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Chapter 262: Just What Kind of Person Was the Fourth Hokage…
🕑 Added 2025-09-09 12:38:25 +0000 UTCChapter 262: Just What Kind of Person Was the Fourth Hokage…
Ninja Academy.
Sasuke maintained his sitting posture with great effort, his legs constantly trembling. This was the aftereffect of his morning training with his private tutor.
The physical pain had left his mind with no room to focus on anything else. As for his little companion being the son of the Fourth Hokage…
That news was merely interesting…
"Morning, Sasuke!"
After the little blond kid arrived in the classroom, he ignored the expression on the red-haired girl's face, quickly walked over, and sat next to his good friend. Only then did he notice his abnormality. "What's wrong with you?"
"…It's nothing, just a little tired from practicing with Teacher Guy…"
Sasuke rubbed his small legs and said softly, "I just heard someone in the village say that your dad is the Fourth Hokage. Is that true?"
"Huh? You knew already?"
Naruto's expression froze. It seemed everyone was only willing to look at him in a new light because his father was the Fourth Hokage. This made the little fellow feel a bit unhappy…
He hadn't expected his little companion to be like this too… At this moment, the little blond kid actually felt some resentment towards his father.
In this ninja world, was one's lineage really that important?
"I don't know much about your dad…" the spiky-haired little brat shook his head and mumbled, "Anyway, I just know that my mom and your mom were very good friends…"
"Auntie Mikoto? And my mom were good friends?"
The shock Naruto received was not small. He subconsciously lowered his head. His dad being the village's Fourth Hokage didn't seem to be of much use!
But his mother, on the other hand…
Was it because Karin's mother and his mother were from the same clan that he was finally acknowledged by Karin today? Was it because Sasuke's mother and his mother were good friends that he had always been looked after by Big Brother Itachi's family?
Naruto suddenly raised his head. "Sasuke, do you know anything about my mom? No one has ever told me about her…"
"Not sure…"
Sasuke pondered for a moment, then said, "But my brother should know. Let's go find him together after school!"
Hmm…
If I go with Naruto to find my brother, then probably after school, I won't have to train with Teacher Guy anymore, right?
Sasuke was purely overthinking things.
Although that guy Might Guy wasn't particularly good at being a teacher, he really loved the profession. Plus, Sasuke was his first student, so he naturally took extra special care of him…
After accepting the commission, the Verdant Beast of Konoha would definitely appear by Sasuke's side before and after school. After learning that Sasuke wanted to explore the story of the Fourth Hokage and his wife with Naruto…
"I remember that guy Kakashi is the Fourth Hokage's disciple…" Might Guy excitedly patted his disciple's shoulder and handed him two weighted leg bands. "Sasuke, I'll take you to find Kakashi! He definitely knows more!"
Sasuke Uchiha took the weighted leg bands with a perplexed look on his face. "…"
Hearing that Kakashi was his father's disciple, Naruto's expression was not good. "I still want to go and ask Big Brother Itachi about my mom…"
The little blond kid thought he had figured out quite a lot.
His father's teacher was the Pervy Sage, Jiraiya. His father's disciple was Jiraiya's number one fan, Kakashi Hatake… Heh heh heh…
As for the Fourth Hokage who was in between these two pairs of master and disciple, what kind of person he was, what he liked to do—it seemed he didn't really need to know, did he?
Kids are just kids, they don't know any better and just like to let their imaginations run wild.
However, at Might Guy's insistence, they had no choice but to go and find Kakashi Hatake. After all, the white-haired ANBU was an acquaintance of all of them.
After learning the purpose of Naruto and the others' visit, Kakashi Hatake looked at him, a hint of surprise in his eyes. "I thought you would come to me to ask about Teacher Minato…"
"I already know what kind of person that guy was! I'm not interested in his business!" The little blond kid waved his hand, looking as if this was no surprise. "I want to know about my mom. Kakashi, you should know my mom too, right!"
"…Pretty much!"
Kakashi's eyes were a little downcast. "Back then, before you were born, my mission in the ANBU was mainly to be in charge of Master Kushina…"
"Huh?"
"Because your mother, just like you…" Kakashi looked at the little blond kid, his voice growing lower and lower, "…had the demon fox sealed inside her body…"
Sweat gradually began to bead on Naruto's forehead. "…So, were a lot of people in the village mean to her too?"
"Probably not… or maybe so?"
Kakashi scratched his head, closed the book in his hand, and said, "I heard that not many people liked her when she was a child… like that classmate of yours in school named Karin… Back then, Master Kushina was just like her, in every sense, including beating up boys and stuff…"
Naruto's mouth hung open. He unconsciously turned his head to look at Sasuke. "…Karin? N-no way?"
Sasuke: "…"
What the hell!
Both of them thought that Naruto's mother, being Mikoto's good friend, shouldn't she be a graceful, gentle, and water-like person!
How could she also like to beat up boys?!
"Naruto…"
Kakashi jumped down from the tree and placed a hand on Naruto's yellow hair. "Everyone's parents are great. They entrusted their lives to you, so don't care about what kind of people your parents were…"
"…What do you mean? I don't really get it…"
"Don't let your parents' image become a shackle for you. You just need to learn to respect and remember them. That's enough. Do your own thing, live your own life…"
Kakashi vanished from the spot with a Body Flicker, leaving behind a sentence that drifted in the wind. He had once, in rebellion against the mistakes his father had made, turned himself into a heartless ninja machine.
It was only after his teammates, Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara, had sacrificed themselves in the war that his attitude had completely changed, and he had come to understand his father's actions at the time.
Naruto scratched his head, a little frustrated. "What the hell, he said a lot, but I still don't understand a single word!"
"Do you still want to go ask my brother?"
Sasuke Uchiha secretly glanced at the pensive Might Guy and said in a low voice, "At this time, my brother is either at the Defense Department or at the Hokage's Tower…"
"I don't know…"
Naruto shook his head, his thoughts elsewhere. "The Pervy Sage and Granny Tsunade also don't seem to want me to know too much about my mom and dad, and it's the same with Kakashi. It feels strange… My mom and dad don't seem to be what I imagined."
The father he had imagined should at least be like Uncle Fugaku in how he treated Big Brother Itachi. The mother he had imagined should be like Auntie Mikoto…
However, based on the news he got today…
His father was a pervy Hokage, and his mother, Kushina Uzumaki, was a violent girl like Karin…
His worldview was collapsing a bit.
