Starting the fourth generation Hokage

Ying Ren was a young man who had just entered social work. He looked at himself in the mirror with blond hair and blue eyes, and immediately recognized the identity of this image.

Namikaze Minato, the fourth generation Hokage in Naruto...

He never dreamed that he, who was overworked from overtime and fell asleep on his desk, would actually travel through time.

Looking at the pile of scroll documents spread out on the table in the study, he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. It seems that the previous owner of this body must have been working hard overtime before he traveled through time.

Is it because the two people were in similar situations that caused this time travel? Ying Ren couldn't help but have this weird thought in his heart.

Dong dong dong——

"Minato, do I want to come in?"

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and then a woman's voice came from outside the door.

Ying Ren inside the room was shocked. He hadn't had time to get familiar with the new environment around him, and with this new body, he was naturally a little flustered.

What caught him even more off guard was that before he could answer, the study door was opened. Then, a woman with long red hair and a pregnant belly walked in.

"Ah, K-Kushina."

Namikaze Minato looked a little flustered, standing in front of a mirror, looking a little at a loss. But his eyes couldn't help but glance at Uzumaki Kushina's protruding belly.

Then he recognized the identity of the woman in front of him at a glance, but what he didn't expect was that Uzumaki Kushina had been pregnant for so long. According to his observations, it was obvious that the protagonist Naruto was about to be born.

Since he had just traveled through time, the integration of his body and memory was not complete enough. He immediately subconsciously searched for the memory of this body. Only after receiving all the information did he fully understand the time he was currently in.

The day before Uzumaki Naruto was born, the night before the Nine-Tails Rebellion...

At the same time, it was also the night before Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina both died.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. Do you start with the word "danger" on your head? You couldn't let me delay one more day and travel through time to become Naruto, that would be great...

It's just a hair away from being the protagonist, damn...

"Minato, what's wrong with you?"

Uzumaki Kushina saw that her husband looked a little strange, and couldn't help but asked with concern: "Is he working too much and feeling a little tired..."

Then without any explanation, he came forward and wiped the sweat from her husband's forehead.

Because Minato was slightly taller and Kushina was pregnant, it was obviously a bit difficult to wipe Minato's sweat away.

"...I'm fine."

Smelling the scent of the red-haired woman in front of him and the slight coolness of her cold fingers touching his face, Ying Ren, who had never been with a girlfriend in his previous life, felt a little embarrassed on his face. At the same time, Subconsciously, he wanted to press Kushina's hand.

But when he thought that his identity at this time was Namikaze Minato, and that the woman with a pregnant belly in front of him was her wife, doing so would obviously reveal his abnormality, so he had to quickly withdraw this idea.

"Minato, are you really okay? If you are too tired, just rest early." Kushina looked suspicious.

Kushina naturally saw the abnormality of Minato standing in front of the mirror blankly. Although he quickly returned to normal, it still made Kushina a little worried.

But this time, it was rare that Minato showed a trace of strange discomfort towards the close contact she had just had.

Women are all sensitive, and Kushina, as the wife of the Fourth Hokage, is of course even more sensitive to her husband's anomalies.

Ying Ren also knew that he had lost his composure. In order to avoid revealing more suspicious clues, he quickly returned to the original tone and demeanor of Namikaze Minato in his memory. "I know, tomorrow is your due date, so you need to have a good rest. There are too many things to deal with in the past two days, and I have to finish reviewing some documents before I can rest."

"Just go to bed first..."

Then, he tried his best to smile warmly.

Kushina glanced at the pile of document scrolls spread out on the desk in the study room. She probably thought that her husband might be a little strange because of overwork, so she nodded. At the same time, the eyes he looked at Minato became softer and warmer.

After all, Namikaze Minato finally sent Kushina away. But what he didn't expect was that before leaving, Kushina kissed him on the face before leaving with satisfaction...

This time, because of the lessons learned from the past, Ying Ren did not let himself show the same blushing and heart-pounding embarrassment as before.

When the door to the study room was closed again, Minato Namikaze in the room finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It's not that he resists Uzumaki Kushina, but that he hasn't had time to adapt to this way of getting along between husband and wife.

Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina, a couple with a talented man and a beautiful woman in the original novel, originally had such a bright future. But with the Uchiha's broken psychology and the twisted heart guided by Madara, the Nine-Tails Rebellion was created. As a result, this supposedly beautiful and happy family was torn apart.

