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Chapter 41: My foolish little brother!
As the sun set, Menma and Naruto sat at opposite ends of a park bench.
The two orphans watched quietly as children in the park were picked up by their parents.
"Um... Menma, why are you willing to play with me?" Naruto mustered his courage and asked the little boy sitting on the other side of the bench with a slightly expectant look in his eyes.
Although the two of them only sat in the park for a while after dinner, quietly watching the sunset.
But for Naruto, when all the other children in the park were avoiding him, it was already a rare friendship that someone was willing to sit with him on a bench to watch the sunset.
"Hmm?" Menma turned his head slightly, the afterglow of the setting sun casting a soft outline on his face.
Looking at Naruto Uzumaki standing to the side, with his blond hair, blue eyes, and six whiskers on his face.
The protagonist of this Naruto world, the "Child of Prophecy" who will save the world in the future.
"I had a friend who helped me when I was confused. Maybe I saw a reflection of my past self in you," Menma said, making things up.
He knew that the Third Hokage's crystal ball was constantly monitoring Naruto.
Naruto is under constant surveillance by the Anbu, so the Third Hokage is bound to find out about my approach to Naruto.
Furthermore, Menma himself was not clear about his own motives for approaching Naruto.
Is it because Naruto is the protagonist? Or is it because I transmigrated into Naruto's brother and am bound by a strong sense of kinship?
I can't distinguish the feeling of freckles from freckles.
He didn't want to disrupt Naruto's growth, at least not until Naruto graduated and the main storyline began.
But they are also indignant about Naruto's current predicament.
Where did Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki's assets go? So much money! And houses too!
Kushina was the last member of the Uzumaki clan. Grandma Mito treated Kushina as her own daughter. Even if the Uzumaki clan's inheritance was not given to Kushina, Grandma Mito would have prepared some assets for Kushina to establish a family.
Then there's Minato Namikaze. Putting aside his salary as the Fourth Hokage, he earned a lot of money by carrying out 39 S-rank missions during his ninja career.
An S-rank mission costs at least one million ryo, and after the village takes its cut, the ninja team that accepts the mission receives half, while the Jonin leading the team takes the other half, which is 500,000 ryo.
39 S-rank missions would be worth at least 19.5 million taels of silver!
This doesn't even include the 323 A-level missions, 216 B-level missions, 147 C-level missions, and 122 D-level missions.
Even at the lowest possible price, a level A mission would cost 150,000 taels, a level B mission 80,000 taels, a level C mission 30,000 taels, and a level D mission 5,000 taels.
Minato's total income during his ninja career, taking the median value, exceeded 230 million ryo, and taking the minimum value, it still exceeded 54 million ryo.
So much money! It's impossible that it all went to Minato to buy special Flying Thunder God kunai, nor could it all be gone after he married Kushina and bought a house.
So where's the money?!
Even if only a fraction of the four million ryo remains, it can still pay Naruto more than 27,000 ryo per month for twelve years until he graduates from the Ninja Academy and becomes a genin who can earn money independently!
If Naruto were fed only Ichiraku Ramen, he could eat over 500 bowls a month! Until he throws up!
So how much did that old man Hiruzen Sarutobi give?
Naruto loves instant noodles and never cooks. He eats instant noodles for two out of every three meals a day, and has milk and fried eggs for breakfast. How much money does he spend?
It's amazing that I still don't have any spare change each month. Even going to Ichiraku Ramen occasionally is considered a luxury meal!
"Friends?" Naruto's eyes suddenly lit up, full of anticipation. "Then, are we friends now?"
"I guess so." Menma rubbed his stomach.
I received my friend's allowance for this month.
"Alright, it's getting late, I should go home now." Menma stood up from his chair as the sun completely set and dusk deepened, patting the fallen leaves off his trousers.
"Well then! See you next time!" Naruto grinned. He had made his first friend today, no, he also made the ramen shop uncle and Ayame.
Naruto's naturally optimistic and cheerful personality allowed him to put aside his troubles of the past few days and the malice of the villagers.
After waving goodbye to Menma, Naruto skipped and hopped home.
As Naruto disappeared at the end of the park, the little Nine-Tails peeked out from under Menma's scarf.
"Menma, is that guy your brother in this world? The chakra within him... is very special." After sensing a familiar yet unfamiliar tailed beast chakra, the little Nine-Tails entered Menma's mental space.
Only after Naruto left and the restless chakra disappeared from his senses did the little Nine-Tails emerge.
"Yeah, that's him, Naruto Uzumaki, my stupid little brother." Menma looked in the direction Naruto disappeared, his eyes narrowed, and a playful smile appeared on his lips.
With the third generation's crystal ball spying, the 24-hour surveillance by the Anbu ninjas, and the influence of Ashura's chakra reincarnation, it will be very difficult for Menma to impart any ideological education to Naruto.
He was eager to see what he would say to Naruto during the "New Konoha Crush Plan," when he would declare, "I'm your brother! We're both sons of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze!"
And when it comes to "My silly little brother".
What kind of shocked expression will Naruto have?
However, before the "New Konoha Crush Plan," Menma still needed to find a way to take a group of ninja clans with him.
When Orochimaru resurrects the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, and these two see the rebellious Uchiha, Hyuga, and Uzumaki clans uniting against the Third Hokage and destroying Konoha...
What expressions would these two "predecessors" have on their faces?
"Just thinking about it is delightful," Menma hummed softly, feeling his brain begin to tremble.
Even if Naruto is the protagonist, he can't stop himself!
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Inside the Hokage's office.
The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, watched through the telescope technique as young Naruto ran home from the park. His face, marked with age spots, beneath the Hokage hat remained as calm as a still well.
He took out a background investigation report from the intelligence department from the drawer.
"Menma?" Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the information the intelligence department ninjas had gathered from the orphanage, finally settling on the words "primary chakra attribute is fire, possesses ninja aptitude."
Background checks revealed that he was just an ordinary war orphan.
"If the other child were still alive, Naruto wouldn't be so lonely." Hiruzen Sarutobi put down the investigation report, picked up his pipe, and took a puff.
Smoke drifted slowly in the office as he exhaled.
Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but recall the look of surprise on Minato's face when Kushina became pregnant and the examination revealed that it was twins.
To ensure Kushina's smooth delivery, Hiruzen Sarutobi even had his wife, Biwako, go to the delivery room to help.
result--
When Hiruzen Sarutobi led the Konoha ninja to the battlefield where Minato had sealed the Nine-Tails, during the Nine-Tails' rampage, all they saw were the remains of Minato and Kushina, pierced by the Nine-Tails' claws within the barrier, and Naruto crying in his swaddling clothes.
As for the other child, his whereabouts are unknown.
If he wasn't taken away by the mysterious person, then he most likely died during the Nine-Tailed Fox's rampage.
"Naruto is almost three years old now, and he's starting to encounter all sorts of people and ideas. It's time for him to understand the Will of Fire." Hiruzen Sarutobi stroked the edge of the Hokage's hat.
Looking at Naruto in the crystal ball, who was lying in bed with a smile on his face after returning home, Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered how he should appear before Naruto.
Only then can Naruto develop the greatest dependence and affection for him.