Naruto: the Uchiha Rules the World

The ANBU outside heard Naruto's crying.

They quietly glanced at Naruto from the windowsill.

Naruto often cried before, so they didn't pay much attention to it.

It was just that after receiving the intel, they knew that from now on, surveillance from the shadows would turn into open protection.

At this moment, they saw someone appear.

They quickly stood up and greeted him, "Lord Hokage."

The Third Hokage wore the Hokage hat and held a smoking pipe.

Now that the whole village knew about Naruto's identity.

As Naruto's most respected "Third Grandpa," he naturally had to come and earn Naruto's goodwill.

The Third Hokage had already heard Naruto's cries, "What's wrong with Naruto?"

The ANBU had to honestly reply, "Naruto cried yesterday, and after waking up today, he cried again."

The Third Hokage frowned and thought for a moment, then gave up, "He hasn't come into contact with anyone?"

The ANBU answered firmly, "No, we've been monitoring Naruto the whole time, no one has approached him."

The Third Hokage nodded, then took out a key and opened the door to walk in directly.

Naruto, who was crying, looked up and saw the Third Hokage. He didn't greet him enthusiastically as he used to.

His expression was a bit tired and dazed.

The Third Hokage felt a little puzzled. After walking in front of Naruto, he noticed a portrait in front of Naruto.

Even though it was a child's drawing, childish in style, Kushina's hair was still very recognizable.

The Third Hokage's heart skipped a beat, then he pretended to show concern and said, "Naruto, what's wrong? Why are you crying? What's this on the picture?"

Naruto blankly glanced at the Third Hokage. His eyes slowly regained focus, "I dreamed about my mom."

Naruto pointed at Kushina's portrait and said, "Mom looked like this in the dream."

The Third Hokage's thoughts spun rapidly, feeling somewhat confused.

'Could there be memories from his infancy?'

He was half-convinced by Naruto's dream explanation, but it was true that Naruto hadn't contacted anyone recently.

Anyway, Kushina was already dead, as long as no one approached Naruto directly, it was fine.

Although he had suspicions in his heart, with ANBU monitoring day and night, the Third Hokage wasn't too alert.

He pretended to be kindly and said, "Naruto, I have good news for you."

Naruto looked up at the Third Hokage, trying to perk up a bit, "What good news is it, Third... Grandpa?"

When saying "Third Grandpa," Naruto clearly hesitated.

He now already knew that the Third Hokage wasn't truly kind to him.

The Third Hokage didn't notice, and began to explain the situation about the Nine-Tails, "Naruto, do you want to know why you've been bullied all these years..."

Although Naruto already knew, he still cooperated and nodded.

The Third Hokage explained the knowledge of tailed beasts and jinchuriki to Naruto again.

And he said that it was for his own safety before, so that people from other villages wouldn't find out who the Nine-Tails jinchuriki was.

But now, after his effort, with the Uchiha clan joining in to protect him, there was no need to hide anymore.

The Third Hokage's words were full of loopholes, but the old Naruto would definitely have believed him.

Maybe he would've even felt grateful.

But now, with Kushina in his body giving him instructions, Naruto had to act very happy.

"Ah! Thank you, Third Grandpa, that's really great!"

"Then can I go to school after this? Can I make friends?", Naruto hadn't gone to school for almost a week. Although he had been studying hard at home.

But for Naruto, it was suffocating.

The Third Hokage received Naruto's gratitude and let out a "hohoho" laugh, "Of course, Naruto, you can go to school tomorrow."

"Of course you can make friends."

Hearing this, Naruto was indeed much happier. After all, he had always been lonely before.

Afterward, the Third Hokage chatted with Naruto for a while before leaving his house.

He also told Naruto that the people outside his door were there to protect him.

Naruto already knew he was under surveillance, so he echoed a few words, sending the Third Hokage off.

He then took some money and went into town, planning to buy something to eat.

Also, Uzumaki told him to walk around town and observe how people's attitudes had changed toward him.

Naruto was still a bit worried, but under Uzumaki's encouragement, he walked into the streets.

This time, Naruto could clearly feel a change in the villagers' attitude toward him.

Before, there were eyes filled with disgust and hatred.

Now the hateful looks had lessened, some were just scrutiny and evaluation, and a few even seemed a bit guilty.

"This... this is for you," Suddenly, a half-grown child rushed up beside Naruto, scaring him.

Luckily, that child just stuffed some candies into Naruto's hand and ran off.

Naruto couldn't even remember who that person was.

He didn't know whether the child was trying to apologize.

But seeing how the villagers treated him now, he was being treated much better.

This made Naruto breathe a sigh of relief and filled his heart with joy.

Naruto bought some bento, milk, apples, and didn't get hassled.

The shopkeeper selling apples even gave Naruto two extra apples.

This kind of earth-shattering change made Naruto overjoyed. At least now, he wouldn't go hungry anymore.

["Buy some more eggs and oil, I'll teach you to fry eggs."]

Uzumaki's voice rang out in Naruto's mind. Naruto hesitated, but obediently went to buy eggs and oil.

At home, Naruto had all the pots, pans, and dishes, but he had basically never used them.

Because he couldn't afford ingredients, and no one had taught him to cook.

Eggs were the easiest food for nutrition, but also the easiest to break.

The old Naruto could never carry eggs home intact.

Naruto bought quite a lot of things this time, and it seemed like he couldn't carry them all.

At this moment, a figure appeared beside him and directly picked up Naruto's pile of purchases.

"Let me help you."

Naruto stared blankly at the person with white eyes in front of him, because no one had ever helped him voluntarily.

Kushina said in his mind, ["When someone helps you, you should say thank you."]

Naruto snapped out of it, "Thank you. Why do your eyes look like Hinata's?"

The person smiled, "Hinata and I are both of the Hyuga clan."

"My name is Hyuga Sota. I'm in charge of this area's security. If you run into trouble, you can call me," As he spoke, he carried Naruto's things and headed toward Naruto's home.

"Ah, I'm Uzumaki Naruto," Naruto belatedly introduced himself.

Sota smiled and said, "I know, you're our village's Nine-Tails jinchuriki..."

One of the ANBU monitoring Naruto nearby was about to move, but was held down by a teammate.

"Don't move. Except for the Uchiha's Mangekyo Sharingan, anyone else can interact with Naruto now."

"Hyuga Sota is currently a Hyuga clan elder. It's highly likely he's deliberately testing Lord Hokage."

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On the way back, Hyuga Sota also said a few comforting words to Naruto.

After helping Naruto carry the things home, he left straight away.

After returning home, Naruto felt dizzy. He hadn't been hassled while shopping.

The shopkeepers were easy to talk to and even sold him goods.

Someone even helped him and talked with him.

Naruto felt like it was a little unreal. For the first time in so many years, he had bought so many things and returned home safely.

"Uzumaki, it seems like... no one's bullying me anymore."

"Yes. From now on, things will only get better for you. First, go wash your hands and put the food in the fridge. I'll teach you to fry eggs."

"Okay! Okay!", Naruto cheerfully started getting busy.

Kushina felt a bit heartbroken that Naruto could finally live a slightly normal life, and silently gave thanks to Rengoku.

No matter what political purpose Rengoku had in doing these things, but as the saying goes, judge by actions, not intentions. Naruto's life really did improve because of it.

That's a good thing, and Rengoku deserves to be thanked.

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