[Naruto Uzumaki: I still want the Senju Lineage, all your experience, and your Space-Time Ninjutsu techniques. Also, your knowledge for creating new techniques would come in handy.]
[Tobirama Senju: You're asking for too much! Besides, you have no leverage over me.]
Naruto smiled confidently.
[Naruto Uzumaki: Are you sure...?]
In the Pure World, Tobirama felt a chill run down his spine.
Could it be that Naruto knew something about him that no one else did?
No! Impossible! Tobirama was absolutely sure he had hidden his secrets perfectly.
[Naruto Uzumaki: Hashirama, do you want to know how Tobirama died?]
[Hashirama Senju: Oh! Tell me! I want to know! Tobirama's been dodging the topic lately!]
[Tobirama Senju: I already told you, brother! I was ambushed by the Kinkaku Force from the Hidden Cloud Village! There were twenty elite ninjas! I sacrificed myself to distract them so my team could escape!]
[Hashirama Senju: That's it...? Twenty men were enough to take you down? I don't buy it!]
[Tobirama Senju: Shut up, you idiot!]
[Naruto Uzumaki: Actually... only two of those twenty did all the work. The rest just wore him down.]
[Tobirama Senju: NO! Don't talk about them! I still feel embarrassed remembering those two idiots beat me!]
[Hashirama Senju: Now I NEED to know! Speak, Naruto!]
[Naruto Uzumaki: They were called the Gold and Silver Brothers...]
[Tobirama Senju: FINE! I'll pay! Just please don't keep telling the story!]
[Naruto Uzumaki: You really shouldn't have made such a fuss if you were going to pay in the end anyway...]
[Tobirama Senju has transmitted the Senju Lineage, along with all his experience, Space-Time Ninjutsu techniques, and knowledge of creating new jutsu to the group leader!]
[Naruto Uzumaki: But hey, since we're already here, let me tell you the full story anyway...]
[Tobirama Senju: Aaaaaghhh…!]
Tobirama screamed as he realized Naruto wouldn't stop.
**[Naruto Uzumaki: Tobirama was killed by the Gold and Silver Brothers. Sounds like a couple of impressive guys, right? Well, let me tell you — these two were absolute morons. The kind of people you see on the street and instantly feel like slapping just for existing.
They once fought the Kyūbi, which sounds like an incredible feat... until you find out their plan was to just charge at it head-on without any strategy. As expected, the Kyūbi looked at them with contempt and swallowed them in one bite. End of story.
Or at least, that's how it should've ended. But turns out these geniuses survived... How? By eating the Kyūbi's flesh from the inside! Yeah, you heard me right. Instead of doing something remotely smart, their first instinct was, "Well, since we're in here, might as well eat some Bijū meat." And the worst part? It actually worked.
By consuming the Kyūbi's flesh, they gained massive chakra reserves and abilities similar to a Jinchūriki. That allowed them to wield the Five Treasured Tools of the Sage of Six Paths, which were in Kumogakure's possession. So yeah, they basically became powerful through pure stupidity and dumb luck.
And those were the idiots who killed Tobirama.]**
[Hashirama Senju: Tobirama...]
[Tobirama Senju: DON'T SAY ANYTHING, BROTHER!]
[Hashirama Senju: ARE YOU SERIOUSLY TELLING ME YOU WERE KILLED BY TWO DUMBASSES WHO GOT STRONG BECAUSE THEY ATE KYŪBI MEAT?!]
[Tobirama Senju: Leave me alone...]
[Hashirama Senju: No, no, no… this is too much. Tobirama, I've lost all respect for you!]
[Tobirama Senju: BROTHER! YOU CAN'T SAY THAT!]
[Madara Uchiha: Pff... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!]
[Naruto Uzumaki: Madara, you can't laugh that hard — you've had your moments too...]
[Madara Uchiha: BUT AT LEAST I DIDN'T DIE TO TWO MORONS WHO GOT STRONG BY GETTING EATEN! THIS IS HILARIOUS!]
[Tobirama Senju: I'm going offline from the group chat for a while...]
[Hashirama Senju: Pff, don't worry, brother. Even if you died the dumbest way possible, you'll always be my dear little brother.]
[Tobirama Senju: That doesn't help...]
Naruto snorted with amusement as Tobirama logged off from the group chat.
[Naruto Uzumaki: Anyone else interested in being extorted?]
No one answered, as expected.
[Naruto Uzumaki: No one? Really? If no one volunteers, I'll pick someone myself.]
