"It was all ages ago. I only went to war once. It was nothing worth mentioning."
The nobleman from the Land of Bears, addressed as Mr. Lo, hurriedly waved his hands.
Natsuhi was curious too. Mr. Lo was most likely a ninja from the Land of Bears. Although most nobles in the shinobi world would never practice lowly Jutsu and become ninjas, some people simply had a natural aptitude for it.
She had been observing him earlier. While most of the other elders had been struggling somewhat, Mr. Lo alone had maintained an exceptionally steady pace throughout their journey.
"The Third Shinobi World War? Mr. Lo, did you ever see the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, on the battlefield back then? Did you fight him?"
Hearing about that legendary war, the young people from Hoshigakure could not help asking.
They had spent time with Naruto in the village. Previously ignorant of the wider world, everything they had learned about it from him had been bound up with stories of his legendary father.
Ever since his dad had appeared and there had been no further need to hide his identity, Naruto had been immensely proud of his father in front of others, even if he showed little outward sign of it otherwise. Whenever his father came up, he would inevitably boast about him. He would also drag the Nine-Tails into his boasting, which was more than Kurama, who disliked talking to outsiders, could bear.
"The Yellow Flash? Heh, you still don't understand what the title of Hokage means." Mr. Lo paused, then chuckled at the youngsters' lack of knowledge. "If I'd met Minato Namikaze back then, you certainly wouldn't be seeing me now... Well, perhaps you would, but I'd probably only be ten or so years old right now."
"Back then, the