vncnus Chapter 114 Gaze
Chapter 114 Gaze
Chapter 114 Gaze
"This mission involves patrolling the waters off the Land of Whirlpools, which may involve encountering ninjas from the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Mist Village."
Hiruzen Sarutobi continued, "The mission rating is tentatively set at A-level, so it shouldn't be too much of a burden for you. Just treat it as a vacation; the sea view in the Land of Whirlpools is quite nice."
"Can I bring Kushina with me?" Minato asked.
"Well—with your strength, bringing her along won't make much of a difference."
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded. Judging from Minato's record, he, as Hokage, should not be a match for Minato, who was already the strongest fighter in the village.
With Kushina by Minato's side, she was unlikely to encounter any danger, and even if any problems arose, Minato would take responsibility.
However, if one is unreasonable and insists on leaving Kushina in the village, it would be a real problem if Kushina were to encounter danger during that time.
Minato is a good boy. He is gentle and polite to everyone, neither arrogant nor humble, and remains calm in the face of praise or criticism.
But when he killed people, he basically had the same attitude.
That's terrifying!
If the other party takes out their anger on higher-ups because of inadequate protection, how should he deal with it?
So Hiruzen Sarutobi simply passed the question on to Minato.
"From now on, you'll be responsible for Kushina's safety, given the relationship between the two of you—"
Hiruzen Sarutobi chuckled as he spoke, "Youth is wonderful. But what are you planning to do about the Uchiha clan? From what I understand, while they don't object to women marrying outside the clan, Mikoto has no shortage of suitors within the clan."
"If anyone has any objections, feel free to come and find me."
Minato's tone was calm, yet carried an undeniable firmness.
As for the Uchiha clan, if you can subdue them, then everything will be fine.
Let alone having two relationships, even if there were two hundred, given the Uchiha's personality, they would only say that the strong have privileges, and might even praise the kidneys.
Seeing Minato's attitude, Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes widened slightly, a hint of appreciation flashing in them.
This was the first time he had sensed the domineering quality in Minato, a quality that is undoubtedly very important for a leader.
If it weren't for women, it would be even better—
With this in mind, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally couldn't suppress his thoughts and asked, "Minato—do you want to become Hokage?"
"Naruto?"
Minato pondered for two seconds: "I'm not really interested. I can be a member or not, but if I had to be one, I only plan to be the fourth generation."
"————"
Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his temples. Why did this happen?
"Why does it have to be the fourth generation?" he asked, puzzled.
"Because it sounds nice," Minato said earnestly.
He wouldn't take on the role of a "brother" forever.
Moreover, in the original work, he was the fourth generation, and the name "Eternal Sister" sounds more natural to him.
"Pleasant to the ear—"
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed, feeling both speechless and relieved.
Speechless at the reason Minato gave, but thankful that he had asked, otherwise if Minato had thought he was too young and planned to have a fourth generation as a transition, he would have truly missed out on Minato as the perfect successor.
"Alright!"
After thinking for a moment, he made up his mind: "I will make you the first candidate for Hokage from now on. However, as Hokage, you are responsible for the village and cannot act arbitrarily based on personal likes and dislikes."
After saying that, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Minato with a nervous expression.
Afraid of bothering the other party, they immediately said: "Then I won't do it."
Even if he has a good temper, he'll get angry.
Fortunately, Minato didn't get that worked up; he simply nodded calmly.
He could still distinguish between protecting Konoha and protecting my Konoha.
When Minato agreed, Hiruzen Sarutobi was overjoyed.
Although Minato's aloof personality worried him somewhat, he really had no other choice at the moment.
If Minato doesn't become Hokage, then the next Hokage must either be of similar strength to Minato or be able to command him.
Otherwise, a top-tier powerhouse who is strong enough to disregard the Hokage's orders could easily sideline the Hokage, not to mention that Minato's girlfriend is the next Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.
Under Hiruzen Sarutobi's approving gaze, Minato left the Hokage Building.
After receiving his Jonin vest, Minato tried it on and found that it fit him fairly well; it seemed to be a specially made small size.
"Oh my, Lord Minato looks so handsome in this!" exclaimed the young female ninja who distributed the vests.
This praise is not flattery in the slightest, but rather stems from pure appreciation!
At this moment, Minato was wearing a black undershirt, a military green vest, and over the vest was his usual stand-up collar haori.
She wore black straight-leg pants with black ninja boots, and the only difference between her and the character from the original work was the color of her inner layer and the length of her haori.
Minato now prefers black to blue, and even the headband he wears is the same long black one that Naruto wore in Shippuden.
Overall, she exudes a gentle yet dashing aura.
"Thanks."
Minato smiled happily and went home wearing the vest.
"I'm back."
"Minato, you're back!"
Upon hearing Minato's voice, Kushina excitedly ran to the entrance and immediately noticed the vest under Minato's haori.
"This is... a Chunin disguise? Minato, you've been promoted to Chunin?"
Kushina gasped, her eyes filled with surprise.
"What?!"
With a loud bang, Nawaki burst out of the bedroom, his gaze landing on Minato's vest. Then, he stared at Minato in shock: "This isn't even the Chunin Exams yet—a promotion without prior recognition?"
"Um."
Minato nodded: "Promoted to Jonin despite the usual promotion criteria."
"What?!"
Rope Tree's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Now I'm the team leader, a Jonin!"
Minato clapped his hands with a smile: "Alright, you two, get ready for the mission. This time it's an A-rank mission."
"Should I come along too?"
Before she could even rejoice at Minato's promotion, Kushina heard that Minato had included her in the list. She pointed to herself, feeling a mix of anticipation and fear that Minato might be misunderstanding her.
"That's right, I've applied to the Third Hokage, and you won't have to stay in the village alone anymore." Minato nodded.
"Ah—that's great!"
Kushina cheered and pounced on Minato.
Minato gently spun her around in his arms before putting Kushina down: "Get ready quickly, I'll go tell Mikoto-nee that we'll meet at the village entrance later."
"Okay—~"
While Kushina and Nawaki were preparing, Minato arrived at the Uchiha clan's territory.
This was not his first time visiting the Uchiha clan's territory. Before the Nine-Tails' attack, the Uchiha clan occupied a prime location in the village.
Compared to other areas of the village, the buildings here are more traditional, and the roads are paved with bluestone slabs. The overall environment is similar to that shown in the drama.
As soon as he stepped into the clan's territory, Minato's brows furrowed slightly.
He could clearly feel many eyes watching from the shadows.
Curiosity, admiration, jealousy, disdain—
He had come here with Kushina just yesterday, but back then he felt only curiosity, not the complex emotions he felt today.
After thinking about it, it seems that her connection with this clan is only with Mikoto.
So that's because of Misaka?
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