Naruto : Minato back to the past

The Minato and Fugaku families sat together, and the atmosphere was extremely cheerful.

Sasuke and Naruto, the two little guys, may not look like they have become friends yet, but they were still babies after all.

It was clear that their relationship would get better and better in the future.

It was night when Minato and his family of three left the Uchiha clan.

Konoha had just gone through the first phase of reconstruction, so it was no longer as prosperous as it used to be.

But in every part of the village, the lights were on, and the ninjas and civilians were still working overtime to rebuild their homes.

When they got home, it was time to rest.

Seemingly a little tired from playing today, Naruto, who inherited the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan from his mother, soon fell into a deep sleep.

Kushina accompanied him while Minato watched from outside the door.

"Good night."

Kushina walked towards the half-closed door and smiled softly at Minato.

"Well, good night."

Minato nodded and gave her a soft smile in return.

Then she closed the door.

Just when Minato was about to take a break, a shadow suddenly appeared on the windowsill.

Minato glanced slightly to the side, and only then could he see clearly the creature outside the window.

That was a messenger toad from Mount Myoboku.

"It's so late, what's the matter?" Minato looked over and asked.

The messenger toad nodded and said, "Lord Fourth, Master Fukasaku asked me to inform you that we need you to come to Mount Myoboku now. The Great Toad Sage has something to tell you."

Minato was stunned. It was already late at night. If it wasn't something particularly important, Fukasaku would never be so urgent for him to go to Mount Myoboku.

He pondered for a moment, then said to the toad, "I understand. After a brief preparation, I will go to Mount Myoboku by myself."

Fukasaku, who was far away in Mount Myoboku, knew that Minato was now the Fourth Hokage and could not leave the village easily.

Otherwise, he could have just used the reverse summoning technique to bring him over.

Fortunately, Minato was proficient in space-time ninjutsu, and he had also left a marker on Mount Myoboku when he trained in Sage Arts.

Mount Myoboku was located far away from the human world. If an ordinary ninja traveled at normal speed, it would take at least a month to reach there.

Immediately, Minato disappeared from his home.

In the past two years, although as the Hokage, Minato could no longer train as much as before, he was not idle in his spare time.

He was still constantly improving the Flying Thunder God Technique, but it had already reached such a high level that further progress would take considerable time.

Over the course of two years, Minato had developed a special marker by combining the Shadow Clone Jutsu and the Flying Thunder God Jutsu.

He could leave the marker on his own ninjas, and once they were in danger, they could inject chakra into the marker and Minato would be able to sense it.

Through this resonance, he no longer needed to perceive from a long distance, and could instantly teleport to the location of the marker through the chakra connection.

After leaving instructions with the ANBU ninja on duty, Minato headed for Mount Myoboku.

Shua!

"Whoosh!"

His figure flashed, and rich natural energy rushed towards him.

The wide Toad Oil Waterfall remained the same as usual. Due to its geographical location, Mount Myoboku grew plants that were not found in the outside world. Therefore, under the moonlight, the night view here gave Mount Myoboku a sacred feeling of a fairyland.

Minato appeared, his azure eyes moved downwards. Master Fukasaku had been waiting here for a long time.

"Minato-boy, long time no see."

Seeing Minato, Fukasaku chuckled. He looked Minato up and down, and after a moment said, "Not bad, you look much more mature."

After learning the Sage Arts, Minato would occasionally go to Mount Myoboku, but he never returned after the outbreak of the Third Ninja World War and then becoming Hokage.

Fukasaku's eyes were filled with satisfaction. The child from back then had become a top-notch shinobi in the ninja world and had succeeded to the position of Hokage.

The position of Hokage was revered by people in the outside world, even by those not in the Land of Fire.

But Mount Myoboku was not particularly impressed by such titles. After all, compared with the long history of Mount Myoboku, the history of ninjas and the ninja world seemed too short.

"I heard that Konoha was attacked by unidentified people. What's the situation now?" asked Fukasaku.

"It has recovered somewhat."

Minato replied, then frowned and said, "Master Fukasaku, why did you ask me to come here at this time? What does the Great Toad Sage want to say?"

"I don't know either. Ma is already waiting there. Let's go."

Fukasaku turned around, then jumped along the waterfall and leaped onto the cliff.

This kind of amazing jumping ability could not be possessed even by the strongest ninjas in the ninja world.

The reason why Master Fukasaku could do this was that he had been manipulating natural energy for many years and had reached a state where he was almost one with nature.

This could be considered another form of Sage Mode, but there was no doubt that it was much more advanced than the Sage Mode practiced by Minato and Jiraiya.

After all, Fukasaku had been practicing Sage Arts for hundreds of years, while Minato and Jiraiya had only been practicing for a dozen years.

However, when Fukasaku appeared on the top of the cliff, Minato had already arrived before him.

Although he couldn't leap up by relying on his instantaneous burst of jumping power, the time it took Fukasaku to jump was enough for Minato to teleport there.

"It's really fast."

Even though he already knew how amazing Minato's speed was, Fukasaku still felt shocked every time he saw it with his own eyes.

What's more, Minato's current speed was incomparable to the last time he had used his full strength at Mount Myoboku.

This was the Yellow Flash that was famous throughout the five great nations of the ninja world!

After a brief moment of surprise, Fukasaku flew at full speed towards the chamber of the Great Toad Sage.

Minato followed closely and walked side by side with him.

The two walked into the chamber. The appearance of this place had not changed at all since Minato came here more than ten years ago.

At this time, the Great Toad Sage seemed to be sleeping, and the person closest to him was naturally Shima.

"Lady Shima."

Coming closer, Minato said respectfully. Under Shima's repeated insistence in the past, he had to change his form of address and call her "Ma."

When Shima saw Minato, she looked him over and said, "That robe suits you very well. I've seen Sarutobi's Hokage robe, it was really ugly."

"Hehe."

Minato laughed awkwardly. The "Sarutobi boy" that Shima mentioned was naturally the Third Hokage.

Considering her age of several hundred years, not to mention the Third Hokage, even the First Hokage would have to be addressed in such a manner in front of her.

"Minato, you're here."

At this moment, a deep voice was heard in the chamber.

Minato raised his head, and the Great Toad Sage in front of him gradually raised his huge eyelids.

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