Chapter 404: Changes Over the Years
"Hmm, ohhh! It hurts so much-!"
Because of the loss of balance, Konohamaru, who instinctively felt uneasy and panic, closed his eyes nervously while waving his short hand out of thin air.
"Is this kid here to find the third generation of Naruto's grandfather Naruto's 'duel' again... It's really a unique way of acting cute."
It was at this moment that Naruto, who was sitting upright on the bench, had a long distance from Konohamaru's body, secretly complained in his heart in the flash. While turning his entire body into a golden afterimage, he quickly rushed towards Konohamaru's body that was leaning forward. Then, without waiting for the little guy in front of him to have a close contact with the ground, he held the naughty little guy firmly in his arms.
"It hurts so much, it hurts me so much...ah?"
At the same time, Konohamaru, who thought he would definitely fall to the ground and was ready for pain, not only did not relax when he contacted Naruto's body. Instead, driven by an instinctive reaction, he tried hard to twist his body while closing his eyes and shouted loudly in a loud voice. It was not until a while later that he had not felt the pain for a long time and the inexplicable warm embrace touch, and opened his eyes in confusion and murmured to himself. While following the tactile feedback from his body, he subconsciously looked sideways.
"Wait a minute, why doesn't it hurt at all... Well? You are...ah-! Brother Naruto! Long time no see--!"
It is obvious that there have been many contacts between Konohamaru and Naruto. So Konohamaru narrowed his eyes a little and saw clearly the person who helped him resolve his embarrassment in time, the person who had not seen him for a long time was Naruto. Not only did Konohamaru not appear as arrogant as the two of them in the original work when they first met. Instead, he was stunned for a moment and completely forgot the purpose of his trip, and the original intention of launching a duel challenge to his grandfather. Then, while overjoyed, he threw away the toy in his hand, turned around and kept hiking into Naruto's arms.
"Oh, long time no see, Konohamaru, you have grown up a lot again..."
Naruto was obviously not surprised by Konohamaru, who was still a little demon who was showing off his power in his arms in the next second. So he naturally moved his palms to make it easier for the little guy in his arms to turn around, while pulling out a hand, using the tissue that appeared out of thin air and pinched in his palms from time to time, covering the tip of Konohamaru's small nose, gently pinching Konohamaru, and blowing the faintly hanging snot. While the corner of his mouth was raised, he responded with a warm voice without any hesitation.
"However, next time you start a duel, in addition to paying attention to the occasion and time, you must also remember to pay attention to your feet~"
"Uh...hehe, just now... it was just a mistake! Absolutely... there will never be another one...ah! By the way!"
As Naruto teased, Konohamaru suddenly turned red with shame. But soon he didn't care about his embarrassment. While he tightly pulled the corner of Naruto's clothes, his eyes seemed to be flashing with stars, and he asked like a bead of cannon.
"Nah! Brother Naruto! Are you free now? Can you play with me later? And, let me tell you, grandpa, he seems to like reading a book called intimacy..."
"Hiss... At the same age, Naruto is so well-behaved and obedient. This little brat, Konohamaru...he looks like he can forget his grandfather's virtue with his brother?!"
Although Naruto, the third-generation Naruto, who is obviously a minor child, seems more at ease than adults. So when his baby grandson comes to make trouble, if Naruto is present, he can indeed save a lot of thought like now. He also feels quite warm and comfortable about the scene where "naruto" and his grandson can live in harmony... But when he heard that Konohamaru, a "trash-out" brat, in order to let Naruto stay and play with him, he actually revealed his old secrets in front of his biological grandfather in front of his biological grandfather! The original relaxed Naruto suddenly froze and could no longer hold back his anger.
"Ahem!——!"
Just as the expression on the face of the third-year-old Hokage was blue and purple, and finally quickly returned to normal appearance, a very colorful picture appeared. Before Konohamaru could reveal the name of a little yellow book beside him, he quickly coughed lightly and interrupted the second half of Konohamaru's words from the side. While trying to maintain his tone as usual, he subconsciously followed the coughing sound of the third-year-old Hokage, and turned his head with confusion on his face, pretending to explain and comfort him seriously.
"Koyemaru, be careful! Don't always cause trouble for your brother Naruto... Besides, your brother Naruto has just returned. After the procedures are completed, you are ready to go to rest."
Although he made up a more reasonable excuse in a hurry and successfully changed the topic... But Naruto, who had a deep friendship with Jiraiya, naturally knew the existence of some bad publications written by Jiraiya. So much so that although Konohamaru failed to say all the names of Xiaohuangshu, Naruto guessed from this piece of words that Jiraiya had specially brought a copy to honor him when the new work was published. Then, this preaching Konohamaru was not so much to avoid the exposure of embarrassment, but rather to say that it was the perfunctory act of keeping the image of a reliable grandfather that he had been trying to maintain as long as possible in front of his "parent grandson" and his grandson, and to exchange for some psychological comfort for himself.
Of course, Naruto understood this quite well. Even though Konohamaru "stole" Naruto in front of the third-generation Hokage, he did not use this as a handle to tease and tease him...
After all, after the wife of the third-generation Hokage, Sarutobi, who consumed too much chakra when delivering Naruto, he failed to detect strange things outside in time and was attacked and killed by Obito. For more than ten years, the third-generation Hokage has not had any thoughts of re-revolution and has been alone. In addition, after losing his wife, he has no way to express his feelings. All the matters in the village have been on track and can no longer be able to numb himself by relying on a lot of work, he will inevitably feel a little uncomfortable. So he will occasionally read books in private to pass the time and relieve the loneliness in his heart, which is not harmful to the world, and it is understandable. What kind of reason can you laugh at and tease this old man?
