Chapter 513: Lightly handled? Kushina was furious, and even more unable to understand!

Hiruzen Sarutobi did not force the issue.

Since Minato Namikaze had refused, he did not press too hard.

After all.

There was no need to rush the plans for Obito.

But ensuring Minato Namikaze ascended to the position of Fourth Hokage was his primary concern at this stage.

Hiruzen Sarutobi would never commit the blunder of losing the big picture for the sake of small gains.

He was not Danzo!

Regarding future schemes and the priority of matters, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew exactly where he stood.

Ensuring Minato Namikaze's ascension and minimizing the rift between them so that he could still control Konoha from the shadows after stepping back—

This was the primary task!

All other matters had to give way to this.

Therefore, after mentioning it briefly and being refused by Minato Namikaze, he tactfully stopped talking about it.

He chatted for a few moments and offered a subtle reminder.

"I think very highly of you. When you, kid, are working hard, don't forget who your benefactor is."

Then.

He immediately straightened his Hokage hat, lit a pipe of tobacco, and bid farewell to Minato before hurrying home.

Of course, not to rest.

Although he was very tired now, there had simply been too many messes in the village over the past two days.

The resettlement work for Shisui and those Uchiha was only halfway done.

There was no help for it!

Who told him that the situation here was so big that even he, the Hokage, couldn't sit still!

He could only put Shisui's matter aside for now and rush over to deal with this rotten situation.

Now.

With Minato stabilized, he naturally had to rush back to deal with the mess regarding Shisui.

Hiruzen Sarutobi really wanted to cry.

Being Hokage was truly stifling.

Every day there were endless trivial matters to deal with, and especially after Uchiha Jin's rise, he was basically running around the clock.

Truly, it's a dog's life!

He really didn't want to be this damn Hokage anymore; he just wanted to bring the Third Great Ninja War to a perfect conclusion, then take the opportunity to retire with his reputation intact and run away.

As for these messes in the village, let Minato, that puppet, have the headache.

As long as he could control the overall situation from the shadows and keep the village running according to his own ideas, that was enough.

Minato Namikaze: "..."

Watching Hiruzen Sarutobi's departing back, his eyes narrowed slightly.

As his gaze flickered.

No one could guess his thoughts.

Finally.

Glancing at the busy Anbu, he couldn't be bothered to think too much.

He turned and walked toward home.

Five minutes later.

Back home again, Minato Namikaze couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Yes.

He was truly tired!

He felt that as soon as he left this home, he had to put on a fake smile; only after truly returning home could he become his real self again.

Well, that's fine.

Although his wife had flown into a rage, it hadn't affected their home.

It looked like he could get a good night's sleep.

As for the rest.

With Hiruzen Sarutobi there, he naturally didn't need to worry.

"Minato, you're back!" Kushina walked over. "Sit down and rest for a while, I'll rub your shoulders."

"Rin, go pour some tea for your teacher!"

Yes.

Looking at the exhausted Minato Namikaze, Kushina Uzumaki truly felt heartache for her husband.

With her fiery temper, she came over personally to massage his legs and shoulders.

She didn't even forget to tell Rin Nohara to hurry and pour a cup of tea for Minato.

Rin Nohara moved quickly.

She soon brewed a cup of tea and handed it to Minato.

"Teacher, please have some tea!"

Even.

Obito and Kakashi all ran over as well.

Everyone looked worried.

No one was stupid.

The commotion tonight had indeed been quite large; for them, these small fry, to say they weren't worried would be nonsense.

After all, they were facing the village elders and the Hokage!

Minato Namikaze wore a bitter smile.

He was quite unaccustomed to being treated like a master, so after enjoying it for a moment, he chose to give it up.

"That, let's stop."

"Kushina, don't be like this. I'm not very tired today; it's you all who should be truly tired."

"Especially Obito and Kakashi, your performance just now was excellent."

"Rin is our partner; even when facing powerful enemies, we should not be afraid!"

"Also, Kushina!"

"I really troubled you today, otherwise I wouldn't dare to imagine!"

"But fortunately, everything is in the past."

"I just spoke with the Hokage, and this mistake was not on our part; it was entirely Danzo's own doing."

"The Hokage has even decided to completely strip Danzo of his status as an elder and leader of the Root."

"However, considering he has contributed to Konoha, his status as a Jonin will be retained!"

"So, relax."

"This matter has been resolved; it has nothing to do with us!"

Minato Namikaze said with a smile...

However.

Upon hearing these words, everyone fell silent.

Yes, it was unbelievable!

They couldn't quite believe that since the incident was so big and had destroyed so many civilian homes...

Even if they weren't the primary culprits, they shouldn't have been let off so easily, right?

Especially Kushina.

When she first became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, because she couldn't control the Nine-Tails' power well, she had caused property damage to the village many times while losing control.

In the past, her loss of control hadn't caused any casualties.