Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

"Naruto grew up in a world of rejection and ridicule. But he is not without friends. In school, he has a pretty good relationship with Shikamaru, Choji, and Sasuke.

The most important reason why these children can become friends with him is that they don't look at him in a special way.

Naruto's request is not much. He just wants everyone to treat him as an ordinary student. Unfortunately, even this simple request, there are only a few people in Konoha who can do it. As for the reason, you should already know it. "

That night, Minato had a private talk with Sarutobi Hiruzen. After that, Sarutobi Hiruzen went back to bed and lay there for five full days before he could barely get out of bed.

"I know."

"It's actually very simple to understand this. You don't need to do much extra. Just walk over and say to Naruto, 'Naruto, I'm your father, and I'm sorry for not taking good care of you.'"

"Is it that simple?"

"Yes, it's that simple. I told you, Naruto doesn't ask for much."

Naruto didn't ask for much, which made Minato feel so guilty that he didn't know what to do.

"Of course, since you've dragged it out for so long, you'll still have to pay a price."

"What's the price?" Minato asked anxiously. If Aoba asked him to kill the Sandai, he probably wouldn't hesitate for a second.

"Well, let me think, Naruto would probably...punch you?"

"...What else?"

"Isn't that enough? Then you can let him throw a few more punches."

"..."

Minato disappeared in the bar, leaving behind Aoba's unspoken words.

"You haven't paid your fucking bill yet!"

......................

In the Uchiha mansion, Sasuke was completing the synthesis of his Sharingan's pupil power for today.

He now clearly felt that his reserved pupil power had reached a limit.

However, due to the lack of fusion of brain secretions, the kaleidoscope could never be fused.

Sasuke tried to use illusion to remind himself of that night, but no matter how sad he was, he always felt like he was missing something.

"As expected, Mr. Aoba is right. My body is preventing me from opening the Mangekyo. But if that's the case, when will I be able to defeat that guy?"

Under Aoba's training, this version of Sasuke is much more stable than in the original plot. However, the pain in his heart will not subside just because of the superficial stability.

He just suppressed the pain in his heart.

"Hmm..." Sasuke groaned at the sudden sharp pain in his neck.

"It's a curse. The seal is loose. Damn it."

Sasuke's face changed, and he formed seals with his hands, trying to cast the evil seal himself. However, the disturbance of the curse seal directly caused chaos in the chakra in his body.

"Oops." Black markings began to spread from Sasuke's neck to his entire body.

"Sasuke."

Sakura and Karin's voices were heard.

"What's up with him?"

"It's Orochimaru's curse. The seal that seals evil has loosened, and he is now being attacked by the curse."

"Then can you save him?"

"No, there is no need to save us. In fact, this is what we expected."

As Aoba's direct disciple, Sakura has mastered the art of sealing. Sealing evil is no problem for her. However, she has not tried to stabilize the seal.

"Karin, come with me and take him to the lab, now."

After receiving the news, Qingye rushed to the laboratory as soon as possible.

"what happened?"

"The curse backfired. Much earlier than planned. I don't know what happened."

"Haha, this must be Orochimaru's doing. He may have noticed something different about Sasuke and is getting impatient. It doesn't matter, the timing is almost right, let's give it a try."

Sasuke and Naruto have always been the helpers that Aoba tried to train. He needs these two children to be his helpers. But he uses his own way, not the direct cheating method of the Six Paths Sage.

According to the original plot, at the end of the original story, Naruto and Sasuke both obtained the power of the Six Paths and worked together to seal Kaguya.

During the battle, Naruto had the Truth-Seeking Jade given by the Six Paths on him. But after the seal ended, the power of the Six Paths was consumed, and Naruto himself never used the Truth-Seeking Jade again.

In fact, it can be seen from the whole plot that the reason why the Six Paths Sage personally started cheating was because the growth rate of the two of them did not keep up with the version.

Aoba started training the two of them ahead of time just to prevent this.

And there is actually a very obscure detail in the original plot. That is, the Six Paths Sage clearly favors Ashura. In some background plots, it is clearly described that the Six Paths Sage is dissatisfied with Indra. He likes Ashura more.

Qingye had no prejudice against the two children. He hoped that the two sons of destiny could fully realize their potential.

Sasuke has no potential to directly practice immortal arts, which is not a weakness for others, because no one can do it.

But for Sasuke, this is indeed a weakness. Lacking the blessing of fairy arts, his performance in the later period is not as good as Naruto's.

Qingye wanted to make up for this weakness a long time ago. But immortal arts are something that can only be done by cheating.

In the original plot, after achieving the Six Paths level, Madara absorbed some of the Senjutsu Chakra from Hashirama to make up for this weakness.

Sasuke will not be able to reach the level of Six Paths in a short time. However, Orochimaru's curse seal gave Aoba a possibility. He did not stop Orochimaru from leaving the curse seal on Sasuke in preparation for this move.

"The original intention of the curse seal is not to kill Sasuke. It is to corrode and infect him. This chakra contains not only the degraded version of Senjutsu chakra, but also Orochimaru's will."

Even Aoba had to admit that Orochimaru was a genius. His use of chakra to corrode others and occupy their nests had vaguely touched upon some unspeakable rules of the ninja world.

He himself may not have noticed it yet. But if we give this guy some time, he might actually notice something.

Aoba placed his hand on Sasuke's forehead and then entered Sasuke's consciousness.

Using chakra to connect to the other party's spiritual world is actually the same as the erosion of the curse seal. The reason why Aoba kept Orochimaru was because this guy might be one of the few people who could understand what he was doing from the root and could not help him.

While Sasuke fell into a coma, Naruto was also in a mess.

He looked at Minato teacher in front of him, his face filled with anger, pain, happiness, and all kinds of complicated emotions.

"You said you are my father, the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze?"

"Yes Naruto, I'm sorry it took me so long to tell you. I was too cowardly to acknowledge you. I'm sorry."