Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

"Kushina, Minato is here to see you again~"

Outside the clean and tidy ward, the voice of the nursing lady came. With the sound of the door being pushed open, the sunny and handsome Minato Namikaze with blond hair walked in carrying a bag of well-washed fruits and faced the hospital bed. Uzumaki Kushina said hello:

"Feeling better, Kushina?"

"Not good, not good at all."

"Ah, ah?"

Uzumaki Kushina had a stinky face and waved her fist from afar at Namikaze Minato who looked a little embarrassed.

"I can obviously be discharged from the hospital early tomorrow. Why do you, Hokage-sama or Minato, force me to stay in the hospital!? I have to lie in bed every day and pretend to cooperate with the medical jounin's treatment. I'm almost suffocated. Got it!!!"

"Ah, this, there is nothing we can do about this, Kushina..." Minato sat beside Kushina's bed, took his wife's little hand, which had regained its healthy complexion, and said seriously:

"Because it was only recently that the special chakra in your body was completely expelled. In order to ensure that your body does not leave any hidden dangers or hidden injuries, it is necessary to continue to stay in the hospital for observation for a period of time."

"Then allow me to go out for a walk anyway? Do you know how long I've been lying on this bed Minato!?"

Kushina puffed up her face unhappily and looked fiercely at Yamanaka Haruto and Kato Shizune who were pretending to look at the scenery outside.

"Generally speaking, even if patients who are still hospitalized and under observation are allowed to go out for a walk, they can only get some fresh air near the hospital," Minato said helplessly while kissing Kushina's forehead lovingly. He shook his head and said: "But if Kushina is allowed to go out to relax, you will never come back before being found, right?"

"I know people are bored in the hospital, so come back and stay with me more often..." Kushina leaned her head on Namikaze Minato's shoulder and said gloomily: "Anyway, when Kaguya Rei is missing, Kirigakure, who has lost seven Ninja Swordsmen, cannot be our opponent at all..."

"He's back again." Namikaze Minato said with a sigh.

Just such a simple sentence, Kushina's body tensed up instantly, and even the wound on her abdomen that had been completely healed began to hurt slightly because of these words.

"Kaguya Rei...is back?"

"Yes." Namikaze Minato hugged Kushina into his arms, warmed her body, and said depressedly:

"That guy not only made a big fuss on the front line, but also led the other Mist ninjas who originally only dared to stick around to take the initiative to attack. The people on the front line were caught off guard. Now the third generation should be fighting for the Uchiha clan and the Hyuga clan. It’s so troublesome.”

"Uchiha and Hinata?" Kushina suddenly didn't expect anything to happen that could make these two families who didn't like each other because they were both holders of the Eye Technique unite and make a fuss together, "What's wrong with them?"

"...It's a very difficult matter. It's not convenient to reveal the specific situation right now."

Hearing what Namikaze Minato said, Uzumaki Kushina, who gradually came back to her senses, swallowed, opened her eyes hard, stared at Namikaze Minato and asked:

"You mean, this?"

"Yes." Namikaze Minato nodded slowly, "Kirigakure generally does not recover prisoners on the battlefield, but if it is a ninja from these two families, the Kirigakure should be willing to make an exception, right? What's more? One of them was captured by Kaguya Rei himself..."

"Fugaku, Hizashi, and Sandai must be too worried to sleep." Kushina clicked her tongue and said softly.

"Me too, Kushina," Namikaze Minato buried his face in Uzumaki Kushina's long red hair, and closed his eyes tiredly, "I am acquiring and analyzing more and more information about him, but I It becomes increasingly difficult to see where his limits are..."

"Watergate……"

Kushina bit her lip, once again feeling annoyed and regretful that she had not fully developed the jinchūriki's power.

Just as the two were clinging to each other, sharing each other's pressure and anxiety, a masked ANBU suddenly appeared outside the window of the ward and shouted to Namikaze Minato in an urgent voice:

"Minato-sama! The Sandaime-sama has something urgent to see you! Please come with me now!"

"I see."

Namikaze Minato stood up quickly and gave Kushina, who was full of worry, a hug. Then he took the ANBU who found him and teleported to the hall of the Hokage building, and then passed through the hall where he was receiving the call. The people who took the mission went straight to the Hokage's office.

"What happened, Third Generation-sama?"

As soon as he opened the door, Namikaze Minato was startled by the incredibly neat lineup inside.

The third generation of Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, Hokage consultant Koharu and Mito Katoen, Orochimaru among the three ninjas, Jiraiya...

Counting himself, all the Kage-level experts in Konoha's face have already arrived.

"There is good news and bad news, Minato, which one do you want to hear first?" Jiraiya greeted his disciple and opened his mouth to break the dull atmosphere in the room.

