Chapter 86
"On the surface, that old dog Third Hokage looks like a good person, but in reality—he's the most shameless one of all!"
"I got information that a mysterious ANBU has been secretly giving me financial support for years, but that old Third guy pocketed a lot of it privately, which is why I often don't have money to eat."
"Every week I go hungry for several meals—it's miserable. You have to believe me!"
"You don't believe me? Look how skinny I am, wuwuwu~"
Naruto looked at Uzumaki Naruto expressionlessly: "Oh? A mysterious ANBU giving you support? Who?"
Uzumaki Naruto lowered his head, speaking in a dejected tone: "I don't know."
"In Konoha, the only people I care about are Teuchi-san and Iruka-sensei. After them, it's him—but I don't even know his name."
Kakashi removed his mask at the right moment and said: "Um… the ANBU you're talking about… could it possibly be me?"
"You?" Uzumaki Naruto looked at Kakashi in shock. He immediately noticed this guy was a total weirdo.
There was actually another mask underneath the mask—what kind of ridiculous getup was that? Wasn't he hot?
But weird or not, Uzumaki Naruto still asked Kakashi: "Is it really you?"
Kakashi said lazily: "Ah? Yeah, it was me…"
Hearing this, Uzumaki Naruto excitedly ran up to Kakashi and started bombarding him with questions.
Meanwhile, Naruto frowned deeply as he stared at Kakashi.
Good grief—Kakashi had been secretly funding Naruto?
Why hadn't he gotten any in his own world?
Could it be because the worlds were different?
Something felt off. Aside from Sasuke's gender, this world seemed pretty normal and straightforward.
How could it differ so much from Naruto's world? In his world, Naruto's allowance usually came directly from the Third Hokage.
So why did Naruto get more money than other orphans attending the ninja academy?
Where exactly did that extra money come from?
Could it be that in his own world, Kakashi was also secretly supporting Naruto?
Could it be that all the money the Third Hokage gave Naruto actually came from Kakashi?
That actually made sense—Kakashi was always extremely busy, and he reported directly to the Third Hokage.
It seemed very likely that Kakashi handed the money to the Third Hokage, who then passed it to Naruto.
Similarly, Uzumaki Naruto had just said he'd heard about a mysterious ANBU supporting him, but the Third Hokage had withheld a lot of the money.
Was this true or false?
Could the same thing have happened in his own world?
Naruto mentally noted this matter for now. He said to Uzumaki Naruto and Kakashi: "Don't waste my time. Let's go."
Thinking about this possibility put Naruto in a somewhat bad mood.
If the Third Hokage in his own world was the same kind of hypocrite as the one here…
Then how would he face that?
Never mind… no point thinking about it now.
Anyway, Naruto already had enough strength. Worst case, he could just take the people he cared about and leave Konoha.
Could Konoha really kill him?
…
At the center of Konoha, the Third Hokage looked down at Mizuki, whose movements were restrained by ANBU. He waved his hand and said to the ANBU below: "Take him to prison."
ANBU: "Yes!"
With that, the ANBU dragged Mizuki outside.
At the same moment, the door was kicked open with a loud bang.
Uzumaki Naruto swaggered in from outside, shouting arrogantly:
"Old dog Third! This great one is the Fourth Hokage's son. Why the hell did you hide this from me?"
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