Kabuto: I'll Cover You from Behind

"...I really can't compare to you." Minato sighed, but for now, he gave up on going after Obito.

Xuanye had his own plans. Minato was better off following orders.

Xuanye smiled—the kind of smile that came from knowing exactly how to get to someone.

"Don't start reflecting just yet. What would you do if I told you I could bring you and Kushina back to life?"

"Not through Impure World Reincarnation. I mean truly bring you back."

Xuanye's words reached Minato's ears like a devil whispering, tempting him to fall.

Of course Minato knew there would be a price. Uchiha Genya had never been kind for nothing.

"Think about it. You could reunite with Naruto, live with Kushina, and enjoy life as a family of three. No mountains of paperwork, no endless troubles demanding your attention."

"Doesn't that future sound tempting?"

Minato was Reanimated now. Strictly speaking, his heart did not even beat, so feeling it stir should have been impossible.

Yet as Xuanye described it, Minato found himself shamefully tempted.

It was not that his resolve was weak. The future Uchiha Genya painted was simply too appealing.

He and Kushina could come back to life and live an ordinary life with their son.

For Minato as he was now, what could be more than he dared hope for?

Xuanye folded his hands on the desk and watched Minato's face fill with conflict. His grin turned utterly brazen.

"Minato, you wouldn't want Naruto to grow up without a family, would you?"

Minato's eyelid twitched. At last, he let out a helpless sigh and spoke as though accepting his fate.

"What do you want me to do? If it doesn't go against my principles, I can help you."

Xuanye glared at him. In his current state, with the Nine-Tails already handed