74 People who are dead

"Impossible!" Gaara tried to stand up but his body was too weak to even sit. He simply shouted at Naruto from the ground.

"My mother never loved me. Uncle Yashamaru told me that my mother died because of me. My father tried to kill me many times. You are lying to me."

"No, he is not."

A voice came from the side as Hinata walked closer to him.

"I checked your Chakra Signature before. Every chakra has its own chakra signature. That Chakra which keeps you protected all the time clearly doesn't belong to you or your tailed beast."

"Since your mother died because of you, she must have put all of her chakras into your body so that she can protect you all the time."

At this moment, Naruto interrupted her and said.

"I told you before we were not enemies. You were just following orders from your father, maybe just like your uncle."

When he said that, Gaara was stunned for a moment. Memories of the good time that he spent with his uncle kept repeating in his mind.

At this moment, he started doubting his uncle, not because of what he said but because of why he said it.

After all, every ninja must follow the order. And, his uncle was also a ninja. At this moment, his expression became complicated and tears fell down his eyes.

He started crying.

There was a small platform of sand below his head, holding the tears from falling into the ground.

Hinata's eyes turned sore and she was also on the verge of crying.

Naruto was silent. He didn't cry because he had already cried like an idiot before.

But, he finally knew what he was going to do.

His goals have changed.

Yes, he wanted to change the life of a Jinchuriki, never let them suffer the same fate that they have suffered for so many years.

And, only one person can help him do that.

Menma Izuno!

His best friend and rival.

"Gaara!" "Gaara!"

Suddenly, two people came running towards Gaara while shouting anxiously. When they saw Gaara on the ground, they didn't notice his tears.

They simply rushed toward him and in front of him, blocking Naruto and Hinata from going near him.

"Kankuro, take Gaara with you. I will cover for you."

"No, you take him away."

Kankuro immediately denied it and took out his puppet in front of Naruto and Hinata.

"Wait, we are not going to hurt him." Hinata saw their alert expressions and immediately explained.

When she said that, Kankuro and Temari obviously didn't believe it.

"Gaara, I have a friend." Naruto didn't care about them. He simply just spoke.

"His name is Menma. When I was seven years old, he was the first one to accept me. He convinced his family to accept me as well. I feel extremely lucky."

Slowly, Naruto stood up which made Temari and Kankuro flinch as they tightened their hands.

"It turns out I wasn't the only one lucky. You also have someone who took care of you and protected you all this time."

"Before this, I thought of becoming Hokage was my goal. But, now, my goal is no longer that. I want to change the fate of Jinchuriki. I want to make a world where Jinchuriki won't have to suffer."

"I already have a friend who will help me. But, he alone might not be enough. So, will you help me as a friend?"

When Naruto said that, Gaara's sand slowly helped him sand up. At this moment, he no. longer had tears in his eyes. His sand was helping him walk toward Naruto.

"Gaara!"

Temari shouted anxiously. She had no idea what Naruto was saying. It's not like she couldn't understand his words. It's just that his idea seemed incomprehensible.

"I found that I wasn't hated by the people who were close to me. This is something extremely important. Thank you! Uzumaki-san, if you want to help other Jinchuriki not feel pain like we did, then I will gladly help you."

Gaara slightly showed a gentle smile on his face as he spoke.

It was hard to believe how much his expression changed just after a few minutes. But, Naruto clearly accepted it.

Because sometimes, they need only one reason to change their lives.

Just like him!

[Congratulation on being selected for Dead Broadcast System]

[Pulling selective souls from Pure Land]

[Senju Hashirama has been pulled out]

[Senju Tobirama has been pulled out]

[Minato Namikaze has been pulled out]

[Madara Uchiha has been pulled out]

[Izuna Uchiha has been pulled out]

[Sakumo Hatake has been pulled out]

Just as Naruto smiled, he heard a loud noise in his head.

"Huh? Did you say something?" Naruto asked.

"No!" Gaara shook his head.

"It's weird. I just heard someone speaking in my head." Naruto spoke.

"Maybe someone is calling you from the village." Gaara replied.

At this moment, Naruto slapped his forehead.

"Ah, yes! I forgot about Menma's instruction. Hinata, I will pretend to lie down, please take me to Kakashi-Sensei. I won't participate in this war."

Hearing his words, Gaara, Temari, Kankuro, and Hinata looked at him weirdly.

"Are you really Konoha Shinobi?" Temari couldn't help but ask after a long silence.

"Of course, I am. It's just that if I don't then I might have to save Third Hokage. Menma told me that to change our village, Third Hokage must die."

"By the way, don't tell others that I said this to you. I only told you because I trust you."

Naruto innocently answered and then decided to lie down on the ground.

[Senju Tobirama: Huh? Boy, are you kidding me? Why do you need to kill Third Hokage to change the village?]

"Who is talking?" Naruto shouted immediately which made everyone look at him strangely.

"Didn't you hear any noise?" Seeing their gaze, Naruto asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

"Am I imagining things? Anyway, you three should leave as soon as possible. Because of the Tailed Beast, nobody came here but Anbu should be arriving any time soon."

Naruto hurriedly chased them away and continued to lie down. But, he suddenly looked at Hinata and asked.

"Wait Hinata, you can lift me, right?"

Hinata blushed slightly and glared at him.

"Can't you just act weak?"

"I can do that." Naruto realized that it was also a possible option so he quickly stood up and rushed toward Hinata.

"Hey, are you guys still standing here? Shouldn't you be leaving?" Naruto frowned when he saw three sand siblings still standing there.

Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro looked at each other for a moment.

"Menma won't be able to help you guys if you stay here. He sent me to fight Gaara so that I can pull him out of the darkness of being a Jinchuriki."

"I don't think he can help you if you get caught by the Anbu. More importantly, he is also acting to lie down right now. So, you should hurry up and leave."

Naruto continued to persuade them.

Finally, Gaara nodded his head. But just when he tried to walk, his legs were shaken. He almost fell before Temari and Kankuro held him.

"Gaara, let us take you back!" Temari said as she gratefully looked at Naruto and nodded her head.

Then, three of them quickly left the Konoha while Naruto stuck his head on Hinata's shoulder while looking quite weak.

[Senju Tobirama: Hey boy, didn't you hear what I just said?]

[Minato Namikaze: Hey, you look a lot like myself. Are you Naruto Namikaze?]

After only hearing that voice, Naruto was stunned for a moment. He tried to look around as he shuttered.

"D-d-dad? Am I hearing you?"

Suddenly, he found his mouth shut and a red screen appeared in front of him.

[Host is not allowed to speak anything related to the system out loud.]

"Huh? Naruto, what are you talking about?" Hinata looked at Naruto who seemed quite shocked and also emotional.

Naruto tried to say something but he found that whenever he thinks of his father's voice, he couldn't open his mouth.

As a Ninja who had trained for two years, he had gone through quite a lot of unexpected situations but this was the first of its kind.

Even so, he quickly adapted to it and thought.

'Dad? Is that really you? Am I not imagining your voice?'

[Minato Namikaze: Of course not! I don't know why but I was suddenly pulled inside a weird space where I could talk. And, I am also in front of First and Second Hokage as well as Kakashi's father and the other two.]

'Wow! How is that even possible?' Naruto's jaws almost opened wide.

"Naruto, what's wrong? You are acting weird." Hinata couldn't help but feel a strange change in his behavior so she immediately asked.

"N-no-nothing. I was just trying to act properly." Naruto shook his head and answered with some difficulty.

"If you really feel hard to act, you can just close your eyes and fall asleep. I can still hold you in my arms." Hinata blushed fiercely and answered.