The man had white hair, delicate features, and a streak of face paint on his cheeks.
He was none other than Jiraiya, the Third Naruto's direct disciple, who had recently risen to fame as a mainstay on the battlefield against Amegakure!
He still wore his green battlefield vest, clearly having only just returned from the front.
Yet for some reason, he had come in person to serve as their Jonin instructor.
Beside Jiraiya stood a girl around nine years old, roughly their age.
She was tall and slender, with a finely sculpted, beautiful face and a pair of Byakugan eyes.
She had a gentle, flowing grace, yet also a lively spark and a powerful presence.
Had Chu Aotian still been there, he would surely have marveled.
The girl before them perfectly combined Hinata's and Hanabi's looks and personalities!
She was Hinata's future mother, Hoshizuki Hyuga! (Hinata's mother's name never appeared in Naruto.)
The instant Minato Namikaze and Kushina saw Hoshizuki Hyuga, they felt a wave of pressure.
The faint cyan glow in Hoshizuki's eyes, in particular, carried an immense amount of dōjutsu power.
Even though both of them had received Yuya's personal instruction and were already far stronger than before,
they now felt that they might not be a match for the girl before them.
"Kid, be careful of that girl. She's dangerous."
Inside Kushina, on a plain that resembled an idyllic paradise,
the Nine-Tails lay comfortably on a stretch of emerald grass, its enormous body towering like a mountain.
Its huge, lantern-like eyes cracked open as it spoke.
Yuya had long since undone its seal, so there was naturally no iron cage.
This was a mental space it had conjured from its own consciousness.
Naturally, it made everything as comfortable as possible.
Ever since meeting Yuya, all its negative