Naruto: Starting with the Celebrity of Japan

Minato Namikaze has been working tirelessly on the front lines these past few days.

As Konoha's absolute number one fighter, Minato bore far too much responsibility.

In particular, many of the tasks required in the villages are repetitive, and Shuimen has become numb to them.

"A highly capable mobile task force from the Land of Earth is operating within its territory. Please eliminate them!"

"The whereabouts of a large number of Cloud Village troops are unknown. Please go and investigate as soon as possible!"

"The Konoha Root spy team has been captured. Proceed to their aid immediately!"

Etc., etc……

These running around and completing tasks is Minato's daily routine.

However, Minato seemed rather happy today.

Because the village assigned him a rare task this time!

"Lord Jiraiya has appeared in the direction of the Land of Water. He has important information to deliver. Please proceed to make contact!"

"It's...the teacher!"

Minato was pleased to receive this mission.

He hadn't seen his teacher, Jiraiya, for a long time.

Jiraiya, 36 years old, is one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha, representing a certain color.

A master of almost all ninjutsu, known as the Hero of Konoha, and author of the representative work "Icha Icha -

Sorry, but the author of the representative work "The Strong-Willed Ninja Chronicle" has had the protagonist's name become the name of Minato's son.

Jiraiya was Minato's teacher!

Although Jiraiya did not directly participate in the Third Shinobi World War, he was still gathering various intelligence from the outside.

It wasn't until after the Third Shinobi World War that his friend Orochimaru defected from Konoha.

Jiraiya then completely left the village.

Today, Minato is here to meet Jiraiya.

The meeting place is in an abandoned village in the Land of Water.

Minato, who longs to reunite with his teacher, immediately infiltrated the Land of Water after receiving his mission.

When Minato arrived at the designated meeting place, he found that Jiraiya was already waiting there.

Rain continued to fall in the Land of Water, wetting Jiraiya's white hair and the headband with the word "oil" written on it.

The teacher's appearance hasn't changed at all...

"Teacher, I'm here."

Minato respectfully walked up behind Jiraiya and said.

"Oh, you're here!"

Jiraiya turned around enthusiastically, looking at his most outstanding disciple to date.

He handed a scroll to Minato and explained the information to him directly:

"This is it. It contains detailed information. I obtained it by chance. The intelligence indicates that Kirigakure is secretly plotting something, which is very likely related to Kirigakure's tailed beasts."

"A tailed beast? The Three-Tails Isobu, or the Six-Tails Saiken?"

"I don't know, the intelligence information isn't that detailed."

Jiraiya said.

Minato nodded and tucked the scroll into his pocket.

Although the specific details of the conspiracy are unknown, this intelligence is still very valuable nonetheless.

Communication is very simple among intelligent people.

The intelligence exchange was completed in just a few words.

Next came the rare opportunity for the two to exchange pleasantries.

Watergate's time was precious, and he could only exchange a few words with his teacher.

"How have you been lately, teacher?"

Minato looked at Jiraiya and asked.

"Hmm... there aren't many decent beauties here in the Land of Water. I wonder if it's because of the water quality in this country, but the appearances of humans have some strange mutations, like mermaids and pufferfish. It's rare to see any pretty women."

Jiraiya continued to express his own opinion.

Minato was completely bewildered, thinking, "Who asked you that..."

And what the heck is this about water quality causing human appearance changes?

Could it be that the Hidden Mist Cave is constantly releasing toxic substances into the surrounding sea?

However, seeing that Jiraiya still looked like the same lecherous man, it meant that he was probably doing quite well.

So he felt a little more at ease with his teacher.

"Hey Minato, anything interesting's been happening lately?"

Jiraiya stopped talking about bathhouses, beautiful women, and research, and suddenly asked Minato.

When asked about his current situation, Minato could only manage a wry smile:

"I'm very busy, I have a lot of things to handle..."

"But I heard you blew up the Kannabi Bridge in the Land of Earth, cutting off Iwagakure's supply lines, right? Well done!"

Jiraiya looked at his disciple, patted Minato hard on the shoulder, and encouraged him.

