At this moment—
Minato and Kushina stared at the rapidly spinning Rasenshuriken in Naruto's hand.
They could feel it clearly.
The overwhelming, destructive power radiating from that jutsu.
Minato, especially, sensed the terrifying energy compressed within the Rasenshuriken.
A jutsu of this level—he could scarcely believe it.
Off to the side, Kurama observed silently.
The strength Naruto now displayed…
It wasn't even his full power.
This was just Sage Mode paired with a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
The true extent of Naruto's power…
Was far beyond this.
Kurama couldn't help but feel a surge of pride.
After all, in his view—
He was the one who had walked alongside Naruto, who had watched him grow stronger step by step.
But neither Minato nor Kushina could have imagined...
That Naruto's strength had already reached the Kage-level, perhaps even beyond.
He had stepped into the realm of monsters—the movie-level, as some might say.
Both Kushina and Minato knew:
If they were struck by the Rasenshuriken in Naruto's hand...
They might not survive.
"...Naruto, what is that jutsu?" Minato asked, his voice tinged with both awe and curiosity.
Kushina watched intently too, clearly intrigued by the technique their son had displayed.
Naruto looked at them, confidence in his eyes.
Then he spoke:
"This is an S-rank ninjutsu I created. I took the Rasengan—based on its rotational principles—and infused it with the ultimate Wind Release transformation.
I call it the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
And now, with the addition of Senjutsu chakra, it's evolved into the Sage Art: Wind Release - Rasenshuriken."
Minato listened to Naruto's explanation and couldn't help but feel stunned.
This...
This was the technique he once envisioned.
The Rasengan had always been incomplete—
A foundation, inspired by the Tailed Beast Ball.
He had hoped to one day add nature transformation to it…
To take it further than anyone else ever could.
But he never got the chance.
The Nine-Tails' attack had cut his time short.
And now, years later…
His own son had completed that legacy.
Minato's heart swelled with pride.
Beside him, Kushina's eyes began to tear up.
She looked at the confident, powerful boy in front of her and could no longer hold back the emotions.
She cried—not from sorrow, but from pride.
Forget whether Naruto could defeat the Third Hokage.
Forget even how powerful he truly was.
Just seeing him stand there—
Mastering Sage Mode, wielding the Rasenshuriken—
That was enough.
To her, Naruto had already surpassed everything she'd hoped for.
With strength like this…
And with the Nine-Tails—Kurama—on his side…
Who in the shinobi world could dare to bully her son?
But then—
Minato's expression shifted.
A thought struck him.
"Naruto… did you learn the Rasengan from Kakashi-sensei?" he asked.
Naruto shook his head.
"No, Dad," he replied.
Then, his expression grew serious.
"Mom… Dad… do you believe it's possible for someone to see the future?"
The question was sudden.
Minato's expression remained calm—
As if he had already guessed this was coming.
Kushina, however, froze for a moment—then her eyes widened.
"Wait!"
"You're not talking about yourself, are you?" she exclaimed.
Her question echoed what Minato was already thinking.
He had noticed things.
The way Naruto immediately recognized him.
The way he seemed to know things about the Third Hokage—things he should never have known.
Everything began to fall into place.
Naruto nodded without hesitation.
Yes.
He could see the future.
Or rather—
He had read it.
From a certain perspective…
He truly had seen the future.
"Because I saw what was coming, I knew who you were—Mom and Dad."
"The Third Hokage… he never told me anything. I only learned the truth because of the future I've seen."
"Everything I know, all of it, comes from there."
Kushina and Minato stood in silence.
Neither spoke.
But neither doubted him either.
Because in their hearts—
They knew Naruto wasn't lying.
When Naruto was just a child, he had seen the future.
And after learning the full truth…
He had endured a darkness far deeper than anyone could imagine.
Looking at the silent Minato and Kushina, Naruto continued:
"The Third Hokage and the other Konoha elders were obsessed with preserving their power and influence.
They committed countless dirty and disgraceful acts."
"It all began with the suicide of the 'White Fang of Konoha.'"
"Sakumo Hatake—one of the greatest heroes of the previous war.
He was so renowned that his fame, strength, and prestige eclipsed even the Sannin."
"But after the war ended, that fame became a threat to the Third Hokage."
"To secure his own position as the supreme authority in Konoha…
Hiruzen Sarutobi allowed Shimura Danzo, the leader of Root, to smear and suppress White Fang."
