Spoiler at the beginning, Brother Tuzi, can you really open your eyes to this?

"what--"

Naruto yawned so loudly that his eyelids almost stuck together. He barely opened his eyes and looked at Teacher Iruka who was talking incessantly at the podium.

This morning, Sasuke dragged him out of bed and the two of them practiced Taijutsu for the whole morning.

Then, Naruto had to rush to the classroom to attend class, feeling exhausted.

By the afternoon, sleepiness came over him like a tide, and he felt that he would fall asleep immediately as long as he closed his eyes.

"No, no."

Naruto didn't dare to sleep on the table, after all, that would definitely attract a chalk attack from Iruka-sensei.

Just then, he caught a glimpse of Hinata next to him, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.

"Have it!"

Naruto moved closer to Hinata and lowered his voice into her ear and said, "Hinata, can I lean on your shoulder?"

"Eh...Eh?"

Hinata's face suddenly turned red all the way to her ears.

Lean...on my shoulder?

"Okay...okay."

Faced with this sudden request, Hinata, who is usually shy, somehow agreed.

When Hinata came to her senses, Naruto had already fallen into a deep sleep with his head resting on her shoulder.

"Naruto-kun..."

Hinata looked at Naruto's peaceful sleeping face and her cheeks flushed.

At the podium, Iruka was concentrating on teaching and for a moment he didn't even notice that there was one person missing from the class.

the other side……

within sealed space

"Hey? Where is this?"

The surroundings were dark and damp, with water dripping continuously from the ground.

Naruto scratched his head, wondering how he ended up here all of a sudden.

"Naruto, come over here."

Suddenly, a call as loud as thunder reached Naruto's ears, making him jump with fear.

He was startled, then mustered up his courage and raised his voice a few notches, as if this would give him courage:

"Who's calling me?"

"Go forward..." the voice came again.

Go forward?

Although Naruto was afraid, the desire to leave here drove him to act.

However, after searching everywhere, no exit was found.

"It seems that we can only go to see where the sound comes from." Naruto gritted his teeth and took a step forward.

After taking only a dozen steps, the darkness in front of me seemed to be dispelled!

A huge iron fence suddenly appeared before my eyes, like a cage.

"What a huge fence." Naruto was amazed.

"By the way, who is talking?"

"Hey, I'm coming, please show up."

In order to find a way out, Naruto had no choice but to communicate with the mysterious voice.

The voice just fell.

Inside the dark iron fence, a pair of eyes as big as lanterns lit up red.

Naruto subconsciously took two steps back and said in surprise: "Ah...what is that."

"You guy, Naruto, you're finally here."

A deep voice sounded, and the creature in the iron fence revealed its true form.

A giant fox.

The nine-tailed demon fox pointed at the seal on the iron fence and said, "Naruto, remove this seal and let me go out for some fresh air."

When facing the unknown, people always feel fear. But when Naruto saw that the Nine-Tail was just a talking fox and not some scary unknown monster,

His fear was visibly alleviated.

He looked at Kyuubi, his eyes full of curiosity: "Who are you? Why are you here?"

The Nine-Tails looked at the young Naruto, with a human-like helplessness appearing on his face.

It seems that the bond between them needs to be re-established.

Seriously, we are the strongest group in the world.

"My name is Jiu Lama, remember it for me."

"Ku Lama? What a weird name."

Naruto muttered quietly, but soon smiled again:

"Hello, Kurama! My name is Uzumaki Naruto!"

"I know. Then, can we remove the seal?" Kyuubi reminded again.

"seal?"

Naruto looked in the direction the Nine-Tail pointed, and sure enough, he found a talisman in the middle of the iron fence.

"Are you imprisoned here?"

Naruto took a few steps forward.

"Yes."

"This is too much! Who did this? How could it be so cruel!" Naruto was filled with indignation.

"Ahem...it's better not to say such things." Kurama coughed a few times. Naruto's words were quite hilarious.

"Anyway, untie it quickly."

"Oh, okay, I'll come and rescue you right away."

As he said that, Naruto reached out to uncover the talisman.

Looking at this scene, Jiu Lama's heart was excited and full of emotion.

This is too easy. In his previous life, he tried his best but failed to achieve this moment.

But here, it can be done with just a few simple words. It seems that as long as communication is proper, Naruto is still very reasonable.

Just as the seal was about to be opened, an illusory arm suddenly held Naruto down.

"Hey?"

Naruto froze and turned his head to look for the uninvited guest who disturbed him.

"Naruto, this seal cannot be removed yet." A gentle smiling face came into view, with infinite tenderness in the eyes.

It is the remnant chakra of Minato Namikaze in this time and space.

A trace of his chakra is hidden in the sealed space. Once the seal is loosened, he will appear to reinforce it and ensure that the Nine-Tails cannot escape.

Facing this smiling brother-like man, Naruto blinked and felt an indescribable sense of intimacy.

"Big brother, who are you? Why are you here?"

"My name is Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage of Konoha."

He chuckled, "Also your...father."

"Hey? Hey hey?!"

"My father?" Naruto was surprised.

Namikaze Minato frowned when he saw this: "Didn't the Third Hokage tell you?"

"Third-generation grandfather? Tell me what?" Naruto looked confused.

Minato Namikaze took a deep breath, things seemed more complicated than he had imagined.

If this is the case……

Naruto must have suffered a lot of grievances.

He gently touched Naruto's head and sighed, "Naruto, I'm sorry."

"Why are you apologizing? And are you really my father?"

Naruto asked questions in rapid succession. Having lost both his parents when he was young, this was the first time he had access to information about his father.

"Naruto, your mother will tell you these things in person in the future. I don't have much time left."

There was a lot of Kushina's chakra hidden in the sealed space, enough to last for a long time, long enough to explain everything to Naruto.

But for him, the little chakra left was only to prevent the Nine-Tails from escaping, and time was running out.

Namikaze Minato turned around and faced Kurama, expecting to be met with angry insults and accusations.

However, in Jiu Lama's eyes, there was only...

Three parts helplessness, three parts speechlessness, and three parts confusion.

Plus ninety-one points of eye roll.

"Hey, have you seen enough, you annoying Fourth Hokage?" Kurama said calmly.

Namikaze Minato: “?”

what's the situation?

He frowned slightly: "Nine Tails, you seem a little..."

After thinking for a while, Minato couldn't find the right words to describe it.

In the end, Jiu Lama himself gave the answer: "Reform your evil ways?"

"Uh... that's a pretty vivid description." Minato laughed awkwardly.

The former Nine-Tailed Fox was tyrannical, evil, and hated humans all the time.

When I see someone, I want to get rid of him as soon as possible.

But now?

It sat there, like a harmless stuffed animal.

He even rolled his eyes!

what happened?

Namikaze Minato was completely stunned.

If Kyuubi had looked like this back then, he might not have had to sacrifice himself.

"Um...father?"

Naruto was not used to this title and was not even sure if the other party was really his father.

"Kuroma is not a bad guy."

He defended Jiu Lama.

"Did you hear that, Yondaime? Naruto has recognized me."

"Letting me out will be good for you, Naruto, and me."

"I will help him become the perfect Jinchūriki of the Tailed Beasts. By then, who in the entire ninja world will be able to be our enemy?"

After saying that, Kurama winked at Naruto.

Naruto understood and gave a thumbs up.

You and I are brothers, how can we be united with each other?

My brother is right.

"This..." Minato hesitated for a moment.

He couldn't tell whether Kyuubi was deliberately disguising himself or was sincere.

However, his time is running out.

Finally, he decided to give the choice to Naruto.

"Naruto, this choice is up to you. It's up to you to decide."

"After all, this is your future and you should be the one to decide it."

There was still that gentle smile on Minato Namikaze's face.

"Hey, why is your body getting lighter and lighter?" Naruto looked at Minato, whose body became almost transparent.

"I'm leaving now, Naruto. You have to walk the future path by yourself."

"Why are you leaving? And, are you... really... my father?" Naruto subconsciously stretched out his hand.

Minato stroked the top of Naruto's head one last time, and before he could say anything more, his figure gradually faded away, his chakra exhausted.

Looking at the place where Minato disappeared, Naruto couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Father...

What a strange and distant name.

He hadn't had the chance to say more to him, hadn't yet expressed his longing for him for more than ten years.

"Don't stand there, Naruto, cheer up, I will always be with you."

Jiu Lama's voice came from behind, full of encouragement.

"Yeah!" Naruto nodded sharply, putting aside his frustration.

He turned around, grabbed the sealing talisman, and tore it off with force!

"One gram away! Kurama."