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"Come and meet me on the roof in two hours. Bring your lunch. I have some information that would interest you. It's about the truth about the massacre." Just as Sasuke was about to leave his desk and go out for some food, a piece of paper hit the back of his head. Opening it and reading it, Sasuke was confused.

"The massacre, what do they know about it?" Sasuke contemplated the message, looking for who threw the paper, only to see no one was looking at him.

"What's wrong Sasuke-kun?" Suddenly, a pink-haired girl approached the boy creepily and asked.

"Nothing. I have to go." Sasuke curtly replied before leaving the room.

"So cool!!!" Sakura had stars in her eyes as she viewed the back of the boy she admired.

'There's definitely something wrong with her head. Is this what Hiroki nii-san was talking about. I think there was a name for this kink or fetish. She must be feeling pleasure at being ignored and/or humiliated.' Naruto thought as he continued his conversation with Shikamaru and Choji.

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Since there were a few hours left till lunch, Naruto decided to pay the old man a visit.

"Hey, Jiji, how are you?" Naruto asked as he knocked on the window.

"Ah, Naruto my boy. Get down from there. Come in, come in." The old man, looking up from his paperwork, invited the young boy inside his office. (sus).

"What brings you here Naruto?" Hiruzen asked.

"Well, I was thinking about it after last night. Is it possible for me to get my inheritance now?" Naruto dropped the bomb.

"Inheritance? From whom?" Hiruzen asked, playing stupid.

"Oh, come on now old man. I know you know what I'm talking about. Don't pretend. I know how my mum is." Naruto yelled in annoyance.

'Oh thank god. He only knows about his mother. That's good. He's still too weak to know about his father.'

"Really, and who is she?" Hiruzen asked the boy.

"Her name was Kushina Uzumaki, wasn't it? I saw her headstone in the cemetery. After checking, she is the only one who could have been my mother, after all, all the other Uzumaki headstones were ancient." Naruto replied.

"Hai. You really are smart Naruto. Able to figure out how your mother is like that. But yes, it is true. Your mother was Kushina Uzumaki. You are the son of the Red Hot Habanero AKA The Red Death.

But since you know this, you should also know what it means to be her child, don't you?" Hiruzen asked.

"I know. She was very powerful. And many nations knew about her. If I publicly announce my identity, it might bring me trouble. But don't worry, no one has to know about it. And also, I'm stronger now. And I can become stronger once I can learn from my mother's inheritance." Naruto explained.

"You really are smart. Too smart even. Very well, but you have to promise me, that you will take care of yourself. Promise?" Hiruzen just sighed and Naruto promised.

"Here, this is the address to her house. It is now yours to use. But it will take a lot of cleaning. Do you want me to send someone to help clean it?" Hiruzen asked as he passed him a note.

"Thanks, Jiji. Wow, I get a whole house for myself. This must be my lucky day." Naruto cheered out loud, putting on a show for Hiruzen who just looked at the boy with guilt and sadness.

'Why did I not know about his condition before. Why did he have to live all alone in that shoddy apartment? This is all my fault. I was careless. I have to make it up to him.'.

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"Wow. This place is huge." Naruto exclaimed as he stood in front of a nice little house in the shinobi district, before trying to enter the compound.

"Huh. This place is sealed." Naruto recognized the restrictions, as he tried to identify how they worked.

"Touch your blood to the seal, it's a blood-based unlocking mechanism. See those codes there, they recognize the DNA, and those codes over there to the left, they recognize the freshness of the blood based on its lactate levels. Too much lactic acid present in the blood means the blood has been trying to anaerobically get energy since it's now outside your body. Also, those bunch of codes there, those are for familial recognition through partial DNA, but only if they are directly connected to the owner and not blacklisted." Hiroki chimed in from the mindscape as he analyzed the amazing piece of work in front of them.

"Damn, Mum was an amazing seals mistress. I still have a bit left to catch up to her." Naruto nodded in understanding as he entered the now open door.

The inside of the house was filled with dust, white sheets covered the furniture, and a smell of stale air filled Naruto's nose.

"This place needs a very heavy cleaning. And I know just what to do. Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu." Suddenly the whole living room of the first floor was filled with around a dozen naruto's, who all gave a thumbs up to the original before getting to work.

"Now that that's done and dusted, let's see if she left any scrolls and weapons here." Naruto rubbed his hands in excitement.

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"There's nothing here. I guess it was too much to hope that Mum's residence before marriage had anything left in it.

"Cheer up naruto. Go to the backyard and use the basic hiding in the ground technique." Hiroki clued in.

"That's right. I didn't think to look underground. Thanks, Hiroki." Slapping his head, Naruto ran off to the backyard, ignoring the overgrown weeds and grass, before using the Earth Style technique.

It was a bit hard for naruto since he didn't have the affinity for Earth Style, but with some practice, it could be done.

Naruto suddenly felt a free-falling sensation, before his legs connected with the floor, as his training kicked in.

Crouching to reduce the impact, Naruto looked around cautiously. Using all of his senses to the extreme, Naruto looked around in the dark, carefully feeling around.

"Five steps to the left, two steps to the front, left-hand wall, switch at shoulder height." From Minato's memories of the place, Hiroki chimed in once again. He didn't want to waste Naruto's time unnecessarily.

"Have you been here before?" Naruto asked as he turned on the lights.

"I have my secrets."

"Whoa. This place is huge. Look at all these weapons. Shuriken, Kunai, Explosion Tags, sealing scrolls, brushes, inks, so much stuff. Damn, I'm rich." Stunned, naruto laughed out loud as he quickly looked through the secret inventory of Kushina and Minato.

Like a kid in a candy shop, Naruto roamed around, getting his hands on every single thing that caught his interest, before finally, after an hour, Naruto exited the underground bunker with a few explosive tags, ninja wire, kunai, shuriken, a katana, and blank scrolls. Happy with his loot, Naruto left the clones cleaning the house while he went back to the academy, it was lunch time after all. He had someone waiting for him.

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