Chapter 1182: Hokage Appears Under the Stick

For Naruto, the happiness of stealing the forbidden scroll was replaced by despair in an instant. At this time, he looked at the scene in front of him with cold limbs, and his brain still refused to admit the fact that happened. Sitting on the fallen leaf mat, Naruto's eyes were full of fear.

"There are things to do and things not to do. Naruto, do you know why Mizuki died?" Nono asked.

Naruto had no strength to speak at all. He didn't know anything. A corpse had scared Naruto.

Snap!

A slap without hesitation, slapped Naruto to the side. Nono was not polite. This was Duran's request, and he couldn't show mercy.

The burning pain brought Naruto back to reality. Naruto felt that he might die, because even Minato teacher died, and he would die too.

"Tell me, why did Minato die?"

"No, I don't know."

Snap! Another slap.

Naruto's tears had already fallen, but he really didn't know why Mizuki died. Obviously, Nono was the one who killed him, why did she ask him in return? Naruto was filled with fear and confusion.

"Tell me, why did he die?!"

It was this question again, Naruto really didn't know: "I don't know."

Pa, pa.

This time it was two slaps, Naruto's eyes were full of stars and his ears were buzzing.

"Duran, this is too much, even if you want Naruto to realize his mistakes, you don't have to do this, he is really just a child." The Sandaime saw that Naruto's face was swollen, and knew that Nono had really slapped him hard without mercy. He didn't understand what Duran was planning: "Stop it."

"Third generation, you don't know Naruto yet. Don't worry, he can still bear this blow." Duran showed full trust: "Because beating is pain and scolding is love. The more we beat Naruto now, the more he will love the village in the future."

"..." What's the reason for this, the Sandaime thought to himself that even if he didn't study as much as you, he had never heard of such a thing: "Naruto is not a masochist, how could he like the village more the more he was beaten?" It doesn't make sense.

But Naruto is really this kind of person. Look at why he pays so much attention to Sasuke. Isn't it because Sasuke doesn't care about him? Duran suspected that Naruto had a tendency to be a masochist. Anyway, he inherited the physical fitness of the Uzumaki clan, and ordinary slaps couldn't hurt him at all.

"I really don't know, Nono, don't hit me." Naruto didn't look like a ninja at this time. He was just like a bullied child begging for mercy. He didn't know that stealing the forbidden scroll was a big deal. At the least, it was a prank, and at the most, it was stealing Konoha's secrets. He didn't even know that it was a mistake.

Minato instigated, so it was wrong. Naruto executed it, and he was also guilty.

Although Naruto was not liked when he was a child, this was cold violence, and no one would really hit a child. When fighting, it was just between children, and Naruto would fight back.

But now first there was the pressure of the corpse, and then there was a slap in the face, Naruto was really confused.

"Taking something without asking is called stealing." Nono said coldly: "The instigator is guilty of the same crime. Mizuki, who instigated you to steal the forbidden scroll, has been killed by me. This is the reason for his death. Do you know it now?"

Naruto now knows that he is really in trouble. He knows that he took something he shouldn't have taken. He finally knows why Nono killed Mizuki. Hearing the reason, Naruto was relieved.

At least there are good and bad people among the two people. Naruto knows that both he and Mizuki made mistakes, so Nono took action. In this way, Nono is not a bad person.

After reaching such a conclusion, Naruto's inner contradiction has been resolved, and he is on Nono's side. But if he was killed just for instigating, then wouldn't he, a thief, be torn into pieces? !

Thinking of this, Naruto began to tremble again, and his mind recalled his short life, a life of mediocrity.

The most critical moment has come. Whether he can graduate depends on Naruto's next reaction. Will he run away or fight back out of fear, or accept his sins with peace of mind?

Duran almost prepared popcorn and Coke, because it was time to show the protagonist's halo. What kind of reaction would the protagonist have on the stage he arranged was really exciting.

Of course there would be no surprises, because he was the protagonist, Uzumaki Naruto, twelve years old, an orphan, who had never done anything earth-shattering in his life. He was isolated by the villagers and laughed at by his classmates. His peers were unwilling to play with him. Looking back on his life, Naruto suddenly realized that the theft he committed this time was really the most serious mistake in his life.

Gritting his teeth and looking at Nono, Naruto chose to accept the punishment. Even if he was killed, he would not hide. Although his immature eyes were full of fear of death, the advantages inherited from the fourth generation made him stand up and take responsibility.

Naruto saw Nono's hand raised again, and he knew that his face would suffer again. Thinking of the strength of the previous slaps, he closed his eyes and silently endured it, no longer escaping or begging for mercy, because he was a ninja.

However, the imagined slap did not come, but the warmth on both sides of his cheeks eased the pain. When he opened his eyes, he saw Nono was treating him. The reflection of the lens had disappeared, and Nono's clear eyes appeared in Naruto's sight again.

"Sister Nono?!" Naruto was confused. Why did the murderous woman just now turn back into the kind big sister in the blink of an eye?

Nono didn't say anything, but silently treated Naruto's wound, then stood up and turned to leave. Naruto behind him was stunned, he seemed to understand something.

"Sister Nono, I'm sorry!" Naruto grabbed the fallen leaves and cried again. He finally understood why Nono hit him. He hit him because he made a mistake.

Naruto finally understood everything, and it proved that he deserved to be taught.

"... I shouldn't have stolen things, I was wrong." Naruto shed tears of regret for his mistakes, and his heart was full of gratitude to Nono.

Naruto didn't hate Nono at all, because she hit people because she cared about him. After he realized his mistake in the end, she was still a good sister. Not only did he not hate him, but Naruto felt warm in his heart. It turned out that this was the feeling of being strictly required. Naruto thought that if he had parents, if his parents knew that he stole things, they would definitely hit him like Nono.

So Nono hit himself because he cared about himself. Naruto didn't feel pain but was happy. This is the happiness of being cared for.

"Don't apologize to me, you should apologize to the Sandaime." Nono took Mizuki's body and disappeared.

Naruto wiped his tears, took the scroll and rushed back to the Hokage's office.

The Sandaime was stunned and looked at Duran in surprise, but found that Duran was calm and had a look of control: "Duran, you really think more than me. You are more worried than me to teach Naruto."

The Sandaime guaranteed Naruto's life and made Naruto well fed and clothed, but he did not teach Naruto right and wrong. The Sandaime hoped that Naruto could learn the spirit of Konoha in the big environment of Konoha, but Duran would teach Naruto to distinguish right from wrong through specific events.