"Bai Yue, you've seen me make a fool of myself," Minato Namikaze said, still smiling.
Someone so cheerful and sunny, with dreams and ambition—there was really nothing to criticize.
"Teacher Minato, I recorded it! When Naruto grows up, if he doesn't listen to Kushina Master's Wife, I'll play all of her warnings for him."
"Hehe, then I'll have to trouble you." Minato Namikaze looked deeply into Bai Yue, as though trying to see through him.
"I'll take good care of Naruto." No matter what, he was Kushina Master's Wife's child. She had treated him well without asking for anything in return. Even if this child were not the future Savior, Bai Yue would still look after him.
What? Why wouldn't he take meticulous care of him?!
Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki! He wasn't some stray cat or dog on the roadside. Was it really Bai Yue's place to raise and care for him?!
"Mm! I believe in you!" Minato Namikaze said firmly, extending his clenched right fist toward Bai Yue.
"Mm? Mm!" Bai Yue froze for a moment, then raised his fist and bumped it against Minato's.
"Third Hokage, please take good care of Naruto!"
"I certainly will!" Hiruzen Sarutobi said solemnly.
"Minato, I'm sorry. I was the only one who kept talking..." Kushina was in tears by then.
"It's all right." Minato Namikaze shook his head, then continued to speak to Naruto on the altar. "Naruto, what Dad wants to say is the same as what Mom said."
With his final lingering attachment, Minato Namikaze performed the Eight Trigrams Seal.
"Ah, Minato. What a pity," Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed.
It really was a pity, so why hadn't you gone up there yourself?!
Bai Yue said nothing. He wasn't familiar with that old man.
Carefully picking up Naruto, Bai Yue found