Nine-tailed beast?
Minato's eyes instantly sharpened.
"How do you know that I have the Nine-Tailed Beast inside me?"
He asked loudly.
When Minato sealed the Nine-Tailed Beast, only the Third Hokage and his confidants were present—no one else knew. Since it involved the Nine-Tailed Beast, the Third Hokage would never have told anyone else.
Then how did Uchiha Funan know about it?
Could it be that he was there at the time? If so, why didn't he take action?
That night, during the Nine-Tailed Beast's attack, many people died!
Funan smiled but did not answer. Instead, he said, "You don't need to know that. You just need to hand over the Nine-Tailed Beast obediently."
"Impossible!" Minato flatly refused.
"Heh!" Funan chuckled playfully. "Minato, who gave you the confidence to think that you have the ability to refuse me? I'm telling you this only because you died for Konoha, and I am the Hokage now. Do you really think I can't force you? Do you believe you have the right to resist?"
"Or..."
He said meaningfully, "Do you want me to ask Naruto for the Nine-Tails instead?"
"Naruto?" Minato's face changed completely.
When he was resurrected, he had thought about Naruto.
However, he held back and didn't ask.
"Where is Naruto? What have you done to him?" Minato asked angrily.
"I saved him!"
"What?"
"I said, I saved Naruto. I gave him a new life!" Funan's pupils turned into the Mangekyō Sharingan as he said calmly, "Come on, Minato, take a good look at the kind of life Naruto lived after you died!"
Through the Sharingan, Funan transmitted every detail of Naruto's life after Minato's death and before Funan became Hokage into Minato's mind.
Of course, it was impossible to do so under normal circumstances.
But now, Minato was in the state of Impure World Reincarnation, and his every move was under Funan's control.
Funan could manipulate him into any position.
"Ugh!"
Upon receiving the massive influx of information, Minato groaned.
Because he was originally a dead man, Funan didn't hold back in overwhelming him—he forced all of it in at once.
Funan had sorted through Naruto's memories over the years, and in that instant, Minato received them all!
Minato choked and whimpered.
Then...
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Minato shook his head furiously and shouted, "Uchiha Funan, do you find this amusing? I know exactly what kind of person the Third Hokage is. How could he have done such a thing!"
"Oh?" Funan looked at Minato with amusement and said, "What kind of person do you think the Third Hokage is, Minato? Can you tell me? I really want to know what kind of image he has in your mind."
"I..." Minato was momentarily stunned.
What kind of person was the Third Hokage?
What kind of person was he really!?
In Minato's memory, the Third Hokage had always seemed like a great man, even a kind elder.
But!
When Minato became the Fourth Hokage, everything seemed to change.
In the face of power, the Third Hokage revealed another side of himself.
Oppression.
Political struggle.
Greed.
A side Minato had never seen before was finally exposed to him.
The more Minato thought about it, the more terrified he became!
Naruto!
No way!
I died for Konoha, and Naruto was my hope—the hope I left behind for Konoha.
How could the Third Hokage have done that!?
Although he knew that Jinchūriki in every village led difficult lives, he had trusted the Third Hokage. He believed the Third Hokage would surely protect Naruto.
Besides, wasn't Jiraiya still there?
If Minato had any doubts about the Third Hokage, he had absolute trust in Jiraiya.
It was precisely because of his trust in the village that he took the risk, sealed the Nine-Tails, and left this world with a smile.
He sacrificed his life and his wife!
How could the village treat his only son like that!
"Uchiha Funan, what do you want to do?" Minato looked at Funan seriously and said, "I admit that the Third Generation may not be a perfect person, but he can't be as bad as you say."
"Besides, I still have Jiraiya-sensei!"
"I still have many subordinates!"
"I have many companions in the village, such as Ino-Shika-Cho!"
"The memories you just passed on to me can't be true."
"How could they have watched Naruto suffer!"
Looking at Minato's determined look, Funan sighed softly.
At this moment, he didn't know what expression he should have toward Minato.
So even the Yellow Flash can deceive himself!
However!
What needed to be said still had to be said!
Because Namikaze Minato was a valuable combat force!
