With a click, the lock was opened by the key.

Then there was the sound of the door opening, and two people walked in from the outside.

The environment inside the house was not as dark as imagined, but an extremely bright, long and narrow hallway. At the end was a bathroom and a staircase leading to the second floor.

Of the two people who came in, one of them seemed to have discovered something and suddenly said to the person next to him:

"Shikamaru, it doesn't look like there is no one living here. Could it be that you are mistaken?"

"How could it be? Even if I am mistaken, the ANBU people will not be mistaken either. This is where your parents once lived, and it is now your new home."

The two people who came in were Naruto and Shikamaru.

Faced with Naruto's question, Shikamaru gave a clear answer.

Because Naruto's identity as the son of the Fourth Hokage was confirmed by the senior management, the inheritance of the Fourth Hokage and his wife, which was originally controlled by the senior executives, had to be returned to Naruto, the Fourth Hokage, under the pressure of various public opinions.

The only heir.

Under the leadership of Shikamaru, Naruto also came to the place where his parents once lived in Konoha to receive this rich inheritance.

However, when Naruto came in, he was keenly aware that there was no dust at all in this house that should have been uninhabited for more than ten years.

Even the slippers placed in the entrance hall are neatly placed.

Not only that, a house that has been unoccupied for more than ten years would inevitably lack popularity, but in this house, that is not the case. Moreover, the windows are bright and clean, creating an atmosphere that someone lives here.

"Then what's going on here?"

Naruto pointed to the slippers at the entrance and the clean floor without a trace of dust.

"You are really stupid. Of course, a place like this will have specialized personnel come regularly to clean it. Moreover, this house has been repaired many times in the past ten years, so it will not become a failure."

Facing Naruto's confusion, Shikamaru put his hands in his pockets, looking as if nothing had happened.

"Yeah?"

"Of course, in short, you can bring the gifts from the apartment and you can move in directly."

Shikamaru walked forward as if he was the owner of the house.

Naruto hurriedly followed, walking along the corridor with Shikamaru.

Then, his steps suddenly stopped.

I saw an eye-catching photo frame hanging on one wall of the corridor.

Inside the photo frame, there is a photo. There is a man and a woman in the photo. The man has yellow hair and a sunny smile on his face, giving people a hearty, delicate and friendly feeling. The woman has

She had eye-catching long red hair, and she snuggled intimately with the yellow-haired man, with a happy and sweet smile on her face.

No matter from which angle you look at them, they are a perfect pair.

Looking at the photo on the wall, the expression on Naruto's face was slightly silent, and the expression in his eyes became complicated.

Although no one gave him the answer, he knew that this loving young man and woman were the owner and mistress of the house.

The Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, and his wife Uzumaki Kushina...

They are also his biological parents.

Seeing Naruto staring at the photos on the wall, Shikamaru stood aside and waited quietly without disturbing the current Naruto.

Although what Naruto saw at this time was not a real person, there must be countless things in his heart that he wanted to say to his parents.

Shikamaru couldn't understand what it was like to be without a father or a mother since childhood, so he couldn't comfort Naruto at this time. This was Naruto's privacy, and only he could understand that without parents

What does it feel like.

After a long time, Naruto came back to his senses and shifted his gaze from the photo.

"Let's go, Shikamaru, take me to see other rooms."

"Is everything okay?"

"Of course, I am Uzumaki Naruto!"

Seeing the bright smile on Naruto's face, it seemed as if all the sadness and loss had been swept away from his heart, and the corners of Shikamaru's lips could not help but raise.

Next, Shikamaru took Naruto to visit the rest of the rooms in the house.

Like the empty corridor, all the furniture in most rooms of this house has disappeared, like empty boxes placed inside the house.

Not only that, there is a basement under the house that is larger than the room above.

This huge basement has a large number of bookshelves neatly arranged, but all the books and scrolls on the bookshelves are missing.

Even on the workbench, there was only a lonely old desk lamp and a pen holder without a pen.

Naruto pressed the switch of the old desk lamp, and the light suddenly shone out, making the workbench even brighter.

In a daze, he seemed to see a man with yellow hair sitting in front of the workbench, turning on the desk lamp, and then taking a pen to write something on the paper.

Next to the man, there was a red-haired woman who came over with tea. She smiled kindly and said something to the yellow-haired man.

From the backs of the two of them, Naruto instantly felt a warm feeling of generosity and security that he had never experienced before.

"I heard from my dad that every time the fourth generation came home, he would work here, and his wife would often stay with him here until very late before going to rest."

"Well, I can feel it..."

"Feel?"

"No, it's nothing."

Naruto raised a soft smile on his lips, turned around and left.

Looking at Naruto's leaving figure, Shikamaru tilted his head, showing confusion.

Finally, Naruto and Shikamaru came to the door of a room on the second floor.

Shikamaru took out the key, and before using the key to open the door of this room, he turned to Naruto and said, "This is your bedroom. It seems that when the Fourth Generation was alive, he was ready to leave this room to you."

Naruto nodded.

Immediately, Shikamaru opened the door to the room.

Unlike the other empty rooms, this room seemed unchanged from the beginning.

There are a variety of complete furniture, and you can also see pacifiers, strollers and other special props for babies.

Naruto's eyes scanned every corner of the room, and finally landed on a wall, his expression stunned.

I saw a large number of photos posted on that wall...

The same person appears in so many photos.

But they are not the same person at the same time.

The first photo was of a baby who was unable to take care of himself.

Then there is the scene of the baby babbling and learning to walk.

Next are the photos of Ninja School and graduation from Ninja School.

In the last few photos, the grown-up baby is wearing a Konoha ninja forehead protector, and the record of the photos officially ends here——

Although there are only photos and no words, the photos on this wall write the story of a person's growth in the most vivid words.

"Why is this place..."

Naruto stared at the person in the photo with disbelief.

Because he is the person in the photo.

He had no idea how these photos ended up here.

"It was done by the third generation of adults."

Shikamaru sighed.

"Grandpa Hokage?"

Naruto looked at Shikamaru in surprise.

"Three generations of adults will take the time to come here several times every year, and record your growth process in the form of photos, and keep them here properly so that your parents can feel your presence..."

Shikamaru pointed to the desk against the wall. Under the glass was a photo of the Fourth Hokage and his wife that was exactly the same as the one in the corridor.

In addition, there is a stack of unread letters lying aside.

The letter writer is the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The recipients were the Fourth Hokage and his wife.

Holding these letters, Naruto felt heavy.

Seemingly aware of Naruto's heavy heart, Shikamaru came over and patted Naruto on the shoulder, saying: "This is probably the Third Generation's way of atonement. Because he failed to use you as his wife as he had agreed with the Fourth Generation.

Protecting the son of a hero only made you spend an unhappy childhood. For him, this is the only thing he can do."

Even as Hokage, there are many things he cannot help himself with.

Shikamaru couldn't evaluate the actions of the Third Hokage, or there was no right or wrong answer to this kind of thing.
To be continued...