"...Huh, in another world!"
"???"
What the heck?
Minato froze for a moment, but he did not ask any further questions. He merely nodded and looked at Naruto before him with mixed emotions. "Has it already been sixteen years? It looks like you've been doing quite well in Kusagakure!"
"Yeah~, everyone's been really nice to me!" Naruto nodded with a beaming grin, his face never losing its cheerful smile.
"I'm really glad I secretly ran off to Kusagakure back then. No one there hated me. I met Mom, Auntie Kana, Auntie Fusang, Auntie Mikoto, Uncle Amang, Brother Nagato, Brother Yahiko, Big Sister Konan... I met so many people."
Once he started talking about it, he seemed unable to stop.
"And Little Xiang, who kept chasing after me when she was little and calling me Brother Naruto. But, sigh... later on!" He shook his head in disappointment. "She turned out just like Mom! Mom really is something else! You really can't let Mom teach kids!"
"Uncle Amang was always teaching me—teaching me ninjutsu, teaching me about things, teaching me that if I should get angry, I should get angry; if I should beat someone up, I should beat them up; if I should run, I should run. There's no shame in losing a fight! It's just that there was always so much homework. I still hadn't finished it even after graduating. I was originally planning to leave it for Little Xiang, but... sigh~"
He shook his head with a disappointed, regretful expression, but before long, his face brightened again.
"Brother Obito is doing well too, and so is Sister Rin, so Dad doesn't need to worry. It's just that Brother Obito always likes to squat by the roadside and space out. He's saving up money to get married now!"
"And that