"Them?"
"Yeah, them. The beings behind me. Their power is the strongest of the three sides! What do you think of my strength?" Shiro raised an eyebrow and looked at the frowning Tiezhu and Minato.
Minato froze, then turned to look at Tiezhu. He really was not too clear on that question. He only knew Shiro was strong, but he had no real sense of how strong.
"Hmm... In the current shinobi world, no one would be your match one-on-one!" Tiezhu pondered for a moment, then slowly spoke.
"But my strength over there only barely counts as the peak of a second-rate Servant. Above that, there are first-rate Servants, irregular Servants, and the true bodies of Servants—Heroic Spirits."
Shiro spread his hands helplessly. "So, you understand the gap here, right?"
"." After hearing that, Minato and Tiezhu fell completely silent.
On one hand, they were shocked by that level of strength. On the other, it was because beings like that would be their enemies!
"So you understand now, right? When Naruto is born, they will definitely interfere. I don't know how much weight I carry in their eyes. Maybe a lot, maybe very little.
But I can't stake my hopes on an attitude that vague and intangible. All I can do is give it everything I have!"
Shiro turned around and looked at Minato. "And the reason I won't let you risk your life, Brother Minato, is because the moment you die, you'll very likely be taken away directly by the Sage of Six Paths or the Will of the Shinobi World!
I'm different. If I die, my soul won't go to the Underworld. It will ascend directly and stand high upon the Throne of Heroes!"
"!!!" x2
Minato and Tiezhu's eyes went wide again. Their lips moved, as if