"It looks like this is where his real body is!"
Minato said, "Naruto, remember this location."
As Minato spoke, Mukade's enormous puppet-constructed body rapidly filled in and regenerated.
But the location of his real body had already been exposed.
"Naruto..." Minato noticed that Naruto seemed frozen.
"Mm..."
"Okay!"
The dazed look on Naruto's face turned to delight.
"Duo-chan, you're incredible!"
"This jutsu is completely different from what I just understood!"
"So strong!"
"Of course it's strong," Little Kakashi said. "Teacher's strength... is at the very top."
"Even Jiraiya, one of the Three Sannin, called Teacher Minato a genius."
A genius...
Naruto repeated the word in his heart.
So I'm the son of a genius... But...
"Mm..."
Naruto's mood seemed to sink a little.
"Naruto, what's wrong?"
Minato hurriedly asked.
By then, Mukade had landed steadily and had almost fully recovered.
The normal choice would have been to attack immediately while Mukade was regenerating and kill him in one blow.
Rather than give Mukade extra time to recover.
But that did not matter.
After all, Minato had roughly grasped Mukade's strength and his weaknesses.
So...
Between a Mukade who was bound to lose and a son in low spirits, the choice was obvious.
Minato found himself strange, too.
He was clearly still young, still a virgin. He had only just started dating a girlfriend, yet now... he had such a grown son.
And...
After spending time with him, Minato realized that he truly liked Naruto.
He wanted to treat him well.
After all...
From the information Kitahara Kaede had provided, he learned that he died very early, while Naruto had not lived well. Naruto did not even know anything about his parents...
That was a tragedy.
Minato had been born into an ordinary family, and he had already found life somewhat