205 Kumo Ninja's Thoughts

After the meeting, Nagasawa and Minato walked towards the office together.

In front of the office, Nagasawa smiled and said, "Minato, I will go ahead and sit on my chair. When you come in, say 'I am the Hokage'."

"Huh?" Minato looked at Nagasawa in confusion. What kind of play was this?

Seeing Minato's confused face, Nagasawa thought for a moment and felt awkward as he was trying to joke with someone who didn't understand the joke.

"How are Kushina and Naruto?" After entering the office, Nagasawa asked Minato.

They both are doing well. After Kyubi was sealed back inside her, and with the treatment from Tsunade-sama, Kushina's complexion is much better now, and I believe she will soon return to normal. Naruto didn't encounter any problem either because he inherited Kushina's life force." Minato showed a gentle smile on his face. Although the process was a bit bumpy, the final result was good. The mother and son were safe.

"Fortunately, you are here." Minato looked at Nagasawa, feeling a little emotional.

The attack this time was too sudden, and it certainly wasn't an easy battle.

The masked man who had Mangekyō Sharingan not only could use a strange Space-Time Ninjutsu but also forcibly separated the Tailed-Beast from its Jinchuriki. It was simply unheard of.

Although it was only doable when Kushina was giving birth since the seal was at its weakest, it was crazy nonetheless.

Although Minato did not see the other enemy, Minato heard that he was very strong, able to use extraordinary Wind Release and First Hokage's Wood Release. 

However, the enemy was quickly dealt with by Nagasawa, who also dealt with Kyubi effortlessly.

Minato originally thought that Nagasawa's strength should be around his level, but it seemed he underestimated Nagasawa and overestimated himself. Considering the strength that Nagasawa displayed, Nagasawa was definitely much stronger than him.

Nagasawa's contribution was not only in his strength. Thanks to Nagasawa, Tsunade came back to Konoha and saved Kushina yesterday. Her potent healing ability basically saved Kushina's life.

At the same time, the Anbu that guarded the childbirth was also carefully selected by Nagasawa. Although they didn't last that long, they managed to last long enough until the childbirth was concluded.

It could be said that most of the credit for their victory last night was on Nagasawa. Without him, Konoha would definitely suffer great damage, and Kushina might be in danger.

Seeing Minato looking at him with a gentle smile, Nagasawa smiled and punched Minato in the chest lightly,

"If you look at me like that and say things that are easy to misunderstand, Kushina may punch me on the face."

Minato smiled and said, "How could that be? It's all thanks to you this time. Kushina also said that I should thank you for this and ask you to be Naruto's teacher."

"I'll take up on your offer. I don't have a Jinchuriki student yet." Nagasawa's eyes lit up.

Naruto was the reincarnation of Asura's Chakra, just like Hashirama. Wouldn't that make the First Hokage his disciple?

Then again, since Madara couldn't beat Hashirama, didn't that mean that he couldn't even beat his disciple?

"I can rest assured if I leave Naruto in your hands. I have seen Kakashi's progress, so I know that you are an excellent teacher." Minato nodded.

Minato's words snapped Nagasawa back to his senses as he was thinking about whether he should take Sasuke as a student to gather both Asura and Indra.

"Even if you praise me like this, I won't show mercy to Naruto when he becomes my student. My training is very strict, you know." Nagasawa said.

Nagasawa was telling the truth. He would beat his students up during training if they couldn't reliably use Color of Arms Haki. And Nagasawa's standard would definitely get higher if his student was the main character of the manga.

After all, the more battered the main characters were after a battle, the stronger they would get.

"You will be doing me a favor if you are being strict to him." Minato smiled.

Minato probably wouldn't have imagined that Nagasawa would beat Naruto up in the future while saying that this was what your father asked because of this sentence.

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In Kumogakure, the Fourth, Raikage was looking at the information regarding Konoha on the table. He crossed his arms and fell into deep thought.

"Is there no other reliable information? Why is it all assumptions and speculations?" A said with a frown.

"It can't be helped. After all, Konoha has just purged our spies some time ago. Our men are disguised as civilians, and they can't get close. They can only speculate based on the rumors they saw in the distance." Dodai, who was next to A said.

"Kyubi broke through the seal, and its Jinchuriki was suspected to be dead. Konoha was also attacked by a white creature who could use the First Hokage's Wood Release..." A's eyes flashed.

As one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries, Konoha was the strongest among the five. It would still emerge victorious even when they faced multiple other countries at once.

However, Kumogakure was not an ordinary Shinobi Village. It wanted to take Konoha's place as the strongest Shinobi Village through war.

Every Raikage worked hard for this, and the Fourth Raikage was no exception.

It just so happened that the Third Great Shinobi World War had just ended, and Konoha was in a recovery period. Coupled with this disaster, this might be Konoha's weakest point in the history.

The Fourth Raikage wanted to take this opportunity to declare war on Konoha and defeat it.

Even though the Fourth Raikage was hot-tempered and impulsive, he did not rashly attack Konoha as it involved the entire village. 

"Go and find more detailed and accurate information, and also have our spies from other villages check the information that Iwagakure and Sunagakure have received." The Fourth Raikage finally ordered.

"Yes!" A Kumogakure Shinobi, who was waiting for the order below, immediately said and then walked out.

Seeing that the Fourth Raikage did not act rashly, Dodai smiled in relief.

In a situation where the information was not accurate, it was irrational to act rashly.

A truly have grown a lot since he became the Fourth Raikage. He now had the demeanor of his predecessor, the Third Raikage.

A might have chosen to attack Konoha right away before he became the Fourth Raikage.