"If he is properly nurtured, I imagine he will surely uphold the Will of Fire you hope for."
Watching Fugutake Tonbo get knocked down by Asuma in three punches, Minato Namikaze offered heartfelt praise.
"Hahaha, that would be for the best."
Hiruzen chuckled a few times, no longer watching the situation on the training ground as he turned and sat back down.
Seeing Hiruzen's movement, Minato Namikaze straightened up, knowing the other man was probably about to discuss something important.
"Has your teacher—that Jiraiya fellow—sent any news recently?"
Hiruzen's first question was about Jiraiya's whereabouts.
None of his three disciples were easy to handle.
Jiraiya in particular never stayed in the village. Instead, he wandered everywhere, peeping around the ninja world under the pretense of "looking for inspiration."
And he did not even bother concealing his identity.
Who in the entire ninja world did not know that Jiraiya was Hiruzen Sarutobi's disciple? Jiraiya might enjoy his peeping, but when he got caught, it was Hiruzen's reputation that suffered!
What was even more infuriating was that Hiruzen himself had not seen anything! Yet his disciple had gotten to see all those sights...
"Cough, cough." As Hiruzen's thoughts began to run wild, he suddenly remembered someone was beside him. He hurriedly suppressed his emotions and turned his face away, afraid Minato would see the blush on his cheeks.
"Teacher sent word some time ago, saying that he was gathering material in the Land of Grass, but he did not reveal his exact location." Minato honestly reported his teacher's whereabouts.
"Is that so? It is good that you are in contact. You can see it too—the situation has been unsettled lately. I estimate that within five years, the ninja world will face a major upheaval. Every village has been making quite a few