Naruto, Time of Dawn

In the hospital, Naruto opened the door of Room 709. The once high-spirited, bold and domineering fifth generation, Senju Tsunade, was lying quietly on the white hospital bed, her face was pale, and her long light blond hair was a little dull due to being left unattended for a long time. Messy.

Naruto walked closer and began to tame his long blond hair.He always remembered that the informal mother-in-law Tsunade was very, very fond of her long light blond hair.Although she didn't have much time to maintain it, her mother-in-law would never let it be so messy.

Halfway through the process, his extraordinary perception suddenly captured a chakra that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

This situation can't help but make people worry. It wouldn't be good if it was the guy who had been contacted outside the village before.He wasn't afraid of exposing his strength, but it would be difficult if he alerted someone.

Various thoughts went through Naruto's brain, but the expression on his face remained the same, without any violent ups and downs.

Every time at this time, Kyuubi couldn't help but sigh, time is indeed a wonderful thing.It has polished the former lame boy into the stable and responsible person he is today. (It’s just that I still can’t get rid of my habit of being stupid from time to time!)

In the end, Naruto felt that he had to find this person out. He could not and would not make fun of the people he cared about!

Squeak!

The door was pushed open again.Naruto turned to look at the door and waved his hand, smiling slightly.

"Sister Mute."

"Na, naruituo!!!" Shizune opened her eyes wide, her face full of disbelief, and even the medical tools in her hands were shaking.

"Hey, sister Shizune, I'm back."

The world seemed to be on pause at this moment.

Shizune couldn't believe her eyes.The boy who kept chattering when we first met, the boy who stood on the battlefield five years ago to protect everyone, the boy whose eyes have always been clear, clean, warm, bright, and dazzling that people can't take their eyes away from. .The boy Uzumaki Naruto who aspired to become Hokage...is back!

It would be very rude to keep distracted when meeting an old friend, but Naruto didn't care at all.Gentle, he just smiled lightly and looked at the person in front of him tenderly. Like Granny Tsunade, she was his family member. She was a sister-like existence who had never been alienated because of her status.

Shizune's eyes that had become vacant due to excessive excitement focused again, and Shizune hurriedly bent over

"Sorry! I'm rude."

"No, sister Shizune, you don't have to worry about it."

Naruto held Shizune's shoulders, smiling like a big boy who had done something wrong.

"Besides, I should be the one to apologize for leaving for so long without saying a word."

The boy's eyes remained unchanged, blue eyes, the color of the sea and the sky.Clean, clear, holy.But there was something more, something that the Naruto of five years ago didn't have.Convincing majesty.The confidence a leader should have.

Naruto-kun, you have worked hard these past five years.Congratulations, you are much closer to your dream.

"Sister Shizune, can you tell me about your mother-in-law's situation?"

Naruto took the thing from Shizune's hand and pulled her to the bedside.

"I just took a look and found that my mother-in-law has a lot of tailed beast chakra in her body, and there are more than one. Can you tell me what happened?"

"Ah."

Shizune nodded. During the time when Tsunade-sama was injured, Danzo was almost able to cover the sky with one hand. Naruto's return at this time was undoubtedly a very good help.

"That was a week ago."

Shizune's eyes flashed.Yeah, this is not a good memory

"At that time, someone attacked Konoha. Tsunade-sama exhausted her chakra to protect the villagers. She would have recovered by resting, but that night she was attacked again. When I arrived, she had already fallen into a coma."

"Is that right?"

Naruto couldn't help but frown beautifully.Something seems not to be right.

"Has mother-in-law woke up recently?"

"No." Shizune shook her head, "Tsunade-sama has shown no sign of waking up."

"What?! Sister Shizune, are you sure my mother-in-law has never woken up!" Naruto was very shocked and couldn't help but raise his voice.

"Yes. Recently, the number of wounded in ANBU has suddenly increased, and the hospital has no spare manpower to take care of Tsunade-sama. Even I can only squeeze out time. So your current situation is not optimistic."

With that said, Shizune had already begun to deal with the injuries on Tsunade Hime, which Naruto had noticed before, in the abdomen, had damaged the five internal organs.And there was a lot of bruising.But this is not the most serious thing. The most serious thing is the tailed beast chakra that penetrated into Grandma Tsunade's body.Once the time is too long, the mother-in-law will definitely die.

"Where's Sakura?" Naruto asked hurriedly, "Isn't there still Sakura? Where has she gone?"

"Naruto, two weeks before the accident, Sakura was sent on a mission to the Kingdom of Wind."

"What?!" Naruto was simply frightened. "Did you, sister, break the curse seal on my mother-in-law's hand?"

"Curse seal? I don't know what the curse seal is!" Shizune obviously didn't know about the curse seal, and she looked surprised.

After getting the answer, Naruto turned around and punched the wall.

been counted.

Someone designed all of this.To find him.Moreover, that person knew the agreement between him and Granny Tsunade.