"Ah, speaking of that!"

Upon hearing the words "Kannabi Bridge," Minato immediately remembered something.

"Teacher, I met a very promising junior during the Battle of Kannabi Bridge!"

"Oh? Even more potential than that son of Konoha's White Fang... what was his name again... Kekexili?"

"It's Kakashi, teacher. Yes, he's a child who surprised me. And..."

At this point, Minato paused, then hesitated before saying:

"And I want to take him as my disciple, teacher."

Jiraiya was delighted that Konoha had produced another junior whom Minato admired, and he decisively said to Minato:

"That's great! Now I have another grand-disciple, hahaha!"

But Minato shook his head and said to Jiraiya:

"No, teacher, no, that child isn't from Konoha, he's an orphan."

"Oh?"

Jiraiya was somewhat surprised.

Unexpectedly, this is the aspect that Minato cares about.

Perhaps it was the words "people from outside Konoha" and "orphans" that made Jiraiya's associations.

His mind instantly recalled that he had also adopted three orphans in the Land of Rain during the Second Shinobi World War.

Three...

The good child who used to play with me, dressed up as a frog...

They were not from Konoha, and they were also orphans, but each of them had lofty ambitions!

"Hey, Minato."

Jiraiya suddenly called out to Minato.

Minato paused, then looked up at Jiraiya.

Jiraiya, meanwhile, was looking up at the rain falling from the sky, letting it drift into his eyes.

Raindrops streaked down Jiraiya's weathered face, like tear tracks.

But Jiraiya only saw unwavering determination.

"Minato, remember this: the Will of Fire belongs to Konoha, and it belongs to the world. Who said that orphans have no right to stand in the ninja world? Who said that those who are not children of Konoha lack the courage to grow strong and strive for excellence?"

Jiraiya's words were resounding and powerful; even the wind and rain could not diminish their profound meaning.

Minato remained silent.

But he truly felt the weight of his teacher's words.

Is this the kind of vision a teacher should have...?

He thought for a moment, nodded to the teacher, and said definitively:

"I understand, teacher."

Jiraiya didn't look back at Minato; he simply gave him his final words of advice:

"Go on with your work, Minato. Remember to take some time to go home and see the people you love and the people who love you."

"Yes."

Minato understood, turned around, and disappeared with a "whoosh" to head to the next mission location.

At the rendezvous point...

All that remained was Jiraiya's imposing figure in the rain.

……

Meanwhile, after seeing off Kurenai Yuhi, Ranshu had already finished cleaning most of the orphanage with Kakashi.

The two were unaware that in the not-too-distant future...

Like Kakashi, Ranshu also has the same teacher...

At this moment, Luanxiu was pointing to an area including his temporary residence, a small wooden cabin.

"I plan to use my cabin as the center to develop an area within the orphanage as a comprehensive place for training, experimentation, and living."

Ranshu stood in front of his temporary residence and introduced his renovation plan to Kakashi.

These are some of his recent thoughts.

He wanted to use the orphanage as a base to expand his future activities.

"That way, you can come here with me in the future and learn ninjutsu together."

Ranshu assured Kakashi.

Kakashi also greatly admired the idea of ​​a chaotic show.

But he didn't know if the original director of the orphanage, Yakushi Nonou, would approve of Ran Shu's reckless behavior at the orphanage...

Kakashi glanced behind Ranshu's little wooden house.

Indeed, there is a vacant lot here that is not being fully utilized.

In the plan for the chaotic show, it can be used as a training ground.

However, Kakashi quickly spotted another small wooden hut at the edge of the open space, where miscellaneous items were stored.

This little cabin is a huge hindrance to building the training ground.

"Hey, isn't that the building where the orphanage's equipment is located? What will we do with that later?"

Kakashi asked.

Ranshu glanced in the direction Kakashi was pointing and immediately explained:

"Those are all outdated facilities. The equipment room will be completely demolished, and all the equipment inside will be replaced with new ones."

Kakashi nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this.

Then, Kakashi innocently asked a question that made Ran Shu realize something and almost triggered a reaction:

"Oh, so what should we do with those old, unused devices?"