Bab 92: Praise
"Minato, we've been searching all day, and the Hyuga Clan members can't hold on any longer... Besides, Uchiha Shintaro should not be able to survive now, let's give up."
Hiashi came to the beach and said to Minato.
Even though dozens of ninjas from the Hyuga Clan had been searching all day, the ocean was so vast and deep that finding Shintaro was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Minato stubbornly said, "I told you, Shintaro is a hero of Konoha, even his corpse must be found."
"Shintaro was sent to the Land of Frost on a mission by me. If I can't even find his body, how can I be worthy of him? How will I face Kurenai when I return to Konoha?"
"At that time, Shintaro was assigned to work under me. Fugaku and Shinku also came to me and specifically told me to take good care of him. It was all because of my poor decision-making that this happened..."
Minato reflected on the fact that Shintaro was sent to the Land of Frost and died while on a mission, and he deeply blamed himself.
At Minato's insistence, the search continued.
At night, everyone searched under the bright moonlight.
At this moment, the surface of the sea in the distance suddenly broke, and a figure flew out from there, right under the full moon.
The man had flowing white hair and was very handsome. He looked like a god under the moonlight.
If it wasn't Uchiha Shintaro, who else could it be?
"Shintaro!"
Minato, who had come to the sea to search directly, was shocked to see him.
Shintaro opened his arms and embraced the long-lost air.
He had mastered [Infinity] automatically.
The brain can permanently perform [Infinity] and [Reverse Cursed Technique] operations without affecting other activities.
In addition, this automatic lower limit can also identify objects that threaten him, so [Infinity] can never truly be turned off.
Non-threatening objects like air can freely pass through [Infinity], allowing Shintaro to breathe.
This breakthrough could be said to have been achieved under the threat of death.
So he felt like he was reborn.
After a moment, Shintaro opened his eyes and saw Minato and the others below.
He landed on the sea and greeted Minato.
"Minato-sensei, how long has it been since we last met? I couldn't sense time in the dark depths of the sea."
Minato was surprised: "You were at the bottom of the sea... and you still survived?"
Shintaro smiled and said, "Don't forget my Kekkei Genkai."
Minato then understood the reason why Shintaro survived, "Great! We all thought you were dead, and now it's the second night after you disappeared."
Shintaro nodded and thought: "It's only been a day? It seems my talent is quite good."
His extraordinary talent exploded at the critical moment of life and death, and he mastered automatic [Infinity] in just one day.
Now, his power had surpassed the peak of his previous life.
Minato also felt that Shintaro had become slightly different.
If he previously felt that Shintaro was a genius young man who had just shown his talent, now he only felt that Shintaro was an unexpectedly strong and mature man.
Even Minato couldn't see Shintaro's current strength.
Shintaro continued, "I won't die so easily. Bring me something to eat quickly. I'm hungry. I hope I can catch fish at the bottom of the sea."
Minato smiled and said, "Alright, I'll take you to eat."
"Barbecue." Shintaro added.
"No problem." Minato's smile remained on his face, and his worried heart finally settled.
Shintaro came to the temporary camp set up by Konoha's forces and enjoyed barbecue. Although it didn't have the taste of Q's barbecue, it was far inferior to Kosuke's skills, and there was no white sugar, but he was still satisfied.
Perhaps because he hadn't eaten anything seriously for two days.
During the investigation mission at that time, Shintaro only consumed food pills, and even less water fell into him when he sank to the bottom of the sea.
After enjoying the barbecue, he slept soundly alone in a tent.
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The next day, he followed Minato back to the Land of Hot Water.
When Shintaro saw Orochimaru, Orochimaru licked his lips and jokingly said, "I knew Shintaro-kun wouldn't die so easily."
Shintaro smiled and replied, "Then I must thank Orochimaru-sama for your trust."
Orochimaru smiled thinly and said nothing.
At this moment, Minato came in and said to Shintaro, "The bodies of Inuzuka and the others have been collected and will be sent to Konoha soon."
Shintaro then hid his smile and left the camp, preparing to bid farewell to their bodies.
He hadn't been with some members of Inuzuka Gaku's team for long, but they were also comrades in arms.
Shintaro went to their bodies covered with white cloth and observed a long silence. Minato also stood silently by.
Gaku was acquainted with Minato, and their team consisting of Daichi, Isamu, and Takuto was also an elite Chunin team under Minato's tutelage, so he felt sad.
After a moment of silence, the bodies were sent to Konoha, where they would be buried in the Martyrs' Cemetery.
Minato then brought Shintaro to his camp and said he had something to give him.
As the commander of a thousand-man force, he also had a larger camp.
Minato came to the back of the desk and gestured for Shintaro to sit. Then he found some documents and letters from the file on the desk and handed them to him.
Minato said to him, "These were all sent to you from Konoha. Some were sent a few days ago, and some were just sent today."
Shintaro then opened the documents and looked at them, then fell silent.
Minato felt strange, so Shintaro handed the documents to him to read.
It was a document promoting Shintaro to Special Jonin.
Shintaro's expression became calm and he only felt ironic.
Let alone Jonin, that was Daichi's hope.
It fell to Shintaro, but it only showed that the top management of Konoha didn't trust him.
He could imagine how the senior management felt after learning about his achievements. They were forced to give him the reward, but they worried that his promotion would be a threat if he was promoted too quickly, so they awarded him the title of Special Jonin.
But aside from feeling ironic, Shintaro had no extra emotions.
Although his strength surpassed his previous life, his current state of mind was also extraordinary.
Minato awkwardly apologized and said, "This is just a document from before. Later, Hokage-sama will personally give you the Jonin position."
Shintaro calmly opened the next document. As expected, it was a document posthumously promoting him to Jonin. The document also posthumously awarded him the title of Hero of Konoha.
"Inheritor of the Will of Fire, hero of Konoha."
Shintaro read the praise for himself in the document, not knowing what he was thinking.
Minato nodded and said, "You are now a hero in the eyes of the entire village. I think everyone in the village will be very surprised to know that you are still alive."
Shintaro calmly accepted the praise from the senior management, then put the document down, with some letters in his hand.
Minato said, "These were also sent from Konoha. They just reached me."
Shintaro then opened the first letter, and it was signed by Kurenai.
He took out the letter paper and saw that the paper was wrinkled and the handwriting on it was blurred.
Shintaro was deeply moved after reading the letter, "This silly girl cried like this and still wrote me a letter."
This letter consisted of two parts. The first part was written by Kurenai when she thought Shintaro was dead. The entire text accused him of being a lying eye.
In short, Shintaro was no longer human.
Minato gently smiled and said, "You and Kurenai are very much like Kushina and me."
Shintaro looked up with a smile and said, "I'm not so afraid of my wife."
Minato scratched his face embarrassedly; indeed, Kushina was more frightening than Kurenai.
As for the remaining letters, they were written by Shinku, Fugaku, Kakashi, and Asuma. Shintaro wasn't interested in the feelings of these grown men, so he put them away after reading them hurriedly.
Status Power Mingguan
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