Naruto's Review : First Viewer is Senju Tobirama?

"Alright, this is what those people look like."

Danzo's drawing speed was fast, and they didn't have to wait long. Five decent sketches were completed.

"Now, tell us about these people's abilities."

Danzo laid the five sketches on the table. He pointed to one with a round face and said, "This little chubby one is the puppet I told you about that can absorb ninjutsu chakra."

"This one can revive other puppets. By the way, I've already destroyed this puppet. I'm not sure if it can still be revived."

"This one can summon the summoning beasts."

Danzo finished explaining all five sketches in no time.

Jiraiya, the Fifth Hokage, looked at one of the sketches and sighed.

He had already figured it out. The one Danzo mentioned, who stabbed the black rod, must have been made from Yahiko's corpse.

This was thanks to Danzo's good drawing skills. Jiraiya could tell this was Yahiko's appearance after he grew up, just from the portrait.

"My task is complete, right?"

"Yes, so you can return to the Pure Land now."

Danzo had lost his value. The Third Hokage found him more and more annoying the longer he looked at him. He waved his hand, signaling Orochimaru to end the Reanimation Jutsu.

"Wait, can't you revive me now?"

Danzo appeared very anxious.

He thought the Third Hokage wanted to cut ties, not revive him.

"Hiruzen, you swore you'd revive me. You can't go back on your word."

"Don't worry. I promised to revive you, and I will. Just go back to the Pure Land and wait."

"No, I want you to revive me now."

"Are you Joking right now? Do you think resurrecting a dead person is a simple task? Don't we need to make preparations?"

Danzo was slightly stunned when he heard Jiraiya's words and felt that what he said made sense.

"Alright, then I'll return to the Pure Land first."

I have to say, Orochimaru was quite humanitarian, not forcing Danzo to return to the Pure Land. Instead, he started to lift the Reanimation Jutsu after he agreed.

"Hiruzen, you must resurrect me, don't even think about breaking your vow. Otherwise, I'll curse you with painful balls and a tight ass."

Seeing his Reanimated body rapidly disintegrating, Danzo, who was desperate to be revived, couldn't resist and threatened the Third Hokage.

But the threat was more like a joke. It had no real use other than to annoy the Third Hokage.

"Very good, Danzo. You successfully disgusted me."

When Danzo's Reanimated body completely turned into a pile of fragments, the Third Hokage immediately turned to Orochimaru and said, "My old buddy is really afraid of death, so you need to clone more of his bodies just in case. Got it?"

Orochimaru extended his long tongue and replied with a creepy smile, "Got it!"

"Very good!"

After that, the Third Hokage was the first to leave the lab.

As soon as he left, everyone, except for Orochimaru, followed him out of the lab.

"Luckily, Minato, you grabbed me earlier. Otherwise, I really would have punched Danzo's dog head off."

Once they were out of the lab, Kushina clenched her fists and waved them a few times in the air, as if beating Danzo in the empty space.

"Kushina, we can't let our personal likes get in the way of important matters."

Minato also didn't like Danzo.

The Nine-Tails Rampage from back then—it's bad enough that the Root ninjas didn't step in to help everyone fight the Nine-Tails, but what was even worse was that they stopped the Uchiha clan members from getting involved.

If people like Sakumo had helped back then, maybe he and Kushina wouldn't have died.

Naruto could have had a happy and peaceful childhood.

Of course, some might argue that the Nine-Tails' eyes had the pattern of the Sharingan, which clearly meant the Nine-Tails was being controlled by the Sharingan. In that case, it makes sense that Danzo was cautious of the Uchiha.

But then again, if the Uchiha really had the ability to control the Nine-Tails, would they have been so weak at that time? The peace faction led by Uchiha Shisui would've probably dared to rebel right then and there.

Looking at the results, sending people to stop the Uchiha from helping Minato was clearly a mistake.

Who knows if he was trying to take advantage of the situation to kill the Fourth Hokage and make a vacancy for himself as the Fifth Hokage?

Knowing Danzo's personality, this seems very likely.

Originally, Danzo's ambition and his abilities didn't match, which was one of the reasons Minato disliked him.

But after he and Kushina were revived and informed by the Third Hokage and Jiraiya that Danzo had always wanted to recruit Naruto into Root to brainwash him, Minato's feelings toward Danzo went from dislike to pure hatred.

"Anyone who dares to target our son, I'll make sure Danzo knows what it means to wish he was never born."

"...You don't have to be that cruel."

"Minato, you're acting more like a woman than I am."

"...I'm just worried. I don't want Naruto to think his mother is a cruel person."

"Well, you have a point."

"Right?"

Minato wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, about to relax when Kushina continued, "Then just don't let Naruto know, right? It's settled then!"

"..."

Looking at Kushina, who had already made her decision, Minato didn't speak up to persuade her again.

He was kind-hearted, but not foolish.

There was no need to let someone like Danzo, who was as good as dead, affect the relationship between a husband and wife.

The two of them were playfully teasing each other, while the usually quiet Sakumo kept silent.

He was thinking about everything he had learned after being revived, and the more he thought, the more he realized how foolish he had been back then.

It didn't matter if he was foolish, but the worst part was how it had affected Kakashi.

When he found out that after his death, Kakashi had been tempted by Danzo and betrayed the Third Hokage's whereabouts, he couldn't describe how awful that feeling was.

If it weren't for the Third Hokage's cleverness, who had turned Kakashi over to his side, it was possible that their father-son reunion would have happened much earlier in the Pure Land.

Sakumo didn't look down on Danzo or his Root.

It was just that he didn't believe that with the kind of people in Root, they could ever succeed in killing the Third Hokage.

Did they think the position of Hokage was just given to anyone? They had proven their strength on the battlefield.

As the leader of a village, if he were killed by his own subordinates, it would be utterly ridiculous.

Second Raikage: "You dare say that!"

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"What's on your mind, Sakumo-san?"

Minato, as always, was like a little sun, able to warm people's hearts and take care of their emotions.

Noticing that Sakumo seemed off, he quickly ended his chat with Kushina and walked over to him.

"It's nothing. I was just thinking about the stupid things I did in the past."

Minato had an idea of what Sakumo was referring to, so he didn't ask further. Instead, he said, "Everyone makes mistakes from time to time."

"Minato, have you ever made a mistake?"

"Uh..."

Minato carefully glanced at Kushina, seeing that she was chatting with Jiraiya-sensei and didn't notice them. He whispered, "When I was younger, I didn't know any better. I went to the bathhouse a few times with Jiraiya-sensei, and we even got caught once."

Hearing this, Sakumo's eyes widened in shock, and he exclaimed, "What? You went to the bathhouse with Jiraiya, and even got caught?!"

"Sakumo-san, you..."

Before Minato could finish, Kushina, who had been talking to Jiraiya just moments ago, suddenly appeared in front of him with a bright smile and asked, "Minato, I didn't catch what Sakumo-san just said. Can you repeat it to me?"

"Kushina, I didn't hear it clearly either. You should go ask Sakumo-san... Hmm? Where did Sakumo-san go?"

Minato turned around and found that Sakumo had already slipped away without him noticing.

At that moment, he looked over to Jiraiya's side, hoping to have him distract Kushina for a bit.

But instead...

"Why is Jiraiya-sensei gone too?!"

Jiraiya: Obviously, you were trying to drag me into this. If I don't run now, when will I?! I'm outta here!

Minato, you're in danger!

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