"Um?" Saigoji Youmu stopped in his tracks. "What's wrong, Senior Saigoji?" Seeing Saigoji Youmu stop without warning, Namikaze Minato couldn't help but ask. "It's nothing; I suddenly thought of something." Saigoji Youmu shook his head, indicating that he was fine. "Keep going."
… Whoosh, whoosh. In the dense forest.
The figures of Saigoji Youmu and the five quickly passed over the tall trees. "What's wrong with Senior Saigoji?" Uzumaki Kushina turned her head to look at Konan beside her. Since the inexplicable stop just now, Saigoji Youmu had not said a word. His strange behavior had caught Uzumaki Kushina's attention. Hearing Uzumaki Kushina's words, the others also looked at Konan inquiringly. Konan often stayed by Saigoji Youmu's side; maybe she would know something.
"I don't know." Konan shook her head. Admittedly, her time with Saigoji Youmu had not been short on events. However, her knowledge of him was only superficial. She had never truly understood Saigoji Youmu's heart at all.
Ahead, Saigoji Youmu did not notice the comments from Namikaze Minato and the others. At this moment, all his heart was immersed in the system in his mind. The hazy black mist dissipated a little, revealing the second piece that had been hidden within it. The sword was very delicate and gorgeous, exactly like what Saigoji Youmu saw when he hadn't drawn his first sword. The only difference was that it was longer.
"What's going on, system?"
"Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Jiuno, are they related?"
"They're not connected to the system. It's just the host's act of promoting the union of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Jiuno."
"It was judged by the system to meet the conditions for unlocking the second sword." The seven swords system was briefly explained.
"What are the conditions for unlocking the sword? Promote the development of the plot?" Saigoji Youmu remembered the beep that had sounded in his head earlier.
"Boys, you are doing well." Sarutobi Hiruzen's gratified eyes swept over Uzumaki Jiuno and the others one by one. When he scanned Namikaze Minato, he paused for a moment. This time, the behavior of Namikaze Minato and the others was somewhat reckless. However, Sarutobi Hiruzen was more than satisfied. This quality of cherishing friendship and valuing companions was what he most wanted to see. Sarutobi Hiruzen thought that only such a person could inherit the Will of Fire and become an excellent Konoha Shinobi.
"Go back first. I have something to discuss with Youmu alone."
"Yes, Lord Hokage." Namikaze Minato and the others responded and then left the Hokage's office one after another.
"Namikaze Minato is amazingly talented and has a clean pedigree. He is very suitable to be cultivated as a direct descendant of the Hokage line."
Saigoji Youmu spoke. The strangeness in Sarutobi Hiruzen's gaze just now could not be hidden from his eyes.
"I really can't hide anything from you," Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled wryly. This sentence was equivalent to tacitly acquiescing that he had indeed thought so.
"What do you want to tell me?"
"Nothing, just wanted to say thank you."
"No, even without me, Uzumaki Jiuno would be fine."