Naruto's actions frightened Shizune beside him,

"Naruto, are you alright!"

"It's okay. Sister Shizune, you are busy. I suddenly remembered that I still have something to deal with. I will be back in a moment."

Naruto immediately turned and left.He needed to meet the guy hiding in the dark.Regardless of the outcome, the current situation is too passive and he needs to take the initiative.

After leaving the hospital, he almost laughed at himself.I was originally worried that taking action rashly would alarm someone, but reality didn't allow it.He couldn't gamble with those who cared about him and cared about him.

After finding a place where no one was around, the white mist dissipated and Naruto had disappeared.

"Xiaojiu, lend me your chakra."

The fiery red chakra enveloped Naruto in an instant.The azure eyes had disappeared, replaced by the eyes of the nine-tailed demon fox, which were the color of blood.Intoxicating and terrifying.

At the same time, he formed another seal, and he had determined the location of that person. How long would it take if he didn't take action!

The complicated sealing method is extremely skillful, it is an unfamiliar sealing sequence, Mu Dun.Then came the Flying Thunder God.

Using three ninjutsu in a row, he formed a powerful combo. At least the purpose of arresting people was achieved.

The person who had been hiding in the dark was taken away by someone who suddenly appeared before he had time to react. He didn't even have time to call for help. When no one touched him, he felt the space being distorted. The next second, the surrounding people... The scenery changed.

In order to get rid of the control of the person coming, the surrounding space had just stabilized, and the person greeted the person coming with a fireball without thinking, boosting his energy, jumping, and occupying the high ground.

"Naruto?"

Naruto was not surprised at all that the other party knew him. He had been staying in the dark and naturally knew a lot of things.

Then Naruto noticed the other party's clothes, black cloak, animal mask...

Okay, my own people.

But the other party's mask is a black cat mask that rarely appears in ANBU.This also means the particularity of the other party's identity.

"Well! Sorry!"

He made a mistake. Naruto scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. Naruto was really worried about the identity of the other party this time.

"When I sensed your chakra before, I thought it was someone with evil intentions. I'm sorry. I hope you don't mind the bad habits I've developed over the past few years."

The other party shook his head, indicating that he didn't care about Naruto's actions.

"Have you been protecting Grandma Tsunade lately?"

Naruto felt that since the ANBU were the Hokage's bodyguards.Then there are things they know more about.

The other party obviously understood Naruto's intention.Even the voice is tainted with a hint of smile

"I have been with Lord Hokage for the past three years. If you have any questions, Naruto-kun, you can ask me."

Naruto breathed a huge sigh of relief.I thought it would be a big trouble, but who thought it would be a big surprise!

Eh!For such a long time, Naruto could count on one hand the number of people who had been so cooperative.As expected, the people in my own village are better.

"Then can you come down first? I have a lot of questions."

Naruto thought, he had to speak louder when he was so far away, and he had to raise his head to look up at the other person.The former one was fine, but the latter one really made him very unhappy.

He was answered by the sound of the wind blowing his cloak.The other party actually agreed to his request.

"What should I call you? You can't just scream "hey, hey, hey" all the time." Naruto always remembered the teachings of a certain important person.Not to mention it's impolite to yell like this, he was very contorted when he yelled.

"My codename is An."

The voice was cold but gentle. I always felt like I had heard it somewhere, but it was definitely not in Konoha.No one in Konoha had ever spoken to him in such a tone, or rather, the person who would speak to him in this way could no longer talk to him in such a calm manner.

"Well, An. Were you there when my mother-in-law had an accident?"

The other person was stunned when he said this, and such a reaction almost made Naruto think that he had said the wrong thing.

"I'm sorry Naruto-kun, I was tripped by someone. It was my dereliction of duty that I failed to protect the Hokage-sama."

"It's okay. Did you see anyone suspicious in the ward yesterday and today?" When asking this question, Naruto stared directly into the other person's eyes, which was enough to see the importance of this question.

"No, no one from Miss Shizune has been in or out of the Hokage-sama's ward."

Yami's tone was very determined, and it was because of this that Naruto noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with the other person's eyes.But I can't care about that much now.

"Think about it carefully. Could it be that you didn't see it or forgot it?" After thinking about it, Naruto said seriously, "Yami, this question is very important!"

"No." An's answer did not change. "I have been paying attention to the situation in the ward, and I have also set up a barrier in the ward. I will definitely know if anyone comes in or out."

"Is that right?"

Naruto lowered his head after receiving such an answer.Even the light in his eyes dimmed a lot.The clue is broken again.

"Naruto-kun, are you asking this because of the curse mark on Hokage-sama's hand?"

Yami's words made Naruto's eyes light up again.

Naruto grabbed An's hand almost as soon as he finished speaking, and was so excited that he couldn't control himself.

"How do you know? My mother-in-law told you about the curse seal?"

