Chapter 2
When the old man came out of the ramen restaurant, his face became ugly and angry. After he showed up at his office, he let go of all his intent to kill and his anger. After raising his hand and making a sign, a white-haired man wearing a dog mask suddenly appeared in front of him. As the masked man knelt in front of the Hokage, he couldn't understand why his leader was so angry. He spoke respectfully as he could understand that the situation was quite serious although he didn't know why.
"You called me Hokage-sama, what made you so upset? What should I do?"
Hiruzen exhaled deeply, slightly suppressing his anger. After he had calmed down a bit, he turned to the masked man with a serious expression.
"I just saw Naruto. He's changed quite a bit, changed in every way. So I asked why. He said he came back from the dead. Kakashi immediately brings me the Anbu I commissioned to guard Naruto."
Kakashi was shocked by what he heard, but anger filled him. He felt a great deal of anger at himself and the brainless people out there. He left behind the son of a man who was his teacher and looked to his father as a second father. Why is that? Because with the losses in his past, he had given up his future and his present moment. While Naruto had a harder life than him, losing his parents the moment he was born, carrying the weight of being a Jinjuriki on his tiny shoulders, living his life with hatred and ostracism. When he was only 3 years old, he was violently treated by people, although he didn't know why. There were 3 people who supported him in his life, yes, but they didn't protect him from the hatred of the people.
The more Kakashi thought about it, the more he hated himself. He had left his teacher and his son, for whom he had sacrificed his life. What if the little boy died, how would he look at his teacher when he died? Kakashi made a decision at that precise moment. He looked at his leader gravely as he removed his mask.
"Hokage-sama, if you'll excuse me, Anbu, I want to absolve my responsibilities and take Naruto with me from now on. I've left my teacher's son alone long enough, I don't want to leave him alone anymore."
Although Hiruzen was surprised by what he heard, he was quite pleased. A loving expression formed on his face as he looked at the 19-year-old man in front of him. She answered happily, nodding.
"I'll let you Kakashi, from now on you are Naruto's legal guardian until he turns 18. Bring me his bodyguards as your last Anbu duty."
"Hai!! Hokage-sama."
He quickly disappeared as Kakashi put his mask back on his face. A few minutes later he returned with two masked men trembling with fear. He glared at the two men as he threw both men in front of the Hokage. Both men understood why the Hokage had summoned them. As soon as Hiruzen saw the men, he turned his full killing intent on the two. Cold sweats flowed as the two men shivered with bloodlust and struggled for air. Hiruzen began to speak with great pressure, his voice like death.
"What is your mission? to protect. So what have you done? You just watched the person you have to protect almost die. So you fail as a shinobi. If you can't even perform a simple duty of protection, why are you still a shinobi? Also, it's not an easy failure, you didn't even try to complete the mission your Hokage gave you. You either never told me what happened or months after it happened. You never took seriously the SSS level mission I gave you. Do you think it's because it's an SSS level mission because Naruto is a Jinjuriki?"
From the beginning of his speech, Hiruzen spoke very calmly. Although he spoke calmly, the pressure on the two men increased with every word. As the two men began to grasp the situation, they realized that there was a detail about their mission that they did not know. Horrified, they stared at the Hokage Hiruzen and uttered this sentence, which made them so remorseful that they wanted to kill themselves.
"The main reason your mission to protect Naruto was SSS level was because he was the son of the 4th Hokage Namikaze Minato. You left the son of the man who was your hero and leader dead. You are not fit to be a shinobi. I take you from your shinobi duties as the Hokage of Konahagakure. Your power will be sealed and you will be thrown into Konoha prison. You will spend the rest of your life with itn to think about what you did wrong."
While the two men were devastated by what they heard, they regretted what they had done. After Hiruzen gestured for another Anbu, his two men sealed their powers. After the incoming Anbu took both men and disappeared, Hiruzen returned to Kakashi.
"Kakashi, find everyone who has abused Naruto so far and bring them to me. I have to punish her so no one can do something like that again. Also, after Naruto became a Genin, I decided to reveal his identity to the whole village. I no longer have to be afraid that something would happen and after seeing Naruto I started to feel that his future was going to be very bright. I don't know if it's my experience but when I saw him today I felt like he was someone else. He gave off a completely different aura and seemed to have a very strong presence. I don't know what he went through with death in the moment of living, but I'm sure it was something positive. So take care of him and support him as much as you can, I am sure that the future of our village will be shaped in his hands."
While Kakashi was slightly shocked by Hiruzen's words, he hadn't thought that his teacher's son could be so important to Konoha. Okay, he was sure that if he could be just a little like his father, he would be a valuable shinobi for Konaha, but he didn't think it would be that much. The man named Sarutobi Hiruzen had found it in all three great world wars and returned alive in all of them. The number of people who have had the experience he had could be counted on the fingers of one hand. At that time there was only one man who had the same experience as him and that was Onoki, the 3rd Tsushikage of Iwagakure.
