"Lord Hokage, based on the leads you provided, I spent many days investigating and obtained some intelligence."
After the Nine-Tails was extracted from her body, Kushina, the Jinchuriki, ultimately died, leaving behind Naruto and Minato. Minato became a stay-at-home dad, needing to care for his son while carrying out missions.
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As time passed, the villagers' perception of the Nine-Tails gradually changed, especially after it rendered great service to the village. But Minato had not the slightest desire to get close to it. Though the Nine-Tails had not escaped on its own and had been released by someone else, his wife had died because of it. The fact that Minato did not hate the Nine-Tails was already rare enough, let alone expecting him to treat it kindly.
Moreover, Minato knew quite a few Sealing Jutsu of the Uzumaki Clan, which was also why the Nine-Tails was so unfriendly toward him. It had not forgotten how Minato had repeatedly strengthened its seal.
"They hid themselves well."
After picking up the scroll and reading it, Ronglin could not help cursing under his breath. He had sent Minato to investigate the traces of those cult organizations, but after so much time, the intelligence they had obtained was of little real significance.
Minato knelt on the ground without speaking.
After spending so much time only to get this result, he felt somewhat embarrassed as well. The mighty Golden Flash of Konoha had personally set out, yet the intelligence he brought back was largely worthless. It was practically an indirect mockery of Minato's incompetence.
"Minato, do you think these people left because they feared retaliation?"
Naturally, Ronglin was not foolish enough to blame Minato. Obtaining this much intelligence was already quite good. The members of those cult organizations were no ordinary schemers; investigating them thoroughly