Konoha: My peaceful life was betrayed by the system.

Kushina's current identity is still that of the princess of the Land of Whirlpools, while the two children have such a huge difference in status.

How can they get together?

How was your day at school?

Minato chuckled and said, "I'm so happy. My classmates are all very friendly, and several of them came to play with me."

Qu Feng nodded: "As long as you're happy. Did you see that red-haired little girl?"

Mentioning Kushina, Minato said, "I met her. She's quite interesting. As soon as she joined the class, she said she wanted to become the strongest ninja, but everyone laughed at her."

"And you? Did you laugh at her?"

Minato shook his head: "No, I think highly of her!"

Toru patted Minato's head: "You are indeed my disciple. Remember never to laugh at anyone's dream. She dared to shout out her dream in front of everyone, which is already quite remarkable."

Minato agreed, then asked, "Big brother, do you have a dream?"

"Of course, my dream is to live a peaceful life in the ninja world."

Minato chuckled: "So, is it finished now?"

Qu Feng shook his head: "It's still a long way off. This world is far more turbulent than you can imagine."

"And you? What are your dreams?"

After listening, Minato thought for a moment and realized that he didn't seem to have any dreams yet, so he stammered, "My dream... is to become the Fourth Hokage!"

After Minato finished speaking, he looked at Torifu, only to find that Torifu was staring at him.

"Big brother, what's wrong..."

Torufu shook his head: "Nothing much. Is becoming the Fourth Hokage your real dream?"

Seeing that Torifu was somewhat serious, Minato didn't lie. He shook his head: "Actually, I don't have any dreams yet..."

This is understandable. He has only been in this unfamiliar place for a short time, and although he calls me "Big Brother" all the time, we have only known each other for about ten days.

It will take some time before they become true family.

In this situation, there's no point in having dreams; adapting to life is the priority.

"You don't have to live according to my ideas. Your life is ultimately your own. I'm just playing a guiding role. Whether you want to become Hokage or an ordinary ninja in the future is up to you."

"No matter what you choose, you will always be my disciple, and I will always be your elder brother. So follow your heart and whatever your dream is, I will support you."

Minato was a rare genius, possessing exceptional talent in both training and developing ninjutsu.

The fact that Minato mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, such a difficult ninjutsu, even faster than Tobirama, speaks volumes.

Such a genius sacrificed himself to protect Konoha, so it's hard to say whether becoming Hokage was a good thing or a bad thing for Minato.

But if he hadn't been the Hokage, he and Kushina certainly wouldn't have died that night, and Naruto would definitely have had a happy childhood.

But the casualties in Konoha Village will certainly be even more severe.

From the moment he stood on the rooftop of the Hokage Building and announced that he would govern the village from now on, he carried not only his own family on his shoulders, but also every family and every villager of Konoha.

So in this world, Toru wondered if he could let Minato live a different life. But in the end, he chose to let Minato decide for himself, and he was only responsible for guiding and instructing him.

Watching Minato grow up and seeing what choice he will ultimately make is a pretty good feeling.

He seemed to be getting a feel for Orochimaru's later stages.

Waiting for the wind to rise.

Minato was deeply moved by Torifu's words; no one had ever said such things to him before.

He didn't even have parents.

His parents loved him. They wanted him to learn farming at home so they could teach him in the future, because that's how his own parents taught him.

The reason why Toru spoke those words to Minato was because of the new era education he had received.

Toru used his sleeve to wipe away Minato's tears: "Alright, stop crying. Your classmates will laugh at you if they see you crying."

"Just remember what your eldest brother said: whatever decision you make, your eldest brother will support you. Just like your second brother, he likes to make those novel little gadgets, so I support him very much too."

Minato nodded: "Okay, big brother! I understand. I will act according to my conscience."

He then waved to Qu Feng and ran out of the house to go to school.

"He's still just a child, I don't know if he can understand any of this."

After saying so much, my mouth is getting dry.

Just as he was about to go back inside to get a glass of water, a ninja dressed in gray ninja attire and wearing a fox mask landed in front of him and knelt on one knee.

"Lord Torifu, the Hokage requests your presence."

Chapter 248 Alright, let's all just give up on living!

A ninja dressed in gray ninja attire and wearing a fox mask landed in front of Qu Feng and knelt on one knee.

"Lord Torifu, the Hokage requests your presence."

"Oh? Someone from the Anbu? Is there something you need, Lord Tobirama?"

The ANBU ninja shook his head: "I don't know, the Hokage only instructed you to come over."