[Madara Uchiha: Everyone, quick! Let's vote for someone!]
[Mito Uzumaki: I vote for Madara.]
[Hashirama Senju: This is fun! I vote for Madara too!]
[Madara Uchiha: You traitor, Hashirama!]
[Hashirama Senju: HAHAHA! Don't take it personally, Madara! If I don't vote with her, Mito will get mad at me!]
[Madara Uchiha: She's probably already mad at you... after all, you and I...! UGH.]
In the Pure World, Madara bit his tongue and decided not to finish that sentence.
[Mito Uzumaki: Madara, don't speak! I don't want to remember that!]
Naruto sighed as the love triangle between those three flared up again.
[Naruto Uzumaki: Just kidding. I'm satisfied for today. Logging off for now.]
He wasn't going to endure another fight between Hashirama and his harem.
Logging off the group chat, Naruto stepped into his backyard for some fresh air.
"Let the third summoning of the day begin!"
"Summoning Legendary! ♪ Imaginary, Incendiary, Flip flap, Squiggle boom, Slim slam, Legendary! ♪"
It was time to bring someone back.
[Group leader Naruto Uzumaki has decided to revive Minato Namikaze.]
[Minato Namikaze has been automatically removed from the group chat.]
"Come forth, my friend. ♪ Calling Minato Namikaze! Yo-kai Medal, do your thing! ♪"
Before Naruto, a tall figure slightly taller than him began to materialize.
It was Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village... and his father.
Seeing him in person, Naruto realized just how much they looked alike. Although he had some of Kushina's features, most of his traits were from Minato.
He wore a white cloak with red flames at the edges, and down his back, in bold vertical lettering, read Fourth Hokage. His forehead protector was in place, and he wore his standard flak jacket.
Minato slowly stepped forward and, without saying a word, hugged his son.
"You're almost as tall as me," he commented with a faint smile.
He hated that he had missed Naruto's whole life. Seeing how much he had grown without being there was a hard blow to bear.
"Just wait, I'll be taller than you soon," Naruto replied with a defiant grin.
Minato smiled faintly at his reply. Then, with a barely audible sigh, he stepped back to get a better look.
"I never imagined I'd have the chance to be here, standing before you. It's… strange."
Minato fell silent for a moment, as if searching for the right words. Finally, with a soft, melancholic smile, he spoke:
"I wish I'd been there for you, Naruto. To see your life, to teach you…" His voice cracked a bit, but he quickly composed himself. "Though, if I'm honest, what I want most now is for us to start over. To be a family."
Naruto looked away, uncomfortable.
"We can try," he muttered.
Minato nodded slowly, appreciating his son's honesty. The distance between them, though still there, began to shrink.
"Then…" Minato stepped back, now more relaxed. "How about we start with something simple? Tell me something about yourself. Something a father should know."
"Aren't you wondering why I revived you earlier than planned?" Naruto asked, crossing his arms.
Only then did Minato realize it.
"Oh... hehe, I forgot." He scratched his neck, laughing nervously.
The excitement of seeing his son in person had made him forget that little detail.
In theory, Naruto had told them he wouldn't revive him or Kushina until after the Chūnin Exams, once the Third Hokage had died.
Thinking of Hiruzen Sarutobi, Minato clenched his fists tightly.
He and Kushina had entrusted their son to him, and Hiruzen had done the bare minimum to care for him.
He even allowed the village to treat him like a monster without lifting a finger.
Minato felt a surge of fury. He wanted to find Hiruzen and kill him with his own hands — but remembered that the old man would die soon anyway, so he let the idea go.
"You're not planning to save him, are you?" he asked, uneasy.
If Naruto had changed his mind about the Third Hokage's fate, he wasn't sure he could accept it.
Naruto snorted with amusement.
"Are you insane? I'd rather eat shit than let that decrepit geezer live."
"Watch your language, Naruto. That mouth..."
Naruto rolled his eyes and ignored him.
Was Minato really scolding him? Naruto couldn't believe it...
"Let me explain why I decided to bring you back early..." he said seriously.
Minato frowned, listening closely.
Meanwhile, in the group chat, Kushina was raising hell upon realizing Naruto had revived her husband.
She wanted to know why she hadn't been revived too!
[Kushina Uzumaki: Don't forget about me! I want to be part of our first family reunion too!]
As Minato vanished in a yellow flash, moving stealthily across the Hidden Leaf Village, Naruto explained the situation to his mother.
At that very moment, the Yellow Flash of the Leaf had returned to life… and he had a mission to fulfill.