Naruto : Minato back to the past

"Let's observe for a while."

 Minato pondered for a moment, then slowly walked along the streets of the Hidden Mist Village.

 In order to avoid being treated as an alien, he frowned slightly and looked solemn.

 The place where Gamaru took him to sneak into should be the edge of the Kirigakure Village. After Minato walked onto the Kirigakure streets, he walked for a long time.

 However, although the buildings in the Hidden Mist Village look simple, in terms of area, it is not necessarily inferior to Konoha and Sunagakure.

 About an hour later, a building that looked much more magnificent than the surrounding buildings caught Minato's eye.

 The Mizukage Building.

 Decades ago, the first Hokage reached a cooperation agreement with the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to establish the Konoha Ninja Village, and other ninja tribes and major countries followed suit.

 As the iconic building of Konoha, the Hokage Building was naturally imitated by various ninja countries, each of which added its own style.

 But Minato just glanced at the Mizukage Building and immediately retracted his gaze, because he observed that there seemed to be no civilians approaching the road in front of the Mizukage Building.

 Although he had restrained his chakra and could not make good use of his perception ability, his keen intuition and eyesight, which had been honed through years of life-and-death battles, enabled Minato to discover several Kirigakure ninjas lurking around the Mizukage Building with just one glance.

 There are guards on the Mizukage Building itself, and there are many guards set up around it.

 What are the leaders of the Hidden Mist Village guarding against with such a frightened attitude?

 Combined with what the hokage said before Minato left, the Third Mizukage has not appeared in the public eye for a long time.

 Could it be that the Third Mizukage has been killed?

 This is just Minato's guess. No one in today's era would think so.

 The way the Hidden Mist Village elects the Mizukage is based on strength, and the strongest ninja will become the Mizukage.

 How could it be possible that the most powerful Ninja of the Hidden Mist Village was killed in the Hidden Mist Village?

 However, Minato, who had experienced the Third Ninja World War, only thought that the third Mizukage might have experienced something similar like of the disappearance of the third Kazekage.

 The third Kazekage was also a powerful ninja, but he also disappeared in the Sand Village.

 There may be some similarities between the disappearances of the two.

 The unusually delicate-looking little boy he saw the last time when he sneaked into the Sand Village was the biggest suspect in the disappearance of the third Kazekage.

 Red sand Sasori is the most vicious criminal in the history of the Sand Village and even the Land of Wind.

 After passing the Mizukage Building, Minato could only wander aimlessly in the Hidden Mist Village for a while.

 He planned to observe the terrain of the entire Mist Village first, especially the area around the Mizukage Building.

 In the current situation, if he want to find out the truth, the Mizukage Building is the only place to go.

 It would be impossible to expect to get some information from civilians given the current situation in the Hidden Mist Village.

 His idea this time was undoubtedly more dangerous than the last time he stole the Desert Sorrow.

 After all, although he was near the Kazekage Building last time, this time, he had to sneak into the Mizukage Building to investigate.

 And everything in it is unknown. Although he possesses the Flying Thunder God Jutsu and should be able to escape unscathed, but he does not want to be discovered without finding out anything and leaves the Hidden Mist Village, that is not Minato's way of doing things.

 As the sky gradually darkened, the Hidden Mist Village became even more hazy at night, and the visibility for ordinary people dropped to less and less.

 Even with eyesight as sharp as that of a jonin like Minato, visibility with the naked eye is less than ten meters.

 This is why at night, the streets of Kirigakure are extremely deserted.

 Looking at the dwindling crowd, Minato felt that wandering around like this was not a solution.

 Then he stopped where he was and stood there for more than ten seconds.

 After making sure that there were no sensor ninjas or hiding ninjas around, Minato suddenly disappeared from the spot under the cover of the fog with extremely low visibility.

 Swish!

 The next moment, Minato appeared at the lake where Gamaru had brought him to the Hidden Mist Village, and set up the barrier he had used before.

 He has no identity now and cannot even check into a hotel easily, so he has to sleep on the streets.

 The air in the Hidden Mist Village is damp and cold at night, but when a ninja's strength reaches a certain level, there will be no problem surviving in such an environment for a week or even longer.

 Minato closed his eyes within the barrier and circulated the chakra in his body. With the barrier blocking him, he was not afraid of being discovered by the Kirigakure ninja.

 The next day, when the sun was rising slowly, and the fog was the least in the Hidden Mist Village all day, Minato suddenly opened his eyes and removed the barrier.

 He walked towards the Mizukage Building again, but compared to last time, he walked much happier than yesterday when he was not familiar with the road.

 Along the way, Minato discovered that the expressions of the pedestrians were very different. They all seemed to be looking in the direction of the Mizukage Building.

 Naturally, he followed to find out what was going on.

 At this time, a large crowd had gathered in front of the Mizukage Building, most of them were civilians, and there were Mist Ninjas around to maintain order.

 Everyone's eyes were looking at the Mizukage Building, and Minato naturally followed their gaze and moved it upwards.

 However, there was no one on the Mizukage Building at this time.

 But here, Minato heard the discussions of the common people for the first time since entering the Hidden Mist Village.

 The people who were talking were a little far away from him, but with Minato's hearing, that was not a problem.

 "It's been almost a year, and the Mizukage finally showed up. I thought..."

 "What do you think? Don't talk nonsense, or you'll be caught."

 "Hush, there are ninjas coming."

 Minato's heart couldn't help but tremble slightly. Although the previous Konoha spy had reported the abnormal news about the Third Mizukage, he did not have the exact time.

 What he didn't expect was that the Third Mizukage had disappeared for a whole year!

 No wonder the Hidden Mist Village was in chaos, and the civilians seemed to be scared.

 The Kage is the supreme leader of a ninja village, and the Third Mizukage has disappeared for a year. Not to mention the many affairs in the village, if this matter gets out, even if the Hidden Mist Village is isolated overseas, it will probably be coveted by ninja villages in other countries.

 This is much more serious than Konoha losing a ninja of the level of Tsunade and Orochimaru, or the Sand Village losing two ninjas like Sunae and Saburo.

 From this, Minato couldn't help but think about what a huge blow his and Kushina's deaths in the Nine-Tails incident would have caused to Konoha at that time.

 This was also one of the reasons why he insisted on making Naruto the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. At that time, Konoha could no longer withstand any losses.

 "Mizukage-sama has appeared!"

 Just as he was thinking about this, a scream came from the side, pulling him out of his thoughts.

 Minato suddenly raised his eyes, and on the Mizukage Building, a long-haired man was walking slowly. He was wearing a Mizukage hat, and underneath the hat was a head of long hair. He had a handsome face and an extraordinary temperament.

 His appearance caused the Mizukage Building below to burst into cheers, and even the Kirigakure who were maintaining order looked as if relieved.

 Minato was perhaps the only person in the crowd who didn't look excited.

 Because from beginning to end, the Third Mizukage kept his eyes closed, which was a bit too weird.

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