After saying goodbye to the production ninjas, the three Minatos speeded up their journey and arrived in Konoha in less than half a day. Looking at the gate of the village, an indescribable sense of intimacy surged into Minato's heart, making him sigh with a smile.
Next to him, Hinata Tamaki glanced at Minato and Kushina. Seeing that the expressions of these two young people were filled with a bit of joy as a wanderer returning home, he said:
"You go directly to Nonoyu, I will withdraw first."
After leaving the village for more than a year, Hinata Tamaki, as the Minister of Intelligence, naturally had to quickly familiarize himself with the various information accumulated during this period, so as not to be in a hurry when dealing with work matters.
Minato and Kushina understood the truth very well. After looking at each other, they both bowed to Hinata Tamaki, expressing their gratitude to the latter for his protection and care over the past year. After saying a few simple polite words, they said goodbye at the entrance of the village.
Walking on the streets of Konoha, Minato kept scanning the surrounding scene, and soon discovered some unusual places, things that had never appeared before, here they are:
Various red banners were hung above the streets and outside various residential buildings, giving the village an inexplicably lively and festive atmosphere. Minato read the large white letters in his heart after carefully observing them:
'Down with the evil feudal forces and liberate all mankind!'
'Work! Life! War!'
'Long live the Fire Nation! Long live the Prime Minister!'
'Let's fight together to defend the motherland!'
'We long for peace, but we are not afraid of war!'
The scarlet curtain that filled his eyes, the pale fonts written on it, and the thick exclamation marks made Minato always feel that something was not right. He subconsciously glanced at Kushina and found that the latter seemed a little uneasy.
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"Kushina..."
Her lips pursed unnaturally, and she was about to say something to Kushina, but unexpectedly, the nervous red-haired woman spoke first, with a very low volume:
"Minato, the atmosphere here scares me. Is this really a village?"
"Why do I always feel that those familiar buildings and familiar villagers suddenly become stranger than before?"
Kushina's intuition is very keen. Although she failed to defeat her own dark side in the practice of Real Waterfall, more than a year of continuous practice allowed her to master a small part of Kyuubi's special abilities.
Like the nine-tailed malice perception ability that Naruto had shown in the original space and time, Kushina has reached a preliminary level at this moment. Although the effect is far less than the perfect Jinchuuriki like Naruto, it still makes her better than
Ordinary people are many times more sensitive.
Minato took a deep breath and put his arm gently on Kushina's shoulders. He didn't know what to say for a moment. After all, he also felt strange, and this feeling also made him feel very bad.
As for what's wrong? I can't tell.
The environment of Konoha didn't seem to have changed much. On the surface, except for the slogans and banners all over the streets, it was no different from a year ago. However, Minato was vaguely aware that at this time
Konoha may be different from any time since the village was founded.
If I have to say it, maybe it’s the atmosphere...
It's a little different.
Coincidentally, at this time, when Minato and Kushina were leaning against each other and silently observing their surroundings, a group of young children, numbering about a dozen or so, ran past the street.
They all seemed to be Ninja School students, both male and female. They all held a thick stack of leaflets in their hands. They were shouting slogans and enthusiastically distributing leaflets to passers-by, causing a lot of noise.
After a while, the group of children discovered Minato and Kushina. One of the girls ran over quickly and said to Minato and Minato with a smile on their faces:
"Sir, Madam, are you all ninjas? Do you want to take a look at our latest detonating talisman bomb? Everyone in the village is buying it and it has received good reviews."
Subconsciously taking the flyer, Minato glanced at the girl in front of him with a dazed expression, and suddenly realized that the short brown hair and the purple stripes on her cheeks gave him a vaguely familiar feeling, as if he had seen her somewhere before.
"The explosive power of the detonating talisman bomb is equivalent to ten traditional detonating talismans put together. The range is about ten meters. It can detonate instantly, enough to blow the human body into pieces in one second. It is also very easy to throw and weighs only as much as
Stones are very suitable for female ninjas to use."
The girl named Nohara Lin handed the flyer to Kushina again, while earnestly introducing the performance data of the detonating talisman bomb. Judging from her appearance, it was obvious that she had made sufficient preparations.
"Detonate the talisman bomb..."
He silently glanced at the physical picture printed on the flyer, moved his eyes downward, and when he saw the price column, his pupils suddenly widened inadvertently:
"500 taels? Is it so cheap?"
An ordinary detonating talisman costs more than 1,000 taels. If this detonating talisman bomb is really that powerful, how can it be that the price is not as good as that of ordinary detonating talisman?
On the opposite side, hearing Minato's seemingly unbelieving question, Nohara Rin pouted unconsciously, then coughed lightly and patiently explained:
"Sir, our company's detonating talisman bombs have passed the inspection requirements of the relevant cabinet departments and were developed through a series of strictly implemented processes. There is absolutely no cutting corners."
"Look down..." He stretched out his finger and pointed at the pattern of red flames printed under the flyer in Minato's hand. Nohara Lin grinned slightly and continued:
"The national emblem is engraved here. No one dares to fake it, right? Please believe in our products. The low price just shows that our company sincerely cares for our fellow ninjas. It is completely different from several other unscrupulous manufacturers!"
"And if you purchase more than ten pieces at one time, there is a 20% off promotion, which is definitely quite affordable!"
"Think about it, after you go to the battlefield, others can only throw kunai shurikens, but you can throw bombs and blow up those hateful feudal remnants, ninjas of the old society. This gap is equivalent to that between primitive people and
The difference between modern people is simply not too cool!"
Listening to the brown-haired girl talking a lot, looking at the other person's beautiful face full of energy, Minato was stunned for a while, but Kushina quickly reacted, but she did not comment on the detonating talisman bomb.
What evaluation, but to this sales girl:
"You...I remember your name is Lin, right?"
There was a slight pause in her tone of voice when she was about to continue her sales pitch. Nohara Rin glanced at Kushina in surprise. After a moment, she glanced at Minato again. She just screamed and unconsciously raised her hand to cover her lips, her eyes wide open.
big:
"You, are you...Kakashi's..."
With Kakashi as the connecting link, the one-sided relationship that was once accidentally triggered finally made the two parties at this moment recall the name and identity of the person opposite. It turned out that they were acquaintances.