"Who are you going to kill?"
Just as Uchiha Fugaku finished speaking and Mikoto was about to scold him, an icy voice came from behind them. It was Minato.
Uchiha Fugaku looked up and saw a man with yellow hair. It was Mikoto's teammate, Namikaze Minato.
Uchiha Fugaku was well aware of this man; his deeds had been circulating in the village quite often over the past few years.
Is this the man Mikoto likes?
Things had just become awkward.
It wasn't just Namikaze Minato's strength; his background made it difficult for Uchiha Fugaku to make a move.
He was the disciple of Jiraiya, one of the Sannin. That meant even without all three Sannin standing behind him, the Third Hokage would definitely support his grand-disciple.
To move against Namikaze Minato meant clashing head-on with the Hokage's faction.
To be honest, although the Uchiha Clan prided itself on being the number one clan in Konoha, most of the clan would probably not agree to clash with the Hokage's faction just because of Mikoto.
Originally, not knowing who Mikoto's lover was, Uchiha Fugaku felt fearless enough to threaten to kill him.
Now, seeing it was Namikaze Minato, he was a bit intimidated.
"Is he the person you like, Mikoto?"
Uchiha Fugaku asked, unwilling to give up, still holding onto a sliver of hope in his heart.
"So what if I am? Do you have a problem with that?"
Minato didn't give him any face at all, his tone filled with icy coldness.
"Then we'll see. Uchiha Mikoto is a member of the Uchiha Clan. The Uchiha Clan has the right to question everything regarding her."
He might be losing ground, but he couldn't lose face. They were both Jōnin; Uchiha Fugaku wouldn't be afraid of Namikaze Minato.
If he cowered now, where would the Uchiha Clan's face go?
He, the Young Master, probably wouldn't be able to hold his head up either.
After leaving a harsh remark, Uchiha Fugaku returned to the clan. He had to report this matter to his father.
"Given the Uchiha Clan's personality, I estimate there will be constant trouble ahead, Minato," Mikoto said, looking at Minato playfully after Uchiha Fugaku left.
"As expected, a beautiful woman causes trouble. I haven't even married you yet and there's already so much trouble. If I do marry you, won't the Uchiha Clan go crazy?"
Looking at Mikoto's playful face, Minato couldn't help but sigh.
"What? You're unwilling? It's too late. You can't run away now. I'm sticking to you for life."
Mikoto giggled, then jumped onto Minato like a koala, hanging on him and refusing to come down.
"I wouldn't let such a cute, beautiful girl go anyway. You belong only to me in this life."
He held Mikoto's waist and carried her into his house just like that.
As for the Uchiha Clan's threat, he didn't take it to heart at all.
Even though Jiraiya wasn't around, he had no fear of the Uchiha Clan.
After all, his own strength was sufficient.
"System, show my status panel."
Host: Namikaze Minato
Age: 12
Strength Level: Elite Jōnin (Quasi-Kage Level)
Ninjutsu: Fire Release: Flame Bullet, Lightning Release: Ground Crawl, Wind Release: Great Breakthrough, Shadow Clone Jutsu, Body Flicker Technique, Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flame, Wind Release: Whirlwind Fist, Lightning Release: Angry Thunder Tiger, Lightning Release: Chidori, Rasengan, Great Ball Rasengan, Fire Release: Raging Flame Heaven, Flying Thunder God Technique, Flying Thunder God Stage Two, Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Various Sealing Jutsu, Eye of Insight, Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, Sensing Technique.
Taijutsu: Konoha Great Whirlwind, Konoha Strong Whirlwind, Konoha Rock Destroyer.
Genjutsu: Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique, Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
Fire Release Stage 1 Development: 99.4%
Lightning Release Stage 1 Development: 99.6%
Wind Release Stage 1 Development: 99.8%
Sage Body Development: 19.8%
Mental Development: 85.3%
Space Development: 92.7%
Sealing Development: 80.9%
Comprehensive Strength: Entry-level Kage
In over a year, Minato's own strength had increased drastically.
His comprehensive strength had advanced to Entry-level Kage.
Furthermore, the development of his three elemental natures had basically reached 100%.
Mainly, over this past year or so, Minato had focused his energy on Space Development, Sealing Development, and Mental Development.
When his Mental power reached 80% development, he was rewarded with the Sensing Technique.
The development of the three elemental natures came from random rewards during missions, while he mainly focused on the others during training.
He had even cultivated the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
It was precisely because Mikoto knew Minato's strength that she was fearless regarding the Uchiha Clan.
She knew that the strongest person in the Uchiha Clan was the Clan Head, Uchiha Hiro, but his strength was only at the Quasi-Kage level; he hadn't reached the Kage level.
Without awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan, he would likely stay that way for the rest of his life.
"Sigh, I wonder when that Pervy Sage Jiraiya will return. It looks like I'll have to solve this matter myself. But that's fine too. It's time to let people witness my strength. A 12-year-old Kage level... people will probably be terrified."
After checking his stats, Minato revealed a happy smile.
Thinking of Jiraiya, he felt that fate was truly strange. He had encountered those three children and stayed in the Land of Rain to take care of them.
Orochimaru and Tsunade had returned.
However, not long after Tsunade returned, she was sent to the front lines again. It couldn't be helped; Chiyo of the Sand Village was poisoning people like crazy, causing heavy losses for Konoha, so they had to send Tsunade.
For over a year, Tsunade and Chiyo had been fighting fiercely. Chiyo kept developing new types of poisons, but as soon as they were released, Tsunade would quickly neutralize them.
So, the unyielding Chiyo was bent on poisoning Tsunade to death.
As for the reason Chiyo was so crazed, it was naturally because Hatake Sakumo had killed her son and daughter-in-law, leaving her grandson without parents from a young age.
Consequently, the title "Konoha's White Fang" began to resound through the ninja world.
This was great for Konoha; people were gaining their own titles one after another, greatly boosting the morale of the Konoha ninja.
They then beat the Sand Ninja into retreat.
As for Orochimaru, he had been mysterious lately, often nowhere to be found. Even when the Hokage asked him to support the front lines, he often made excuses.
This let Minato know that Orochimaru had begun cooperating with Shimura Danzō, and his career as a scientist had officially begun.
Fortunately, during this time of war, there were plenty of corpses for Orochimaru to research.
Therefore, no bad rumors had surfaced yet.
But even though Minato knew about Orochimaru's affairs, he couldn't be bothered to interfere, because right now he didn't have the energy or the standing to manage it.
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