"You are... Minato!"
"No, didn't you die?"
"Could it be that the Edo Tensei I just stopped was re-summoned by Orochimaru, who escaped?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi still thought that Minato's Edo Tensei summoning had failed because he had stopped him with shurikens!
"I did die, and this isn't Edo Tensei."
Minato glanced at Hiruzen Sarutobi, his expression utterly cold, with no intention of explaining.
If, at first, he had thoughts of questioning Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Now, having seen those confidential documents, all he felt was despair.
"Not Edo Tensei!?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyelids began to twitch wildly, and a bad premonition filled his heart.
Across from them, Hashirama and Tobirama, seeing that Feng Xu had no intention of attacking again, breathed a sigh of relief.
If they were in their prime, they naturally wouldn't fear Feng Xu, who could wield the Nine-Tailed's power.
But unfortunately, their strength was only about one-tenth of their original power, and they were no match in a fight.
Even if they could revive infinitely due to the Edo Tensei's characteristics, they couldn't stop Feng Xu from destroying the Village.
Speaking of destroying the Village, both of them were somewhat puzzled.
After all, whether it was Hashirama's wife, Uzumaki Mito, or Mito's successor, Uzumaki Kushina.
When they were alive, both of them loved the Village deeply and inherited the will of fire.
How did it come to be that during Hiruzen Sarutobi's tenure in later generations, the Jinchuriki and the Village had such a major conflict?
So much so that the Jinchuriki attacked the Hokage and even released a Tailed Beast Ball within the Village?
Thinking of this, Tobirama ignored the people gathering around him and directly questioned aloud.
"Hey, this generation's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, why did you attack the Hokage, and even disregard the Village's safety to release a Tailed Beast Ball?"
"As far as I know, Konoha does not, and would not, treat its Jinchuriki harshly!"
After speaking, he turned his head to look at Hiruzen Sarutobi, whose limbs were disabled and who was wrapped in Chakra fox tails, suspended in the air.
"Monkey, how did you choose and instruct the Jinchuriki?"
"Don't you know that for a Jinchuriki, one must test their character and guide them extensively?"
Before Hiruzen Sarutobi could speak, Minato directly took over the conversation.
"First Hokage and Nidaime-sama, the current Konoha Village is no longer the Konoha Village it was during your time."
"It has become a plaything for two dirty politicians, used to expand their own family's influence."
"Minato, you!" Hearing Minato's words, Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was ashen.
But before he could retort, Tobirama looked at Minato with dangerous eyes.
"And who are you, little pawn?"
"How can you meddle in the affairs between us successive Hokage and Jinchuriki?"
"Or are you saying the Jinchuriki was actually incited by you?"
Tobirama believed he understood Hiruzen Sarutobi well and trusted that he wouldn't do the things Minato spoke of.
"Little pawn, huh?" Minato wasn't angry; he chuckled softly, then turned around and pointed to his back.
"I am the Fourth Hokage. May I ask, Second Hokage, do I have the right to speak now?"
At this moment, all the onlookers had also arrived.
Due to the somewhat complex situation earlier, none of them dared to step forward, merely conversing amongst themselves.
Even Deng, Xiang, and Asuma, who wanted to go rescue him, were held back by Kakashi.
He didn't want them to anger Feng Xu and die in vain.
"It really is the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze!"
"And he has no cracks on his face, nor are his eyes black; he's clearly not an Edo Tensei puppet!"
"Did he actually not die back then, and was hiding because of the Third Hokage?"
The various Ninja Clans quickly came up with all sorts of conjectures.
After all, Minato Namikaze, as the Hokage back then, was completely a docile puppet in Hiruzen Sarutobi's hands!
"You are the Fourth Hokage!?"
Hashirama, who had been silent, instantly widened his eyes and tilted his head to look closely.
"But isn't the monkey still in office? What is this…"
Hashirama was already getting confused by the current situation.
"Actually, I am already dead, having died sealing the Nine-Tailed. What's here now is just my residual Chakra."
Minato didn't hide anything, directly stating his situation.
He then pulled out a purple-gold-skinned scroll and threw it to Hashirama and Tobirama across from him.
"Regarding what I said earlier, you two can check the information recorded on this scroll yourselves."
"Died sealing the Nine-Tailed?" Hashirama's expression froze for a moment.
Then he nodded at Minato with great admiration.
"The Nine-Tailed's strength is immense. That you could seal him with your life means you're not far off from Tobirama."
Tobirama: "..."
Although Tobirama wanted to retort, he remembered that he couldn't even defeat Kinkaku and Ginkaku, who had merely eaten some Nine-Tailed meat.
