"To be honest, I thought you were going to let him go."
Kyoichi said.
"I wanted to, but he asked to come here himself. Besides, this matter does need an explanation. Once we return to the village, I'll speak with my teacher."
Minato sighed.
Kakashi, standing nearby, couldn't hold back his question. "Teacher, that person just now..."
Everyone knew who Minato's teacher was.
One of the Sannin—Jiraiya!
A famous figure throughout the shinobi world.
And yet.
This legend had three Rain Ninja disciples?
It was unbelievable!
Kakashi felt as if his entire worldview had been overturned. Compared to that, Kyoichi's profound questions and answers were actually not what mattered most to the six children.
After all...
There were many things they couldn't understand.
That included Shisui.
He was only five years old. How could he know so many profound principles? Still, he differed somewhat from the other five—he had forcibly memorized Kyoichi's words.
But at this moment.
He was no different from Kakashi and the others. They were all curious spectators, waiting for Minato Namikaze to reveal the answer.
"My teacher... taught them for a period of time. It wouldn't be wrong to call them his disciples. Although he never told them that directly, that's how he viewed them in his heart."
Minato Namikaze thought it over and did not hide anything.
There was no way to conceal this matter.
Many senior figures in Konoha knew about it.
Kakashi's eyes widened.
Three disciples from another village...
And then.
After thinking it over, he quickly figured out when it had happened—
After the battle that made the Sannin famous, Jiraiya had not returned to the village for several years.
So he had been teaching disciples outside during those years.
Minato looked at Kyoichi curiously and asked, "Logically speaking, you shouldn't know