Konoha, Year 48.
Over at Konoha...
After the young Fourth Hokage took office, the entire village suddenly brimmed with youthful vitality.
Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze had risen from an ordinary civilian to become Hokage. His experiences over the past twenty-odd years were already filled with an awe-inspiring, legendary quality. Even Fourth Raikage A had once made his voice heard throughout the Shinobi World...
The Fourth Hokage is my lifelong enemy!
As for the village chief of that impoverished backwater at the very bottom, in Fourth Raikage A's eyes, he was nothing more than a ninja who only knew how to play underhanded tricks. The next time they fought, he definitely would not fall for that bastard's treacherous scheme again!
Apparently, he was still furious about falling victim to Fourth Kazekage's forbidden technique before he could even use his ultimate move, and was preparing for another solo battle...
To wash away his humiliation!!
Of course, this also showed just how powerful the Fourth Hokage was. He was only at the beginning of a ninja's peak, so what kind of brilliant legend would he create in the future?
No one knew, but they believed he could at least catch up to the currently aged and retired Strongest Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Moreover, the Fourth Hokage had been born a civilian, so he could better understand the thoughts of the village's civilians and cherish the village's peace even more.
They say that even the Uchiha Clan, who normally looked down on everyone and had terrible tempers, greatly respected the Fourth Hokage and earnestly followed the new Hokage's orders?!
Especially one night, when the drunken clan head of the Uchiha Clan, Fugaku Uchiha, shouted loudly in front of everyone, "Minato is the closest friend of our Uchiha Clan!"
It was easy to imagine how good