Zhu Tian: Starting from the Stand User

Chapter 578 Invitation

"No, this is Konoha's property."

After receiving the fruit, Minato took out a scroll and placed the fruit that seemed to be burning with flames on it.

As a puff of smoke passed, the Devil Fruit was sealed by the scroll. To Minato, this was Konoha's property. He couldn't just distribute it here at will. He needed to discuss with the Sandaime to confirm the ownership of this fruit.

Lu Chen began to tease, "Aren't you the Hokage of Konoha? Everything that belongs to Konoha should belong to you."

"Hokage is dedicated to the village. Everything I do is to make Konoha a better place."

"If you become powerful, you can keep Konoha from being invaded by anyone, just like your first Hokage, Hashirama Senju. With such great strength, he crushed the rest of the ninja world's villages, forcing them to agree to decades of peace. Only after his death did the other villages dare to start a war."

In general, Lu Chen's view on power is actually closer to that of the Second Hokage. Although the First Hokage is powerful, his view on peace is not kingly.

Minato shook his head and glanced at Kushina's abdomen, then said with certainty: "Where Konoha dances, the fire will also be extinguished. Only when the next generation is strong will Konoha be strong. All I have to do is support the next generation to grow up."

Lu Chen was not optimistic about Minato's optimistic future: "But I feel that after other villages have suffered such attacks, everyone needs to wait for the next generation to grow up before launching the next war, so Konoha's next generation will definitely be able to grow up to face the next war."

The loss of the tailed beasts should be a good thing for some hidden villages. At least after the Fourth Mizukage was killed, the Blood Mist Village would not appear, and the One-Tail would not cause any destruction to the Sand Village.

Therefore, the subsequent wars will be even bloodier, and after everyone becomes stronger, they will expand their power outward uncontrollably.

Without the Akatsuki organization, the target of public criticism, the hatred left by the previous war will continue. Furthermore, with the new challenges brought by the rise of smaller nations, the Hidden Rain Village will not simply succumb to becoming a buffer for the larger nations. Their current Rain Shadow is a man full of ambitions to become a god.

Minato said confidently: "We will maintain peace before the war comes. If the war starts, I will protect the peace of Konoha."

He would not be shaken by Lu Chen's words.

Lu Chen wasn't surprised by Minato's confidence; that was just the way he was. As for peace in the ninja world? As long as humans existed, there could be no true peace. Everyone had different ideas. How could they possibly achieve mutual understanding?

Thinking of this, Lu Chen squatted down and stretched out his hand to Jiuwei, inviting him and said, "Jiulama, are you willing to be my partner?"

Jiuwei stood up and placed his hand on Lu Chen's hand and said: "Since you helped me gain freedom, I will of course lend you my power."

Jiuwei insisted that the reason he was willing to be Lu Chen's companion was because Lu Chen released him.

With Jiuwei's agreement, a magical bond appeared between Lu Chen and Jiuwei. As a hunter, Lu Chen successfully had his first hunter partner.

In a sense, the Cloaked Yamata-no-Orochi and the Pluto Azure Dragon can be considered equipment with their own will.

Minato was also encouraged after seeing the Nine-Tails able to communicate with humans in this way. He was full of confidence in the future. Perhaps the next generation would not be in such a war. He would start by eliminating the gap between the Uchiha clan and the village.

So he said with hope for the future: "Since humans can live in peace with the tailed beasts, I believe that peace will be achieved among humans as well."

"Humans are different from the tailed beasts." Then Minato invited Lu Chen: "People will always understand each other. We are going to support Takigakure Village. The Third Hokage is going to support Takigakure Village in person. Do you want to defeat the undefeated opponent?"

And what he said was very clever, the opponent who has not yet been defeated. For someone as full of fighting spirit as Lu Chen, this sentence is the most useful.

Lu Chen could understand Minato's thoughts; he simply didn't want the attacker to reappear in Konoha. However, his words really moved Lu Chen; it was time to kill Isshiki. Naruto's persuasiveness was definitely inherited from Minato.

"You have a great gift for speaking, no wonder you were able to become Hokage. If Orochimaru had your eloquence, he wouldn't be stuck in that underground secret room every day."

When Lu Chen was praising Minato, he couldn't help but make fun of Orochimaru. Anyway, Orochimaru couldn't come out from underground to refute him.

"Lord Orochimaru is not demanding the position of Hokage. His ambitions lie elsewhere."

Minato still saved face for Orochimaru, after all, Orochimaru was his teacher's teammate. And with his personality, he would never say that he didn't become Hokage because Orochimaru couldn't compete with him.

However, Lu Chen did not give Orochimaru any face: "He didn't become Hokage because he didn't compete with you."

Minato just smiled shyly at this. Lu Chen hadn't answered whether he wanted to go to Takigakure Village together, so Minato asked again.

"Will you come with us to Takigakure Village?"

"Are you going too?"

"The Sandaime-sama will go."

Lu Chen thought about the difference in combat power between the two and said with certainty: "He is no match for that person."

Minato said with certainty: "Battles between ninjas always have many variables. No one can predict the final outcome before the battle."

From the tone of their voices, they didn't completely regard Lu Chen as their own fighting force. So facing Minato's confidence, Lu Chen began to wonder if the Third Generation had become stronger? Or did they think that the Shiki Seal could seal the Otsutsuki clan?

"Then let's go take a look together. I remember there seems to be something called Hero's Water in that village. It's a good time to go and take a look."

Although Minato had some confidence in the preparations of the Third Hokage, he was actually still very worried that Sarutobi Hiruzen would lose his life. After seeing Lu Chen was about to go, Minato thanked him in advance and said, "Lord Lu Chen hopes that you can take care of the Third Hokage."

Faced with this very polite request, Lu Chen said proudly: "Of course no problem."

"We'll contact you when we leave."

A few days later, the Third Hokage and several masked Anbu were waiting for Lu Chen at the gate of Konoha. There were two unexpected players in the team, Jiraiya and Nagato.

Aren't these two supposed to be learning immortal arts? Why were they drafted by the Sandaime?
(End of this chapter)