Minato Namikaze did not believe in fate, but he would not stop Jiraiya from believing in it. People needed something to hold on to.
Life was hard enough already. An extra belief that helped someone keep going could hardly be a bad thing.
Take Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Everyone knew they did not exist, yet people still chose to believe in them. The poorest had the strongest faith; they needed that spiritual comfort.
Ninja carried out missions constantly, matching wits with their enemies and sometimes even with their supposed teammates.
In some villages, they could not truly trust even their teammates, superiors, or fellow villagers.
Fortunately, Minato Namikaze had been lucky. Ever since becoming a ninja, he had belonged to a team that stayed together.
Three-person teams like Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Orochimaru's were rare.
Talents were scarce, and bringing several together on one team was harder still.
Everyone on Uchiha Yi's Squad could keep pace with Minato Namikaze.
Perhaps Minato Namikaze would be the most formidable of them in the future, but right now he was the most "ordinary" member of the squad.
Why, then, did the Great Toad Sage want to see Uchiha Yi?
"The Great Toad Sage?" Uchiha Yi's eyes flickered. He was not afraid of the Great Toad Sage as he was now. It was Hagoromo Otsutsuki behind him who gave Yi pause.
He believed the Great Toad Sage and the Sage of Six Paths still had some kind of understanding. The one who wanted to meet and observe him this time might not be the Great Toad Sage, but Hagoromo Otsutsuki.
Was it already time to face Hagoromo Otsutsuki directly?
Uchiha Yi's gaze deepened. It wasn't entirely out of the question.
He had begun to enter Six Paths Level. He certainly could not defeat a veteran powerhouse