"Senior Shibi is right. Therefore, the next step should be figuring out the true situation in Loulan," Minato Namikaze said.
"Oh, Minato, besides the puppets, we encountered something else."
Aburame Shibi then informed Minato Namikaze about the intelligence regarding Naruto.
After listening to Aburame Shibi's account, Minato Namikaze frowned and said, "Hokage-sama only entrusted this mission to me. Absolutely no other Ninja from the Village is involved."
"But that Ninja was indeed wearing a Konoha Headband, and his strength was not weak," Uchiha En said.
"En is right. I saw him too," Aburame Shibi added.
"In that case, regardless of anything else, we should confirm this Ninja's identity. He is already inside the Ancient Loulan Kingdom, so let's set off too!" Minato Namikaze suggested.
Hearing this, all three agreed with Minato Namikaze's suggestion. Afterward, Aburame Shibi led the team, and they headed toward the interior of the Ancient Loulan Kingdom where Naruto was.
As for Naruto, the plot development was nearly identical to the original work. A few minutes after Uchiha En and the others spotted him, Naruto was completely surrounded by Armored Puppets.
Just as Minato Namikaze was about to intervene, red Chakra erupted from Naruto's body, and two tails appeared behind him.
Minato Namikaze could be said to be the person most familiar with Nine-Tails Chakra among the Konoha Ninja, besides the Jinchuriki themselves.
Having lived with Kushina for so many years, he had seen the Nine-Tails Chakra countless times, and Kushina herself could control a portion of the Nine-Tails Chakra.
Although the Chakra inside this blonde youth looked somewhat strange overall, it was definitely Nine-Tails Chakra.
As Minato's disciple, Kakashi had naturally also seen the Nine-Tails Chakra. He turned to Minato in shock: "Minato-sensei."
"Nothing must happen to this boy. Wait here; I'll go save him." With that, Minato Namikaze vanished from the spot.
In the blink of an eye, Naruto was brought back by him.
"Wha—who are you people!" Naruto was startled by the sudden appearance of the group and asked cautiously.
"Are you a Konoha Ninja?" Aburame Shibi asked.
"Yes!"
Minato Namikaze knew he shouldn't trust the boy in front of him so easily, but for some reason, he felt an indescribable sense of trust toward him.
Minato Namikaze hesitated for a moment, then chose to take off his mask voluntarily, pulled out a Konoha Ninja Headband, and said, "We are Konoha Ninja too."
Naruto was stunned when he saw the face beneath the mask, then immediately grew excited: "Dad, what are you doing here?"
Aburame Shibi and Kakashi froze instantly. Dad? What kind of development was this?
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
Just then, another figure appeared in the distance.
He saw Naruto and quickly ran over: "Naruto, you're here! I thought you... Huh? Fourth Hokage-sama? Why are you here?"
"And who are you?" Aburame Shibi asked the Ninja in front of him, who was also wearing a Konoha Headband.
"My name is Yamato, and I am the captain of Naruto's squad for this mission."
After a period of instructive communication, Minato Namikaze had figured out what was going on with Naruto and Yamato.
He explained the situation he had surmised to everyone, then Minato Namikaze turned to Naruto and asked, "Why do you have Tailed Beast Chakra inside you?"
Minato Namikaze knew he shouldn't ask this question, but something as important as a Tailed Beast is only ever transferred if the previous Jinchuriki suffers an unforeseen event.
If Naruto had the Nine-Tails Chakra inside him, it meant Kushina might have met with misfortune.
Thinking of this, even the usually calm Minato Namikaze couldn't stay still.
Naruto's answer made Minato Namikaze's expression grow even more solemn: "Because I am the Village's Jinchuriki!"
"Then what about your mother, Naruto?" Minato Namikaze continued to ask.
"Mom? She should be at home right now! She hasn't gone out on missions much lately."
"Is your mother named Kushina?"
"Of course my mom is Kushina! Huh? Dad, why would you ask that? Did you like someone else before?"
Hearing Naruto's answer, Minato Namikaze scratched his head. Kushina was fine, but how did the Nine-Tailed end up inside Naruto?
"Fourth Hokage-sama, you must be wondering why Naruto has Nine-Tails Chakra inside him, right?" Yamato asked tentatively from the side.
"Do you know the reason?" Minato Namikaze asked.
"That's no secret in the Village. When your wife was giving birth, the Nine-Tails was released. Then you and the Fifth Hokage-sama teamed up to defeat the Nine-Tails.
During the battle against the Nine-Tails, the Fifth Hokage-sama used a Mangekyo Dojutsu to slice the Nine-Tails into four pieces.
Two parts of the Nine-Tails retained their consciousness, and both were sealed back inside Lady Kushina. The remaining two large masses were purely Tailed Beast Chakra.
One part of this Chakra was sealed inside Naruto, and the other part was taken by the Fifth Hokage-sama.
Later, the Fifth Hokage-sama collected Chakra from other Tailed Beasts, using the portion of Nine-Tails Chakra inside Naruto as a blueprint, and combined it with other Tailed Beast Chakra to reshape a new Tailed Beast.
Naruto thus became the Village's second Jinchuriki."
After hearing Yamato's words, the expressions of everyone present varied.
Minato Namikaze was first relieved that Kushina was fine, and then surprised—surprised that the Uchiha Clan had someone so powerful, capable of slicing the Nine-Tails into four pieces and sealing them. Furthermore, this person had become the Village's Hokage after him.
Aburame Shibi and Kakashi didn't have thoughts as complicated as Minato Namikaze; they had only one: "How could a member of the Uchiha Clan become Hokage? How could Hokage-sama, the two Advisors, and Danzo possibly agree to that?"
Meanwhile, Uchiha En silently lowered his head. His intuition told him that this Fifth Generation Hokage was likely himself.
Leaving aside everything else, he currently had a similar idea regarding the audacious move this Fifth Hokage performed on Naruto.
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