That's why this old man's feelings are so strong. Because of this, his words have always come true. Kakashi stared at the old man for a while, then smiled slightly and nodded.
"Don't worry Hokage-sama, I would have supported him in every way, even if you hadn't said so."
Hiruzen smiled and nodded, then Kakashi left with Shunshin. Hiruzen went to his desk and sat in his chair, then gestured with his hand again. He knelt in front of Hiruze when a cat-masked figure emerged from the shadows.
"What do you command, Hokage-sama?"
"Neko, how's the research going, did you get the evidence I wanted?"
Neko was a woman with long purple hair. He was one of the Hokage's most trusted Anbu, so he assigned one of the most important tasks to him. Neko replied calmly with a slight nod.
"Yes Hokage-sama, I was able to gather all the evidence you asked me to do. What should I do now?"
Hiruzen nodded in satisfaction as he began to smile at the news he heard.
"Great, well done Neko. Bring me all the evidence and I'll take care of it from now on."
Neko took a scroll from his pocket and handed it to the Hokage. Then he nodded and disappeared. Hiruze had a pretty big smile on his face, but his insides were slightly bitter. After looking at the scroll in his hand and sighing, he began to work on putting his plans into action.
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Around the same time, Kakashi found Naruto in Ichiraku Ramen. For a while he watched the boy from the door. As Hiruze said, he had changed a lot, both in appearance and demeanor. He looked like he'd grown up in a day from childhood. After gathering his courage for a few minutes, he took a deep breath and entered. Teuchi smiled as he saw Kakashi sitting in the chair to Naruto's left.
"Kakashi-kun is here, I haven't seen you for a while. How have you been since we met?"
"I'm fine, thanks Teuchi-san, I've been working overtime lately. How are you Teuchi-san?"
While Teuchi and Kakashi were talking, Naruto pushed his empty ramen bowl forward and stared at the 19-year-old next to him. While Naruto was reading the past, present and future in space and time, this young man was one of the people he got most excited about. He in turn had lost everyone he loved and cared for, lost himself in all his sorrow and pain. But for his students, he drew a line from his past and his losses and fought with them for their world. Yes, he had spent all his potential contemplating the past, yet he was able to push beyond his limitations and in the time of his elders at his students' sideto fight. Naruto respected this man, maybe he had left him alone until now, but after everything he had been through, he could understand him.
When Teuchi Kakashu wanted to carry out his task, Kakashi felt a look at himself. Shifting his gaze to the right, his gaze met familiar but different blue. After they both stared into each other's eyes for a while, Naruto smiled slightly.
"Are you out of the trap of your past, Nii-san?"
He didn't know what to say as Kakashi's eyes widened from what he heard. Naruto looked at the young man and flashed his sincerest smile since he came into this world as his mouth opened and closed to find something beneath the black mask that reached under his eyes.
"I know more than you think, Kakashi Nii-san, like you were my father's student. Or why you have never visited me until now. If you don't take care of me and see me, you wouldn't suffer if you lose me too. Everyone you've called family has died so don't call me your family. You didn't let me get close to you. You didn't want to go through the pain of losing your family again. I'm not angry or upset with you. You're only human, no matter how strong you are, Jonin or how many people you've killed, you're still a 19-year-old boy. The one who lost everything, you were just doing what a normal kid would do."
Unknowingly, Kakashi had tears in his eyes. Tears also flowed from his eyes. The young man didn't know what to say, what to think or how to react as he stared into Naruto's face. After crying silently for a few minutes, he dried his tears and put on a serious expression.
"How do you know that? How can you know all that? You're only 3 years old, how can you understand all that?"
Kakashi couldn't understand how a 3 year old boy could understand the worries and fears he had accumulated over the years. For this reason he waited with a serious expression for answers to his questions. Naruto stared at the young man's face for a while, then replied with a serious expression.
"I'll tell you everything in 6 months, give me 6 months to get ready. Then I'll explain everything to you and Jiji, okay? And one more thing, no one knows about it except you and Jiji, especially Danzo!!"
After saying his last words in dead seriousness, Naruto left the money for his meal on the table and left the store. After looking at the little boy for a while with a confused expression on his face, Kakashi took a deep breath and started eating the ramen that was set in front of him.
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After leaving Kakashi, Naruto went home. After entering his apartment, he sat on his bed and went straight into space and time. After looking at the 200 square meter white room, he looked at the last gift Fuxi had given. Opposite were 3 rows of bookshelves. The first was Senju, the second Uzumaki, and the third Namikaze. Fuxi had given him the inheritance of the clan he belonged to. When this aroused him, he grabbed the other Naruto's signature jutsu from the senju field. Kage Bunshin. When Narutu first read about this technique, he had to admit that Tobirama was indeed a genius. He even complained why he couldn't think of such a technique himself.
