Naruto: Minato Namikaze, born evil

Chapter 67 Uchiha Mikoto

The next morning, after breakfast, Minato left a wooden clone to keep an eye on Rope Tree, while his main body returned to the root and went straight to his Doraemon dream.

When in doubt, consult Orochimaru.

Ever since Orochimaru took over Root, this place has practically become his backyard.

Orochimaru had no complaints about this; in fact, he was quite pleased with it.

For researchers, exploring the unknown is like seeking a way forward in the dark.

For Orochimaru, Minato's existence was like a guiding light. Although he couldn't help him technically, he always brought him new inspiration or surprises like the pea love story.

"A surveillance-type ninjutsu?"

Upon learning of Minato's purpose, Orochimaru looked up from his experiment.

"Yes, do you have any recommendations, senior?"

Minato asked, "It has to be the kind that can be directly observed."

"The old man has a telescope technique, but it can only be used in conjunction with the Konoha barrier. In addition, you need to know the target's chakra pattern. Even if you learn it, you can't use it without the permission of the barrier team."

Orochimaru shook his head, indicating that he couldn't help: "There are very few direct observation-type ninjutsu, and Konoha only has this one. Who does Minato-kun want to monitor? I might as well send someone to help you directly."

"This is a private matter for me, so it might not be convenient."

Minato thought for a moment and decided to tell the other person about his dilemma: "It's like this, Nawaki graduated a few days ago, and the teacher gave Nawaki the first generation's necklace as a gift."

Orochimaru immediately understood: "Oh? That necklace, huh? I didn't expect Tsunade to hand it over. But isn't that a good thing?"

Minato chuckled awkwardly, "Then you must know about Master's rather bizarre luck, right?"

"Oh, this..."

Orochimaru paused in his experimental work.

He pondered for a moment, his tone somewhat complicated: "Your concerns are not without merit. As a researcher, I believe in science, but Tsunade's luck is really hard to explain scientifically. It completely shatters my understanding of probability."

"However, if you're just worried about Rope Tree being in danger, then he only needs to use his psychic powers to summon you to his side via a slug."

Minato asked cryptically, "What if he accidentally steps on an explosive tag?"

"..."

Orochimaru frowned. Given Nawaki's impulsive nature, this wasn't impossible.

After thinking for a while, his brows slowly relaxed: "There is a solution, we just need to get him into the habit of using shadow clones to scout ahead."

"Furthermore, I think Minato-kun doesn't need to worry unnecessarily. If you really think about it, the probability of someone being killed by a meteorite in their home is not zero. None of us know whether tomorrow or an accident will come first. You can't protect him forever."

"So instead of worrying about it, we should give him some special training so that he can experience the fear of near death and develop a cautious habit."

"Um……"

Minato nodded thoughtfully.

Indeed, Orochimaru is right; he was being too stubborn.

"Hehehe, believing in comrades and all that, I never thought I'd say something like that. In the past, Jiraiya was always the one playing that kind of hot-blooded idiot role."

Orochimaru laughed as he watched Minato's brows gradually relax.

"Because he's worried about his comrades getting hurt, he refuses to trust the power of others... Perhaps geniuses are always arrogant. In that respect, we're the same kind of people, Minato-kun."

Minato grinned, looking a little embarrassed.

It wasn't that he didn't trust his comrades, it was just that Rope Tree's record was too bad—the only character with a name and a surname, yet he was killed by an explosive tag!

If it were Tsunade, he wouldn't be worried at all; at least in the original story, she had never lost a gamble with her life.

"Speaking of which, I also have a small favor to ask of Minato-kun."

Orochimaru said, "However, it might take up Minato-kun's free time."

"It's okay, I've been pretty free lately."

Minato laughed and said, "Aside from cooking and training, there's nothing else important to do."

"Is that so..."

Orochimaru chuckled and clapped his hands lightly: "Come in, cat."

猫？

Minato looked out the door. He recognized most of the Root members, but didn't remember anyone with the code name "Cat".

As soon as Orochimaru finished speaking, the door opened, and a beautiful figure appeared silently outside.

The other person was slightly taller than Minato by half a head, with black hair cascading down to his shoulders. He wore a cat mask and had a graceful figure. Although his face was not clearly visible, he exuded a calm and gentle aura.

"She is the cat," Orochimaru introduced with a smile. "My newly accepted disciple, from the Uchiha clan."

"Uchiha?"

Minato was somewhat surprised, not expecting Orochimaru to recruit the Uchiha clan to Root.

"Why did you suddenly take an Uchiha as your disciple, senior?"

"As the leader of Root, I still have to do my proper work."

Orochimaru said calmly, "If the Uchiha clan continues to be excluded from the core, they will become a hidden danger to the village sooner or later. Now that war is approaching, I must first quell the internal conflicts."

"So after negotiating with their clan chief, I chose to open this door, and in exchange, the Uchiha will gradually relinquish the power of the police department and fully integrate into the village."

Orochimaru raised his hand and gestured to the girl at the door.

"Neko is the disciple I chose. She is one of the best among the younger generation of the Uchiha clan. She became a Chunin at the age of twelve. More importantly, she has a gentle personality and is not as extreme as other clan members. She is enough to become a bridge between the village and the Uchiha."

"However, the Root organization is currently very busy with tasks and short-handed, so I'm afraid I won't have time to personally teach her. If it's convenient for you during your training, Minato-kun, could you please give her some pointers? And also check her current strength for me?"

"sure."

Minato nodded and looked at the girl at the door: "Nice to meet you. My name is Namikaze Minato. Please take care of me."

The girl cast a questioning glance at Orochimaru, who nodded slightly: "Within Root, Minato-kun's words represent my will."

"I see."

Meanwhile, the girl codenamed Cat quietly watched the boy in front of her, her eyes filled with a hint of inquiry, wondering why the teacher valued him so much.

"Mikoto, my name is Uchiha Mikoto, nice to meet you."

Mikoto…

Uchiha Mikoto?!

Minato paused for a moment, then smiled gently: "I've heard of you. You must be a senior four years my senior, right?"

"I've heard of you too, the genius of Wood Release."

The girl's tone carried a hint of a smile. Minato had used Wood Release more than once, not to show off, but simply because the ability was so convenient.

At first, the three generations would try to suppress the news, but later they found that they couldn't suppress it anymore, so they simply let it go, since no one could do anything to him anyway.

However, ordinary people only know that the user of Wood Release is Minato Namikaze, who is Tsunade's disciple, but they don't know what Minato looks like.

She knew Minato because his outstanding looks were more widely known than his talent at school...