"Actually, the authority was something the Third Hokage of the Other World helped me secure. Because he was so powerful, the Third Lords didn't dare refuse him, so they handed all their authority over to me and went off to enjoy their retirement."
That was a good thing, but when Jiraiya heard that Minato's power had come from that, he grew a little worried. "Then could the Third Hokage of the Otherworld be using you to maintain control over Konoha's government?"
"You can rest easy about that too. The Fourth Hokage of the Otherworld is Minato Namikaze now—in other words, the Otherworld's version of me. As for the Third Hokage, he's already retired and basically doesn't involve himself in the village's affairs anymore."
Hearing all this, Jiraiya only grew more curious. "Strange. There are actually Kage in the Shinobi World who don't lust after power? The Third Hokage of the Otherworld is my Master too, right? How did that old man suddenly change his nature after going to the Otherworld?"
Seeing that Jiraiya had misunderstood, Minato Namikaze explained, "The Third Hokage of the Otherworld isn't Lord Hiruzen Sarutobi. It's Kumonaka Torikaze."
"Kumonaka Torikaze? Who's that? How come I've never heard that name before?"
Because Jiraiya often wrote all kinds of bizarre novels, his ability to accept strange things was fairly strong. He had finally managed to accept the setting of another world, but who exactly was this Kumonaka Torikaze?
He had never heard of him in his own world. Hadn't Minato said the two worlds were basically identical?
Minato Namikaze thought for a moment. "Hmm... He's a great ninja from the Other World, a disciple of the First, Lord Senju Hashirama. He possesses one Kekkei Tōta and two Kekkei Genkai."
"When he was twelve, he went alone to the defeated