Kasi decided to keep his recovery a secret. For now, no one needed to know that he had woken up. The world outside had changed, and he wanted to understand it on his own terms.
He used a simple transformation jutsu to change his appearance—dark hair, brown eyes, and a few fake scars on his face. Nothing fancy, just enough to make sure no one would recognize the younger brother of Minato Namikaze.
After slipping quietly out of the hospital at night, he headed toward the Forest of Death. It was dangerous, but it was quiet, and that's exactly what he needed. He planned to stay hidden there for a month to rebuild his body and strength.
The first few hours were hard. His body was weak, every movement hurt, and he could feel how much time had passed since he last trained. But soon, he noticed something strange—his recovery was fast, almost too fast. Wounds healed overnight, his muscles felt stronger every day. What he planned as a month of recovery turned into just two days.
He stood in the middle of the forest, feeling the air hum around him. His chakra flow was smoother, stronger than before. He could feel the energy rushing inside him like a living force.
"This is… new," he muttered, forming a few hand signs.
He made hundreds of shadow clones, something he had never been able to do before without getting exhausted. The sudden power was shocking.
"Why is my chakra so high?" he wondered, thinking about what he saw in those strange memories—the world of the Naruto show. If his guess was right, his chakra might be close to half of adult Naruto's, and that was already a lot.
As he moved through the trees, something else became clear—his reaction speed. Before, he had always been a little slower than Minato, just a step behind. But now, his body felt sharper, lighter. He could see and react to things almost instantly. The speed that once belonged only to his brother now felt like something he could match… or maybe even surpass.
Kasi stopped and smiled a little.
"Maybe it's time I try that jutsu…"
The Flying Thunder God Technique—Minato's signature move, the one that earned him the name "Yellow Flash." Kasi had studied it before, but he had never managed to master it. It required perfect chakra control, split-second reflexes, and calm focus—everything he now felt pulsing through his veins.
He took a deep breath and looked at the tag in his hand.
"Let's see if I can walk the same path, brother."
But after a short silence, he shook his head.
"No… not now. That can wait," he whispered.
Right now, he had something more important to do—he needed to find out if the strange memories he saw were real. A world that felt like fiction, yet showed everything that had truly happened. Deep down, he already believed those memories were mostly true—maybe ninety percent or more—but he had to see it with his own eyes before accepting it completely.
He looked toward the faint lights of Konoha in the distance, his expression calm but heavy.
"I'll confirm it first," he said quietly. "Then… I'll decide what comes next."
With that thought, Kasi disappeared into the night, leaving only the soft sound of wind and lightning behind