"Hehe."
Minato chuckled. He had seen Naruto from the future.
Although the child did not look like a genius in the conventional sense on the surface.
But there was no doubt that Naruto, who was only fifteen or sixteen years old at that time, was already a very capable ninja.
Moreover, he had certain qualities that ordinary ninjas did not possess.
These characteristics made Naruto's future full of possibilities.
Perhaps, this was the most important quality needed to become the savior in the huge crisis that awaited.
After all, the disciples of Jiraiya, whether it was Minato himself or the missing Nagato, were already among the best ninjas.
One of them had extraordinary talent and will, and the other possessed the legendary eye technique.
But neither of them was the person predicted by the Great Toad Sage.
The expression on the face of the Third Hokage in front of him gradually returned to seriousness.
"If there really is a crisis in the so-called prophecy, it must be related to those who attacked the village that night."
Today's Konoha, even having lost Orochimaru, was still far more powerful than the other four ninja villages.
And even if it was a war between the five great ninja nations, it seemed that it would not be enough to be called the destruction of the world.
After all, the Third Ninja World War was already a conflict between the five great ninja nations.
Therefore, the only people who could bring about a crisis of world destruction were the few who attacked Konoha that night.
Among them, Kakuzu and Sasori of the Red Sand were both S-rank criminals with the highest danger level, but they were not the most concerning. The truly frightening ones were the masked man and the black-robed man.
The eye power possessed by the masked man was second only to Uchiha Madara in the history of the Uchiha clan, as far as the Third Hokage knew.
The black-robed man had the means to destroy a ninja village in an instant.
This kind of power, except for the tailed beasts, was not something humans could possibly possess.
These two individuals with such abilities had unknown purposes.
They could even manipulate monsters that were unknown to the Third, Minato, and others, yet had power comparable to the tailed beasts.
When that monster appeared, even the Nine-Tails had panicked.
Minato nodded and frowned, saying, "All the signs show that besides our Konoha, Kirigakure is definitely involved in this."
"If we want to gather information about this, we can only start with Kirigakure."
"After the war, Kirigakure lost contact with the outside world again, just like before. I think these people are behind it."
"But if we want to infiltrate and gather information, even with our best efforts, the success rate is not very high."
The Third Hokage remarked that Minato had sneaked into Kirigakure once before and his life had been hanging by a thread.
Of course, his current strength was no longer what it used to be, but at the same time, the enemies they knew they must face now were also extremely terrifying.
If the masked man and the black-robed man joined forces and set a trap in Kirigakure, even Minato could not guarantee that he would escape unscathed.
And Minato could not leave Konoha easily; otherwise, taking this opportunity, those people might attack Konoha again.
No matter which plan they chose, they could only react passively now.
Both options were too risky and could not be implemented.
"Yes."
Minato nodded. His current strength seemed to be at the pinnacle of the ninja world, surpassing the Third Hokage and even the legendary Hanzo the Salamander.
But this was not the limit that a ninja could reach, because in the history of the ninja world, there were always two people who were like untouchable legends.
Even now, though they had passed away long ago, their two names would not fade from people's hearts because of time.
On the contrary, as time went by, these two names became more and more awe-inspiring.
The First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and Uchiha Madara.
Those who had witnessed the power of the First Hokage praised his strength, comparing him to the Sage of Six Paths.
And Uchiha Madara was the only ninja who could stand as an equal to the First Hokage in that era.
Moreover, for the five major ninja villages today, Madara's name was even more feared.
Because although their strengths were similar, the styles of the two men were completely different.
Minato's current level was still far inferior to the two predecessors who had established Konoha during those troubled times.
But Minato now had time.
Moreover, after the sealing just now, a new unknown power seemed to have emerged within his body.
Minato and the Third Hokage talked for a long time, and finally formulated a plan. The details of the attack on Konoha that night could not be made public.
The intensity of the hunt for Sasori, Kakuzu, and Orochimaru remained unchanged, but the village did not have the extra resources to hunt them down. For ninjas of this level, relying on ordinary jonin and Anbu would simply be a waste of lives.
However, this potential threat could not be ignored, so they decided to issue a secret order to the few top-tier shinobi in the village who were already tracking Orochimaru.
Only they were truly qualified to carry out this mission.
However, this process might be very long, but it was the only way so far.
After the discussion, the Third Hokage left the Hokage's office, and Minato immediately processed the documents and started working.
After finishing all the work, Minato returned home.
When he arrived, it was only three or four o'clock in the afternoon, and Kushina was holding Naruto, walking in the courtyard as usual.
"Has Naruto woken up?"
Minato approached Kushina, then stretched out his palm and placed it near the position of Naruto's seal.
Naruto was truly worthy of inheriting Kushina's bloodline. In just a few hours, his body had initially adapted to the powerful Eight Trigrams seal.
"Minato, have you noticed that after the Shiki Fuujin split the Nine-Tails in two, not only was the power divided, but other aspects were separated as well?" Kushina raised her eyes and looked at Minato.
"Yeah."
Minato nodded. He knew that the chakra of the tailed beasts seemed to have special properties.
Like the One-Tail, Four-Tails, and Eight-Tails he had observed before.
But Minato had not fully examined the nature of the Nine-Tails.
However, after his Shiki Fuujin was completed and the Nine-Tails was split in two, he noticed something. Although their chakras appeared exactly the same on the surface, perhaps because he himself now possessed the Nine-Tails' chakra, he was able to perceive something else.
The subtle difference between the two halves of the Nine-Tails was more of a feeling than anything visible.
If he had to describe it, it was like yin and yang.
However, this yin and yang was not quite the same as the yin and yang attribute chakra used by the Akimichi clan and the Nara clan.
The level of the former was much more profound than the latter.
If the conventional yin and yang chakra were compared, they would be like inanimate objects.
But the yin and yang of the Nine-Tails were like having life of their own.
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