By all rights, since the village had sent their team to the Country of Roran on a mission, it would not have sent anyone else.
So who was this man claiming to be a Konoha Ninja?
"You don't know him?"
"His name is Naruto Uzumaki."
When Sara saw the reactions of Minato Namikaze and the others, the wariness in her eyes deepened.
These Konoha Ninja all claimed they were looking for a madman who wanted to use the Dragon Vein to destroy the world, yet they did not even know one another.
Could they...
really be trusted?
"Uzumaki..."
Minato Namikaze frowned slightly when he heard Naruto Uzumaki's surname.
Ever since the Land of Whirlpools had been destroyed, the surname Uzumaki had become rare.
It was rarer still among Konoha Ninja.
As far as he knew,
Kushina Uzumaki was probably the only member of the Uzumaki Clan in all of Konoha.
"I ran into Mukade in the ruins of the Country of Roran. He destroyed the technique sealing the Dragon Vein."
"When I woke up, I was already here."
Naruto Uzumaki offered Minato Namikaze an explanation.
"I see."
A bold idea suddenly occurred to Minato Namikaze.
The other man had mentioned the ruins of the Country of Roran.
Did that mean
this Ninja standing before him
had traveled here from the future?
And
since he bore the Uzumaki surname, he must have a close connection to Kushina Uzumaki, mustn't he?
Looking into Naruto Uzumaki's sky-blue eyes, so like his own, Minato Namikaze drew a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.
He kept his suspicions to himself and changed the subject. "Your Majesty Sara, according to our investigation, Anrokuzan of the Country of Roran is highly suspicious."
"He wants to use you to gain control of the Dragon Vein, then