By a twist of fate, he had come to this world.
What drove him back to Konoha was none other than this very question.
He wanted to know how Konoha's Fourth Hokage, his biological father, Minato Namikaze, truly viewed ninjas and ninja villages.
In his eyes, ninjas were a malformed product of their era.
Ninjas who did not engage in production, lived on missions, and kept company with slaughter would eventually be cast aside by the times if they did not change.
Among the many assessments Konoha's people had made of Minato Namikaze, one remained vivid in his memory—
The Fourth Hokage was a Hokage who loved peace.
Though the Minato Namikaze of this world was not the one from his own, the two were similar flowers. Their convergent ideals held great value as a reference for him.
Once a person lived long enough, they began to think about all sorts of random things.
Perhaps benefiting the nation and its people, perhaps bringing ruin upon them, perhaps retreating into the deep mountains, perhaps becoming a saint before the world...
Under the effects of Dragonborn divine power, he had died time and again, only to revive time and again.
He had long since become numb to death.
Thus, naturally, he had developed some different thoughts regarding spiritual permanence.
Could he rely on his own strength to do something within his power for this chaotic world, for those impoverished people suffering within it?
But for now, these were merely vague notions, a seed deeply buried beneath the soil.
He needed to seek nourishment and nurture it into life.
He was grateful to Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. They had given him life and allowed him to witness the brilliance of life once more.
Therefore, he very much wanted to know how the