Namikaze Minato now seems to have a kind of persecutory paranoia.
It's not that there's anything wrong with him inside.
It's just a special emotion generated under this specific environment.
After all, he has indeed suffered a lot of persecution during this time.
Originally, he was practicing in Mt. Miaomu. At that time, he felt that the Third Ninja World War was coming, and felt that Konoha Village was buying him time. He had to practice well and increase his strength as much as possible to help Konoha Village survive. Difficulties.
Just at the most appropriate time, he appeared on the battlefield of the Third Ninja War, and when facing the ninja army of Iwagakure Village, he successfully defeated the enemy and won the Third Ninja War. .
It's just that this kind of thing didn't bring him a really good result. Even until now, his heart has not felt happy.
The glorious ninja who returned as a Kaixuan did not get the treatment he deserved, but was still being plotted at every turn.
The fundamental reason for this is that his appearance may succeed the fourth generation Hokage of Konoha Village, thereby shaking the position of the third generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.
There is only one Hokage.
When the call for him to become the Fourth Hokage was high.
When the people's hearts are aligned and everyone is united.
It was precisely the time when the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen felt most uncomfortable, because becoming the Fourth Hokage meant that the Third Hokage would leave the stage of Hokage and hand over this power.
This is something very, very difficult for them to accept.
It was precisely because of this that the Third Hokage connected with Danzo and jointly planned the subsequent events.
Now that Namikaze Minato was looking back at the past during the Third Ninja War, he didn't know whether the Sunagakure Village and Kumogakure Village that came to stop him later had any instructions from the Third Generation.
These were beyond his expectation.
But it is somewhat reasonable.
Because the information and intelligence received by these two villages were all from the time node passed down during the previous battle between Konoha Village and Iwagakure Village, when Konoha Village was at a disadvantage and would most likely suffer a defeat. Information.
Based on that kind of information, it made sense for the other two villages to want a share of the pie. At this point, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
After all, in the Ninja World War, the stronger side will win based on their ability, while the weaker ones may be plundered. This is not a house game, there is no question of who is considerate and who forgives whom, it is all about fists Big is the last word, the law of the jungle where the strong is respected.
Namikaze Minato can completely accept such a thing, but he cannot accept these plans and calculations that rush out from within. This is completely beyond the scope of what he can accept.
At least based on what he understood, Kirigakure Village should not be involved in this war. No matter what happens here, it has nothing to do with Kirigakure Village, not to mention that Kirigakure Village itself still has no attention. Attracted by Yunyin Village, the battle is ongoing in Yunyin Village.
But it was precisely at this time that the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of Kirigakure Village seemed to have known the information in advance, and they usually blocked their way back to Konoha Village and carried out assassinations and raids on them.
certainly.
Namikaze Minato still believed in the words of Loquat Juzo among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
The reason is very simple.
The arrival of these seven people was different from the previous two groups. They did not intend to harm any Konoha Village ninja.
In order to attack him, he even deliberately made up a reason to lure him away, so as not to accidentally kill someone from the Leaf Village.
This is also one of the reasons why Namikaze Minato is willing to believe in Loquat Juzo.
Through his own actions, Loquat Juuzang let Namikaze Shuiwen know that their mission was only one, which was to assassinate Namikaze Minato. Apart from assassinating Namikaze Minato, there was nothing else they needed to do, because only in this way could they proceed logically. Cooperate with the Leaf Village in a very clean way.
Namikaze Minato already knew very well that the ultimate goal of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen was to cooperate with the Leaf Village, and everything they did was to enhance the strength of the Kirigakure Village.
When he had an in-depth conversation with Loquat Juuzang and understood some of the information contained in the case, he knew that all of this was ordered by Danzo and had an absolute relationship with Danzo, and behind Danzo That person is none other than the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.
When he reached a settlement with Loquat Juuzang and returned to Konoha Village, he immediately saw Sanbao and was about to give him a Hokage robe to finalize his achievements and let him There is no longer any possibility of inheriting Hokage.
When he was in the woods earlier, he still felt that Hatake Sakumo was exaggerating on such a matter, so he acted in a cautious spirit and did not have too much communication with Hatake Sakumo.
At that time, Aoba didn't know whether Hatake Sakumo was an enemy or a friend. At that time, he thought that as candidates to compete for the Fourth Hokage, they were direct competitors.
But later he found out that he was completely wrong, because those who competed with him for the position of Hokage were not people from the same period, but people from the previous period. It is not that whoever wins can become the Fourth Hokage, but It was the third generation who wanted to seize the position of Hokage and did not want it to be passed on to the fourth generation.
It is precisely because of this reason that what happened subsequently made him truly realize the true face of the third generation.
