"Mikoto, let's go check out the gift shop!" Kushina asked happily as she and Mikoto walked down the street.
"The gift shop? Sure." Mikoto nodded. She wanted to buy a few things for her family anyway.
Then Kushina and Mikoto entered a gift shop beside the street.
"Ah, Kushina's going to spend money on presents again," Minato said from a distant tree, his face full of helpless affection.
"Hm? Is she buying presents for you?" Fugaku asked in confusion.
"Yes, but... the razor she brought me last time she went to the Land of Hot Water... I checked the packaging, and it was made by Konoha's Love Kidney Company... That razor costs 500 ryo in Konoha... She paid 5,000 thousand. And the time before that, she bought me clothes in the Land of Birds... The packaging still said they were made by Konoha's Love Kidney Company... And the price was twenty times higher... And the time before that..." Minato went on, sounding helpless yet doting.
"Stop! Don't say another word!" Fugaku cut him off, looking utterly speechless.
"Hey, Fugaku, hasn't Mikoto ever given you anything?" Minato asked with a smile.
"She has. And her father, Uncle Dave, delivered it on her behalf," Fugaku said expressionlessly.
"I'm delivering a message from Mikoto! Dream on, you brainless idiot!"
"I'm delivering a slap on Mikoto's behalf!"
"I buried 500 grenades at your house on Mikoto's behalf."
"Ah..." After hearing that, Minato grimaced and helplessly patted Fugaku's shoulder.
Fugaku seems to have it even harder than I do...
"By the way, Fugaku, should we disguise ourselves and go take a look too?" Minato asked with a smile.
"What disguise? With how strong those two are, would your Transformation Technique even work?" Fugaku asked incredulously.
"We don't need the Transformation Technique. We just