Naruto, my uncle is going to be Hokage!

Chapter 24: What crime have you committed, Sarutobi, for allowing the hero's son to be bullied?
Dead!

Deathly silence!

The air in the entire Hokage Building was as silent as if it had frozen!
Countless villagers looked shocked and incredulous!
The demon fox is the son of the Fourth Hokage?

"How is this possible?! The Fourth Hokage is the hero who saved the entire village, how could the demon fox be his son?"

"That's right! Are you kidding me? How is this possible?"

"It must be a lie made up by the demon fox uncle! He even didn't let the dead Yondaime-sama go, what a bastard!"

Noisy voices rang out from around the Hokage Building.

The villagers gathered near the Hokage building, their eyes were full of disbelief, as if they had seen a ghost.

The Fourth Hokage was a hero who sacrificed himself to save the village!
On the night when the Nine-Tailed Fox revolted, it was he who, fearless of life and death, sealed the Nine-Tailed Fox with his own life.

Save countless lives!
How could such a great ninja be the father of the demon fox?
Some villagers looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, hoping that this respected Third Hokage could expose the lies of Namikaze Mirai!

The demon fox is the son of the Fourth Hokage. How could this be true?
It must be a lie made up by Uncle Demon Fox!

The purpose is to deceive these kind villagers!

But, a scene that shocked them appeared.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had a complicated expression, with an indescribable emotion in his gray-brown eyes, and he remained silent.

Why didn't the Sandaime-sama speak?
Isn't it time to expose Namikaze Mirai's lies?
The villagers began to panic.

Why would the Hokage, whom they have always respected, have such an expression?

The crowd began to riot!
A bustling and noisy sound came from the crowd.

Soon, they discovered another shocking thing.

The Anbu, all the Anbu who were originally maintaining order around here, fell into silence!
One of the silver-haired ANBU had a very dim look in his eyes, as if all his strength had been drained away in an instant.

These abnormal scenes finally calmed the frenzied crowd down...

"How could this happen? Could it be that the demon fox is really..."

As soon as this thought came to their mind, they couldn't help but shudder!
What a joke!
If the demon fox is really the son of the Fourth Hokage, then what are these people?
Having received the favor from the Fourth Hokage, you turn around and harm his son?

Namikaze Mirai looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen coldly.

"Hokage-sama, isn't it time you confess everything?"

It caused such a large-scale riot that affected most of Konoha Village.

If Naruto's true identity is not revealed today, there will be no way this will end!
With a dry smile on his lips, Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to have aged a dozen years in an instant, his back was hunched, and his voice was a little hoarse.

"Have you ever thought about the consequences of making all this public? Minato made countless enemies during the Third War. If Naruto's identity is made public, how much will he suffer..."

"Hokage-sama! I don't think you still understand!"

There was a hint of sarcasm in Namikaze Mirai's tone.

He stared directly at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Word by word.

"With me here, no one can threaten Naruto!"

His body suddenly trembled, and Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to become even older, with his wrinkled face looking so rotten that it almost drooped.

Finally, he sighed.

It seemed that he accepted the result.

"He's right, Naruto, he's the son of the Fourth Hokage."

The crowd exploded instantly.

An uproar greater than any previous one rang out in the Hokage Building.

What Namizu Mirai said earlier only made them feel a little uneasy.

But now, Sarutobi Hiruzen has admitted it himself, and the meaning is completely different!
The Naruto whom they have always called the demon fox is actually the son of the Fourth Hokage!

The son of the hero who sacrificed his life to save this village!
The fox demon is the son of a hero?

"But, why does everyone call him a demon fox?"

"Where do these rumors come from?"

"This is so weird!"

Many villagers are still confused.

Since Naruto is the son of a hero, why is he treated like this?

As the son of the Fourth Hokage, shouldn't he enjoy the best benefits of the entire village and be trained as a hero's son?

Why, Naruto did the complete opposite?

And, most importantly...

During this process, the Sandaime did not intervene at all. This is so strange!

"Because...Kyuubi."

There was an unprecedented bitterness in Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes.

Now that things have come to this, he can only tell the whole truth.

Otherwise, these angry villagers might turn their anger against him.

"The night the Nine-Tails went on a rampage, Minato and Kushina sacrificed their lives to seal the Nine-Tails into their son, Naruto."

