A bleak wind swept up the fallen leaves on the ground.
Several minutes passed. Minato Namikaze did not agree to Tobirama's request. Instead, after giving it some serious thought, he said, "Lord Second, I think there is another ninja you should meet before Lord Third."
"Another ninja?" Doubt flickered in Tobirama's eyes. Could there be a ninja more important than the Hokage?
Seemingly reading his thoughts, Minato Namikaze smiled. "This may be somewhat disrespectful to Lord Third, but that ninja's every move can affect the state of the shinobi world. Kushina and I were resurrected because of him, too."
"The person backing you?!"
Wariness appeared in Tobirama's eyes. With his keen perception, he could easily tell that Minato and Kushina were neither living people nor corpses steeped in the aura of death like himself. Their bodies had reached a strange equilibrium.
This person's mastery of Yin-Yang Release far surpassed his own. He was worth meeting.
Tobirama was not afraid of death, but if even this last Shadow Clone fell apart, there would be no one left to deliver the intelligence.
At that moment, Minato Namikaze noticed Tobirama's concern and patted his chest reassuringly. "Lord Second, he means the village no harm. He even helped repel the Akatsuki's attack."
"Fine. I'll listen to you this once." Tobirama folded his arms, resignation in his voice.
Under the circumstances, if he refused, this Shadow Clone would probably be destroyed on the spot. As the developer of the Flying Thunder God Formula, he knew exactly how much talent and strength it took to master it.
Once Tobirama agreed, Minato Namikaze breathed an inward sigh of relief, then vanished using Flying Thunder God.
The clean, effortless execution left Tobirama marveling at how the student had surpassed the master. To think a younger ninja from the