After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Lei Luo and Minato drank a lot unknowingly. The atmosphere between master and apprentice also relaxed a lot. Family issues, which were almost never discussed on weekdays, were discussed at the dining table.
stand up.
Lei Luo smiled and talked about Linglong's growth and some precautions for taking care of babies. Minato was about to become a father, so he listened with interest and would add a few words from time to time.
Regarding the issue of children's education, Lei Luo and Minato generally have the same views. Both of them believe that there is no need to put too much pressure on children to learn or practice, and they can just let them grow freely.
Their generation was born from the war years. Countless bloody battles and countless life-and-death struggles created the Fourth and Fifth Hokages of Konoha.
But this extremely cruel way of growing up is not suitable for Linglong or Naruto who were born in peaceful times. When Lei Luo mentioned this, he sighed with sadness:
"Back then, I always wanted to get ahead, and I just rushed forward with all my strength. Now that I think about it, I was just a hair away from death several times, like the battle with the Third Mizukage, the battle with the Great Elder Uzumaki..."
"I remember those two times more clearly. It was just a little bit close that I was completely cold." With his index finger and middle finger a few centimeters apart, Lei Luo gestured to Minato for a moment, and finally shook his head slowly and concluded:
"I don't want Linglong to live like me."
Thinking of the big and small battles he had experienced following Lei Luo for so many years, Minato also sighed with emotion. The two battles that he remembered most deeply happened to be those two battles, especially the battle between the three generations of Mizukage.
In that battle, he had just gained the power of the Tailed Beast. Although the Flying Thunder God Technique was not pure, it was enough to kill ordinary jounin instantly, but in front of Him who was a Shadow Guard at the time...
But he couldn't even sustain one and a half moves.
If Orochimaru and Aburame Shiguro hadn't come to support him many times and tried their best to hold Hyou back, Namikaze Minato would have died in the Land of Uzumaki. How could he have become the Fifth Hokage today?
There is a saying that goes well, you can tell what level you are by observing your opponent. Although Minato had never fought against his teacher, the experience of almost losing his life at the hands of ice made him understand deeply.
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Teacher, Mizukage, the strength of these two people...
It is completely on two orders of magnitude with myself.
Thinking of this, Minato couldn't help but feel sad. He felt that the harder he practiced, the greater the gap between him and Lei Luo and Bing. The speed of these two people's strength improvement was simply unreasonable.
Due to the drunkenness, I couldn't help but sigh again and again.
As soon as Lei Luo moved the wine glass to his mouth, before he drank it, he noticed the frustrated expression on Minato's face. He rolled his eyes slightly, and he quickly guessed what his apprentice was thinking about based on the previous topic.
"Minato, are you not satisfied with your current strength?"
"Yeah..." Minato didn't hide anything, he expressed his thoughts very calmly:
"Teacher, how did you and Mizukage practice? At that level...it's beyond the scope of hard work, right?"
Minato, who spoke truth after drinking, could not help but complain a few words as he spoke.
The general summary is that the Hokage himself is extremely depressed. If the Mizukage attacks again like he did on May 26, and Lei Luo happens to be not in the village, he will not be able to protect everyone.
The topic unknowingly shifted from children's education to strength improvement. Lei Luo put down his wine glass and looked at Minato, whose cheeks were red and chattering. He thought for a while and understood a little bit about his apprentice's mentality.
He patted Minato's shoulder across the table to comfort him. When Minato seemed to have recovered a little, Lei Luo closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then opened his eyes and decided to give him directions:
"Minato, you are already very strong now. If you want to continue to improve, there are not many ways you can go..."
Lei Luo's expression became more serious. He opened his fingers and analyzed them one by one under Minato's gaze:
"If you want to work hard on your own, then Sage Mode is a better choice. In addition, you have the foundation of space ninjutsu and sealing techniques. You can also learn the black domain, and then you can develop the Rasengan in depth."
"Besides, we just rely on foreign objects... To be honest, we still have a lot of resources in Konoha." Seeing that Minato's interest gradually increased and he listened very seriously, Lei Luo coughed lightly and continued:
"First-generation eye cells, Mangekyou Sharingan, blood transplantation, and the brand recently developed by Orochimaru... With so many routes to improve your strength, there should be one that suits you."
Minato had heard of other plans before, but to be honest, none of them were very suitable for him. But he had never heard of the last one mentioned by Lei Luo, so he couldn't help but curiously asked:
"Teacher, what is a brand?"
Lei Luo briefly explained the principle and function of the brand. Minato suddenly became interested, asked in detail, and quickly made up his mind: "Teacher, I want to accept the power of the brand."
Compared to those messy power systems, Minato undoubtedly valued time-based abilities more. In addition... he could borrow the teacher's power to a limited extent, which was emotionally acceptable.
Minato didn't want to go out with a Sharingan that couldn't be turned off, and be pointed at and scolded by Fugaku. This was also inconsistent with his current status as Hokage. The brand was engraved on the back of his hand, making it much more concealable.
It doesn't have much impact on life.
"Branding is a zero-level resource. With all the contributions you have made over the years, it is enough to redeem it." Lei Luo agreed directly without thinking too much, and then carefully explained the risks of burning the branding.
No power can be obtained out of thin air. The brand is essentially a part of the power of time separated from Lei Luo's body. If you want to use it properly, you will naturally have to pay a certain price.
First of all, after burning the brand, the mental pressure will suddenly increase, as if there is an extra weight. This is similar to the Sharingan, but unlike the Sharingan, the brand can be turned on or off independently.
Secondly, the abilities gained through branding...
"Random?"
"Well, countless experiments have proven this. Orochimaru was lucky, so he got the ability to reverse the flow as he wished." Lei Luo nodded affirmatively, and couldn't help but smile when he mentioned Orochimaru.
Minato pondered for a moment, and finally made a decision. He gritted his teeth and looked at Lei Luo firmly: "Teacher, just brand it."
Seeing that Minato had made up his mind, Lei Luo didn't say much and said he would say hello to Orochimaru later, and the matter was considered settled.
After accidentally receiving a large amount of resources, Minato was grateful to his teacher and secretly made up his mind to visit the research institute more often in the future. He might be able to find something good.
"By the way, I have to discuss something with you..."
When he came back to his senses, he noticed that the teacher was hesitant. Minato's heart was moved, and he quickly dismissed the thoughts in his mind and put on an attitude of listening attentively. Then he heard: