In the base of the Dawn Organization in the Fusang Secret Realm, the house built by Yu Zhibo using Wood Style, Earth Style, and various other Ninjutsu possessed not only excellent defensive capabilities but also the ability to slightly block mental power probing.
Furthermore, the Dawn Organization had a rule prohibiting the use of mental power to pry into others' privacy within the secret realm, with the system overseeing it. Once discovered, severe punishment would be meted out, so everyone living in the secret realm had cultivated the good habit of not carelessly probing with mental power.
Therefore, when Naruto heard someone knocking, he didn't immediately envelop the area with his mental power. Instead, he ended his awkward conversation with Hinata, stood up, and prepared to open the door.
"Is it Uncle White Fang?" he muttered, then opened the door.
Standing at the door was a girl, about thirteen or fourteen years old, with short brown hair and large, deep brown eyes. She wore a light pink skirt with safety shorts and dark red over-the-knee socks, red bracelets on her hands, and two distinct purple markings on her face.
Her level was not high, probably around D-rank.
Naruto couldn't help but open his mouth wide, pointing at the little girl before him in disbelief. "You're... Nohara Rin!"
As someone who had watched the Naruto anime, the character Rin was unavoidable. She was arguably the root cause of the entire ninja world's turmoil. Without her, Obito wouldn't have been corrupted, and none of the subsequent events would have occurred.
Of course, anyone who had watched the anime knew that, in the final analysis, both Rin and Obito were merely tools for Black Zetsu and Uchiha Madara's Eye of the Moon plan. Even if they ultimately changed their fate of being tools, substitutes like Grass Rin, Desert Rin, Uchiha Eat-Dirt, and Uchiha Live-Dirt would have appeared, because this was one of the anime's main plotlines.
Naruto had a deep impression of Nohara Rin, this tragic figure. After all, she was also a very kind and gentle girl who was willing to sacrifice herself for Konoha.
"Eh? You know me? Hello, is this the home of the Fourth Hokage, Minato-sama? I am his student, Nohara Rin, here to find him!"
Upon seeing Naruto, Nohara Rin almost mistook him for the Fourth Hokage. However, she quickly realized that the Fourth Hokage clearly didn't have such a simple-minded aura, nor did he have whisker-like markings on his face. So, despite her confusion, she politely bowed and asked courteously.
"I haven't heard of the teacher having a younger brother like this. Could it be..." Nohara Rin thought of Obito, who had matured by over a decade, a thoughtful expression appearing on her face.
"Ah, Dad is in the kitchen. Little Rin-nee, welcome to my home!" Naruto moved aside, revealing his signature sunny smile. "By the way, my name is Uzumaki Naruto, your teacher's son!"
"Excuse me!" Because of her suspicions, Nohara Rin wasn't particularly shocked by Naruto's identity, but she still looked at him curiously. She hadn't expected the teacher's son to be so grown up!
Then, she walked into the house somewhat hesitantly.
"Rin is here!"
Namikaze Minato also sensed the movement at the door. He walked out of the kitchen, flicking water droplets from his hands, and looked at Rin with a hint of pity, a gentle smile appearing on his face. "You must have met Obito already, right?"
As the teacher of Rin, Obito, and Kakashi, and having watched the entire anime, he knew the bond between the two. There was no need to guess why Obito had been frantically taking missions and hunting supernatural creatures during this period; it was undoubtedly to revive Nohara Rin.
"What an extreme child!" Namikaze Minato couldn't help but sigh inwardly as he recalled Obito's series of wicked deeds in the original work.
Nohara Rin nodded, her deep brown eyes showing a hint of inquiry. She pursed her lips and said, "Teacher, I have many questions..."
"My poor Rin..."
Before she could finish speaking, a red figure darted out from the kitchen. Accompanied by a fragrant breeze, Kushina Uzumaki, holding a ladle, embraced her tightly and said emotionally, "Rin, did that scoundrel Obito do anything to you? Your teacher originally wanted to gather enough energy points and emotional points to revive you first, but the system was unfair and set an exorbitant amount of energy points for you. Moreover, your teacher couldn't earn emotional points as quickly as those guys with the 'red eye disease'. In the end, you were revived by Obito first..."
"Eh? Mother-in-law..." Held tightly by Kushina Uzumaki, Nohara Rin's expression turned into a standard awkward smile with crescent eyes. While processing the information revealed in Kushina Uzumaki's string of words, she spread her hands helplessly and said, "Obito was very good to me. Why would Mother-in-law say that?"
Teacher Namikaze Minato was a very gentle person. Although Mother-in-law Kushina Uzumaki had a fiery temper and had beaten Obito and Kakashi, she was actually very kind-hearted. This couple had always treated them as close juniors, so Nohara Rin naturally held great trust and affection for them.
However, judging by the resentment in her mother-in-law's words, it seemed that Obito had done something terrible after her death?
"Hmph, as expected, that cowardly guy doesn't have the courage to tell you!" Kushina Uzumaki sneered. Although Obito's corruption had many reasons, she and Minato felt they had done nothing to wrong Obito. Yet, their family was destroyed because of him. Naturally, she had no good feelings towards Obito.
"Don't scare the child," Namikaze Minato gently held Kushina Uzumaki's shoulders and said softly, "Hinata is still here. Go and start cooking. I will explain everything to her!"
"Rin, are you prepared to know the whole truth?" After sending Kushina Uzumaki to the kitchen, Namikaze Minato said with a serious expression.
Nohara Rin nodded solemnly.
Namikaze Minato brought his fingers to his lips: "Genjutsu: Mind Separation, Spirit Fusion, Multi-Angle Scene Recall Technique!"
As the name of the technique fell, a wave of mental power emanated from Namikaze Minato's eyes. In front of him, Nohara Rin's gaze gradually lost focus, and she finally slumped onto the sofa, completely unresponsive to the outside world.
"It should take about the time it takes to eat a meal to digest it. I'll use this time..." Namikaze Minato lowered his hands, paused halfway, and realized that Hinata, sitting on the sofa, had also fallen into a trance.
Uzumaki Naruto also froze for a moment, then a smile crept onto his lips. "So you want to know too, Hinata..."
"Long ago, a demon fox caused trouble. The demon fox had nine tails. When the fox wagged its tail, mountains collapsed and seas surged, greatly disturbing the people. Therefore, ninjas were gathered. One ninja, at the cost of his life, sealed it. This ninja was named—the Fourth Hokage..."
(Whether it's grammatically correct or not, I'm directly copying the lines from the first episode. If it's grammatically incorrect, don't complain to me.)
"This... this is what happened after I died? The village still couldn't escape the ravages of the tailed beasts..." In a void and dark space, Nohara Rin's spiritual consciousness watched the anime playing on the screen and began to get drawn into the story...
"Is this what Naruto looked like when he was born? Because of the Nine-Tails, he has always been ostracized by the villagers, but he has always managed to stick to his ninja way..." Hinata Hyuga was also watching the anime, her heart filled with tenderness...