Hearing Minato Namikaze say those words, Ning Feng felt a warm current surge through his heart, an unmistakable sense of home.
In his previous life, he had never once experienced such pure emotion.
Although Minato was his teacher, he had no obligation—no responsibility—to do any of this for Ning Feng.
And yet, Minato still said it.
That meant he truly regarded Ning Feng as family.
At the side, whether it was Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Shisui, or Uchiha Fugaku, all of them were stunned.
They never imagined that the Fourth Hokage—someone with such a brilliant future—would be willing to go this far for Uchiha Feng.
If handled poorly, this could condemn Minato to a lifetime of infamy.
Taking a deep breath, Uchiha Fugaku stepped forward and firmly patted Minato on the shoulder.
"Lord Namikaze, I, Uchiha Fugaku, truly admire you."
"After today, I finally understand something. No matter how strong our Uchiha clan is, without a voice among the higher-ups, we're destined to be exploited and suppressed."
"And on your side, Lord Namikaze, things haven't been easy either, have they?"
"Since that's the case, let us join forces."
"My Uchiha clan will support you in stabilizing Konoha—right up until we help Uchiha Feng ascend to power."
"Only in this way can our Uchiha clan truly turn things around."
As Fugaku spoke, he took a deep breath, his gaze burning as he looked at Minato, sincerity filling his eyes.
Minato froze for a moment—then joy surged through him.
In truth, he hadn't been very confident about purging Feng's political enemies. But with the Uchiha clan's backing, his chances increased dramatically.
At present, the Uchiha clan alone possessed four pairs of Mangekyō Sharingan.
That kind of terrifying power was more than enough for Minato to carry out a political purge—then finally support Uchiha Feng's rise to power.
"Fugaku, rest assured," Minato said solemnly.
"If I, Minato, say something, I will see it through."
"To be honest, all these years I've been Konoha's Fourth Hokage in name only. But in reality, my orders never even made it beyond the Hokage's residence."
"Most of the power has been tightly held by Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzō, and the rest."
"I originally accepted being a puppet Hokage because I wanted to serve others. Who controlled Konoha didn't matter to me."
"But what happened to Feng today made me realize something—
I couldn't even protect my own student."
"They call me the Yellow Flash… yet I couldn't protect my student, and almost let him become a hostage!"
The more Minato spoke, the colder his gaze became, an icy chill gathering within.
Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Shisui, and the others had known some of this—but they never imagined it was truly as Minato described: that he was nothing more than a puppet Hokage.
After a moment of silence—
Clap.
Uchiha Fugaku and Minato Namikaze clasped hands tightly.
For Uchiha Feng.
For the Uchiha clan.
For Konoha's future.
They would work even harder—to purge corruption and let true light shine upon the village.
"Now I finally understand why Orochimaru suddenly left the village and buried himself in research and experimentation," Minato said, a glimmer of realization flashing through his eyes.
Listening to their conversation, Ning Feng's gaze grew complicated.
He wasn't worried about Fugaku or Minato's safety.
Rather, he finally understood Sasuke.
He understood why Sasuke ultimately chose the path of becoming a so-called "revolutionary," seeking to control the entire world so that war would never occur again.
A decaying Konoha could only truly grow strong through revolution and political cleansing.
Otherwise, clans would continue to be annihilated for the selfish desires of a few, and children would keep growing up without parents.
In the original story, Naruto won in the end.
But in Boruto, Konoha was still rotten.
The only difference was that Naruto and Sasuke had gone from being the exploited… to becoming the exploiters.
The dragon slayer eventually becomes the dragon.
Taking a deep breath, Ning Feng suddenly formed a new goal in his heart.
Not merely becoming stronger—
But leading the shinobi world toward an entirely new future.
After exchanging a few more words, Minato and Uchiha Fugaku quietly departed.
Ning Feng could clearly sense that even Minato's departing silhouette had changed—it was no longer the same as before.
Over the next few days, Konoha remained eerily calm.
Even Kumogakure—which had loudly threatened to start a ninja war—ultimately failed to do so.
Ning Feng occasionally heard rumors:
The former Konoha senior advisors, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, had both died of sudden heart attacks shortly after their imprisonment.
Silently. Completely.
After that came a massive overhaul of the ANBU.
Many Uchiha clan members were selected and transferred into ANBU service.
Not only that—Uchiha Fugaku was promoted to the new Konoha senior advisor.
Even the guards stationed around Minato were replaced entirely by Uchiha clan members.
At first, the Akimichi, Hyūga, Yamanaka, and other clans protested to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
But Minato said something to Hiruzen—something no one else knew—and every complaint was dismissed.
That very night, the protesting clan members were found dead in the wilderness.
The incident shook the entire village.
Later, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Minato Namikaze reportedly had a fierce argument.
In the end, Hiruzen left the Hokage's residence in disgrace.
As more and more Uchiha clan members were promoted, many ninja in Konoha could clearly feel it—
The sky was changing.
The world was changing.
Those who had once been cold toward the Uchiha clan now grew friendly.
Every day, countless people came to the Uchiha compound bearing gifts.
Even the Akimichi, Hyūga, and Yamanaka clans gradually changed their attitudes.
When they saw Uchiha members now, they flattered and fawned over them.
People like Akimichi Chōza and Hyūga Hiashi—who once looked down on Fugaku and Ning Feng—were now all smiles, as if they were old friends.
During these days, Ning Feng also took the opportunity to visit ANBU and observe things firsthand.
He discovered that many veteran ANBU members had mysteriously vanished, as if they had never existed at all.
Almost all of them had previously stood firmly on Sarutobi Hiruzen's side.
It was obvious now—
Minato Namikaze was truly sacrificing everything for him.
His future.
His reputation.
All of it—
To pave the road ahead for Uchiha Feng.
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