The next day, another shocking piece of news spread throughout the Shinobi World: following Sunagakure, Kumogakure in the Land of Lightning had also formally declared war on Konoha.
If nothing unexpected happened, the fool Ōnoki had said would come charging at them was probably them.
The situation in the Shinobi World was changing far too quickly. In just over a month, three of the major shinobi villages had become embroiled in war.
Although the conflict had not yet grown in scale, there were already signs that the Third Shinobi World War was about to break out.
However, this had little impact on Kawaki Aoba, who had just left the hospital.
Until he completed that S-rank screening mission, he could forget about leaving Konoha.
"Big Brother Minato, the only ones left to screen are Lord Hokage's Anbu, right?" As soon as they stepped out of Konoha Hospital, Kawaki Aoba asked Minato beside him. Overnight, he had silently changed the way he addressed his senior from "senior" to "big brother," and Minato hadn't objected.
Namikaze Minato nodded. "That's right. The Anbu members are all that remain. There aren't many of them, so even if we're more thorough, we can finish in a day."
"Minato, Aoba, I brought you breakfast." Uzumaki Kushina appeared at the far end of the street. She was holding a food box, and beside her stood three young shinobi about Kawaki Aoba's age, all wearing Forehead Protectors.
At the sound of Kushina's voice, Kawaki Aoba understood. No wonder Kushina had said that morning that she had something important to do. She'd been preparing breakfast for them.
As for the three beside her, a sweep with Observation Haki told Kawaki Aoba who they were. He knew them well.
They were the other three members of Team Minato: Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha