A few days later, in the Hokage's office.
Because of some matters concerning the police force, Fugaku, the captain, came to see Minato to discuss things with him.
Fugaku walked into the office, and when he saw him coming, Minato stood up, chuckled and said, "Fugaku, congratulations."
"Thank you." Fugaku also smiled faintly.
"How is Mikoto's recovery going?"
Although he knew that as a ninja, Mikoto would have no problem recovering, she was Minato's good friend from the Ninja Academy after all, so he was still concerned.
"Well, basically there's nothing serious." Fugaku nodded.
Then the two men regained their composure and began to discuss business.
"Let's do it. I trust your decision."
After listening to Fugaku's plan, Minato thought for a moment and nodded.
Fugaku was a little stunned when he heard this, because under normal circumstances, the village should have sent personnel to supervise the plan he proposed for a period of time.
That was a precaution against the Uchiha clan, but Minato had never done that since he became Hokage.
As a leader, Minato's behavior was indeed somewhat inappropriate according to common sense.
But Fugaku knew in his heart that Minato was not a stupid person, and the reason he didn't ask was not because he hadn't thought of it.
Instead, he placed all his trust in the Uchiha.
He couldn't help but admire such a broad mind.
In fact, trust is the basis whether it is between people or between families.
If they guard against each other, all that will be left are interests.
"Come to think of it, Kushina hasn't been to meet Mikoto for a while, and Mikoto has been talking about her these past few days."
Fugaku said that when Mikoto first became pregnant, Kushina would make trips to the Uchiha clan almost every day.
But she hadn't appeared since a few months ago.
Only Minato and a few others knew the reason.
"Kushina...she's been busy with other things lately. When she gets free, I'll go with her to the Uchiha clan to meet little Sasuke."
Minato smiled, and a solemn look gradually appeared in his deep blue eyes.
Because there were only two months left until Kushina's due date.
Although the village had kept the news of her pregnancy strictly secret, Minato always felt that the man whose identity he did not yet know and who was plotting in secret would definitely take action when Kushina was giving birth.
Another month passed.
"The clients of the missions you have carried out recently have spoken highly of you, Kakashi."
Minato looked at Kakashi in front of him with a smile. After he became a Jonin, Minato made him a captain and assigned him several missions in succession.
The feedback from the clients was quite positive.
"It's my duty," Kakashi responded, not caring about the compliment.
"Knock Knock!"
Minato nodded, and just then, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," Minato said immediately.
"Jiraiya-sensei!?"
When the door opened and he saw who was coming, Minato exclaimed in surprise.
Seeing Minato, Jiraiya smiled. He walked over casually and patted Kakashi on the shoulder.
Although Kakashi was not very familiar with this legendary ninja, Jiraiya was Minato's teacher, and Minato was his teacher.
"It seems that you have done a good job during this period of time."
Jiraiya smiled. He had left the village shortly after Minato succeeded as Hokage.
It had been more than a year now, and some of the decisions made by Minato when he first became Hokage had encountered great resistance.
But from what he had just seen while passing through various places in the village and from what he had heard during the past year or so outside, it seemed that Minato had handled these things very well.
Konoha was now becoming more and more prosperous.
However, after a brief reminiscence, Jiraiya's expression became somewhat solemn.
Minato saw this and looked at Kakashi sideways, saying, "The mission has just ended. You should take a few days' rest. I will have someone notify you when there is a mission."
"Yes!"
Of course Kakashi noticed the solemnity in Minato and Jiraiya's expressions.
He then said goodbye to the two and left the office.
"Teacher, what happened?"
Minato frowned slightly. He was wondering in his heart whether his teacher's expression meant he already knew what had happened in the Rain Village before.
Jiraiya-sensei was a master in intelligence gathering, no one in Konoha could match him, but during this period of time, the Land of Rain had been in a closed state.
If Jiraiya had not deliberately investigated, he would not have noticed it.
"Not long ago, I accidentally got a piece of information."
"That information is about the Red Sand Sasori!"
As soon as Jiraiya finished speaking, murderous intent quietly flashed in Minato's solemn eyes.
Because during the Third Ninja World War, Sasori of the Red Sand had poisoned the Konoha army on the coastline of the Land of Fire. If Uchiha Yoruki had not opened the Mangekyō Sharingan, Konoha would have been wiped out.
Although Minato felt guilty about the death of Sasori's parents, Sasori's actions had already touched the bottom line of Minato and Konoha.
Therefore, after the war, Sasori of the Red Sand was listed on Konoha's S-level wanted criminal list, and the intensity of the wanted list was even higher than that of the Sand Village.
The ninjas of Konoha were also constantly collecting information about him.
But for such a long time, there had been no useful information.
"Teacher, please tell me the details."
Minato said that Sasori of the Red Sand had been included in Konoha's must-kill list.
Jiraiya nodded, and then told Minato the source of the information about Sasori.
"The Land of Lightning?"
According to the information Jiraiya had collected, Sasori of the Red Sand seemed to be hiding somewhere in the Land of Lightning.
Because of this, this matter became a bit difficult.
Because the Third Raikage of the Cloud Village in the Land of Lightning had died at the hands of Minato, and his son A was now the Fourth Raikage.
Although the Third Ninja World War had ended quite some time ago, and all countries had apparently restored peace, everyone knew that it was only superficial harmony.
Now that Konoha had obtained information about the whereabouts of Sasori, it would inevitably send personnel to hunt him down and kill him.
But Sasori was by no means an ordinary person. In the village now, except for Minato, no one had absolute certainty of being able to kill him on the spot.
But Minato, who was already the Hokage, could not leave the village easily.
If the matter could be handled with the assistance of Kumogakure, it would be much easier.
However, there was a deep hatred between Konoha and Kumogakure. It was absolutely impossible to ask Kumogakure to help Konoha capture Sasori!
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