Even if there was darkness in one's heart, one could still walk the path of light and lead the village onto the right road!
"Uzumaki Mito..."
Akira Sarutobi stared at the woman's departing back and murmured.
One day, he would turn her into a Will of Fire Weapon!
After giving her a deep look, Akira Sarutobi turned and left.
Uzumaki Mito suddenly stopped and looked back.
"Lord Mito, what is it?" several Anbu responsible for her protection asked.
"Nothing."
Uzumaki Mito watched Akira Sarutobi's retreating figure as he strode away.
The evil that had initially been carefully hidden was finally beginning to break through the soil, slowly shedding its disguise step by step?
Sure enough, choosing Minato Namikaze as the inheritor of the Will of Fire had been the right decision.
That child Nawaki... his heart was simply too soft, and he had made the wrong friends.
—Just like Hashirama back then.
Injecting Nonō with the Will of Fire!
After leaving Konoha Hospital, Akira Sarutobi had planned to visit Rin Nohara's home and tell her about assisting with the research on the corpse of the "Storm Release Ninja, Sarui."
However, a familiar figure called out to him halfway there.
"Young Master Ryo."
It was a bright, sunny morning, and everything appeared vibrant and full of life.
Akira Sarutobi turned around and saw a blonde girl dressed in a nun's habit.
At first, Akira Sarutobi did not quite react. Then he guessed her intentions.
"Nonō... are you leaving Konoha?"
However, things did not develop that way.
"Young Master Ryo, let's have a meal together..."
Yakushi Nonō wore a smile and seemed very happy.
Was this a farewell treat?
"No problem." Akira Sarutobi accepted Nonō's invitation.
The two entered an izakaya, the same old establishment Jiraiya and Tsunade had often visited in