Qu Feng nodded: "Alright, you go back and report first, I'll go after I have a drink of water."

The ninja lowered his head and disappeared in the next second.

Qu Feng went back inside and drank a glass of water. What could possibly be going on so early in the morning? Was he going to be asked to do hard labor again?

He's planning to greet Zhili when he comes back today!

Although I don't want to go, I have to obey his orders as long as he's Hokage.

However, he wouldn't be able to stay in this position for long, since he was about to be forced into becoming the Third Hokage.

If he could, he really wouldn't want to be the Hokage.

But there's nothing we can do; there really isn't anyone in the village suitable to be Hokage right now.

Basically, all the alternative solutions proposed by Tobirama were thoroughly criticized by him.

If this gets out, all the elite Jonin will suffer a sudden and heavy blow.

For the sake of the villagers' physical and mental well-being, Qu Feng decided not to tell them.

Sigh, it seems that people like him, who are responsible and compassionate, are destined to suffer and toil from birth.

When will this forced labor end?

After a brief bout of madness, Qu Feng went out.

With a turn of its body, it transformed into three cloud cranes and flew towards the Hokage Building.

The villagers hadn't seen Toru use this ninjutsu for a while, so they found it quite novel and waved to him.

However, in this form, it cannot respond with actions at all, and can only chirp a few times to signal.

Then the three cranes gathered in front of the Hokage Building to form the Wind-Gathering Formation.

The guard bowed to him and said, "Lord Qufeng."

"Thanks for your hard work."

They then went inside the building.

For Qu Feng, becoming a leader meant that the only time he felt any pleasure was when others bowed to him.

Upon arriving at the office, Qu Feng knocked on the door and then pushed it open to go inside.

"Lord Tobirama, you wanted to see me?"

Tobirama nodded: "I have something to ask you, it's about Kushina's assassination attempt."

Qu Feng was somewhat puzzled. Wasn't this just a story of a few inexperienced thieves running into a tough nut to crack?

What? There's actually some follow-up development? Turns out it wasn't about water after all... cough cough cough... cough.

Tobirama took a letter from under the drawer and handed it to Torifu: "Take a look for yourself. Things are quite serious."

Seeing how serious Tobirama was, Torifu stopped joking around and took the letter to read it.

"Uzumaki Ashina, the daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools, leader of Uzumaki Village, and head of the Uzumaki clan, has gone missing. His nine sons are fighting fiercely for the daimyo position, and one of them has already died?"

When Torifu saw the contents of the letter, he was somewhat incredulous. The Uzumaki Ashina had far too many titles! Besides, the Land of Whirlpools was, after all, just a family-run regime.

Whether they were ninjas in charge or ordinary people, they were all members of the Uzumaki clan. It could be said that the positions of daimyo and leader in their country did not hold much power.

There's no difference between them and the clan chief; it's just that the title sounds better.

Would they really turn on their own brothers for the position of clan leader? When did the Uzumaki clan become so brutal?

The fact that a family can establish a country at sea is not only due to the help of Konoha Village, but also largely due to the family's cohesion and the fact that everyone works together as one!

It's astonishing that such a family would shed blood over the position of leader, and that they would even kill their own brothers.

He was not understanding the situation and was deeply shocked.

"Have you finished watching? Did you find it a bit dramatic?"

Qu Feng nodded: "No other news?"

"Of course there is. This letter was sent by Ashina's fourth son, who hopes that Konoha Village can come to the aid of Uzushiogakure and help him quell the rebellion."

Qu Feng put the letter back into the envelope: "We can't just believe his one-sided story at this time. Who knows if he's quelling a rebellion or if he's a traitor himself?"

Tobirama smiled and then took out another letter and handed it to Torifu: "Take a look at this letter."

Qu Feng took the letter and examined it carefully. He found that the contents of this letter were almost identical to the previous one, except that it did not mention the prince's death!

There had been no bloodshed when the four princes sent their three previous letters.

Tokifu looked at Tobirama, but before he could ask, Tobirama said, "This letter was sent by his eldest son. I have nine similar letters here."

"They are Ashina's nine sons, and each of them wants to borrow troops to quell the rebellion. They seem to have already decided that their other brothers are traitors."

For a moment, Toru couldn't tell who was good and who was bad from the letters. The nine princes each had their own version of events, but their ultimate goal was to borrow troops from Konoha to help them quell the rebellion and reunify the Land of Whirlpools.

For such a tiny place as the Land of Whirlpools to have these kinds of things happen, Torifu wonders if they're just bored and have nothing better to do.