Kabuto could feel the wind in his ear as he was falling quite fast.
He even closed his eyes, ready to embrace the pain of falling from such a height. However, he didn't feel the pain, only a pair of strong and warm hands catching him.
Then a familiar voice sounded.
"I can't even let my guard down for a second, huh? If you die because of this, wouldn't all my efforts go to waste?"
Kabuto opened his big eyes, and saw Nagasawa's familiar face.
At this time, Kabuto changed from despair to surprise. He originally thought that he would fall, but he didn't expect that Nagasawa would come out of nowhere and catch him.
"Yes, I will keep that in mind. I won't fall again next time." Kabuto said seriously.
Just now, when he was about to reach the top, he indeed let his guard down, which led to the desperate situation just now.
Kabuto swore in his heart that he would never make such a mistake in the future. This time, he was lucky as it was just tree-climbing training. What if it was something else in the future? What if Nagasawa did not arrive in time?
"Very well. Do you want to try again?" Nagasawa said with a smile.
Kabuto nodded and walked up to the tree with steady steps.
This time, Kabuto did not let his guard down at all. He was totally focused. He walked to the highest point of the tree safely and steadily.
"Well done. Keep this up, and you will definitely become a full-fledged Shinobi." Nagasawa praised.
At the age of six, he only needed two chances to successfully complete the climbing tree training, which was indeed excellent.
In fact, he had already known that Kabuto excelled at Chakra control. After all, Nono had taught him the foundation of medical Ninjutsu, and medical Ninjutsu required good control of Chakra.
However, he had to praise him when necessary as he was still a child. He did that to boost his confidence.
"Next, I will tell you about the attributes of chakra..."
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A month later.
Nagasawa suddenly received an urgent summon from Minato, so he came to the Hokage building.
After knocking on the door and entering the office, Nagasawa saw Minato's smiling face.
Nagasawa was curious. Although Minato occasionally teased him in the office, he would usually keep up his calm demeanor in order to maintain his dignity as the Hokage.
Now that Minato was smiling like a fool, something must have happened that made him so happy that he could no longer restrain himself.
The question was, what could make him so happy?
Nagasawa soon knew because Minato did not keep him waiting for long.
"Nagasawa, I am going to be a father!" Minato excitedly got up and ran to Nagasawa, grabbing his shoulder.
"Kushina is pregnant?" Nagasawa looked calm on the surface, but he was a little worried in his heart.
He was confident in defeating the Kyubi and defeating Obito, but he didn't know whether he could save Kushina.
White Zetsu could directly merge with the earth and grass to erase his presence, and Color of Observation Haki would be useless.
With White Zetsu monitoring Konoha, Kushina's pregnancy couldn't be concealed from Obito.
Through the contract signed by Madara and Kyubi, Obito could easily release Kyubi when Kushina was in labor.
If the Tailed Beast inside a Junchiriki were pulled out, they would be seriously injured. At that time, even if the Kyubi was sealed back into Kushina's body, she might not be able to suppress Kyubi. Unlike Naruto, Kushina was not close with Kyubi.
Nagasawa was thinking of finding Tsunade.
If he could get Tsunade to treat Kushina, maybe it would work.
"Nagasawa, what are you thinking? Are you shocked by the news?"
Minato laughed loudly without thinking of his dignity as a Hokage.
"It's just a child. You will know how troublesome it is when you raise him." Nagasawa suppressed the worry in his heart and said with his usual teasing tone.
"How could it be troublesome? I think you are just envious of me." Minato was pleased with himself.
"Alright, alright. If Danzo sees you like this, I wonder what kind of rumors he will spread. You called me here just to inform this?" Danzo asked. Nagasawa asked.
If it were just to inform this good news, Minato should've told him in his home.
"As you know, Kushina is a Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki. When Jinchuriki is pregnant, the seal will focus more on raising the baby, causing the seal to weaken and making it inconvenient for him to make a move. "
So I want Anbu Squad 7 to serve as a guard during Kushina's pregnancy. This is a long-term S-level mission.
Nagasawa thought about it, and his team seemed like a good choice.
"Forget about them. I have other plans for them, and I will personally protect Kushina." Nagasawa thought for a moment and said.
"You? But didn't you say a few days ago that you wanted to reform Anbu and undergo special training for the five squads you lead? If you're guarding Kushina, what about Anbu's work?" Minato asked.
In fact, aside from Nagasawa, he had already mobilized other Shinobi, and he would spend more time with Kushina, so she was absolutely safe.
It would be a waste to have a skilled Shinobi like Nagasawa focused solely on protecting Kushina.
Although Minato still didn't know how strong Nagasawa was, based on the last time he single-handedly destroyed Golden Organization, his prediction shouldn't be too far off.
"I will send my shadow clone to deal with Anbu-related matters. Kushina's safety is more important. Don't forget, she is also my friend." Nagasawa said.
Although Anbu's revolution was beneficial to raise Prosperity, Kushina was equally important.
Kushina was Nagasawa's close friend, after all, and he couldn't watch anything happen to his friend. Besides, if something happened to Kushina, Minato might not be able to live with himself.
If the original story were repeated, Konoha would fall into disarray, and he would definitely lose Prosperity.
Minato thought for a moment and said, "It should be fine for now. We should be truly on guard when she's about to give birth. That would be the most dangerous time. If you want to protect Kushina, that would be the ideal time. If you don't come by that time, I will drag you here. For now, you can leave it to Kakashi and the others.
"Alright then." Nagasawa nodded.
Indeed, there was no need to worry about it in the early stage of the pregnancy. If someone really came, maybe even without the guards, Kushina would beat them up.
Nagasawa wanted to popularize Six Powers to the Fourth Hokage's Anbu, and he was ready to start from his own team.
Therefore, this month, Nagasawa had been working hard to improve the level of his squad's Six Powers while teaching them the advanced version of Six Powers.
Now, Kakashi and the others could teach others, but the people they taught must have potential.
There was no other way aside from demonstrating it themselves. After all, Kakashi and the others had only been learning for three or four months, and it was already good enough that they could reach this level.
Nagasawa planned to have them draw lots to take turn for the guarding duty and teaching duty.