Just after Namikaze Minato had a clearer understanding of these things, several major events happened in Konoha Village, especially Orochimaru and Danzo revealed a lot of black information, and these black materials are in this There was a subtle point in the process, and three generations and three generations were studying to resign. This series of things made him suddenly feel that there was something wrong in his heart.
Unless there is someone behind the scenes helping him, there is no such chance, but he feels that there cannot be a behind-the-scenes person in this kind of thing.
After all, he was the only beneficiary of this matter from beginning to end.
That person is himself.
In other words, unless the mastermind behind the scenes is himself, no one will do such a thing. After all, everyone needs motivation to do things, and the things they do are all based on interests, but there is no reason to do anything with their own interests. Does anyone really go to such trouble to do such a thing if it doesn't matter
Namikaze Minato felt that there was something very strange in this matter, so he felt that something was abnormal and there must be a demon, and there was no pie in the sky, and the benefits would not fall on him for no reason. , so he felt that there was a problem here, and it was a big problem.
It was with this in mind that Namikaze Minato found Aoyu. After chatting with Aoyu, he found that he had a clearer understanding of his news. There was something wrong with this incident, and during this period Many problematic things have happened since then, and these things may have been done by the third generation in order to make everything confusing, and in the end he would clarify himself and throw himself out of the Hokage's inheritance.
At this stage, Namikaze Minato shouldn't be careless in the slightest. He didn't know whether there was any push from the Third Generation behind any sudden incident.
Especially the trio of Xiao organizations that he just saw today. He didn't know what kind of organization they were.
But it just feels weird, because although these three people are said to be disciples of Teacher Jiraiya, they have always lived in the Kingdom of Rain, and they suddenly came to Konoha Village at this time. Is their purpose really? Live here
Or, as Konan just said, just to have a bowl of Ichiraku Ramen
Namikaze Minato suddenly had many little question marks in his heart.
These little question marks were all pointed at Xiao Nan in front of him.
After he asked this question, his eyes were fixed on Konan, knowing the answers to these questions, especially where Nagato and Yahiko were, this answer was more important to him than the Konan in front of him.
"They're not in the village."
Konan shook her head directly. She could clearly feel the wariness in Namikaze Minato's eyes when he looked at her, and understood that the latter had regarded her as a potential threat.
"I am the only one who entered Konoha Village, if it is really just to eat a bowl of ramen."
"This gatekeeper ninja can testify to this. He was by my side the whole time. I didn't run around or go anywhere else."
"Of course, the only thing that may have happened was that it was beyond my prior expectations and I didn't report it to him in advance."
"That's why the ramen is so delicious, I... ate two bowls."
After all, Xiaonan is one of the three giants of the Akatsuki organization. She was once responsible for human resources management in the Akatsuki organization. She is also a person who has seen the scene and is better at communicating with people. She is not just someone who doesn't know how to talk to strangers. That kind of thing, so she knew very well that the current question couldn't be answered stupidly and directly.
Even some very reasonable things will become unreasonable when said inappropriately, so when she answered this question, she directly chose to avoid the important and ignore the easy way, completely ignoring Namikaze Minato. Laiya's question turned to Mingya and Nagato, whom he cared about most.
"real?"
Namikaze Minato's brows furrowed even more, because such an answer was beyond his expectation.
If Xiaonan said that these two people got separated after entering Konoha Village and did not know the location of those two people, he would be able to accept it in his heart and feel that it was clear for a while.
Judging from his psychological expectations, he already knew that these two people were going to find the third generation and then jointly plan something detrimental to him.
But from a factual point of view, these two people did not come to Konoha Village, which was beyond his expectation. He even looked at the empty bowl of noodles in front of Xiaonan and the one who was still eating. Half a bowl, as if the latter, told the truth without any intention of lying.
But he just felt like something wasn't quite right...
"Brother Yile."
Namikaze Minato suddenly looked at the hand who was cooking noodles. Compared to Konan who was talking just now and the gatekeeper ninja who came here with Xiaobai, he believed in the hand who was cooking the noodles more.
"Is it really?"
Namikaze Minato asked Tezuka.
He is very clear.
Hand beatings won't fool him.
Moreover, this person has been eating ramen for how long since he came here. If the empty ramen bowl is what he has eaten, he can get the answer by just asking the hand.
All of a sudden.
Hands didn't say anything, he just looked at Minato with a smile.
Still has that same smile.
But there were also many question marks popping up in his head.
He had just been observing what was happening here.
At first, it seemed that Minato Namikaze knew the girl, and then he found that the relationship between the two of them seemed a bit strange, and now they seemed to be somewhat hostile. This was not common for Minato Namikaze, and even very... Rare.
Tate has been cooking noodles here for so long, and has only seen Namikaze Minato. Only once did he show some negative emotions that surfaced when encountering certain things, and his mentality was not so stable.
Most of the time, Namikaze Minato shows an extremely sunny look, like a sun that continuously transmits power to the surroundings.
(End of chapter)