After saying that, Rengoku changed the topic, "Now let's talk about Rin wanting to take the initiative to crash into Kakashi's Chidori."
When Rengoku got to this point, he finally couldn't hold back his urge to complain, "I'm telling you, Minato, I really don't know how you taught your students."
"As the disciple of the strongest sealing master in the ninja world, she actually believed that just a single Three-Tails could bring destructive disaster to Konoha?"
"This is simply the biggest joke under heaven! If Rin had successfully brought the Three-Tails back to Konoha back then. Wouldn't Konoha have gained a powerful Three-Tails jinchuriki for free?"
Hearing Rengoku's merciless criticism, Minato's expression instantly turned extremely ugly, looking very awkward.
He explained somewhat helplessly, "Sigh! I'm truly sorry. Rin really didn't have any particularly outstanding talent in this area."
"So I didn't go out of my way to teach her too much about these things."
"And Kushina's true identity has always been top secret in Konoha. Rin knew nothing about it at all."
In response to Minato's explanation, Rengoku just shrugged indifferently, wearing an attitude of having nothing to do with him anyway, since the one who died wasn't him.
Then he waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright. Talking too much about the past is pointless. Let's hurry up and continue watching the series of events that happened afterward."
Rengoku then showed Minato and Kakashi how Obito controlled Yagura Karatachi and stirred up a storm of blood and slaughter over in the Hidden Mist.
Large numbers of bloodline-limit clans were subjected to inhuman massacres.
After that, the scene shifted and returned to Konoha Village. At the time, it was precisely because Kakashi accidentally exposed the exact timing of Kushina's upcoming childbirth.
That Obito found his opening, took the opportunity to invade Konoha, and triggered the Nine-Tails incident, ultimately leading to the deaths of Minato and his wife.
Seeing this scene before his eyes, Minato was also extremely shocked. Especially when he saw the final conversation between himself and Kushina, he muttered to himself:
"So… this is how I died…"
He knew very well that, based on his usual way of thinking, he really would have made that kind of decision.
Kakashi, standing to the side, wore a complicated expression. He hadn't expected Obito to have become this kind of person.
Compared to the Obito who once gave his life to save him and Rin, it was like two completely different people.
After calming his emotions a little, Minato turned to look at Rengoku and said in a slightly pleading tone, "Lord Rengoku, please let me see the days Naruto went through as a child as well."
There was deep guilt and worry in Minato's eyes. As a father, he urgently wanted to know every detail of his son's growth.
Rengoku smiled faintly and nodded, agreeing, "Looks like you're still a very responsible father. I'll satisfy your request."
As he spoke, he once again used his ability and revealed another scene.
In the image, Naruto had lost his parents' love from a very young age and became a lonely orphan with no one to rely on.
He was often without enough food to eat and clothes to wear, living an extremely harsh life.
Moreover, because the Nine-Tails demon fox was sealed inside his body, Naruto was constantly discriminated against and bullied in the village.
Every day he was beaten and cursed at by other children, and even some adults treated him with cold, hostile looks.
Yet, in the face of all this unfair treatment, the young Naruto never gave up and continued to live on stubbornly.
What was even more heartbreaking was that every time Naruto was bullied.
The ANBU members responsible for secretly protecting him would always stand far away and just watch.
Only after Naruto was covered in injuries would they slowly step forward and report the situation to the Third Hokage.
Letting the Third appear in front of Naruto at moments like this to play the good guy.
Although the Third Hokage only symbolically gave Naruto one or two thousand in living expenses each time, then pretended to comfort him with a few words.
The simple and kind Naruto felt grateful to the Third Hokage, believing that it was already an enormous kindness.
Cold light flickered in Minato's deep eyes, and it was clear that tremendous changes were taking place in his heart.
Kakashi, on the other hand, was completely stunned and muttered in disbelief, "The Third Hokage was actually this kind of person? I always regarded him as a respected elder and a great Hokage…"
Standing to the side, Rengoku curled his lips slightly, revealing a faintly mocking smile, "Heh! Kakashi, you're only realizing this now? Looks like your intelligence is just so-so."
"Have you ever thought about how your father, the one praised as the White Fang of Konoha, really died?"
Hearing this, Kakashi's body shook violently, and confusion and pain surfaced on his face, "W… what do you mean? Could there be some hidden truth behind this?"
Rengoku threw his head back and burst into loud laughter, the sound echoing in the air and sounding especially harsh, "Hahaha! With the White Fang's level of strength, so what if the mission really failed?"
"Think carefully. Why did rumors spread throughout the village, and why did the omnipresent ANBU turn a blind eye and do nothing to stop it?"
Bang!
Rengoku's words were like a thunderbolt from the heavens, striking straight into the depths of Kakashi's mind and completely splitting apart his once-muddled thoughts.
That's right. Even if his father encountered setbacks or even failure during a mission, by common sense, it should never have led to such vicious public opinion.
You had to know that at that time, the entire Konoha Village was under extremely high-pressure rule.
For any behavior that dared to spread false information or stir up chaos.
There was no need for complicated interrogation procedures. Once verified, those who spread rumors would be executed without mercy.
If killing one wasn't enough to deter others, then kill ten. If killing ten still wasn't enough, then kill a hundred.
After all, the lives of hundreds or even thousands of ordinary civilians put together were far less important than the contributions the White Fang had made to the village and the value he himself possessed.
Thinking this far, a layer of fine sweat seeped out on Kakashi's forehead, and he already understood.
All of this was probably done with the secret approval of the Third Hokage, the one who controlled the ANBU.
"Damn the Third Hokage!"
Kakashi ground his teeth together, the muscles on his face twitching slightly with rage.
All of a sudden, he realized a truth that made his heart ache to the extreme.
For all these years, he had actually been working for the enemy who killed his father.
Looking at Kakashi's grief-stricken, furious expression, Rengoku beside him burst out laughing without restraint.
The laughter echoed in the air, sounding especially harsh.
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