"I guess so..."
Uchiha Sasuke wasn't bothered by these so-called secrets, as his eyes slightly darkened: "Your mom is Aunt Kushina, and she was good friends with my mom. I remember hearing about it when I was little, that Aunt Kushina had striking red hair..."
"Eh?"
Naruto Uzumaki's eyes widened in surprise and delight.
This was the first time he had heard something about his mom!
Ever since he could remember, no one had ever mentioned her in front of him!
"My mom's name is Kushina?"
Naruto Uzumaki couldn't contain his curiosity, immediately feeling a closer bond with Uchiha Sasuke and instinctively wanting to ask more about his origins: "Is my mom really friends with Sasuke's mom too? What about my dad?"
"Hmm..."
Uchiha Sasuke's expression suddenly became puzzled.
To be honest...
Uchiha Sasuke had never met Uzumaki Kushina, only seen the spirit of Uzumaki Kushina during the final battle in the real world...
However...
He was quite familiar with Naruto's dad...
"Alright, Sasuke."
Kakashi Hatake lowered his eyes, interrupting their conversation in a deep voice: "Regarding this Chunin exam, I have something important to tell you..."
"Kakashi-sensei, I haven't finished talking to Sasuke yet!"
Naruto Uzumaki's face showed a flash of urgency because this was his first time hearing news about his parents. He had always thought he didn't have any parents!
"Naruto..."
"Your father was an almost perfect ninja."
Kakashi Hatake gazed at the yellow-haired boy before him, unwilling to meet Naruto Uzumaki's intense gaze. He instinctively lowered his hand to remove his Ninja Headband and said quietly: "Everyone in the village admired your father. When you can become a perfect ninja like your father in the future, then you will know who your dad is..."
"..."
Naruto Uzumaki became even more curious.
Standing nearby, Haruno Sakura couldn't help but feel curious too, because in Ninja Academy, they never knew about Naruto Uzumaki's origins, only that he was an orphan in the village, always ostracized by all villagers as a demon fox...
Under a big tree.
Kakashi Hatake stood under the tree looking at Uchiha Sasuke, who had his hands in his pockets, and felt a headache. He didn't realize Uchiha Sasuke knew quite a bit!
Uchiha Sasuke looked at his teacher and carelessly said: "Is Kakashi-sensei asking me here to tell me to keep Naruto's father's identity a secret?"
"..."
This kid knows quite a lot!
Kakashi Hatake touched his Ninja Headband, speaking with some resignation: "Keeping Naruto's origins a secret is an order from the Hokage. It's also to protect him..."
To be honest...
Kakashi Hatake never thought Naruto Uzumaki's orphan background was an issue because Kakashi Hatake himself was an orphan in childhood. Many ninjas in the village also grew up as orphans, experiencing a tragic childhood of losing both parents. Some children even suffered worse than Naruto.
Like the present Uchiha Sasuke, who enjoyed the love of his parents and brother, only to have his gentle brother kill his parents and his whole clan and even tried to kill him...
Like Kakashi Hatake himself, who witnessed his father's suicide as a child, and as a teenager, went through the tragedy of losing a companion he relied on, followed by the death of a teacher and mentor who treated him like a son...
The seventh squad consisted of four people in total.
Only Haruno Sakura still had living parents.
"Forget it..."
"Let's not talk about that..."
"What I want to discuss is the Chunin exam..."
Kakashi Hatake waved his hand, putting his thoughts aside to seriously discuss the proper matter: "The Third Hokage already knows about your situation. The Hokage believes you can shine brightly in this Chunin exam. However, Sasuke, I'm well aware of your strength being way ahead among the Genin. I don't believe anyone can defeat you, but there are participants from other Ninja Villages in this exam, so I hope you can restrain yourself a bit during the exam, and not let this joint Chunin exam hosted by the village become an ugly affair..."
"Don't worry, Kakashi-sensei."
Uchiha Sasuke opened his palm: "Although I know there's not a single person in this group of exam participants who can surpass me, I have met quite a few interesting people, so this exam isn't as simple as you think..."
"This exam..."
"Will be full of interesting things..."
"..."
Kakashi Hatake sighed and spoke with a subtle air: "I just hope there won't be any major incidents during the Chunin exam, making it so that only the seventh squad survives in the end..."
"Kakashi-sensei..."
Uchiha Sasuke displayed a confident smile: "You should know, I'm not a person who revels in killing..."
"However..."
"Just like when we're walking, we don't intentionally step on and kill tiny ants..."
"Yet we wouldn't stop to look back at the fate of those ants accidentally stepped on..."