Minato turned around, looking rather pleased with himself.
"Ahahaha, Shikaku, didn't expect it to be me, did you?"
"Pretending to be Lord Orochimaru for so long was exhausting."
"I'll go deal with tonight's matters first, then come back and catch up."
"Kazekage, please wait here for a moment. Leave your son to me."
Amid Shikaku's shock, Minato first cracked a joke at Shikaku, then switched expressions in an instant and became serious.
"Don't worry. I'll be back soon."
Whoosh...
Right in front of Shikaku, Minato openly used the Flying Thunder God Technique and vanished.
Shikaku was finally certain.
It really was the Fourth Hokage. It really was the Fourth Hokage.
The Flying Thunder God Technique!
The Flying Thunder God Technique that only the Second and Fourth Hokage could use!
But how had the Fourth Hokage been resurrected?
After all, it had already been twelve years since the Nine-Tails Incident.
That meant the Fourth Hokage had been dead for twelve years.
And Shikaku was certain that the Fourth Hokage had truly died.
Could it be that the Fifth Hokage had always been the Fourth Hokage in disguise?
No, that wasn't right. The one who had successfully run for Hokage before had indeed been Orochimaru.
Shikaku suddenly recalled the rumors surrounding the Hyuga Clan.
There had been news that Hizashi Hyuga had died in the Hyuga Clan's disaster, and that his Byakugan had been destroyed as well.
Yet before another day had even passed, Hizashi had appeared before everyone perfectly unharmed, refusing to speak of what had happened.
Everyone speculated that Hizashi had survived severe injuries, or that the information had been wrong.
But since he had come back alive and the matter had completely died down, no one investigated further.
Shikaku linked Hizashi's earlier incident with the Fourth Hokage's resurrection, connecting