Mirai's answer merely showed that Root was important to the village.
In other words, it was not something he could say now... Mirai knew that the Third Hokage valued the village's unity above all else.
Danzo and Root were both Konoha's comrades.
"Clever little fellow."
The Third Hokage thought to himself, What does he think of Minato's little scheme? The latter naturally held some dissatisfaction toward Root, but that was not what concerned him.
He was the same. The Third Hokage was more concerned with whether Mirai possessed a sense of the bigger picture.
As for the issue of Root... it was not something he could resolve on his own, and it was still too early for Mirai.
All these problems would be resolved by future generations of Hokage. Mirai was one of the Hokage candidates in his mind...
The Third Hokage was quite satisfied with Mirai's political views. He immediately said happily, "Since you have mastered the Uzumaki Clan's sealing techniques, I'll assign you the task of repairing the village barrier."
The last time the barrier left behind by her had been fully repaired was when she was still alive.
Even the Third Hokage himself lacked the ability to maintain the barrier completely.
Originally, he had thought that Kushina would only be capable of the task once she had grown up.
"Yes!"
Mirai answered. In truth, he merely wanted to see whether there truly were no signs of anyone moving around Konoha's borders.
"I'd like to bring Kushina along. Her sealing techniques are also very good, and repairing it will take a great deal of time," Mirai said.
"Yes." The Third Hokage smiled. He did not care whether this was merely an excuse for Mirai to spend time with Kushina.
After that, Mirai took his leave and vanished from