Back in his room, Naruto stuck right behind Lord Seiki, firing off questions nonstop.
"Lord Seiki, what's your most powerful ability? Is it genjutsu, taijutsu, or kekkei genkai?"
"Oh right, I heard you once took on Hokage-sama?"
"Also, I heard you're super popular with girls. Can you tell me some tips?"
Kushina said with jealousy, "This brat hasn't even been this close with me!"
Seiki couldn't help but chuckle. "Naruto, you're only three years old. How come you're already thinking about being popular with girls?"
Naruto puffed his cheeks and crossed his arms. "It's all that guy Sasuke's fault, showing off just because he's a bit better-looking..."
Lord Seiki nodded slightly. He wasn't at all surprised that Naruto and Sasuke had become friends—after all, their mothers were best friends.
"...Lots of girls want to play with him, which cuts into our playtime! If I could attract those girls' attention, no one would bother Sasuke anymore!"
Seiki blinked his eyes. Little Naruto, this line of thinking is dangerous!
Kushina didn't seem too concerned as she asked, "Seiki, how long are you planning to rest this time?"
Seiki replied, "Three or four days! Before returning, I had just tracked down some clues about that organization."
Kushina didn't try to stop him, only sighing, "Be careful yourself. No matter how strong you are, there will always be dangers in this world that strength can't resolve."
Seiki readily accepted the advice, "I understand!"
Naruto stood on tiptoe, leaning his upper body on the low table asking, "Why does Lord Seiki have to leave the village?"
"Not every place is as peaceful as Konoha," Kushina said while stroking Naruto's head. "The reason everyone can live peacefully like this is because of people like Lord Seiki and your father—those unsung heroes quietly protecting Konoha."
Naruto nodded vaguely, then became excited. "When I become an adult, it'll be my turn to protect everyone!"
As everyone chatted happily, suddenly spatial ripples spread outward and someone appeared in a cool pose.
Naturally, it was Minato who used the Flying Thunder God to appear in such a dramatic fashion.
Seeing his father kneeling on one knee with arm outstretched, Naruto wildly clapped his hands. "So cool! Dad, do another one!"
"Haha, no problem," Minato laughed happily, but then noticed Kushina and Seiki staring at him with strange expressions, which made him blush slightly. "Sorry, Naruto. Maybe I'll show you another time."
Naruto's shoulders slumped. "Why does it always have to be 'next time,' just like how Sasuke talks about his brother!"
Seeing this familiar scene, Kurama within Naruto struggled to contain the Manda power. Crimson chakra seeped out from Naruto, forming tails that swayed behind him like a courtesan trying to entice customers.
"What a rare occasion with everyone gathered together! Let's finally have our long-awaited Manda clash!"
Minato smiled sheepishly. "Maybe we should hold off on that for now. I actually came back because I need to talk to Lord Seiki about something important!"
Kurama's tail dropped instantly, but then shot up high again. "Can't we talk while we fight?"
"Next time, next time for sure!"
After fending off Kurama, Minato got serious. "Seiki, during these past three years, I've finally gathered some intelligence on that organization!"
Seiki's expression turned serious. "The Akatsuki organization is indeed troublesome…"
Before he could finish, Minato hurriedly interrupted. "What Akatsuki organization?"
Now it was Seiki's turn to be confused. "Isn't the organization you investigated the Akatsuki?"
Could it be the Xu organization instead? That shouldn't be though, since the Xu organization had only just recently formed, with no concrete information previously available.
As Seiki was wondering, Minato said, "It's an evil organization called Kara!"
"Kara?"
Seiki guessed his current expression probably resembled the Raikage's when he had been deceived.
"Could Minato be deceiving me?" This thought flashed through Seiki's mind, but he quickly dismissed it.
He knew Minato well and was sure the other would never deceive him.
"Then perhaps Minato himself was deceived, or… this Kara organization truly exists!"
Actually, various organizations were quite common throughout the shinobi no sekai.
For example, the original Akatsuki was once a small, unremarkable organization.
Whatever the case, for Minato to mention this organization so seriously, Kara was clearly no ordinary group!
Thinking thus, Seiki said, "Aniki Minato, please give me a detailed explanation about this organization."
"I don't know much myself, but even what little I do know has convinced me of its danger!"
Pausing momentarily, Minato continued, "I first noticed this organization when I discovered someone secretly taking in orphans from the war…"
"Taking in war orphans?" Kushina interjected in surprise. "That organization actually sounds rather kind!"
"That's exactly what I thought at first too," Minato's eyes burned with anger. "Until I later found out they were actually manufacturing tragedies themselves! Regardless of whether a child's family is intact, once they target someone, they'll dispatch people to kill the entire family. Then they'd show up and pretend to be kind-hearted people rescuing them!"
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"Scumbags! Monsters!" Even just hearing Minato's account left Kushina furious.
Seiki asked, "If they were causing such widespread slaughter and taking in orphans, the shinobi no sekai shouldn't remain this peaceful, should it?"
"They're selective about whom they take in," Minato explained. "They test the children's potential beforehand through some method, then decide whether to act. Therefore, the number of victims hasn't been very large."
Seiki nodded slightly. "Testing their potential, you say?"
Minato continued, "Of course, I couldn't just stand by and watch them kill. As soon as I discovered their crimes, I eliminated every single one of those evil-doers!"
Kushina clenched her fist tightly, "Way to go, Minato!"
Minato gave a bitter smile. "At first it was fine, but later on the people who showed up were abnormally powerful, and they had all sorts of techniques. Even I was hunted by them!"
"What? You, Minato Aniki, were actually chased by someone?" Seiki exclaimed in shock.
"The organization's strength is truly this overwhelming!" Kushina said, her tone filled with concern. "You aren't hurt, are you?"
Minato shook his head slightly. "Don't worry. I have the [Flying Thunder God Technique]. It's not easy for me to get injured."
Seeing their shock, Naruto muttered quietly to himself, "Dad's just a regular intel officer, right? It only makes sense that he'd lose to others."
Although he had seen his father use the [Flying Thunder God Technique] before, he didn't truly understand how powerful this jutsu was.
In his opinion, the way his father moved wasn't much different from how Itachi had used the Body Flicker Technique to vanish earlier.
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