Leaf Hospital.
The afternoon sunlight filtered through the frosted glass windows, turning into a soft milky white.
This time, Kakashi had not collapsed. Minato had.
Kushina was carefully feeding Minato the meal she had painstakingly prepared.
Minato's face was full of happiness. Kushina grew angry at the sight and pinched his cheek. "Minato, do you know you almost didn't make it back?"
Minato scratched his head and said apologetically to Kushina, "I'm sorry, Kushina."
Kushina set the food aside, then buried her head in his arms and wept softly. "You're not allowed to do this again."
"You should know... you're going to be a father!"
Minato was instantly overjoyed and nearly jumped up. "Kushina, you're pregnant?"
Kushina nodded as she held Minato's back. "Nonō found out during a checkup a few days ago."
Minato climbed out of the hospital bed, joyfully lifted Kushina into his arms, and spun her around several times.
But a shadow soon appeared on Minato's face, because this was not the best time for Kushina to become pregnant.
Madara Uchiha had revived and reclaimed his Rinnegan. A war even fiercer than the previous Third Ninja World War would erupt across the Ninja World.
Could they win?
Minato did not have much of a winning chance. First of all, the Susanoo Madara Uchiha had summoned was not something ordinary Ninja could handle.
Not to mention that Madara Uchiha possessed the Six Paths Sage's Rinnegan. His strength had already far surpassed that of the First Hokage.
Could someone like that truly be defeated even by gathering all the forces of the Ninja World?
Minato then recalled the Divine Punishment that had descended from the sky. He didn't know whether Madara Uchiha was dead.
For now, they could only wait for intelligence from the Scout Squad.
Seeing Minato's troubled