"In the end, Sakumo Hatake was driven to take his own life."
"Just like that...
A top-tier, Kage-level shinobi of the village was eliminated in an internal power struggle."
As Naruto spoke, Kushina and Minato's expressions darkened.
But Naruto wasn't finished.
"With the loss of a Kage-level shinobi like White Fang, Konoha's power declined."
"And once the other villages recovered from the last war…"
"The Third Great Ninja War began."
"Konoha was caught off guard as the other villages launched their offensives."
"Dad, you were there. You know it better than anyone."
Minato gave a slow nod.
As a veteran of that war, no one understood better than he did.
Naruto continued:
"After the war, Konoha was devastated.
The Third Hokage stepped down—he had to."
"That's when you, Dad, became the Fourth Hokage."
"But then came the Nine-Tails attack."
"You and Mom gave your lives to stop it."
"And in the aftermath…
The Third Hokage took back the title and ruled Konoha once more."
"As time passed, though…
He grew indecisive. Weak."
"You may not know this, but after the Nine-Tails attack, there was a local conflict with Kumogakure."
"They came to Konoha to negotiate peace."
"But their real goal was the Byakugan of the Hyuga Clan."
"They attempted to kidnap Hyuga Hinata—the heiress of the clan."
"The kidnapper was killed, and Hinata was rescued."
"But to maintain the peace talks…"
"Kumogakure demanded an apology."
"And Hiruzen agreed—by offering the life of the Hyuga Clan's branch family head."
The moment those words left his mouth—
Kushina's expression turned thunderous.
"What the hell is that old man thinking?! The Cloud Village attacks you, and you bow your head?!" she yelled.
Her temper flared immediately.
Even she could see how disgraceful that was.
Asking the head of a major clan to die… just to appease the enemy?
It wasn't diplomacy—it was submission.
How would the rest of the village view this?
What would the other clans think of a Hokage who sacrificed his own people so easily?
Minato's brows furrowed deeply.
Even though he understood Hiruzen's desire to avoid another war,
this method—forcing a loyal shinobi to die—was unacceptable.
"Those who fight for Konoha…"
"They bleed and sacrifice everything for the village," Minato murmured.
"And in the end, their lives are offered up to placate the enemy?"
Once, Konoha had been the strongest of all the hidden villages.
Now?
They were offering the heads of their own people in the name of peace.
Minato couldn't help but grow disillusioned with the decisions of the Third Hokage.
Naruto saw the storm gathering in his father's eyes—but he wasn't finished.
"After the Hyuga incident…"
"It was the Uchiha Clan's turn."
Hearing this,
Kushina grew anxious.
"What happened to the Uchiha clan?"
If even the Hyuga had been treated that way, then what about the Uchiha?
She hadn't forgotten her friend—Uchiha Mikoto.
Coincidentally, Mikoto was the mother of Uchiha Sasuke.
Minato also tensed, his expression sharpening.
Naruto continued calmly,
"The Uchiha clan was annihilated."
Those few words carried a weight that stunned both Kushina and Minato.
It wasn't like they didn't understand the Uchiha's strength.
A clan born with the Sharingan—one of the most feared dōjutsu in the world.
In Konoha, they were known for their power, their talent, and their pride.
Their contributions during each of the Great Ninja Wars were immeasurable.
And yet...
This clan—this mighty clan—was exterminated?
It wasn't something that could be done lightly.
An entire bloodline, wiped out.
Impossible… unless it came from within.
"Could it have been an attack?" Minato wondered aloud.
But what outside force could destroy the Uchiha within Konoha, right under the Hokage's watch?
No.
The more they thought about it, the clearer it became.
The truth had to be darker.
And it was.
Naruto looked them both in the eye and said solemnly,
"Mom, Dad... The Uchiha clan was destroyed on the orders of the Third Hokage and the Konoha Council."
A heavy silence followed.
Kushina and Minato were struck speechless.
Shock, disbelief, and sorrow warred on their faces.
But Naruto wasn't done.
"This didn't happen overnight. The seeds were planted long ago—back during the Second Hokage's reign."
He took a breath and continued:
"Konoha's upper leadership never trusted the Uchiha. The clan was one of the founding pillars of the village, and yet they were treated with suspicion, kept at a distance."
"There was even talk that an Uchiha might one day become Hokage."
"But look at the history—First Hokage, Second, Third, even the Fourth… not a single one was an Uchiha."
"What made things worse…"
Naruto's eyes darkened.