An An shook his head and said, "No, Hokage-sama didn't say anything about the curse seal. I discovered it accidentally after the master was injured that day. After that, I asked others to check and found out the function of the curse seal. So I was good at doing it last night. I advocate breaking the curse seal."

"So you knew I would come back early?"

"It's just a guess. During the time when Lord Hokage was in coma, Shimura Danzo continued to suppress Lord Hokage's strength. If this continues, Konoha will sooner or later be his world. So I have to make a bet."

"What happened to Danzo Shimura?"

Because of Yami's words, Naruto suddenly had a bad association, and even Kyuubi agreed with this association.

"The people who tripped me up that day were the people at the root."

The expected answer was also the answer Naruto least expected to get.But that's reality.

Yes, everything is pointing in one direction now.

"Yami, I think I need some time to digest this news." Naruto showed his usual apologetic smile.

"Then I'll go back first."

"Naruto, be careful. Danzo has been sending people to keep an eye on Tsunade-sama's ward."

This news made Naruto feel a little cold.

After separating from Yami, Naruto stood among the trees, one hand resting on the trunk of a tree.He still needs verification.Make sure the person is trustworthy.

Soon, Naruto got other news from the trees.Not long before the attack on Konoha, someone secretly came in and out of Konoha, and on the day of the incident, someone also came in and out of Root.And those guys are related to Akatsuki.

Since there is no vegetation at the roots, it is difficult to obtain other information, but these alone can make Naruto certain that his return to Konoha is outside of Danzo's plan.In this operation, Danzo and Akatsuki used each other.One person wants Granny Tsunade to step down, and 'Akatsuki' wants to return to Konoha and appear in front of them.It seems that the days ahead are unlikely to be peaceful.

When Naruto returned to the ward, Shizune had already helped Tsunade-hime temporarily treat her wounds.Even Li Xiao arrived.

As soon as Naruto walked into the ward, Shizune hit him with a question.

"Naruto, you have a child?!"

When Naruto looked at Li Xiao holding his little hands on the chair beside him, turning his head and looking away without even looking at himself, he suddenly felt that his head started to hurt again.

"Well, yes. Sister Shizune's name is Li Xiao. She will be four years old in a few months."

"Wow." Shizune suddenly showed a joking expression. This may be because her nerves have been tense recently and she needs to relieve stress.

"Naruto-kun, you have just left Konoha and you are already a bad learner. Wait until Tsunade-sama wakes up and see how she deals with you!"

Naruto also cooperated, pretending to be worried, and then helplessly spread his hands.

"There's nothing we can do about it. So when the time comes, I'll ask the gentle and beautiful sister Shizune to help me and stop Grandma Tsunade."

After saying that, he rubbed his head, "Grandma Tsunade's iron fist is really powerful!"

Naruto's words made Shizune laugh, and Shizune covered her mouth with her hands and became angry.

"He also said that he was not a bad person and was glib."

"Ara, let's not talk about this anymore. Sister Shizune, just come and change the dressing as usual in the next few days. Mother-in-law Tsunade will be left to me and Li Xiao. I hope that mother-in-law can see that I take care of her so seriously. Be gentle up and down. Otherwise, you will really be beaten into an idiot."

"Hahahaha, Naruto, you take it seriously. I'll leave it to you then. I have something to do and I have to go first."

"Well, goodbye sister Shizune."

"Bye!" Shizune waved her hand, picked up the blood-stained gauze and left.

"Dad, you asked me to come and you ran away without a trace!"

As soon as Shizune left, Li Xiao settled the accounts with his father Qiu Hou without any politeness at all.

"Oh, there was a little problem at the moment! Don't be angry, Li Xiao. As compensation, can daddy take you to eat Konoha's famous snacks?"

Naruto walked to Li Xiao and naturally put his hand on the short brown hair to smooth it.

"First of all, I said I don't want to eat ramen!"

The little guy looked up at Naruto angrily, and suddenly felt much better when he saw the hurt expression on Naruto's face.

"If your idiot dad dares to take me to eat Ichiraku Ramen, I will never end it with you!"

"Well, Ichiraku Ramen is so delicious, why wouldn't Li Xiao like it?" Naruto rubbed his temples with his other hand in distress.It seems that he will never be able to make Li Xiao like ramen.

"If you don't want it, you don't want it!" The arrogant little guy was also very willful. He pouted and said, "I want to eat Konoha's tea! This time I want matcha flavor!"

Eh!This child has fallen into the abyss of pastries. He feels that if he allows it, this child can eat pastries three times a day.

"Then these you bought..." Naruto gestured with his eyes to his child to look at the lunch box placed aside, trying to struggle.

However, he underestimated his son's dedication to pastries.

The little guy was very domineering and replied nonchalantly, "Put it in the refrigerator for tomorrow's breakfast."

As soon as these words came out, Naruto felt like he heard the sound of something breaking.

My son is too skinny and can’t control himself! Hey!

"Naruto: Dawn"