On the afternoon of October 10th, Minato personally took Kushina to reunite with Lake Biwa.
On the way, when Kushina was chatting with Minato, she suddenly found that the young woman walking next to her with a child in her arms looked familiar. Upon closer inspection, she realized that it was her good friend Uchiha Mikoto.
"Mikoto." Kushina waved happily to Uchiha Mikoto.
She was very happy to see her best friend again. After the fifth month of pregnancy, she rarely went out, so she hadn't seen Uchiha Mikoto for a while.
She remembered that the last time she met Uchiha Mikoto, her belly was also very big.
"Kushina, Fourth Hokage, long time no see." Uchiha Mikoto also replied with a smile.
Minato also smiled and nodded to Uchiha Mikoto.
"Is that your newborn baby? Is it a girl? So cute." Kushina came forward and looked down at little Sasuke curiously.
"No, it's a boy." Uchiha Mikoto said with a smile.
"What's your name?" Kushina asked curiously.
"His name is Sasuke, Uchiha Sasuke." Uchiha Mikoto introduced with a smile.
"Sasuke, isn't that the name of the Third Hokage's father?" Kushina asked casually while teasing little Sasuke with her fingers.
"Well, Fugaku hopes that he will become a strong and great ninja like Sarutobi Sasuke." Uchiha Mikoto explained with a smile.
"Not bad." Kushina nodded in praise, then touched her bulging belly and said:
"I feel like little Sasuke will definitely have a very good relationship with the baby in my belly. Maybe we can even become boyfriend and girlfriend in the future."
Uchiha Mikoto smiled and asked, "Kushina, is the baby in your belly a girl?"
Kushina nodded and said, "I'm not sure, but I feel like it should be. My premonitions are usually pretty accurate."
"Really? Then I'll take little Sasuke out to play after your child is born." Uchiha Mikoto also found it quite interesting and said with a smile.
"Okay." Kushina nodded with a smile.
After saying that, Kushina deliberately closed the distance and whispered in Uchiha Mikoto's ear: "Is it painful to give birth?"
Uchiha Mikoto was amused by Kushina's behavior and said, "So Kushina, you are afraid sometimes too."
Just as Kushina was about to explain, Minato spoke with a gentle smile: "Kushina, Biwako-sama and the others are still waiting for us. We can't keep them waiting too long."
Kushina then remembered that Biwako and the others were still waiting for her to go to the place where the baby was born, so she could only wave goodbye to Uchiha Mikoto and said, "Mikoto, I have something to do today, see you another day."
"Okay, see you another day." Uchiha Mikoto hugged Sasuke with one hand and said goodbye to Kushina with a smile.
Kushina and Minato walked to the place where they had agreed to meet Biwako, and immediately saw Biwako standing there quietly with a man dressed as an ANBU.
"Kushina, you're late." Biwako said with a frown.
"Haha, sorry about that, Lord Biwako. I just met a friend on the road and chatted with him." Kushina touched her hair and smiled.
"Your childbirth is a big event for the whole village. Why are you still chatting with friends you met on the road?" Biwako was even more speechless when he heard this reason.
"Minato, you too, didn't you remind her when you were right beside her?"
"I'm sorry, Master Biwako, I've kept you waiting for so long. Let's get going as soon as possible." Minato smiled apologetically.
Biwako nodded, then walked out of the village with the two of them, towards the cave where the barrier and seal had been set up in advance.
The cave is located on the back slope of the mountain. It is very steep and dangerous. There is no way to climb up, and there is a river below.
Normally, it is impossible to enter the cave, but this is not a problem for the ninja. After determining the location, the Anbu quickly built a road with wood.
When Kushina and Minato arrived at the cave, sixteen ANBU elites were already in place, guarding the entrance to the cave.
Although Kakashi was wearing an Anbu uniform and a mask, Minato still spotted Kakashi in the crowd at a glance.
Before entering the cave, Minato patted Kakashi on the shoulder and said to all the Anbu: "Everyone, please."
Many Anbu bowed to Minato and pledged to guard the entrance to the death and not let anyone in.
After entering, I saw Tsunade who was already sitting inside.
"Lady Tsunade." Minato greeted Tsunade with some surprise. Nagase did not tell him that Tsunade would come.
"Because the Hokage's assistant, who has a lot of things to do, said that some blind people might come to cause trouble, so I came here." Tsunade explained.
"Thank you, Lady Tsunade." Minato smiled gently, and added in his heart, 'Nagaze, I'm lucky to have you.'
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In the Hokage Building, Nagase sat in the chair of the Hokage's office, observing the entire Konoha through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the office.
Minato went to protect Kushina closely, so the Hokage's office was naturally empty. As the Hokage's assistant, it was reasonable for him to sit in the Hokage's seat.
Of course, Nagase did not come to the Hokage's office for such a boring reason, but the Hokage Building was in a good location. From the Hokage Building, he could see all the situations in Konoha at a glance.
Although it would be safer if Nagase also went to protect Kushina, Nagase still chose to stay in Konoha and only arranged a shadow clone there.
First, he left the Flying Thunder God Kunai with Minato so that he could go there at any time if anything happened. Second, it was to prevent his arrival from causing any butterfly effect, causing Obito to send additional forces to destroy Konoha.
What if they all left and Obito had other plans and took the opportunity to wreak havoc on Konoha? That would be a huge loss, as he might lose all the prosperity he had worked hard for a year and also lose a large number of points.
Yongze stood up, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked at the road carefully.
"No wonder Danzo wanted to be Hokage so much. It really feels good to stand in the Hokage's office and look down on everything." Nagase thought to himself.
Boom!!!
Suddenly, a huge explosion was heard, and a wind blade rushed out into the sky, cutting off everything around it.
Nagaze narrowed his eyes slightly. That was the direction of Konoha Prison.
Prison, plus wind jutsu, this made Nagase think of a person, the former Konoha elder Danzo.
Nagase used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to the Flying Thunder God Kunai closest to the prison, and then rushed towards the prison.
In fact, he was still very confused. Although Danzo was insidious and cunning and not a good person, he should not betray Konoha.
Danzo did a lot of things that affected Konoha's strength, but Danzo himself didn't think so. He believed that he was protecting Konoha.
So now Nagase is not sure whether the person who released the wind blade was Danzo.