"After the Nine-Tails attack, the Uchiha clan was accused of using the Sharingan to control the beast. The villagers looked at them with fear, distrust. Instead of investigating the truth…"
He clenched his fists.
"…the Uchiha were forced into a corner. Relocated to the outskirts of the village, monitored day and night. Isolated. Marginalized."
"And finally—when the distrust peaked…"
He looked straight at Minato.
"The Third Hokage and the Council authorized a plan. A plan to 'prevent' a so-called uprising."
Minato's face went pale.
Kushina stared at Naruto, horrified.
"No…" she whispered. "They didn't..."
Naruto nodded slowly.
"Itachi Uchiha… was ordered to carry it out. Forced to choose between his clan and the village."
"And so, the Uchiha clan—once proud protectors of Konoha—was wiped out by one of their own."
"The Uchiha clan's land was originally located in the heart of Konoha," Naruto said. "But after the Nine-Tails incident, they were forcibly relocated to the outskirts by order of the Third Hokage—isolated from the rest of the village, as if they no longer belonged."
"That decision bred deep resentment among many members of the Uchiha clan toward the Third Hokage and the rest of Konoha's leadership."
"With tensions and distrust escalating…"
Naruto's voice turned cold.
"…the Uchiha clan resolved to stage a coup. They intended to overthrow the village leadership and reclaim the power they believed was rightfully theirs."
Minato and Kushina's expressions turned grim as he continued.
"But the planned coup didn't stay secret for long. The high-ranking officials of Konoha—under the Third Hokage—found out."
"In the end, they decided to eliminate the threat completely."
"They ordered the Uchiha clan's extermination."
"And so, the Uchiha clan… was wiped out."
Naruto's eyes softened for a moment.
"There was only one survivor."
"Uchiha Sasuke. He's my teammate."
As Naruto calmly laid out the truth, the weight of it crushed Kushina and Minato.
To think the Uchiha had been eradicated—not by outside enemies, but by the very village they helped build…
Kushina trembled with disbelief.
Minato's hands clenched at his sides.
Certainly, Minato—once the Fourth Hokage—could understand that planning a coup was a crime against the village.
Such a move would require swift action. Legal consequences.
But this?
To annihilate the entire clan?
Women. Children. Innocents.
That wasn't justice. That was annihilation.
The ruthlessness of the decision shook Minato to his core.
Kushina's thoughts turned to her old friend—Uchiha Mikoto.
She remembered Mikoto's quiet strength, her gentle demeanor.
And her son…
"Sasuke," Kushina whispered, the name falling from her lips like a ghost. "That's the name Mikoto said… her son's name…"
Her chest tightened.
Could it be… Mikoto's boy is the only one left?
A strange feeling welled up inside her, a mix of grief and déjà vu.
As if, through Naruto's words, she was seeing it all again—just as it happened.
Naruto, still composed, continued:
"From the death of Konoha's White Fang, to the attempted kidnapping of the Hyuga Princess, to the Uchiha massacre…"
He paused, then posed the next question.
"Have either of you ever wondered what happened to the Senju clan—Konoha's other founding family?"
Minato and Kushina froze.
"Other than Tsunade, the legendary Sannin… have you ever heard of another ninja from the Senju?"
Naruto's words echoed in the quiet space.
Now that he mentioned it…
Minato and Kushina exchanged a look.
Besides the First and Second Hokage—Hashirama and Tobirama—and Lady Tsunade…
They couldn't think of anyone else from the Senju clan.
It was as if the entire clan had vanished.
Naruto nodded solemnly.
"Exactly. Thanks to the efforts of the Third Hokage and his allies, the Senju clan—once one of the most powerful in the world—was quietly erased from Konoha."
"Without the Senju, there was no longer anyone with the strength, fame, or legacy to stand against the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Mitokado families."
Minato and Kushina were stunned.
Could it really be?
Was all of this—
The death of the Uchiha, the disappearance of the Senju, the fate of the Hyuga—all part of a pattern?
Not isolated incidents…
But part of something orchestrated?
It was as if they could now see it:
A shadowy hand, hidden in the dark, manipulating everything in the village from behind the scenes.
Minato's mind reeled.
He thought back to his own time as Hokage.
He remembered now—something that had always bothered him.
Despite holding the title of Hokage, every official document…
Had to be approved by the Third Hokage—Sarutobi Hiruzen—before it even reached his desk.
Now, it all made sense.
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