Ignoring
Midday, on the streets of Konoha.
Seeing the two familiar figures holding Naruto's hands on either side, the entire Hidden Leaf Village fell silent.
"Hey, you two, you wouldn't happen to—"
"Impossible, the Fourth Hokage sacrificed himself. It should be the Fourth Hokage from the rumored parallel world, right?"
"I heard that one is a brat, and these two seem to be in some unusual situation. Could it be some kind of forbidden technique—"
The reanimated body has obvious cracks on its body, and the whites of its eyes are also black, making it look significantly different from a living person.
Therefore, after a brief moment of shock, some of the ninjas quickly assessed the condition of the Fourth Hokage before them.
At this moment, the Fourth Hokage, Minato, had taken off his divine robes and even his headband. He wasn't even wearing his ninja vest, only a blue undershirt and pants.
Kushina held Naruto's hand and whispered to him if he knew anyone on the street who had bullied him, so she could stand up for him.
Naruto just smiled awkwardly and didn't take the opportunity to complain.
The family of three had barely stepped out of their house when Hiruzen Sarutobi received the news and hurriedly arrived with several of his ANBU subordinates.
"Minato? Kushina? It really is you guys?!"
"It's been a long time, Third Generation."
The fourth Minato nodded gently, but his tone revealed a clear distance.
"You old fool! You dare show your face in front of me?!"
Upon seeing the Third Hokage, Kushina flew into a rage, released Naruto's hand, rolled up her sleeves, and was about to confront the Third Hokage when Naruto grabbed her arm.
However, Kushina had no intention of letting it go. She relentlessly berated the Third Hokage, saying, "Before Minato and I died, you promised to take care of Naruto, but you let the whole village mistake my child for a demon fox?!"
Upon hearing this, the third generation's expression froze, feeling the strange gazes of the passersby around him, as if countless needles were pricking his body.
"I'm sorry for what I did."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked ashamed and readily admitted his mistake.
He had already admitted to this matter, and it was precisely because of this that his reputation had recently plummeted.
It's worth mentioning, however, that this incident did not cause much of a stir in the village after it was exposed.
It's not that the news didn't spread, but rather that while it did, people strangely remained silent on the matter.
After all, while Hiruzen Sarutobi tacitly allowed the spread of rumors about Naruto being mistaken for a demon fox, it was the villagers who were actually targeting Naruto.
After Naruto's identity became known, for most Konoha villagers, Naruto's existence was like a bright light bulb, constantly reminding them how they had taken their anger out on an innocent child, and even repaid kindness with enmity for the orphan of the Fourth Hokage.
This existence undoubtedly stung the pride of many people. Just looking at Naruto's face would subconsciously remind people how pathetic they were.
Among them, some people hope to seek Naruto's forgiveness.
But because of the unknown depths of the water gate, no one dared to approach it lightly.
A large group of people, knowing full well that Naruto was not wrong and seeing their own inadequacy, would become enraged by this stark contrast, further shifting the blame onto Naruto, believing that he had damaged their reputation, and even wishing for Naruto's death.
But as the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, even if Konoha were to be destroyed, the higher-ups would not allow anything to happen to Naruto.
Therefore, under this repressed and distorted mentality, people will go to the other extreme, which is to completely ignore Naruto, or to act as if nothing happened.
This is also how most people in Konoha view Naruto today.
This subtle attitude was naturally noticed by Minato.
"Minato, who are you—"
"I resurrected them using the Impure World Reincarnation technique."
A golden light shone down, and Minato's figure appeared beside the Fourth Hokage and his wife: "I promised Naruto that I would let him see his parents before I left. Although it disturbed the peace of the dead, I think they wouldn't mind."
"certainly--"
The Fourth Hokage gave an awkward laugh. He had been sealed inside the stomach of the Grim Reaper by the Shiki-no-Kami, so it was hardly a peaceful place for him.
Needless to say, Kushina felt nothing but gratitude towards Minato from this parallel world.
If it weren't for Minato's intervention, she probably would never have had the chance to see the boy again.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Minato, secretly surprised.
An ability I've never seen before.
Is it some kind of bloodline limit, or a secret technique?
Out of fear of this parallel world's Minato, Hiruzen Sarutobi ultimately said nothing more.
"You old geezer, if you have nothing to do, get out of my way! Don't get in my way!"
Kushina glared angrily at Hiruzen Sarutobi. Although Naruto had pulled her back, she was still seething with anger.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed, said nothing more, and left with the Anbu, his back looking somewhat hunched.
In the current situation, he couldn't care less whether Minato had any ulterior motives.
After all, these are two Minatos, one of whom is an Edo Tensei body and is controlled by the other Minato.
If a conflict were to break out, he alone wouldn't be able to handle two yellow flashers.
Fortunately, given the Fourth Hokage's personality, even if he harbored resentment, he wouldn't do anything to the villagers of Konoha.
"Hmph, you bastard."
Watching Hiruzen Sarutobi's departing figure, Kushina snorted coldly, "Speaking of which, Danzo probably played a part in all of Naruto's troubles, didn't he?"
Minato nodded: "That's true, but Danzo has already been killed by me."
"Well done!"
Kushina gave Minato a thumbs up, while the Fourth Hokage shook his head and chuckled.
Ever since he was resurrected using Edo Tensei, he has felt guilty towards Naruto.
According to his original idea, even if people feared Naruto because of his status as a Jinchuriki, they would at least not be too indifferent or hostile because of the aura of being the son of a hero.
But Naruto's identity was kept secret, something he never expected.
Moreover, neither his former subordinates nor the families he was on good terms with had offered Naruto the slightest help.
In retrospect, everything he once cherished and even protected with his life was nothing but wishful thinking.
This made Minato feel a little sad.
"What a failure."
The Fourth Minato let out a soft breath and suddenly felt completely refreshed.
At the same time, he secretly made up his mind that since he had a rare opportunity to be resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, he must learn how to do it!
He didn't want the Hokage position anymore; let whoever wants to be Hokage be it.
If he could truly be resurrected, all he wanted was to stay by Naruto's side and fulfill his responsibilities as a father.
After all, seeing Naruto's reckless, hot-blooded, and foolish behavior, he was genuinely worried that Naruto might one day follow in his footsteps.
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