Naruto : Minato back to the past

"If you fail even like this, what are you going to do next?"

Nagato looked at the masked man beside him. Even if the two of them worked together, they were unable to defeat Minato Namikaze.

Today, Konoha is full of strong people.

This time, the plan to take advantage of the Jinchūriki's childbirth had failed. It will be difficult to find such an opportunity in the future.

"Are you scared already?" The masked man glanced sideways, raising his eyelids slightly.

"How is that possible?"

Nagato chuckled and said, "However, Madara, you who once dominated the ninja world are now forced to flee in a panic by a junior from your own village. How ironic!"

"Winning or losing is not determined by just one battle."

"Everyone thought that Uchiha Madara was defeated by the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, in the Valley of the End."

"In fact, Hashirama failed, and I won."

The masked man said that although this failure was a bit shameful, it at least made the man in front of him truly confident in his plan.

If Minato Namikaze is not eliminated, he will definitely be a terrible threat.

He will definitely thwart their plans in the future.

"Perhaps."

Nagato said that he was not a person who cared about winning or losing. As long as he could achieve the ultimate goal, he didn't care what the process was.

"After this incident, Konoha and even the five major ninja nations will focus their attention on us."

"You'll have to endure it for a while," the masked man said in a deep voice.

He turned his gaze to Nagato again and said, "But it just so happens that you still have some personal matters to deal with. After your injuries are healed, do you plan to take action immediately?"

Nagato hesitated for a while, then said: "There is no rush. Our top priority now is to find a way to distract the attention of Konoha's top leaders."

"Hehe."

At this point, the masked man suddenly chuckled.

"Don't worry, someone will take care of this for us."

He hesitated for a moment and continued, "But even if it's him, it would be difficult for him to handle it alone. I will help him when the time comes."

Minato, who disappeared from the center of Konoha, appeared in the room where Kushina and Naruto were.

At this time, Kushina, who was lying in front of the cradle, staring at the sleeping baby in the bamboo basket, sensed Minato's chakra for the first time.

She turned her head suddenly, then put her fingers in front of her mouth and whispered, "Shh!"

Minato was startled at first, then he saw the sleeping Naruto and nodded.

Just when Minato was being careful with all his movements, Kushina suddenly strode over and threw herself into his arms.

Minato subconsciously opened his arms slightly, and the anger in his blue eyes completely faded away at this moment.

He smiled awkwardly at Biwako in front of him.

"What a reckless mother," Biwako chuckled.

"Let's go out first," Minato said in a soft voice to Kushina in his arms and to Biwako.

Then, the three of them left the room very quietly.

"Kushina, are you okay?" Minato asked as he carefully closed the wooden door.

Most pregnant women, even ninjas, have to lie weakly in bed for some time after giving birth.

What's more, Kushina is the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki, and because of the Nine-Tails, the physical and mental energy consumption during the childbirth process is greater than that of others.

But now she was standing in front of Minato, and although her face was still a little pale, the fluctuations of her chakra had recovered a lot.

Only a woman with the physique of the Uzumaki clan could do something like this.

"Mm."

Kushina nodded, then quickly asked, "What is the current situation of the village?"

From here she and Biwako could not observe the situation in Konoha, but Kushina sensed the extremely powerful chakra fluctuations.

The huge tremor that followed probably meant that the enemy had used a very large-scale jutsu.

She glanced to the side. The room was safe and sound because of the barrier outside, but there were tiny cracks on the ground outside the barrier.

"The exact situation has not yet been counted, but although some houses have been damaged, the casualties should not be great. After all, Lady Tsunade is here."

Minato chuckled.

Kushina was relieved, her eyes darkened, and she asked, "What about the two guys who attacked me just now?"

She wasn't angry about being attacked, but as a mother and a ninja of Konoha, she could never forgive the person who just tried to harm her child and the village.

Minato's eyes dimmed slightly, and he said, "It's a pity. They escaped."

Kushina's pupils shrank slightly when she heard that.

There is almost no one who can escape from Konoha's Yellow Flash, not to mention that Konoha now has top powerhouses such as Hiruzen, the Three Sannin, and Hatake Sakumo.

"But since everyone is okay, that's good."

Kushina smiled, then took Minato's hand and said, "You have done a good job. Not only did you protect me and Naruto, you also protected this village."

"Thank you!"

She had also sensed Minato's chakra before, and there was no doubt that the person who blocked that large-scale jutsu was Minato.

"Kushina..." Minato's eyes flickered, and then he smiled gently.

"Yeah!"

At this time, the sound of a baby babbling could be heard from the room with the door closed.

As ninjas, Kushina and Minato could hear it clearly even through the door.

"Naruto must have noticed that his father was back, so he woke up."

Kushina laughed, then pulled Minato, opened the door, and ran to the bamboo bed.

Little Naruto blinked his azure eyes, which were even more lively than Minato's, and looked at Minato and Kushina in front of him, his big eyes completing the crescent shape.

"He smiled."

Minato was stunned, and then little Naruto suddenly spread his arms and babbled at him.

"He wants his dad to hold him."

Kushina reminded Minato who was a little slow at the moment.

Minato came to his senses and picked up Naruto from the bamboo basket.

"That's not how you hold a child."

Biwako on the side said that Minato had never held a child this small, so his posture was wrong.

After some instruction, Minato finally adjusted his movements.

"Naruto, Dad just protected us and the village. He's our hero, right?"

Kushina poked Naruto's cheek lightly with her finger.

Naruto seemed to understand and smiled even more happily at Minato, babbling continuously.

He seemed to be saying, Dad is a hero.

Looking at Naruto in his arms and Kushina beside him, Minato felt mixed emotions.

Unconsciously, he, who had never backed down in the face of any difficulties, actually shed tears.

"Minato, what's wrong with you?"

Kushina immediately noticed Minato's unusual behavior and tilted her head, then reached out her hand and slowly wiped away his tears.

"I'm fine."

Minato kept murmuring, and what flowed from him were tears of happiness.

Because he finally fulfilled Kushina's wish.

Crossing time and space, and experiencing the familiar yet unfamiliar life again, he finally changed his destiny!

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