Why!?
Why!!?
Why was it really you, Minato?!
Hiroki took a deep breath. His relationship with Minato had never been particularly close, but Minato was, after all, hailed as the most perfect ninja. His morals, strength, talent—almost every aspect of him made everyone else feel inferior.
Yet such a person had rebelled against him. Didn't that mean that, in the future, he would become someone not quite so moral? Or perhaps he would become immoral enough that Minato would rather travel through time just to kill him and stop his actions??
How absurd!
A tempest raged in Hiroki's heart, his nails nearly digging into his palms. Yet in the span of a single second, the expression on his face returned to its signature calm.
Because he had opened his Task Manager once again and ended his emotional process.
He couldn't let him see through him.
He couldn't let this Minato before him notice anything unusual.
—Since the Flying Thunder God Beacon he had implanted in this Minato could manifest perfectly on the future Minato, then theoretically, any abnormality in his expression might be noticed directly by the future Minato.
"—Very good! Minato, I have received your resolve."
Hiroki's voice sounded no different from before. He even forced down his discomfort and gave Minato an approving smile. "I have high expectations for you. Do not disappoint me."
Pah—at a time like this, he was still trying to put on an act and play these childish games with him?!
As if he wanted to.
If the Shinobi World were truly unified, Sawada Hiroki certainly wouldn't mind experiencing what it felt like to be an emperor.
But now—
His life was practically on the line, and he was still thinking about playing emperor?
What a joke.
"Yes! I will never betray your expectations!"