Because in the footage, Bai Yan had been a back view from beginning to end.
"Is he turning his back on all living beings?
Or… are we unworthy of seeing his face?"
In the Pure Land, Uchiha Madara clenched his fists.
He could unmistakably feel the overwhelming swag from that back view alone.
Yet—
Bai Yan himself wanted to cry:
"So I'm not even allowed to have a front face!?"
"Ding. Multiverse Chat Group successfully bound. Shall it be opened to the entire Ninja World?"
The sudden notification instantly lifted Bai Yan's mood.
"Open it!"
[Uzumaki Naruto has joined the chat group…
Jiraiya has joined the chat group…
Uchiha Madara has joined the chat group…
Uzumaki Kushina has joined the chat group…
Namikaze Minato has joined the chat group…
Senju Hashirama has joined the chat group…
Sarutobi Hiruzen…]
Just as everyone joined the group,
the Gold Ranking Board burst into dazzling golden light once again.
The Resurrection Coin reward descended into the Pure Land—
Obito was exposed.
At the same time, a new ranking appeared—
Five Kage Comprehensive Power Ranking.
Bai Yan continued receiving notification after notification as more people entered the chat.
Very quickly—
the entire Naruto world, both the living realm and the Pure Land—
everyone had joined the chat group.
And as they joined, each person heard a chime inside their mind.
Then—
just like when the scroll and the Gold Ranking first appeared—
everyone instantly understood how the chat group worked.
Naturally—
they also instantly understood how to use its functions.
In an instant, all new members began @ping the people they wanted to confront.
[First Hokage Senju Hashirama @ Senju Tsunade]
[Second Hokage Senju Tobirama @ Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen @ Danzō @ Orochimaru]
[Kakashi @ Uchiha Obito @ Nohara Rin]
[Uchiha Madara @ Uchiha Obito]
[Fourth Kazekage Rasa @ Orochimaru]
[Granny Chiyo @ Fourth Kazekage Rasa @ Sasori @ Gaara]
[Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki @ Deidara]
[...]
Everyone @ed whoever they wanted.
But no one actually spoke yet.
Even though they understood the system,
they still felt awkward speaking for the first time.
As the group owner, Bai Yan sat waiting to watch the drama unfold.
Seeing the silence drag on,
he was considering how to open the topic—
when finally, Uzumaki Kushina could no longer hold back.
[Uzumaki Kushina @ Uzumaki Naruto: Son! Look over here!]
[Naruto: …Who are you?]
[Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato @ Naruto: Idiot son, that's your mother!]
[Naruto: W-wah! Dad? Mom!?]
[Kushina: Ahhh!! I finally get to hear my son call me Mom!]
[Naruto: I've already seen Dad before… I really want to see you too, Mom!]
[Kushina: I want to hug you so much… but I already saw you in the previous footage.]
[Minato: It's okay, Naruto! When your mother appears on the Beauty Ranking, you'll be able to see her on the screen!]
[Naruto: That's great! That's great!! I really have parents… and my dad is the hero of Konoha, the Fourth Hokage!]
[Kushina: Naruto, I'm sorry… you suffered so much growing up. But you've done amazingly. You will become Hokage one day.]
[Naruto: Really!? You think I can too, Mom!? Tsunade also said that!]
[Kushina @ Tsunade: Not bad, Fifth Hokage! You've got good eyes!]
[Tsunade: I'm not Fifth Hokage (yet)… and I definitely didn't say Naruto will become Hokage.]
[Minato @ Tsunade: Lady Tsunade, then do you think Naruto can become Hokage in the future?]
[Tsunade: I haven't even become Hokage myself yet. How should I know?]
[Hinata @ Naruto: Naruto-kun! I'm so glad—you can finally talk to your parents!]
[Kushina @ Hinata: Daughter-in-law! Look here! Mom's here!]
[Minato @ Hinata: Thank you… for protecting Naruto in the future.]
[Hinata: I-I… I…]
[Hiashi: Ahem. I think… this marriage is acceptable.]
[Hanabi @ Naruto: Brother-in-law! Hello!]
[Kushina @ Hinata: Daughter-in-law, what's wrong? Why don't you keep talking?]
[Naruto: Mom! Hinata's face turned red, steam came out of her head, and she fainted!]
[Kushina: Silly boy! Then go hold your wife already!]
[Naruto: M-Mom!! What are you saying!?]
[Jiraiya: Wonderful! With you two around, Naruto will surely be happy in the future!]
[Minato @ Jiraiya: Sensei! Long time no see! Thank you for taking care of Naruto.]
[Kushina @ Jiraiya: Jiraiya-sensei, we'll still be relying on you to guide Naruto!]
[Jiraiya @ Minato @ Kushina: This is all what I should do! But I'm sorry… I failed to protect you two.]
[Kushina @ Hiruzen: You damn monkey! Explain! Why didn't you tell everyone Naruto was our son!?]
[Minato @ Kushina: Honey… show some respect to the Third.]
[Kushina: Respect!? Because he hid Naruto's identity, our son suffered all those years! Why should I be polite!?]
[Kushina @ Hiruzen: Monkey! Monkey! Monkey! I'll call you that—got a problem!?]
[Hiruzen @ Kushina @ Minato: I admit… I mishandled this. But everything I did was to protect Naruto!]
[Kushina: Protect Naruto!? You call that protecting!?]
[Minato: Third, you owe Kushina and me an explanation.]
Everyone except Danzō and some ROOT members
waited for Hiruzen's response.
Hiruzen's face darkened.
He had just been grilled by Hinata during the Beauty Ranking.
Back then, he thought he could bluff through it.
He never expected that even the dead could join this group.
And Minato and Kushina were not people he could fool.
Especially Kushina—
whose "Red-Hot Chili Pepper" temper was legendary.
Now, with the entire Leaf Village—
no, the entire ninja world and Pure Land watching—
there was no escape.
[Second Hokage Tobirama @ Hiruzen: Monkey! They're asking you—answer already!]
[Hiruzen: Teacher! I-I only did it to protect Naruto! Minato was a huge hero. If other villages knew Naruto was—]
Before he could finish—
[Kushina: BULL—SHIT! Monkey, you're spouting crap!!]
[Minato: Exactly. If other villages knew Naruto was my son, they might target him.
But—
if they knew he was the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, wouldn't they still target him!?
From the footage, everyone knew Naruto was a Jinchūriki, but not that he was our son!]
[Kushina: Because they knew he was the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki—but not our child—
that's why they discriminated against him and isolated him!]
[Konoha Villager 1: Fourth Hokage-sama is right! We discriminated against Naruto because the Nine-Tails attacked the village. We only knew he was the Jinchūriki—we didn't know he was your son!]
[Konoha Villager 2: Yes! If we had known earlier he was your child, we would NEVER have treated him like that!]
[Konoha Villager 3: We are ashamed! We wronged you, Fourth Hokage-sama! You sacrificed yourself for us—we treated your son terribly!]
[Konoha Villager 4: Please rest assured, Fourth Hokage-sama! From today on, we will never discriminate against Naruto again! We will make up for our mistakes!]
Almost all Konoha villagers and ordinary shinobi
came forward expressing regret.
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