Naruto : Minato back to the past

"Why?" Hatake Sakumo's sudden order surprised everyone.

"No comment," Hatake Sakumo said. Whether it was the Genin like Nawaki, Sarutobi Ao, or the students of the Ninja School like Minato and Kushina, they had to obey the order unconditionally.

Keeping secrets is one of the ninja rules. Even the people present, who were as thick-skinned as Kushina, understood it.

Minato frowned when he heard this. Whether it was the village's formulation of the rules for this Ninja Trial or Hatake Sakumo's order, he couldn't figure out the reason for doing so. And for him, passing the Ninja Trial was not that important.

What was important was whether the Third Hokage recognized him and his ability to become Kushina's protector. But no matter what, he tried his best. Even if he failed this time, he would not give up. In order to try to free Kushina, Minato would not retreat.

"Okay, let's go." Ignoring everyone's doubts, Sakumo Hatake led them out of the tower in the center of the Death Forest.

Swish, swish, swish! In the Death Forest, twenty figures shuttled back and forth, and Sakumo led them in a straight line. After staying here for three days, everyone knew that there were many ferocious beasts in the Death Forest, many of which would give even real ninjas a headache.

Minato, Nawaki, and others had also encountered them, so they were always cautious during the trial and tried to avoid them as much as possible.

On the way, they also encountered some beasts that looked very ferocious, but unlike the previous encounters, those beasts left quickly as if they were running for their lives. Most people thought this was due to their large number, but only Minato, Uchiha Yoruki, Nawaki, and other elites among the dozen or so people knew that it was all because of Sakumo Hatake walking in the front.

Sakumo had an unspeakable power emanating from his body. The instinctive reactions of many creatures in nature far exceeded those of humans. After sensing this power, they automatically retreated.

This is the real strong man, the one who is second only to the Third Hokage in Konoha Village, and makes the three disciples of the Third Hokage acknowledge his strength! Minato looked at his back, his expression flickering. One day, he would become a strong man like Sakumo, and even surpass him.

He wanted to become the Hokage, protect the Konoha Ninja Village, protect Kushina, protect the family in the village, and protect everything he loved! This time, he would never fail again!

"Huh? Why do I have such an idea?" Thinking of this, Minato hummed lightly. Last time, he seemed to have said to Kushina that no one could take her away from him.

"What's wrong, Minato?" Kushina noticed Minato's abnormality and immediately went up to ask.

Minato came back to his senses and said, "It's okay, hehe." His perfunctory answer aroused Kushina's doubts. Although she was thick-skinned, she seemed to be very sensitive when it came to Minato's affairs.

Mikoto, who was behind them, also smiled. Minato and Kushina were always able to detect each other's abnormality at the first time. This feeling was really wonderful.

When everyone finally walked out of the extremely depressing Forest of Death, it was just sunset, and the soft light sprinkled on the earth, as if it could sweep away all the haze and ominousness.

At this time, another group of people came over. It was also a team of about ten people, including several Genin and students from the Ninja School. Among them, a female Genin left the team and walked towards them.

"Hey, Nawaki, Ao, are you guys also eliminated? It shouldn't be." The female ninja saw everyone and said directly.

There was deep surprise in her eyes because she saw the existence of Nawaki and Sarutobi Ao. These two people were the strongest two students in their class.

"Uh," Nawaki blinked, but didn't know how to answer her. Then she turned around and looked at Hatake Sakumo.

"The trial is over, go back and rest," Sakumo walked up and said to the Genin. Sakumo led them away from this area, and then left. Everyone also left gradually.

"Minato, although you are very powerful now, I still don't want to be surpassed by you. Next time there is a chance, you must spar with me!" Nawaki said with a smile.

"Me too," Sarutobi Ao echoed.

Hearing this, Minato smiled bitterly and glanced to his side. Uchiha Yoruki had a gloomy face. He didn't know if this guy would lose his mind and start a fight here. But he didn't make trouble; he just turned and left without saying a word.

Minato's heart was relieved, perhaps because there were many Anbu hidden around here. From the moment Kushina walked out of the Forest of Death, these people had been hiding in the dark.

Minato sighed. When they were on their way, Hatake Sakumo had said that they would be notified of the rewards for passing the test later. He wanted to see the Third Hokage right away to see his reaction.

Nawaki, Sarutobi Ao, and the others left one after another, while Kushina was taken away by the woman who had been picking her up at the school gate. Mikoto did not return to the clan with Uchiha Yoruki but took a detour with Minato. Mikoto really hated Uchiha Yoruki.

After Kushina separated from Minato and the others, she did not return to the remote place where she lived in Konoha. Instead, she was led to a very large mansion in the center of Konoha. There were probably not many such residences in the entire Konoha.

"Where is this?" Kushina asked the woman next to her. The latter did not answer her but led her into the mansion. Entering the mansion, there was a courtyard of quite a large scale, but there was only one passage in the entire courtyard, and the rest were all trees with extremely dense vegetation.

"How strange," Kushina noticed and murmured. The owner of this courtyard was too strange. No family would plant so many trees in the courtyard. Whether it was the corridor, the entrance, or even the house, there were many small tree pots planted.

It seemed that the owner of this house liked trees very much. In the end, Kushina was taken to a room, and the person leading her left. There were only two maids in the room at the moment, and there was a big bed, on which there seemed to be a person lying.

 One of the maids came forward, took Kushina's hand, and walked straight to the big bed.

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