Instead of thinking about how to adapt to this new couple model, he has more important things to think about now.

Because soon, he will face the biggest test since coming to this world, Kyuubi and Uchiha Obito...

According to the original plan, he should prepare to leave the village and head to the barrier tonight. The birthing place outside the village has been chosen long ago, and the barrier has been arranged long ago. The Anbu responsible for guarding were also dispatched early.

But he knew that that place should have been known to Obito Uchiha. When Kushina was due to give birth tomorrow, his apprentice, who had been controlled and brainwashed by Madara, would sneak there and wait for an opportunity to use the newborn Naruto to force him to temporarily Leave, then take Kushina away and release Kyuubi...

To be honest, in the original work, during the Nine-Tails Rebellion, Namikaze Minato actually didn't have to risk his own life to seal the Nine-Tails.

At that time, there were many ways to avoid dying in the line of duty.

First of all, the Uzumaki Kushina with the remaining candle in the wind has the ability to pull the Nine-Tails to death together. If we do that, Konoha will temporarily lose the important weapon of the Nine Tails, and the balance of the tailed beasts will be broken. Choosing to do this is obviously not good for Konoha. As the Fourth Hokage, if he did this and caused the village to lose the Kyuubi, he would definitely be criticized.

Secondly, there is a more selfish choice, which can not only prevent Konoha from losing its tailed beasts, but also prevent the fourth generation from dying in the line of duty. That is to let the third generation Sarutobi Hiruzen use the corpse sealing technique, but how can such a thing be deliberately proposed? Unless Yuan Fei Rizhan can come forward voluntarily.

There are also cheaper methods. For example, let the Uchiha clan take action, such as the clan leader Uchiha Fugaku. He has the Mangekyo Sharingan, and even if he can't completely control the rampaging Kyuubi, he can definitely help contain it and complete the seal. Unfortunately, because of the high-level suspicion of Uchiha, no Uchiha clan member was allowed to take action against the Nine-Tails during the Nine-Tails Rebellion...

Which method should I choose to avoid getting the short end of the stick at the beginning?

In the study, Namikaze Minato, who was thinking a lot, frowned and sat back on his chair.

After thinking about it for a long time, he suddenly had an idea: Why did he get stuck on the fixed thinking problem of how to seal the Nine-Tails? Wouldn't it be better to solve it directly from the source?

Since Uchiha Obito is in the dark and has set his sights on the location of the barrier where Kushina gave birth, why not temporarily change the location?

As a time traveler, and also having the identity of the Fourth Hokage, Ying Ren has absolute confidence at this time. The death disaster experienced by Feng Shuimen in the original novel during the Nine-Tails Rebellion can definitely be solved.

Soon, a comprehensive plan gradually formed in Namikaze Minato's mind.

Then, he slowly stood up. As soon as I thought about it, after muttering a few words in my mouth, the figure disappeared in the house instantly.

"The Flying Thunder God Technique...!"

…

The night is slightly cooler.

There were not many people walking around in the central streets of Konoha Village late at night. Looking around, there are only a few scattered stores that have not yet closed for rest.

Only one or two drunken men could be seen on the road, stumbling along.

From somewhere far away, there will occasionally be a few barks. Most people have already gone to bed and rested at this time.

At this time, if anyone looks up at the center of the village, the building that symbolizes the highest institution of the village, the top office of the Hokage Building, they will find that there are still lights on inside.

Namikaze Minato was inside at this time, looking at the environment in the office with slight curiosity.

The indoor layout is very simple, with a semicircular desk filled with various document scrolls. The window behind the chair overlooks most of Konoha Village.

But it was late at night, it was dark outside, and nothing could be seen clearly...

Apart from this desk and chair, there is nothing else in the office. The remaining space should be the space that needs to be reserved when summoning ninjas in the village.

On the wall next to it, there are three front photos hanging, from left to right, Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama and Sarutobi Hiruzen.

It was the first time that I was immersed in the Hokage's office. At this time, Minato Namikaze had not yet completely transformed from the mind of a time traveler, and it still felt very strange.

After looking at the photos of the first to third generation Hokages wearing Hokage robes, Namikaze Minato couldn't help but imagine how his own photo would look on it. He should be particularly handsome, right?

"Wait, hanging on it doesn't seem to be a good thing..."

Namikaze Minato's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a burst of cold sweat, because he suddenly remembered that only after death would the photo be hung...