I don't believe in the will of fire

The night was quiet, with only the sound of waves crashing on the boat above the sea.

Minato stood on the deck, carefully observing the changes in the sea surface. As for his three disciples, they had not yet reached this level.

"You guys can rest, I can just watch here."

Minato said comfortingly.

After all, he was a newly graduated genin in the village, and it was his first time leaving the village. Apart from Kakashi, Minato didn't expect Obito and Rin to do anything to help him. He just wanted to protect himself.

Obito had gone through the initial excitement. At this time, with the sound of the boat rocking, he began to feel a little tired. However, he still managed to maintain his energy and asked about what he had said in the afternoon.

"Teacher, what kind of pirates did the ninja from Taki Ninja Village talk about?"

"This."

Thinking that in the future, these three children would need to know these things, Minato also explained.

"You should have also seen today that the trade between our Country of Fire and the Country of Whirlpool is very prosperous. In fact, it is not only our Country of Fire and the Country of Whirlpool that have commercial cooperation. The Country of Wind, the Country of Taki, the Country of Frost,

The Bear Country has all these. Because of the prosperity of trade, there are actually many cargo ships coming and going on the sea every day, and most of the goods in these ships are valuable. Naturally, some people with evil intentions are eyeing these.

The cargo on the ship, and these people are collectively called pirates.

Most of these pirates are water escape ninjas. For them, the sea is naturally their home ground, so it is very difficult to deal with it, especially large-scale water escape attacks. If you want to deal with it, you can only use the same water escape.

In addition, whether it is earth escape, fire escape, wind escape, or thunder escape, the effect is not very good. In addition, the sea is vast, even if the robbery fails, these pirates can easily escape by jumping into the sea, so it is very difficult to deal with it.

easy.

Although I have taught you the ability to use chakra to walk on water, the sea is not an ordinary lake. The situation on the water is very complicated and is not suitable for us ninjas to pursue for a long time."

"In other words, we can only passively suffer attacks from these pirates?" Obito understood what Minato meant.

When Minato heard this, he said with an embarrassed smile.

"It can be understood that unless you have a way to quickly subdue or kill them, everything will focus on protecting people and the cargo on the ship. This is why people like Mr. Kubo ask us to be their escorts.

Already."

While they were talking, a cargo ship that was ten times larger than theirs appeared in their sight in the distance, emitting black smoke, and disappeared into the night in just ten minutes.

"Minato-sensei, is that ship the same thing as a train?"

Obito asked curiously.

"Well, I heard that they all use the same power and can move by themselves without anyone. In fact, our ship is the same. The power room is in the cabin below the deck below our feet."

"Wow, I really want to see it."

Obito said with interest.

"There will be opportunities in the future, but let's have a good rest now. Even if we get to the Kingdom of Uzumaki, we still have a long way to go. If everything goes smoothly, we won't be able to reach Uzumaki City until the early morning."

"Um."

The three of them did not refuse the teacher's kindness, so they covered themselves with blankets and fell asleep cuddling each other on the deck.

Under the bright moon, Minato was sitting alone on the railing of the deck, looking at the calm sea, with a little struggle and confusion in his eyes.

After a long time, he turned around and saw Kakashi looking at him with his eyes open, while Obito and Lin had already fallen asleep.

"Can't sleep? Kakashi?"

Even though Kakashi is young, he already speaks like an adult.

"Well, Minato-sensei, I heard that Uzumaki Kamizuki, the daimyo of Uzushio City, was once our ninja in Konoha?"

Minato was stunned and asked without denying.

"Who told you?"

"No one told me, but I heard my mother talk about some things and I guessed it myself."

Seeing this, Minato couldn't help but say with admiration in his eyes.

"Kakashi, among the ninjas of the same generation in the village, you should be the best."

Kakashi didn't care about Minato's appreciation, but said in surprise.

"So, it's true."

"Um."

Minato nodded, and said without hesitation under Kakashi's surprised gaze.

"Shenyue came to Konoha when he was very young. However, about ten years ago, the village did some wrong things, which led to Shenyue leaving the village."

"So, Minato-sensei is very familiar with Uzumaki Kamige? Is the person in the photo I saw at the teacher's house Uzumaki Kamige?"

"Well, I, Kushina and Kamizuki all grew up together. Not only us, but most people in the village know him. Your father also worked with him. Lord Hokage, Lord Jiraiya, Tsuna

Lord Shou, as well as Senior Tie Yun and Kai’s father Dai, are all very familiar with Shenyue.”

"Then why did he leave the village?" Kakashi asked in confusion.

"This..." Minato didn't know how to explain it. Since Orochimaru became the Fourth Hokage, in order to unite everyone in the village, the dark past of the village has been completely sealed.

"You can find this answer by yourself when you grow up."

"What? You treat me like a child."

Kakashi said dissatisfied, but he still had a doubt in his heart.

"So Minato-sensei, who is better between you and him?"

"!!!"

Kakashi's innocent question immediately made Minato not know how to answer, so he could only say with an embarrassed smile.

"You think too highly of the teacher. Compared with Shenyue, I, the teacher now, have only just reached the level he was ten years ago."

Kakashi's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Let's put it this way, in terms of ninja power, anyone in the entire ninja world will be ashamed when compared with Shenyue, and Shenyue is the most powerful, and that's not all. The Uzumaki City we are going to now is his ten-year-old

When he left the village to build Uzumaki City, there was nothing at that time. However, ten years later, Uzumaki City has been developed to a level comparable to that of the five major countries. This is something that even the first Hokage could not achieve.

things."

Minato said, both his words and his eyes were full of worship for Uzumaki Kamizuki, which shocked Kakashi.

In his opinion, although his teacher is very gentle, he is actually a very proud person at heart. He has never been as humble as he is today in front of a name, like a fanboy.

Minato's narration continued.

"Moreover, when you were born, the Second Ninja World War had just ended, so I don't know what the Ninja World was like at that time. It's not an exaggeration to use it as a hell on earth. Our five major countries are fine, but those small countries have been

The war was devastated, and there were families everywhere, and refugees were fleeing everywhere. Just when these people were desperate and about to starve to death, Uzumaki City appeared like a savior and saved them. This is why the country of Taki and the country of frost

, the reason why even after the Bear Country discovered what Uzumaki City had done, it still had no choice but to let Uzumaki City control it, this is because the people in these countries do not reject Uzumaki City, but welcome them very much."

Minato's depiction of Uzumaki City was so good that it made Kakashi yearn for it, but at the same time he was even more confused.

"If that's the case, then why is the village still planning to..."

Before Kakashi could finish speaking, he was stopped by Minato.

On the one hand, it was because he couldn't let Kakashi talk anymore, it was related to the village's secrets, and on the other hand, a layer of thick fog gradually rose on the sea...