A Visit, Little Naruto

Uchiha Mikoto's heart rippled at the natural familiarity with which Minato Namikaze addressed Minamoto Takuya as "senior."

Of course, she recognized Minamoto Takuya's name. At the grand celebration following the Nine-Tails Incident, as well as the recent victory ceremony after the war against Cloud Village, the figure who had spoken in public had left a deep impression on many.

In Konoha, there were almost no people who did not recognize that face and name.

Her husband, Fugaku Uchiha, had also mentioned this man to her before. He had placed him on the list of key contacts due to his close personal relationship with the Fourth Hokage.

Yet the way Minato Namikaze had addressed him just now carried an unguarded intimacy, making her instantly realize that their friendship ran far deeper than the Uchiha Clan's intelligence had suggested.

Uchiha Mikoto's gaze drifted back to Minamoto Takuya. According to the intelligence reports, he should have been slightly younger than Fugaku, a man in his thirties in the prime of life. Yet the man before her looked remarkably young, almost the same age as Minato Namikaze... The contrast surprised her slightly.

But that was not important. Her purpose in coming here had been to use her visit with her close friend Kushina Uzumaki as an opportunity to further improve the Uchiha Clan's relationship with the Hokage couple.

She had taken on this task voluntarily. Back when she had been pregnant with Sasuke Uchiha, she had already admired Kushina Uzumaki's passionate and sincere nature. Even without a clan assignment, they might have become friends. It was only that Uchiha Mikoto had not been as proactive as she was now.

Fugaku Uchiha had also revealed that the Fourth Hokage seemed to be signaling goodwill toward the Uchiha Clan.

Otherwise, he would not have tacitly allowed