Minato Namikaze's face flushed crimson.
The village he had protected with his life was rotten to its core.
This was nothing like the original story.
In the original story, there had been no Jin Uchiha. Kushina would never have lost her composure, let alone struck up a conversation with the Nine-Tails.
At the end of the day, the Nine-Tails was still a beast.
Even if it had the most tails and more brains than ordinary livestock.
It still wasn't human.
How could it understand all those convoluted, dirty dealings? This time, it had simply stumbled across them.
Otherwise, with its limited understanding, the Nine-Tails wouldn't have volunteered a single word even after Kushina breathed her last.
Seeing Minato like this, Kushina hurried to speak.
"Minato, calm down first."
I told you about this crap so you'd understand, not so you'd blow up right here.
"The Nine-Tails is sealed in my belly. There are bound to be ANBU watching outside."
Even if you're furious enough to burst, you have to swallow it for now. Everything else can wait until you're sitting in the Hokage's chair.
"Didn't Jin already tell you? You're guaranteed to become the Fourth Hokage."
"Once that day comes, we can work out our next move!"
"You don't want these old bastards to keep sitting on the village's head and shitting on it forever, do you?"
"If you want to turn this mess around and truly make the village better, you have to endure this for now!"
"Don't pass up anyone you can bring over to your side. Jin was right."
However grand your ambitions, you still need people under you who'll follow your orders.
"You can't trust a single one of the people in power right now. You need to find allies fast, and even cultivate your own