Chapter 1599
"Ramen Ramen Konoha Village's Ichiraku Ramen..." On the way back, Naruto sang an out-of-key song he made up, almost drooling.
In the Kingdom of Fire, in Konoha Village, Minato Namikaze was handling the official duties in hand, apparently a little absent-minded.
Since that Loulan mission, Naruto and the others have been missing for two and a half years. All the forces in Muye Village were mobilized, and almost the entire ninja world was turned upside down, but no clues about them were found.
After that time, Kushina cried several times in private, and Minato himself regretted it secretly. He thought it was a task that he didn't need to pay much attention to, but he could easily capture it with Naruto's strength, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen.
"What happened back then, no matter how strong the enemy is, it's impossible not to leave any information." Unknowingly, his thoughts flew to Naruto again.
He firmly believes that Naruto is not dead, no one knows his son's strength better than him, and it is impossible for anyone in the whole ninja world to kill him silently.
"Hokage-sama" was in a trance when he was thinking about it, a ninja ran into him in a panic, waving a piece of information in his hand, "I'm urgently calling for help from Sand Hidden Village, Kazekage has an accident."
"What?" Namikaze Minato was startled, and quickly snatched the information, and after a rough glance, his face changed abruptly.
"Akatsuki, have you finally acted again, Gaara." He pondered for a moment, thinking about how to properly handle this matter.
Konoha and Sand Yin are allies, and Gaara was captured by the Akatsuki organization, which can already be regarded as a top priority. But there are not many people staying in the village who are suitable for this mission. Originally, Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui would be suitable if they were there, but they are both out on missions now, and they will not be able to return for a while.
The strength of the remaining Uchiha Sasuke has improved rapidly in the past two years, and he has already been promoted to the level of Jonin. With his kaleidoscope, it is enough to move freely in the ninja world.
But it's not safe to send Sasuke alone for this kind of mission, you have to find enough teammates for him.
"Kai isn't in the village either, and I can't leave. It would be great if Naruto was here." With a sigh, Minato continued to think about suitable candidates.
"If it really doesn't work, let Lu Jiu and the others go."
With a thought in his heart, he was still a little undecided. The older generation Inokacho is the backbone of Konoha, even in the ninja world, he is well-known.
Under normal circumstances, they have not easily accepted the task of leaving the village. It's just that this time it's about Fengying, which is enough for Zhuludie to attack.
"Naruto-sama"
There was another loud cry, and the ninja rushed into the Hokage room with a look of surprise, forgetting to even knock on the door.
Minato frowned, he was already a little irritable, but when he saw one or two of them like this, his expression darkened and he said, "What happened, you are flustered, not like a ninja."
The ninja was startled, and he quickly stood up and said, "I'm sorry Hokage-sama, I was agitated at the moment. But it's really a good thing, Master Naruto and Kakashi-senpai are back."
"What did you say?" Minato's eyes widened sharply, looking at the ninja in front of Wang Hao Zhao in disbelief, and it took a few seconds for him to react.
Hastily said, "Quick, where is that kid, let him come to see me."
The ninja who reported the letter showed an embarrassed look, and hesitated, "This Master Naruto is in the Yile Ramen Shop. As you know, Hokage-sama, under normal circumstances, it is difficult for anyone to pull Master Naruto away from there."
There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, Minato was angry and funny at this time, and cursed in a low voice, "Send more people, it's really impossible to pack the ramen to me, anyway, I want to see him immediately."
"Yes, Hokage-sama" After thinking about a standard salute, the ninja turned and left.
A few minutes later, bursts of complaints came from the door, and the smile on Minato's face grew stronger.
"What's the matter? Eating a bowl of ramen just now doesn't make people feel safe. What's the rush?"
Chapter 156: Shaka's Last Battle
Seeing Naruto pushing the door and entering, and Kakashi and the others following him, Minato wiped the corners of his eyes.
The heart that has been hanging for two years is finally let go at this moment, no matter what, it is good to come back.
"Yo Dad, you still look energetic." Naruto smiled and waved towards Minato.
Minato took a deep breath, slapped the table in front of him and said angrily, "You boy, where have you been for the past two years, do you know how much your mother is worried about you?"
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Naruto was startled, and subconsciously looked at each other with Kakashi and the three behind him, and found that everyone had the same expression.
"Two years?" The same shocked tone told their disbelief.
Naruto waved his hands and said, "Dad, there must be a mistake somewhere. Even if we count the travel time, it can't be more than ten days, how could it be two years, are you kidding me?"
Minato sat down again and snorted softly, "Do you think I'm someone who would joke about such things?"
Naruto wanted to say something more, but Kakashi put his hand on his shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "Naruto, don't bother to explain, it seems that the flow of time on the two sides is different, and Konoha's side may be true. It might be two years later."
Naruto looked around and found that there was no abnormality in everyone's faces, and finally accepted this fact helplessly.
Time and space are inherently peculiar, and Naruto's understanding of them is very limited. It is also possible that there will be unequal passage of time.
"Forget it, two years is just two years, it's not a big deal." Naruto thought to himself, anyway, he was bored staying in Konoha before.
"Master Hokage, how to deal with the matter of Hidden Sand Village, there seems to be a very urgent wait." The ninja who had been standing beside him said, he was the first ninja who came to send information about Hidden Sand Village.
"Sha Yin?" Naruto's ears perked up, and then he remembered something, and his face changed suddenly.
Minato slapped his head and screamed in confusion, because of Naruto's incident, he had forgotten about the short-lived Sand Hidden Village incident.
"Leave this matter to Nara."
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Before Minato finished speaking, Naruto interrupted with a loud cry. He said with a serious face, "Dad, did something happen to Shayin Village? Did Gaara get arrested?"
"Uh, how do you know?" Naruto glanced suspiciously, didn't he just return to the village.
Taking a deep breath, Naruto didn't explain much. He had been paying attention to this matter all the time, but he didn't expect that it would inevitably happen in just a few days because of the dragon veins sending him back to ancient times.
"Leave it to me Dad, I'll save Gaara."
"No." Minato refused this time. Seeing Naruto's astonished expression, he explained, "You have been away from Konoha for too long, so it's time to go back and see your mother. She has been very worried about you for two years. As for the matter of Gaara, I have found a suitable candidate, and I will definitely handle this matter perfectly, so you can rest assured."
"Dad" Naruto stepped forward, slapped his palm on the table, looked at him solemnly and said, "I have to go, only I can solve this matter, Gaara is my friend, if I don't go, He will die."
Minato raised his eyebrows, he was very happy to see Naruto's serious appearance, and Naruto's insistence on this matter was simply abnormal. I've never seen him be so determined about a task before.
After thinking about it for a while, he said, "If that's the case, go back and ask your mother. If she agrees, I will give you this task."
"Okay, wait for my good news." Naruto turned around quickly, his voice was still echoing in the room, but his figure had disappeared.
Minato shook his head helplessly, and said to Kakashi, "It looks like I'm going to make you make another trip."
Kakashi shrugged with a smile, "It doesn't matter, I'm not tired, but what happened to Hidden Sand Village, I still haven't figured out what happened."
Minato took out the distress message from Sand Hidden and handed it over, "It's the Akatsuki organization. They kidnapped Gaara. The target is probably Shukaku. These ghastly guys thought they had already learned how to live safely."
"Gaara has become Kazekage?" Kakashi was a little shocked when he saw the information on the distress letter.