The blackening of the heavens begins with Hokage

Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was gradually becoming heated, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately seized the opportunity and administered another strong dose: "The main reason why we have called everyone here today is to commemorate the heroes of the past and to pay tribute to them.

The contribution of the village!

Let them know that their sacrifices are not in vain!

Let them see that Konoha has lived a stable life because of their protection!"

"Hokage-sama is right! We are all doing well now!"

"Yes! I want to live a more exciting life and prove that their choice back then was correct!"

The voice of approval resounded throughout the entire venue.

The enthusiasm, excitement, and atmosphere were almost condensed to the highest point.

This is exactly what Sarutobi Hiruzen wants!

Seeing that the atmosphere was almost exaggerated, he changed his style: "But..."

This 'but' made the whole audience fall into silence once again, holding their breath and waiting for their Hokage-sama to continue speaking.

"Do you still remember who was the hero who really saved us from this disaster?" He paused for a moment and looked around.

"I believe that no one here will forget it!"

"He is the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, who sacrificed his life to save everyone!"

I heard the name Namikaze Minato.

Everyone present subconsciously looked at the Hokage Rock not far away.

Looking at the fourth stone statue.

On the surface, there isn't much emotion.

But everyone still felt a sense of gratitude involuntarily in their hearts.

Because everything the Fourth Hokage did, they would remember it in their hearts without even having to say it to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

It's just that no one would talk about it on weekdays.

But whenever outsiders or children ask, they will definitely say with great pride, "That's our Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato!" and start to introduce his heroic deeds.

Watch and watch.

The villagers thought of everything they had now.

Thinking of these hard-won happy days.

Gradually, the first person in the venue shouted the words "Fourth Hokage".

The voices also shouted one after another.

"The Fourth Hokage!"

"The Fourth Hokage!"

"The Fourth Hokage!"

Naruto, who was surrounded by this turbulent public opinion, listened to everyone constantly chanting his father's name. He was so excited that his whole cheek turned red and he couldn't help but tremble slightly.

excited!

Shocking!

That's right! This is my father, Namikaze Minato!

At this moment, Naruto felt prouder of his father than ever before.

My father is the hero who saved the lives of the whole village, and I am the son of a hero!

Even though he was short, he couldn't help but raise his head and chest, and shouted his proud father's name together with everyone.

At this time, the grand public sentiment was once again interrupted by Hiruzen Sarutobi's 'but', and everyone fell silent again, preparing to listen to the next words of the Third Hokage.

"There is one thing... that really makes me feel very guilty."

"Because I didn't take good care of the children Minato left behind."

The voice fell.

There was silence at first.

Immediately afterwards there was an uproar.

"This...?! The Fourth Hokage has a child? How come we haven't heard of it?!"

"I remember... the Fourth Hokage's wife was indeed pregnant back then. But didn't they say later that they died together in the disaster?"

For civilians like them, the news they get is often just news deliberately spread by Konoha's top brass.

At that time, in order to conceal the news that Naruto was Namikaze Minato's child, Sarutobi Hiruzen claimed to the public that Namikaze Minato's entire family died in the disaster.

This also resulted in these civilians being kept in the dark.

"It's right that you don't know about this matter. Because I wanted to let Minato's son live a normal life safely, so I fabricated this news to hide it from everyone." Sarutobi Hiruzen explained.

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Next, some people in the crowd began to ask Sarutobi Hiruzen on the high platform:

"Hokage-sama, who is the fourth generation Hokage's child? Where is he?"

"Yes, Lord Hokage. If the Fourth Hokage really has blood, then we must repay him well. We will never forget the kindness of the Fourth Hokage!"

Everyone said something to me.

They all asked about the situation of Namikaze Minato's son.

Everyone spoke the truth from the bottom of their hearts.

They were indeed grateful to Namikaze Minato.

If it weren't for Namikaze Minato's sacrifice, they wouldn't be where they are today.

The damage caused by the demon fox to the village back then will only become more serious.

Naruto swallowed his saliva and stared blankly at Sarutobi Hiruzen, waiting for him to say the moment he was most looking forward to today.

And Sarutobi Hiruzen did not disappoint Naruto and stopped being pretentious.

"In the past few years, everyone has heard a lot about the demon fox that turned into a child, right? I don't need to say more, I believe everyone knows who this child is, right?"

The words just fell.

The eyes of everyone in the audience couldn't help but focus on little Naruto standing in the center of the square.

Although I don't understand why Hokage-sama suddenly mentioned this disgusting beast.

But that didn't stop everyone from staring at Naruto with disgust.

It's him!

It was because of this demon fox that this disaster happened that year!

That’s why so many people died!

That's why the respected Fourth Hokage died!

All because of him!

In this way, a three-year-old child was treated as an enemy by everyone, and was overwhelmed by the disgusted looks of tens of thousands of spectators present.

Only then did Sarutobi Hiruzen realize what a huge mistake he had made.

It was he who ignored Naruto's feelings.

It was him who once again broke the promises he made to others.

Senju Hashirama's wife, Uzumaki Mito, entrusted him to take good care of her descendants before she died.

As a result, the Senju clan disappeared.

The Kingdom of Whirlpool was also destroyed.

It was he who promised in front of Hatake Sakumo that he, his boss, would lead Sakumo to bring Konoha to glory.

As a result, this confidant who had been following him for many years was forced to death by his decision.

Back then, he agreed to let his apprentice Orochimaru study the first generation of cells and wood escape, but in the end, he used this reason to force his apprentice to rebel against the village.

His apprentice, Tsunade, was disappointed with him and left the village.

His disciple Jiraiya was also disappointed with him and stayed away for a long time.

Although they didn't say it out loud, how could Hiruzen Sarutobi not guess what his disciples were thinking?

And now it was because of him that Naruto, who was only 3 years old and the son of his disciple Minato, suffered such treatment.

Recall all of this.

Looking at the center of the square, Naruto was stunned by everyone's stares.

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt guilty and couldn't help but begin to doubt himself and whether everything he had done over the years was right or wrong...

His eyes glanced at his good friend Hidden in the darkness, Shimura Danzo.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed helplessly.

I don’t care so much anymore.

He said loudly to everyone: "The idea that the demon fox transformed into a child is actually wrong. The real situation is that the fourth Hokage sealed the demon fox in the body of an innocent baby.

And this baby is none other than Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto!

At the same time, he is also the biological son of the Fourth Hokage and Minato Namikaze!"