So he opened his mouth but said nothing, simply taking the scroll and reading it.
"This scroll!!!"
On the other side, Hiruzen Sarutobi's already grim face turned green when he saw the scroll!
This document recorded all the dirty deeds he, Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Homura Mitokado had conspired together.
The purpose of recording it was to bind the four of them tightly together.
It was also a trump card he left for his family to deal with the other three, in case of his sudden death.
However, this item was hidden in the deepest secret room of the Sarutobi main residence.
It was also guarded day and night by a large number of Sarutobi Clan Ninja.
But now it was in Minato's hands, so it was imaginable what the Sarutobi Clan had suffered.
Immediately no longer bothering to play dead, Hiruzen Sarutobi glared at Minato with bloodshot eyes.
"Minato, what have you done to my Sarutobi Clan?!"
"And Danzo's Root base, you did all that, didn't you?!"
"What else? Of course, I killed them all." Feng Xu threw Hiruzen Sarutobi into the center, his face full of disdain.
Then he scanned everyone around him, shouting in a loud voice.
"Everyone, I'm sure you're all curious about what my father, Minato Namikaze, said, aren't you?"
"Now I will tell you why I hate this Konoha and why I broke the limbs of Hiruzen Sarutobi, this hypocrite!"
Feng Xu's words immediately stirred up a thousand waves.
All the Ninja around, including Xiang and Deng, who were Anbu, looked as if they had seen a ghost!
Apart from Danzo, Kakashi, Hyuga Hiashi, and a few other informed individuals who knew Feng Xu's background.
Almost everyone else simultaneously questioned Minato Namikaze.
"Fourth Hokage, is what the Jinchuriki said true?"
"Could it be that the ostracized and isolated Jinchuriki is actually the son of a hero?"
"Then why did the Third Hokage treat him like that…"
Everyone had witnessed the tragic experiences of the Jinchuriki when he was a child.
At the same time, a chill rose in the hearts of all the Ninja Clans.
If the Fourth Hokage's orphan was treated like this, wouldn't it be even worse if it were their turn?
Perhaps even the Uchiha Clan, which was annihilated, had another hidden reason.
It might not be at all as Hiruzen Sarutobi had publicly stated!
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Chapter 119: The Scapegoat Hokage Biting Incident
Facing everyone's questions, Minato nodded with a serious expression.
"Just as Feng Xu said, he is indeed my descendant."
"And I am an incompetent father, a failure who imposed responsibility on an orphaned child, a fool who couldn't see through human nature and hearts…"
Speaking of this, Minato once again turned to look at Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Because someone always taught me that as a Ninja, as the shadow of a Village, everything must be for balance, for the country, for the Village…"
"So for these greater causes, I could sacrifice my life, my family, and even my own child!"
"But in the end, what I got in return was others enjoying my sacrifices, seizing my wealth, and giving my already pitiful descendant an even more tragic life!"
"Even to the point of causing his mind to develop problems, splitting into two personalities with different temperaments!"
Minato's words immediately caused murmurs among the surrounding Ninja.
Especially Minato's four bodyguards: Shiranui Genma, Raido Namiashi, Aoba Yamashiro, and Gekkō Hayate.
All of them looked incredulous and ashamed!
"The Jinchuriki is actually the Fourth Hokage's child!"
"But why would a hero's son fall to such a state?!"
"Didn't the Third Hokage say that the Fourth Hokage's entire family had sacrificed themselves!?"
"What exactly was the Third Hokage thinking?!"
Although the four Tokubetsu Jōnin were Minato's personal guards, they were not favored by Hiruzen Sarutobi at all.
Their identities even gradually became marginalized, making it impossible for them to know such truths.
Even if they had some suspicions due to the golden hair and the Uzumaki surname.
But they had no way to approach Naruto to confirm it.
Moreover, the Third Hokage had once explained that Naruto inherited the surname of the previous Jinchuriki because the Nine-Tailed was sealed within him!
Naruto, in his consciousness, was also in a daze.
He looked at Minato's unfamiliar yet familiar face, tears streaming down his cheeks.
"I'm actually the Fourth Hokage's child…"
"Is that my father…"
"So Feng Xu always knew, so I am the son of a hero…"
At this moment, Naruto's deepest-hidden inferiority and lack of self-confidence gradually dissipated.
He now desperately wanted to shout to the sky.
'I am not the harbinger of disaster!'
'I am not the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox that destroyed the Village!'
'I am the son of a hero, burdened with a mission!'
Facing Naruto's tearful appearance, the Nine-Tailed snorted disdainfully.