Bai Yue strolled leisurely through the village streets, making his way to the Hokage's office.
More than a month had passed since Nine-Tails' Night. It was time to check on Naruto.
Hopefully, he was not being treated badly like in the original story during infancy.
If Naruto was subjected to harsh treatment even as a baby, Bai Yue would have to consider whether he should find a way to remove the Thought Seal brought about by Asura's reincarnated Chakra.
That way, Naruto Uzumaki could become Uzumaki Menma.
However, there were not many techniques involving the will, especially when it came to the influence of a thousand-year-old monster's will. The difficulty was immense.
"Hokage-sama!"
"It's little Bai Yue~" The Third Hokage took a puff from his pipe and looked quietly at Bai Yue. "Disguise your identity later, and I'll take you to see Naruto."
"Yes!" Bai Yue nodded slightly. As a Jinchuriki with a sensitive identity—especially one who was still an infant—the Third Hokage could never be too cautious.
Bai Yue had even thought he would need to use a few tricks today to make the Third Hokage agree to let him visit Naruto.
After all, although the Third Hokage had agreed so readily before, he actually had a hundred ways to make Bai Yue give up on seeing Naruto.
Yet unexpectedly, the Third Hokage had truly kept his promise.
Not long after, once the Third Hokage finished dealing with his final document, he raised his head with a smile. "Sorry to keep you waiting. Let's go now."
"Yes!"
Tsk, tsk~ No wonder Danzo could never beat Hiruzen Sarutobi in his entire life.
Perhaps the Third Hokage's affinity was not as good as Minato Namikaze's, but he really knew how to lower himself.
Even to a child like Bai Yue, who