Minato Namikaze's plan was to get a chakra seed for Hawkeye Barton, telling him that it was something to develop his chakra cultivation talent, and have Barton swallow it. As for the one million, Minato Namikaze would just charge him the cost price. After all, a chakra seed would cost one million, so he didn't ask Barton for more money. Helping Barton spend money on this was already good enough.
For others, even if they wanted to spend money to become stronger, there was no way. Barton was indeed fortunate.
Sure enough, upon hearing that he could cultivate chakra with money, Barton's face showed a joyful expression, and then he nodded without hesitation. With just a million, as a senior agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., Barton still had this amount of money. What was more important was that changing one's fate required a price, and Barton felt that this amount of money was still too little!
Thus, under Barton's joyful and puzzled eyes, Minato Namikaze mentioned another condition, "You must become my disciple, and shoulder the mission of protecting Wu Chen."
Barton agreed to the first condition without hesitation, and without a second word, he knelt down and kowtowed three times, "Master!"
As for the second condition, Barton also thought about it and agreed.
Barton knew about Wu Chen being the Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails, so he understood the significance of Minato Namikaze's request. Although according to the information, Wu Chen was already much stronger than the initially designated protector, Barton understood the meaning behind Minato Namikaze's request.
Although it was surprising to Minato Namikaze that Barton was so decisive in accepting the apprenticeship and immediately knelt down to become his disciple, it didn't affect him much.
However, Barton's acceptance of apprenticeship surprised Agent Coulson.
With a shocked expression on his face, Coulson hurried over to Barton and asked, "Agent Barton, what are you doing?"
Minato Namikaze helped Barton up, and with Minato Namikaze's approval, Barton said, "I just became Master's disciple. From now on, I will follow Master to learn and cultivate chakra!"
This statement left Coulson astonished, and he immediately looked towards Minato Namikaze for confirmation, receiving a nod from Minato Namikaze.
At once, Coulson hesitated to speak.
Becoming stronger was something everyone desired. Everyone had something they wanted to protect, and Coulson was no exception.
Although he hadn't deliberately introduced her to others, Coulson also had a girlfriend.
She was a cellist, with a very gentle and graceful demeanor, perfectly matching Coulson.
Because of this, Coulson wanted to protect her in this increasingly dangerous world. Therefore, he needed power.
However, Minato Namikaze couldn't start this trend.
If he gave Coulson a chakra seed out of soft-heartedness, letting others know that even if they didn't have the talent for chakra cultivation, they could still cultivate chakra, it would lead to many troubles in the future.
Therefore, in order to avoid trouble, Minato Namikaze preemptively rejected Coulson's potential request, while also comforting Coulson slightly.
"Coulson, you don't have the talent for chakra cultivation. Or rather, most people don't have this talent. Only a few people have a little bit of it, and very few people are very suitable for chakra cultivation."
"Agent Barton is one of the few, and Wu Chen is even rarer?" Coulson was somewhat disappointed, but it wasn't beyond his expectations.
Minato Namikaze nodded, "Indeed, that's the case. Wu Chen is very suitable for chakra cultivation, so I took the initiative to accept him as my disciple. Barton has a little talent, coupled with his strong determination, so I decided to take him as my disciple."
"Although I am the Hokage, I am also a ninja. Ninjas also need to cultivate. Taking in two disciples is already the limit for me. If there are more, it will affect my cultivation."
"So, Coulson, please tell Nick Fury that I won't take in any more disciples in the future."
This was Minato Namikaze's decision to permanently avoid trouble.
This decision was within Coulson's expectations. After all, Minato Namikaze was only in his early twenties this year, and it would be a long time before he reached the age to impart knowledge and guide others.
To be honest, Coulson was already somewhat surprised that Minato Namikaze had taken in two disciples.
The major threat of the Akatsuki organization hadn't been eliminated yet, so enhancing strength was currently the most important thing. Taking in disciples could wait until after the crisis posed by the Akatsuki organization was resolved!
Unlike Coulson's mixed feelings of disappointment and indifference, Barton felt surprised and fortunate at the moment.
Fortunately, he had mustered the courage to become Minato Namikaze's disciple today, or he might not have had the chance in the future.
Speaking of opportunities, Barton thought of his good friend, Black Widow Natasha, and asked Minato Namikaze, "Master Minato, is the red-haired beauty who appeared with you that day my Master's wife?"
Since Kushina Uzumaki appeared only once, and there was only one line of records in S.H.I.E.L.D., Barton wanted to confirm it.
Hearing Barton's words, Minato Namikaze couldn't help but smile and nodded, "Yes, Kushina is indeed my wife. You'll have the chance to meet her in the future."
Seeing Minato Namikaze's smile, Barton knew that Natasha had no chance at all.
I should go back and advise Natasha properly! Barton secretly decided.