"Sorry I'm late. Things were looking bad up north, so I went there first."
Yechen did not mind. It was enough that he had come. Some formidable opponents must have appeared in the north as well, or Minato Namikaze would not have needed to go there himself.
"Jonin Minato, I'll leave things here to you. I still need to organize our forces and drive the Rock Ninja back."
Without giving Minato Namikaze a chance to speak, Yechen used the Flash Teleportation Technique and left, vanishing from the two men's sight after a few flashes.
Minato Namikaze was somewhat stunned. He had rushed over intending to help Yechen fight the Four-Tails jinchūriki, only for Yechen to leave without giving him a chance.
He had indeed come to this battlefield under the Third Hokage's orders to hold Yechen back.
Word of Yechen's killing of the Five-Tails Jinchuriki had already spread throughout the village. The Konoha High Command could not conceal it even if they wanted to. After all, with the Uchiha still around, they could not control everything.
This had also changed the villagers' opinion of the Uchiha. Some children even idolized Yechen, something the village leadership did not want to see and Shimura Danzō could not tolerate.
Thus, he proposed sending Minato Namikaze to curb Yechen's rise. Since Minato Namikaze was one of Hiruzen Sarutobi's trusted followers and a potential successor, the proposal was quickly approved.
Although Minato Namikaze did not understand the assignment, carrying out his mission still came first. He did not want to suppress Yechen; he only wanted to be his friend, or even his partner.
His heart was devoted entirely to Konoha, yet some people exploited that devotion to eliminate those who opposed them.
"You again."
At the sight of Minato Namikaze's sudden appearance, Roshi gritted his