"Naruto?"
"Your disciple?"
With his sensory abilities, Minato Namikaze could easily tell that he had been revived within Konoha's borders. Even so, the fact that Uchiha Yue had taken Uzumaki Naruto as his disciple still exceeded Minato Namikaze's expectations. Although Uchiha Yue claimed he had no intention of threatening him, Minato Namikaze was bound to have reservations when Naruto was mentioned. Thus, as soon as Uchiha Yue finished speaking, the gravity in Minato Namikaze's eyes gradually faded.
Moreover, recalling what Uzumaki Naruto had looked like at birth, Minato Namikaze suddenly took a deep breath and asked:
"Yue, Naruto..."
"Has he been doing well?"
When he asked that question, Uchiha Yue did not even need to look closely to see the emotion filling Minato Namikaze's eyes. Uchiha Yue had seen that emotion in his own father, Uchiha Nara. It was the emotion known as paternal love. Yet beneath that blazing fatherly love was a trace of guilt. Clearly, Minato Namikaze, once the Fourth Hokage, knew that as the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, Uzumaki Naruto could not possibly have lived well.
However, now was not the time to discuss Uzumaki Naruto. There were matters Uchiha Yue needed to decide.
Therefore, after listening to Minato Namikaze's question, Uchiha Yue fell silent for a moment before saying, "You know what Kushina's life was like as a Jinchuriki. Naruto did not have Kushina's background, and in the village, there was no one capable of protecting him. Do you think he could have lived well? Minato, you may not know this, but before I returned to Konoha, no one knew Naruto was your son. No one knew he was the hero who saved Konoha."
"Everyone treated him like a monster. Some even wanted to use Naruto's power to reclaim Konoha's former glory. And after you died, the Uchiha