Time flew by, and two years passed since Danzō’s coup.
At this moment, dust swirled on the training ground of the Ninja Academy.
With another perfect over-the-shoulder throw, Naruto landed steadily on one hand, propping himself up, and grinned.
“How about that, Iruka-sensei! I won this time, right?”
The Chūnin opposite him clutched his numb arm and shook his head with a wry smile.
“You kid… your practical combat scores are so good, why do you always fail the written exams?”
Naruto scratched the back of his head, his smile a little stiff.
“Ahaha… those theory classes are just too boring!”
All of Naruto’s words were seen by Madara.
Madara sat cross-legged on the chakra water surface, propping his chin with one hand, covering his face, not wanting to look at the situation outside.
Especially the Nine-Tails beneath him was still laughing wildly.
“Hahaha, after teaching for so many years, you’ve only produced a illiterate who only knows how to fight? Your title of legendary ninja is about to change!”
Madara’s eyes instantly turned cold.
“Mangy fox, do you think I have too much free time lately?”
The Nine-Tails immediately shut up.
After all, even if it wasn’t sealed, it couldn’t defeat Uchiha Madara, let alone now.
If a fight broke out, it would only be beaten into submission.
Seeing the Nine-Tails being so sensible, Madara didn’t pursue the matter further.
Sensing that Madara had withdrawn his killing intent, the Nine-Tails spoke.
“But honestly, your teaching methods are no longer suitable for children nowadays.”
Madara was also helpless about this.
“I know… but I’ve tried all the gentle methods I could.”
If he were to teach others how to fight or kill, he could draw analogies from various angles to explain.
But when it came to teaching…
Madara could only hold his forehead.
The Nine-Tails flicked its tail and said, “That person named Iruka is quite good. If it weren’t for him these past few years, Naruto would truly be illiterate.”
“Indeed…”
Before he could finish speaking, Madara’s pupils contracted sharply.
His gaze swept sharply towards the depths of the seal space, where there should have been only endless darkness and flowing chakra.
But just now, he had sensed an unusual chakra fluctuation.
“Nine-Tails, someone… besides us two, is there someone else here?”
The Nine-Tails narrowed its eyes and looked around suspiciously.
“Are you getting senile? Besides you and me, who else could be here?”
Madara ignored its taunts, his brow furrowed.
“No… that’s not right.”
His dark pupils instantly switched, his scarlet Sharingan spinning wildly.
His gaze pierced through the mist of chakra, locking onto a certain corner of the seal. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
Madara said coldly, “Someone is spying on this place.”
The Nine-Tails was startled.
“What? Is it from outside? Ever since Danzō died, that old geezer Third Hokage has already canceled the ANBU deployment.”
“Not from outside, but from inside, right here within this seal.” As he spoke, Madara pointed to the space beneath their feet.
The Eight Trigrams Seal, the space they were currently in.
Deep within the seal space, a faint golden light flickered and then quickly disappeared.
Madara’s Susanoo instantly grew taller, and a giant blue chakra hand reached out towards that direction!
“Get out!”
“Boom—!”
The violent chakra impact hit the seal wall, causing the entire space to shake violently.
Naruto’s body in the outside world trembled violently, almost falling.
“Naruto? What’s wrong?” Iruka quickly supported him.
“N-nothing!”
Naruto forced a smile, but felt a sense of unease in his heart.
“Dad… are you arguing with Uncle Nine-Tails again?”
They had argued before, but never as intensely as today.
At the same time, in the seal space, Madara’s Susanoo missed its target.
But the abnormal chakra had not disappeared; instead, it seemed to be provoked and was slowly condensing.
“As expected…” Madara sneered.
“A guy who hides his head and tail.”
The Nine-Tails’ pupils constricted sharply, its vertical pupils narrowing.
“This chakra… how is it possible?!”
In the next second, a brilliant golden light erupted!
A slender figure stepped out from the depths of the seal.
Golden hair shone brilliantly under the chakra’s reflection, and his clear blue eyes were calm and determined.
“Who are you? Why are you here?”
The person’s voice was gentle and low, but filled with killing intent.
Madara’s killing intent also surged.
“That’s my question! Who are you?”
However, before the two could fight, the Nine-Tails’ pupils contracted violently, and it let out an incredulous growl.
“Fourth Hokage…?!”
Hearing the Nine-Tails’ words, Madara realized that the golden-haired man before him was none other than the Fourth Hokage on the Hokage Rock.
The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
A flicker of surprise flashed in Madara’s eyes, but it was quickly replaced by cold killing intent.
Madara sneered.
“So that’s how it is… Fourth Hokage, you actually left a contingency plan within the seal?”
Minato did not deny it, merely looking at him calmly.
“I cannot let you damage the seal, nor can I let you harm Naruto.”
Madara scoffed.
Minato’s gaze was firm.
“Even with just a sliver of chakra, I will stop you.”
The atmosphere within the seal space became tense.
The Nine-Tails stared intently at Minato, its voice hoarse.
“Fourth Hokage… you knew Madara would appear here long ago?”
Minato shook his head.
“No, the chakra I left behind was only to guard against the Nine-Tails’ rampage, but I didn’t expect…”
He looked at Madara, his expression complex.
“Uchiha Madara’s soul would possess Naruto.”
Madara sneered.
“So what? What do you want to do now? Reinforce the seal and kick me out?”
Minato was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke.
“Madara, I don’t know why you’re inside Naruto, but if you dare to harm him…”
“What will you do?” Madara interrupted mockingly.
“A dead man, can he still stop me?”
Minato’s gaze suddenly sharpened.
“You can try.”
Although Madara was the strongest ninja of the Warring States period, Minato, in order to protect Naruto, would try regardless of whether he could win.
Seeing that the two were about to fight, the Nine-Tails quickly slapped between them with a paw.
“If you two are going to fight, don’t do it in my house!”
With the Nine-Tails’ shout, both of them remembered that fighting here would affect Naruto.
The seal space temporarily returned to peace.
After calming down, Madara asked the question again.
“Who exactly are you? Why are you here?”
Unexpectedly, the Nine-Tails suddenly started laughing.
“Haha, this is really interesting. Naruto’s adoptive father almost fought with his biological father.”
The Nine-Tails’ words made both of them stunned.
Biological father?
Hokage?
Jinchūriki?
How did these words connect?
What happened during my slumber?
Uchiha Madara, this legendary ninja, how did he become Naruto’s adoptive father?
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