novel-bin Chapter 137 Shocking! Naruto is the Fourth Hokage's son? [3rd update]
Chapter 137 Shocking! Naruto is the Fourth Hokage's son? [3rd update]
Chapter 137 Shocking! Naruto is the Fourth Hokage's son? [Third Update]
Hiruzen Sarutobi realized that the reason Minato Namikaze chose to seal his memories was probably related to the information he had received that Hyakuzoku was a ninja from the future. He was probably afraid that if he still had the memories of a person from the future after dealing with the matter, it would affect the future course of history.
This approach can be considered inappropriate.
However, this created a problem: only a very few people in Konoha, including himself, knew that such a mission to Loulan had ever existed, and among these people, only Hiruzen Sarutobi knew the full details of the mission.
Although people were sent there every year to check whether the seal was intact, these ninjas only knew that the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, had left a seal there, and that was all they knew.
Now it's time to send someone to check again. Each mission like this requires at least a Jonin-level person to lead the team, since it involves infiltrating the desert of the Land of Wind, which carries certain risks.
Therefore, it must be led by a strong person with sufficient strength.
Kitahara Kaede's team seems far from qualified, only at the level of a Chunin team.
A combination of one Chunin and two Genin would only amount to cannon fodder in wartime.
However, according to Kakashi's mission log, Kitahara Kaede's strength is basically no weaker than many elite Jonin, and his two teammates, although still Genin in rank, should actually be Chunin in strength.
This effectively turns into a situation where one Jonin leads two Chunin, which is sufficient to complete the mission.
And is the price the same for hiring a Jonin and hiring a Chunin?
I'm such a genius at saving money.
"Yes." Kitahara Kaede accepted the task.
Although he still had many questions, he at least realized that this was not a change caused by the flapping of his butterfly wings.
This shouldn't be the mission that the Fifth Hokage assigned to Naruto Uzumaki three years later, as I recall. Instead, it's a relatively easy mission to check the sealing status of the Dragon Vein Chakra. Therefore, the mission rating is only B. If all goes well, it only requires travel time and doesn't require confronting the people of Sunagakure in the Land of Wind.
Judging from the plot of the original Lost Tower, the Third Generation was aware of the situation of the person from the future. In other words, he knew that Centipede was from the future. Although the source of the information was unclear, he did know it.
The reason he has been checking the dragon vein from time to time over the years is probably to prevent the centipede that will appear in the future. However, he probably doesn't know the exact time when the centipede will travel through time, so he has no way to intercept it.
The only option is to send someone to inspect the area every now and then.
Unlike the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, who sealed his memories to avoid interfering with the future, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, probably thought that if he could intercept and kill the centipede in advance, he could change the past.
However, everything was already predetermined, forming a closed loop.
The timeline that Centipede attempted to travel through was three years later, during Tsunade's reign, not during her reign, so his preventative measures ultimately proved ineffective.
"You should set off tomorrow," Hiruzen Sarutobi said.
"Yes."
Kitahara Kaede and the other two nodded and then left.
Watching Kitahara Kaede's departing figure, Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed, remembering the Uchiha clan bloodline within Kitahara Kaede.
Although the investigation into the source of the Uchiha clan bloodline in Kitahara Kaede is still ongoing, there are no credible results yet.
Based on the information available so far, the source cannot be traced. Among the ancestors of Kitahara Kaede who joined Konoha when it was founded, none of the ninjas from the Kitahara Kaede family throughout history have awakened a bloodline limit related to the Sharingan.
Therefore, the scope of the investigation has now been expanded to include maternal ancestors throughout history, in an attempt to find clues that are related to the Uchiha clan.
However, regardless of the circumstances, there is no doubt that he possesses the bloodline of the Uchiha clan, since he had neither the possibility nor the means to transplant the Sharingan.
That's good, as the Sharingan can be passed down in Konoha in different ways.
The fact that the Uchiha clan's past events escalated into a massacre was not something he wanted to see. The wariness they held towards the Uchiha clan largely stemmed from their teacher, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.
However, Tobirama Senju still exercised some restraint and even took Kagami Uchiha as his disciple. Although he was wary of and suppressed the Uchiha clan, he did not completely hate them.
However, by the time of his old friend Danzo Shimura, things had completely changed. His hostility towards the Uchiha clan was stronger than ever before, which ultimately led to the destruction of the Uchiha clan.
Thinking of this, he sighed.