"Listen to the good news first, Jiraiya-sensei." Namikaze Minato thought for a while and chose to listen to the news first that would not have a big impact on his mentality.

"The good news is that the Third Mizukage of Kirigakure took the initiative to send us an invitation for a truce and peace." Jiraiya unfolded a scroll, which was written by the Third Mizukage himself, about the truce between Kirigakure and Konoha. Negotiate peace, and have the respective shadows of both parties come forward in person to discuss the specific terms of the letter.

"Kirigakure wants to cease war with us? Why?"

Namikaze Minato frowned, instinctively feeling that there was a huge problem in this matter.

"Minato-kun, I wonder if you have heard of that piece of information that has been circulating in the underground black market for a long time," Orochimaru licked his lips with his tongue and said in a conspiratorial tone, "It's about Kaguya Rei's plan. After accumulating enough fame in the war with Konoha, he launched a coup against the third Mizukage and seized the position of Mizukage."

"I heard something," Namikaze Minato nodded subconsciously at first, and then his face suddenly changed as if he thought of something, "Is it difficult, can you tell!?"

"Yes, the bad news is exactly what you imagined."

Orochimaru took out the information sent back by the spies sent by the Roots to lurk in Kirigakure, and said in a complicated tone:

"It says that Kaguya Rei alone launched a coup against the Third Mizukage. The specific process of the coup is unknown, but the day after the coup ended, the Third Mizukage took the initiative to contact the daimyo of the country of water and Kaguya Rei. We met together with the daimyo of the Kingdom of Water and the other powerful person in their village, Yuan Shi."

"Then Kaguya Rei...is the coup successful?" Namikaze Minato frowned, unable to imagine that the two people who fought to the death during the coup the day before would happily go to meet the daimyo of a country together the next day. magical scene.

"It should be considered so. After all, Kirigakure has always had the tradition that the strongest person becomes the Mizukage. If Rei Kaguya is strong enough to shut up the followers of the Third Mizukage, he can indeed do it openly. He is succeeded by the Fourth Mizukage."

After moving to bed, Koharu spoke up, and Namikaze Minato, who was still young and didn't know enough about Kirigakure's customs, explained the reason.

"Then, the person who proposed a truce and peace negotiation to us is actually Rei Kaguya, who has been destined to become the Fourth Mizukage?"

After listening to Koharu's explanation, Namikaze Minato didn't know what kind of expression to use. He thought for a while and asked Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had been silent all this time:

"If it were Kaguya Rei who was different from the traditional Kirigakure ninja in every aspect, it would indeed be possible to make such a decision, but if that was the case, the situation should not be serious enough to require the Third Generation to bring everyone under control. To the point of being summoned, right?”

"There is another piece of information in Orochimaru's hands."

Sarutobi Hiruzen turned around, his expression serious as never before.

"It said that the reason why Rei Kaguya suddenly launched a coup was because he discovered that the Third Mizukage was controlled by someone using the Sharingan illusion. And after the coup, the Third Mizukage personally confirmed the news."

boom!

Namikaze Minato felt as if he had been hit head-on with a super powerful thunderbolt, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

"That guy, on the surface, said he was here to negotiate peace, but in fact, I'm afraid he was here to ask questions."

Jiraiya put the scroll in Namikaze Minato's hand and said in a complicated tone:

"The invitation stated that in addition to the Kage himself, both sides can only send two guards to accompany him to attend the meeting. The meeting will be held in a week, and the venue will be at the place where the First Master held the Five Kage Conference..."

"That brat actually dares to compare himself to the First-sama..." Mito Kadoren hit the handrail angrily, "How could the First-sama who calmed down the troubled times be a brat like him who is not even qualified to drink alcohol? Is it comparable?"

"Minato." Sarutobi Hiruzen walked to Namikaze Minato and put his hand on his shoulder.

"Third generation sir..."

"Are you willing to accompany me this time as the Fourth Hokage?"

"I will protect the Third Generation to the best of my ability." Namikaze Minato showed a somewhat flattered expression at first, then nodded vigorously and said loudly.

"That's not necessary. If something unexpected happens, just leave by yourself." Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head and looked at Namikaze Minato's extremely young face, and said half in expectation and half in emotion: "Now, It’s time for me to imitate the Second Generation and protect Konoha’s new buds.”

"Old man..."

Jiraiya stepped forward with a complicated mood, stretched out his hand and put it together with Sarutobi Hiruzen's old hand.

"This time, I will accompany you too."

"Excuse me, Jiraiya."

Seeing the master-disciple friendship that was almost overflowing in front of him, Orochimaru, who was also a disciple of Sarutobi Hiruzen, had an imperceptible resentment and dissatisfaction flashing through his eyes.

Sure enough, there is no place for me anymore, Konoha...

Second update

It will be on the shelves tomorrow, I’m so nervous