Minato, You Probably Aren't a Good Father

"Orochimaru tricked me into getting them forcibly implanted. Minato, there's a very powerful cursed seal in my eyes now. Do you think Kushina can do anything about it?"

Yuuhi Kurenai waved, greeting the newcomers.

Although she had no particular connection with the Fourth Hokage, the female ninja in the village got along fairly well, and she was very familiar with Kushina too.

"In our current state, I'm afraid we can't help you, Kurenai." Minato's face held a trace of helplessness as he took two steps forward and emerged from the deepest shadows.

The Nine-Tails immediately began roaring and cursing loudly the moment he stepped out. It might have shown Kushina a little tolerance, but it had absolutely no pleasant expression for Minato.

Yet every sound it made was drowned out.

A child's shrieks could always pierce people's eardrums and leave everyone around them irritated. Even Yuuhi Kurenai raised her nails, which she had not trimmed for some time and had grown quite long, and began scratching at her ears.

But the child's parents were clearly excluded from that. Parents always had the greatest tolerance for their own children, especially someone like the sun-like Namikaze Minato.

He gently raised his right hand, held up his index finger before his lips, and whispered, "Naruto, quiet down. Be quiet..."

But Naruto Uzumaki was shouting too loudly, completely drowning out his words. He did not hear him at all, and while Minato's gesture conveyed his meaning, it held no intimidating force whatsoever.

Yuuhi Kurenai burst into laughter as she watched the helpless Minato. The Fourth Hokage was a genius, yet he did not possess even the slightest talent for raising children. Even the Nine-Tails was snickering behind its cage.

Naruto Uzumaki was simply too excited. He had met the Fourth Hokage, the idol he