His thinking was similar to Tobirama Senju's. After leaving the Hokage Building, Kitahara Kaede said, "Go back and prepare today. We'll meet at the village entrance at the usual time tomorrow morning."
The other two nodded, and everyone dispersed.
Kitahara Kaede did not continue cultivating, but returned home and mentioned to his mother, Kitahara Yoshiko, that he was going on a mission.
Kitahara Yoshiko was already used to this, and after simply reminding him to be careful, she prepared a sumptuous dinner for Kitahara Kaede as usual.
After finishing his meal and washing up, Kitahara Kaede went upstairs to his room and organized the ninja tools he would need for tomorrow's mission. He paid particular attention to the kunai with the Flying Thunder God Technique attached to them, making sure to check them carefully before setting off.
This was his trump card, his last resort to save his life.
As he undertakes different missions, he often buries Flying Thunder God Kunai in different areas along the way, so that he can instantly teleport when needed.
Flying Thunder God isn't just incredibly powerful in battle; it's also a master at escaping or traveling.
However, this special kunai engraved with the Flying Thunder God Technique formula is undoubtedly very expensive. If it weren't for the windfall he made from Kado, Kitahara Kaede wouldn't have been able to supply the continuous consumption of Flying Thunder God kunai.
After confirming that everything was in order and taking care of the other ninja tools, Kitahara Kaede put away the Thunder God Sword.
Only then did he open the diary.
I got excited for nothing, thinking it was a mission related to the Lost Tower. But upon closer inspection, it turned out to be just a mission to check if the seal left by the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was still intact.
Of course, it is still sturdy, because it is not yet time for it to be opened. The Lost Tower mission will not truly begin until three years later when the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, sends Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura, Sai, and Yamato to hunt down the rogue ninja, Hyakutsu, from Sunagakure. Naruto Uzumaki will follow Hyakutsu back to twenty years ago and meet the young Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
Sigh, I'd been looking forward to this scene for so long, but it was just a fleeting encounter. By the time Naruto, that blockhead, realized that the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was his father and wanted to say a few more words, there wasn't enough time.
The diary was updated. Outside a bathhouse in Konoha, Jiraiya sensed the update and reluctantly put down his binoculars to open the diary.
The content inside initially confused him, but then he perked up.
Kitahara Kaede's new mission is actually related to the mission his disciple, Namikaze Minato, had back then.
He was unaware of this mission, but what truly excited him was that Kitahara Kaede mentioned that three years later, the Fifth Hokage would be Tsunade.
"I knew it! No one is more suitable to be the next Hokage than her," Jiraiya grinned. "Old man, you should retire as soon as possible and hand over your position."
However, he then saw that Naruto Uzumaki had actually returned to twenty years ago and met his father.
But how come he doesn't remember his disciple ever talking to him about this?
Logically speaking, he couldn't possibly not mention something so important.
Jiraiya quickly thought about what he would do if he were in the same position as the Fourth Hokage at that time.
Thinking about this, he suddenly understood that if he didn't want the present to affect the future, there was only one way: to seal his memories and make himself unaware of the future so as not to affect it.
Therefore, the fourth generation has never revealed this matter to his master.
However, Minato from twenty years ago—no, from the current point in time, it should be Minato from sixteen or seventeen years ago.
At that time, Minato had just made great contributions on the battlefield and was promoted to a commander of Konoha, which was on par with the three legendary Sannin of Konoha. Not long after, he became Hokage.
They were truly at the height of their glory back then, but no one could have imagined that it would end like this. On that night, their brilliant and perfect ninja disciple died at the hands of the Nine-Tails.
In the end, only this orphan was left behind.
The thought that they could one day pass through that seal and travel back to twenty years ago, and meet again, filled Jiraiya with a sense of relief.
Because he knew that, under normal circumstances, Naruto Uzumaki might never see his father again in his entire life.
Meeting in this way now is something to be thankful for.
However, a moment later he felt uncomfortable again, thinking of Minato Namikaze back then. He felt guilty, because he really hadn't cared about Naruto Uzumaki at all since the Fourth Hokage and his wife passed away.
If he were to have the chance to meet the Fourth Generation couple, he would probably be filled with shame.
Naruto must have been very disappointed at the time, as he couldn't say more than a few words.
"What?! The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, is actually the father of that loser?"
Having just finished his training and washing up, Sasuke Uchiha, with his hair still wet, was reading his diary when he saw the contents. His eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
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