After Konan left the room, Mirai got up as well. He dragged Kushina off to wash up, then found Minato and Naori.
The four sat in a circle at the training ground.
Mirai got straight to the point. "I'm planning to establish an official ninja squad.
"I'll be the captain, and the three of you will be the members."
Kushina was the first to raise her hand. "No problem with me!"
Naori nodded. "Sure."
Minato smiled. "We were together already! Reforming the team works too. Otherwise, it'll be inconvenient for us to take missions."
"Then it's settled. We'll report it to the Hokage today."
That morning, the four of them went to the Hokage's Office together.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat behind his desk. After listening to Mirai's purpose, he fell silent for two seconds before nodding.
"That's fine. According to the rules, you're already a Chunin and qualified to form a squad.
"Your members are all Chunin as well, so there's no issue."
He pulled out a form and handed it to Mirai. "Just fill in the squad name and member list."
Mirai took the pen and wrote in the squad name field—"Future Squad."
Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at it without saying much, then stamped his approval.
After leaving the Hokage Building, Mirai took the other three to the mission hall to browse the mission listings.
Kushina leaned over. "Mirai, what kind of mission do you want to take?"
As Mirai flipped through the listings, he said, "We can use this mission as a chance to get out and look around.
"We still haven't settled what happened with Hidden Cloud last time. Hidden Rock stuck its foot in too, so we should go say hello."
"And Hidden Sand... I'll help them solve a problem. Maybe I can take the opportunity to get