That evening, at Minato's house,
Senga sat on the sofa watching TV, with Naruto sitting next to him, occasionally explaining the programs on TV to him, and then laughing to himself.
Kushina brought over a plate of fruit and placed it in front of the two of them, smiling as she spoke.
"What brings you here today?"
Senga shrugged and said,
"What's wrong? Aren't you happy to see me?"
"What are you saying? Our whole family welcomes you, right, Minato? Minato? What are you looking at!"
Minato, who had been staring at the clock on the wall, was startled by Kushina's shout and immediately responded.
"Ah? Oh, right, right, right! Welcome! A warm welcome!"
Senga raised an eyebrow and asked,
"Do you have something urgent tonight? You've been staring at your watch the whole time."
"It's nothing, it's nothing, come on! Have some fruit!"
Minato picked up a banana, took a bite out of it, and looked like he had a grudge against bananas.
Senga immediately became interested. He got up and walked towards the door. Minato's face lit up with joy, thinking that Senga was leaving.
However, before he could even feel happy, Senga's voice came from outside the door.
"Minato, come out here, I have some official business to discuss with you!"
Minato immediately deflated, Kushina, seeing this, urged him on.
"Senga is calling you, what are you dawdling about for!"
Minato couldn't help but roll his eyes at Kushina, and then she kicked him away.
Senga stood outside the door with his arms crossed. Seeing Minato fly out, he calmly said...
There's no need to rush.
Minato rubbed his buttocks and complained.
"Senga, I really have something to do tonight. Let's talk about it in the office tomorrow!"
"Oh? What can I do for you?"
"Never mind that, it's a very important mission anyway!"
As he spoke, a smile appeared on Minato's face, but it was an unusually lewd smile. It was the first time Senga had ever seen such a smile on Minato's face.
He reached out and grabbed Minato's face, leaning closer to ask,
"Are you really Minato? Or are you Kizaru in disguise?"
"Kizaru? Who's that?"
"Hmm, a kind of monkey!"
"Senga, you're insulting me."
"Hmph, don't be ungrateful. In some ways, this monkey is much more like Yellow Flash than you!"
Minato looked at Senga with a resentful expression, but Senga wasn't having any of it. He asked,
"Alright, now tell me your task for tonight. If you don't tell me, I can stay here with you all night!"
Upon hearing this, Minato's face immediately contorted with terror, and he gesticulated wildly as he spoke.
"No! I'll talk, I'll talk! Let me go first!"
Senga smiled slightly and let go of his hand. Minato rubbed his flushed face, then leaned close to Senga's ear with a mysterious expression and mumbled a few words.
Senga's eyes widened, and she instinctively cried out.
What!? You want a second child!?
Minato was startled and frantically gestured for Senga to be quiet, managing to utter the faintest sound he could muster.
"Keep your voice down! It's so embarrassing!"
Suppressing his surprise, Senga whispered,
"Why did you suddenly have this idea? Does Naruto know?"
"To be honest, this matter is related to Naruto."
"Oh? Tell me about it."
"Well, Naruto went to Sasuke's house the other day, and when he came back he told me he wished he had an older brother..."
"... This is quite difficult!"
"Yes! You know, Naruto had a tough childhood, so the idea of wanting an older brother probably didn't just come out of nowhere."
"So you want to give Naruto a younger brother or sister or something?"
"Hmm! What do you think, Senga?"
"I think everything's fine. How's the progress? Is there anything I can help you with?"
That was a bit strange, but fortunately neither of them noticed it.
Minato shook his head and said,
"No need, I've already gotten the secret recipe from Lady Tsunade, it's guaranteed to work!"
Tsunade? How could she have such a secret formula? Is she about to experience Kogarashi?
Senga was surprised, but said aloud,
"Really? Then I must congratulate you in advance. Knowing your style, you must have already thought of a name for the child, right?"
When the topic of naming came up, a glint of light flashed in Minato's eyes, showing how seriously he took the matter.
However, he quickly lowered his head and sighed heavily.
Seeing this, Senga asked curiously,
"What's wrong? Are you out of words?"
"How could that be! Don't you know my abilities in this area Senga? There's no name that I, Minato Namikaze, can't come up with!"
"Uh, that's true."
"Sigh! Kushina just won't let me name the child. Does she know what a waste this is? Humph! A woman will always be a woman! What was that saying again? Big boobs, little brains?"
"... It's a case of long hair and short wit!"
"Oh, yes, that's the sentence!"
Minato was quite loud just now; a loud shout came from inside the room from Kushina.
"Minato Namikaze! You're not getting in tonight!"
Minato shrank back in fright, gave Senga an awkward smile, and said in a low voice,
"I have to hurry back, otherwise the effectiveness of that secret recipe will be greatly reduced!"
"Go quickly, but just a heads up, if it's a boy, just don't name him Boruto."
Minato paused for a moment, then curled his lip in disgust.
"Boruto? What kind of name is that! It doesn't sound exciting at all!"
"Well, I was just mentioning it casually. You should go back now. By the way, what if Kushina really won't let you into the room tonight?"
"Hmph, don't worry, I already left the Flying Thunder God Mark on the bed, she can't stop me!"
"... Can."
Senga gave a thumbs up, Minato smiled smugly before dashing home.
Not long after entering, Senga heard Minato's screams. He wondered what Kushina had done to anger Kushina so much.
Smiling and shaking his head, Senga disappeared back into his home.
His living room was pitch black, but that was no problem for Senga, who possessed the Tenseigan; even the darkest environment was as bright as day to him.
Senga noticed a dark, indistinct object on the sofa. He walked over and poked it with his finger.
Suddenly, a pair of eyes opened on the black mass, and then it gradually transformed into a human form.
It was naturally Black Zetsu, but its originally stick-figure-like body had now become curvaceous and looked very feminine.
Seeing Black Zetsu's appearance, Senga's eyes widened in surprise, and he asked,
"Black Zetsu!? What's wrong with you!?"