Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "Minato Namikaze developed an A-rank Unsealed Jutsu. That is a contribution to the village."
But Danzo immediately retorted, "Yet no one in the village besides him has learned the Rasengan. On the contrary, someone from Kumogakure has learned it!"
Danzo's meaning was clear: he did not acknowledge this contribution.
Hiruzen Sarutobi choked on his words, but he could not explain this matter either.
He trusted Minato Namikaze, but Chiba Shun of Kumogakure was simply too inexplicable.
Yet aside from the Rasengan, he truly could not find any other explanation.
He softened his tone and said, "Danzo, you and I both know how difficult Flying Thunder God is to learn. Neither of us has the talent for Space-Time Ninjutsu."
"It is rare for a member of the younger generation to possess talent in Space-Time Ninjutsu, and he is also a steadfast inheritor of the Will of Fire. Give him a chance."
Danzo naturally disagreed, but Hiruzen Sarutobi was clearly backing down by speaking to him in that tone, so he could not press too hard.
His mind spun rapidly. Danzo suddenly thought of something, sneered inwardly, and said, "Hiruzen, it is fine to nurture a promising junior."
"But Minato Namikaze will not do!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi was about to speak when Danzo cut him off. "He wants to take an Uchiha as his disciple!"
That was right. Although Minato Namikaze had not yet taken a disciple, he had already revealed his intention to take an Uchiha as one.
This was something Danzo, who had been monitoring Minato Namikaze all along, could not fail to know.
Obito Uchiha was only three years old and had not yet reached the age to take a master, so Minato Namikaze had not taken him as his disciple.
And none of the other Uchiha