Chapter 2: Adopted by Minato.
"So, that person is dead?" A yellow-haired jonin was standing by the bed in Konoha Hospital, looking at the sleeping baby.
"Yes," a chuunin beside him nodded. "He was already dying when he collapsed at the door. He barely made it here through sheer willpower."
"Have you checked his identity?" the yellow-haired jonin asked.
"He's from a hidden family on the border of the Land of Fire, the Inzoro clan. They specialize in wind and thunder ninjutsu. Yesterday, the entire clan was wiped out. The perpetrators are still unknown. The man who died was a servant of the Inzoro clan. This baby is the sole survivor, a newborn."
"The Inzoro clan?" the yellow-haired jonin frowned. He had never heard of them.
"Because they're a hidden family, they don't usually show their faces. I only learned their name from the Hokage. It's classified."
"Looks like a big problem," the yellow-haired jonin smiled wryly. When it comes to confidential matters, there's no easy solution.
Wow.
The door to the hospital ward opened.
"Hokage-sama!" the Chunin hurriedly greeted the man who opened it.
"Ah." The visitor was a white-haired old man. Though he looked quite old, he was still full of energy.
"Hokage-sama, how come you have time to come here?" the yellow-haired Jonin also greeted him. In Konoha Village, not everything had to be handled by the Hokage himself. This matter had clearly been assigned to him, yet he had come anyway.
"Since it involves the Inzoro clan, I had to take a look," the Hokage nodded at him. He was Konoha's Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"This Inzoro clan... what are their origins?"
"You should leave first," the Third Hokage said to the Chunin beside him.
"Yes," he agreed, and left. Now only the Third Hokage, the yellow-haired Jonin, and the baby were left in the room.
"Minato, the world is so vast. Back then, there were more powerful clans than just the Senju and Uchiha." This was a long time ago.
"Besides the Senju and Uchiha clans, there's another powerful clan. They don't rely on any bloodline limits, yet they're able to rival the Senju and Uchiha clans."
"The Solo clan?" Namikaze Minato was also shocked. Such a powerful clan existed.
"Yes." The Third Hokage nodded.
"But this clan, unwilling to fight, unwilling to compete, hid themselves. Few people know about them. This information was also passed down from generation to generation by the Senju and Uchiha clans. If I weren't the Hokage, I'm afraid I wouldn't know it either." "
But how could such a powerful clan be wiped out? And who did it?" Minato looked at the baby in the bed, a little puzzled.
The Sandai shook his head. "I heard that the man who led this clan back then was named Inzoro Hin, a ninja with the ability to tell allegorical stories. He predicted the founding of Konoha, the peace between the Uchiha and Senju clans, and the great war between Uchiha Madara and the First Hokage."
"Predict...predict?" Minato was even more surprised. As far as he knew, the only one who could predict was the one in Myoboku Mountain, but this Inzoro Hin could not only predict, but also predict in such detail and accuracy.
"Anyway...this matter needs to be investigated further. Until then, this baby...I'll leave it to you, Minato." The Sandai glanced at the baby, then looked at Minato solemnly.
"Huh? What do you mean..." Minato was stunned.
"This baby will be left to you to raise," the Sandai said, still looking at Minato calmly.
"No way! Kushina and I just got married, and she's only been pregnant for a short time... and you want me to bring back a child!?"
"Haha, she won't suspect that it's your illegitimate child. You have to prepare to take over as the Fourth Hokage." The Third Hokage patted Minato's shoulder, then smiled and left the ward, leaving Minato with a messy face.
"Really... a big trouble." Minato looked at the baby on the bed, patted his forehead, and picked him up.
Helplessly, Minato picked up the baby on the bed and left the Konoha Hospital.
As Minato was walking on the road, the baby in his arms also opened his eyes and looked at the handsome man in front of him.
"It's really a headache. He just opened his eyes and experienced life and death, and became the adopted son of Minato Namikaze." The baby thought in Minato Namikaze's arms.
Minato Namikaze was very troubled by him, and he was also very troubled by Minato Namikaze.
He'd actually woken up just now when the Third Hokage was talking to Minato. He'd heard about Inzoro Hin, and he was certain that Inzoro Hin was also a time traveler. There wasn't a single Inzoro clan in Naruto. How could a normal person have built a clan capable of rivaling the descendants of Indra and Ashura?
Fortunately, he'd studied in Japan for three years and could understand Japanese.
Inzoro Hin must have been well-versed in the Naruto storyline, having thrived in that Warring States era.
That era wasn't that long ago. Inzoro Hin was his great-grandfather, and this baby was the son of the Inzoro clan.
"Eh..."The baby sighed deeply.
As if sensing the baby's movement in his arms, Namikaze Minato looked down at the child, smiled, and reached out to playfully play with him.
Because he was now in the baby's body, he happily responded by grasping Minato's fingers and smiling. This smile only endeared Minato to him.
"When we get home, Kushina will definitely like you too." Minato smiled at the baby.
"Of course she'd like babies," the baby thought silently. What woman wouldn't be charmed by a baby?
Soon, Minato arrived at his door, the baby in his arms. Though they weren't married yet, he and Kushina had been living together for a long time.
He opened the door, and Kushina's voice rang out from inside. "You're back!"
"I'm back!" Minato called out, and footsteps echoed from inside. Kushina walked to the door to greet him.
Minato took off his shoes and prepared to enter the house. Their eyes met, and
Kushina's smile froze. Namikaze Minato also smiled awkwardly. Kushina's expression... wasn't good.
"Minato..." Kushina kept her smile as she looked at the child in Minato's arms, but that beautiful smile looked dangerous.
"Let me explain... Kushina," Namikaze Minato said, still maintaining his awkward smile.
"Hmm... Hmm..." Just as Minato was about to speak, the baby in his arms hummed twice and stretched out its little paw towards Kushina.
(End of this chapter)