"Minato, are you willing?"
Looking straight into Minato Namikaze's eyes, Uchiha Yue showed no trace of nervousness. Instead, he smiled and asked Minato Namikaze in return.
Yet even though Uchiha Yue was not nervous in the slightest, Minato Namikaze still wore a solemn expression, as though waiting for Uchiha Yue's answer. For a full five minutes, Uchiha Yue and Minato Namikaze simply stared at each other like that. Only after those five minutes did Uchiha Yue realize that Minato Namikaze was not joking. He nodded before Minato Namikaze and said, "Minato, if possible, I'd like to know what that S-rank classified intelligence actually is."
"You... can you?"
"I can!"
Almost the instant Uchiha Yue finished speaking, Minato Namikaze nodded heavily and replied, "Yue, we're friends. We were in the past, and we will be in the future! Back then, at the border of the Land of Wind, I had no support at all. I couldn't even fight back against Sunagakure. It was you, Yue, who helped me through that crisis. Perhaps when I was fighting Sunagakure, you caused me quite a bit of trouble, but the help you gave me was undoubtedly far greater."
"Without you, Yue, there would be no favorable situation we have now, nor would Sunagakure be on the verge of surrendering. So, Yue, no matter when it is, remember that you have a friend like me, Minato Namikaze! And Yue, no matter when it is, don't forget that you were the one who reignited my dream! If I truly become Hokage one day and fulfill Kushina's and my dream, then the first person I, Minato Namikaze, need to thank won't be Jiraiya-sensei, but you, Yue!"
As he spoke, Minato Namikaze's expression gradually relaxed, and at last, a smile slowly appeared before Uchiha Yue. Only after that