"Hmm?"
"Where am I?"
"Wait! You're... you're Yue!"
Just as Uchiha Yue was considering whether to use the remaining Death God energy in his hands to summon a few more helpers, Minato Namikaze looked like a transmigrator who had only just arrived in another world. He first stared blankly around at his surroundings, then, upon seeing the altered-looking Uchiha Yue before him, stood there with his mouth open for a long while. Only then did he step forward, pat Uchiha Yue on the shoulder, and mutter:
"Yue, did you die too?"
"Since we're all dead, we should let go of the grudges from the past. After all, we were friends for so many years. We went from friends to enemies while we were alive, but after death..."
"Let's pick up that bond again!"
As he spoke, Minato Namikaze's sunlike smile once again filled his face.
Uchiha Yue, on the other hand, looked at Minato Namikaze and let out a deep sigh only after a long while.
Because Uchiha Yue suddenly realized that even after being dead for so long, Minato Namikaze's personality had not changed. Or rather, the Fourth Hokage from the original story had always been that same Fourth Hokage.
Even when he later became enemies with Uchiha Yue, it was only because...
their positions were different!
Moreover, as Minato Namikaze vigorously patted Uchiha Yue's shoulder and smiled as he spoke of their old bond, Uchiha Yue's heart warmed as well. Unfortunately, such a harmonious atmosphere could not last long. At first, Minato Namikaze had yet to grasp the situation, but when he sensed Uzumaki Naruto's aura—the aura of his own child—his pupils contracted slightly. Then, slowly lowering his gaze to his hands, he murmured:
"This doesn't feel like being dead."
"Yue, did you... did you revive me using