Konoha, top of the Hokage's building.
"Congratulations, Fourth Hokage!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen solemnly handed the Hokage cap to the Fourth Hokage.
Minato nodded and said, "I will do my best!"
Then Minato went to the villagers and Ninjas watching the ceremony, accepting their cheers.
Fujitora was also one of the people who cheered and applauded.
He was glad that Minato could become the Hokage, and he felt that if Minato had enough time, Konoha would change.
Because he entered the Academy at the same time as Minato, they were in the same class and quite close to each other.
At first, he didn't like Minato, but later on, he came to think that Minato was a good friend.
It was a pity that the Kyubi would attack Konoha next year, and Minato would also die. Nagasawa looked at Minato with a smile while thinking about how to make sure the disaster wouldn't happen.
Although he was a transmigrator, he wasn't born with a good bloodline. He was neither an Uchiha nor a Senju nor a Hyuga, just an ordinary person.
Even if he worked hard and knew about the plot of the anime, his current strength was only around a Chunin. He was relatively strong for a Chunin, so maybe around Tokubetsu Jonin.
However, he wouldn't even last more than three minutes against a truly strong Shinobi like Minato!
Therefore, it was basically impossible to rely on strength to change the situation.
However, he couldn't tell Minato about it directly.
It was too difficult to explain where he got this information. In fact, even if he went to Anbu or Root, the Third Hokage and Danzo would not believe his nonsense as the topic regarding Tailed Beasts was too sensitive.
While Nagasawa was thinking about how to prevent the disaster from happening, a mysterious voice sounded in his mind, and a blue panel appeared in front of him.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully bound to Konohagakure. ]
[Your whole existence will be bound to Konoha. ]
[If Konohagakure is powerful and prosperous, you will receive all kinds of rewards. If Konoha is declining, your body and even your lifespan will be affected as well. ]
Nagasawa's expression became serious. No one would dare to use Genjutsu on him at such a big meeting, so it was most likely true.
He was a little panicked. This was not the binding between him and Konoha, but Konoha kidnapping him!
It was common knowledge that Konoha constantly got in trouble. Let alone Pain, who demolished the entire Konoha in the future, just the chaos caused by Kyubi next year was bad enough.
Nagasawa took a deep breath to calm himself down and looked at the panel.
[Current binding: Konoha Village]
[Current Status: Common]
[Prosperity: 1234]
[Suggestion: After a war, there are a lot of things to do. We need to rest and recuperate. ]
Nagasawa rubbed his brows. Konoha was indeed peaceful at the moment. After all, Konoha had just fought other villages in the Third Shinobi World War and was in the middle of recovery.
However, the worst has yet to come. Soon, Orochimaru's research would be discovered by the Third Hokage, and then Orochimaru would defect.
Thinking of all kinds of difficulties Konoha would face in the future, Nagasawa got a headache.
Despite the slow rate, he still managed to build his strength so far. But with the Kyubi incident next year, only god knew how much lifespan he'd lose.
Host can bind character templates. The more prosperous the place you're bound to, the stronger character template you can choose from. ]
[According to Konoha's current state, you can choose one of the following three templates. ]
[ - Shiki the Golden Lion - After prison break]
[ - Whitebeard Edward Newgate - Summit War of Marineford]
[ - Misaka Mikoto - Lv. 5]
"Bind Whitebeard Edward Newgate!"
Looking at these three templates, Nagasawa immediately chose the Whitebeard template.
Even though he was already old and sick during the Summit War of Marineford, he was the Whitebeard nonetheless, the Strongest Man in the World.
With the power of the old Whitebeard, he should be able to crush Kyubi.
[Binding successful. The current fusion rate is 40% (System gift). Spending Points can raise the fusion rate. Mimic the character template can also raise the fusion rate. ]
[When the fusion rate reaches 100%, the template will be directly integrated into the host's body. Please actively raise the fusion rate. ]
Nagasawa touched his chin. He thought that he could get all the strength of Whitebeard in one go. It seemed that he was hoping too much.
He had to increase the fusion rate before he could slowly master the power of the template character.
"But what the hell does mimic the character mean? Is it appearance? Or should I get a crescent-shaped mustache? Or should I ask some people to be my son?"
Nagasawa shook his head, thinking that that wasn't it.
However, Nagasawa clenched his fists, feeling as if he had endless power, and revealed a smile. "Even if it's only 40% fusion rate, I'm now as strong as a Kage."
He had worked hard for 23 years, and with the help of the system, he finally had a Kage-Level strength.
[A new Kage-Level Shinobi appears in Konoha, prosperity increases, obtaining 50,000 points.]
Nagasawa was a little stunned. The system could help him become stronger, and the points also helped him become stronger. Wouldn't that mean an infinite loop?
However, after looking at the points required to upgrade the Whitebeard template, he cast away this thought.
The ceremony soon ended, and everyone returned to their homes while Nagasawa waited for a while before walking up to the Hokage building.
His good friend just became the Hokage, and applauding alone wasn't enough. He had to congratulate him in person.
After knocking on the door and entering the Hokage's office, Nagasawa saw Kushina excitedly punching Minato lightly.
"It seems that I made a mistake of blaming the Third earlier. I didn't expect him to have such a good eye for choosing you to be the Hokage."
My goodness, as soon as he came in, he saw the current Hokage's wife badmouthing the previous Hokage.
"I thought that old man would keep the position of Hokage until death. As expected of Minato, you are too outstanding."
"Cough! Cough!" Looking at Kushina, who was still badmouthing the Third Hokage, Nagasawa had to cough twice to tell them that he was there.
"Nagasawa is here." Minato also reminded him and then touched his aching chest. It was also a problem when your wife was too strong...
Kushina smiled indifferently: "It doesn't matter. It's just Nagasawa."
Minato looked at Kushina helplessly.
Nagasawa immediately changed the topic, "Minato, congratulations on becoming the Hokage. I don't plan to get in the way of your celebration. I'll take my leave."
"Nagasawa, wait a moment. I have something important to tell you." Minato stopped Nagasawa.
Nagasawa paused and then turned around.
"I hope you can join the Anbu and become my right-hand man. Is that okay, Nagasawa?" Minato looked at Nagasawa with hope.
This was not an order but an invitation.
Nagasawa was a friend he had known since the first year of the Ninja Academy. Minato dared to say that no one else knew Nagasawa better than him!
Although Nagasawa always had mediocre results in Academy and only advanced to Chunin very late, he later discovered that Nagasawa was deliberately hiding his true power.
Under that mediocre shell was an unknown genius. Be it political or Ninjutsu development, Nagasawa was a master of many more.
His only regret was that only he and Kushina noticed how much of a genius Nagasawa was.
So he wanted to show everyone Nagasawa's ability, and the two of them would make Konoha stronger.