Ninja at the top of the food chain

Chapter 914
After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Lei Luo and Minato unknowingly drank a lot, and the atmosphere between the master and the apprentice also relaxed a lot. The parents who hardly discuss each other on weekdays chatted at the dining table stand up.

Lei Luo talked about Linglong's growth with a smile, and some precautions for taking care of the baby. Since Minato was about to become a father, he listened with great interest and added a few words from time to time.

On 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's study and cultivation, and just let them grow up freely.

Their generation was born out of the war years. Countless bloody battles and life-and-death struggles created Konoha's Fourth Hokage and Fifth Hokage.

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 point, he sighed deeply:

"I always wanted to get ahead, but I just rushed forward in one go. Looking back now, I was only a hair away from death several times, like the battle with the third generation of Mizukage, the battle with the elder Uzumaki..."

"I remember those two times more clearly. It was really close, and I was completely cold." The index finger and middle finger were slightly separated by a few centimeters, Lei Luo gestured towards the water gate for a moment, and finally shook his head slowly, concluding:
"I don't want Linglong to live like me."

Thinking of the big and small battles that he had experienced with Lei Luo for so many years, Minato also sighed with emotion. What he remembered most was those two battles, especially the battle of the third Mizukage.

In that battle, he had just acquired the power of the tailed beast. Although the Flying Thunder God technique was not purely pure, it was enough to instantly kill ordinary ninjas, but in front of Bing, who was the shadow guard at that time...

But he couldn't even support a half move.

If it weren't for Orochimaru and Yume Shiguro who came to support many times and desperately delayed Hiro, his Namikaze Minato would have been in the country of the whirlpool long ago. How could he have become the Fifth Hokage today?
There is a saying that says, by observing your opponent, you can tell what level you are. Although Minato has never fought against his teacher, the experience of almost dying in the hands of ice made him deeply understand :

Teacher, Mizukage, the strength of these two...

It is completely two orders of magnitude away from itself.

Thinking of this, Minato couldn't help feeling sad, and felt that the harder he cultivated, the bigger the gap between Lei Luo and Bing, and the speed at which their strength improved was simply unreasonable.

With drunkenness, he couldn't help sighing 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, and his eyes rolled slightly. Relating to the previous topic, he quickly guessed what his apprentice was thinking.

"Minato, are you not satisfied with your current strength?"

"That's right..." Minato didn't hide anything, and expressed his thoughts very calmly:
"Teacher, how did you and Mizukage cultivate? At that level... it's beyond the scope of hard work, right?"

Minato, who spoke the truth after drinking, couldn't help complaining a few words while talking.

The general summary is that I am extremely bored as Hokage. If Mizukage calls again like May [-] and Lei Luo is not in the village, he will not be able to protect everyone at all.

The topic unknowingly changed from children's education to strength improvement, Lei Luo put down his wine glass, looked at Minato with flushed cheeks and chattering, he thought for a while, and somewhat understood his apprentice's mentality.

He patted Minato on the shoulder across the table as a consolation, and when Minato seemed to be recovering a bit, 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 to go..."

Lei Luo's expression became a little more serious. He opened his fingers, and under Minato's gaze, he analyzed them one by one:

"If you want to work hard on your own, then the fairy mode is a better choice. In addition, you have the foundation of space ninjutsu and sealing techniques, and you can also learn from the black domain, and then develop the spiral pill in depth."

"In addition, we rely on external things... To be honest, we Konoha still have a lot of resources in this area." Seeing Minato's interest gradually raised, Lei Luo coughed lightly and continued:
"The first generation of cells, Kaleidoscope Sharingan, Xueji transplantation, and the imprint recently developed by Orochimaru... There are so many ways to improve your strength, there should always be one that suits you."

Water Gate has heard about other plans, and to be honest, none of them are very suitable for him, except for the last one mentioned by Lei Luo, which he has never heard of, so he couldn't help asking curiously:

"Teacher, what is the imprint?"

Lei Luo briefly explained the principle and function of the branding, Minato immediately became interested, asked in detail, and quickly made up his mind: "Teacher, I want to accept the power of the branding."

Compared with those messy power systems, Minato undoubtedly values ​​the time-based ability more. In addition...the limited borrowing of the teacher's power is also acceptable emotionally.

Minato doesn't want to go out with a Sharingan that can't be closed in the future, and be pointed and scolded by Fuyue. This is also inconsistent with his current Hokage identity. The brand is engraved on the back of the hand, which is much more concealable.

It doesn't have much impact on life.

"The imprint belongs to the content of zero-level resources. With the credit you have made over the years, it is enough to exchange." Lei Luo didn't think too much, and agreed directly, and then carefully talked about the risk of burning the imprint.

No power is 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 need to pay a certain price.

First of all, after burning the imprint, the mental pressure will suddenly increase, as if there is an extra burden. This is similar to Sharingan, but unlike Sharingan, the imprint can be turned on or off independently.

Secondly, the ability obtained through branding...

"Random?"

"Well, countless experiments have proved this point. That guy Orochimaru was lucky, so he got the ability to reverse the current as he wished." Lei Luo nodded affirmatively, and when he mentioned Orochimaru, he couldn't help smiling.

Minato pondered for a moment, finally made a decision, 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, saying that he would greet Orochimaru later, and the matter was considered finalized.

Accidentally obtained a wave of great resources, while thanking the teacher, Minato secretly made up his mind that he would go to the scientific research institute more often if he had nothing to do in the future, maybe he could get something good.

"By the way, there is something I need to discuss with you..."

When he came back to his senses, he found that the teacher was hesitant. Minato's heart moved, and he quickly dispelled the thoughts in his mind, and put on an attitude of listening attentively. Then he heard:
"Minato, if one day..."

"Sanwei left you, can you accept it?"

(End of this chapter)