I am the most popular character in Naruto!

How am I stupid?

Minato was amused by his wife's words. He was exceptionally intelligent, skilled in both combat and intelligence gathering, as well as document processing. He was a man of outstanding talent, and even if he couldn't match the genius of Nara Shikaku, he was still among the top in the ninja world.

With such low intelligence, it's unbelievable that someone would be mocked by a fool who falls asleep as soon as they start reading.

"Hehe, you really don't understand at all, Minato~"

Kushina chuckled, bent down, scooped up a handful of seawater, and splashed it at Minato. "Whoa! Take this!"

"?!"

Minato dodged Kushina's "attack" with a flash of golden light, and said with a speechless expression, "Kushina, we're on a mission, and besides, I still have your luggage on me..."

"Hehe, you idiot—"

Kushina made a face at Minato and happily ran around on the beach.

Even though Minato didn't understand her thoughts, it couldn't stop Kushina from being happy.

"???"

Minato stared in bewilderment at Kushina as she ran off into the distance, then turned his gaze to Chiaki and Mirai.

"Yes, Minato, you really don't understand."

Qianqiu turned her head to the side, her expression and words were equally calm, but extremely insulting.

She took her future little hand and led her on a walk forward.

Mirai turned back to Minato, smiled, adjusted her large red-rimmed glasses, and said with a grin, "I think Chiaki and Kushina are right~"

She suddenly grabbed Chiaki's hand and pulled her along as they ran after Kushina.

Sunlight shone on the beach and the ocean, and three girls ran and laughed, creating a very beautiful scene.

Meanwhile, Minato, who was at the very back, cast a long shadow under the sunlight, looking utterly bewildered.

By the time they had finished playing, the sun was already high in the sky. Minato was struggling to prepare food for the three girls who were washing their feet with water jutsu.

"Ah... I'm so happy, I'm so happy."

Kushina happily sat down and started chattering away with Mirai. They already had a good relationship, and if Chiaki weren't in a bad situation, the three of them would probably be chattering away.

"Well, how about that..."

Minato handed food to the three girls, but apart from Chiaki eating seriously, Kushina and Mirai showed no intention of stopping.

Food simply couldn't shut them up.

"A thousand autumns..."

Minato looked helplessly at Chiaki and said pleadingly, "Isn't our goal to find the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools? Is this really a good idea?"

Chiaki took a small bite of her food, glanced up at Minato, and calmly said, "Aren't we looking for it?"

"Are they looking for something?"

Minato was stunned. You guys were just playing around, weren't you?!

"That's right, this is what we've been looking for."

Chiaki nodded as if it were the most natural thing in the world, and took another bite of food.

Minato looked at Chiaki with suspicion, and even began to doubt whether Chiaki had recovered.

Unfortunately, what Chiaki said was indeed the truth. After merging with a portion of the will of the other side of the realm, Chiaki could not utter a lie.

She only does what the rules and logic deem right, and only says what she should say.

In other words, what Chiaki and the other two were doing, seemingly playfully, was actually a search for the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools.

Minato sighed inwardly. After all, he wasn't a sensory ninja, and his purpose in coming here was to act as a protector and ensure the safety of the three of them.

In the search for the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools, Minato was truly of no use and could only let things take their course.

That said, only Chiaki and his two companions could have the qualifications to provide close protection to Minato, the fastest Kage-level ninja in the ninja world.

When they were halfway through lunch, Kushina suddenly stopped talking to Mirai. Mirai paused for a moment and immediately looked at Chiaki.

As expected, Chiaki put down the food in her hand and looked at the sea.

Minato realized something was wrong and quickly turned his gaze to the sea.

However, from the water gate's perspective, he couldn't see anything.

"Qianqiu...you sensed it?"

Kushina put down her food, looked at Chiaki, and asked.

Qianqiu nodded slowly and said in a deep voice, "Incredibly clear...that was a call..."

“That’s right. Before, it was just a vague sense of it, but after playing at the beach for so long, it was bound to be detected by it.”

Kushina laughed and winked at Minato. "Idiot Minato, we are indeed looking for ruins, aren't we?"

"..."

Minato's lips twitched, his gaze falling on Mirai, and he asked defiantly, "What about Mirai?"

"Once you've sensed the direction, you mustn't let the future pinpoint the island turtle's exact location, you idiot!"

Kushina bluntly stated, "The ocean is so vast. Without using the blood-sensing method to find the precise direction in the future, we'd be searching until we die!"

"...So how did you confirm the location with the island tortoise before?"

Minato refused to admit defeat and raised another blind spot.

"Did the island turtles have members of their kind who possessed sensory-based secret arts before?"

Kushina tilted her head in confusion. "If we can't find them, why don't they just control the island turtles to come find us?"

"There's no one on the island turtle now, so of course it doesn't know where we are."

"Ah this..."

Minato froze, while Kushina laughed so hard she almost fell over, giving Minato a provocative look. "Minato, you seem really stupid."

"They're way dumber than me!"

"really."

Chiaki added insult to injury with a blank expression, glancing indifferently at Minato, "Something that can be solved through simple reasoning, I don't know why you can't come to a conclusion."

"...I guessed it too..."

Mirai spoke cautiously, pointing her finger at the screen, then turned her head away, avoiding looking at Minato.

"……hehe."

Minato could only manage a forced smile; he simply couldn't withstand the onslaught of the three women.

However, one thing is for sure: Kushina is probably going to have a bad night.

Chapter 449 Island Turtle! Island Turtle!

of course.

The water gate did not deliberately drag things out until night.

For Minato, his personal life was not as important as his mission.

Spending time with my wife is important, and having a baby like Naruto is also important, but now is not the right time.

After lunch, Minato naturally cleaned up the dishes, while Chiaki and the other two stood on the shore, quietly gazing at the distant sea.

"Can you feel it, Qianqiu?"

Kushina, contrary to her usual self, asked Chiaki a serious question.

"Of course I can feel it."

Qianqiu nodded, her expression calm, but her tone clearly carried a hint of surprise.

"It is calling us..."

Kushina said with a pained look in her eyes, "It's so lonely..."

Think about it too.

After the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools, the island turtle could only wander alone on the sea.

Without the people living on their backs, the island tortoises also feel lonely and desolate.

There were no people left, not even any life; only empty ruins remained.

"Hmm...very lonely...even..."

Qianqiu's gaze seemed to transcend time and space, seeing the island turtle howling on the sea surface, "It even considered ending its own life..."

"Let's go find it quickly, Chiaki!"

Future couldn't bear to see such a scene, and anxiously said, holding Qianqiu's hand.

"That's natural."

Chiaki nodded seriously and glanced at Kushina.

Kushina's eyes held a sorrow that was unlike her usual demeanor, and Chiaki did not know where this sorrow came from.

But the only thing we can do now is to get to the island turtle as soon as possible and tell it that there are still members of the Uzumaki clan in this world, and that there are successors of the Land of Whirlpools.

"Let's go."

Minato appeared beside Chiaki and the other two and nodded to them.

Although he didn't know what had happened, Minato's intelligence allowed him to detect something from the somber atmosphere among the three.

Now, don't say anything, just run!

"rush!"

Kushina took a deep breath, jumped onto the water's surface, and began to move quickly.

"In the future, you take care of Qianqiu first, and then it will be my turn."

Minato gestured towards the future and followed closely behind Kushina.