Naruto: Menma Exiting Infinite Tsukuyomi

Chapter 139: Jiraiya: Old Man, You Need to Give Me an Explanation

Slap!

A hand suddenly slapped onto Sasuke's shoulder, the immense force directly stopping him in his tracks.

"Sasuke, do you still remember what I told you?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Sasuke subconsciously answered: "A gentleman's revenge can wait ten years?"

"Wrong."

Naruto walked to his side, smiling gently: "It's: whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

Hearing the new phrase coming from Naruto's mouth, Sasuke couldn't help but twitch the corner of his lip.

Where does this guy learn so many inexplicable sentences?

"Someone once told me, the higher you fly, the smaller you appear in the eyes of those who cannot fly."

Naruto smiled and gave a small wave to the crowd in the distance, while simultaneously saying in a low, meaningful voice: "If your ears are always filled with others' discussions about you, if you always try to guess others' thoughts about you, in the end, you'll only live as a version that others like."

He was once like Sasuke, worrying about personal gains and losses because of others' gazes.

Why does everyone hate him?

Why does everyone see him as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox?

And why has he never seen his own parents?

These questions, at that time, invisibly affected him at every moment.

But later, he figured it out...

"You only need to be responsible to yourself, and to those you don't want to disappoint. That's all."

Naruto patted Sasuke's shoulder, saying softly: "Don't neglect the people who cherish you because of some unimportant people."

Looking at the gently smiling Naruto, Sasuke couldn't help but feel a daze.

Vaguely, he seemed to see that man's shadow.

"...Hmph!"

Sasuke gently slapped Naruto's hand away, snorting with a tsundere expression: "I am an Uchiha. I don't need others' sympathy."

Although he said this, his emotions had also stabilized.

Now that he thought about it carefully, that incident had indeed affected him greatly.

That kind of despair and pain was still affecting his emotions, which greatly interfered with his thinking and judgment.

But what could be done to alleviate it?

"You've been so full of deep suffering and hatred. Training should be about combining work and rest."

As if seeing through his confusion, Naruto suddenly smiled playfully: "While training, you should also do things that can relax your mind."

"For example, strengthening the Uchiha clan."

Strengthening the Uchiha clan?

Sasuke couldn't help but be stunned upon hearing this, subconsciously asking: "Am I not strengthening the Uchiha clan right now?"

Once his strength becomes greater, the Uchiha's name can naturally resound throughout the ninja world as it did in the past.

"Making a name for yourself is of course an indispensable key, but there's one more thing you've forgotten."

Naruto put his arm around Sasuke's shoulder, leaned close to his ear, and said meaningfully: "The Uchiha clan only has you left now. But what if something happens to you?"

Hearing this, Sasuke subconsciously frowned.

Indeed, no matter how strong one is, accidents can always happen.

For example, Konoha's Hatake clan, precisely because its population was scarce, became a clan in name only after Hatake Sakumo's death.

Glancing at Naruto, Sasuke frowned and asked: "What exactly do you mean?"

"You can choose a few girls you like, then have many descendants and expand the Uchiha clan."

Naruto smiled with ill intent, revealing his true purpose: "This way, even if something really happens to you, there will be someone to inherit the Uchiha's Sharingan and name."

Have many descendants... what does that mean?

Sasuke froze for a moment, his face suddenly flushing red: "Ha-have... many descendants?! You you you..."

Under this sense of shame, he subconsciously wanted to struggle free from Naruto.

But Naruto's strength was clearly not something he could resist.

"That's right."

Naruto held his shoulder tightly, guiding him patiently: "Look, which prestigious and influential family is supported by just one person?"

Sasuke subconsciously began to recall.

It seems... probably... maybe...

There really isn't a prestigious clan in the ninja world with only one person.

Before his brain could catch up,

"And you definitely have to earn money to support your family. If you only have one child, how lonely would he be?"

Naruto continued to guide him: "If he has a few brothers and sisters to accompany him, wouldn't that be much better? So you can't just have one child, right?"

Sasuke was just recalling his childhood being taken care of by that man.

But this time, he didn't even have time to nod.

"And with so many children, you have to consider their future, right?"

Naruto said to himself: "Then you must acquire your own businesses like the Ino-Shika-Chō trio, earn more money to let the children have a comfortable life, wouldn't you say?"

"..."

Seems to make sense.

Sasuke subconsciously nodded, then immediately couldn't help but frown.

It clearly sounds fine, but why does it feel like something's not right?

But before he could ask anything,

"Oh my, it's so late. Today's training isn't finished yet."

As Naruto spoke, he practically dragged him by the neck, walking forward.

"Wait, wait a minute..."

"Oh right, I have a money-making idea over here. Want to invest some money? It'll definitely make you a huge profit."

"I..."

"Right, how about Haruno Sakura? Although her forehead is a bit big, she's not bad looking."

Meanwhile.

On Konoha's Hokage Rock, two figures, one tall and one short, stood side by side.

"What a beautiful friendship."

Looking at Naruto and Sasuke below, Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a gratified expression: "Although I can't hear what they're saying, I imagine little Naruto is comforting that poor child."

"With little Naruto's company, I believe Sasuke will be able to pull himself together soon."

But the tall Jiraiya beside him was clearly not as happy.

"Ah, old man..."

Jiraiya looked down at Sarutobi Hiruzen, asking with a serious face: "Regarding Naruto's situation, aren't you going to give me an explanation?"

After the Nine-Tails Rampage seven years ago,

Jiraiya had returned once to intimidate the enemy villages and wanted to take Naruto with him to raise personally at that time.

But Sarutobi Hiruzen believed Konoha couldn't be without a Jinchūriki and promised to take good care of Naruto.

Jiraiya was anxious to find the Child of Prophecy at the time and had had enough of the old man's nagging, so he left Konoha without any suspicion.

And ended up being gone for so many years.

In the end, it was because of the Great Toad Sage's prophecy that he had secretly rushed back to Konoha yesterday.

He didn't alert anyone.

Besides not wanting to hear the old man's nagging, it was also because he planned to find the Child of Prophecy on his own.

After all, the Child of Prophecy who could decide the fate of the ninja world, and the old toad who could predict the future...

If one didn't see such things with their own eyes, no one would believe it.

But as a result, he habitually went to gather intelligence and discovered something extraordinary.

"Old man, tell me!"

Jiraiya stared intently at Sarutobi Hiruzen, questioning him seriously: "Why didn't you publicize Naruto's identity as the Fourth's son, and even let him bear the name of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox?!"

"You'd better not tell me you used those disgusting methods on the son of a hero!"

Facing his questioning, Sarutobi Hiruzen gradually fell silent.

The smile on his face also slowly turned bitter.

"About that... it's a long story."

(End of Chapter)

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