"Creak—!"
Haruki pushed open the door, and just as he was about to enter, he noticed something unusual.
His right hand immediately went to the tool pouch at his waist, where he kept his only weapon, a kunai.
His heart sank. He was just an ordinary child, now an orphan, who would come looking for him? Especially at this crucial moment when the Third War was about to end, Haruki couldn't help but think more.
"Don't be nervous, I'm your father's friend!"
Before Haruki could act, a gentle voice rang out from the courtyard.
Haruki looked closely, and saw Minato Namikaze, with his yellow hair and a smile on his face, looking at him.
Beside Minato Namikaze was Uzumaki Kushina, with her red hair draped over her shoulders.
Immediately, Haruki felt relieved. If it was these two, although he didn't know why they were looking for him, there shouldn't be any danger.
"Greetings, Minato-sensei, Kushina-sensei, what brings you here?"
Haruki bowed respectfully to the two of them.
In this world of ninjas, the only rule for survival when you are weak is to never try to provoke someone you can't afford to offend.
After all, not everyone is Uchiha Sasuke, who can challenge the sky, the earth, and the air and still live so comfortably.
Haruki didn't have a brother like Uchiha Itachi, nor the identity of the son of the Sage of Six Paths.
Minato and Kushina, being ninjas, naturally saw Haruki's little movements.
"It seems you know us?"
Kushina squatted down, her two jade-like hands rubbing Haruki's little face.
She had no doubt about Haruki, she was just taking this opportunity to rub his face.
Haruki was still young, but his delicate features and barely one-meter height made Kushina unable to take her eyes off him.
Haruki was startled at first, but when he saw Kushina's actions, he calmed down.
Then he glanced at Minato Namikaze. Although he was sunny, he wasn't as careless as Kushina, maybe he would suspect him because of this.
Because his little face was constantly being deformed by Kushina's magic claws, Haruki's words were mumbled.
"Speak properly!"
Kushina was stunned for a moment, not understanding, then she rubbed even more recklessly.
Her puffed-up expression clearly showed that she thought Haruki was deliberately teasing her.
"Cough, cough! Kushina, Haruki is saying that his parents told him, let him go first."
Seeing the black lines increasing on Haruki's forehead, Minato Namikaze covered his forehead with one hand and said awkwardly.
Only then did Kushina realize, and reluctantly released Haruki's little face.
Feeling his cheeks starting to numb, Haruki glared at Kushina unhappily.
But he also knew that Kushina was just a careless tomboy, so he didn't get angry.
Then he turned his gaze back to Minato Namikaze, waiting for his answer.
"It's like this, Kushina and I are here to take you back to live with us, and we've already gotten the Third Hokage's approval."
Minato stepped forward, stroking Haruki's jet-black hair, and said gently.
At the same time, he was paying close attention to Haruki's expression, afraid that he would refuse.
He hadn't been able to save his friend on the battlefield, and if he couldn't give their child a better life, Minato wouldn't be able to face himself.
But he saw that when he spoke, Haruki's eyes suddenly lit up, and his heart immediately settled.
Without waiting for Haruki's answer, he made a decision: "See if you have anything you need to take, Kushina and I will wait for you here."
Then he gently pushed Haruki towards the house.
But these words made Haruki stunned.
He had only seen a top-level gold card fall from Minato Namikaze, how could he agree to this?
Yes, when Minato stepped forward, Haruki saw a gold card fall from him, so he was a little dazed.
This was a gold card, the highest level card in the system!
A gold card that fell from Minato Namikaze, Haruki knew very well what this card represented.
It could only be the Flying Thunder God Technique!
Without thinking about anything else, he thought, adoption is adoption, the card is the most important.
So, following Minato's strength, he "slap" fell to the ground where the card was.
The moment he landed, he had already put the card in his pocket.
Seeing this, Kushina instantly appeared beside Haruki, helped him up, and asked, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I just tripped and fell! I'll go pack my things now."
Haruki waved his hands repeatedly, then hurried back into the house.
The gold card was already in hand, who had time to be sentimental here, checking it back in the house was the most important!
Back in the house, Haruki could still hear Kushina's roar and Minato's pleas.
Thinking that just for the first meeting, Minato had taken the blame and was being disciplined by Kushina, a smile appeared on Haruki's little face.
It was said to be packing, but there wasn't much to take, just his own change of clothes.
As for other things, they were all in a storage scroll, Haruki only needed to take the scroll.
With the consciousness of an adult, Haruki, who had read the original Naruto series, knew very well that it wouldn't be long before the Third Hokage would throw him into an orphanage and then confiscate his house and other assets.
Now following Minato and Kushina was a pretty good choice, it was countless times better than going to the orphanage.
At least he could take away the wealth his parents left behind!
Following the principle of not letting the unscrupulous old man get away with it, Haruki implemented a strategy of plucking feathers from a goose, not even leaving a single grain of rice.
From the original series, he had always disliked the Third Hokage.
Of all the Hokage, he was the weakest, yet he shamelessly crowned himself the strongest Hokage.
For the sake of a broken village head position, he carried out all kinds of schemes and tricks, never thinking about strengthening Leaf Village, only knowing how to harm loyal officials!
With that time, why not find a way to open up a financial path for Leaf Village, so that Leaf Village could break free from the control of the Daimyo?
That's all well and good, but the problem is that you actually put all the blame on Danzo, while you yourself are a flower among flowers, untouched by the world!
You have completely embodied the meaning of shamelessness!
Although he thought so, Haruki would never say it out loud.
There was no way, who told this shameless old man to live the longest, if he said it, Haruki felt he wouldn't live to see the next day.
After packing up, Haruki opened the system.
Although Minato and Kushina didn't follow him in, with their strength, they could definitely sense his actions.
So, after he finished packing, he stopped because of reluctance, this was the best excuse.
[Ding, the gold card is the Beginner Space Talent, do you want to absorb it?]
"Absorb!"
Although it was different from his guess, Haruki was still a little confused, but he still absorbed it.
Just like when he absorbed the Strength card before, a warm current flowed continuously in his body.
The only difference was that this warm current was much larger than before.
After the absorption was complete, Haruki clenched his fist, but there was no improvement.
His system was completely lacking in intelligence, so Haruki could only explore it slowly by himself.
"Bring up the system panel!"
[Host: Haruki]
[Strength: 5]
[Speed: 4]
[Constitution: 4]
[Spirit: 22]
[Talent: Space Talent LV3]
[Skills: Kunai Basics LV1]
All attributes remained unchanged, only a Space Talent was added.
The moment he saw this talent, Haruki knew why it was a gold card.
Because this meant that he could cultivate all space-attribute ninjutsu in the future, the representative of which was the [Flying Thunder God Technique].
Excited, Haruki pouted greedily, the lowest level was LV1, the highest was LV9, this talent was only LV3, not powerful enough!
"Minato Namikaze, you are so trash!"
After picking up the card, his Space Talent was exactly the same as Minato's, so Haruki couldn't help but sigh.
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