This technique fits perfectly with the Tao Foresight Meditation. After quickly memorizing and learning the jutsu, Naruto employed the technique again and smiled widely.
"Now I just have to train my chakra, my control and my body until I'm 6 years old and start my physical cultivation. The first thing I have to do is open my chakra."
Naruto took a quick step and sat cross-legged on the meditation chair. He closed his eyes and cleared his head. What is special about this meditation area is that Naruto built a large formation here in his previous life. A formation that allows him to pick up Qi more easily and grasp Tao more easily. In his old life he didn't know anyone who wouldn't kill to get such a formation. But after Naruto started meditating, he realized something he hadn't noticed until now because he wasn't paying attention, but in this world Qi and Tao were very strong. The qi here was almost three times larger and more intense than in the ancient world. Especially since his Tao was almost 10 times stronger. Fuxi actually created this world perfect for cultivation. But what he couldn't understand was why the people who lived here didn't know the way to immortalityknown when Qi and Tao were so strong. Why hadn't any of them tried to understand the Tao? Then he thought it might be because they didn't know. If they didn't have the techniques to cultivate, if they didn't know and feel what Tao is, they couldn't advance on this path, no matter how strong Tao and Qi were. The little boy, very pleased with this situation, calmed his mind and began searching for the chakra in his body. Of course, when searching for his chakra, he hadn't forgotten Ashura's chakra. Since the chakra system was not yet open, the probability of finding Ashura's chakra was much higher.
Naruto calmly and carefully searched for Ashura's chakra. He could always discover his own chakra. It had been almost an hour since he'd searched for the Ashura's chakra, but he still hadn't found a trace of it anywhere. Naruto thought for a moment: What kind of person was Ashura? A kind-hearted and courageous person. If he wanted to describe her, he would say someone who decides everything with their heart. With that thought, he began to search his heart by following the chakra system. After a few minutes he began to feel a great and intense energy. Despite being excited, he kept his calm and began pulling on whatever chakra he felt. After a long struggle, the vessel holding the Ashura's chakra began to break, and after a few seconds the vessel shattered and the chakra in it began to flow like water from a stream throughout the chakra system. Instantly, a layer of white chakra enveloped Naruto. Ashura's chakra was cleansed and strengthened wherever she went. Naruto began controlling Ashura's chakra and circulating it in the chakra system while at the same time finding his own chakra and opening the vessel that contained it. His own chakra and Ashura's chakra began to mix and merge. Naruto sat there for another 2 hours letting his charka merge and travel through his body, strengthening his body, chakra system and mind. After 2 hours he finished the meditation. He threw himself onto his back as fatigue overcame him. He had a big smile on his face as he took a deep breath.
"I currently have a Super Kage level chakra matching that of Ashura's chakra. Not to mention Kurama's chakra. Now all I have to do is develop my body and chakra control. But even if I do 1000 kage bunshins with this chakra, I won't have any problems. With all these clones of mine, it won't be long before I reach my old Tao level."
After a few minutes of rest, Naruto straightened up. He quickly made the hand seals with a big smile on his face.
"Tayu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!"
As white smoke filled the entire room, "puffing" noises echoed continuously. After a few seconds the white smoke disappeared and half the room was filled with Naruto's clones. He had made exactly 2600 clones and he could easily have made many more if he wanted to. There was bitterness in him as Naruto stared at his clones with a big smile on his face. He complained that he hadn't come up with such an ingenious technique when he was Nicolas. This could speed up his Tao grasping speed a thousand times. When all of the shadow clones' experiences and memories were gone, he would transition into the main body so he could comprehend the Tao much more quickly. Plus, it goes without saying how much time he could save by combining the clones with the space and time chamber.
Naruto already had a plan in his mind that he would let his clones understand the Tao, mental and spiritual cultivation and understanding of the techniques. As the original body, he would only do what the original body could do, namely body cultivation. Cleansing the body and cultivating the inner Qi. That means he would have all the time in the world for her. He started talking to his clones without wiping the smile off his face.
"Guys, I don't have to tell you guys what to do anyway, you're me, so you know what I want to do. Okay, in groups of 100 you will start comprehending the 25 Taos that I comprehended in my old life again. In the remaining 100 clones, they will read and understand my legacy."
"Roger that!!"
After all clones were approved at the same time, they split into groups and began work. After staring at his clones for a few seconds, Naruto gestured again and created 200 more clones. He divided them into groups of a hundred clones and sent a group to work for them mental cultivation and the other for spiritual cultivation. He later rolled up his sleeves for his own personal development.