"Oh—! Why is this like this..."
Fortunately, the character of a young child is much simpler than that of a slightly mature boy. In addition, with Naruto's company, Konohamaru subconsciously maintained a relatively good image in front of his brother whom he was longing for so that Naruto nodded and agreed to play with him, and deliberately restrained a lot of naughtyness. Although Konohamaru could vaguely feel that something was wrong with his grandfather's expression at the moment, he could only puff his lips in a coquettish manner and mumble and respond weakly.
"yes……"
"Well... well, it's okay, Grandpa Naruto, the school's team personnel allocation will not start until tomorrow, right?"
Seeing that Konohamaru was dissatisfied, he still agreed with grievance, Naruto smiled even more. Then he secretly kept in his heart. After calculating his itinerary, he raised his hand slightly and rubbed the head of the little guy in his arms. While laughing, he responded carelessly.
"In other words, I should be quite leisurely all day today... So, Konohamaru, as long as you guarantee that you can be a good and obedient child and no longer disturb the work of the third generation Naruto Grandpa. I will take you to the forest and have fun all day, how about it?"
"Ah? Really?"
"Of course, my brother Naruto, I have always been the only way to do my word!"
"Yeah, yell-! That's great!"
After asking in disbelief until he received a positive answer from Naruto's mouth, Konohamaru, who had originally had his little head hanging down, jumped three feet high happily in front of this sudden surprise. Then he seemed to remember something, and while carefully turning his head back, he looked at the doting and helpless look of the third generation Naruto Naruto, and asked in a tentative and low voice.
"Hey... Grandpa, you heard it too. This is what Brother Naruto promised me! So... I should...can't be considered to cause trouble for Brother Naruto, right?"
"Okay, okay, it doesn't count, it's up to you to be happy... Naruto, just spoil Konohamaru. If you spoil it, he is afraid that even my grandfather doesn't want~"
Seeing that Naruto did not make fun of himself in the embarrassing things about pornographic publications, he even followed the words of the third Hokage, and took the initiative to take care of Konohamaru, which made the third Hokage quietly relieved. Then he raised his face and pretended to be serious to tease his baby grandson. While moving his eyes a little, he looked at Naruto with a smile, and continued to say in a warm voice word by word.
"Then, I'll ask you to take care of Konohamaru later, Naruto... After Shinnosuke's work is over, I will arrange for them to pick up Konohamaru and go home."
In the words, the "Shinosuke" mentioned by the Three Dynasty Hokage is naturally the son and daughter-in-law of the Three Dynasty Hokage - that is, the parents of Konohamaru.
In the original work, except for occasionally you can see that Konohamaru's parents both work for Amanbe and are the right-hand man of the third generation, they have basically never seen a single official appearance scene. Even the embarrassing situation that even the names of Konohamaru's parents have never mentioned. The difference is that... Naruto intervened in the middle of the process, completely solved the tumor of Danzo and completely took over the root organization. After serving in Anba, in order to better restrain Danzo in the dark side of the village, the two people who naturally disappeared.
The need to hide in the darkness. In addition to Tsunade's early return, Naruto's own medical ninjutsu has increased significantly over the years. So even during the birth of Konohamaru, even if he encountered an emergency situation of difficult labor, with the help of Naruto, he could be considered safe and safe. In this way, the three of them could completely get rid of the dark side of the village in this increasingly prosperous Konoha Ninju Village and live happily.
In a sense, this can be regarded as a benign butterfly effect that Naruto accidentally created...
At the same time, the fate of Konomaru's parents has changed significantly due to the appearance of Naruto. Not only Konomaru's personality, but also compared with the arrogant and domineering naughty child when the original work first appeared. The third-generation Hokage also gave birth to Konomaru himself because Naruto helped him from the side, and from the beginning to the end, they were very doting and loving this little guy, so that in addition to the third-generation Hokage who had already regarded Naruto as his own, Konomaru's parents and Konomaru's uncle, Asmasa Sarutobi, also completely upgraded Naruto's status to the level of a member of the family! In addition, the doubts and dissatisfaction arising from his father's constant spoiling even if the "demon fox devil" disappeared without a trace as time passed.
Of course, just like Hinata Hirasa and Uchiha Fugaku, the number of Naruto's companions was slightly understood and even fully accepted, which had been quietly increasing over the years. When Naruto was graffiti Naruto, he was only angry and accused by others, but there was no excessive verbal insult, and he was no longer accused of being a "fox monster" in public. This is the best example - so that the complete acceptance of this family is born
The indescribable satisfaction that was revealed. For Naruto, who had been cursed by others after traveling to this world, although he did not say it clearly, it was definitely the most precious treasure in Naruto's heart. In addition, deep in his heart, the indifference to this Konoha Ninja Village, which seems to be prosperous but still has scum and decay hidden in it, is also gradually transformed into a sense of belonging to home in the little time he spent with his friends.
In other words...what should I compare the current Naruto with the Naruto a few years ago?
Then, in addition to the qualitative leap in strength with the growth of age...
At first, Naruto decided to endure the cold words of the foolish villagers and replace the "deceased" couple to protect the Konoha Ninja Village they cherished. Then, in his view on Konoha Ninja Village, the life, death and losses of others besides their companions are all passive and passive.
Now, Naruto, accompanied by his companions for ten years of care, gradually gave up his heart, and his hatred and disgust for Konoha Ninja Village were completely integrated into the role he played now...
That's...
Guardian of Konoha Ninja Village - the future seventh generation Naruto Uzumaki!
Chapter completed!