"This matter is of great importance. If it is leaked rashly, the consequences will be very serious, so I ordered all information related to this matter to be blocked. But I didn't expect that it would turn into a rumor that Naruto is a demon fox."

"If Minato knew about this in the underworld, he would definitely blame me!"

Uproar! Uproar!
The truth is finally revealed!

The villagers who learned the truth found it difficult to accept this reality.

They have been cursing that the demon fox who killed the Fourth Hokage couple was their only son!
For so many years, they have been bullying the son of a hero!

"I am... the son of the Fourth Hokage..."

Naruto stood there in a daze.

It turns out that his biological parents, whom he has never met, are the heroes who saved the entire village?
The last one carved on the Hokage Rock, the Fourth Hokage who was revered as a hero by the village!
He was never a demon fox!
But the son of a hero!

His eyes were instantly filled with tears, and Naruto pursed his lips, trying his best not to cry.

My uncle said that men shouldn't cry.

But, but...

Tears as big as beans rolled down his eyes one after another, and he almost cried himself into a tearful man.

Namikaze Mirai squatted down and gently wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Don't resent your parents. They are the people who love you the most in this world. It was only because of the crisis at that time that they had to make that choice."

"No, I don't hate them."

Naruto wiped the tears from his face.

"I am happy. I am not the bastard they call me. I have parents. They are the heroes who saved the village. I just want to meet them."

"I really, really want to meet them..."

The crowd fell silent.

Someone silently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

Someone clenched his fist in self-blame.

Namikaze Mirai stood up, turned his head and stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Sandaime, how should you judge the crime of allowing the son of a hero to be bullied by the village?"

Guilt???

Sarutobi Hiruzen's face suddenly turned ugly.

What's the meaning? ? ?
Namikaze Mirai directly pointed the finger at him?
"As the son of a hero, Naruto should have received the best education and the best treatment, but he got none of that! Instead, he has been subjected to unwarranted bullying!"

"As the Sandaime Hokage, aren't you going to take responsibility for this?"

The moment Namikaze Mirai's voice fell, noisy discussions immediately arose around them.

"Hokage-sama does need to take some responsibility for Naruto's affairs."

"Yes! We are all made of flesh and blood. If the Hokage had announced from the beginning that Naruto was the son of the Fourth Hokage, how could we possibly treat him like that?"

The villagers began to blame each other, and their already guilty conscience for knowing Naruto's identity seemed to have found an outlet.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's teeth chattered as he listened, and the Anbu around him looked at each other in bewilderment, their morale wavering.

"How do you want to make up for it?"

He took a deep breath.

The situation was so pressing that it was no longer a choice for him.

Namikaze Mirai smiled faintly: "I remember that the inheritance left by my brother Minato seemed to have been embezzled by you. That part of the property is barely worth 5 million taels!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sarutobi Hiruzen became anxious.

"How could the property left by Minato be so huge? Don't ask for too much!"

Namikaze Mirai's face turned cold: "So my brother's inheritance was really swallowed up by you?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen came back to his senses and noticed the strange looks from the villagers around him, and his heart skipped a beat.

He fell into the trap.

"The portion of property that Minato left behind was used to rebuild the village and compensate the families of the ninjas who died that night. Not a cent went into my pocket, and it was definitely not as much as 5 million ryo."

Sarutobi Hiruzen suppressed his anger.

"Now it's 10 billion taels!"

Namikaze Mirai sneered.

"Future, you!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen clenched his teeth and his blood pressure rose!
"Is the pain Naruto has endured and the inheritance of the Minato couple not worth even 10 billion ryo?"

"If you can't take it out, can't the Sarutobi clan take it out?"

There seemed to be flames rising in Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes as he looked at Namikaze Mirai.

He remembered the declaration made by Namikaze Mirai in the Hokage room when he just returned to the village, "I will get back every penny of Minato's legacy."

If the Sarutobi clan really took out 10 billion taels to compensate Naruto, I'm afraid many members of the clan would have to live a life of tightening their belts.

But the current situation is no longer something he can choose.

"I'll send someone to deliver the compensation. Remember, this is for Naruto."

He took a deep breath, and although his tone was calm, there was a hint of fire in his eyes.

But Namikaze Mirai's eyes were quite calm.

It seems to be saying that this is just the beginning.

(End of this chapter)