Ero-Sennin

Naruto didn't have a drastic change in personality, he was still the same as always, but now he remembered his past life. So he said, "You know Ero-Sennin is a writer, right? So, he made me read the drafts before publishing."

"But Naruto, what does this have to do with anything?" Shikamaru asked.

"That first number isn't a number. Ero-Sennin has a habit of writing the 'Ta' that resembles the number 9. And somehow, I remember every page. Following the lines of each page, it means: 'The real one is not among them'," Naruto explained.

At first, Shikamaru seemed skeptical, putting his left hand in front of his face as he thought about whether it made sense or not.

"Okay, I'll be back!" said Shikamaru, knowing that the matter was urgent and he needed to leave soon.

Without waiting for Naruto's response, Shikamaru disappeared.

"So hasty..." Naruto shook his head.

He knew he wouldn't be able to decipher it alone. However, if he considered the connection he had with Jiraiya, perhaps he could swallow it more easily. Whatever the answer was, it was better to find out as soon as possible.

After Shikamaru left, Naruto felt a wave of conflicting emotions. He could no longer deny that everything that was happening was identical to the story he saw in his past life. Every detail, every event, everything was happening in the same way.

"This means the Fourth Hokage is my father?" Naruto muttered.

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The idea was surreal. The man he always admired and considered a hero was, in fact, his father. But for some reason, Naruto couldn't feel excited about this revelation. It was as if there was something wrong with the whole situation.

He looked around the room, trying to find answers to his confusing feelings. But nothing seemed different. Everything was exactly as it always had been. And yet, something seemed to be missing.

"What's wrong with me?" Naruto wondered, feeling a lump form in his throat.

He knew he needed to figure out what was happening. After all, if he wanted to understand his life and his true identity, he needed to face his fears and explore his emotions.

For hours Naruto had been wandering aimlessly around the village, trying to push his thoughts away. Gradually, he moved away from the central area and arrived in a quieter neighborhood, where he was approached by some acquaintances who expressed their condolences for Naruto's recent loss.

Naruto couldn't find words to thank them for their condolences and replied in a dry and objective manner, without trying to mask his sadness with a fake smile.

Although he didn't want to seem ungrateful or rude, Naruto knew he didn't have the energy to pretend to be okay when he was actually devastated by the pain. He preferred to deal with his feelings without pretending to be something he wasn't, even if it meant being misunderstood or seen as distant by others.

Naruto felt his frustration bubbling inside him. He knew he couldn't go on like this, feeling trapped and unable to act. With a sudden movement, he slapped each side of his face with his hands, making a loud snap that echoed through the air.

The people around him looked at him in surprise, but Naruto didn't care. He needed to act, needed to do something to change his situation. With a high jump, he started leaping across rooftops, heading towards the Hokage's office.

The wind blew in his face, shaking his blonde hair as he jumped from one rooftop to another.

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Upon entering the office. Kakashi-sensei, Shikamaru, Fukasaku, Sakura, and Shiho were all there. Tsunade, the Hokage of Konoha, was the first to speak, surprising Naruto.

"You were right," she said, even before Naruto had a chance to say anything. Naruto smiled in response, knowing that Tsunade was referring to the message left by Jiraiya.

"Of course I was right," Naruto replied rhetorically.

Tsunade praised Naruto's ability but soon became worried again. "We still don't know exactly what this means," she said with a sigh.

Naruto, on the other hand, was confident in his discoveries. "Oba-chan, don't you get it?" he looked straight at her, ignoring everyone else in the room.

Tsunade raised an eyebrow, curious. "What should I understand, Naruto?"

"You met Nagato, right?" Naruto asked, referring to the leader of Akatsuki.

"Yes, I did. It was a long time ago, but I still remember," Tsunade replied.

"Then you know who Nagato is," Naruto continued. "That makes everything easier. Nagato is the one who controls all the other six Pains, dattebayo!"

"What!?" Naruto's words were like a bomb in the Hokage's room, surprising everyone present. Tsunade slammed the table hard, almost breaking it. They knew the situation was serious and that something needed to be done to stop Nagato and his evil plans.

"Tsunade-sama!" Kakashi called her attention, fearing that she might break the table with such force. Sakura, on the other hand, looked at Naruto with admiration, almost thinking she was hallucinating.

Everything seemed so obvious now, how had they not realized it before? Even Fukasaku was looking at Naruto with a strange glow in his toad eyes.

Shikamaru, despite his laziness, used his brain a lot this time, but even he had not thought of something so simple. He felt frustrated.

"Nagato was a red-haired boy...", Tsunade sighed slowly. "Thinking back, his bangs always covered his eyes, so I never got to see his eyes."

"But then..." she thought about the records and portraits of all the Pains, and among them was the other boy. "If I'm not mistaken, Jiraiya told me his name is Yahiko."

"I believe that..." Naruto spoke slowly. "If this Yahiko died, Nagato turned him into something like a puppet, something similar to the puppets of the Village of the Sand."

Tsunade was astonished by the possibility. "Is that possible?" she asked.

Not only Tsunade, but everyone in the office was looking at Naruto as if he were an aberration. After all, even the intelligence of the village had not discovered this theory before. Their foundation was even more flawed than Naruto's. It was highly possible that his theory was correct.

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