In the upcoming war, he needed Minato's power. Besides, Minato's identity was also extremely significant.
Not only was he Obito's teacher, but he was also the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki and Uzumaki Naruto's biological father!
The Fourth Hokage of Konoha!
He was very curious about what kind of impact such a person would have when he appeared on the battlefield.
"The Third Generation is indeed not a perfect person but is he as bad as you say... Hehe, don't forget that you once took power from him!"
Minato was stunned: "What's wrong with that?"
Funan said calmly: "You nearly held all of Konoha's power in your hands about a year before Naruto was born, completely sidelining the Third Generation. What do you think the Third Generation thought about that?"
"Tell me, when an old man loses power and then regains control, what kind of mentality do you think he would have?"
"He would most likely become even more obsessed with power!"
Funan stared at Minato: "Am I wrong?"
Minato fell silent.
"As for Jiraiya... Alas!" Funan sighed and said, "I don't know if your death was too much of a blow to him or if it was something else. After your death, he did not return to Konoha."
"How could that be?"
"That's the truth!" Funan said lightly. "Later, after I became Hokage, he returned to Konoha and was extremely angry about Naruto's suffering. He felt that he had trusted the Third Generation too much!"
Minato's face darkened with grief: "I don't believe it!"
"As for your subordinates... Haha, I don't know much about them, but I do know that none of them became Jōnin, including your guards like Shiranui Genma..."
Could those who served as Hokage guards really be weak?
Special Jōnin was the minimum requirement. Most of these Hokage guards had reached the level of true Jōnin.
Minato's expression changed again.
"Ino-Shika-Cho was suppressed until Asuma Sarutobi became the leader of the team and the new generation of Ino-Shika-Cho became his students!"
"I don't believe a word you're saying!" Minato growled, his expression slightly crazed.
The one who suffered was his son.
And the one responsible for all this was actually him!
How could he accept that!
Before Naruto was born, Kushina and Konoha were everything to Minato. After Naruto was born, Minato's world became divided into three parts.
Kushina!
Naruto!
Konoha!
He and Kushina had already sacrificed themselves for Konoha. If his son had suffered in Konoha, then what had he died for?
It was humiliating!
So he absolutely refused to believe it!
"I can let you meet someone, and you'll have to believe his words."
"Who?"
"Jiraiya!"
Minato was silent for a moment.
At this moment, he felt fear!
"Where is Sensei?"
"I arranged for him to take Naruto to Mount Myoboku to train!" Funan smiled and said, "I can give you an hour to meet him. After an hour, I want the Nine-Tails in your body!"
"Alright!" Minato said in a low voice. "If things are really as you say, the Nine-Tails in my body will naturally be yours for the taking, Fifth Hokage!"
"I'll be waiting, Fourth Hokage!"
Minato left.
Funan wasn't worried.
As for what the master and apprentice would discuss, he didn't care.
Everything about Minato was already in his hands, and that half of the Nine-Tails was destined to belong to him.
The conversation just now was simply to make Little Sun Minato fight for him willingly.
Everyone knows that willing and forced cooperation are two different things.
[Swish!]
A ninja appeared in front of Funan, knelt on one knee, and said, "Hokage-sama, a large amount of chakra has been detected approaching."
"The fight started again so soon?" Funan was very surprised and murmured, "Brother Obito's temper is getting worse. Has he been bullied too much?"
"Hokage-sama!"
Seeing Funan a little dazed, the ninja couldn't help but ask again, "Please give the order."
"Okay!"
Funan came back to his senses, nodded, and said, "Act according to the plan, especially be careful of the opponent's explosive tags!"
"Explosive tags?"
"Yes!" Funan nodded seriously and said, "We've achieved several great victories with explosive tags as the core. How could the enemy not learn from us?"
"Yes!"
The Konoha shinobi army had been in a waiting state.
Hearing that the enemy was approaching again, their eyes lit up like wolves.
"They're finally here!"
"Yeah!"
"I can't wait!"
"These damn bastards, this time, I'm going to kill a thousand of them!"
"Only a thousand? I'll take down at least two thousand!"
"You're exaggerating!"
"Be careful you don't get killed instead!"
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