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Chapter 21 Please Treat My Son as a Hero

The Nine-Tailed Fox let out a mournful scream.

It felt that half of its chakra was being forcibly stripped away.

The agony of having its soul torn apart drove this strongest tailed beast into madness.

"Damn the Fourth Hokage!"

The Nine-Tailed Roar.

Its body is shrinking, and its Yin-attribute chakra is being devoured by the Grim Reaper, but it still retains half of its power.

It saw the baby on the altar, the little demon that would become its vessel.

Kill him.

The seal will fail if the container is destroyed.

The Nine-Tailed Fox raised its enormous claws, its target the still-crying baby.

Minato had just finished using the Reaper Death Seal, and his body was already stiff. Kushina also collapsed weakly, her chains on the verge of breaking.

At that moment, no one could stop this attack.

"No!!!"

Naruto roared from the side. He lunged at the baby, trying to shield it with his own body.

However, the claws pierced the flesh, causing blood to splatter, but did not hit the baby.

Two bodies, one in front and one behind, blocked the baby's view.

Minato, Kushina.

The claws pierced through Minato's chest and then through Kushina's abdomen.

The enormous claw tip hovered just centimeters above the baby's nose.

Blood dripped from the sharp claws, landing on the baby's tender cheeks.

Blood gushed from Minato's mouth, and Kushina's face turned deathly pale.

They used their bodies to block the Nine-Tails' claws, protecting the young Naruto beneath them.

"In the future... you will encounter many painful things..."

Kushina's voice grew weaker and weaker.

Her vision began to blur, but she kept her eyes fixed on the baby.

"Be strong..."

"I have so much to say... so much to tell you..."

I want to stay with you forever...

"I love you."

This was his final confession, and his last words.

Kushina's hand fell to her sides.

"Kushina..."

Minato looked at his wife, tears streaming down his face.

He turned his head and looked at the baby.

"Eight Trigrams Seal!"

Minato used his last bit of strength to summon the power of death.

Complex spells lit up the altar.

The remaining Yang-attribute chakra of the Nine-Tails, along with its main body, was pulled towards the baby's abdomen by a tremendous suction force.

"No! I'm not reconciled!"

The Nine-Tails roared, its body transforming into a red streak of light, and entered Naruto's navel.

The seal is complete, and the barrier dissipates.

Minato swayed, but did not fall.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, led a large number of Anbu members and finally stormed in.

"Watergate!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi caught Minato as he was about to fall.

The old man's face was filled with fear and grief.

He glanced around and saw Kushina, who had already died, and an infant with a sealing technique on its belly.

"Why...why did it have to go this far...?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice trembled.

Minato leaned against Hiruzen Sarutobi's chest, on the verge of death.

"Sandaime-sama..."

The sound of the water gate was very faint.

But with the help of the canopy system, every villager could hear it.

"The Nine-Tails... is sealed..."

"Kushina...is gone too..."

Minato, panting, pointed laboriously at the baby on the altar.

He was also his son, the hope he had given his life for.

"I have a request..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi grasped Minato's hand.

"Tell me. Whatever your request, I'll grant it."

Minato looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with complete trust, and even more so, with entrustment to his senior and to Konoha.

"This child..."

"He became a Jinchūriki in order to seal the Nine-Tails..."

"He's not a fox spirit..."

"Third Hokage, please let the village... regard this child as a hero who protected Konoha."

After saying that...

The light in Minato's eyes completely disappeared.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, holding Minato's body, nodded solemnly.

"I promise you, Minato."

"He is a hero, and Konoha will remember him forever."

The image freezes on the promise made by the old man and the young man.

In the real world, at Konoha Square.

Thousands of villagers stood there, like a group of sculptures whose souls had been drained.

hero.

Before he died, Minato said, "Please treat this child as a hero."

The Third Hokage nodded in agreement.

And then what? What happened in those seven years?

The villagers looked down at their hands.

They used to throw stones at the hero, push him into mud pits, and smash his toys on the ground.

"Get out of my way, you fox spirit."

"Die, monster."

"Don't come near my child."

These are the words they said.

They were speaking to the child who, at the cost of losing both his parents and becoming a vessel for the soul, saved the lives of the entire village.

What a huge irony.

If Shuimen could know from beyond the grave, he would see how the villagers he risked his life to protect treated his son.

Will he still laugh? Will he still think it's worth it?

"vomit……"

Suddenly, a person in the crowd bent over and began to vomit violently.

I was disgusted with myself.

Immediately afterwards, more people began to vomit, cry, and even slap themselves.

"We're animals..."

An old man knelt on the ground, his head hitting the ground repeatedly.

"Fourth Hokage...we are so sorry..."

Iruka stood at the front of the crowd, tears already streaming down his face.

He remembered Naruto's lonely figure after his prank, and Naruto sitting on the swing looking at others with envy.

That child, burdened with the destiny of a hero, lived the life of a prisoner.

What caused all of this, besides Danzo's conspiracy and the Third Hokage's tacit approval, was the indifference and stupidity of each of them.

In an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent.

In the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi slumped to the ground, staring at the frozen image on the screen.

The person in the picture, looking righteous and making a solemn promise, is myself from seven years ago.

Did he really intend to train Naruto as a hero back then?

Perhaps, but later, in order to balance Danzo, appease the villagers' fears, and more importantly, to conceal the information about the Jinchūriki.

He chose to keep it a secret, even at the cost of Naruto bearing the infamy of being a demon fox.

He broke his promise and betrayed Minato's trust.

This evidence of guilt is now displayed in the sky and played on a loop throughout the entire ninja world.

Hiruzen Sarutobi closed his eyes.

On the screen above, the comment section was filled with solemnity.

The ninjas from other villages, even those from opposing forces, were deeply moved by Minato Namikaze's final act of paternal love.

[Killer Bee of the Cloud Village] "A true hero. Yes. That child is worthy of respect."

[Iwagakure - Ōnoki] "Although he is an enemy, I admire him. Minato Namikaze, he is a man."

【Mist-Hidden Terumi Mei】"What a pity. Such a hero was entrusted to the wrong person."

Immediately afterwards, countless comments began to flood the screen.

Regardless of national borders or political stance.

There are only four characters.

Rest in peace, hero.

Rest in peace, hero.

Rest in peace, hero.

The screen was completely obscured by a dense barrage of bullet comments. This was the entire ninja world's final tribute to the Fourth Hokage, and also the most silent protest against Konoha Village.

At the entrance of the Illusionary Dojo, Roy looked at the screen full of comments but didn't laugh.

He turned around and looked at the villagers kneeling on the ground in repentance.

"What's the use of crying now?"

Roy's voice remained cold.

Tears are the cheapest thing.

"If crying could solve the problem, Naruto would have flooded Konoha in the past seven years."

He raised his head and looked at the portal.

Naruto hasn't come out yet, and the dungeon isn't over.

"Don't rush."

Roy said in a low voice.

"This is just an appetizer."

"The most exciting part is yet to come."

"Minato is dead. The Third Hokage agreed."

"Next, let everyone see how this Renxiong fulfills his promise."

"Let everyone see how Naruto spent his childhood."

"That's the real..."

"hell."